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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-12-20
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rOR sPEaAEs OF TIE MOUSE.

While we would, in no sense, dictate
to the Representatives of the people just
elected, yet, as the great majority of
them will meet together to9 the first
time, we desire to suggest to them the
fitness and propriety of electing Guy
M. Bryan, of Galveston, us Speaker of
the House of Representatives. Neither
NJ. D. X. Taylor, James w. Hender-
son, David C. Dickson, C. G. Keenan,,
H. r. Runnells, nor ANY Of the old
Speakers are mem bers of'the incoming
Legislature.
Guy NJ. Bryan is the nephew and
literary executor of Stephen +. Austin,
the father of Texas. He entered The
Legislature from old Brazoria. in 1s4T,
ami served in the uoasc or i1enate ten
consecutive wears, when Ic was sent
to Congress aud stfvett!wo sessions at
Washington, 50 BE HAS twelve ses-
s,0ns OF legislative experience. During
the war he was u labprions, self-deny-
ing NOulcUeidtc coIuitts lCihcS itNS
war, banlsrupted in fortune and de-
prived of his angelic wife daughter OF
the celebrated William Fl. Jack), he
has devoted himself to the training
and education Of his motherless chil-
dren. The people of his district, des-
pite his wish to live i'll domestic retire
ment, have elected him to the House
of Representatives. He yielded only as
dutiful son yields when his parents
command.
We, therefore, nominate Guy NJ.
Bryan for Speaker of the House of
Representatives--the faithful son Of
Texas, the old time friend of Rusk,
Lamar, Potter, Sherman, Burnett,
Houston, Burleson, Wharton, Archer,
the adopted son of Austin and the sob.
in-law of Jack.
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HOME sCIyOOIs-Ho.
To the Editor OF THE DALLAS HERALD:

To the Editor OF THE DALLAS ILHAhp'
propose in this and Subsequent
numbers to embody theresults of many
years experience and observation on
the subject of Education, with the
view of inducing more correct COM
prehension Of the causes that have pre-
vented Southern schools thus far from
reaching that degree of efficiency which
they ought to attain.
In the first place, lay down the
proposition thatitis the duty ofparent@,
In. the interest of their children, to ed
ucate them, IL possible, Mt home, 70
maintain an oversight over their hao-
its, theirmorals, and their associations;
to foster II love for home and its CHI
deurments, and not to deprive them
selves of the parents incstilnable pre-
rogativc to brighten and gladden. MS
decliulng years by the contemplation
of the progressive development of the
mental and physical attractions OF his
children nt this, the most intert sting,
period Of t,ieiy iires. What fancied
Advantages auA accomplishments to be
gained by an education 'ostainedhbroad
can outweigh thcse considerations"
Can 1t be thought That u young girl,
sent to some distant boardins-sciiool
for tiireG or four years, and restricted
there to the society Of he, teachers and
schoolmutes, can acquireianything be-
yond book knowledge? W When she
leaves that school she is ip everything,
except physical development, rs niilch
a child Is as when: size catered II;
she knows nothing Of The world
and the society she is at'out to
enter, but what she las read
in books; or worse still, Wahs she has
gathered ffoni noSes, iias.ohi& warped
her mind and filled Il @itii IDEAL aefhcs
ard ro,lantic imagc; WINCH Way Gniy
prepare her for disappointment ana
Life lpng 3wfetcheduess. How many
chara,ing ai1d infeTesttHs Sirlf have
flsaown aetFt'!r% retaalo9 frqm school
.ardwhen-Gr DE iirsi iiuie5,yf e'lofa"
upon tle stage"f re4lfp9"Yre ''ir' ne
world Na5 i" i;an lnb. Z. lf@" if'fh
via lrsoauq lririi is, fh@n Il pt,ct;
,...,.,.,.,,if A.la SHIit,w- ;.t't. t.. ihtg
gchbip; ~ y. Il, = ~" e H{ti 'te's n'1h'''
jag ss they lhcmteivcf'i tHlt hFohsn' up
without any Knowledge of the world
ignorant of the arts and wiics Of men,
aud destitute If ftlat tact so necessary
to form correct estimates Of the char
acter of men. l have known most OF
such to make Tasty, injudiclous and
unhappy marriages, and such as no
girl would have contracted who had
been educated at home; for the latter,
'associating constantly with a great va
riety of characters, and passing prop
erly through all the stages of girihood
and young womanhood, without any
sudden transition from one to the other,
she is alone thus fitted TO choose for
herself, and to know when she chooses
aright. have known families, the
daughters of which wt:e educated,
some at home and others abroad tie
former were generally admired f9r the
greater easp III their manners, supe-
rior tact, and greater prudence and
Judgment In forming those ties which
create or destroy woman's happiness.
't "ALPuA."
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THE GRAND REsULt.

The vote of Dallas county was oili-
cially counted yesterday, and the re-
suit, In tabular form, will he found III
this days HERALD.
BY these official figures 1t will be
seen hat Richard Coke, Democratic
candidate for Governor, received z,o2S
votes, and Edmund J. Davis, Radical
candidate, $3.50 votes-sh0wing II clear
Democratic majority, for Governor, OF
1902. This is a good majority, truly,
and one of which we are proud-bat, at
the same time, it should have been
2,5OO votes. Had the entire people OF
Dallas county realized the duties they
owedr the country, and had voted,
Coke's majority would have been 2,5Oo
votes. te su. siir at siCfiu
IS For Sheriff. ,thevote stands for James
L. Barkley, Democratic nominee, l,4ol;
for J. NJ. Brown, the old Sheriff, rum
ming independent, SlO-majorlty Tor
I,arkley, .5S5. This race was peculiar
in various respects Mr.. Brown had
been Sheriff four ycara-had always
been Democrat, and unexpectedly
become candidate for re-election but
few days before the election, he had
many personal friends, who disliked
exceedingly to vo.e against them ana
many voted for him. 4.-i
The next most exciting race was for
Presiding Justice Of the county, be-
tween John d. Kerfoot, present officer,
and Democratic nominee, and John
w. Payne, independent, Iutan avowed
Democrat. The vote stands: Ker!oot,
1879; Payne, AT; Kelfoot's majority
I 0S.) att+i ~ r.f'..Htt tfgr .rit y Ht'-
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GssEtIsEG's EtpE,

In Saturday tAkfALp the types
made us say James j. bren;on Instead
of james j. Keenan,, in an article re-
ferring to the early days of Dallas
county. Tae true name to which we
referred is Beemaa. 1t was derived
from man wh1 became famsus as a
hunter of bees, about the year ~. ID.
1913, and from hich the people called
him Bee-maa. There were several
brothers. One owned flocks, aud tell
ded them with theaaai,iuity of ofSamuel,
and tie People called him Shepherd.
One carved in marble and sculpture,
and he was called Stoneman. One was
devoted to gardening, and he, by way
of distinction, was known as the Gard
encr. The last onew wore green mantle
and lived ON the hou ,lty Of his broth
ers, as a sort of born gentleman, and
had no regular occupation, so he was
called Green, - se-'
BY tnls authentic recital 1t viii be
seen that all the great families of Bee
man, Shepherd, Ssoneman, Gardener
and Green are ,fnear kinship, descen-
ded from The same parentagc some
years .back-that is to say, 500 years
ago. But the man NE are writing
about is James J. Beeman, lincal de-
ascendant of the Grst Bee-hnnter. lie
I Is tbs nun who brought the first. wagon
to whore Dallas stands, when this was
wild Indian country-has l,eeil here
ever Since aud will he a caniiilate for
Doorkeypsr pf the Stats Saaatc In
january tlIiless opposed by aii = No.
| old pionesr. Of moie enlarged claims,
we expect him To te ciectct.
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WE have on hand a memorial of Mr..

WE have on hand a memorial Of Mr..
James J. Bremon, of Seyens, in this
county, written by himself, giving a
bird's,eye view of the trials of the first
pioneers of Dallas county, from 1871 to
1914. Mr.. Bremon brought the first
wagon that ever rolled its wheels on
the ground where Dallas now stands,
with its ten thousand busy, stirring
people, in the spring of 1912. John
Nelly Bryan had arrived on pack horses
the fall before.
We will review the notes of Mr. Bee
mon as soon as our other engagements
will permit. .rHE HERLD has eyer
been the champion of those old pio-
neers who blazed the paths of settle
ment of the wilderness Of Toxas. THE
HERALD has ever recognizetth the debt
that posterity owes to the mon who
risk life, health and comfort, in order
to bring into civilization the unknown
and savage wilderness.
Although this part OF Texas was set
tied twenty years later than Northern
Texas, it was savage wilderness and
our pioneers are entitled to the SAME
or similar consideration to those who,
like Austin, Lane, Kerr, Burnam,
Henry s. Brown, DE Witt, Mccoy, Bee,
son, Mcclure, Linn and Others, first
settled southern and southwestern
Texas. A people who do not venerate
the founders of their country, mani.
fest an ignominious spirit and can
never command the respect due chival'
rous men. ~
BY the way, this old pioneer of Dal'
las county, James ]. Rremon, VIII "
q candidate for doorkeeper Of the Sen
ate. we expect him to be elected, !
not, unless defeated by some mor'
worthy old pioneer, We shall feel tha
a wrcug has been done.
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B TARsaST COUNTY has done nobly in
the late election. The general Demo-
cratic maiority is splepdid Tim. Peo-
pic, SO long outraged h5 ,n infepous
creature wheses name stank in the
nostriis of the pouples but shall he
nsmeless here, have demunsIrated
their hatredsof meanness and their
love of liberty. The Radical yote'is
not even as large as that of Dallas,
where Radicals are too scarce to make
aripple in the esmoothvoters ofregeuer-
ation., Well done, Tarrant. ~ -
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tlfy the flesh to state III" case, lest good
men may be deceived Much a. We
have condemned the acts Of Governor
Davis In other regards, ave do not be-
lieve he would, for one moment, l"nd
his countcnanee to such piece Of in
iquity us some of his pretended friends
would have him do, lie knows the
world would cry, shame!
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AMONG the strange episodes In real
life Is the fact that III Bolton, Bell
county, on the 9th Of December, Colo.
nel G, G. Gillespie reunited with the
Methodist Episcopal Church South.
G. G. Gillespie came TO Texas from
Georgia IN 1864, Methodist preacher.
He edited the Texas Christian Advo-
cate four years and then took charge
of the Methodist organ in New Or
leans till the war. He raised and
commanded Confederate regiment
during tho war--sufiered not only i'm.
prisonment but insults during the war,
and at the surrender vented to fight
more rather than give up the cause.
After that, he ably edited the Hous-
ton Telegraph, Democratic paper,
till becoming involved and yielding to
the tempters cup, he lost his place
and was left penniless and out OF en-
ployment. In that evil hour, when
old friends ftowned, and bread was a
necessity, he accepted employment ON
a Radical paper. Goaded to madness
by the reproaches of old friends, he
sank to the condition of Radical per-
secutor nf his own people. We have
never doubted that he was suffering
the keenest anguish for what had
transpired; and, however much we
may have thought he wandered from
the fold as a prodigal son, we have at
no time believed he was intrinsically
lost to truth, virtue and honor.
1t Is our weakness to forgive-our
Savior is,authority for the weakness. II
Colonel Gillespie is in verify seeking
his old place among respectable body
Of Christians, we bid him God speed.
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las, and twenty that will do two-thirds
as much. Apply these sentiments, and
we get the following results:

we get the following results:
Cotton, bales. s.................... ,439, 800
Wheat, bushels. .................- 34,660, 600
Corn, bushels s..................... S9, 333, ,33Z
Rye, oats and barley, bushels X,0OO, 600
The twenty counties that we class rs
prospectiyely averaging equal to Dali
las are: Red River, Lamar, Fannin,
Grayson, Cook, Montague, Clay, Wise,
Denton, Collin, Hunt, Hopkins, Kauf-
man, Navarro, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant,
Hill and Dallas.
The twenty counties that we class as
prospectively averaging two-thirds the
productive power of the first twenty
are: Archer, Young, Palo Pinto, Hood,
Earth, Eastland, Stephens, Throck-
morton, Callahan, Taylor, Jones,
shackleford, Wichita, Wiltarger, Har-
deman, Knox,, Haskell, Comanche,
Brown and Coleman.
We omit, as extra to be thrown in,
the small but fertile wheat counties Of
Roekwall, Rains and Deltas. We have
altogether left out the large timbered
counties Of Van Zandt, Wood, Upshur,
Titus, Harrison, Marion, Cass and
Bowie, all of which lie on or north Of
the Texas and Pacific Railroad, and all
of which are good corn and cotton
counties, but cannot be classed as part
of the small grain country.
So much for the productions Of the
soil. Add to this the vast forests Of
timber for lumber of SO many varieties,
in the nine counties last named and
the six-fold greater amount south
OF them, with which our rich prairies
are now largely in railroad connection,
and the curious, as well as the enter
1prising-wbether citizens or strangers
will have bases on which to found
calculations of the mighty future that
is in store for North Texas, the white
mans country, to which hundreds Of
thousands Of longing eyes are now
turned from the old States Of the South,
the cold regions ofthe West, the Pacific
slope and the great toiling hives Of
Europe,
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n @~ NT s.:

Ierssrs. Richard II. Griffin, Advertis,ng
Agent, No. 4 South street, Baltinore' Ma,s Mu,;
8. NJ. Pettengill Il Co., " parK isow, NV NV
6OJ Chestnut street, Philadelphia, are duly
iuly authorized TO contract Tor a%dVeruSe- %
IN, nti for insertion in the DALLAS HEN
AID, at our lowest rates.
ApMessrs. Dashiell & Waters, bankers,
Kaufman, are authorized agents for THE
iIERALD in Kaufman county.
5-T. NJ. Smith, ESD, at Lewisville, Denton
county, is an authorized agent for the Dali
Las HERALD, and money paid to him on
our account will be duly acknowledged by us.
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{ WE invite public attention to the
proceedings, in another column, In re-
lation to establishing college In
North Texas by the Christian Church.
Our people are deeply interested IN
this enterprise, because we believe o
first-class Institution will he founded.
Dallas Is the central point We truS
our people, Of all classes and creeds,
win attend the meeting at the Chris
tian Church on Friday night and show
ilsa interest they feel in all such entsEs
pfises w
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's YESTERDAY we met with an intelli-
gent farmer from California, just
arrived TO settle In North Texas, who
fully confirms our recent article In
regard to the emigration nom that
State to Texas. From our interview
with him, we are confirmed In the
belief of large emigration from that
State to this part of Texas, where
monorolies Nn never htair eo't-r,
Of tho soil Or he public mind Of ,he
pecple
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THE old county officers throughout
the State, so far as we can learn, will
honorablyyi yield their places to the men
newly elected by the people. Those
who do not, but invite lawsuits for the
sake of three months more time, will
be remembered as acting mwisely, un-
Justly and alphabetically. They run
the hazard Of being considered more
selfish than patriotic. One thing Is
evident, by the past decisions In Texas,
and that is, that the old officers refusing
to surrender are liable ON their bonds
for every cent received af.er demand
BY thp newly elected, and their bonds
meQ had liter look CIT.
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CoKEs majority in 81 counties. on.
cial and reported, Is $3.50. II these
figures are approximately eorrscss
Cakes majority In the State viii he
eonsidrrsbly over tsr.S thousand.
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T1EEVTVEE GREATNyss oz NORTE1
TEXAS. }~4-i.- s

AEAANs ffa-'t.| -
General facts are easily understood.
They require little thought or calcula-
ton; but the true statesman and polit-
ical economist must needs spend the
quiet hours of night In order, correctly,
to solve problems affecting the well
fare of the state. Drawing faint line
between the extremes Of superficial
carelessne.s and profound investiga-
tion, we propose, iu few words, to pre-
sent to our readers. glimpse of the
material power and glory that Is in
store for tins favorite secondary en-
pire in territory which we call North
Texas.
We take Dallas county as an illus
tration. There are In this county 576,-
600 thousand acres Of rich land, two
thirds of which are of rich soil and
susceptible of profitable cultivation in
cotton, corn, small graft, fruit and
Vegetables. But, TO be sure of deceiv.
ing no one, and planting ourselves:on
an invulnerable basis of ofcalculation, we
adopt-;.s q base that three-tenths Of the
county only may be profitably worked.
Let as locke at the results: 7n RE :
Plant one tenth of the whole IN cot
ton and we have 81, 600 acres, which,
at the low Average Of tl,ree-quarters OF
bale to the acre, gives 4S, 200 bales.
one-tenth t57,6Uo acres) in wheat,
at an average Of IS bushels per acre,
and we have In wheat l,O36, $40 BUSH
els, or 5000, 500 pounds. 'sas st
0ne-tenth In corn, barley, oats, rye,
fruit and vegetables--sny half or one
twentieth in corn, (2S, 500 aeres), at 30
bushels to the acre, and I'VE have
s64, 900 bushels, or at ~ bushels |,
would produce !, ,lsO, 900 bushels. One
haif OF the remainder in barley, oats
and rye, at so bushels per acre, will
yield 72O, 200 bushels, besides the hay.
The remaining 400 acres In mixed
] crops, fruits, vegetables, etc., make UP
the whole three tenths of l72, 800 acres,
leaving for pasturage and waste lands
the enormous quantity of fseven-tenths,
or 404, 900 scres.. -
Thus, TO recapitulate, weshouldhave
as the produce Of Dallas county:
I Cotton, bales ................s......- AZ, ,2lt
4 Wheat, bushels. ,0s6, ,Sot
Corn bushels ], lS0, ON
Rye, cats and barley, bushels 1000,
Mixed crops, fruits and vegetable, no
estimated.
Now there are fully twenty conn
ties in North Texas that viii, In "a,
{ nltaEe come up q Tie ayeEsRs II Del
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THE ELECTION.

i. The footings in serenty-four, coiiil-
ties in the State aggregate as. follows,
in round numhers: t.s. 1Bg ats.,y1A
Coke's majority lp II ty.eisiii counties I5@H
Davis majority in siatpen connties.",.. .5,si9
Coke's majority in sevenis-fourcounI
ties
a, Most of these majorlles are nhoiii'
cial, but ase, no toGbt, very nearly
correct. Thera, ara, We iieiieYe, ahQat
one hundred and fprtSslfSanj4es s"'lA-
tiesHi:, ti,4 State, 'ily Wllpats ~.
thirty 1--we tiPnsaad-4paJ9tay, ,aSAe'
fore, will no doubt s,bs REACHED and,
perhaps, exceeded. soNe.ret sia q;
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A coMPAxY has been orgnnized In
San Francisco, with capital Of $500,
0D0 for the manufacture cf jgte bags
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11fsI Elts, Do1refs, Cisrplals, and every
tira ~ Trff tirf - feuted IN t1e neale.i
1.rIcr epi o. NE sboTitet notes y tbs 49,
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-10
Raising Giants,

King Frederick William, of Prussia.
father oi Frederick the Great. derermin
ed to raise To order Snlliers whose statue
should meet bis views of wha, yrenliers
to serve loyalty should be The army
was bis hobby. and tail men his >pern.t
admiration. lie had regiment AT Pot,
'iam that was the talk of the world. on
account Of their heads aud shoulders he
ing far above ordinary humanity. There
were three bnttalons r s0O each. 4a0
IN all. perfect Anaks, the shortest OF the
men being seven feet and the tallesi nine.
Such lofty beings were procured irnm all
countries In Europe without regard IN
cost James KiIkman. an Irish recruit
could not be had till SIS 900 were paid -
Tall meu were decoy led aud put into ser
vice at all hazards Next he compelIei
them to marry unusuaily tall womeu,
whether they consented or not Prussia
Is rich IN very tall subjects. the descend
ants OF these gigantic grenaiiers these
are far taller than the llll Llooded Ken
tuck ians
Ia spite of the eccentric Majesty's Ell,
forts, however, Nature would have her
own way. and the children OF such pareu
tage were not all tall at maturity Then
again. another law come into oterntn,, ty
ihwart the mon rrls's ambition Ia ,levehp.
race of monster men Short mrn very
generally prefer tall wives. and tall women
darper lite husbands OF course there
is n" very philosophical way oi account
for taste but such is he fact There IL
"a growth limllaiion to Ilauts and ami
mals. On reaching the predes,ine.s III
mensnns, those artive artiZans thst bald
up the hoiy, as far a. the law m hmita
ton requires. cease latoring. and per.
mancnt tyre oi size Is thas established =
Ii Is Impossible to 90 counter Ia :hnse
laws ani raise giants e4 any kind \ few
indIviduals, tran>eeudiag their Kindred
IN attitude. are apparently aerilenial, or
at least are beyond explanation hnt
anomalies in that respect, like M ,nstrus,
ties, cannot be perretuated through gen
erations