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one of the very best which the Revised Version
has elected. 1t contains the text. of the new
version, with the parallel passages in the mar
gin printed in full-an entirely new feature in
portable Bible. and one saving an immense
deal of trouble. The marginal readings of the
authorised edition are given in footnotes at the
bottom of the page.
The American appendix of the authorised edi-
ton is given not only as an appendix. but it is
distributed in the margins for convenient COM
parison.
At the end of the volume is appendix OF
Helps to the Study of the Revised New Testa-
ment," containing Concordance and Scripture
Index, Table of Bible Symbols, Quotations
from the Old Testament in the New; Historical,
Chronological, and Geographical Tables, ETC.,
etc. There are also several maps. We can
cordially recommend the volume as one of great
utility. The Index and Concordance at the end
are sufficient alone to ensure a wide circulation
Every Bible ought to have an index.
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Gods Time.

Grand is the leisure of the earth;
She gives her happy myriads birth,
And after harvest fears no dearth,
But goes to sleep in snowwreaths dim.
Dread is the leisure up above,
The while He sits whose name is love,
And waits, as Noah did the dove,
To see if she would fly to him.
He waits for us, while, houseless things,
We beat about with bruised wings,
On the dark floods and water springs
The ruined world, the desolate sea,
With open windows from the prime,
All night, all day, He waits sublime,
Until the fulness of the time
Decreed from his eternity.
Jean Ingelo1O.
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Trying two Masters.

DO L believe In Jesus Aye, sir,
that | do, with all my soul, heart, mind,
and strength. 1 believe in Him, love
Him, and l mean to serve Him to the
very best ability for the balance of my
days"
The speaker was not well-matured
Christian, not by any means the type of
a perfect man in Christ Jesus" on the
contrary, it was only for little while
that he had begun to serve Jesus at all;
and scanned by the sins of his former life.
But he had come to halt-had con-
sidered his ways, and with full purpose
of heart, had turned to the Lord. In
this new life he was quite as much in
earnest, quite as resolute and determined,
as he had ever been in the way of evil.
[ saw him first as he presented himself
candidate for church membership, and
when asked if he believed in Jesus"
with a look of mingled surprise at the
implied doubt, and of joyful assurance
that lighted up his whole face, he gave
the answer quoted above.
Then, springing to his feet and facing
the congregation, he added: "How can
l help believing in One who has broken
the letters of sin that had bound me fast
for so many years, and made free man
of me; One who has rooted out the ter
rible, burning thirst for liquor, that was
consuming me, body and soul, and given
me in its stead a longing for Himself, for
His forgiveness, His everlasting love, and
His blessed service? Don't talk to me
about antidotes, or pledges, or anything
of the sort. They may be well enough
for some men, and 1 don't doubt they
have done a great deal of good in the
world; but mine was desperate case; 1
had lost all power over myself; the evil
one led me captive at his will, and moth
ing but Omnipotence itself was strong
enough to break the evil yoke Worse
than all, had lost all hope of myself,
and ceased to make any effort to restrain
my wicked propensities. know l was
far on the way to perdition, but I was
too hardened in sin, and too stultifed by
strong drink, to be very much troubled
either by my guilt or danger; till was
struck down, as was Saul of Tarsus, and,
like him, had my eyes opened by AL
mighty power. Then | fell on my knees,
uSI WueI6 WAS anu CTleu 10 UOu 10
save me from myself, and help me to
come to Him. l saw my sins as l had
never seen them before felt all my un-
worthiness, all my weakness, all my ut
ter inability even to come to the great,
merciful Saviour saw waiting to help
and save me. So l cried aloud: %
Jesus, Master, save me in spite Of myself {;
put out thy hand and snatch me from
the evil one who holds me fast bound,
and give to me, who have no power at
all, the power and strength to cling only
to Thee And He did it. From that
hour, now nine months ago, He has held
me fast, that neither my old master,
Satan, my own evil nature, nor my
former burning thirst for liquor, has had
any power at all to separate me from my
Lord and Saviour. And you ask me,
sir, if believe in Jesus? Do believe
in the very breath 1 drawn Do I be-
lieve that am alive to-day that am
on earth, and not in hopeless perdition ?
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Recent Publications.

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ual campaign. At night, however, they
call halt, and pitch camp. For this
purpose they usually select piece of
broken ground, in the interstices of
which they temporarily store their plum
der"
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The publishers have done their part of the
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-11

of or transcending the local stat
utes under which the arrests were made.
This is the status OF American prisoners in
Ireland, and to demand that they shall be
tried forthwith or released is asking more
than the native can ask under the coercion
ct and the suspension of the habeas cor
pus. Mn, LOWELL simply appreciates the
situation, while the politicians here and the
foreign vote upon which they depend are
holding rcd.hot meetings and demanding
hs recall. No sensible man, who knows
anytliAg about European travel Will
seriously entertain the idea for moment
that peancable and intelligent Amer
leans abroad, especially IN England,
who go about their own business
and take no part in local conflicts, would or
could be disturbed. Only the turbulent
who commit violations of the English, or
the French, or the Italian statutes, are
taken in hand, and they must await the
pleasure of the authorities to look into the
charges against them. For these reasons
we took occasion in brevity the other
day to say that good lesson had been
taught the average American, who mag
ined he could carry his native freedom and
impudence with him around the world. An
intelligent Subscriber" at Mineola,
gems to have had his patriotism shocked
by our remarks, and we trust he will see
from tho ,hnva nur rapaona for them and
the spirit in which they were made-reasons
which are sustained by both good policy
and international law. Some of the pris-
onerJ, indeed, have already been released,
but not at the instance of Mr.. LOWELL with
n shotgun in his hand.
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EXTRA SESSION.
Continued from First Page

iions leading the way to vice and i'm
morality. il is the sense OF the
house that all occupation tax
should be abolished, Referred
The speaker reported on his table the
comptroller's reply TO the house resolution
of Friday, hut I, IS reading was postponed
until tomorrow,
The house then adjourned
CAPITAL NOTES.
The governor certified to the commissi on
or of the general land Office that the Texas
& st. Louis railroad company is entitled to
S72 sections of land for iiity-iour
miles and twenty-six feet of road
Just completed between Corsicana and
Waco.
The charter of the Texas Cotton and Mill
ing company of Denison, capital, $4,000,
was filed in the office of the secretary OF
state to-day.
The comptroller's special report on
university funds, in response to the
house inquiry, incl uding the
first transfer of bonds and OF
various sums taken from the funds for gen
eral purposes is as follows; The fund has
paid out 1867 900. This does not include
the appropriation from it for branches oil
the university that were created before the
university was established.
The committee on revenue and taxation
have agreed TO reduction on nd volerem
tax of two per cent. and on occupation tax
of five Der cent,
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EXTRA REPORT.
Washington Notes.

WASHINGTON, April l0.--The senate nav
al committee to-day agreed to report ia
vorably Chambers nomination to be secre-
tary OF the navy, and Foreign relations com
mittee have also agreed 70 report favorably
on Hunts nomination to Russia,
Representative White, of Kentucky to-
day submitted the following preamble and
resolution, which were referred to the com
mittee on ways and means:
WHEREAS, on Monday, April 3, rules
were suspended, and house bill 5237 TO
amend laws relative to the entry of dis
titled spirits in dstillery, and special
bonded warehouses and the withdrawal of
same therefrom, was passed, and whereas
the following letter was subsequently
printed at the request of a member in the
Congressional Record, to-wit:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF INTERNAL
REVENUE Washington, April 3, 1882.
Sln11i acknowledge the receipt of your
valued favor of this instant,
yides for IN extension OF the bonded period
upon distilled spirits. The bill was pre-
pared with great care and in respect to its
machinery, | am satisfied it will work adj
mlrably. The principle of the bill |
think correct, AS to all manufactured arti-
Giles upon which internal revenue
is levied except in the case Of distilled
spirits, the manufacturer or owner is not
compelled to remove the same from the
place of manufacture until he can find a
sale for the product. This is so in respect
to beer, tobacco, cigars, matches, etc. The
extension of the bonded period to three
years will give quite stimulus to the
manufacture of fine whskey. On the list
OF last March there were G0,2i3, $50 gallons
in the dlstillery warehouses in Kentucky,
Pennsylvania and Maryland. 1t seems to
me unreasonable to suppose that these
spirits can all be removed Tor consumption
within the time now required by
law, if the manufacturers and own
ers are required to pay taxes.
Within three years ! would expect TO see
such decline in prices MS would severely
embarrass many strong firms, probably
cause many failures and uniavorably affect
other branches of business, without any
beneficial result to the government. think
upon this ground alone the extension OF
the bonded period is entirely justiiiable.
..... Respectfully,
ISigncdl GREEN Il. RAuM,
Commissioner
To Hon. Il. Butterworth, House of Rcprescn
tativcs
WHEREAS, il appears that the proposed
law will divert millions of public money
from its way into the United States treas
| ury ana donate the same 10 large manuiaC
turcrs and owners OF distilled spirits in vic
lation of agreement OF republi
cans of the house; therefore
Resolved, That the 'secretary oil the treas
ury be and he is hereby requested to repor
to the house his views on the subject mat
ter of the letter and conduct of the head o
the internal revenue bureau, as to VIVA
improper influence, If any, We're brough
to bias his Judgment in writing the same.
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Good"

WASHINGTON, April lO.-ln the criminal
court to-day Judge Wylie decided the star
route indictments good and sufficient. Tie
motion to quash was overruled, and the in
dlctments stand.
The motion to quash the star'route in
dictments as based on part on a Mary
land law of 1722, which the defense held to
be operative in the district. Junge Wiley
held that this law along with all other
Maryland laws of the same class had dis
appeared from the district code many years
ago. He also held the jurisdiction OF his
court to be complete and that
the cases of conspiracy were sufficient
ly clearly defined to warrant Indictment
thus ruling against the defendant upon all
points. This decision covers all OF the
conspiracy and perjury cases, and also that
OF Augustus G. Soteldo, under indictment
for numbering his brother, while endeavorinl
to shoot Clarence Barton in the Republican
editorial room. Soteldo's counsel hat
raised points under these old Maryland
laws against the suiliciency of the indict
ment against Sateldo for murder.
The bail of Stephen Dorsey was iorieite,!
and bench warrants for his arrest issued
his counsel acknowledging that he Is not IL
| the city to plead
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WE publish communication this morn
ing over the signature of u. w. jenkins, in
which we are taken to task for an editorial
recently published by us on the redistrct-
ing of the state. Mr.. JENKINS seems to
think that because we are an independent
journal, we, therefore, belong to the indie
pendent party. That is mistake. We're
main independent because we want to
be at liberty to support any party or men
who appear most to deserve support. Why
should not the state be as well redstricted
in the interests of the republican party, or
the grecnbackers, as the democratsg Mr.
JENKINS wants to know. Simply because
the latter are overwhelmingly in the ma
jority in this state and entitled
TO its representation upon pure republic
can principles. Then again, he de
sires TO know the difference between the
two parties to-day. The democratic party
is, as whole, the par ty ot free trade, which
we have pcrsstently advocated, and the
tendency of its principles is to greater free
dom OF the states The republican party,
n, a whole, is for protective tariffs, monopo-
lies and concentration of all powers in
the federal government, We, therefore,
are in accord with the democracy. But we
are independently democratic so that we
may at any time we see lit refuse to fol-
low partisan or unwise nominations or plat
forms. Independence does not in any way
mean either neutrality or antagonism to all
as Mr.. JENKINS appears to believe, but
simply freedom of choice.
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AMERICAN PRISONERS ABROAD.

Americans and the American govern
ment grow more indignant and do less in
consequence thereof than any people or
government we know of claiming to bc
iirst-class nation. We are at peace with
England, have commercial friendly and
cxtladition treaties with her government,
and ought to be attached to Great Britain
by many strong ties, Latterly in that por-
ton of the world 10y have been cxpc.
riencing many and yexatious internal
troubles and large portion of the lawful
subjects have rcbelled against the laws.
To meet the eNgencies of the hour,
strong military or war measures were
adoptel-the coercion act was passed and
the habeas corpus suspended in certain To-
oalitics and agitators and suspects were
arrested and imprisoned under the former
act and by the latter proceeding were pre-
vented from eilccting an escape from prison.
The Irish voters of America very naturally
sympathized with Ireland and began to take
steps to assist their native isle. But
the government OF The United States
and American citizens had no more
right to interfere In highlands domestic
laws and strife than the Apache Indians
bad The people of the United States
couldn't keep quiet, however, and began to
take active measures against the English
ready in the old country and others went
there, and not u lew OF them began to act
and talk as If they were natives, and their
lives and property were immediately
at stake. Under the same acts by which the
Englishman and lrishman were imprisoned
80 were the Americans who assumed that
they were citizens of Great Britain, as
judged from their conduct. When MINISTER
LOWELL was asked to demand their release
he, as we think, very properly replied
that such was impossible, as the stranger
was subject to the same local laws while in
county as was the citizen, The English
regarded the coercion act and suspension
of the habcas corpus as necessary cxtraor-
binary measures; and of course proceed
ings under them us more arbitrary than In
tho ordinary channels. Aslong as the gov.
eminent Of Great Britain entcrtains these
views, foreigners and foreign nations arc
bound to respect them, however severe they
may seem. A Frenchman might think our
Dallas Sunday law absurd and puritanical
and dcaantly open concert hall on Sab.
bath evenings. II Is not likely no would
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t,onciio
Special to the Herald.


CoNcno, April l0.-Another shooting
ailray occurred in San Angela, opposite the
post. Two young men named Thomas
and Cotalson were engaged in q
game OF poker in Sarge's saloon. a
dispute arose in which some bad
language was used. Cotalson reached
back for his pistol, and Thomas snatched
a pistol out of the scabbard of a bystander,
and then opened fire. the result of which
was each fired six shots. Thomas caught
one bullet in his abdomen, coming out
the right side, The wound though serious,
is not considered necessarily fatal. Cotal.
son was arrested and lodged in Jail.
District court opened to-day. No bust,
ness of importance was TRANSACTED. The
day was mostly taken up getting jurors.
Three days ago an unknown Mexican
while studying the mechanism of q revol-
yer, was surprised when it went oil, putting
ball through both legs below the knee.
A synopsis of last weeks record in Jus
tico Minitz's Office shows one darkcy's head
pounded by blaCksmith's dge-hammcr
and one stagc.driver nicely pummelod fol
using insulting language towards another
mans wife
Emigrants are daily passing through
going westward, They are mostly from
the eastern part OF the state.
The wool growers predict good shearing
this spring.
Temperature % in the shade to-day.