The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-03
,.xruAL PRESS REVIEW.

nlsmeutable fact that We American
.onls as = people do not take recreation
r.,rcb 1t is delve and d'g' labor and
go from days beginning and ending,
.a.r in and year out, after the ignus fA'uus
,,wasl,h or fame or both and never rest
'.,a ,;,ed brains and strained muscles and
.w.,,,,sd nerves give way ut last and pro
.,.,u,s decay makes US halt. We want
va res,; We VISIT more of life's bright side,
nora of the sports asd pleasures TO be had
Gar the mere taking. and the man who appTe-
o.,es this and pref by 1t is wise in his day
and generation and sets pattern for his
rai,hbors that they should study and follow
The Nav York Herald men ions one of the
,n,rts that fills up the cup Of real enjoyment
that !, innocent and health promoIing-thst
;.a,hipg. 1t makes one long for the brook
side or the placid lake just to read The fol
lowing:
II is indeed marvellous now many things
ara needed by pArIy that 10 going alter
8sh. One man going alone Will merely put
pig cracker 10 one pocket AM. n small Il 'sk
IN the other; but let the man take unto HIM
,alf cou pauion aud straightway the ex
Evolutionary stores are Increased about
twen,y fold, and the solid comfort that the
couple take in packing shat basket could not
mos bly, BE- indicated by the vulgar standard
NJ money. Aud the tackle, tou-what does
catching q fish smouDt to when compared
with the satisfaction of getting ready to
catch hini To take si1.Inch trout, worth
At Fulton market about twenty five cents,
man will buy q rod that ia dirt cheap at
tveuty>ive dollar; for windlass or reel
With which to haul the monster up
from tie deep he will pay the
nyhs of good watch, while the
feathers Of which his artificial flies are made
COS! him more Than The feathers ON his wites
Sunda, bonnet And what glorious ,fun Is
tito i'd Just the right plsce to f,h! On h
iroul book this place is always h1te luz
ther up, until the source OF the brook is
reached, after which it is little further
down; On a pond the best place is alws, 8
little iur her along the shore. ln either
case the 10. ult is this. the fisherman al aays
WORKS back 10 tina exact place that he star ed
from, ana when he learns what he has b. n
doug he reaches that sublime condition OF
mid where words are utterly unequal
10 the e1pr. s,ion of emotion. Chance ind
chs O., too, CON bine TO make rare surprlsts
for Inc fisherman. Lst the bearer Of the
luDth basket drop his burden into the water,
even if merely by accident, aid the par
will have meal such ss they might yIslt rOs-
tsurAnts from now TO doomsday, without
stumbling upon. Then there is the chat Q
of rain, which always makes the fisherman >
clothing ht HIM go closely, and the chance OF
mlssi e stage or train, and Of hnding ones
lelf many miles from home with tho paper
portion Of hls money al soaked into \ WAC
Of pulp No 6sn are needed to make the sci
OF going fishing the most EXTRAORDINARY
caange from everyday life that can BIZ had
for q given amount OF money.
II is very often the case that one hsa to Sc
from home to hear tho news, and the follow
ing from tho ST. Louis Post. Dispatch is aI
aptillusLrslion Of the fact;
A number of prominent educators are o.
visit to the clly to-day. Among them sr
Hon. j L Denton, state superintendent o
D bic instruction Tor Arkansas Prot q Z
Conrad, of the state univ, rsiiy, Fay ettevlle
Arr ausss; Prof Al. Savage, from ihe sam
state and Prot. Oscar IL. Cooper, of HUNS
VILE, Texas. Mr.. Denton Is much talked
SOout rs the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor of AIkaIsss at the next election ant
stands a good chance Of being nominated
He is extremely popular Throughout tn
slate. Prof Cooper is Il graduate OF 1al
college AID is perhsps the best known edu
Gator In Texas He has Just been elected Il
the assistant professorshlp of the Latin Ian
gusge at Yale, and is the first touiherDe
WHO WAS ever called to chair in hat instlu
ton. Prof. Cooper says Texas is mSkin
prodigluus strides in educational matters
and will coca rplk up with the northern
states. Ths new state university for ths
state is now 90 established fact AID will b
ope. ed just as SOON as the BUILDING
Can be put in readiness In
election OF The regents of th
university called for the 9Th of Angus
and thirty days Sher that Gate the chancellC
of the institution will be CHOSEN. Tb
unanimous choice of all those who are Il
conrolis DR.. William I. Harris, OF this city
The refusal OF the position has once beer
offered to him, and hs has declined, bu
other D essure viii. BIZ brought TO bear upol
it, nndit is thought probable that he will ac
cept. Finan tally the university pr jet
on solid basis. Placed to its credit Is S6OO,
900 in bonds and $500 600 in accrued inter
est, together with 2ly 0C0 acres of Ian
located IN northern ltXas, sud worth on VI
average IS yer acre, and Ill 600 scfes i
other parts of the state. The total ~ mat
of tue asset. of the institution is SO 600 00i
In other partso Of Texas educational mattel
are also bJomiFg. Galveston is just no
organ zing u system of public schoois, Devt
having had any before. A board o rustic
similar In organ z,tior ~ ~. Louis schot
board, Las jus! been CeclCj end the men
bers are looking cut for II leading educate
to make him supe 'iDtendent Tue seye
Teachers normal institutes, which are undt
the lntrol of the Texas board of educstiO
and are paid for out of the Peabody fun'
are now in successful operation througho'
the state.
What we want to know Is, who tentere
the refusal of char celor of the state I'm
versity to DR.. William T. Harris, Of S
Louie, and by what authority was it done
The regents reject the chancellor, if we con
prehend the university bill Alright, and as Il
regents have had no meeting to select
chancellor, have no authority to dc 90 20
Who is it that has taken II upon himself (
themselves 10 select chancellor in 3,
vance. We don't know anything about D
Harris and do not wish il undo