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FACTS ABOUT OWLS.
Poets Feast-A Queer Cure for Drunk
cnness.

a Poets Fcast-A Queer Cure for Drunk
enness.
AS was seated on the piazza of our
hotel last evening watching the moon
as il came up out of tho sea, an owl
glided by, and only for a moment was
seen as he passed window through
which the light was streaming, intent.
no doubt, upon its mission, and appar-
emily undisturbel by the music, the
mum oivOicos, and the red and green
llghls thal flashed Up from the lawns on
Ocean avenue. Owls may often sail
around the pier hotels ut night, for
aught Know, but II Is not often that
they are seen. Back I'm the woods they
make their home, and there their boot
ing l. MS familiar "a sound as the crOak-
ing of the frogs, The farmer has no
beior friend that the owl, aud he who
Kills one does himself and the public an
injury. White, of Selborne' after tam
ing pair of owls, was convinced that
they brought mouse to the nest on an
average, every five minutes from sunset
20 daylight.
owls were never an epicurean feast,
but there was formerly an eccentric
genius In Newport, benjamin Hardin,
who at. them, and, for that matter, any.
thing that had once had tho breath OF
life. Southoy once had an owl roasted
for dinner for himself and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wordsworth. give the sequel in his
own words:
awe agreed there could be no preteNt
for making owls game and killing them
rs delicaresi but IL ever you eat one,
by all means try 1t boiled with onion
suuce.n
An omelet made of OWLS eggs Is said
To be q cure for drunkenness. Owls are
sometimes stuiled-not for the table,
hut to draw crows within the range of
tho spOrtsman's gun. No love is lost
between the crow and the owl, and when
the latter is seen perched npOn a limb
the former goes for him with the celor.
ity and disregard of all those caution.
airy measures that usually mark tho
movements of n crow. SO eager Is he to
reach the object of his aversion that he
does not see the gunner until IL is To late
To beat safe retreat, The Italians use
an owl to catch small birds, only in their
case the owl is tied to perch i'm omen
ground in broad sunlight, and the birds
that gyrate around him alight upon
twigs smeared with bird lime. In this
way they become an easy prey. An
Owls sight, clear enough aud sharp
,h'uSu w ulHuli ~ hoIt OF inc best hN
daylight, and his ioraging Is done after
dark, but story Is told of colored fish
erman somewhere in North Carolina
who, having set his iish-inos, returned
after n briet interval TO find that duck |
hau taken the bait, and that an owl |
which had Attempted to capture tho
duck had become so ontanglod in tho
liuo that IL could not escape. Nor h |
TINS the only instance | have heard of |
whore an owl nodded with a line 10 H. I
own destruction. At one time the |
workmon ON the Washington monu- |
ment were good deal ANNOYED To find !
that plumb line that reached from the /
top 10 inc bottom ct the shau was fre. |
lnenllN moddlud with. At last 1t was /
found that an owl had taken up its |
abode in q part of the shan that afforded /
2 SHELTER aud In passing iu aud out, Il |
had disturbed the line. Providence |
Journal.
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LOCAL LORE.
CHEAP FARE Observation-Disclosures.
That Crooked Member Of the Grant Family
Once More-A Circus Horse Killed
Some suggestions to Mar
ried FOll5s-uther Dots,
The weeks Weddings .

What . word of ,nea,,i,,D. +i,,..,.,
""' "''N VI meaning thete Is IN
thesa three words applied in local
sense. Each matrimonial craft that is
.launched upop tha .,,o,.t .oo'or ,,a...
n, $50. '''' '0' VI ii'"Vfl-
w 'uJ' - ""toheu WIN intense interest
Wy the friends OF tho parties embarking,
'and especially dear ones OF kindred
blood who, bound by family ties, are
naturally more or less Interested in
their welfare. To the bridegrooms we
would, in few words OF advice
say, never try 10 teach your
better nan how 10 paddle butter, never
compromise yourself by doingthe weeks
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BIG LAND SALE.


British Syndicate Buys an Immense
Tract In Northrrn Mexico.
~ Monterey dispatch says La Ri
vista chronicles the contamination of
probably the largest sale of lands over
made To private purchasers on this con
tlnent. The lands in question are situ-
aled in northern Mexico and were mr.
chased by syndicate of English and
scotch gentlemen named Mcpherson.
Grant and John Dalzell. Although the
price paid was only Sl,0OO,OO0 down, vet
me area OF country sold was larger than
Rhode Island. Tho possessions are sit
uated IN the states of Chihuahua and
Durango. The title to the lands was
perhaps the most ancient of any
on the American continent. This
was the first trar sfer that has
been made in 200 wears. Longer 400
than that the king of Spain converted
TINS tract of country to the ancestry of
Don Antonio Ausunsala, where IL had
remained and descended from genera
tlon To generation till the present time.
More than one thousand people, az ten
ants, are living on this soil, growing
corn and coffee aud wheat i'm the vii.
lages and sheep and cattle in the moun-
Jams. The lands were bonded more
than two years ago to j. =. Lawson. of
Colorado, who paid 100000 for three
years bondment. The stipulated price
oil the land is $l,OO0OOO. An
additional Sl,0OO,OOO is to be
Invested in cattle, FLOODED horses and
agricultural implements. One-half of
TINS additional 81 100000 has already ar
rived from London and isuow deposited
IN the City of Mexico and chihuahua 10
the credit OF the fiscal agent of the syn
dictate. The estate consists of two i'm
lnense ranches sub-divided into six con
tlguous haciendas, on each of which
there is village with an organized
municipal government. Two-thirds OF
the estate lies within the southern
boundary of the state OF chihuahua. tho
remaining third in Durango, The areo
embraced in those properties is TWEEN
ty-seven Spanish leagues i'm
length, or an equivalent i'm
English measurement of seventy
by twenty-throe miles, or 1910 square
miles. Large 'racts Of these lands are
under cultivation, the crop consisting
principally of Indian corn, wheat. bar-
icy ana Irish and sweet potatoes. In
addition they are capable of grazing
ll0,O,OOo cattle and 100000 sheep. Besides
Ihe SIX haciendas, tho same syndicate
mas bought two ranches adjacent. The
deeds OF record show that there were
also included in this sale for sppcial
stipulatlons $1,000 head OF sheen. |. oOO
mead of unhrOkeu horses, roo saddle
horses, 500 broken mules, 300 work oxen.
1000 hogs, 1000 saddles and brides and
SUI sets OF harness, together with inn
mense quantities of farming tools. many
Cl winch are of an ancient pattern,
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WHAT WE ARE.
SOMETHING ABOUT HUMANITY
Reflections ON the Good and Bad sides Of
Our Naturcs-Flaws in Our Boosted
Clvilization-"ButS tiu We
May DO Happy Yet"

Human soc;ot,. t,..,,,,, ,,,.,,,-.,,s.
N'V'S' human cifll'""'loll
anu even WuaV we speak OF as human
nature, are in reality, the most artificial
products in the world fine cre,t,,ros og
TOW 40 ai.oi,,i,,
pi.i0' vi ""o anu con-
slralllV, OF tradltlon and coercion. The
machinery for the repression Of what il
inborn i'm man and y,op,a,, 3, l., 49,
So,
i0"s UNI oi'o''lNe' pu' pe1Io"ica'ly the
ierocious impulses assert themselves,
and the bonds forged by habit or hy
statute, are snapped asunder. Human
society, fairly ana decently regulated
as 1t seems to be, exhibits a
recurrcnt tendency to resolve itself into
IT'S primitive atoms, inst as human ma
lure, when confronted by some paralyz-
ing peru or oNerpoWorlng temptation,
reveals us Identity with the nature OF
the oeasls' lhere is as much to admon-
isu US Oh Whal human nature OF that
instructive capacity tor infinite debase-
hent ana depreciation which is its char
aclerlstIc-lh the reports OF police court
cases ana III many OF the letters which
appear III the ually journals, as III the
ia'esV STORY oil canllpallsm upon the
uiEh seas a magistrate or lawyer or
uocVor sees III the course OF every
year good deal calculated to give him
even ioWeT opinion OF the stun of
Whlch ms lelIoW creatures are made.
UhHer such headings as Street Anarchy
ana highway violence, we read )linci-
uehtS occurring IN the very heart of the
resources OF civilization which proclaim
Ille lsQlateu as endoncy OF barbarlsm,
ana Whlch snow us that II lew Of the
onucNs any conStralllts that now insure
a. ,' ItaIn GlhclpllHe anu orderhneSs for
iIV W ~ ulspollse9 WIN, society would
pV AZ tlo mercy OF the cutthroats and
roDDers OUT Oh whom II grew.
As thero Is hoIhlhg so cruel and cal
Uu!"tliiS as man, so there is nothing so
uniatHr"l rs human nature, and this
truth, the phenomena of everyday eXis.
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OF faculties, their ooadjutors, aud OF the
examiners. The last named are ap-
pointed for life, but the deans of tho
faculties, their CONDUCTORS, aud the rec
tor, are appointed for period of four
years only 10y the minister of public
instruction. Tho former mi
versity tribunal Is dissolved,
and all disobeGionca of the
rules Is brought within the iurisdic-
ton of the curator OF the collegiate dis
trict. The latter Is empowered 10 con-
yoke tho council and the governing
body, and to be present at the meetings.
The changes In the method of teaching
are less important, but they will have
the effect OF increasing the number OF
professors In the six universities of ST.
Petersburg, Moscow, kiow, Clark of,
Odessa and KOzan from 32l 10 3sj. These
universities are also provided with two
new chairs, one being for the teaching
OF geography and othnOgraphy, aud tho
other OF commercial law. The material
position OF the professors IN also inn
proved, for the students will, as in Ger
many, have To pay a small fee TO the
professor whose course Of lectures they
follow. These fees, Il Is estimated,
will increase his fixed salary OF
500 rublos by about third.
lhtlf SpnerO OF work ls also on
largod, and they will be- entitled to
give lectures outside their ordinary
branch OF teaching, just rs students will
be allowed to follow other courses out
side the faculty which they have select
cd. The German system OF privat do
centon has also been Incorporated in the
new regulations, but these prlvat docon-
ton cannot become regular professors
until after three years OF private teach
ing, The complete course of studies,
which embraced five years for medicine
and tour for the other faculties, Is now
divided into periods of eight aud ten
hall years, this also being adopted from
Germany. The final examination will
be conducted 10y Especial commission to
bo appointed annually 10y the minister
of public instruction, aud each student
viii have to pay fee of twenty rubios
before being examined. As the regis
tration of NJ. Dolninof the minister OF
public instruction, has conceded with
the publication Of the new regulations,
1t II TO bo inferred that thoydo not meat
with his approval.
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He WI oct rhnrn

Once more Ulysses Grant, tho wanton
hayward youth and insidious son of
Mr. William Jessie Grant, Deputy
United States Marsal here, waltzes to
the front and as usual claims to be a
blood relative of the ex president of the
United States. lie was arrested this
time on getting into the pocket of his
room-mate at Pine Bluff to the tune of
S35, but on account Of the absence of wit.
nesses was allowed to go at large. He
will get there Eli, for it il only a matter
OF time. The following telegram from
Pine Bluff tells the story:
IA man aged about u years, named
U. ). Grant,w was arrested to-day charged
with the larceny OF $50 from his room.
mate at the Magnolia house. on account
OF the absence OF witness on the part of
the state, who is in 81. Louis, action was
dismissed. Grant asserted that his
iather is William Jesse Grant, cousin
OF General Grant, and is United Statso
marshal of the northern district of
Texas VI
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damaging to The claim, that Fort Worth
mas a population of 10000 souls.
IN CISCO there are 1866 pupils in attend
anee upon school for every 1000 inhabit-
ants. II Fort Worth has a population of
2-,loVO there ought TO be $3.50 children in
the schools there. -
me following questions naturally
ARISE in the mind of an intelligent sta.
usucian: Has Fort Worth the popnla.
tloh claimed for it by its friends? If il
mas the population claimed, is il NOT re-.
markable that there are 80 few mnrrind
people There? Or il tho population EN-
braces the normal proportion of married
ana single, why is it that there are no
more children of the scholastic age i'm
The city? lfthere is the usual pr0nor-
u9n OF children, why are they not at
school? Fort Worth is one of tile great
cues of Texas, but Cisco leads her i'm
lhe per contum of children at school,
ana thal IS something worth Boosting of.
- Cisco telegram. w.
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PERSONAL.

Monroe l.. Harris, of Mckinney, came
down last night, and is the guest Of his
brother, Sam Harris, with Blankenship
II Blake.
Born unto the wife OF Mr.. Pbirio
Lindsey, Thursday, two bouncing
daughters. The happy father looks a
shade or so more digniiod than hereto
fore.
Mr. Charles ). Swindells and sister,
Mrs. Ben. w. Austin, passed through
tine city yesterday, en- route to Austin.
to attond the funeral of their father.
the lamentod John w. Swindclls.
Mrs. NJ. j. Turner, who has been
spending the past two years ut Holdings
Springs, Virginia, where her daughter,
Miss LeOna, is attending school is visit
ing the family of Mr., A. G. Ardry, cor
ner OF Cadiz street ana Akard avenue,
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The third birthday of Master Elihu
Sanger has been notified to the friends
OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Sanger On Monday evening tho pleas
ant event will DO celebrated at the IN.
rental ma$iOn and lttlo Elihu duly In
formed that no Is on the high road tu1the
fourth milestone In the journey OF life.
with watchtul tenderness Gl abundant
resources the little candidate for NOR
camille princedom may he congratulated
on his onward progress, whilst the pcr-
pie amongst whom no ia being reared
ana of whom ho is one, can only hone
lhat he may ripen into u manhood as
iraught with public benCfaction as that
OF ms father, who has contributed SO
largely to tho successful deVelopneut
OF young Elihu's native Dallas.
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valuable CIrcu. uorso Ir,n,o1,,o,

On Saturday night, or rather Sunday
morning, during the fearful and oxcon-
uonal woath tr, one of the finest horses
of the great sells Hippodrome was lost
Dy reason Of the great confusion prevail
illg IN the emDirkalion of the company's
property az tho depot of the Gulf colo
RADIO " Santa Fo railroad. In the i'm
tense darkness the noble courser was
precipitated by its manager into nit or
hole near the Wood street CROSSING and
IT'S neck broken, which resulted I'm i'm
mediate death. Tho steed was said TO
be present from an Arab Shell, and
was the pride OF tine management.
such night seldom presents itself i'm
lhe annals OF circus emburkation and
such loss Is but rarely sustained.
me only wholesale millinery house in
the state. r, Bauman, Dallas, Texas.
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The following sweet episode occurred
the other day in Mr.. Blaino's Ohio tour.
Then a pretty girl who wanted to kiss
Mr. Blaine was held up, and when no
kissed her the people choerod.
This mode of electionoorlng Ia mot
new. IL was practiced with effect.
though unwillingly, by the Hon. sam
uol Slumkcy at the famous Eatanswill
election, asrocorded In tho PiclSwick Pa
peis:
Another cheer far moro vehomenent.
"lio has patted the babes ON tho
Read" said Mr.. Perkor, trembling with
anxiety. ''
a roar OF applause that rent the air.
"llo has kissed one of 'om,n exclaimed
the delighted little man.
A second roar.
Gle has kissed anolher.n
a third roar.
"llo's kissing 'om all,n screamed tho
enthusiastic little gentleman, And.
nailed 10y the deatning shouts OF the mul,
tltnde, the procession moved on.-lTos
ton Advertiser. 1V9
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The Ru.alan unI,cr.lilrs.

The Russian Official Messenger has
Just published the now regulations, as
sanctioned by the emperor, for the ro.
organization of the teaching body in
inc universities. The effect OF this
change will DO that the principle of
authority, which has hitherto resided In
tne University council, will be trans
ierreu 70 tho rector, who will become
m reality the head OF the university.
. NV rector becomes president of the
governing body, composedo OF the deans
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kerr
Tho neutrality-suspicious. OF fort Worth

Tho Scholastic Population OF Fort Worth
aud viaco,
Fort Worth's publ, school system IA
Acknowledged to bo an admirable one.
superintendent lloys is an efficient or.
ganiacr and administrative officer. and
has populari1od those schools. The
latest report OF the number enrolled in
the schools there, according 10 tho Ga
1ett, gives an aggregate of within y fro~
ZION Of 100 whito and colorod pupils.
This II a remarkable showlnrtar "A city
claiming q population ofover 5000 sonis
Estimating tho population or Cisco M
l,1O souls, land this Ustinate IA not far
from the TRUTH, and taking thu present
actual attendance. wiz: 30 pnpils) az a
basis of calculation. the following flr-
urus lead 70 sumo conrluAons rather
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4 slight Attach.

a red headed man who sported a sill,
tile aud good "store clothes" walked nm
70 the Glen Lea bar last night and saw
my 70 the bar tender "tho end is not
Wv Rushed out and He'd up Main street.
NV, ~ was captured by the officers who
turned him oyer 10 friends. He IN rrnn,
nllis county aud gave his name as loo
inroMn' IL was elight attack of tho
'Jeems james," Wv
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"IAtdo Joker" is the Dost smoking to.


Yesterday morning the police took in
charge and lodged in the stution-houso
man who gave his name a. Sisley
Handloy, on the charge of uttcmptinv 10
pass q counterfeit $50 bill, and resisting
an oilicer The bill has siuce prove to
De genuine issue of the Merchants a.
Farmers national bank, of Gropnburr.
Pennsylvanis The accused will have N
hearing this morning before his honor,
Mayor Cabell. The "copsr are of the
opinion that no is "crook," whilst he
protests his Innocence. ''''' '''
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THEATRICAL.

Dads Girl tonight viii have large
attendance.
Harry Robinson, the popular come
dian, will keep the audience in a good
humor al the opera-house tonight.
Lizzie May Timer is considered by the
Fort Worth Gazette, the best actress
that has appeared there this season.
Max Lowenthal, representing the
great spectacular play, "rhe DEVILS
Auction" arrived in the city yesterday.
Miss ulmor made hit in the charac-
ter of "Mul." Everybody is delighted.
and she captures her audience at every
point.
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Postponed.

The protractei meeting which was
TO have begun yesterday at the Baptist
church, ans run through this week, has
been postponed, to begin next Sunday,
r.A; t. Spaldiug, of Galveston, was d.
,selned at homo with sickness, and that,
WIFI other fuses, led TO the postpone
,heht; MIR. Hanks, however, hopes TO
n nav, Dr. sp lding to help him by next
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TuEFIRST RATTLE.
How Recruit Receives His Baptism of
Fire.

now a Recruit Receives His Baptism of
Fire.
Tho question has been often asked.
"llow do soldiers feel when In battlegr
A long experience among veterans i'm
tho ranks leads the writer To believo
thW tho emotion experienced I'm going
under lro IL much the Same with All
llou, 10 the raw recruit tho crash of
Snltli arms and the roar Of cannon were
simply appalling; he felt that no was
going forward 10 certain death. win
pale chcoks and clCnchod tooth no hold
ms place, determined to do his duty as
pest he might. lf very much excited
ne loaded his musket, and, forgetting To
pun on the necessary porcussion-cnp,
went through the motion Of firing, only
20 ram down a fresh cartridge on ton of
the first ono, when, for the first time ms.
ing a cap, he was incontirentlv knock
Ell down 10y the tremendous recoil of his
gun, and believed he was badly wound
ed' Instances are known where mus
kets have been found on battlefelds
SIN or seven cartridges.
rlnally the green soldier discovers
'ilt ne IL not hurt, and that everybody
i,o .' Ilol get Killed imam engagement, SO
ne rcgains confidence and masses sur-
cessiully through his baptism of fire.
To the veteran It Is far different. Uo
knows too well that oyery bnttle r..
duces the chance of his escape, vet so
infatuated has he become To rattliny
insilades and desperate charges, he
scarcely heods the danger surrounding
MN; Tho shrek of the shells over his
head, the buzz of the bullets past his
ear, are now familiar sounds, and trust
ing to the chances of war, tho infantry
man fires rapidly with his musket, or
artllleryman calmly rams home another
lnarge oi grape and canister MS His bat
,.Pry opens AZ close range on an advan-
slnk n3iy OF the enemy. An mon are
naturally afraid otdeath, but Tho t-ninod
iod experienced soldier learns To- koen
Town that fear, and nonchalnntly does
what tx required OF him,
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A BIoodY Rninor.

1t was rumored on the streets at late
hour last night, that row had occurred
at the colored church at the intersection
OF The Houston 4 Texas Central
railway and the San Jacinto
street railway, in which a negro
ha1 razored two Of his sable brethren,
killing one and seriously wounding the
other A HERALD reporter made in
qulfles at the police station, but the
SuarGi&hs OF the peace knew nothing OF
Lho atiair.
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Prefer SoHODONT toovery other arti.
Gle for the teeth, because nothing renders
those ornaments of tho mouth 80 spnt-
less or imparts such an agreeable odor
To tho breath. Moreover, cNporionce
proves the article to be perfectly whole.
some, which cannot be said of an denti-
friCes "''
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Love the LesItlmatr ohlrrl Of nomnne0


An armful of nausoous, or silly. or
vulgar noyols is as great nm anliction
as a., a number Of. happy, reasonable and
wholesome stories are q delight. I,nve
~ tho legitimate object OF romance. we
are no longer young; but a novel with.
USul rove story Is an ahominatiou To us.
NNeNcrtholoss, there arc many other
.hihBs IN liic-a great many, be.id9s
luNei anu ne or she Is poor practitioner
who can do nothing but ring tho chanrcs
upon that one episode of oNistpnrn.
whether IN the form OF the strictly yir.
tuouS but highly unreasonable onnrrel.
hgs Mhlrh Keep two lovers nnnrt for
TWO Nolumea, tho Observation-Disclosures
which any reasonable person eotlj riesr
zap with hall dozen words, or I'm tbe
moro questionable shape Of unonsy and
nNr-hroadth bHlanvings itpon The odre
VI Nlce' we nave great deal too much
OF thls IN contemporary fiction, our
brethren oi the weekly press who Law
down the law upon the subject. md mart
Oh whose capital aud stnck.in-tradn.
when they hepin tho exercise of their
profession, IN a sories of short ESSAYS
upon the female novelist, would have
us believe that she Is the sinner. and
that tho Inherent vicinusness which
makes women desire 20 read Greek and
study medicinel nc tho bottom of this
urEralaiion of art.--l Illackwood's Mag
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Tolths V,tsrs OF DAiia,.

! VIII address the citizens OF Dallas
TINS (Mondayl evening ut tho corner of
nhlh ana Poydras streets as a candidate
FOR county judge.
u,u 49,, W. II, STRANGE.
rants. "'P'-