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THE DALLAS HEflA'P SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 24. 11. THE DALLAS DAILY HERALD PFOUTS ELLIOTT HALL. tnttrea at thPott-Omn at Dallat, Tnat, at tfeoomi L'iuu Matter iNOIOATlONS. Partly cloudy uientlvr with ocauslonal rain; tatterly to tuuth un'nib; ttatianitry barometer! tlation'tru or higher temimature. THE NEW DICTIONAEIES-THB WONDER FUL GROWTH OF LANQUAQE. We received last evening from the pub' liihen a cop; of the new ' Webster's Un- bridged Dictionary," wherein it (4 itated that there have been added tome 4,000 new words beyond what is cjutaicod lo the pre vious one. Ia the forthcoming edition of Worcester', a very much larger number has been incorporated. Tbii appears on its face a very simple announcement, yot to the ie flsctintr. mind it ia proliflj of food for ruuub thought, for despite the saying of Talleyraud that " language was given to man to conceal tbought," the fact It that the improvement of a language ia an evidence of a healthful rise in the intellectual barometer of a nation' progress. As latijiuajje of llsolf differenti ates intellignnco from instinct, so its im provement dilTjronlintos the decrees of that intelligence, Begun in its rudest shapings from the primitive cry and tne groan, the laugh and the grunt, it is progressing to ward the perfect, tj the cloarest expression and highest revolution of the Inmost soul, the oxtorniziUlon of our most complete con sclousness. Its production is a continu ous process in the cultural growth of social lifi), for like living organisms it is in a stats of continual flux. The lower down we go in tho order of civil ization, the mora poverty-stricken and weakly homogeneous do wo Hud the lauguago of a pooplo. Passing beyond this stratum, wo note in the Inferior iutelllgonos of tho savugo a corresponding paucity of words until finally we witness the degisnorsny to gesture signs baoming requisite to give some coherence to the few word-signs in uso; and it is only by their facial contortions, bodily gesticulation that the Bushmen and Arapthoos, for Instance, are able to make themselves understood by eaoh other, being unable, thorefore, to convorso in the dark. Among others in the samo scalo, as tho Dainaras and the Bongoes, the only moans of expressing oonJparalives and superlatives is by the raising of tho voice, and pushing out their mouths, for example and spying "wood go," for "I will go into tho wood." Lower down still, como classos whose grading is so low that nouns aad verbs are their only elomoiils. At the bottom of tho round.it is a well authenticated fact, that man in solitude is ai spnoohluss as the brutes. On the oilier hand,wo havo to romark bore, progress in language is o-ordlnatod with progrosi in intelligence, and hero again its own increasing complexity and Increasing social complexity aro almost equivalent expressions for tho development of tbought and the development of words and sentence, each in tun furthering and being furthered by the other. We caunot admit fur a moment that au liblo, intelligent spaon is a faculty as is sometimes urgjj, or that langutge is anything olse than au arbitrary, a conven tional instrumentality. It is not an imme diate oxertion of the thinking power, but a mediate produot, just at aro mechanical tools or other implements of labor or of art. The thinking apparatus in our make up, is one thing, tbs articulating apparatus, another, and hence the voice, although given to us for the purposo of speech is only so glvon as were the hands to write with. But nevertheless it hat become so perfected that it has actual ly increased man's intellectuality and puts hint to-day, in the scalo of tho zoological chart ho occupioi as the only exittoDt being tiling language Language In its totality, every fibre of It, is a symbol of mental activity, tho acmo of all human exortions. llavlng.lUbasis, its germs in tho emotional nature of the mat, it is becoming to improved under tho guidanco of liis int illectual, that we but formulate a truth when we say that the voice it the echo of tho soul. It springs exclusively from tho social desire to communicate one's fouling! and thoughts to hit follow men. And It it this lnter-eommunlcation that incroatet our stock or.knowledgo, by not only oryslallzing the nnmonturaof the mini, but by reducing Confused expression; to ordor, and bringing them under the distinct review of consciousness, and within roach of reflection and inspection in every snide of fooling. In thitnunnorltmay be laid that the homo geneity of general thought In passing to tho hutorogonolly of Individual thought, It vorg Ing toward a cloaror and more oomprobon 11 ve unity. 80 far ai wo know, man then it the only one of Uoi's creations that can talk, at he is Ukowlte tho only one that can make a fire, the only one that drosses, beyond the coats that motbo nature furnishes direct, otc, but when and whoro and how he first talked ere questions yet unsolved by the most dlllgont of the philologists. Wo are told In the scriptures that Adam gave names to the bsaiU and the fowls, t&, and hence It Is oontended by one class of investigators, that word language It at muoh of divine origin at is the faoully of speech, that It Is an In strument for the conveyance ot thought and feeling that ctme perfoot from the heads of the tinkers) but thlt It the purest speculation It U quite jensrally assumed' hosrever, thai before the dispersion of those who, while endeavoring to build the tower or usttai, were r.ruea- who a onfuslon of tongues, there was but one language tpoken, but whether the subsequent dlaltoU were variously dlstlnot or not, we are likewise Ignorant. Yet this moit writers are HUng to conosds, that the CaalJtet, Sanscrit ant the Hebrew are tha oldest of which we hav any tivloe, the Utter being the most ancient extant, though not prior In point of age, being surpass! by the first named. Tne Chinese claim an ultra antiquity. This last and the Sanscrit may bs taken as the two stylet of word language known, the Chinese being what is termed monosyllabic, and the other pollysyllablc, like that of the American Indian. They are antipodal at it were, tbe opposite directions of the one in tlioct of speech. Among tie almond-eyed race each word contain! a detached ides and may therefore be designated as ideographic. So too Is it with the Egyptians who use their hieroglyphic! sn a similar manner. In the groat multiplicity of languages, which with tbe dialects number some 4,000 or more, the Anglo-Saxon race have much to congratulate themselves un, and from the progress which is being made, as slated in the opening of this article, the prospects are flattering. It ha3 sometimes been cont-nded that the language in which the poor blind Homer sunn, or that in which Virgil penned hit mellifluous vorses.or tbe divine Dante pictured heaven, hell and purgatory, were the most superior ever known, but this it not so; they would have swept the chords of feeling in any. It wat not tho instrument that gave forth the sounds, it was the players. It was not solely tho richness of the suil, but the talont of the immortal artists, tho art of tho garaonur that caused to spring up tho queonly rose, the Imperial lilly and the perfume- ipreading violet in the flower land of song which flourished whorovor ' tendod by a Milton, a Shakespeare, a 1'ope, 1 Moore, a Burns, a Drydun nud a Byron Brought originally from Asia, the Indo- European language, by continued divergence passed as in its branching into, then tho Saxon, then the Reman, then the Anglican then the Ualllo, until we havo it what it is to day by innovation and domestication, with Us H'1,000 words, surpassing in exuberance and richnoes, all the others. And yet of this vast number it is computed that not over 30,000 are generally usod in writing or tpoaking.by a well educate I man.and 3,000 to 6,000 for ordinary conversation, llow far tho new words introduced in those dictionaries will aid us in departments of life whero clear, explicit, accurate langu igo is requirod remains to be seen. Certain it is that a vast amount of tho errors, the difficulties, the misunderstandings of life grow out of imperfoct or the defective language cm ployed, as witness the volumos of legal quibbles in statute books that taoreforo are but magazines of guesses, witness the systems of philosophy and scionce, whose bitter antagonisms are due solely to that cnuso, witness tho business quarrels and disturb ances of tho dav, and oven tho sa Jills that arise from social goselp. Let us hope that to tbo linguistic study will now bo givon more attontion and care, through n higher appreciation of its immense importance. 10 TRIOMPHE. If there has been any doubt in tbo past year or more as to tbe future of Dallas, as to her being tbo grand contral point at which must convergo tho groat bulk ol tho business for all this rich section, that doubt must be diipelled by tho developments of tho last lew months, and more especially by those in tho railway lino that we havo seen to occur since the opening of this year. By reference to another column will be found the action last evoning of tho Chicago, Texas & Mexican Central railroad company, whereby it was de termined not only to proceed at once to the costruction of tho twenty -soven miles of lir e southwesterly recently contracted for, but to survey some twenty-live additional miles of the road's extension in the same direction, to the end that bids for the construction tboroof also shall be at onco asked for. Not only this, but the chief engineer hat been by resolution further instructed to proceed without dolay to survoy the lino fr mi Dal la?. north-easterly to Pans, with a view to connecting at that point with the St. Louis and San I rancisco road. This action on the part of the directors uuuht to settle tho question as lo tho fate of our great focal point 1 ho gentlemen connected with that road, and recently hero (roiu Chicago, wont back homo astounded at what thoy had seen of Texas, and feeling like tho Quoon ot Shotm did as to the iiiagnillcenco and glory of Solomon, that "tho one-half bad not boon tolil Thoy represented capital, thoy controlled capital, and tbe roatmont received hero at our hand; and tho people, and the soil, and the climato they mot lu this soctlon, decided them as to tho desirability of investments here, In last evoning 's transnirinca at tint office of the Chicago, Toxat & Mexican Cen tral railroad company we have some of the first fruits, In the cash expen diture of nearly 30,000, thus far, and tho promise its proiont status civet- Again, only this week, wo recorded the fact of the arrival of Mr. Henderson and a wealthy capitalist, both Interettod in the Texat Trunk line, rutmlati soutlwiastrtrlv and heading for Sabino IW IhroiiL'h n lumber region unsurpassed in tho fertility and excellence of lis now much needed tim ber. Uf this road to mo twenty miles have already boon built, and iron enough to con struct It some tUty miles (urthor, It on lu wayUilher. The immense Importance of this line, oveu should It never reach lu ulil- mato and proposed destination, Is nut jot fully roalize I by our people and merchants, to whom will be opened up a most reinunutH. tlve trafflo with our neighbor of Kaufman, uonderson, Andorton, eio. Again, the Texas & Paclllo road Is now running daily trains westwardly some 200 miles, and while passenger coaohes on crowed from tunrlie toward tuoiot and back again. It It a difficult matter to secure frainht otr sufficient to meet the growing demand of the opening trade. Add to this the other fact that Dallu h.. new direct and dally communication with tbe uorthweat, with Denton, Gainesville, Whites, boro, Sherman, Denlson, etc, by the Dallas St Wichita railroad, and we cannot fall to be Impressed with our ipldor-web condition. It U no wonder that tome three or four capitalist! from other ttates are now peaklug of erecting manufacturing estab IlihmeoU la our very mkliL We learn that a cotton and wool factory is ,UIve,y ,0 be put under way within a very fey days, and an assured that th rmniti.1 atra-k- a has been In full subscribed. So. also. a ma- chine shon it in contemnlatlnn anil hn kel factory. Soon we will hear uf ether simRa. T institutions, such as flouring mills, paper mills, canning establishments. Tbe Hkrald has advocated with all iu strength and ith continuous pertinacity, all these things, and hat.sUiod oy them in the firmest ftith from first to last, and often, not only despite the jeers of neighboring towns and journals, but alas, only too frequently in the very face of the opposition and taunU from those in our own midst, who regarded us as visionary enthusiasts. It has been with us a labor of love, and we have nursed the bantlings unlit they can crow and fight for themselves. Like Hector of old for the fair Helen, we have not fought only foreigh competition, but we have straggled against and conquered an Achilles-like sulking and gloom that existed at home. But as the victory is in the general interest let each of us, now, one and all feel entitled to say lo triumpho. EDITORIALS AND EDITORIALS- Some of our good humored contcmporr- ries, for we are on admirablo torms with the all, have at tundry times and on divers occasions, manifested a disposition to be facetiously critical in the matter of some of tho Ukkald'h editorials, because of their unfashionable length. And indeed some vor witty and amusing bon mots have been tired at us therefor, no one relishing them moro than ourselves. For instance, a two or tli 1 e column article has been designated as our "editorial brevity ;" at another time, we are advised that our "troatiso might sorve as valuable reading for Mothusaloh in tho evoning of his old age;" agHin wo aro informed that we "must be very fond of linked sweotnoss long drawn out;" again, if we undertake to address "a few words to Governor Roborts," tho query is propounded, "whore would tho edi tor have stopped bad be desired to address tho old Alcalde at lcngtl?" again, ono journal suggests that ir2' twos Column article ought to bo mado into two hemis pheres and tlion;botter-halvod and quartered" and so on. To all which criticism wo listen very Kindly and very sll'ectionately, and then straightway again pursuo'the even tenorof our way under tho vory vivid recolloction of that excellent, and daily applicable fnble of our old friend. Alum, w ho relates that once upon a time an old ' r man and bis little boy were driving an ass beforo them to the next market town whero it was to be sold. The first passer-by com- plainod to the old man that he madetho poor boy trudge on foot, whereupon bo put tho boy on tho ass. Tho next person thov met donouncod tUe boy as a lazy young rascal to thus ride and allow his old father 10 walk, whoroupon tho lattor mcuntod tho animal when two women, a little lator on. ex. claimol, "for shame! to make the little fellow walk." Both thon rode, when the next traveller mot remarked that the riders were bi tter ablo to carry the ass than the as3 was to crry them. So. Anally discouraged and disgusted they tied the ass' legs to a long pole, nnd the two shouldering tho Jurdon trudged along under tbo weight. We learned that iesson when very young from ono of the Greek readors, and It has served us many a useful purpose. The truth is, as must appear to tbe ordi nary mind, the length of an editorial, like the length of anything .else, is of relative ad measurement and adjustment; it must be de termined by and flttod lo tbe subject matter. Tho siza of the shell ought to bo propor tionate to the quantum of moat whicL it envelopes, and tho value of tho relativity is to bo determined by a propor comparison. 3o I'rncrusteau rack of language should bo made to cramp and distort the thought. It is tho rnvoraal of the rulos ot common sense to urge iU When St. Patrick found that his buri.il box for the last tor punt on this banks of Killurney was lai'0 rnouifl) to lot iu all but the tail ond of tho ' varmint.' ho cared not a whit ho had secured the body ; but bed it been t)0 small, Ireland might to-day ba full of snakes ; he mado a case for a goodly siaed captive and not a lizard. We romembcr having heard a tailor .contend that the non tilting coat mado for tho boy was because the boy was loo small tor tho coat ; possibly soiimof our captious critics are in the condi tion of the small boy. While in this era of qi.lek transportation, doso condensation and raoid evolution, a writer should seek to com press hit thoughts in as few words as possible, it is us absurd to measure the volume or length of tho latter bv a yard. slick, regardless of the ideas to bo coutuined, as it would be for a builder to erect alt his bui :lngs two and a half stories high, regard l ss of the Inhabitants to occupy it; or for a farmer to work one hundred acres of land rre.-pectlvo of his laborers, implements and I ve lOck; or for a man lo oat just so much dinr.cr regardless of the requirements of bis stomach. A local report, a foreign or donuvlic communication on some subject may lust as lonslblv bo circumscribed hv the 'oot rule or the inch "measuring tape, as an editorial. And so of the sentences and words tiimnselves; to of the size of a book or the copy of a nowspaper. The principle Involved in those few out of numborlcss pot aible illustrations is the samo. Sometime slco, the Chicago Timet pro posed to to arrango iu lituet, that tbe size of It sheott thould betdjuitod and regulated by t'i quantity of mattor It might have to pub lia 1. The Idea Is nurkod by common sense from any ttand point. To-day the variout d t'ailt of the country often enlargo or c '.1 tract special editions, the Sunday columns of the metropolitans running several columni wider and a lew Inches longer, Thlt I at It thould bo. Ia the bttte and hurry of our modern, and more especially American life, we lean too much toward superficial skimming and so are running tbo chance of a lost ot balance and the force of the Impulse, the present style may too much exceed the legitimate and safe demand. It is conceded that as langage is the vehicle of thouirt we ought to reduce the friction and inertia so as to beget the fullest efficiency ; tut this is not the question. It is, what is the amount of woightand value of tbe cargo that the train 0l thought is transporting and transferring For fluenl wrlt8r "in flne frenzy rolling," tonstL,cff flippant article full of fustian and "sous. d nd fuT signifjing nothing," is an easy task,'' To ,lu(1 ''h glittering generalitie of .orKeu hues and vis id lints ln K.:ir. .U . 1 mat might riva. """utjr we aazzung stones and glasses 0 A'ddin's phantooisd nalare that inninn 11 n . 1 night, or via with r a t - the exquisite rainbow coloi of Queen Cath erine's castle of ice, or ouUbii. the rosplend ent chateaux d'Espagne of Dob Quixote, it all of sasy effort to the nimble pen. But to construct an editorial, whose warp and woof win he or more substantial texture, convey, ing some value in the shape of real inf.'rma tion, or even productive of a thought tide .that will bear upon iu bosom and in iU depths something useful, is another afl'air. To dissect a sub- net to Sin tnmiwi Muun. 1 . t...nH ...j 1... : th .si r ' ..... .1 . . u direct the judgment of men end events, and to draw from those and other things lessons of moral, political, commercial. scientific or tocial benefits, is a work that ought not to bo, cannot be, circumscribed, as we Baid, by the foot rule and the inch measuro. Mnrrlnice Mcstssaen. iuo iouowing marriage Jicensos were issued during tho paBt week : P. B. Hamlin and M. L. Butler; A. W. Furguson and Pink uuimwny; jamw a. jveuoy ana Jim Me iNor wood; Jacob Engus and Johanna Van uarlan. iii:i. CUADnoCK-NBnnleLom, rlaugiitnrnf T,, anil ;. k. t'raulook, ou the iU Inst., ol typhoid frver. Funeral will t ike n aoj from tha rmlilmu-n of herparenta, corner Paolllo avmine and Jet- rersou street, at o'clock this aru-rnmm Ki lnnili ami ueiinilntances of tho family are inviieil tottttenil Sleep on, sweetchll 1 nt.it take thy resti Thou art early osllel but Ooil knows best. (Cleburne psiera ploa'e copy.) UUKKK-Oii Weilnes lay, Airll Ihoaith, near ...mil, it-.ina, dlHIIUU, mill Of Ml". Ullll ji". TCiiiiumijoiie-r. o: rummAiit. r....,. HltA DLY, Duvlil. At Drew's Riallon, April, irt-l, or pnuumon a. If j waa a native n lexas, ami illetl In 7onlentlon city. A T AllV frlemla i-ll.l.,.r h.f.w. : l ' . Ji & l';ceHHHit, will please Hillrora . w uRii.au, .UIIt01lIIl Cliy, A' I , tXJ NOTICKla hereby given that themdeT. siKiiel (Contractors en the t'hlcHio, Texas Mexican Central Hallway Ci.) will not hold llieiimelTos responsible, wlthnit a written or der frru their ollice, fop any Indebtedness In ciirri'd by mib-conirae'nra and smplnyea. Time checks will not hn ! veu nor rtomilaed. KniplnyM will be paid on tn liiih day of each month for labor performed ilie m.inth previous. Any employe nuitlni: tho work vnlnninriiv i... fore the regular pay day will he paid In nier- cuancii'o ir desired, if not tno esih w II he paid on the regular pcy day. CnldwellA t3 ATTENTION KVKIiYltOI)Y..In nn.l n. of Delias! Mason A Krb, 712, Jlnln stn-et, have Just reotdved Arobery, Croquets, Marbtes.Tops warns wins aim nuts, Jumidng Ilofes, Toy Horae lielua. and eveivllilmr In ih m, r Spring nnd Summer amuscmeuts for the young and old folks. The prhss are bottom.- Come and see them before buying elsewhere, Cro- iiucts will be sold lit nearly cost. Er"NOTK!K Wanted, llftv nnun-.m... Olltf. Colorado it Santa Ve mil quarry near llrenhani. Wages, ti iioperdny. r or further particulars lnoulre ot ntntion m. ter O.. O. A a. K. railway. Unmlnmi. Dissolution and Co-partnership ThunirtnA-nlitii nuv.ii..fnM A-.u.. .... . I), i.arlltnjum and 11. K. Undurwo t, un der the lirm ismnoof Uiirllngum A Uodnr- ii i. "'""i'U o iiiuinalciosi-..t., 11. K. Unlerwo id retiring. The bn-lnuia win neroart(.r rnn-t.ttl n., ,v i n anilTiinmaa Held, who un'vJontered liim I'ni.uviniiiii, uniivi tne naniu ot iiurlltiute-- a rlold. 51. ll.iiti:i.ivi:'iMj II K. UMIKKIM jd' THOMAS KIKLj. Dallas, Marcli)!, ltxSl. Clllllnir nttPtlllrin L.. Ih nlin.-. apeoiriillv ask for tho new llnn Ilie coiiIIiiiuhI leiiroiiagif ho genoruuHly given to the nl.l Arm by Us friends. 11. F. I NDkiivvniu. Dallas, March 1, 1841, ' PROPOSALS. Proposals will lie reeolvM ot ourolllesln UALI.AS. THXAS, tip to MAY Stti, for the ftinil'hlnKnrmatorlal and puttlnB unrf llr dies and r..il,. work on Hie ilrt S7 tti'l.-s o Lhleaii. lesias Mexican Central Hallway; also proposal for fi:nilhtig 'Hinbrr lu narl or hole for nalU work, Hlda will be eons hi eivd lor tne flaming and putting up. all of said work, we luml.hlng it alerla 01, line or at depot wlihln the city of Dallas. om'ee"" Rml 1"i0"lcal,'J,, u "o een at our CALDWELL & NEELY, Contractors . prJ3 1 w Mil. Ultl 1 T, Fasliionablo Dross Maker, Who la roeently from Chleugo, lakes plensitte In Iniorinlng time who desire worst done In her line, to fall on her In her new rooms, S30 ELM KTltEKT, (UP 8TAIIIS) Where she Is prepared to do all kinds of wot k n the above line, la the best nf atylo. aprll BAKING ABSOLUTELY HEALTHFUL Heat Maat KstostileM:ia the World, Hi vaiuab.; j,v,,;n i;,;0.' "in V,n7 Sffi! ?"ur:. "rlelaus and reoomnisstd It. i. mmm in skaiwI SAiia on l fim... vnMKwTo;ra.R2uwiANY, A. A. jlEAEOW7 HA3 Leading a-TVw dM OF TEXAS. No. 712 JElm : No 1. The above cuts represent a. fewof the Now.RrviVa just received tt Tearsou's. rrimmecl beautifully. No. 3 represents one style of trira nilllff it. No. 2 is the nnnnlnr lnt T ;a oke. e have the lamest - 0 the State, at "he Lowest Prices. A. A. PEAR 712 Elm Mow is Your Chance To Hod o-Je or the Finest Stockajf MEN'3, LA.DIK3 AND ClUMHiKxy II Elil t4 klHH 1 A TVTTTi , Tttt- itjr IT 11 1 4 I IM I 1. 1 M UI Itnon v rHI ivs yt m s EverSoun In WA hflVA tm full atta1.tn..Kl T mttimin bnited m.krA.n.L"SD.V1,B NO IVROUBLE TO SHOAV GOODS j Mi KAUUyTVH AH KV.VHKTEn And Our 1'rioes will bo Found THE LOWEST. A COMPLETE 8TOCK OP a-snsTTS' fiite hats On Hand, all the Latest 8lylos, rttwlved at LEON KA.HN'8 6?4 3LM STREET. 3 r,i r m ran mm w - - - PUBLIC SALE I WILL SELL AUCTION on SATURDAY, tho 30th of APRIL, 1681, at TERRELL, at 11 o'cltck, a m. the stock of goods, formerly bol inglng to A. k I FronkJf, Into nuTchnntj at Terrell. THE (STOCK CONSISTS OF Prints, DometticN, rtN CJoodn, Notion, llootn and Shoe, Ilttt,,, 0thlliri5ih!J,B ThoBo goods were purohasod In the JSe York Market. The etock li 315 hHii m00" Th0 ,n'oi08 counts t 18,0 0? and mil sold to tho highest bidder upon tho following torms. ' Ono.third payablo November 1st, i881. " " Docombcr 1st, 1881. " January 1st, 1882. 8PSssto"u,"1 andt0 bcar IntorojUI J. W. tSWIlZER, Dallas, Tex. II. H. OLAF1.IJV Ac apilt 1-w THE Vlillinery No. 1 is a little Bonnet and strif!.- nf 1 oil I v. jiivin..-' " till ill )N, tret. r- this market. srt-.. - . ","'V IB SHOR. and olherm. Co,