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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-25
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HNrrrp-Amui tor the lives @.
CIENELANDnr>ih ir,cn,
containing iuit and complete history q ~.
prn"'ratir party, port"'y'u9 us nrii>1n'
istancc. fully illustrated. This book opens
up n splendid chance for agents to make
money, ms we are giving extra terms to act
i've workers. Send 5Oc. mt once ior 0utnI,
aud secure your first choice of territory.
For circular, with extra terms to agents, ad-
dress Texas Book and Bible Co., 77 Elm
street. Dallas, Texas.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-25

THERE are men who will believe that
MIR. BLAINE was married both in Ken
lucky and Pennsylvania, but there is
no honest man that can believe that
Mr.. BLNiNE's Kentucky marriage, nc
cording to his " sworn statement,
was legal or binding. There are also
men who do not believe that MIR.
BLAINE was ever legally married at all,
and those entertaining the latter view
of the case seem to outnumber the
others. 1t is strange that if Mr.. BLAINE
was married at any time he cannot offer
some other evidence than his sworn
statement. lie is probably the only
man in the whole United States who
claims to have been legally married that
cannot produce evidence of the fact out
side of his own individual assertions.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-25
gutlCu1a
Miracles Of Healing Unparal-
leled In Medical
History.

~ have Lstn afflicted foTtwenty years With
an obstinate ska disease. called by some
N, lis psoriasis, u others, leprosy, eOm.
mencins ON my scalp, Ia So a. 81 all l
c0uid do, with ihv help al the nost Skillhl
ductors, n slowly hut surely extended, until
"A Year AKA this winter u coNend my. entire
person Ia fuTm oI dry srales' For The last
three years | laNr b. "a unuhie 10 do any la
b0r, ana suffering Intensely all the Time.
livery morning thunr COuid DO nearly "a dust
pinIul Oisralcs taken nom the sheet at my
bed, some of them half rs large US the en-
veiopee containing this letter, In the latter
open, tried everything, almost, that could
bo thought of, with ut any relief, The I'm
of June started West, In hopes could
aud was M low J. Thought I should have Ia 90
Ia the hospital, hut finally got Us fhr ~ Ian
sing. Mich, where nid "a sister living. ono
Dr, - treated me about two weeks, but did
me no good, All thought I had but n short
time Ia live, earnestly prayed Ia die.
Cracked through the skin all over my back,
across my ribs, arms, hands, limbs, feet badly
swollen, %toe-nnils came oil, nngnr' nails dead
hid hard ns bullc, hair dead, dry ana llleless
~ old straw, ~, my iildl how ] did suffer.
"My sister had a small part ufa box OF cu-
tlrnrh ~ the house she wouldn't give y
said; We will try culicura.' some was APP
piled On one hnnd ana pIil, Eureka! there
was relief; stopped the TERRIBLE burning sem
sntinn from the WORT 81, They mInc lately
got HE cUTICURA ~NESOLyE>r. CuTIcuRA
Ing one tables soonml OF ii'solvent three
times n day, after meals; hud u bath once "a
dag, water about blood heat, used tutiCurt
SOAP freely; applied tuiiCura morning and
evening. Result, returned to my HON" In
lyst slN weeks lrum the time | left, and my
skin as smooth ms this sheet of paper.
"HlliAM T.. CARPENTER,
"lIcndcrSon, Jefferson county, y. Y.
'Sworn Ia before mc this nineteenth day al
january, 1850. "a. N. LgFfINGwELL,
',Iustlcc OF the Peace"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-25

CUrICURA R~EsoLvESr, the new blood pu-
rlfcr, internally, and CuTICuRA and CrTi-
CuRA soar, the great skin cures, externally,
Scalp, aud purify the Blood OF every species
of ltrhing, Scnly, rlmply. Scrofulous, Mer.
curial, and Cnncerous Humois and Skin
Torturcs when physicians, hospitals and all
other means fall. Sold everywhere.
Potter Drag aud chemical Co.. Boston.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-25

Now that MIR. BLAINE has demon
strated his highly honorable actions in
the part he played in the Kentucky
cpisode-in q horn-it would be proper
in him to explain away as clearly and
honorably his actions while speaker of
tho House of Representatives, related
by himself in his MuLLIGAN letters
Mr.. BLAINE is a man of secrets. Ills
two marriages, if they ever were per-
formed, were secret; his action in the
Little Rock railroad land grant was "A
secret; his disposing of stock to his
friends in the North was n secret; his
disposing of stock to Tom SCOTT, and
receiving the money for it, was a secret;
in fact, his whole life, public and pri-
yate, seems to have been made up en-
tirelv of secrets. IL is very evident at
this time, and it is no secret, that he Will
never he elected President of these
United States.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-25
SCROFULA

can only be cured by a thorough purifca-
ton of the blood. Ii this Is neglected.
the disease perpetuates ITS talnt through
generation after generation. Among Its
earlier symptomatic developments are
Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptions, Tu-
mors, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysipe!as,
PuruIent Ulcers, Nervous and Ply
steal Collapse, etc. If allowed to con
tinue, Rheumatism, Scrofulous ca
tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases,
T%'ubercular Consumption, and vart-
Gus other dangerous or fatal maladies, are
produced by 1t.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-25
UNIVERSITY or GEORGIA.

IrUHI L II q ITO N.
Session begins first Wednesday in October.
Tuition free in nl departments except those
of Law and Medicine. Complete course OF
Instruction In Letters, Science, Chemistry
Fnr catalogues address the Chancellor, ut
Athens, Ia. SODb,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-25
KINGS EVIL

Was the name formerly given to Scrofula
because of a superstition that it could be
cured by q kings touch. The world Is
wiser now, and knows that
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-02

acres OF land for the purpose, had
levied tax to build the capitol, the
most captious would not have exposed
themselves to ridicule by confounding
1t with question of tax reduction
What occasion, then, TO confuse the
school tax, which is regulated by the
service required, with the revenue tax,
which can only be reduced AS the eX-
penses of running the government is
reduced, or its revenues better nus
banded? If the occasion had tie
manded school term of ten
months, as it will probably
in the future, the school
tax must have been nearly trebled and
yet If this had been the case, who
would have been so captious as to re-
fuse to concede valid reduction in
taxes, even though in the aggregate
they were largely increased? To as
sumo any connection between the two
certainly betrays remarkable igno-
rance, or most unwarranted criticisms,
not rising above the dignity of cause
less quibbling.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-02
John G. FrRmnrt.

The present-day Republican party
has little sympathy for men whom it
cannot use to advance its questionable
purposes. fla worthier sentiment pre-
vailed in that party it would not suffer
its old-time leader to rust in obscurity
without proposition TO give him re-
lief. John G. Fremont, the first Re
publican candidate for president. whose
candidacy came so near to success that
he received III electoral votes to Mr..
Buchanan's ia, in 1856, lives a life of
seclusion in Staten Island, n. Y. He
takes no part in the public discussions
Of the day. His life is In the past, and
few mems lives in the brief history Of
this country have been devoted to dr-
ties of greater service to il, have accom-
plished more splendid results or impress
sed themselves more strongly faded up.
on the feeling of 1.-THE people than this he
70 living out bis days in quiet seclusion.
The present generation know Of him
only as they have formed his ac-
quaintance through the pages of his
tory. But men Of middle age remem-
Der when John c. Fremont was a hero
of romantic type.
When the Mississippi river was the
limit of Western civilization, and
all beyond that was the Ear West. pas
wild and unknown as the interior of
Africa, John q, Fremont was the first
explorer to penetrate this conflne of
sayages, and disclose TO the country
the regions that are now the theatres
of busy industry and refined civiliza.
ton. With his hardy pioneers he adj
vanced into tho Rocky mountains and
explored the South Pass. In 1912,
with commission aa lieutenant Of en-
eineers ia the government service, he
first explored the region OF the Great
Salt Lake, then regarded as an unin-
habitablc desert. Three years later he
led another expedition which advanc.
ed to the Pacific slope, examined that
region in detail, perceived its beauties
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-02

and its wonders, and understood the
value to the United States oil such
country. California was then MeNi'
can province. III was Fremonts re-
port that gave California to the uniteu
States. The Mexican war Mt tha'
time arising, furnished n preteNt ior
the conquest of that country, ana IL
was Fremont, in conjunction WIN
Doniphan and Stockton, who sundueu
the Mexican forces and planted the
stars and stripes over the province
that has since yielded us untold mil
lions of gold. He was the first to sur
vey route for great railroad from
the Mississippi TO San Francisco
then the merest vision of u
dreamer; now realized in three great
roads with millions Of tons OF traiiic
transported yearly. His advent In po-
litical life began in 1919, when he was
one of the first United States senators
from the new state of California. AS
the first Republican candidate FOR pres
ident in 1856, his history became
part of the country's history. Since
then lie has disappeared from pubic
view. His services are unrecognized
and unrewarded. Party-workers, time
servers, petty politicians are pensioned
on the country and fed fat from the
fees of office, willie the man who made
the Republican party when that party
a higher principle than the
Web Flanagan patriots
can rise to, is ignored and despised.
His ways are not the ways of the spoils
plunderer. Let him rot. Let his serv-
ices be forgotten. Let Arthur and Lo-
gan, Dorsey and Malone, be the ac-
,epted leaders of the party. They
stand for what it is. He stood for
what it was. Blind Belisarius is Il
character of history, but his ungrateiuI
prince, i'll requiting his devotion and
acriilces, is unknown save for the glo
y with which Belisarius invested his
'eign.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-02
The Homestead Law Arain

| The homestead laws of ge1a constitute
| the bedrock of her prosperity and have
draw thousands OF families into the state.
| When families have homes, exen pit from
| forced sale, they make better citizens, In all
| respects, and are not apt to sink into pauper-
ism. The Fort Worth GAZETTE is biting a
| nle' In assailtng tho homestead laws; hey
will never be repealed while time lasts.-San
| Antonio Times.
| The homestead law, as the Times
| says, has attracted some population to
| Texas; and just and liberal home
stead law is undoubtedly apptent fac
tor in encouraging men to effort and
habits of economy and thrift. But
there are homestead laws and home
stead laws. Texas, for example, has
one that encourages men to other hab-
its than those OF honest economy and
thrift. An exemption law that actu-
ally tempts men to despoil their cred
itors and leave honest obligations, en-
tirely within their ability, unpaid, is
not the unmixed blessing the Times
portrays. If our contemporary were
to poll the sen of the representative
business men in San Antonio we Ven
ture the assertion that seven out of ten
of them would agree with the GAZETTE
that the Texas homestead law is too
liberal to be healthy in its operations
The GAZETTE is not given to "Gpaw-
ing filesn or borrowing trouble over !
things that cannot lie helped or rene
died, but it proposes, at all times, to
express its honest sentiments respect
ing exemptions and all other matters
fit TO be discussed in public print. 1t
mdy aid, perchance, in sowing the
seeds of reform that will bear good
fruit some time in the future. The
Times cannot say how long any law,
not relating TO the rights and liberties
of the citizen, is going to stand in
Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-02
A Mormon on Mormonism.


Mr.. George q. Cannon, the Mormon
delegate in congress from Utah terri
tory, has expressed an opinion that
will surprise some of his people who
are better acquainted with political
history than he appears to be. Mr..
Cannon has discharged himself of the
opinion that polygamy is not an affair
of religion or morals, but of politics;
and being subject for political settle
ment, he thinks il will not be inter-
fered with, "because the house is Dem
ocratic."
Most people of correct views are
pretty certain that the tendency of
Mormon teachings and practices does
trench upon ground which is forbid
den by morality and decency. Our
constitution recognizes no religion and
can interfere with none. The Nor
mons may call their professions re-
| ligious system, and as religion it
cannot be touched. But when that
so-called religious creed teaches things
that invade the domain of morality
and are shocking to our laws intended
to preserve the purity Of the marriage
relation, it then becomes proper sub
jet for government molestation and
regulation.
So far, this is merely matter of
opinion, and Mr.. Cannon's surround
ings and associations may have so
warped his moral faculties that his |
words have honestly expressed his
sincere convictions. In the assertion
that Mormonism is safe be-
institution, he deals with demonstrable
facts, and betrays ignorance of the
history of his people under Democratic
administrations. II was while DEM
ocrats directed the government that
the strongest efforts were made TO eX-
tirpaie the Objectionable feature of
Mormonism-that is, pOlygamy. Plu-
rality OF marriage was not then openly
protested by the lMormons, and but
little practiced, and where so practiced
was punished. AS long as the Nor
mons remained in New York, Ohio,
Illinois and Missouri, where they sue
settled and were driven out,
they were subject to state regulation,
and the Democratic federal govern
ment had no right of interference.
When, however, they placed them
selves directly under federal authority |
by taking up their abode in Utah, a
territory subject to federal control, the
Democratic administration dealt with
them without indulgence. 1t was a
Democratic president that, in 1857,
sent IA Democratic officer, Albert sgd
ney Johnston, with an army to Utah |
to compel submission to the federal |
laws, and submission was enforced. |
Though the Republican party plat
form of 1856 declared against Mormon
ism as one of the "twin relies OF bar
barism," and demanded that it be
wiped ont, they have proceeded very
slowly to wipe it out. 1t has increased |
and tiourished under twenty-four |
years of Republican rule, and it now
appears that its suppression, when it
is suppressed, will be made by Dem
ocratic makers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-02
The Deadest of Dead Issues.

The GAZETTE had hoped that the
English capitalists who loaned money
! to the late Southern Confederacy were
about convinced that il is no part OF
the policy of this country to pay the
Confederacy's debts. But the foreign
bondholders do not appear to be con-
WINGED. They spring a new theory,
which they call an argument, every
in pamphlet of some thirty odd
pages, written by one Mr.. j. Barr Rob-
ertson-at all events his name is on
the title page. Somebody has sent the
GAZETTE II copy Of this curioslty--for
curiosity il Island we have been con-
scientious enough to read It, Sized up
briefly, it is an argument for the valid
ity of what are known as the "dollar
bonds" issued to European creditors oi
the South. Mr.. Robertson contends
that these evidences of Indebtedness,
at least, should be recognized and paid
by the United States. That his argu-
ment is elaborate may be readily in
ferred from our statement that thir-
ty-eight page pamphlet is required TO
contain it. 1t is simply too elaborate
to inflict upon n public that doesn't
know much or care anything at all
about the Confederate debt. II is sim
ply no use talking or thecrizing about
the payment of that debt until Ger
tain constitutional article is repealed
and there is about as much intention
lin the South, at least to move for the
repeal of that article as for the restora-
ton of slavery. We would not shirl,
consideration Of a live issue or treat II
grave matter with levity, but the Brit
ish bondholderS are wonderfully oh.
fuse and stubborn on this point. The
payment of their claims against the
South is the deadest OF dead issues
The printer who published Mr.. j
Barr Robertson's pamphlet is the only
man who will make any money out ot
the latest appeal of the English bond
holders.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-02

bounded down and captured, torn m bleed
ing, while hiding like hunted ing am ID
the prIckly pear OF southern Texas. After
some delay and pickering nv to the amount
of reward TO he paid for his return, IL was an
nounced Polk was co Ding back. In com.
many with other reporters bumped all night
over the rails of rough road, aud after
sleeping In n miserable bed In u cold d, ON,
found myself seated in the same Pullman
car with the fallen man. lie was hnggard.
care.worn, hcart-brokcn aud refused to talk.
When he arrived ut Nashville, mob of sew.
ernl thousand curious, unkempt negroes and
whites waited at the depot to receive him.
Between two burly policemen he was es.
corted to n covered carriage and di lvcn TO the
county lail Later he was sentenced to n fine
OF $4,000 ana twenty ears In the pcniten-
tiary. The latter br Ike his heart, and after
lingering II few months he has gone to the
great hes ond Just II his case wa. TO have
been called in the supreme court a higher
Judge than any on this earth will pass upon
his sin. II IL indeed the court OF last resort.
only few weeks ne % his agents effected n
sale of his mines in Mexico, leaving him n
very wealthy man, and with this money he
might have escaped the ignominy of the
prison, but all the wealth ofGrlconda cannot
heal u proud heart crushed and Inundated
as was his. so he laid down the burden of
his life and crossed DER the river to rest
hope under the shade of the trees. Revile
him not. He sinued, but he suffered while
there are those who profiited by his wrong
doing now lolling In silks and carriages
looking with proud disdain upon the humble
working.msn with his dnner-pail. | for one
will have only sympathy for Marsh +. Polk,
aud cast the flowers of pity upon tho mound
where he is sleeping, believing him to be
more sinned against than SHINING though
great was his fa evenas the fall of angel
from the heights of heaven TO the depths of
hell. The fail of an honest man.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-02
TO MARY.

For the Gazette.
sweet Mary with the hazel eyes,
Bright sparkling like the morning dew,
When shall we meet again, my love,
And all our pleasant walks renew?
When shall we wander through the woods
Where golden silence reigns supreme,
Where many tender tale we've told.
Aud happy love was aye the theme.
From early mornings sllvery light
Till darkcniug shadows close the day,
And through the silenthours OF night
think ofyou that's far away.
long to see thy face again,
The sweetest face, by far, TO me;
And though bask in friendships beam
My happiest thoughts are all OF thee.
Make haste, oh time, on eagles wings,
lmpatience says you seem to larry,
Fullwell know II was not so,
When counting with my lovely Mary.
Bring back to me the happy days
On which fond memory loves TO dwell.
When shall walk loves howory ways.
unbroken by the sad farewell.
A. GILculIsr.
Decatur, Feb. q.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-02
A Proper sentiment.
reign.


We would advise the officials OF Parker
county 10 try the examining trial. plan. II
works well here, and would doubtless prove
as valuable there. If he good people would
as one man rise up TO suppress the evil, in
stead of allowing themselves to be overawed
into cowardly inactivity, fence cutting would
stop, and that very suddenly, too. Don't try
to shift the responsibility by saddling 1t ON
John Ireland or any one else, but go to work
in earnest; employ detectives, and let no OPP
portunity pass to show the scoundrels that
you neither sympathize with nor tear them.
II you are men, and too cowarcly to protect
your rights, you don't deserve them, and had
better peon yourself 10 some one who has the
courage TO protect you. This policy of u ing
back and allowing few outlaws TO so intlm-
idate the country that every one is afraid TO
open his mouth or raise his hand, has en-
couragod more fence.cutters than al the
wrongs Of which they complain. The hench-
men and private instigators OF the movement
have endeavored to BULLDOG the local authors
tiles and to give 1t show of responsibility
abroad, by vastly overestimating tine number
Of men engaged In fence-cuttIng and repre-
senting it a. a popular and general uprising
Of the people against the oppression OF land
and cattle kings: but when we
come down to bottom facts, we find their
ranks filled with cattle thieves, whose bust
ness has been interfered with by fencing the
and few boys who have been duped
Into it by these sef-same trictisters. As soon
ls tn, whole scheme can be unear;hed and
the men who have been doing the work and
their reasons for SO doing brought out In the
fun blaze of publicity we predict that the peo-
pic will feel named that they ever suffered
themselves to be terrorlzed by such men, apd
the eloquent offenders of tho knight of the
nippers ashamed that they ever championed
such cause
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-02
An Explanation.
Editor OF the Gazette.

To the Editor OF the Gazette.
Decatur, February co. read in the
GAZETTE Of Monday, 25th inst. an ac.
count of the stealing of my watch. |
would state that the account was cor
rect IN every particular except that
portion relating TO Detective Bailey.
Officer Clack Of the Union depol was
the man that arrested The thief and re-
covered the watch. Clack remarked
that he did not want any money for
his services, whatever, but i'll would
make him n present 1t would be all
right. Officer Clacb is the person to
whom all praise is due, and reward
also, had any been offered. How De.
tective Bailey explains his connection
win the matter, Is mystery 10 me.
HIS services were never solicited, for
me simple reason that all was satisfac-
torily settled by Mr.. Clack.
III. WEIsMANN.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-02
Tho Legislature and Tax Reduction

The idea appears to be generally en-.
tertained that there was no reduction
of taxes by the special session of the
legislature. Even so eminent iourn-
al as the Galveston News gives color
to the error by remarking that ali is a
gratuitous assum ption to tell the peo-
pie the tax rate Is reduced under Ire
land when ii is maintained where his
predecessor left it, The commixture
of taxes, which are in their utiliZa-
ton entirely distinctive, under the
cid law, seems TO have misled the peo-
pie, aud made them incapable of APP
preciating reduction in one, without
reference to the manipulation of the
other. Thus while the taxes have I'M
dergone a heavy reduction, % 20 per
cent, as relates to the revenues of the
government, an increase OF the school
tax rate by two-thirds, absorbs the
actual reduction, and for the reasons
indicated, renders IL scarcely appreci.
able. 1t must be plain, however, to
every reasonable mind, and
all save those too callous-
ed TO render justice, that
there Is no connection between the rev.
enue tax and the school tax. IL were
as well TO argue that because n county
levied a court house tax, through low
ering its revenue rate, there had been
reduction. One represents improve
menta, the other current expenses.
There Is not and can be no relation
between the two. TO confound them
is TO misunderstood the entire ques-
ton, and must yield the grossest ideas
In its consideration. Ii the state of
Texas instevd Of donating 100000