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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

Tho tax rolls of tho county assessor
were formally turned over to the COM
missloners court yesterday morning.
The total assessed vslne OF property 10
Sl5,60S,05o, against Sl5.3A 10 last year
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

Shlloh's Cssarrh Remedy, positive
cure Tor catarrh, diphtheris and cank.
Or mouth. sold BY J. l.. Williams 4
OOs
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

1885 will get you genuine msn's
hand.sewed calf shoe, in button, lace
or gaitar. the easiest, best and cheap
est shoein the land for tho money, ut
foOn Eqhn'a
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30
Drunkenness Gnred

DR.. Hammer, the drunkard's friend,
will be at the ST. James ho,ol for q few
weeks. Call aud be cured.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

4 complete line OF school shoes for
boys and girls, from the best factories
at prices to suit tho times at Leon
Kahn's.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

Group, whoopiug cough aud bron.
chitts Immediately relieved by Shi-
ioh's Cure. Sold BY ]. l.. Williams 4
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

AT the Central academy, corner of
Hsrwood and Lave Oak, opens Mon
day night, September 81, at 1880 o'clock.
Call on or address
w. A. BoLgs, Principali
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

The pain Of jobs boils was ag-
gravated by his comforters. 1.-The had
st. Jacobs OIL for a comforter his boils
would have lefS him.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

Castles Bros. have the largest as.
sortment OF silk, wool and balbriggan
underwear. 5l2 Main street.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

$3.50 will get ladies' genuine CuK
kid, hand-turn.button boots, at Leon
Kahn's,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

Black Spanish lace offered at 30 cents
on the dollar, ut Bauman's.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30
LEON KAHN
Burt q Mears shoes at Leon Kahn's

james Means celebrated So shoe st
Leon Kahu's.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

Pixies TooshAche Drops cure in one
minute. German Corn Remover Kills
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

The only cigarettes which dc not
stick so the lips are Opera pufts.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30

Sleepless nights made miserable by
that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is
the remedy for you. Sold by j. l..
Williams & Co,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-30
EDUCATIONAL,
WASHINGTON AH8 Lee UNIVERSITY
Lexington, Virginia .

Instruction in the usual academic studies
and i'm he professional Schools OF Law and
Engineering. Location healthful: ex.
penses moderate. Session opens Septem
ber IL. For Catalogue, atiless CLERK OF To
1"ritc" ! S.,D
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-19
GraY's Inn.
IPall Mall Gazette.1

For more than five hundred years a lit- tie fraternity of lawyers has nestled with in the shadows of the sleping roofs of Gray's Inn. Here at the" box of a shop' under the gateway, Jacob Tonson, the famous publisher, issued Addison's sCam- paign." Also within its courts Lord Ba- con wrote his Novum Organum," which King James acclaimed as being like the peace of God, which passeth all un- dsrstanding." At the gateway also a, one time dwelt Thomas Osborne, the bookseller, who gave LI3 900 for the books from the Harleian library. The men of Gray's Inn, in times now passed, were famous for masks and revels and for gorgeous interludes. Hawthorne loved the place, Dickens fitted it into his " "Un- commercial Traveler,' Pepys wrote about the fashions that were Haunted by the promenaders on Sunday after church, and Charles Lamb has embalmed its beauties in an epitaph by saying: Those are the best gardens of any of the Inns of court. Bacon has left the impress of his foot upon their gravel walks"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-19
The Problem of Human Flight.

The subject of my paper-fiyine ma. chimes in a general way, is of interest to everybody. But to those who have pivs~ it more particular attention, it is not onIv interesting but fascinating, and a little dangerous. The pathway has bees strewed with wrecks and 1 fear there i, feeling prevalent that, after all, it leads nowhere in particular, unless it be to the almshcuse or lunatic asylum.
 Still, there are times when we heartiIv envy the birds their wonderful power. i remember in reading, think, Mir. Wal. lace's book on the Amazons, that he was once standing on the shore of the mighty river, confronted by an impeneuable val of green, concealing within itself doubt. less no end of new plants and beetles and when gayly paintet macaw came sailing lazily along and disappeared be. hind the tree-tops without any sor, of trouble, he gave vent emphatically to ,he general wish to fly, and to a feeling of surprise that apparently so simple prob lem should have remained so long uu. solved.
 l propose here to give an account of some of the attempts to fly that have been made in the past, aud are now beiug made; and to try to explain the principle involved, and why success has net been achieved.
 The old Greeks aud Romans very sen. sibly appear to have been content to give the gods and birds and butterflies a mo. nopoly of the air for, excepting the story of D9 ialus and lcarus, little mention has been made by classical writers of at. tempts to fly, or of flying machines.
 De lalus, it seems, had killed m an in Athens. and with his unfortunate son fled to Crete, where King Mtnos very properly detained him but, determined to escape, he made wings of teatbers cemented with wax, and, insructing lcarus to fly neither too high nor too low, but to closely follow him, launched himself into the air, and took bee-line for Greece. The young man, however. was an nbitious, and, flying too near the sun, the wax melted, and he perished in the sea--a warning to future generations.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-19

Wild Goose. The door yawned wide open, and had evidently been open all night, for the storm had beaten into the house. Gathering more courage from the silence and apparent desertion. they gradually ventured over the threshold. The house had indeed the air of having been possessed by devils. Everything was toPsy turvy trunks had been broken open and chests of drawers and corner cupboards turned inside out, as in a time of general sack and pillage but the most Voeful sight was the widow of Van Yost VAnderscamp extended corpse on the fl por of the blue chamber, with the marks of deadly grip on the wind-pipe.
 All now was conjecture and dismay at Communipaw; and the disappearance of old P,uio, who was nowhere to be found, gave rise to all kinds of wild surmises. Some suggested that the negro had be- trayed the house to some of Wander scamP's buccaneering associates, and they had decamped together with the booty; others surmised that the negro was nothing more nor less than a devil incarnate, who had now accomp plished his ends, and made of with his dues.
 Events, however vindicated the negro from this last imputasion. His skiff was picked up, drifting into the bay, bottom upward, as if wrecked in tempest; and his body was found, shortly aherward, by some Communipaw fishermen, stranded among the rocks of Gibbet Island, near the foot ot the pirates gallows. The fishermen shook their heads and observed that old Pluto had ventured once too often to invite guests from Gibbet Island -Old Mogasine.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-19
For THE ARKANsAw TRAVELLER.
 TEXAS FAIREST FLOWER.
BY oRIKN.

Out westward, toward the "Golden State,' This morAing's train bore precious freight A flow'r of human form and mind Of brIl ian, thought, and beauty rare,
 With heart courageous, large and kind Twas precious freight that train did bear. The far-famed, sweet breathed "Goldeu
 clime,"
 By nature wrought, more than by time,
 Into the most eye-dazzling land Of beauty, wealth, unyielding pow'r;
 With its bejeweled fairy hand, Thus plucked poor Texas choicest fiow'r. Now weari=d winds are feebly signing; And nature seems all dead, or dylng,
 While Texas seems depopulated, And tenantless-I guess for rent
 Since by my love it was vacated; Since she to California went. The merry stars pursue her route The "mau in moon " looks sour as krout; The sad sun sobs in cloudy bed The nights weep frost: no wild winds stir
 Can wake the flowers that are dead ACSt SIIeNGQ 10 QBatn TOT lOSS 0i neTt But flowers bloom, and there rejoice To hear her Sweet melodsus voice,
 Out in the Golden State," SO jolly, Where breeze, warm and fower-z cented,
 Blow of ones blue old melanchey, Thus leaving all mankind contented. The saddest words of tongue or pen, Iris said, are these: It might have been:' But ne'er, to me, were words So sad Neer words pierced cart, or dampened eye As these, her parting words, | had; Her fast, My darling, now good bye.'' To her sobbed. Good bye, my dear In spirit, I'll be always near.
 So when you walk the golden shores; When there you read sweet love story; When distant, moaning ocean roars, O, think of Texas and your Orie."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-19

Gave Tongal;ne a trial in case of acute rheumatism in the shoulder. It acted like a charm. M. H. Rose, M. D., Sorgho, Ky.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-19

A Latin proverb says: Memora refor- midaut inoliem quoqae sancta tactum- the wounded limb shrlnks from the slightest touch. This undoubtedly refers 10 vaccination - !PocEcfte- Uric.s.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-19

WHEN WRITING TO Apvxxrrsxss rIRAss "A | roc SAW THE ADvKKxIsKlIRxr m THIS FAFxR.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-19


 was satisfied with the examples that had been made, and there was no more talk of Kidd and the other heroes of like kid ney. ca calm summer evening boat, some what heavily laden, was seen pulling into Communipaw. What was the sur prise and disquiet of the inhabitants to see Van Yost Vanderscamp seated at the helm, and his man Pluto tugging at the oars Vandeyscamp, however, was ap- parently an altered man. He brought home with him wife who seemed to be a shrew, and to have the upper-aand of him. He no longer was the swaggering. bully ruffian, but affected the regular mer- chant, and talked of retiring from busi- ness, and settling down quietly. to pass the rest of his days in his native place The Wild Goose man sion was az ain opened, but with diminished splendor and no riot. It is true, Vanderscamp had frequent nautical visitors, and the sound of revelry was occasionally over heard in his house, but everything seemed to be done under the rose: and old Pluto was the only servant that officiated at these orgies. The visitors, indeed, were by no means of the turbulent stamp of | their predecessors, but quiet, mysterious traders, full of mods and winks and hieroglyphic signs, with whom, ts use their cant phrase, everything was snug" Their ships came ts anchor at night in the lower bay; and, on private signal, Vanderscamp would launch his boat, and accompanied solely by his man Pluto, would make them mysterious visits. Sometimes boats pulled in at night, in front of the Wild Goose, and various ] articles of merchandise were landed in
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-06
WATERLOO,

The Portland bridge will shortly be
replaced with new iron one, which has
been purchased and will soon be placed
in position. The price paid was 1850.
The American Cornet Band have laid
the foundation for their new hall.
A singing class was organized by G. r.
Stone, at the Baptist church on Tuesday
night with membership of Is.
A. G. Douglas opened his skating rink
to the public on Saturday night. There
was large crowd in attendance.
Mrs. P. S. Twinning, of Stony Brook,
who has been dangerously i'll with the
black measles is slowly improving.
A. J. Roach manufactured 103 pounds
of butter at his creamery Wednesday.
Rev. Barth departs this week for Lam
caster, Wis.,, where he will reside in the
future.-Jourmat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-06
PITH AND POINT

The Lowell Courier suggests that
there ought to be no cheating atcheck-
ers, for they are always played on the
square.
"A Yonkers bride received among
her wedding gifts, receipted bill Of
eight dollars for gate hinges from her
father Yonbers Gazette. 4e
In meregions OF Africa girls must
be six feet high Gefore.they are allowed,
to marry. And pray why shouldn't f,
Hymen insist upon high womenp-Bos-.
ton transcript.
"A new book is entitled, ''How I;
Made Money at Home" We advises
our readers to have nothing to do with:
It, Three men were arrested a few
days ago for making money at home.
-NorriStou0ra Herald.
"A piece of glass an inch long was
taken from the head of Rochester
man recently, in whose skull it hal
been imbedded for twenty years. He
had complained occasionally of a pane
in his head.-N. 7. independent.
eff man wants to own the earth,
what does woman want?" inquired Mr..
Grapp of his better half, after little
family matinee, few days ago. '|Well,
my dear, Responded that lady in gen.
tie tone, ''to own the man, / suppose"
Chicago Tribune.
-'1t is as plain as the nose on your
face, and there's no excuse for your
overlooking it." exclaimed husband
whose wife had forgotten to reduce the
size of a button-hole in his shirt-collar.
''But, deary, how can l help overlook
ing the nose on my face?' was the
patient and placating answer that set
him -P5ttsburgb Chronicle.
Miss Sharp is making her first visit
to Washington. She wrote home to
her ownest chum the other day a5 fol-
lows: 81 think | must have got a cast
iron digestion since I've been here
Yesterday, would you believe, visited
the navy-yard and lunched on moni-
tor" On her return home she will
dine on Pullman -PhGk0deEp]aiG
Call.
The family were putting on their
best airs because Juniata's s beau was
eating dinner. The old folks were de-
lighted at the way the young man was
making love between the mouthfuls.
When taeysgot to the dessert, he said,
loud enough to be heard all around the
table: "You ought to take some angel
cake, you're so like an angel and the
old gentleman had just Winked at the
old lady and said, ''He's gettin' there -
when little Tommy called out: ''You
ought to eat sponge-cake, Mr.. Smith,
why, my little man?" asked Mr..
Smith, looking very sweet. Because
ma says you're an awful sponge IN
z. Graphic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-06
OLD LIBRARIANS.

The Effect Constant Companionship With
Books Has Upon Their Custodians.
The old Librarian was a peculiar
character, as these officials are apt to
be. They have curious kind of
knowledge, sometimes immense in its
way. They know the backs of books,
their title-pages, their popularity or
want of it, the class of readers who
call for particular works, the value of
different editions, and good deal be-
sides. Their minds catch up hints
from all manner of works on all kinds
of subjects. They will give visitor
fact and a reference which they, are
surprised to find they remember and
which the visitor might have hunted for
ayear. Every good Librarian, every pri-
vate book-keeper, wlro has grown into
his library, finds he has a bunch of
nerves going to every bookcase, q
branch to every shelf and a twig to
every book. These nerves get very
sensitive in old librarians sometimes,
and they do not like to have a volume
meddled with any more than they
would to have their naked eyes ham
died. They come to feel at last that the
books of great collection are part,
not merely of their own property,
though they are only the agents for
their distribution, but that they are, as
it were, outlying portions of their own
organization. The old Librarian was
getting a miserly feeling about his
books, as he called them Olt0e7 Ven
dell Holmes, IN atlantic Monthly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-06
AM BERGRIS.
A Valuable Product Which Is the Result
of Disease in the Whale.

A Valuable Product Which Is the Result
of Disease in the Whale.
A valuable product of this whale is
the remarkable substance called amber
gris-i. e., gray amber. Until late
years ambergris could only be found
floating on the surface of the sea, the
coasts of Africa, Brazil and the Bahia
mas being the usual localities for it.
The color of ambergris when broken is
ashen gray, mostly clouded with a red
dish hue, and diversified with Irregular
streaks of yellow and black spots. On
the exterior it is black and shining,
and looks as if it had here and there
been daubed with pitch. 1t is mostly
found in Jumps varying in weight from
half an ounce to hundred pounds, or
even more. AS it is worth about q
guinea per ounce, a large piece is of
very great value; so that q party of
sailors who once found lump of
fifty pounds weight and knew the
value of their discovery, deserted
their ship and went home with
their prize. Ambergris has now been
robbed of its mysteries and is known to
be unprosaically formed by a morbid
condition of the intestine, and there
fore each whale is carefully searched be-
fore the bodyi cut adrift after the blub-
Der and spermaceti have been removed.
Not one whale in fifty, however, pro-
duces a single ounce of ambergris. The
black spots which have been mentioned
are the hard beaks of octopods which
the whale has eaten, and which retain
their shape after the soft flesh has been
digested. The geological reader may
remember that the beaks of cuttles
have been found within the bodies of
certain fossil reptiles, thus showing
conclusively what was the nature Of
their food. There are several speci-
mems in the College of Surgeons, one
being valuable object, as it is cylin-
drical, and retains the shape of the in
testine in which it was formed. AM
0ergris is little used in Europe, but in
the East it is held IN high reputation,
partly as a perfume, and partly as a
valuable ingredient in cookery. Long
Ma7a'S Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-06
GOOD JOKE ON. THE OLD FOLKS.
How an Aged Couple We're Fooled by
"A, am Enterprisfng SOn-in-Law.

How an Aged Couple Were Fooled by
Hi am nEnterprising SOn-in-Law.
A good story is told on one of our
prominent citizens who has been reading
Chicago daily papers for years. In fact
he has read them so long that he has
settled down in the belief that there are
no other papers, worthy of the name,
published in the country.
His laughter and her husband recently
made the old folks a visit, and the SON
in-law developed an equal enthusiasm
over q rival daily But as all his attempts
to convert the elder reader proved un-
availing, he adopted the following novel
method to convince his obstinate ancestor
in law:
Every morning he would cut the
heading off from the Chicago paper,
paste it over his own fayorite, and, when
dry, hand the combination to the old
gentleman. After several days, during
which the deceit had not been detected,
the father announced:
II tell you, young man, my Chicago
paper has been better this last week than
ever before!"
"W ny, how is that; we thought you
claimed, before this week, that it was
impossible to improve it?"
$50 l did, but nevertheless they have
improved it."
'In what way?"
"In various ways. They have cut out
a great mass OF the gossip from Indiana,
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Michigan
which | never used to read anyhow.
Then there is more news from our own
state, while all national and foreign mat :
tiers and miscellaneous news Of general
Importance are as fully treated as ever
they WERE"
"That is good. Are there any more
nprovements?"
"Yes, there are. The news is better
arranged and classified, the headings are
more accurate. and in every way it is
easier to read. Besides, there are editor
ials on Wisconsin matters, and more at
tention is given to our Legislature at
Madison-in short it seems to have
grown more reliable and satisfactory in
every way"
"Oh father exclaimed the daughter,
who could keep silent no longer. 'Don't
you know that you and mother have
been reading the Milwaukee Sentinel for
over week and never knew it?"
eyes, did know it, too;" said the
mother Indignantly, 'I discovered the
deception the first day, but thought l
would let father find it out for himself"
"But how did you discover it SO quick.
ly?"
"By the advertisements, of course!
They looked so nice that [ read them
first, and afterward found where you had
fixed the heading
The old gentleman saw the point, ard
acknowledged it by subscribing for the
Sentinel, including the Sunday edition,
for whole year. He says, though, that
it does not seem quite natural yet with
out that Chicago heading pasted across
the top of the first page.-Grant County
Herald (Lancaster).
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-06
@Daer gleiehbors.
FORT ATKINSON.

A little Fort Atkinson girl four years
old was standing at window looking at
load OF hides which was passing by.
Jumping down from her chair she ran
into the kitchen exclaiming: "Mamma!
mamma! there goes a whole lot of tails
and hooks to make some more COWS on. :"
Michael Schreirer, nephew of George
Schreiner, of this city, died at his resi-
dence last Saturday of malarial fever,
aged 3S years.
The Methodist church building is to be
repapered and painted on the inside, and
the debt on the parsonage to be paid.
Last Sabbath the subject was brought
before the church and congregation, and
$3.50 was, called for. Tn fifteen minutes
the whole amount was subscribed, and a
few dollars extra to 60 toward any de-
ficiencies that may arise.
Print May has received notice that his
services as mail agent between Chicago
& La Crosse will not be needed any
longer, and son of Col. g. w. Bird has
been appointed in his place.
F. w. Peck, who is President of the
Chicago Opera Festival is also President
of the Oconomowoc Yacht Club, and
one of the proprietors of the Koshkonong
Place, near this city.
The residence of w. Wentworth at
KoshkoDong, was destroyed by fire Tues
day morning, Supposed to have caught
from the stove pipe. But few things
were saved. The loss is estimated at
$1,000. Insurance $300.-Union.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-06
WEDNESDAY, MAY g. 1885

Mrs E. Mcmahon visited with friends
in this city the latter part of last week.
She left for WATERFOWL, where she will
spend some time and then Join her hus
band at Superior City, Wis, where he
has secured the position of cashier in a
bank.
Mrs. F. E. Corbin left for Beloit yes
terday morning She will return in a
few days to make Jefferson her home.
Emily, two-year-old daughter of
Wilhelm and Wilhelmina Backhaus, died
at Jefferson April Oath, and was inferred
at the Lutheran cemetery on the Helen
vile road, Monday, April 9th, Rev. H.
Vogel officiating. A sad trial for the
bereaved parents, as they are immigrants,
who, arrived here from Germany Monday,
April 20ths Banner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-06
BEAVER DAM.

The steamer "Bennie Rowell' was
launched for the season last week Tues
day,
Last Tuesday, at the Probate Court
here, the will of Charles w. Winfield,
deceased, was filed with Judge Lamor-
eaux for probate. The petition shows the
personal property to amount to about
$125,000. His real estate in Omaha,
Neb is estimated to be worth from
$4,000 to $4,000. With the deceased 9
real estate here, he was therefore worth
about $4,000. This is notably one of
the largest, if not the largest, estate eyer
administered upon in Dodge county
Citizen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-06

CHEER UPl HELP is AT HAND.-"Pm
afraid | shall have to be taken to hos
pital or to the poorhouse. Pve been sick
SO long that my husband, good and pa
tient as he is, can't stand the worry and
expense much longer" No, you won't
dear wife and mother. See what Parker's
Tonic will do for you. Plenty of women
as badly off as you are, have been rescued
almsot from the grave by it. 1t win
build you up, curing all ailments of the
stomach, liver and kidneys, and is simple,
pleasant and safe. 80