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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-24

Forty Ysars' Experience Of an OId Nurse.
Mrs. WinsloW's Soothing Syrup is
the prescription of ono Of tho best ie-
male physicians and nurses in tho
United States, end has been used for
10 years with nover.iAiling safety and
success by millions o. mothers and
from tho ioahlO infant Of one
week old TO tho adult. 10 cOrrocts
acidity Of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates tho bowels and gives
rest, health and comfort so mother aud
chilli, We boii0vo 20 tho best and sur
est remedy In the world IN an cases OF
and dlarrhUs in children,
whether arising from teethins or from
any othOr Caug0. Full directions for
using will accompany oach bottle,
Mono genuine unless tn0 f.o simile Of
Curtis & Porkius is on Ono outside
wr0pper. Sold by all medicine deal
crB. - Clntg bottle.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-24

HEHH1ErrAi Aug, D Special
Three hundred soldiers arrived here
to-day from For. Reno and are now in
camp Thuy wefo ordered TO Reno
curing tho Cheyenne trouble aud arc
now returning to their respective
posts IN southwestern Texas. They
will loAyo tomorrow over tho Fort
Worth 81 Denver, lJ win requico
tlrug augiues % uovA ihO men, tneu
nOrnns and hncEnLO.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-24

AURORA, Aug. 23.-ISpecial. l-Eho
first balo OF cotton from our portion Of
Wise county was brought into our
market yesterday and sold, The cot.
Ton weg raised by Lee Prowitt, aud
guucd 10y J W, Prunty at tho Ki,-
Tough "a, weighed l25 pounds, and
was bought 10y S. r.. Billing Ht II
cents. A liberal premium was BlsJ
raisyI.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-24

MARSHALL, Aug. 2}.-LSp9cial.] --
r, Wilson, tie talented young cail9f
.oftho Champion, ct Centre, was in the
city yesterday.
John DsPrator and several othtr
young fellows wsr5 making the night
hidclus up I'm the noig4borhocd OF the
Notch, 0isropuIabie bagnio. rho no.
lice ran them Iu this morning to thu
tUr0 yl SIS ana cost,
A light shower OF rain fen yesterday
evening.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-24

TEREELL aug. 81 Special AT
Il o'clock corn crib, fired by an iu-
oundiary, In tue Lindsey wagon yard,
brought ont the ere company. DAM
ere trivial.
Tho mouldors 40 tho Terrell non
works uru on @ slrlks aud viii not 20
% work until paid up.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-24

GpDNos, Aug. - Especial, j.
News was received here to-day OF %
shooting scropo In storsiu Winchcs-
ter Sam Saunders was shot aud
Killed by Harvey Johnson and John
son mortally wounded by Saunders,
Result oriuquest not asccrtaln0d.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-24

Young and iulduia-8gel mon .dlai.
Ing rom nervous otb.hty, premature
oil aga, loss Vt memory, aud kindred
symp'oms, should seud 10 cents ina
stamps tor large illustrated treatise
Suggesting suie means OF cure, Worlds
Dlspensary Medical Association, Buf-
falo, N, Y,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-24
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WACO, Aug. 20 Special.l-Captain
Thomas J. selman, for nearly 80 years
respected and useful citizen OF this
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
The Kentucky Mountaineers.

These mountaineers, says a Ken lucky letter to the New York Times, are singular people. They have not the slightest idea of law and order as it is understood and practised in oth- CT portions of the country. Every in- dividual resents an injury with knife, pistol or gun, provided he has the req uisite courage to do so, or, if not, waylays and shoots down his enemy whenever he can be caught off his guard. They are densely ignorant, and are utterly unable to avail them selves of the process of the law. Their poverty and illiteracy is pitiable in the extreme; they know nothing whatev- CT of the habits of the civilized world, and many have never been beyond the confines of their own counties. Their houses are made of logs and and in some sections the sight of a pane of glass would cause sensation.
 The virtues they possess are purely primitive, suggesting the savage in many respects. They are strictly hon. est; they do not steal; outrages are un- common. With such a condition of things surrounding them it is an easy matter for few bold, resolute, but reckless men to dominate a whole country, Those who are not killed die from disease peculiar to people who do not comprehend that cleanli- ness is next to godliness The term husband" or "wite" is never heard. It is "my man" or "my woman" Nine-tenths of these mountaineers were in the Union army, and fought with courage and herceness that swept everything before them.
 The country where they live abounds in the richest of fine forests, full of walnut, white pine, poplar, oak, hemlock, and other desirable tim Der. Their hills are full of the finest cart-wheel iron known to the world. and the coal lands are pronounced by Prof. Shaler, of Harvard college, to be superior to any in America A depos- it of camel coal in Breathitt, fletcher and Harlan counties is pronounced the finest in the world. When rail- roads are built through these noun tains civilization will reach the pres ent inhabitants, and the example of thrift and consequent profits will, no doubt, play its full part in inspiring desire to indulge in habits of industry. Until then there is little chance of their improvement.
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS,

In days gone by clouds floating be- fore the wind like a reck or vapor were termed rocking clouds
 The first steamship that crossed the ocean brought in her mail a pamphlet proving that no steamship could do this.
 The eyes of the mole are so exceed ingly minute and so perfectly hid in its hair that our ancestors considered it blind.
 The divining rod, sometimes used by we'll diggers, and at an early day by oil prospectors, is a popular fiction that dates back to the eleventh cen tury.
 Connecticut is now the only state in the Union, it is said, whose legisla- ture retains judicial functions. The Connecticut legislature is still su- preme court in equity.
 Bees are peculiarly subject to dysen- tery, a disease which sometimes al- most decimates hive, and which is commonly due to defective ventilation and thin quality of the winter food.
 It takes ten times as long to commit to memory eighty meaningless sylla- bles as it does to master eighty sylla- bles that mean something. A profes- sor of the University of Berlin de- voted twenty-two consecutive hours to the mental labor Of proving this fact.
 Speaking of the feeling while on 6 mountain or abyss of being drawn to- wards the brink, the London Lancet says, it is an impulse to fly. 1t is an abnormal development of the subordl. nate faculty of flight which man pos sesses in common with, and actually derives from, the bird.
 Mary is the name most common among men in France, where, as in Italy. the custom prevails of giving the Virgins name to a boy, in con. junction with a distinctively male appellation. Thus Hugo was Victor Marie. After Mary come in order of frequency Louis, Joseph, Charles, Hen. ry, John, Francis, Peter, Paul, Julius, Maurice, Anthony, Eugene. Leo. Vic tor, Augustus, Edward, Ernest, and | George.
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
Pig Pen or Pig Pasture.

An exchange says: "There Is too much pig pen and not enough pig pasture" This is true in the main. The difference in the quality and fa- vor of pork, made in the average filthy pig pen, from filthy food, and that made from sweet grasses and clover, out in the open and pure air, is 80 great that it would seem as though consumers would insist on using none but the last kind. Good, clean and sweet pork can be made in pens, how ever. and cheaper than in pastures even, and has been demonstrated on the Missouri College Farm. The pigs in travelling about the pasture after their food will not get nearly as much out of the grass as they will if 1t is cut and fed to them in the pen. It may be said that this would cost too much abor. But if it shown that the ex- tra labor is more than paid for by in- creased profit, that will be all that can be asked
 As before remarked, the pigs make more gain out of the same quantity of food fed in the pen than when gath cred in the pasture. More food can be grown on given area when cut off and fed to the animals, than when they are allowed to feed it of them selves. The manure of pen fed pigs is where it can be saved. That of the pasture pigs is largely lost. When 1t is desirable, as it almost always is, to feed grain or other food in addition to the grass it can be better done in the pen than in the pasture. While we thus advocate feeding pigs in pens, it is only with the idea that the pens are to be roomy, clean and healthful To put pigs into small and filthy pens is cruel, and a disgrace to humanity, and makes a quality of pork which has created merited prejudice against a healthful and palatable food Household and Farm.
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
Salt as a Destroyer of Teeth.

At recent meeting of the New York Chronological Society, pr. E. Parmly Brown said:
 will venture the assertion that the excessive use of common salt Is one of the main factors in the distraction of human teeth to-day. am now en- gagged in collecting some statistics on this point, from which l hope in time to demonstrate what seems to me to be the fact, that common salt exces- sively used is great solvent of the human teeth. If it will injure the human teeth through the chemistry of our systems in some way or other, that will not try to explain at present, why might it not also have the effect of preventing good development of the teeth when taken into the system
 in excess2 l have lately procured some statistics from the Sandwich Is- lands, from gentleman who has been there, covering period of over forty years, that are very suggestive and and interesting. Within that period the teeth of the Sandwich Islanders have decayed rapidly, and since they have begun to decay 1t has been mo- ticed that the natives are in the habit of biting off great chunks of salt and eating it with their food. According to all accounts, the teeth of the Sand which Islanders were formerly the most free from decay of any people on the face of the earth, if I remember rightly. You will find that the peo- pie who eat a great deal of salt and a great deal of sugar are often entirely toothless. People who eat an exces- sive amount of salt are tempted to eat large quantities of candy, pickles, and vinegar. There seems to be craving for those substances after the exces- siYe use of salt. --Scttnttfc American.
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
A Lincoln Story.

President Lincoln when importuned by Gov. Yates, of Illinois, to appoint a friend Brigadier- General, said: "Yates, I'll tell you the difference between tho concrete and the abstract; when the Senate passed resolution requesting me not to appoint any more Brigadiers, as the vacancies were all full, that's the con crete. But when a Senator comes up here with long petition and a longer face re- questing me to make Brigadier out of some scalawag of friend of his, as il happens every day, I call that the ab stract." The Governor thought the il. lustration was very good and laughed heartily over it. Ben PerIey Poore tells us the story.
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
The Pilots Brandy.

A good story is told of the famous Capt. R. B. Forbes. When Pilot Com missioner he took a cruise in the Bay on board of pilot boat to sec how the bus mess was conducted. The weather was raw and cold, and he thought that a little brandy would do him no harm, and asked If there was any on board. The pilots, like all others who knew him, would do anything to oblige him, and were but too happy to furnish him with what he desired. A bottle of brandy, which had cost $l0 by the gallon, was handed him to help himself, and this he did most literally. He called for a bucket of tepid water, which was readily furnished by the cook. Of went his boots and stockings, in went his bare feet into the bucket, and then he delib- erately poured the entire bottle of brandy into the bucket, and handed the empty bottle back to the pilot, thanking him cautiously for the liquor. The pilots were horror struck at the use to which their precious liquor had been put, but said nothing. The Captain seemed to enjoy his foot bath, rubbed his feet with vigor, and when he had finished highly commended the brandy. Brandy, '" said the Captain in conclusion, address ing the pilots, lis capital thing for a foot bath, mixed with warm water-try it, but vile stuff for the stomach-avoid it.n This was the Captains last brandy scrape ahoat. The pilots were all teeto. talers to him afterward. A few days later he more than doubly compensated the pilots for the liquor he used. II, only wished to teach them an "obieci lesson,n which all men would do well to learn, namely, that brandy is better out side than inside.
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
0nlv Temnerance Ritters KnoNn.

Grateful Thousnnds proclaim VINEGAR BrI.rrns the most wonderful tnvigornnt that ever sustained the sinking system.
 Mndc from California roots and herbH, irco from Alcoholic stimulanta- PurEatiNS and Tonic
 ThIs Rittcr~ cures Female Complainta InfRmmatory and Chronic Ithcumnftntmt Gout Bilious, Rcmttent nnd Intermittent fc
 vers, Blood, Liver md Kidney Direohes
 Dyspepsia or Indtu entton, Hendechc, Pain in the Shoulders, Cougha, Tightneas Of thc Chest, Dizziness, Sour Stomach, furrcd Tongue, Bilious Attacks, palpitation of the Heart fneus
 monia, and Pain in the regions of the kidneyh are curcd hy the use of the BitterM. For Sktn Diseases. Eruptions, hoiin
 Erysipelas, Scrofua, Discolorations, lluiiore and diseases of the Skin of whatever name or nas ture, are literally dug up and carried out qf the | system in short timc by the use of tbo bittefA ItInvtgaratcr tho Stomnch, md stim- | ulates the torpid Liver and BowelH, which rcns | der it of unequnlcd efficiency in cleansing tho | blood of nll impurities. and imparting new life
 and vigor to the whole system. No PcrsOn can take the Btters and rctnein | long unwell
 Pin, Tape and other Worms, arc | destroyed and removed from tho system Cleanse rhe Vttintcd Hlood whenever it is foul your feclingr will tell you when Keep
 the blood pure, and the health of the system Tn concIusion Give the Bittcru trial 10
 will speak for itself One bottle will prove bet ter guarantee of its merits than a lengthy ad-
 R. H. meDonaId Drug Co.,, rroprietoru,
 San FraD~ssco Gal. and h2s had ba2 Washington hts Cor, Charlton kt.. New York
 SolS by all Dealers and Drn srgi iata.
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
TranspIantInR Ca bbaRes.

Before transplanting cabbages. the ground should be deeply plowed and well manured, particularly with the scrapings of the COW pen. It is al- ways best to apply the manure broad cast, and mix it thoroughly with the soil, as it then will not come into i'm mediate contact with the young roots. but will be ultimately all absorbed. If possible plant in rainy weather; but if this cannot be done, sprinkle on the bed of young plants, just before they are taken up, good quantity of water, so that little earth will adhere to each plant. As soon as they are planted in dry weather, they should receive lib eral supply of water, otherwise most of them will die, unless protected from the sun. When inserting them into the holes, care must be observed not to bend the roots, but these must be placed, as much as possible, as they had been growing. The distance of planting, depends, in some measure, upon the strength of the soil, but prin- cipally upon the variety grown; but it should always bo such that the ground between the plants may be kept clean and we'll worked. When the larger kinds are planted, two-and- a-half feet between the rows and two feet between the plants will be re- quired; but, with the smaller varieties less distance will be sufficient. The soil around the plants must be con- stantly worked.-A. P. Ford.
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30

PAIN AND DREAD attend the use of most CA- tarrh remedies. Liquids and snufs arc unpoAs- ant as well as dangerous Ely's Dream Balm is safe, pleasant, easily applied with the finger, and sure cure. It cleanses the nasal passages and heals the inhamed membrane, giving re- lief from the first application 50 cents At druggists. COG. by mail Ely Bros, ,owego, NY.
 IHAyE been great sufferer of dry catarrh for many years, and tried many remedies which helped me, but had none which did me Sd much benefit Aa Ely's Cream Balm. it com pletely cured me--M. J. LAlly, 8g Woodward Ave, Boston Highlands, Mass
 HAVE been troubled with catarrh from boy hood and had considered my case chronic until about three years ago procured a bottle of Ely's Cream Balm, and count myself sound today, all from the use of one bottle.--J R Cooley, Hardware Merchant, Montrosc, Pa
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
Paper Pianos.

A German paper gives an interest ing account of a pianoforte made in Paris in which paper was made to take the place of wood, the whole case being manufactured from paper so compressed that it was able to receive a hard surface which took a perfect polish. The color was cream white. The tone of the instrument is reported not to be loud, but very sweet. The short, broken character of the sounds emitted by ordinary pianofortes is re- placed by soft, full, quasi-continuous sound, resembling somewhat that of an organ. It has been suggested that the evenness of texture of the com. pressed paper may have some inAu- ence in effecting this modification os sound.
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
Appropriate to the Occasion.

Featherly is something of a musi. clan, and was attending an evening party given in honor of the eldest daughter of the family.
 T would be glad if you would sing something, Mir. Featherly," said the hostess.
 Certainly, my dear madam. Will you suggest a song?"
 "Oh, anything that is appropriate tc the occasion. I will leave the selec. tion with you"
 So Featherly, with that rare tact and discrimination for which he is sc justly popular in society, sat down al the piano and sang Backward, TurE Backward, o, Time, in Thy Flight."- Ne,0 Fork Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30

just how long has not been deter mined. but in the case of certain kinds of seeds, several years. Speaking in a general way, the ground is full of weed seeds; they are blown about by the winds, washed from place to place by freshets and heavy showers car ried to new locations by birds and ami mals, and like the rent in the boys coat, ''it was there before"
 Very few realize the extent of fe- cundity or proli6cacy in many of our common weeds, or how rapidly stock may be multiplied from single plant. At both the New York and the Ohio Experiment Stations thls subject has been investigated with much care. Dr. Sturtevant found vigorous plant of the Purslane family that had nine branches; an average branch had fit- teen branchlets; an average branchlet had PIP seed capsules, and one seed capsule had seventy-five seeds, making the whole number, by computation, 2, 146,500. A fair stool of chess had 3798 seeds, plantain 4488, OK eye daisy 96,000, curled dock 93,390. The botanist at the Ohio station found by computation that an average thistle produces over 65,OOO seeds; dande- lion 12,000, shepherds purse 37.5O0, wild peppergrass 18,40O, ragweed over 4,000, moderate sized purslane from 3O0OOO to 100000 seeds in a single plant. Wild carrot and mullen are both exceedingly prolific in seed. We have found by comparison that single plants of either may produce from a half million to a million seeds.
 An acre of land contains 43,560 square feet. It will be seen that 8 single plant in some cases may pro duce seeds enough in season to allow a half dozen or more seeds to each square foot of an acre of land. How then can we wonder at the rapid in crease of weeds under ordinary care less culture, where thousands are an nually allowed to mature their seed: on almost every acre of cultivated land.-N. B. Farmer.
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
He Was Retained.

1T have had trouble with one of my neighbors," said farmer yesterday after ne had climbed three flights of stairs to interview Griswold street lawyer.
 Exactly, sir, suppose it is your mis- fortune to live neighbor to mean man. "
 ''His cattle got into my field last spring."
 "Did, eh! We'll, we can take him for damages. and you are sure of your case. How many head aud what shall we put the damages att"
 "Wcll, you see I got mad about it and turned my hogs into his 'tater patch. :"
 "Aw! Can he prove it2'
 "Oh, I owned it right up, and we agreed to call matters square,"
 'tUmphl Perhaps, however, we can make out that you were temporarily in- sane and not in condition to make bag gains"
 'tOh, it isn't that, sir. Three days ago one of my horses was killed"
 "Exactly."
 "The beast ran against my neighbor's barbed wire fence."
 sI see. The fence was a dangerous obstruction. Your horse was in the high way2"
 ''No, sir. He was in my neighbor's field and tried to jump out.''
 ''Um"
 "Can you take the case and make any, thing out of it2"
 "Ha-r-d-ly. Hold on. I won't agree to secure you any damages for your horse, but I'll fix it SO he can't collect anything for his fence. That leaves you with horse hide worth $2 and the proud consciousness of having stood up for your rights like an American"
 The farmer laid down $5 bill and tke lawyer was retained. .--Detroit Free Press
Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
Compulsory Education.
EXCITEMENT CREATED IN A BOHEMIAN VILLAGE BY A BoY's AMUSING TRICK.

The curate of village in Bohemia, who conducted the religious instruction of the children of his parish, lately com plained to the schoolmaster that little Hansel Willyonseder had misbehaved himself repeatedly during the Bible lesson. As a punishment the master ordered the lad to mako thirty fair copies of the sentence, sT ought to keep quiet during the Bible lesson,n and told him to get his father to sign the work when done, SO that he might see what a scamp his son was. The next day, being Saturday, the schoolmaster repaired in the evening to the village inn, where he found the assembled peasants in a terrible state of excite ment. Old Willvonseder was in the middle of tirade against education in general, and the village school in par ticular. ''Here I've got to work all day in the fields, and now the schoolmaster wants me to write out thirty times that 1 misbehayed myself in the Bible lesson. What has my lads teacher got to do with the way behaved at school twenty years ago2 But these schoolmasters meddle with everything nowadays, and to save my lad any further bother just sat down and certified thirty times that was no better than should be when went to school. I'd sooner work in the fields thirty hours at stretch than sub init to be punished that way again; in fact, my arm is quite lame with all that writing. Things will have to be altered or else I'll see." The peasants were all of the same opinion as they crowded around old Willvonseder, looking at the sheets of paper which contained the copies aforesaid. Young Hansel took great care to keep out of the reach oi his fathers arm that day when tho teacher explained the real state of the case.- Bohmische Zeitung.