The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-07-28

essential ingredients IN tic compositlOn OF
printing paper. This patent he holds with
Mr.. Russell, another reputlica congressman
Of N massachusetts,. and they virtually have
monopoly OF this pre- iltable business. when
II few years ago the newspapers In the coun-
try united In petilioDing congress 10 reduce
the duties on tho materials for tho manulac'
,ure of paper, wood pulp in partiuiar' MIL
Ter bul ldozed tbe con mItttc and buliieo mo
house, threatening 10 precipltale geheih
discussion of the tariff II his prohtaple
monopoly was inteIiered with; ana Dy
striking hands with other endangered pri-
yate interests he succeeded 10 preventing tne
desired reduction. He presents the painful
and repulsve spectacle OF member Vi con-
gress u,ing bis utmost ilnuence, ana, py
threat and bargain, defeating a measure OF
public benefit for his own private gain. For
this action he ought to havo h"on lmpeacheu
but the republicans re.el,, ~ lin as their
ft,est representati o, At Ito lime the Post
of this city, denounced hn i,r his utter
disregard of the lire whic7 sop rates pub
lie duty from private inter; Tne Times
condemned him as a performer whose pro.
fessions of virtue have yielded to the hrst
temptation" The Tribune and most of the
other republican papers castiga'ed MN
in the severest terms. Dus
all this is forgotten. He was
triumphsntly returned to congress In order
that he might .in protect bis private mons
opoly there. and now has been caught up
and elected senator by the republicans OF the
state that he may stand guard over his prof.
table patent in The senate chamber. man
of recognized ability, but the ability to get
rich at the public expense; man VINO mas
abused and degraded his office b7 using it for
his private advantage; man OF no marx or
public standing whatever; rich NOBODY,
with the persislency and greed OF his class
has been selected by the republican managers
to represent the empire stale in the senate OF
the nation.
We doubt if Bob Ingersoll can dare to
look COW in the face or say baa to a sheep
after reading the following bit of sarcasm
from Judge Black, in his article in the North
American Review:
ssThe killing of those animals was, hesaid,
ga terrible system, shielding OF innocent
blood, shocking to a relied and sensitive
soul.n There is such depth OF tenderness
in this feeling, and such splendor OF rehae-
ment, that give up without struggle to the
superiority OF the man who merely processes
it. A carnivorous American, full OF beef
and mutton, who mourns with indignant
sorrow because bulls and goats we're killed
in Judes three thousand years ago, has
reached the climax Of sentimental goodness;
and should be permitted to dictate on all
questions of peace and war. Let Grotlus,
Vst,el and Puffsndorf, as we'll as Moses and
the prop hets, hide theil diminished heads.
As sylviculture ia becoming an impor-
tant question in this country, especially in
the prairie and most thickly populated Sec
TONS W rat the New Orleans Picayune has
to say OF the eucalyptus tree in the follow
ing, will prove of interest. This tree, it is
claimed, combines the qualities of a good
timber tree for all purposes, of being mir
aculously rapid grower and of being abso-
lutely an anti febrile, as it absorbs all mias'
matte exhalatons. The Peayune says:
1t would take hundred Years 20 raise Or
binary trt es for tim Der for the largest pur-
noses. Railroad ties can be raised for one
fourth or one.fihh the cost, il eucalyptus is
planted, and the same may be said OF tele-
graph poles. 1t would pay southern rails
road companies TO line their tracks with
double rows of them. 1t would pay our
people to raise them for ship timber, and as
it would pay thousand times over to raise
them against fever, without any view to the
pecunisry income VIII CHI could ba depended
on, it ought to be done
The entire frame W Tx OF slips Can
be- made frcm eucalyput', including the
masts. The wooden vessels running between
Australia and England are made chic fly of it,
as are also the whalers of Hobart Town. The
mere thought of changing our pestilential
swamps into healthful and life giving forests
is exhilaratirg. A hundred acres OF worth
lees swamp will grow twenty thousand euca@
lypti, and in twenty yeas yield twenty thous-
and forest trees, e II half OF them
are cut out at earlier period, ten
thousand. Other uses suggest themN
selves. The aromatic quSlilies OF the
eucalyptus are available. Inc essence
of the tree is said 10 be febrituge, anti
spasmodic and anti-ssthmatic. M. Glmbert
" as the physician of Prosper Merimee; he
tells us that that illustrious writer for three
wears used cigarettes of eucalyptus. which
always Gained his ssthmatic oppression.
We certainly have 10 raise forests. Much
! use De can 10 made Of iron, NO cannot. we'll
substitute il IN every use for wood. III we
are to raise forests, why should We not quin-
tupls the value of our forest ground by
raising trees which can be cut every twenty
y years, instead of once century,
The Louisville Courier-Journsl, com
mentiDg on the expressions of surprise and
wonder made by many of the northern
republican psperP, at the sympathy of the
southern people for the president in bis
sufierings and their indignation at the at
tempted murder, says:
The republican organs have been repre-.
gsentipg the south IS a section 10 be suspected
of every conceivable crime. The northern
republicans have found that this desperate
and wicked game has failed 70 keep up the
sectional feeling. They are suddenly CON
frorted by tragedy In which republican
campaign speaker fgures as the would be
murdefer of the republican president. The
southern people express their de,eststion OF
the deed. They show that they are patriotic
citizens and have the good Of the country
a, heart; that, although Mr. GsIfsld was
not the choice Of q msjorty OF them
for the presidency, yet be received msjority
Of the votes aud is the lawful president OF
the United States. They regard him as the
president, NOT Of O political party, but OF
The whole country. While this is IN ptrfect
keepine with The patriotic disposition OF the