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Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-05-15
GOOD ADVICE AND POETRY.
TUNE, Anything that Fits"

TUNE, Anything that Fits"
Magic Oil is death on Fits
Magic Oil ia delicious, thank Renne for this
All Pain it cures quickly for mother or miss,
Goes right to the trouble, rubbed in with the palm.
As sure you're faithful "It orks like n charm. ;.
The directions please follow but use your own skill
In Sprans and Neuralgia, but battle with n will
Used outward and inward il never does HARM
In Headache or Colic ut works like charm"
Sore Throat from catarrh, or from cold in the head
Or Chils from a Cold that would keepyou bed
Magic Oil performs wonders and acts like q balm
For Garge, or Swathing, at works like charm
1t cures you so nicely, it makes you feel brave,
So that ordinary pain is Il luxury to have.
Magic OIL In Dyspepsia gives q feeling 40 calm,
The stomach in glee says "It works like charm
The "loot horn of fame" most usually lies
SO the Magic Oil cures took the folks by surprise
The claims that 1t made caused wondrous alarm
The trial nos shows that "t works like "A charm. ;
wM. RENNE h SONS, sole manufacturers, Pitts
field, Masf.
Reader call for it where you usually trade, by
the full name. Sold by KINsMAN.
sep3-i&wtI
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-05-15
Special Notices.
Costiveness the most Prolific Source
Of III Health
DIR. IIARRISON'S
PERISTALTIC

Eo.
Endorsed by all the Medical Journals as the
most Agreeable, Convenient, Effective
and Sore Remedy for
COSrIVENESS, DYSPEPSIA, PILES.
Pleasant to the palate cause no pain. act pro mpt
ly never require increase of dose, do not exhaus
and for elderly persons, females and children, are
Just the thing. Two taken at night move the bow
els once the next morning. Warranted in all cases
of the Piles and Falling of the Rectum We prom
se a cure for all symptoms of Dyspepsia, such as
Oppression after Eating Sour stomach, Splitting OF
Food Palpitations also Headache, Dizziness, Pain
in the Back and Ions, Yellowness of the Skin and
Eyes, Sick Headache, Coatei Tongue, Bliousness,
Liver Complaint, Loss OF Appetite Debility,
Monthly Pains and all Irregularities, Neuralgia,
Faintness, &c.
Travellers find the Lozenges just what they need.
as they so compact and inOdorous that they
may be carried in the vest pocket, and an aper-
lent or laxative these Lozengcs have no equal.
Trial Boxes SOC, large Boxes 6Oc.; sent
by mail free of postage to any address.
For sale by L. S. HARRISON Co, No. Ire
mont Temple, Boston, and by all Druggists
scpsspnteodly
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-05-15
: The season for planting and sowing is

The season for planting and sowing is
being we'll improved in this State. Help
is more abundant than for many years
past and wages less. Employment in
other business being rather difficult TO be
obtained, laborers are willing to put their
hands to the plough and hoe. The ground
is In good condition now for seed, and Tor
month the husbandman may sow and
plant with expectation of good crops.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-05-15

We shall probably learn next Tuesday
morning what the Superior Court Of New
Hampshire thinks Of the muddic into
which the democracy of that State have
rushed over the senatorial question. 1t
happens that the Court was Reconstructed
by the democrats last year: but that ought
not TO cause ii to make a partizan decls-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-05-15

The leading editorial in the Somerset
Reporter this week is one of sterling
sound sense. 1t speaks well for the new
firm. Better words to the republicans Of
Somerset were never offered.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-05-15
Republican State Convention.


Tho Republicans OF Maine are invited to send
sslesate. to q State Convention to be held in
CITY HALL, PORTLAND.
Tuesday, June 18th, 1875, at IL O'Clock
A. M, for the purpose of nominating candidate
for Governor, and transactir any other business
that NAV properly come before this convention.
The basis of rep: :esentaton will be as follows -
Each city, town ard plantation Will be entitled
to one delegate and one additional for every 10
votes cast ior the Republican candidate for Cover
nor in 1874 A fraction of 40 votes, additional to
the full number for delegate, Is also entitled to q
delegate.
Delegates are authorized to fl va 'aacies only
with actual residents o! the coun to which the
town belongs.
The State Committee will be in session al ~
O'Clock on the morning of the Convent on ior the
reception of credentials,
JAMES g. BLAINE, Kennebec, Chairman
WILLIAM r. FRYE, Androscoggln
HENRY o. PERRY Aroostook.
STANLEY L. PULLEN, Cumberland.
A. ii. S. DAVIS, Franklin.
JOHN d. HOPKINS, Hancock,
j. H. HEwETT, Knox.
s. s. MARBLE, Lincoln.
ESOCH FOSTER, JR., Oxford.
JOSEPH w. PORTER, Penobscot.
EA. THOMPSON, Piscataquis.
Ed. SEwALL, Sagadahoc.
S.J. WALTON, Somerset.
FRED AwTooD, Waldo.
NELSON S. ALLAN, Washington.
JOHN HALL, York.
May 4th, 1875.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-05-15
Personal NOTICE /.

Notice is hereby given that all officers, sailors
and soldiers, wounded ruptured or injured 10 the
late rebellion, however slightly, are entitled to
Pension, and thousands of pensioners are entitled
to an increased rate. Apply Immediately through
DR.. T.. b. JACKSON,
Late Surgeon, United States Navy
No. 4 New Chambers ST., New York. oct29-sD lily
Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-05-15

If the only cabin passenger saved from
the shipwreck of the Schiller can be be-
lieved, the cause of that disaster lies at
the door Of the captain and other officers
of the Inflated steamer. The captain neg
lected to take soundings for several days
during the thick weather, and there was
intoxication aboard in consequence Of one
of the officers celebrating his birthday on
the evening when the vessel struck. Of
all positions in which Incorporate men
are placed, there is the least excuse for
putting them in command of vessels,
where the lives and property of others are
dependent upon them. None but total
abstinence men should be trusted in such
responsible stations.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-01
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
The Mileage Question.
o tbe Edltor of The DALLAS Herald;

To the Editor of The Dallas Herald:
In your paper of April "a, / have eX-
amined with some care the table you
published showing the mileag drawn
10y the twelfth and fourteenth lcgisla-
;urcs. rhe tables of the thirteenth are
not given, but they drew under the
same law as the twelfth, for the
twelfth Legislature passed a joint res
olution protesting to declare the dis
tance from Austin to each county seat
In some eases, as in relation to Dallas
for one, the distance was correctly fix
ed-in some it was too short, but in
most cases it was too much, in fact, in
few cases it was outrageously too
much. The thirteenth Legislature, in
the main, drew mileage under the
same law; but the fact became known
that it was very incorrect and unequal,
and the law was repealed, leaving mat
tiers where they always stood before re-
construction, whereby the distances
were computed by the usual most di-
rect route. Thus, from the beginning,
mileage from Austin TO Dallas was al
ways counted as Two hundred miles by
the direct public wagon and stage road
which was right. Abuses, however,
did sometimes occur even before the
war. Thus, until the twelfth Jegisla-
ture, mileage to Waco, Ellis.
Dallas, Mckinney and Sherman was
probably always computed by the same
route, But the repeal of the law flxisg
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-01
New York Tribune.l


The stagnation in business which
prevails both in Great Britain and
the United State affects the foreign
as well as the domestic trade Of tho
two countries. Fewer things arc
now bought and sod-less is pro-
duced and consumcd-by the peo-
pic of both nations than was the
case two years ago. The true sig
nificance of the comparisons we are
about to make will be better apprc-
lated by the reader if he will bear
II mind that in the ordinary course
If events the aggregate value of tho
exports and imports Of the United
states doubles in fifteen years. The
,,imo rate of increase has for thirty
ears past prevailed in the foreign
trade of Great Britain. When the
ordinary yearly increase in value
of the foreign exports and imports
of either country ceases, it is evil
dencc of IL serious disarrangcment
of business, and when the volume
Of the trade for two years together
shows a diminution, it marks de-
preston Of no less magnitude than
we are now experiencing.
No future event is moro certain
than our recovery from the present
disorders, and that within no long
period. We are, however, con
strained to say that the approach OF
better times is not yet indicated by
the statistics OF our foreign trade.
For the first fifteen weeks Of this
year the value Of exports from New
York was SG3, 100000, against SD
100000 in 1874, and 500, 100000 in
1873. The value of the imports for
the same period has been SlOG, 9OO,-
goo. against 21,S00,00O in 1871,
and S127 200, 900 in 1873. As COM
pared with 1874, the falling off both
in imports and exports is about one
eighth. The returns Of the imports
and exports of Great Britain for the
first Two months of the year give
very similar result. In 1873 the cX-
ports of British produce and monu-
iacturcs were TO the value of Sl72,-
100000, against slSS,5OO,O00 in
1874. and S2O3, ,1O0,O00 in 1873. The
vrlue of the British imports is just
now rapidly declining, by reason of
the diminished demand of that ma
ton for articles of food. We men
ton these unpalatable truths, not
for the purpose of drawing any con-
clusions from them in regard to
the future, but simply because they
are facts. If we were called upon
to make any inference, we should
say they indicate that We have
about touched bottom.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-01
A NOBLE TItIRUTE

Mr. Oscar Parish, of Galveston,
came from Culpepper county, Virginia,
to Texas, as Il volunteer in the first
blush of our revolution in lS35-being
then youth fresh from college. He
served gallantly as a soldier in the
southwest in the fall and winter of 1885
and in the battle of San Jacinto, i'm the
spring. Stricken down with disease on
the march, he was nursed as a son by a
wealthy lady on the Navidad, Mrs.
George Sutherland, and received from
many those evidences of self-denying
hospitality to which he pays so elo-
quent tribute in the toast given be-
low. Mr.. Parish and a sister OF
Hamilton Stuart were the first couple
ever married lin 1881 on Galveston
island. In the same year, on the or
ganization of Galveston county, he
was elected county clerk and was suc-
cessively reelected till his official head
was stricken off by the cimetar of
Lieutenant General Phlllp Ii. Snerl-
dan in 1868, having held the office
about thirty years. He is now Il feeble
but much beloved old man, and at the
celebration i'm Galveston on the 2lst of
April gave utterance to the annexed
noble sentiment:
BY OSCAR FARIsH-Ihe MdtrOns Of
the 7crds RcuOt,aion -'Whether for
dignity of character, elegance and re-
tinement Of manner, purity of life,
love of freedom and liberty; whether
AS patriots or sympathizers with the
halt-clad and half-fed soldiers of their
country, or as encouragers of the
weak-hearted, or lifters-up of the
fallen, they are emphatically en-
titled to stand side by side with the
brightest jewels of the sainted matrons
of the American revolution of l776."
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-01
TIE BIG HUNT.
Interview with Colonel McCarty, q:
superintendent.
The PrOgramme-A Seven Months ilUn'
in the Mountains and on The
prairlcS.

Learning that Colonel w. c. Me
Carty, the gentleman experimenting
the contemplated grand hunt by II
number of English and American gem
tlemen, was in the city, the reporter
visited him at his rooms ut the San
Jacinto last evening. After introduc-
ing himself to the colonel and eX-
planning that his object was to find out
something in regard TO the proposed
hunt, that he might lay it before the
readers of THE HERALD, the colonel
invited him TO be seated, at the same
time volunteering to give, with pleas
ure, all the desired information. The
reporter hardly deems it necessary to ill
troduce the colonel to the readers of
THE HERALD, as he is personally
known to most of them, having been
"A resident of Texas for twenty-five
years. During the past seven years he
has resided IN London, and it was
there that the scheme first entered his
mind of organizing a hunting party.
AlltI II CtNI uSul VI AAhANf
expense he has partially succeeded,
and the party will commence opera
tions about the first of July. 1t viii!
consist of some twelve or fifteen Amer
lean and one hundred aud thirty-nine
English gentlemen, most of whom are
no6lemen, who will bring with them
their own servants, guns and dogs.
The horses are being purchased from
among the best blooded stock in the
famous blue grass region of Kentucky.
The party will rendezvous either at
D.nison or Dallas. Colonel MCCalt-
uey saws he is anxious to make Dallas
the MACE of rendezvous, but that ne
fears is impossible, as the Central raul
road demands rs much 10
transport their baggage, supplies
nd stock from Donison
to this city, as the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas charges from 5. Lolis o
Denison. As the company will spend
many thousands Of dollars in properly
euuiniug themselves, it IS manilestly
tie dutS of Dallas to make move ia
the matter, and see il more favorable
rates cannot lc secured for item.
Accommodating the colonel arc bali
dozen English gentlemen, who come
as n committee to investigate for the
party. As many false rimors and re-
ports were circulated 10 the detriment
of the enterprise, committee was ap-
pointed to go forward and repurt. ln
company with Colonel McCarty they
left London three weeks ago, and eN-
press themselves delighted with The
trip so far. Tie party leave here to-
morrow afternoon for gainesville; from
that place they go To- the head OF salt
creek, where they will establish per
manent camp, and report TO The main
party. The steamship Nevada has
been chartered tc bring the rarty 10
New York, and they viii proceed Gi-
rect to tiIe camp, shoiid the
report of the committee be lAVofaDie'
which il undoubtedly will he. Tue
hunt is designed to last seven months,
of which about three viii be spent IN
Texas. They will hunt and scout VI
the Rio Grande to Pueblo, thence 10
I Denver and ON TO California, and re
turn down through Kansas. The par
tv will he organized according TO army
regulations, and be provided with q
eommissary, quartermasteT surgeon
brass band, etc, A skiilfui photo
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-01
GESrRAL Ronrnr q. LEG.


In an address before tho Loo Ne.
mortal association in Baltimore, Mr..
5, Tcaklc Wallace read following
heretofore unpublished letter OF
General Robert Il, loc;
"And here | am permitted by tho
kindness Of II friend, to read some
extracts from letter of tho illus
trioUs soldier, which has never seen
tho light before, and will show
through what sad struggles Of both
heart and mind he passed to what
he felt to be his duty. | doubt not
hay, | linow-thut many gallant
gentleman who fought beside him,
and many another in the opposing
host, gricvcd with as deep n grict
as Lee to draw his sword. The
letter | speak Of bears the date Of
January lG, 1861, and was written
from Fort Mason, near San Antonio,
in Texas. IL was addressed TO II
young lady, relative of his, for
whom he had great affection, and
the passages of which / speak were
writton us II message to her father.
Abiding to the homes Of two fam
lilies Of friends, he said:
az think of tho occupants Of
both very often, and | hope somc
day to see them again. | may have
the opportunity soon, for if the
union is dissolved | shall return to
Virginia to share the fortunes Of my
people. But before such great
bcfllls the country, hope
all honorable means of maintaining
the constitution and the equal rights
Of tho people will be exhausted.
Tell your father he must not allow
Maryland to be taken on to South
Carolina before the just demands of
the south have been fairly presented
to the north and rejected. Then if
the rights guaranteed us by the con-
,titution are denied us, and the cit
zcns of one section ofthc country arc
granted privileges not extended to
The other, we can with clear con-
science separate. / am for maintain
ing ali ourrights, not for abandoning
I'll for the sake ofone. Our national
lights, liberty at home and security
lbroad, our lands, navy, forts, dock
yards, arscnals, and institutions of
,very kind. 1t will result in war,
know--ficrcc, bloody war. But
80 will secession, for it is revolution
md war at last, and cannot be
otherwise, and We might as well
Ook at it in its true character.
There is long message, A, tor
your father, and u grave one, which
had not intended to put in my
ctter to you, but it is n subject on
which my serious thoughts often
urn; for as an American citizen
orizc my government and country
highly, and there is no sacrifice that
am not willing to make for their
preservation, save that Of honor. !
rust there is wisdom and patriot
sm enough in the country to save
hem, for / cannot anticipate so
great q calamity to the nation as the
dissolution of the union.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-01
CONVENTIONS, CONFUSIONS AND
SOMETHING ELSE.

When the legislature reassembled
last January the people of Texas, and
especially the democratic two-thirds OF
the state, expected, as matter of
course and of good faith, that consti-
tutional cOnN ention would be at once
called, a few necessary acts passed, and
the Legislature adjourn in about two or
three weeks. Everybody knew that
the needful reforms could not be ef-
fected under the present constitution
nor could that instrument he amended
to meet the wants OF the country. But,
to the astonishment of all well in
formed men, party was formed in the
legislature, professed democrats, too,
who opposed calling convention and
who resorted to various means to de-
feat the measure. Various prctcxts
were resorted to, and when they found
the call would lie made in spite of
them they brought into rrquisitiou
measures to- 50 pnCiImhPr and con fuse
the matter as to defeat it before the
people. One of these confusion breed
ing schemes was brought forward by
the Hon. John Ireland, senator from
Gaudaloupe, who sought 20 change the
time of the next general cleo
tion for members of the legislature
from December next to August
next, OH the same day the
people would vote for members
of the proposed convention. Now, if
the convention should be called, il
would make n new constitution, and
that constitution would provide for the
election Of an entirely new legislature
under its own principles, whereby the
holding-over senators lthe four years
and six years members of the present
senate, would cease to be senators.
Mr.. Ireland is hold-over senator, for
either four or six years. That move
was defeated, and as the case now
stands, if the people vote down the
convention (which they will not dol,
then, and then only, the election will
come on in December for a new legis-
lature under the present Constitution.
But Mr.. Ireland, a hold-over senator
and the quasi opponent of conven-
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-01
Dallas or Waco.
TComanche Chiei1

The rivalry between these two
cities is growing decidedly agree
able to country purchasers. Some
on the frontier favor one, and some
are quite partial TO the other, of
these markets. While We enjoy the
effect which a healthy rivalry has
upon trade, we do not like animos-
ity. In this broad and rapidly de-
vcloping domain, there is ample
room for both these cities. A -four
ishing trade may be built up in
each. We wish them great success.
Indeed, We are deeply interested,
for the growth aud prosperity of
large portion of ihe frontier depends
largely upon the sOundness of Dal-
las and Waco commerce. These
places, for many years to come, will
furnish the larger portion of our
family supplies, and not only this,
but they will afford the best market
for all manner Of country produce.
Health and prosperity to them both I
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-01
AGRICULTURAL.
ALFALFA AGAIN.
RALEIGH PosToFFICE,
SMITH COUNTY, Miss,
ADriI IN. 1875.

April 10, 1875.
To the Editor of the Dallas Herald:
have just noticed in your valuable
paper of the Sd instant, a description
of thu alfalfa, as grown in California,
and am satisfied that it would do well
in this climate. | write you for in
formation as to where some seed could
be had. Will you please answer by
letter; or rather, for the information of
readers generally, a notice in your
paper? Something of the kind would
he of great use 10 this portion of the
country, as we have but very little
range and nothing that we can make
available for much good hay.
| wish YOU great success with your
valuable paper, and hoping to hear
from you soon, | am your obedient
servant, J. q. BLACKWELL.
We are always glad to answer letters
like the foregoing, and can assure Mr..
Blackwell that we believe the alfalfa
will be an invaluable addition to the
crops of Mississippi, even on its thin
and worn lands. We believe from
tests already made in this section and
i'm some of our coast counties, that it is
destined to revolutionize the stock bu-
siness i'm large portions of Texas. In
the fall of 1872 the writer of this,
through the HERALD, having learned
the valbe of alfalfa in Mexico and on
our own coast, brought it to the notice
of this region, and from the first tests
has watched its progress. That it is an
abundant success we consider a fixed
fact. 1t assures the production of as
fine cattle and horses here as
have so long given celebrity to the val
I ley of Virginia and the blue grass re-
gion Of Kentucky, and we believe the
time is swiftly coming when our dai
ries may challenge comparison with
the blue hills Of Berkshire, in Msssa
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the distances and leaving the question
open ns before, brought up another
question. The usual route Of travel
from all those places Is changed from
the old direct one to u clrcuitous and
much longer, though far quicker ONE,
10y rail Hence the practical fact Is
that some members have drawn mile
age by the railroad distance, while
others declined to do 50 and drew only
10y the old direct roads. This accounts
for the fact, as set forth in your tabu-
lar statement, that one member from
Ellis drew mileage for six hundred and
thirty miles and the other for only
three hundred and forty, but shade
over half, and SO in many other cases.
On any basis the table shows gross in-
eQualities in numerous cases.
do not wish to 90 into details nor
to assail any one, but to draw attention
to the one distinct fact that the whole
question of mileage needs to be care
fully overhauled, remodeled and fixed
on II just basis. The reasons and facts
on which the rules of mileage We're
originally fixed, by the United
States and III, several states,
have almost entirely ceased to ex-
ist, except in the new ter
ritories and posts ofTeXas. The theory
was that members would travel on
horseback, and twenty-five miles were
fixed as a days travel in order to al
low members leisure by the way in or
der TO confer with the people and learn
their wants. Railroads have changed
all that. The mileage should be
changed to meet justly the altered con-
dition. The member should be paid
for his time and legitimate expenses
no matter by what mode he travels-if
on horseback 10y the ne arest practicable
rOute-if by stage, time should be COM
puted on fair basis, and if by rail,
time and expense should govern and
not distance. Let the correct principle
be fixed by law, ami the facts will be-
come self-adjusting as the modes of
travel may be changed from time to
time. BY so doing, justice will be done
md large public expense saved, and
hat is what fair public sentiment
will approve.
1t is sad commentary on our affairs
% be told that with fifteen hundred
miles of completed railroad in the state
he mileage of the fourteenth legisla-
.ure, being the same number of men,
was greater than any body ever before
in the state.