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the dally editions made up with roforence
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reader especially for Dallas counly peojilo
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farmers. Reference is respectfully made to
the leading mercantile bouses in the city as
to their experience adycrtwlng In tuo UKR'
ALD.
DEMOCRATIC.
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TUB HERALD IS iMJinocrilllC iu jHiiuiun.
but conservative and lair. It deals with all
current topics ot the limes and its columns
are ever lively crisp and entertaining as
clean paper It has its strongest support
among the best people of Dallas and adja-
cent towns being j"t the paper lor the
home clrclo alter the work ol the day Is
done. It covers the stato general news
OpIH aa tlmrnuirhlv as the local aud thus
publishes all that is
i going on at home and
auroau.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence and news Hems are so
licited. Correspondence musi ue accompli-
ilf.il kv tUa nrrltnr'fl full tlnllld. not for T)Ull
Ucation unless dexlred but as a guarantee
01 goou laiiu. wrue ouij ou uuo biuo v.
the paper and to the point.
Remittance should be made by draft regis
tered letter or money oruer.
Advertising rates lurmshed upon applica
tion at me ouice.
Office : 606 and 606 Mam at. second floor.
Friday Nov. '.25. 1887.
The Bryan aud Navasota papers
soem to be rivaline each other in nam
ins? wood type advertisements which
occasionally swell their papers to
double sheets.
Thanksgiving was generally ob-
served throughout the slate yesterday.
Tbo attendance upon public services
in many instances was interrupted by
th constantly railing rata which was
everywhere hailed with Joy. llaports
show that on thanksgiving yesterday
nearly every portion of the state was
visited by a rood aud much needed
The Dallas Herald is a first class
paper with ouo exception the se hor-
rible cuts. Heaven forfeud I Murder
that artist Gilbert. Marlin Ball.
Can't afford it. The pictures in
the Herald are by tho same proces
and will compare favorably with those
in tho Globe-Democrat Courior-Jour
nal and other metropolitan papers and
whilo they are not intended to com
pete with fine wood engravings they
are nevertheless interesting.
At a few points in Mississippi
whore the forest fires are raging
fierce rain was roportod falling
Wednesday night. Tho fires seem to
gather force as they spread aud the
entire valley ot the Mississippi ap
pears doomed unless rain in abund
ance comes to the rescue. It is to be
hoped that the rain of yesterday was
extonsive enough to quench tho de
stroying flames in the burning dis
trict.
The Cameron Herald closes an ar
ticle on the subject of the threatened
anti plauk in the next Democratic
State platform with this:
We nrefer to see the matter rest
whAr It la. There is but little likeli
hood of a second contest in the near
future but should it come men will
vote as they please anyway.
It is not bo much with a hope to
control the voter in another contest
o far in the dim future as It is to
squelch " the leaders of the prohibi-
tionists. Democrats ol Texas will
be likely to make one about as imprac-
ticable as the other. There Is no pro-
hibition issue now if let alone; but
they may succeed in kicking life into
it again.
Little darling dream of me and the
good things ofiered by Thompson &
Price.
Gov. Ross is correct in hi sugges-
tion to Mr. Eddleman of the State Al-
liance that If the farmers would let
their wishes be known to the legisla-
ture in regard to needed legislation
they would receive most lavorablo
consideration. The agricultural in-
terest is tho greatest in Texas and
anything that can be done to foster
and protect it the IIehald agrees
with Gov Ross the representatives ol
the people will gladly do. Tho Farm-
ers AUiauco find that the State laws
enacted to check tho power of corpora
tions tend to lmpcdo tho progress tboy
want to make Ju co-operative mauu-
factu ring enterprises. But tho farm-
ers must remember that in this they
have no cause for complaint'agilnst
tho party or administration which en-
acted those anti-corporation laws ; for
it was tho work of a legislature almost
entirely of farmers and lrom larming
counties dono to chock tho growth of
outside corpurato power in tho btato
aud if wo mistake not at mo instance
of reDresentatives ot that industry.
But if tho laws4lnterlero wun me iar-
. . ... j
mors' movomcuts over the (state to
establish co-operative manufactories
then charges aud modifications should
wi .n iimihi will be made dv mo
UUU V w
next legislature.
The I'arls News reforring to tho
m.nr.llv rnntnat in this JSltV. and the
rumor that Mr. Eu C. Smith wouKM
ouloiu tho holding of tho city election
whilo his contest case was iu court
sa s :
If tho injunction had been granted
it i uva saintilidhnd a dauperous
III nVMIU UMTV k
.MIlllni. 'I'll la la n. covorunioiit ol
.w..w..w - O-
tho peoplo aud not oi me juuicmrv.
Very truo. The question now re
voi ts back to tho peoplo for their de
cislon on December 2. Tiioro will not
likely be as many illegal votes polled
In the coining election as in the last
but the methods in that last campaign
will be apt to piny an active part in
this. Both;parties claim to have dis-
covered many illegal votes and tho
trial on .the slump aud beforo the
peoplo will bo watched with interest.
Fraud in elections should bo exposed
by grand juries severely puuished by
the courts and rebuked at the pons oy
the friends oflavaud an honest bnl
lot
The Waco Examiner in one ot its
column articles of fulsome praise of
Hon. Geo. Clark relerriug to Gover-
nor Ross says :
Our Warwick never sends inferior
material into publio service aud that
is ono of the secrets of his wonderful
Dower with the people.
The Herald is an admirer of
Judge Clark who is a warm and per-
sonal friend of Gov. Ross ; and we
feel quite sure the Judgo is as much
disgusted with such stuff as could pos-
sibly be any other friend of Gov.
Ross. While Geo. Clark was one of
the most industrious workers for
Gov. Robs' nomination no man in
Texas with a grain of common senso
but knows it is beyond the power ot
any one man to make a governor ot
Texas and that Gov. Ross to-day aud
ou the day of his nomination was and
is the moat popular man iu Tcrai
with tho people of his state.
The Waco Examiner looks forward
to war in Eupope with evident satis-
faction if not pleasure. It says that
war there if at all will bo iu the midst
of the bread and meat producing re-
gions which will cut short their pro-
duct and iucreaso their demand which
must come from this country and
" there will be r'ches prosperity and
development in it all for the west and
Texas will have the full advantage of
it all."
Yes she was beautiful with thq
light ot Joy in her azure eyes that re-
minded one of heaven's own blue ; the
annbeami of content rlpplinir across
hnr vnlvctv check and the hop of
long years coming lrom her crimson
lips. She attributes her splendid
physical perfection to the use of Mor-
ris' Coscarine.
Opera glasses for rent at Beck's
next to S angers'.
The Verdict Unanimous.
W. D. Suit Druggist Bipntis. Ind
testifies: "X can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in evry
case. One mac took six bottles 'anil
cured of Jiheumatisa of 10 years'
itatirtinjr." Abraham Hare Druggist
Belleville Ohio affirms: "The bes!
filing medicine 1 have ever handled
in my 30 years' experience is ElectrU
Hitters." Thousands of others have
added their testimony so that the ver-
dict is unanimous that Eleetric Bitters
do cure all diseases of the Liver. Kid-
neys or blood. Only a half a dollar a
bottle at V. II Howell Bro s dmf
tort
THE DELUSIVE TRADE DOLLARS.
Making Them Into Bricks at the As-
ear Office Treasures of the Vaults.
On a reoent Friday afternoon says
TU New York Tribune the last "melt"
of the 8495633 trado dollars whloh
have been received at the United States
assay ofiloe in Wall street aluoe the act
of congress authorizing their purchase
went into effect was complotod and the
limpid silver was poured into the
moulds and transformed into silver
bricks 1100 to 1.200 ounces In weight
A "melt" of silver at the
assay oflloo means five thous-
and ouncos. Therefore in ordor
to make way with the whole num-
ber of tho 3600000 trade dollars about
seven "melts" were necessary. A re-
porter chanced to be presont and stood
near tho crucible whon these last repre-
sentatives of a dead currency Blowly
lost their individuality and became a
a shapeless glittering mass. Their
career was not of honor.
What is denominated an "inolosuro"
in one of the vaults of the assay office
contains over four hundred cubic feot
of trade dollars which have passed
the crucible and are now stacked up in
the shape of silver bricks. The gover-
ment has paid about $3400000 for
them but thoy are useless Supt.
Andrew Mason says and usless made
into standard dollars a loss of about 25
per cent would be sustained in dispos-
ing of the metal to manufacturers and
artisans. The furnishing of gold and
sliver bars for manufacturing purposes
is Supt Mason says a growing busi-
ness at the assay ofllco. During tho
past year these bars to the value of
$10000000 have boen sold for use in
arts and manufactures an increase of
$2000000 over any previous year.
When tho last '-melt" of the trade-
dollars had boen poured into the molds
and made Into brick the reporter ob-
served that two small quantities per-
haps of a grain or two each were put
into little receptacles and sdnt to the
assaying-room. "Theso" explained
Assistant Assayer J. T. Wilder "are
tho samples for assaying. Two are
taken from each molt" They are
each assayed by different persons and
thoir work must tally. If it doos not
the work is repeated. If the two as-
says fail to agroo the whole melt ige-
melted and fresh samples taken. Then
the process is gono through with again.
"The greatest care Is taken" said
Mr. Wilder "to gaurd against inac-
curacies. The assaying is done by tho
Gay Lussao method. The exact
amount of metal is weighed and dis-
solved in nitrio acid. Then enough
chlorine is addod to precipitate pre-
cisely a drachm of pure silver. Tho
solution is then shakon for three min-
utes In a shaking-maohlne (run by
steam) after which it is allowed to set-
tle. More salt water is added every
atom of which is taken account of and
if any silver remains in solution it
shows a slight cloudiness. The opera-
tion is repeated until no cloudiness ap-
pears showing that no silver remains
in solution; that it has all been precipi-
tated. Then a calculation Is made as
to the exact finoness of the samples
of silver in the trade dollar whloh is
corrected by silver proofs. When the
fineness is thoroughly ascertained it is
stanipod upon the bar or brink
whkh has been formed by the
melted dollars together with the value
weight molt number and the number
ot the bar. Then the bar or brick is
sent to the 'Inclosure before mentioned
where the other trade-dollar' bricks
are kept under a coniblnrstlon safe lock.
The combination of this as well as of
the other safe locks in t'he bulldlnz. is
known only to Sunt Mason and one
other trusted official. "
The antiquated bunding used as. the
assay ofiloe was formerly the sub-treas
ury. It has been occupied for its pres
ent purposes since the year 1854 and
the work and business done there biave
long since outgrow It. The old tene
ment shakes peroeptiblj when a heavily
loaded truck passes in the street in
front of it interfering with the ascer
taining of weights upon tho delicate
little scales used by Assistant Aasayer
Wilder upon which 'be is able to dis
cover the specifio gravity of an object
almost infinitesimal an eye-wi&ker.
for instance. H often calculates for
visiting statesmen the exact weight of
their signatures minus the gravity of
the paper upon which they at a written.
The sum. Mr. Wilker remarked often
represented the weight of the respective
statesmen's political infloenoe after
they had boen registered among the
"has been.' The reporter's i isit U the
gold-rooms revealed many It ings curi-
ous and latereetiag. Here wet re bags ot
scrap gold of all grades asnt in by
jewelers and workers in gold and ail
ver wating' te have the fineness
of their contents tested la. furnaces
heated np to over 1000 degn s. Qoki
of all the civilised coon trice was here
sent from London Taxis Vliana Ant-
warn and otlnr Eurooean oitlos. Muol
of it was said to come from Hollani
and Germany. The Bank of Amsterdan
is a large consignor. One deep pan
ready for the cruoible contained 60(
English soverlens most of them brigh
and nem in another were about 171
Spanish doubloons while in a thin
were Frenoli and lioigian zu-iram
pieces and iu a fourth were the 20
mark coins of Germany. Lomosu
gold comes In bars grains and lumps
and in jewelry and the like.
After this gold has boen meuea re
fined and assayed it Is molded Inti
bars or bricks of various sizos of volui
running from $110 to $10000 ant
properly stamped. Bars worth $501
to $700 or less are called at the assa;
ofllco "chicken feed." The stampint
unon the sides of one of them jus
come cave the molt number 145; biv
number 12561; the weigni
ounces; the valuo $428.49; while ot
the top as a verification was the as
say ofiloe stamp with the eagle (oi
goose" as it is called there) and mi
fineness fine 997J. This "chlckei
feed" varies in weight from about livi
mo to thirty-five ounces. The large
sizes run from twelve to forty pounds Ii
weight Many of mom are stampci
$10000 and upward in value. Boxei
of newly stamped brioks containing
$50000 to $100000 each stood on car
ready to be trundled to the vaults. Oi
one car was over $1500000. With tin
stamp of the assay office upon thorn
these bars or bricks aro worth in com
morce the exact valuo at which thej
ara atamned. and where eold must hi
used are preforred in heavy transactioni
to any other form or currency. iu
vaults of the assay office oontain in thii
form of gold alone moldod there ovei
$88000000. Ovor 28oouuuu oi mu
has boon receivod there during tin
past three months buch a largt
imnnn nf trniuiira deserves bolter ao
commodations.
lmnni tlm ntlmr fMll'lositleS of 111
gold-room are the two alleged bars o:
e-old which old Cant Richardson some
D - -T - . .
months ?o cot from a couple oi sup
oosod Californians for $4000. xnoj
nroved to be pure copper without evet
a voncerlng of gold. If tho old captain
had been as well acquainted witu m
nreolous metals as he profossod to bo hi
would have discovered tho deceit by the
color while by "hefting" them atton
livolv he would have found them no
liolf a linnv aa thev should be; till
sneollio eravitv of coppor being bit
8.93. while that of eold is 19.3. Copt
RiMinrrlann nnvir name back aftor hii
"gold bars."
While the reporter was at me assaj
office the interesting process of separ
ating gold and silver wnicn nau dbbi
molted together was under way. Tin
"malt" waB first granulated ny doiiii
cast into water. Then the silver is dis
solved out by being put iuto sulphuric
acid aud boiled In huge iron kettle
It. la nftnn nnnnaanrr to reDOUt the boil
ing five or ten times before a satisfac
tory result is reached. In this opera
tlon the gold is not dissolved out tin
silver dissolves leaving the gold.
The manner in whloh gold and silvei
are seporated from base metals called
onpellation" was also in progress.
Just a drachm of wolght of the metal
with a small particle oi lead is piaceu
In a "cupel" whloh is a little clrcuiai
receptacle made of bone the shape ol
itu ordiuury wooden "checker" but s
very little larger aud scooped out so at
to contain the metal to be cuppouea.
The cuppols thirty or forty at a time
are placed in a furnace heated by gat
up to fiftoen bundred degrees. iue
aotlon of the heat and air then oxi
dizes as it is called the baser niotalt
and they are absorbed by the porui
unnel nnd adhere to the bone while
the gold and silver remains.
o Many of the officers and employes oi
thn office are old men and graj
locks and silvery beards are In the ma-
jority. Some have been there forty
years. Supt Mason has passed through
seven national administrations and if
now serving in his eighth. He entered
the employ of the government as s
melter and refiner afterward became
an assistant assayer from which posi-
tion he was promoted to the super! n-
tendency. Assayer Herbert G. Torrey
ha also lonn been an officer and an
efficient one. . Supt Mason was asked
veaterdav bow his subordinates who
are constantly handling such largt
on untitles of precious metals were re
nnnaibla to him. "Solely by theii
honesty." was Mr. Mason's reply.
"The superintendent of the vaults is
responsible for his men. But for all
di rest I have civen bonds and all 1
have to rely upon is my belief that tbey
are men of thorough Integrity
ti i. not nrt blcTcla rider who can lowei
tht record bnt It U a poor bicycle that cannot
lawer the rider.
The only euaa that seeos to thrive on pro-
ermttloatlon Is the one that owes bis wiiot.
Only a single pit I found In a peach bat
eedsaltisaJia P.
Wn An nnt an'l 11 nnnnila nf ffranu.
latcd susarfor 1 right here we draw
. . i
me nuo nowover -we uo son aonp
that will wash the stains out of a bad
character or the spots off a loopard.
l uompson S i r co uu jum street.
Geo. Elite Co. Ileal Estate
and Collecting Agents have relumed
to their old stand 607 Main street
For bargains in real property call on
US. GEO. .1X18 es uo.
607 Main street
THREE NIGIITS AND 8ATUBDAV
MATINKE COMMENCING
Thursday Nov. 24th
Engagement of
Josepl GrismBr anfl PhceliB Davies
Thursday and Friday the Great London
and New York Success
"THE WAGES OPSIN"
Uy Frank Harvey author of " Woman
Against Woman."
Saturday Evening. J. K. Grlsmer's Drama
tlx. Ol liugn i;"Dway a fa-
mous Novel
t ATT "TTITV TJ A "ITJJ
Nov. 28 KATIE PUTNAM.
WANT COLUMN.
Dallas
Opera
House
Ol H H- ."3 ji jWlTS
H i S S garfe.
i 2 2 2 2 83
Two lines 10c 40c 2So BDr Sfto 45c Ko
Threo lines 15c )c i 4Ck 55- Vc 760
Four lines I Wcj MX- SO Vk JL:
iihiti rian in Advance aa the sums
are too small to take up the time of book-
keeper and collector.
J! Or 0e. UOUUUS UU PU11UBH siuua v
per cent additional.
tot me convouiuuce ui ucihjib .vo-
ters may be addressed care of the Dallas
Daily Herald. .
MEDICAL.
DALLAS DENTAL PARLORS
P. Chbanky D. D. H. Prop'r.
709 Elm Street Dallas. Texas.
Erie ieiepuonej
WW T
G.
JONES DENTIST
W . ' omCK m ELM 8TBEET.
The fineat grades oi ueuiai worn. iu
fuarantceu to oauu jiuu ;
Ullng that comes out.
DDUPBE M. D. (Becently of Austin.)
Physician and Surgoon. At oulce U0O
Elm street lrom 9 to u a. m. 2 to 4 p. m.
and at residence 837 Sycamore street 8 p.
m to 8 a. m. Telephone 41).
KBAL EXTATE.
JR IIOSLEV
. KEAL ESTATE AGENT AND
NOTAEY PUBLIO.
503 MAIN STREET DALLAS TEXAS.
"WANTED.
WANTED. A young man who under-
stands notions. A permanent situa-
tion to the right party. Urlng references
and call at the Arcade.
YI7' ANTED 100 houses to rent
Anolv to
VV Geo
Ellis A Co. 007 Mala street.
BOUSE MOVING.
ift Bouses moved on short notice and work
Tuaranteed: bond given if required; leave
orders at Cooper ft Robertson real estate
agents 703 Main street. J B Saint A C-
HABALSON & SHARP
HOUSE MOV ERS GBADEBS
ST HE 6.T CO TRACTORS
WICUUAAJM1I!.1!UUJ TI umv.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
wh iinnit vnn hava vnur boots and snoes
made to order when they don't cost any
more inan aioua wura n
nam street.
HOUSE PAINT1NP.
HOUSE PAINTING G. W. MEKKI
House and Shcn Painter Kalsomlning
Paper llanging Graining and Glazing.
I'ortlana ana uaaia siraeia. .
MISCEHANWUUB.
MANUFACTURING. Wenow have our
foundry in operation and prepared to
contract for the manufacture of anything
that can be made ol wood and Iron. Also
general repairing in Iron and wood. Mtin-
gers improveu vuliuu
Wring Company Dallaa Texas.
W. T. Hancock.
J. B. Lawrence
W.T. HANCOCK & CO.
Dealers in
Staple Fancy Groceries.
Country Produce. Etc Agents for the Soutn
American Cure.
NO. 926 ELM :9T.. DALLAS. TKT
THE NATIONAL
EXCHANGE BANK.
Paid up Capital i300000.
John N Rtmnson. President; WH Gaston.
Vlee-Prestdent: Royal A Ferris Vice-Prei.
idem: h a juciuwai.
ton Assistant Cashier.
' a t v a a fftT a a
Notice to Preseit Claims.
All .persons having claims against
iUt of E. B. Archlnard deceased
the
are
i kw nnnlnil In nreaent same within the
time prescribed by law to the admlmstra-
trlx of aald estate Mr. M. A . Archlnard to
whom letters ol administration were grant-
en oa the Snd day of Aigust 1887 and
wboee residence and post office address is
Dallas Texae. M. A. AacHiMARD
Adsax. of E. B. Arehinard Deod.
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