The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-04

them by tho different railway compR-
MES Of he state,
II Is oXpootod lhat 4 true LIST OF the
names, place Of nativity, age and date
of Immigration 70 lcNas of each one Of
Che Survivors Of The did veterans may
be mNde 0ut AT the meeting IN il0us'
ton on the Goth Of May next also II"
qfHc ndiios QfHc MANY 0LD vErER
ANS WHO HAVE PASSED orr THE STAGE
on ACTION sINCE THE ORGANIZATION
OF TN, ASSOCIATION IN MAY, 1873,
Tnmi PLACE Or BlRTli DATE on M
MIGRATION, SERVICES AND DATE OF
pENIsl,
MosRs AUSTIN liRyAN,
Recording secretary ofToXas Veteran
association, independence, Wash
lnglon county, Texas.
The different newspapers of the
state wlll please publish the above mo-
tlcc and much oblIgc all old Texas vet
Grams, NJ \. u,
WE alluded, II day or two ago, to nm
amusing speech of Mr. =, :. Cox, Of
New York, The army bill was under
consideration, and when the clerk
read the following item, XiH; "For
preservation Of clothing aud equipage
from moth and mlldew heretofore
adopted and now IN use, S5O,OOO,n Mr.
C., who Is recognized IA one Of the
most witty members of the house,
moved to strike out $4,000 and insert
S95,0OO, and commenced II speech 10
sustain his amendment We give he.
low a portion Of his remarks;
Mr., Wheeler. will not trench ON
the time Of the gentleman
Mr., Cox. You can get llp floor at
any time would prefer, rather than
he fighting moths at such an expense,
to give these uniforms away, Observe
those eminent colored patriots In the
gallery They vii with us 50 regularly
lGrrn laughter They toll not,
laughter neither do they spin. Con-
slider those les of the field! Laugh
ter. How they grow! Ncu solomon
in all his glory would not be arraycd
like Them If they, were clothed with
these "sky blue" uniforms! Renewed
laughter. They 1T yondcr uniformly,
day after day; and why not in uniform?
Let them appear in the gallery prop
crly Nrrayed In the color of the Re-
pnblic-heavcnlN blue! | Laughter
What is the moth, Mr. Chairman
| have looked him up, laughter and
| [holding up an illustration in Cham
bcr's Encyclopedia, volume 81 there
he is. Great laughter There are
several kinds.
The moth is not entirely Innocent,
lie il a burglar, n nocturnal rascal.
There are many families OF them, II
~ worth while, since It cost us nearly
hal "a million TO watch this enemy, to
know his power DO not think it in
significant, because II Is Of the butter
fly species. II bristles with antennp!
Fronl base to apex the antennn are
pectinatcd, especially in the males
laughter and they are formidable
either in the larva or chrysalis state
speak not Of their beauty of color,
prefer to refer TO the number of their
eggs. If there is one moth prefer to
another it Is the hawk moth; but the
lackey is the one have here pictori-
ally illustrated holding up the vol
ume.l The lacky moth is represented
in politics.: First, by this belt Of eggs;
second as the caterpillar third, as the
pupa in the cocoon, and then the full
iledged insect for which we pay SO
much in { .is army bill. laughter
The real moth that we have to deal
with, in political way, is u combina-
ton of the lacky moth, which general
ly haunts the White house and hovers
about the purlieus Of power, and the
hawk moth which is sometimes in the
army, or educated there. All these
moths you will find have n political,
mercenary and destructive signifi-
nance. Ifyou note how they are hatch
ed; how they hide in cocoons; how
they creep into dark places through
crannies; how they go into closets
where goods are stored how they lie
all summer quietly Laughter, the
members gathering about the speaker !