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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-01-23
Ag OLD STORY.

lst, The United States constitution; :;
2nd, the Ordinance of 1887; 3rd,
the State Constitution; and 4th, the
Statutes.
The ordinance for the govern
ment of the Territory of the United
States northwest Of the River Ohio.
of July l3, 1897, holds the second
place in the volume and justly. 1t
was in force before the Constitution
of the Nation was adopted, and was
continued IN force by act of Con
gress approved i'll August following.
1t declares and ordainS that its artl-
cles shall be considered as articles
of Compact between the original
States and the people and states in
the said territory and foreUer remain
maitero6le anleSS By common con
sent, that is to say, the con, ent
first, of the original states; and see
ond, of the people and states in the
Northwest Territory.
We shall here refer to and repeat
but one of its provisions to-wit;
"The navigable waters leading into
the Mississippi and St. Lawrence,
and the carry places between the
same shall be common highways
and forever free as we'll to the IN
haDitants Of the said territory as to
the citizens of the United States,
and those of any other states that
may be admitted into the Conteder-
acy without any tax, impost, or duty
therefor '
When Wisconsin and Minnesota
were admitted as States, it was with
Constitutions containing the same
provision, In almost identical Ian
guage, and declaring that each
state should have concurrent juris-
dictiou on all rivers and lakes, form
ING common boundary line to the
two States.
So that this provision of the ordi-
nance has never been altered or su-
perceded by common consent, but
rather has been hammered and riv-
eted by all the blows that Constitu-
tions aud laws have been able to
administer for nearly a hundred
years.
Again and again it has ben de
cided by the courts, federal and
state, that the Ordinance in question
could only be rescinded by the com
mon assent of those who were par
ties to it. 1t viii not be pretended
that that part Of the contract res
pecting the navigable waters atore
said, has been, ever anywhere, chang
u NOD ed ~, ,nn.ant hutit has
been upheld, when drawn in ques-
ton, as more obligatory than the
constitution nf - state s.for that NAV
be altered by the people Of the state,
ul;Io his no,fi,,, of I'M. ordinance
ca,no, ha .Itorod withopt tha ~.
sem both If n. nconl. Of the State
and of the United States through
their representatives. - Ohio 40.
The ordinance contains, so to
speak, the organic law Of these wa
ters, and has never been superseded
or annuIlcd in whole or in part. by
any act of the people of these
United States, or any Of them.
Further, Congress is empowered
to regulate commerce with foreign
nations and amono the several
States; and wherever a river forms
highway upon which commerce IS
conducted with foreign nations OF
between States, it must fall under
the control of Congress-under this
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-01-23

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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23
Q A "a HI GIFTS
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DIRECTORS.

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Jimplecute.
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A heIEAd,erlislng ne,nedY.

There arc certain proprietary articles that
advertise themselves, Among these arc
lloatetlerh stomach liltlen, II may be
truly said of this celebrated remedy for dis
orders 0f tho stomach, liver aud bowels, ana
aniidole 10 malaria, that the contents ~ ey'
cry bottle II ~ advertisements since IN good
effects 10 decidedly ana promptly oyinee
themselves 10 Invariably 10 elicit favorable
comment from those who use H. THIS N par,
tloularly true In rural noghborhoods In
yaded by cnillH and foyer aud other types
~ malaria, lor which n IL u recognized
specific such disorders being epidemic, the
question "Whal II tho hest remedy ana safe
guadV naturally presents ilsolf ~ every
body IN this vicinity, and In made the sub
Jeot Of general inquiry, A family benefited
by the liltlom communicates the facts 10 the
noghbora who IN turn become patrons of
the great remedy, ana proclaim llH efficacy
THIS explains why n has become the most
popular Of American household medicines,
and why lls popularity In continually on the
increase
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23

the public will and the publio welfare,
and tho representative will come 10
have a rational accountability 10 his
constituents, The people will come 10
be wiser aud more just eensors on their
representatives, Being themselves
familiar win the laws, they can intel
ligenlly judge Of the wisdom Of
changes made from time 10 time
Under such system, AS most marked
aud benihcent result, 10 no desired by
every friend of democratic institutions
each individual citizen VIII come,
more aud more, ~ realize lhe RESPONSE
billties that rest upon him ~ a compo
nent part Of tho commonwealth A.
sured that he II no longer ~ now, a
mere Walt floating In the mlsls OF a
political fog, he will stand forth among
equals, Ia government Of hlA own
choice, commanding both his respect
aud his affection, aud thus by natures
law Of equivalents, no will be In every
sense better citizen,
The fruitlon Of such influences viii
be q citizenship from which can, nj all
times, be selected with certainty good
jurors, good officers, good teachers and
good road oyerseers, In the gaze OF
such people public servants will
never have tho hardhood 10 outrage
public sentiment, All the allurement
will be on the pinnacle Of virtue, IN
wiling them TO ascend higher on the
road TO official purity
We commend these thoughts, In all
sincerity, to the people Of Texas, For
three years We have been gradually re-
covering lost ground aud Lost rights,
Some have worked with leal inspired
by hope, others have fingered by the
waysIde ~ If all were lost, Yet we are
on the ascending scale, Much has
been achieved,
Tho browning act remains to bo
graspod, but 1t Is Within easy reach,
aud IL the people are true 10 thom-
selves aud their postorIly, on the first
Monday In August next they viii turn
out On masse, vote "FoR rlIE CoNvEN'
TIoN,n and send their best men tomake
n new constitution, under which the
foregoing and many other great bless
ings may be assured to our state.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23
DALLAS, TEXAS,
FRIDAY h0RAIsG 10000 APRIL rs

TUE Hon, Pryor Leu, Of doliad, dos
pte abundant evidence that he WIS al
most the unanimous choice Of his dis
triet declines 10 be candidate for the
constitutional convention, lie does 70
on account Of his extreme age, which
il over eighty years, Judge Lea was q
member Of congress from cast Tonnes
see forly'eight years ago, aud served
with Calhoun, Clay, Webster John
Randolph, Benton, Hugh IT, Whllel
MoDunle aud the great men Of that
era. lie was In the secession eonyen-
ton Of Texas Ia 1861, aud WIS chair
man Of the committee composed Of
himself Colonel John u, Slell and
John Henry Brown, appointed to H.
sue an address 10 the people In tie
name Of that body, Since then lac
served term In the senate, but now,
when the people call, he hays lac II too
inhrm 10 serve them, lie realizes the
great Issues involved, aud though 30
fortified by half u century Of public eX'
perence, he dlstrusta his ability 10 full
III the measure Of responsibility In
volyed, What u commentary on the
oyerweonlng desire Of superficial
place hunters m sometimes seen, II
would be better. for the counlrylfmore
of the spirit Of the venerable Len was
dlnhsed over the land.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE,


Especial Correspondence DALLAS Herald
TYLER, April 70.
This pleasant little "cty Of the
hills" Is beautiied with spring YER
dure. Refreshing showers and genial
weather have combined 10 set tho roses
abloom and delight the hearts Of gran
ger and merchant with visions OF large
crops and corresponding fairness of the
pocket
The health of Tyler IL superb, and
only the doctors are blue, or prospect
ing for change of business or loca-
ton. In addition To the proverhial
health of Tyler, she is to be congratn-
lated on the number of her churches,
educational institutes and the agreea-
BILE atmosphere Of her polished society.
These favorable points Mt once impress
II stranger on entering the town.
The business Of Tyler Is yet good,
Notwithstanding the dull summer
months are SO near at hand. Cotton
continues to arrive, and wagons return
to the country loaded with merchant
disc as if there Is no end to the supply
aud demand, and an abundance of
spondulX wherewth to manipulate
the good things of life.
Apropos of the present prosperity Of
Tyler, the enthusiastic of her citizens
see the light of n yet brighter future
dawning upon them. Visions Of direct
rail communication with st. Louis by
means of Il tap to the Texas Pacific at
or near Big Sandy, dazzle the mind.
The air is filled with rumors in regard
to the early commencement of this
road within two or three weeks, per-
haps, and of the Certainty of its
completion by the first of September
next. A large amount of money seems
to be on hand for the accomplishment
of this laudahle enterprise.
With the completion of the proposed
tap road, almost air line communica-
ton will be had with st. Louis, freights
on western produce greatly cheapened,
and Tyler will become an important
distributing point for the surrounding
rich and populous country, hence mer-
chants assume toplaitical airs in dis
cussing the matter.
In connection with this railway in
terest road is also proposed from Ty-
Ter to Corsicana, and 1t is said that the
Central has offered to build the road
for half the distance.
These railway schemes are of para
mount discussion here just now to the
exclusion of almost everything else.
VIAToR.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23
THE nation at large really ough

THE nation at large really ought
to adopt some such preamble and
resolutions as these: Whereas,
Our distinguished fellow-c citizen, F..
Il. Spinner-which is said to be the
correct solution of the chirograghic
rebus he calls his signature--has re.
signed the position of United States
Treasurer; therefore be ii Resolved,
That by this step-a step unprece-
denied in the history of the present
Observation-Disclosures world is bereft
of specimen of calography, the
nation of specimen of pcnman-
ship, the treasury of an autograph,
and our currency of u signature,
whose loss we could bear with a
Christian resignation were it not
for the thought of the other hearts
that must bleed. Resolved, OF his
autograph, That we shall ne'er look
upon its like again-if we can help
i'll Courier Journal.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23
OPINIONS OF the PRESS.

The Austin Statesman HnyG Hon
John Henry Brown IL "A candidate for
the constitutional convention, and has
Issued m admirable address 10 the v0-
tiers of larrnnt, ellis and Dallas coun-
ties, lie crltlclses the constitution OF
1860 made by men who did not repre-.
sent the people Of Texas lie would
have the legislature convened bl-ennl-
ally, and thus save, by n single act,
twice the cost of the C0nvcntlon-each
session Of the Legislature costing $780,
600 aud the convention itself will not
cost more than $4,000. II we would
have lessened taxation, therefore, we
will vote for the convention.
The Gonzales Enquirer says; Hon.
John Henry Brown would have none
Of the peoples money given by the
peoples representatives. 10 any c0rpo-
ration or Individual. lie has holy
horror of credit mobillers, Pacific mail
subsidies and the like. But he believes
In railways and cotton mills for all
that, and would employ all proper
agencies and resources to promote
their construction.
The LaGrange Press says! Hon.
John Henry Brown wisely proposes to
make the constitution Of 1915 the basis
of the organic law of Texas in 1879, and
in this none have spoken more wisely
than Mr.. Brown. OF course modilicn-
tons conformed to the changed federal
constitution must be made.
The Indianola Bulletin, Houston
Telegraph, Tyler Reporter, Jefferson
Jimplecute, belton Journal and divers
other papers outside of this district
have expressed an earnest desire for
the election of Major Brown.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23
SOME EVILS ANDTMEIR REMEDIES.

A long recognized evil in our Ameri-
can system of government Is the too
frequent and often inharmonious
change of the laws. Every intelligent
man, to say nothing of the bench and
bar, has long been sensible of the fact.
With annual sessions for five years UNI
der our present constitution, the evil
has more than doubled in magnitude.
Before the laws of one session are
known or even possessed 10y u third of
the bar, the legislature is again at work
tinkering, patching and scratching
out. Thus the people are practically
kept in ignorance of the laws they are
required to obey. AS a partial remedy
for the evil, and the only one attaina-
bic, until we get new constitution,
our representative in the thirteenth
legislature introduced provision for
printing a much larger edition of the
general laws, that a portion of the
people at least might possess
them. While advocating retrench-
ment wherever wise, he
earnestly argued that money judi
ciously expended to place the laws in
the hands OF the people was in the true
line of reform and retrenchment, be-
cause it tended to the production of
content in the country and the preven-
ton of crime. But a false economy-a
penny wise and pound foolish theory
defeated the measure, and to-day not
one-fifth of the lawyers in Dallas pos
sess the laws of that session, and not
one voter in hundred of the five
thousand in the county has them. Such
combined policy-annual sessions
and mere handful of the laws printed
for officers only-not only keeps the
people in ignorance of their rights and
duties, but leads to confusion, distrust,
errors and often to crimes, through ig-
norance Of the law, by good citizens.
Under new constitution the first
grand remedy will be found in abolish
ing annual sessions and restoring bien-
NAL ones. Secondly, in combining leg.
islation, as near as practicable, under
constitutional limitations, to general
laws, whereby one-half the time of
each session ought to be curtailed.
Thirdly, by limiting, through the CON
stitution, the duration of sessions, be-
yond which the pay of members shall
cease. And fourthly, by publishing
such number of the laws of each ses-
sion of the legislature as to enable the
people, whenever they desire to do so,
to possess copies, the only means by
which freemen and voters can be in
diligently kept acquainted with the
laws under which they live. Expen-
ditures for this purpose--the money
coming from the pockets of the people
to Garry en- their government-will al
ways bring back ten-fold its value in
the fruits of intelligence, contentment,
respect for the law of the land, and edu-
eating the great body of the people up
to the true plane on which self-govern-
ing freemen should ever stand.
With these good, conservative and
elevating principles firmly engrafted
upon our organic base, new era will
dawn upon our state. Laws will then
only be changed after fair trial to meet
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23

The East Line and Red River railroad di-
rectors have adopted this plan for the pur-
pose of disposing of the 5,l2J,000 acres of land
donated TO the road by the state OF Texas,
and TO make 1t available in building the
road.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23

THERE were clergymen who kissed
before Beecher was born. Said the
Rev. Sidney Smith: ave are in
favor Of a certain amount of shyness
when q kiss is proposed, but it
should not be too long; and when
the fair one gives it, let it be admin
istercd with warmth and energy /;
let there BIO soul in it. IF she
closes her eyes and signs immcdi-
ately after it, the effect is greater
She should be careful not TO slobber
a kiss, but give it as q humming.
bird runs his bill into honey suckle
deep, but delicate. There is much
virtue in a kiss when well delivered.
We have the memory Of one we
received in our youth which lasted
us forty years, and we believe it will
be one of the last things we shall
think Of when we de-"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23

The rumors are verified concern
ing the founding of college of music
In New York city by an unknown gen.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23

lleman, A dispatch states that he ID
an eighty year Old bachelor, that he
has a fortune Of iODD,DDO, AL Ut which,
excepting a small annuity for relatives,
will he ultimately devoted 70 the insli-
tuition, The trustees are 10 100 Cornelius
Vanderbilt, William Is, Aslor and other
prominent gentlemen, The building
will occupy the present site Of the
hipp0drnme, and its erection will soon
be- commenced, An effort will he
10 secure The services 0f Richard Wag'
ner as chief Of the conservatory
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23
NJ O BLANKS.

Every ticket not redeemed with q Cash
Gift Will be received by the railroad COM
pany at its face value for the lands donated
TO the railroad by the state of Texas,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23

AN Indianapolis young man and
young woman got 10 huggIng while
al tho circus tho other night Tho
News says "Old eynlos wiped
their glasses and thought Of their
youthful times half q century ago,
while youngsters, blinded with envy
aud poyetousnessr looked on and
grated their teeth,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23

Princess Nellie will not return 10
England with her huHhandi for, you
know, only americans are eligible TO
the presidency, liut II us u girl II
won make much difference, 4 Chicago
Times.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-23

No one IL allowed to contribute
more than twenty-five dollars 10 the
fund for the proposed monument 10
Livingstone at Glasgow, but hemDney
IN accommodating,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-16
Coal Heavers Strike.

The Chicago Coal Exchange recently
passed resolutions reducing the rate
paid to coal-wheelers from S. to So per
day, and the wages of the other employ
es in the coal yards in like proportion.
In consequence of this action, on the 4th
several hundred organized strikers, be-
longing to the Coal Heavens Union,
assembled in the forenoon determined to
enforce their demand for S. per day
for wheelers and proportionate rate for
shovelers, or drive away all laborers
who attempt TO work for So and So per
day. They went SO far as to use person
al violence In number of cases, beset-
ting the non-union men at several yards
with clubs and revolvers. They drove
off all workmen in the several yards,
with one exception, and warned them
to desist from further labor on peril of
their lives. The days work resulted in
the thrashing of seven non-union men.
One was injured fatally. One man was
thrown into the river and narrowly es-
capped drowning. The movement was
so sudden that the police could not be
summoned until after the damage had
been done.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-16
A Buffalo Crime Romance.

ALI the romance would not seem to
have deserted the footpads yet, for
quite a pretty story comes from But
falo. It appears that on the 9th OF
May a gold watch and chain valued at
800 were stolen from the residence OF
J. G. Evans, of that city, Friday even
ing the door bell was rung and Mrs.
Evans, who happened to be alone at
the time, answered it. She was met by
man whose face was muffed up so as
to be unacceptable. In one hand he
held pistol, which he pointed at her,
and in the other pasteboard box
which he rendered, saying: "Your
watch and chain, are in this box. Take
it and give me $780," He would per-
NIT no delay, and Mrs. Evans handed
him her pocketbook containing $40.
The fellow took it and departed with
out saying another word. The watch
and chain were found in the box when
it was opened. This scertainly has
quite the tinge of romance about it,
and reminds the reader of those good
old-fashioned burglars and highway
men who have from time immemorial
taken off their hats with profound rev.
erence to the fair sex, while they have
cut male throats with the utmost
equanimity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-16
The Worlds Population.

A paper was read before the Man
chester Statistical Society short time
ago, calling attention to the researches
of the German statisticians, Benin and
Wagner, with respect to the population
of the world. Of the many estimates
of the number of inhabitants of our
globe, none are accounted trustworthy.
In 1866, Vorsius estimated that there
were 5000, 000,0 600. Benin and Wagner
set down the number at the present
time at l, 3a1, 100000. The subjects of
Victoria are rated at 1000, 600. Rus
STA has a population of 82,00O,000.
India, supposed to be the most popu-
lous country on the globe, has probably
800, 900, 900 inhabitants. China is said
to have 400, 900, 900 inhabitants, but the
estimate is undoubtedly grossly exag-
gerated. The population OF South
America has peen checked by internal
discord. In Paraguay there is said to
have been an actual loss of 49,, 900.
An estimate based upon the growth Of
Great Britain and the United States
gives to the former country in the year
1000 a population of 81, 900, 900, and to
the latter of SAG, 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-16
"Such language, sir r. she said as she

. -
rose up.
.Such mule, madam p he replied,
pointing to the window. "I1l kill the
mantle mule-that has dared to come
between us p he shouted, and he rush
ed from the mansion.
He pelted that age.worm mule with
lawn ornaments; he belted him with a
picket torn from the fence, he pursued
his retreating form and battered it with
stones pitched from the street or found
alongside the curbstone.
Hating under lone tree on the
dreary COMMUNICATING through the
deep shadows of night to discover why
pursuit was at last abandoned, the old
gray mule seemed to realize that, even
as mule, it was safe to have an acct
dent insurance ticket in his pocket, and
he sighed and gasped end TREMENDOUSLY
soliloquized:
Gee haaO gee-ah-r-7-r-rae0- ge-
hdU :"
And the shadows grew deeper. the
night breeze sighed with renewed lone
illness, the stars nestled behind the
clouds to sleep, and he felt that he was
mule beloved by none.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-16
How She Taught Him.

A paper printed in Eufaulo, Ala.
prints the following as veritable in
cident which occurred the other day in
that city: ga lady hired an old negro
woman named Charlotte, who had the
most exalted option of her own indi-
viduality and originality. Whenever a
subject was under discussion in the fam
lily Charlotte would be sure to state her
own superior method of proceeding in
such matters. On one occasion the
lady was talking of sending some of
the children to school, when Charlotte
put in her oar as usual: sLor Missus,
she said, what mex you pay money fur
to send the chile to school? I got one
smart boy name Jonus, but I larns him
myself. But, Aunt Charlotte re-
piled the lady, 'how can you teach your
child, when you don't know one letter
from another?' How I teach him
I jes' mex him tex de book an set down
on de flo, an den [ say, 'Jonus, you
tex 20 eye from dat book, much less
leggo him, an I skins you alive!"