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PaIO Pinto County.

This county, at present, comprises under
It's jurisdiction an area of $500 square miles
including the unorganized counties of Ste
phens, Eastland, Shsckelford, Jones Calll-
han and Taylor, a territory sufficient TO
make a State within itself, In extent sur
passing some of tho smaller States in the
Union, and IN fertility, etc, equal to the
richest
Palo Pinto county proper with its area of
500 square miles, contains no less than 800
miles in length of the Brazos river bed, and
the valley of this stands as a model to the
whole world of fertile soil.
This county is one of the most desirable
counties in ali the State for home, being
unsurpassed IN variety of scenery, salubrity
of atmosphere and general freedom from all
local causes of disease.
In mineral wealth it stands amongst the
foremost. Iron, salt and coal being some Of
its latent treasures.
The pasturage is of tho finest mesquite
grass and fat beeves are killed during the
entire winter, of Il range.
All kinds of game abounds, and those
predisposed to gaming can be gratitied to
the extent OF their desires.
Palo Pinto town. being situated about 800
feet above the level of the Brazos, is one of
the most pleasant, healthy and picturesque
towns in the interior of the State. Being
laid off Just on the eve of the war, itmade
but little improvements till about 1871,
since which time 1t has been rapidly and
steadily improving. There are now on the
square eleven business houses, to say moth
ing of shops, law Offices etc. Psgtbertor9
Tjmss
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now Land ]. HIaae Ia noll.aa.

\ map of tho province of North Holland,
made 300 years ego, shows bare net work
Of nsrshy land, protected from the North
Sea by range Of sand hills, and enclosing
within its neshes vast bodies of navigable
water-thc Nero outline OF country en-
tirely unpromising for habitaiion and in
fiicted with a most rigorous climate. This
whole province is now smiling, fertile
land, busy with every form Of industry, and
one of the great centres of the worlds
prosperous activity. In few years, when
works now in hand shall be completed,
there will remain no water within its wide
boundaries, save in tho embarked canals,
where, high above the level of the field.
the lifted waters flow TO the sea and afford
channels for the vast commerce of the
country. Arrangements are already being
made for the drainage of the Luyder Zes, a
work which will cost over $50, 900, 600, and
which viii take twelve years for its prepar-
alton alone. When the enormous dixie shall
have been built and new channels shall have
been made for the rivers which flow into it,
it will take sixty-three enormous steam en-
gines several years (working day and night
to pump out its water, which has an area of
so, 600 acres, and an average depth of about
ten feet A survey has been made of the
whole bottom, and the plan of improve
ment includes the division of the land and
the construction Of the canals (for drainage
and for communication, which are to serve
the future generations who are to inhablt
it, ~ Or An A0riculttIrjSt
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Tho women OF ira and 1873.

Some of the northern journals are dwell
ling, with enthusiastic admiration, on the
thigh resolve of the Massachusetts, ma
irons" not to use the British-taxed tea, re-
vived by the recent centennial anniversary
of the destruction of the tea in Boston har-
Dor December 10, 1873, celebrated in Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and other northern cities.
The New York Tribune, commenting on the
fact that the Dutch East Indian company
lost on their share Of the importation Of tea,
by this resolve of the women Of Massachu-
sets not less than $40, 600, asks the ques-
ton, Would any political excitement, any
question of tax or tariff, at the present day,
draw forth similar self-denial on the part
of American womenln If our esteemed
contemporary could only take off its section
al spectacles, and look at the history of the
southern States during their four years. war
for independence, it would discover that
questions of political excitement drew
forth from the women Of the south acts of
self-denial to which the high resolve of the
Massachusetts matronS of 1913 not to drink
tea, was mere bagatelle. The fact that the
fathers, husbands, and brothers of the wo-
men of 1853 werc not successful in their
struggle, as were those OF the women
Of 1878, does not in the least dim the
luster of the acts Of self-deniaI and he
roism OF the noble southern ladies,
during the bitter four years Of war
fare, to whose horrors they were daily sub
ject from 1861 to 1865. The modern Bos-
ton may not be able to point to women of
the statuesque type of heroism of revoIu-
tionary times, but we can assure our New
York cotemporary that we have in thesouth
thousands of the beautiful sex who possess
in an eminent degree all those noble traits of
character, which made the women of the
days of 1773-'76 the glory, pride and hope
Of the republic. Memphis Appeal.
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II don't see how could have done more
Tor him than did; but still the man
should not have hecn punished-he should
hare been acquitted.
With these words the Judge awoke to
che consciousness that be had = fellow
traveller, and then. Is II some explanation
Of his ntaark would 81 in order, be went
on,
eve had q very interesting trial. "a Aus
tin last week. Tom Carberry- Ton
he s. callcd-Was tried Tor murder, I dc.
lended him. and never Struggled harder Tor
client % my life. For aweok before, and
Throughout the trial, I worked night and
day 81 look op testimony, and % present
tho case - the jury 10 the best possible
light conteilcd with an the attorneys
nel engaged Tor The prosecution. We CO.
Aim 81 With throo years IN the pcnitentiary
-hc should have been acquitiod.n
Tho fellow pascneef quegicd - 20 the
circumstances attending tho alleged mur.
der and tAe judge answered.
They were very peculiar, and ttat IS thl
reason Why the trial was % interesting. A
woman Dp 81 tLoDtaDa. Who never SAW Ton
carteffy. tIfouEhf ho had tonc her 3 0resl
Wlane, aod So when she was eskcd Is thu
phrse IS 20 take up with q nov man,
She noosed her lcons
kiE Tom carhtIf5. 81 AH,iir. Nevada
tRot never sam 81 heard 81 the man.
oi1 TIE 1Ionfaoa spifant.
erfel said she. .kili Ten Car
e den,h oi uinis was 81
.e aro hundreds os milt
aen a1s Tbs Journey cannot nov 8
ntae
H HIM 81 the spfiee sid thr urr,
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The civil night. BIN.

Aside from other considerations, it is most
unfortunate for the harmony of Southern
society that the civil rights bill should be
again brought forward in Congress. There
is good feeling now between the two races
better, perhaps, than there has been before
since the close of the war; and every is in
creasing rather than diminishing it. At
each recurring State or national election
there is, more or less, in the South, revi-
val Of the prejudices of the black man
against the white, and of the white against
the black, and for the simple reason that
in this section of the Union the main ques-
ton, politically, in political contests, is
whether tho one race or the other shall be
predominant In the direction of public az
fairs. This state OF things is by no means
desirable. and all rejecting men of intelli-
gence, hberality and PATRIOTISM, have been,
and are still, most anxious to zee it ended.
In Virginia VIC have lad the good fortune,
at last, 10 settle the question as TO the
control OF the State by white or black
men. And we have, therefore. hope aud
promise of even more friendliness and con-
cord than has heretofore existed be-
tween these two different elements Of
our society. The eolored man who
! has intelligence enough TO appreciate
I the business ana Harness OF our Ctalc
government toward HIM must see that
! his rights are protected and his in
terests advanced by an impartial enforce
nient of the same laws that supply 10 the
white maa. And seeing this he wonid soon
be contentcl with his social status. And
/ in other States Of the South the negro
would become less and less aggressive and
/ intolerant as time wears on il he was left
I 10 think for himself. aad nor taught 70 look
upon the Federal government IS his espe-
/ cial patron Ia forcing him forward to assert
an equalify with the other race, which his
: Instincts tell him Is false 20 nature.
Can any candid man say that the passage
Of The civil rights bin VII bfine tie two
races nearer to each other IS friendsi On
the coatrary, is il not obvious that il viii
engander animosily IN the hearts % both.
and defer. II not defest, the desire for 70
ciprocal confidence. good faith and good
I feeling between them.
il Congress makes Tho law the white poo.
pie If TIE South sill suffer from Il imme.
si5ale'y much more than the white people o.
the North Bui Il viii u q virtual abroga
zion "a lhc governments 81 the States. and
+ Ia tue end the whats county viii expsrienc,
alike tile evil effects OF The subversion 9.
the Governments svstcu 50 wisely instituted
By the CREST and good men Who framed q.
constitution snd established the Republic
s composed of The several States. = 8icA1,1se
{ Frffrrr
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Death of E1-GoveTnor Runnels.

Ex-Governor H. r. Runnels, distin-
guished gentleman in the history of Texas,
died at his homo in Bowie county, at seven
O'Clock, Christmas morning. Governor
Runnels was native of Mississippi, and a
member Of q family that gave to his native
State q Governor and furnished many other
prominent men. He came to Texas at an
early day, and was, up to the breaking out
Of the war, a large cotton planter on Red
River. lie was regularly elected for a long
time to the Senate and lower house of the
Legislature, and served as speaker Of the
House for several terms.
In 1851 be was elected Governor by the
Democratic party, defeating Gen. Sam
Houston His administration was the most
successful one for Texas ever yet recorded,
but change in public sentiment caused
him to be beaten TWO years later BY the
same opponent. He was a great friend Of
States rights, and was a true patriot. In
his death Texas loses one of tho brightest
stars in her galaxy of statesmen.
He leaves no family, except three broth
ers, never having married. = Shsrman
Courier
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tFos the Herald
SAN ANTONIO.
II EDwAaD F, HATvAnD.

"whoat San AntonIos river drinleth once win drink
Runs f6s ansIent spanlsh legend In tho cty OF the
Plain"
Bfsh. i waier dance and gttcsins tho sheen the sun
ASH flows 10 meet nc ocean from It's thousand spark
ling fpringsi
sOf,hc airs hat aoat about H. softer 20. the sounds
IN the hash 4 summer twilight DER the sprI, Ike
dreanI
Sweet voiced madeps, yonths whose accents have the
ellyery spanish ring; ,,,-,.. -.
tones that tingi
YET the peaceful lowing river has not always heard the
Or The sound Of maiden voices as It's waters sped
along
Years ssopo tho sry Of battle rang upun its quios
As thswsFrors Of conanche aIedis crystal tide with
Fighting Win the cruel spanish for the homes they
rp naS 70 SS vas moaning. and It's lowing was
tar;
TIL Al iast the Wild cOmsnche sed in terror to the
Ana tha monks from rude built missions ehanted
b. nns midfacred scenes,
And son..crated thus the SPOT IS bending On their
They lla A. nom ne Knight OF old. St. Anthony Of
the Bees
Upon ne sanks Stand AlsmO-shc fortress bare and
whsrs tie gallant Texans fought ssiin., the Mexic
Crown,
win srsveod David ososAsitss their leader Ia The
TN my ssa ne grand Old Border state nom her
Auape they fought and molly died, and proud their
That sfSsss sassirea rhsrnopyIs, su, Alamo no.
Three hundred heroes cold DEATH along the banks
Anass Snieso's rsss nan With The iits-hOOd Of the
sa@
And now IN msny TEXAS hone the children breath
nov p.sis erosksu'. nohle band may nsvcrns Re
return,
md al 3 ser pal-es onward heap at sntIoa o. their
10, dssTss s,s iAsls homes and lana than Ai.n0'.
rrcnd fame
ana t.i.ss yes ihsFvss aov. nov pease and freedom
Ana a. 81 =, 20 Tes.n heart. Il. name Ger al IN.
A,d ever a. TIC silver tide runs Onward eeF TIE ssd
AaS heroe name and frecdon's fame b cherished
thciegh he land.
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NEVADA Is a land Of siDgularitics; Of per.
pctusl surprises. OF unexpected natural
Dhonomeua. The last freak Of this queer
ana astonishing region il reported ~ the
E..fcrgrisc Of Virginia City. i ocsaucd
near tho works Of tho celebrated Ophir
mines. The whole city was startled lately
bv observing q fun column Of fame sixty
feet HIGH issue from an old shaft which
had been abandoned. Il was thought the
timbers were on ere. On reaching the
shaft, however they found that theirs was
no smell Of smoke, and also that the sup
posed fire was a hight unlike anything they
had ever before seen, il its weird Uhstcness
and the strange coruscafious 81 It's compo-
nent particles In the light the faces at
the men wore = look Of corpss-like p1ilor.
Two 81 three q those present were miners
rctulning frcu work with dinner pals ~
their hands. and i vas observed that tue
tin appeared oi = hEiiiiant sleei-bluc cnlor.
The light came up tha fun slzo 81 the large
square SHAFT, and seen 90 ! distance IS Il
r'es np tefocrh the falling snow, closely
rescnb,cd enc of the shooting spires seen
ia tie 1cfra o1leals and Is seemed -
have serclhi1g 81 The smt waving and
ineoosisleEf motion. Although the u1a
felt creeping over them s sort q s1pcrsti,
tioos ave ehey sin had sufficient courage
toapnrosch ihc ehaft end gaEn INFO IS A
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4 second present az Caiif0rnia salmon
-sainl0 gginRgf, We believe Is their scien-
tifc nsme--was received a Harrisburg on
Saturday morning by Col James Worrall on
behalf Of the State Fishery Commissioners.
The wster IN which they sWsm flied six
large cans Of about fifteen gallons capacity
each, and their numbers ars TsTinuslF esti-
mated AZ from 10. 900 e. Is, 600. After con
sultation with United States Commission,
Prof Baird. Il WAS deemed best 70 set them
FREQ in the lower tributaries Of the SusQue-
hanna, and when further installments AZ
rived proceed further up stream until the
quantity intended for Penusylvaria shall be
disposed Of. The present number ara EQUAL
II divided between tho Connodoquinnet and
the Yellow Breaches. Half the cans we're
distributed in the former streams a short
distance below where Silver Spring enters
into It near Rryson's Mill, above and below
the bridge. The remainder was deposited
in branch Of the Yellow Brooches falling
into that stream near the residence Of the
Hon. Vim. Watts.
So admirable wss the care taken Of these
salmon By Mr.. Creveling. the superiutend-
ent Of the State Matching houses, that not a
single fish of the many thousands WIS lost
in transporting them by rail from Blooms
burg, \. j., where they had been Matched
by the government by DIR. Slack, to their
place of destination. They had been nearly
twenty hours in the cars. On entering the
water they Immediately formed themselves
into little schools. and seemed TO on Joy their
new habitat as if they were natives and to
the manner born.
There seems to be very fair reason to hope
that these magnificent fish will come te per
lection in our waters, and if cur people win
watch their progress and return them to the
stream when accidentally taken, they will
reach that perfection. Until they attain
size large enough to move down to the sea.
which is their habit, they will bear tho APP
arance of ordinary trout so that they can
scarcely be mistaken for any other fish.
They viii remain in our waters until the
second season, when they will 60 down to
the sea, and in a season more return 70 where
they were placed for the purpose of spawn
ing. So powerful are they that there is no
dam or obstacle of any kind between where
they were placed and the mouth of the Sus-
quehanna that they cannot easily overcome.
the honor of placing this donation from
the Government in our waters must be
awarded to our fishery commissioners, who
entrusted them to the hands of Mr.. Crevel-
ing, Col. WOrrall, and Dir. Robert Bryson,
who have well fulfilled the trust reposed in
them. The single individual salmon lost
was accidcntly crushed, and did not die for
the want of air or water.-HarrisbWr0 Pe-
f,.iof
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New version OF SIonsy.


With large class among us, money meas
ureth al things, snd is more an object OF
ambition than tho cDds 70 which Il Affects
to be subseryient L gives estimation to
the vilest things in those who possess II,
and leaves in contempt the best, where il
is not. 1t IS also q measure OF knowledge,
for no intellectual attainment receives a Just
appreciation but that which csn be con-
verted into gold. Shll worse. il ia the
measure OF morality, for thoss attributes Of
virtue arc in primary esteem that arc most
conducive 10 worldly aggrandizcment
Money. also, IS The measure Of utility; it
causes q disguised distinction between the
orr and practice. A truth may be in the
highest degree grand and important, but
unless it has some reference to money it is
pronounced a mere theory Practical men
do not mean those who study the bearing
of things on human life, but men who value
everything by Its effect upon the purse.
Prevalent occupations pervert our moral
sentiments. Men arc exceedingly apt to
imagine that nothing can be seriously wrong
which they Rave right to do; to forget
that the license which is allowed BY law
may be sternly prohibited BY morality. It
IS grieyous evil that the judgments and
moral feelings of society lose their clear
sightedness and power; that the same rules
are not applicable 70 tho estimate of rich
and poor; that there is a rank which almost
enjoys immunity from the verdict that of a
just public sentiment, where the most ordi-
nary qualities receive mischievous adula-
ton, and even grave Gins are judged lightly
or not at all. But it is a more grievous i'll
that the witchery thus strikes with foul
blight the true manhood of the child of
God; the manhood Of spirit free and pure,
of an understanding openato all truth, and
generating it too deeply to love it except
for itself, or to barter it fer honor OF for
gold.-Amerioaa A5tizaR.
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strange sight was there seen. The whole
interior Of the shaft seemed 70 be a q white
heat and giowed ike a furnace. The Tim
bers on the sides were particularly biliIant,
and each splinter, excrescence. or bit 81
fungus seemed dsrting dazzling rays that
stTuamed steadily oct IN All directions. A
warm. sleany current Of air steadily 49,
cended from the sweltering regions below.
and there was observed sickeuilg. nsusty
SMELL The occurrence is attributed 70 sn
extensive caving in IA the interior ~ tho
nine, forcing out the confined Qssses.
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The Man who Knew Exactly what 20
DO at Fire.

There might have been disastrous fire
on Fourth street on Saturday but for the
heroism displayed by man named Sweet
man. He was passing along when he saw
little flames creeping around the chimney,
and he dashed into the house. He shouted
fire" until the house rang; while he seized
bureau and threw it over, he called to one
of the family 10 90 and sound the alarm
The bureau was left lying on the floor. and
Sweetman gathered up table and ran into
the yard. he seat 4 small boy to sound
another alarm and rau in aud began racking
a bedstead to pieces, at the same time or
dering the women to throw everything out
of doors. He got the bedstead down and
ran out doors and rushed third boy to q
fre-alarrn box, and then went in and care
fully brought out the wood-box and a floor
mat. The women were, meanwhile, SHOW.
ing the parlor furniture cut doors, and as
soon as Sweetman had flung the looking
glass through the lack window and torn
the baby's crib to pi sees, he ran and helped
them, while another messenger was sent to
jerk an alarm out Of a letter box on the
lamp post. While Sweetman was thus
working heroically, another man had climbed
upon the roof with pail of water and put
out the fire, and three or four more came
upon the scene just in time to prevent Sweet
man from throwing the piano down cellar
to give himself room to work.--DetSOit Frs
Pres ni
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One Of the best illustrations of what tact,
pluck and energy will do for man is given
In the history of Samuel Bryan, of Cadiz.
Ohio. Bryan enlisted at the opening OF the
war IS a drummer boy, being twenty years
old. In a short time ne secured discharge,
and in little while thereaftera situatiOnas
clerk in the Sixth Auditors office in Wash
ingtou. Here he was placed IN Charge OF
the British mail desk. Becoming &C
quainted with the foreign mail service, he
was struck with the fact that while Japan
had introduced our internal revenue and
agricultural sysgems. she had made no effort
70 establish = postal department He de
termined 20 make an effort toward doing
this himself. He had an interview with
Minister Delong, met with encouragement,
and, 1nally, having secured 3 temporary
situation on = steamship plying between
San Francisco and Yokohama, left for
Japan. he arrived 10 the latter city with
but twenty-five cents in his pocket aud met
with many difficulties in his work; brt
finally the government Organized postal
bureau and made Mr.. Bryan special com
missioner 20 negotiate 9 treaty with the
United States. Great Britain. Franco and
Germany, at salary Of $1,000 per annum,
al expenses borne, and assistants and
clerks % help him In his work. AIr Bryan
has accomplished his mission 50 Ear s. this
country T. concerned. and sailed for HaErs
last week. Though not the nominal he IS
the resi- head Of the postal department for
Japan, and Il very naturally and ptDperlv
elafed with bis success.
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A MANCHESTER paper announces that fifty
of the English workmen employed in the
Imperial Arsenal at ConstantinOple. the ma
iority of whom were taken from the Royal
Arsenal at W0olwich. By authority Of the
English government, have been dischRged.
They had been at the Imperial Arsenal from
Eve to fifteen Years and had up to this time
been treated with considerable honor. be-
sides being welt paid All the second and
third class engineers on the Turkish iron
clads have also been displaced, and at To-
phaneh, which is Turkish gun factory,
there has been large reduction among the
English. A great change is considered 60
have taken place in the prospects Of our
countrymen since the death of their friend
HALT Pasha, who was accidently killed
some months ago. Il is attributed BY the
English worktnen themselves 70 the influ-
encc az some Of the higher Turkish officials
who have received their education in Ger.
many. and the order given to Krupp for q
large number Of guns confirmed them IN
this belief.