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Year: 1874

The subscription books of the New
Orleans and Texas railway have been
opened in New Orleans, and it is the
intention of the committee to go out
OH the streets if the necessary sum re-
quired by the charter, is not sub
scribed. The business men and prop
erty holders are in earnest at last.
Mr.. Pike, a prominent banker, is con-
fdent that within ten days the required
sum will be collected. The HERALD
takes it for granted that Dallas is the
destination of this road, and after the
action taken by the board Of trade,
and the conference of the committee
with the New Orleans chamber OF
commerce, perhaps it is in order for
books of subscription to the stock of
this road to be opened in Dallas, in
order that some of our capitalists may
have an opportunity of lending help
ing hand to this most important en-
terprise. The commercial salvation of
New Orleans depends upon her tap
ping the Texas network of railways,
and the progress of Dallas will be i'm
mense when this road comes here, as
it will.
Year: 1874

THE editor of The HERALD was
highly gratlied to receive from New
York, yesterday, "with the compli-
ments of the Directors of the City
Bank" a very costly virgin merschaum
pipe, beautiful in design, with long,
pure amber stem and mouthpiece, and
on the bowl his monogram, exquisitely
designed and carved. So graceful a
memento of their good feeling is most
fiattering, and the compliment is as
heartfelt on his part as it is delicate
on the part of the directory. The pipe
is indeed one of peace, and shall be
smoked and preserved as pleasing
proof that Corporations have SOULS"
and that our hum bic labors in the field
of journalism in Texas are appreciated
at home by our ''soIid men,
Year: 1874

The Waco Examiner says of Flint d
Chanberlain's suspension: We UNDER
stand the assets will more than cover
liabilities, and little time will be all
that is necessary TO straighten up the
affairs of the bank. Though as to its
resuming business, either at once or in
the future, seems to he doubtful. or
course, Il thousand and one rumors are
rife as to the causes, but there is but
little doubt that if these gentlemen
could realize upon their paper, or what
is due them in every way, every dollar
could he paid.


The Advance says: The bank Is
considered To he entirely solvent, and
we have the utmost confidence in its
ability to pay up every dollar it owes,
and have n handsome fortune left.
The firm of Flint d Chamberlin have
ever been liberal in their advances to
this community, and have rendered
every accommodation to our business
men. Their liabilities have cramPed
them temporarily, bat thev viii come
forth all right, and 40 man need fear
the loss of Il dollar.
Year: 1874

CITIZENS complain to the HERALD
that this thing of letting hogs and cat
tie roam at large in the city works all
injury to them. Gardens, fruit trees,
fences and walks are destroyed, and
there is no redress. Cannot something
be done to mitigate this nuisance
Year: 1874

A STRONG effort is to be made to put
the civil rights bill through the next
congress, with the Objectionable mixed
school clause left out. Another eXpir-
ing kick by the radical party, which
has not yet realized its defeat and dis
prnaa
Year: 1874

1t is with no ordinary satisfaction that
the completion of another new and ele-
gantly furnished hotel is noted by the
HERALD. Nothing could give the pub
lie at large better idea of that enter
prise which has made Dallas as a city
remarkable.
Year: 1874

Seigel was placed under bond of a
thousand dollars, to answer at the
next term of the court.


During the examination he seemed
to be much moved and troubled by
this unfortunate accident. His appear
ance is honest and prepossessing, and
there was nothing of the reckless bra
vado or rufIian about him. The HER
AID desired simply rigid investiga-
ton into this matter and strict justice
to be done,
Year: 1874




The London Globe prints the follow
ing story: A romance in very high
life has just been brought to its last act.
One of the most noted of the South Ger
man mobiles was the Prince of Thurm
and Taxis. He had been Minister to
the late King of Bavaria, and his son
was Aid-de-Camp to the present King.
1t is this son who is the hero of the Ger
man romance. Long ago the Lord Of
Burleigh chose his wife from the peas
antry, and King Cophetua swore royal
oath that beggar maid should be his
bride; but neither OF these traditional
lovers went so far as the young Bavarian
Prince of our own days. 1t was an OBJ
scure actress who fascinated him, and
for whom he was content to sacrifice
everything These conventional words
meant a great deal in this case. The
marriage actually was solemnized, but
it was made subject to conditions of
very rigorous character, which were i'm
posed upon the bridegroom as a condi-
ton of the family assent. He was to be
no longer the Prince of Thurm and
Taxis, but plain bourgeois, and he was
to receive an annual allowance of
5000 horins. 1t might seem that such
conditions would be impossible. The
only answer is that they were exacted,
that the marriage did occur, and that the
Prince descended into plain M. De Fels.
He had, however, very fine tenor voice
and a very beautiful bride, and he made
his debut short time ago at the theater
at Zurich. The story so far reminds one
of Mario's history, who was Marquis of
Gambia in his own right; but here the
resemblance ceases. The Swiss are not
an imaginative people. and care very
little for romantic sacrifices. M. De
Fels was hissed off the stage at Zurich,
and retired into private life. TWAS easy
to descend from rank and position; it was
difficult to reacquire them. The young
Prince was brotherin-law of the Ouch
ess of Bavaria, nephew of the Major
domo to the Coart of Prince Oettingen,
so great efforts were made to restore this
would-be tenor within the princely circle
At last a way was found to achieve the
end. On the Lake of Chem King Lud-
wig has an estate known as Herreninsel,
and there it has been the custom to
give great water parties and nau-
tical fetes. A theater is to be built
there, of which the artists are to consist
almost exclusively of the aristocracy.
Scenes out of Wagner's operas are to be
represented, and Ofenbach and Herve
are also to appear on the bills. But
for this distinguished theater q dig
nifed manager has to be provided, and
the Grand Duchess of Bavaria, who has
a taste for diplomacy, has thus found the
means of introducing her nephew within
the ring fence of his native aristocracy.
The name of Paul de Fels, which APP
peared on the Zurich play bill, will be
heard OF no longer, and the Prince of
Thurm and Taxis will be known In fu-
ture as Marshal Of the Royal Palace
aud Master of the Revels to the young
King of Bavaria. 1t is the habit of some
foreign editors to admit statements into
their journals under all reserve" and
when this sentence is seen it is tacitly
understood that Imagination has some
thing to do with the announcements, but
no such qualification has accompanied
the reports of this chapter of romance.
Year: 1874

We have been long away from Cairo
with its busy streets and scenes so like to
those of the Arabian Nights, and ROW
for weeks have been sailing along the
strange river Nile. How | should like to
have you all with me-and what feet il
would bel We should need such a num-
Der of diahbeahs pleasure boats) as
never sailed on this river before, and l
think the Arab children, in their amaze
ment, wsuld forget their constitutional
cry of "backshush," !" with which they
ever salute the traveller.


There are many scenes on the river
bank that would attract your attention
and ell you with surprise. ALI day, but
more especially morning and evening,
long files of women, in their dark blue
robes, come to the river's brink to fill the
large ballas jars, so called from the vii
lsge where they are made. After a little
gossip and merry laughter, they help one
another to raise the vessel to the top Of
the head, where it is placed in hollow
pad, and so they go back to their homes,
up hill and down, perhaps a distance of
half mile or mere, without ever touch
ing the lar with their hands. 1t is feat
which surprises the traveller, and can
only be accomplished by daily practice.


Here and there may be seen a buffalo,
black, ugly in appearance, apparently
sullen and surly, but in reality gentle
and ohedient to the naked little boy on
his back.


Sometimes in the warm afternoons /
sit and watch the waterfowl and listen
to their varied cries; huge pelicans flap
ping their immense wings far overhead
graceful cranes stalking over the flats;
herons, storks, and the whole race OF
ducks in myriads. swarming on every
sand bank; and, very rarely, the beauti-
full red fismiHgo, which we have to OBJ
serve through the double glass, as it is
too shy 20 come near our boat


Occasionally we see camels blooming
in the background, growing hideously
as they are forced TO kReel to receive
their burdens.


1t was a strange sight-that Of the
vast number OF workmen, as we saw
them going to their labor on the railroad
which is being built from Cairo up the
Nile. Each man had a palm.leaf basket,
into which he scraped up the dirt with
his hands, and then p0ising it on his
head, carried it to its place Of desiina-
ton. 1t is said that somebody once i'm
ported some wheel-barrows for the bene-
ct Of these poor fellows; but, some time
after, coming to see how the new I'M
Year: 1874

provement worked, he found them filing


the wheel.barrows and putting them


upon their heads, where they carried
them just as they did the baskets. l
don't say this is true, but it does show
the lack of keen wit in these people, and
the way they cling to old customs; and
l believe if somebody should give one
of them wheel barrow he would use it
in just that senseless way.-SGrah KeG-
bIeS Hunt
Year: 1874

Matilda Fletcher thus describes q
farmers wife who is not only beauti-
full and wise. but possesses several
cardinal virtues in addition: "The
most beautiful woman l have ever
known was q farmers wife, who at
tended to the huosehold duties for a
family Of four, and also assisted in
gardening and the light farm work;
and yet | never saw her hands
rough and red, and never even saw
a freckle on her nose. Impossible
you say; how did she manage? 1
never asked her, but she had some
enyious neighbors who went slouch-
ing around with red, scaly hands,
sunburnt faces, and hair matted
with dust and oil, who let me into
the dreadful secret. They informed
me with many an ominous shake of
the head that she was just the proud
est mink that ever lived; that she
actually wore India-rubber gloves
when she used the broom and scrub
bing-brush and always when she
worked outdoors; that she also had
bonnet made of oil-silk, completely
covering the head, face and neck,
leaving only aperatures for seeing
and breathing, thus securing perfect
freedom from sun, wind and dust.
Did you ever hear of such depravity ?
She also fastened her dish-clcth to a
stick so that she need not put her
hands in hot water. For the same
reason she accomplished her laundry
work with q machine and wringer.
And then to see her in the afternoon
tricked out in a fashionable white
dress, with bright-colored ribbon
at her throat, and q rose in her hair,
entertaining in the parlor, as though
she was the greatest lady in the land,
was more than their patience could
endure, And her husband he
had such satisfied expression that
it was perfect aggravation to ordi-
nary people to look at him. He
deserved to be happy because he en-
couraged and helped her to cultivate
beauty in herself, her family, and
Eer home, and 1 don't know but her
success principally belonged to him,
because he brought all the new in
ventions that could tighten her
labors and all the delicate and pretty
things she needed to adorn her home,
and when she was sick he wouldn't
let her touch work until she was we'll
and strong. Strange as it may seem,
at such times he actually devoted
himself to her with as much care and
tenderness as he would if she had
been the most valuable horse on the
FARM"
Year: 1874

KEEP Cool. The Cincinnati Ga.
@ette, is SO disgusted with the many
directions in reference to health anc
ease in hot weather, that it ventures
to give the most thorough system yet
made public


"Neyer go in the sun; il heats thu
blood. Food is fuel, and furnishes
heat; eat no food. Clothes preven
the escape Of heat from the body


wear none, or only loose shirt anc
drawers. Work heats the system
do nothing. Sit in q draft. Read.
ing, talking and thinking generally
heat; do neither. Battle every hom
Of the day, and take a shower DO
tween. Wear q cap with ice in it,
Sit with your feet in tub Of ice
water. Call your wife or daughter
when you want anything; it is a COO
operation. Drink iced tea, lemon
ade, plain soda and such; have a
cold stream running in all the while.
BY observing those simple directions,
ono can get along without going
away, unless the effects send him off.
Year: 1874

Nothing is perhaps becoming more evident
than tho fact that rude labor, requiring only
a certain amount of practice and dexterity,
is now generally better paid than that which
involves more or less of education, BRAIN
work and skill. In many blaces the clerk is
not earning half the income of the carpenter.
In short, all kinds of manual labor, both
skilled and unskilled, are at u premium; while
all that is sedentary and involves chiefly, If
not exclusively, the work of the brain has be-
come drug in the market. Day laborers
grumble when receiving only two dollars for
eight hours work, when clerks can be had
by the hundred at eight aid ten dollars .
week, with hours of almCst any length. All
the professions are crowded. The candidates
for sedentary work increase at far more
rapid rate than the demand for them, and
hence is coming round the strange anamoly
that education, instead of fitting the young
for earning higher wages and getting on bet
ter in the world, is actually becoming q bar
to their progress, and condemning them to
lifelong course of pitching and unremuner-
alive struggle. The fact is undoubted,
whatever may be its cause, aid however So
ciety may seek to applya remedy.-Ch'c"go
Inter- Ocean.
Year: 1874

\ butcher Of this city who is the inventor
of new kind of sausage, containing vast
amount of nutriment in = greatly reduced
form, named the same the 'Multum tn Parvo
sausage" A few days since he employed a
painter to paint him sign bearing the above
name, to be erected in front of his market.
Yesterday the sign was completed and brought
to the butcher for his acceptance. Judge of
the surprise and indignation Of the inventive
butcher when he fully realized that the great,
flaming vcrmillion and blue letters on the sign
before him read: 'Mutton in PorAo sausage!'
The painter sworc that that was what the
butcher told him to put ON the sign, and said
he Thought it very appropriate name."
When the painter said this the butcher seized
q cleavcr and it took three men to hold him,
so dcsirous was he of splitting open the head
of the poor trembling artist. 7errtorjn. En-
terp,tse, Noe. a.
Year: 1874

An Indian had been picked up drunk, and
though 1t was proposed to let him 90 over
the river, it was desirable to let him under
stand that no Indian has any more rights than
a white man.


''ChildOf the whispering fOrest-son of the
grassy plains-it grieves my spirit to see you
here, said his honor. ''Only q few more
moons will come and go before you will be
gathered to the happy hunting grounds OF
your brothers gone before. You are an aged
tree; time has shorn you of your strength.
You can no longer chase the wild cOndurango
and follow The rocbuck The buffalo grazes
in front Of your lodge, and your arm is not
strong enough to draw the bow. The rumb-
ling thunder and the sharp lightning make
you afraid Once YOU could not count the
camp fires Of Your tribe, so many did they
number; now there is nothin. left of your
tribe but yourself, two old army blankets and
q shot gun with the lock out OF repair. Son
of the forest, why is this thing thus, and what
DO you mean by coming into my trapping
grounds and getting drunk


The white chict has spoken many wise
words, replied the Indian in measured tones
resting one foot en- the edge Of 4 spittoon.
MY race has fallen like the lcaves-been
washed away as wafer washes out the marks
of chalk. l stand alone. My camp fire has
gone ont, and my lodge is cold and has 40
mat. kawnee-ke-kick has tears in his eyes
when lie looks to the West and no longer sees
the smoke of many camp fires Our great
chcftains have fallen, Our warriors are dust,
and the wolf utters his lonesome howl on the
the spot where stood our big village. am
sad."


''The red man may CO." said his honor.
II cannot give you back your dead; l cannot
cover the hills and meadows with forests
again; the wild fox and the deer have sought
the deeper glcns, and no power can waken
the warriors whose whoops rang from bill to
river. Go back to your lodge; beware of fire.
water; keep in nights; vote carly and often.
and be virtuous and yor il be happy."-De-
tivtt Free Prtss
Year: 1874

l, is common mistake to suppose that
eating before sleep is injurious. Not at all
unfrequently does it happen that people are
sleepless for want of food, and little taken
either when they first so to bed or when they
thus awake sleepless, will be generally found
far more etficacious, and of course infinitely
less injurious than any drug in tho chemists
pharmacopia. These are the physical rene
dies for slecplessncss which have the best
recommendation. AS for TIE moral ones,
there is certainly good deal more TO be said


Perhaps the most stringent Of all rules are:
"Ayoid anxiety" and Don't 60 to bed ow-
ing anybody a grudgc!" Chewing the bitter
cud of quarrel is a thousand fold more in
jurious to repose than swallowing whole
tcapotfnl of the very greenest of green tea.
Year: 1874

In making frosting for cakes or puidings,
a little lemon Juice, tartalic acid or cream OF
tartar Isl very pleasant addition to the taste,
besides making the frostins much lighter.


In cooking oatmeal, hOminy. wheaton grits,
cracked wheat, or any OF those nice break
fast dishes, cook it in a Coycred tin dish set
in a kettle of boiling water In this manner
there is no danger Of scorching Cornstarch
pudding, scamoss, farna and all other arti-
Clcs mixed with milk can be cooked in the
same way.


In roasting poultry. one thickness Of writ
ing or nice brown wrapping paper tied around
the wings and drumsticks will keep them from
being baked to a crisp and spoiled.


Bleeding from the nose may bc stopped by
putting bits of lint in the nostrils, and 10y
raising the arms over the head.


Vegetables should never he cooked in iron
pots unless the latter are enamcled or other
wise coated internally.


4 correspondent. writes To the .Sctlntitc
.imericon that the worst tOothache, or ncu-
ralgia coming from the teeth. may be specdi-
ly and delightfully."- ended hy the application
Of IA small bit of clean cotton, saturated in a
strong solution of ammonia, to the defective
tooth. Sometimes the late sufferer is pro-
mOted to momentary nervous laughter by the
application, Out the pain Inc de~rr.~-.a


At this time of the year it is Of great impOr-
,ance to arrange plants in houses SO that they
shall have supply of light somewhat equal
to the climate from which they came. All
retarded autumn flowers should have as light
situation as possble-near well-cleaned
glass and not far from quiet ventilation. \
strong draft of air is in furious for them.


There is rarely, if ever, any need OF using
soap on the face, except for dirty people. or
where there is m,lch oil secrcted bY the skin.
Pure soft water is generally quite sufficient.
As rule, avoid the free use of soap on the
skin. except the mildest kinds. Face powders
iniurc the skin just as dirt does, by obstruct-
ing the pores If there is any poison in the
face powder, as there often is, it only adds
poison to dirt, and makes the matter so much
the worse.


To any quantity Of glue use common whis-
XIV instead of water. Put both together in a
bottle: cork tight, and set it away for three
or four days 1t will then he fit for use, with
out the application Of heat. 1t will be found
a useful and handy article in every house
hold
Year: 1874

Now that the Centennial Commissioners
have abandoned all intention of asking Con-
gress for an appropriation, they can appeal
to the public with better grace and prospect
of securing favorable response. The Bos-
ton merchants have taken the matter in hand
with their accustomed energy, and at a public
meeting held recently the proposed plan for
celebrating the national cetenary was deliber-
ately endorsed, and by resolution pledge
was given that the quota Of the State should
be speedily subscribed
Year: 1874

Apropos of what Mrs. Livermore's
late lesson OH the above important ques-
ton said, the Davenport Democrat thus
scnsibly makes answer:


Teach them self-reliance.
Teach them TO make bread.
Teach them TO make shirts.
Teach them TO foot up store bills.
Teach them not TO wear false hair.
Teach them not to paint or powder.
Teach them to wear thick, warm
shoes.


Bring them up in the way they should
go.


Teach them how to wash and iron
clothes.


Teach them how to make their own
dresses.


Teach them that dollar is only hun
dred cents.


Teach them how to cook good meal
of victuas.


Teach them how 10 darn stockings and
sew on buttons.


Teach them every day, dry, hard, prac-
tical compon sense.
Teach them to say no, and mean IL;
or yes. and stick TO it.
Teach them to wear calico dresses, and
uo III ilkc puttH.


Give them good substantial common
school education.


Teach them that a good, rosy romp is
worth fifty consumptives.


Teach them to regard the morals and
not the money of beaux.
Teach them all the mysteries of the
kitchen, the dining room, and the parlor.
Teach them that the more one lives
within his income the more he will save.
Teach them 10 have nothing TO do
with intcmperatc and dissolute young
men.
Teach them the further one lives be-
yond his income the nearer he gets 10
the poor-house.


Rely upon II that upon your teaching
depends In "A great measure the veal or
woe Of their after life.
Teach them the ccomplishmenls-
mnsic, painting, drawing, if you have
time and money to do 1t with.
Teach them that coed, steady me-
chanic without a cent Is worth dozen
oil patent loafcrs in broadcloth.
Teach them that God made them In his
own image, aud no amount of tight lac
ing will improve the model.