The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-17
GENERAL PR


\ TRAIT OF THE SWEET CREATURES.
Nothing makes one girl so happy as
to read another girls letters. A girl
couldn't be girl aud not read all her
letters to some other girl. Factl-I
burlington Hswkeye.
PLAIN AND POINTED.
We don't want to enter upon the
next presidential race handicapped
with q beaten herse. We don't want
to fight another campaign az we did
tho last, on the defensive. We don't
want man who has been standing
candidate tor president since 1875, re-
jected by two national conventions
and endorsed by one, only to lead the
Republican party to defeat for the
first time In quarter of century
ALBANY Express.
TO PROTECT YOUNG GIRLS
Yesterday the Mayor issued police
order which, if IL can only DO intelli-
move in the right direction. II ia in
tended to protect young girls from the
influences OF those who would lead
them to life of degradation and
shame, and it directs that all young
women under the age OF II years found
in houses of i'll repute shall be arrested
and sent before tho Recorder, TO be
committed to the House OF tho Good
Shepherd. iii can be executed without
persecution or matchmaking, it is u
wise regulation, New Orleans Plea
yune.
THAT MAN HIGGINS AGAIN.
General Higgins continues to be tho
monkey show of tho administration.
The Republican papers have pitched
into Higgins as q sample OF tho sort of
Uarnlint thu rnfArgO nc OF
up from the dark Democratic depths.
Tho original savage feeling has died
away in rare enjoyment OF his unique
performances, and now that the mug
wumps have taken up tho solemn cud-
gels and gone to belaboriug Higgins,
tho enjoyment of the Republicans is
greatly Intensified, and nobody APP
pears TO DO having more fun out of it
all than Higgins himself, though ru.
mors OF his dismissal arc continually
going about He is rs happy as boy
at q circus with his pockets full Of poa-
nuts Washington Special.
TENURE OF OFFICE,
81 doubt whether any man, no mat.
ter how successful, should continue
full executive duties in university
for more than about twenty years"
So says Mr.. Andrew ID. White, late
president of Cornell University, inthis
State. Mr.. White is not only distin-
guished as au educator, but as u prac-
ticGl politician and advocate OF civil
service reform, so called. Unlike some
OF the civil sorvico roiormera, how
over, no Ia evidently opposed 10 q per-
maneut tenure Of Office, even where
tho incumbonts are able and cOmpe-
tent. In his opinion term OF % years
II long enough. This is just what
thousands Of Democrats are beginning
to think In regard TO thousands Of Re-
publican ollicoho'ders A'tsr 20 years
OF service why do not more OF those
people follow The example OF President
White and rasigu?- Now York Sun.
THE CENSUS REPORTS.
The fact that II volumes Of tho cen
su5 for 1880 have already been printed
and that there are IL more in manu-
script ought % teach Congress some
thing when IL comes 30 dealing with
the census of 1899 and all future de.
cRdes. II has been forgotten that
census report Is an enumeration OF the
number, employment aud industries
OF people, and not a great enoyclopw.
dia complied and printed at puplic OK.
pense. Being such, there is no reason
why tho enumeration should not DO
made within few days and its result
bubAiohNu NAkulb "a tAN IuNllnh hL
most. When this Is dOne-and there
is some hope that experience may
teach the government something otir
statistics will begin to have an import
ance and q value which have never vet
been attached to them.- Philadelphia
Times.
WHERE THE BRICK HOUSE COMES IN. 4
A citizen who had an idea that To
would like TO run grocery, but WAS
afraid of being stuck If no bought out
place on the word of It's owner, was
given permission to put In q couple of
days around o Michigan avenue store
and mako such personal observations
as he could. AT the end OF the second
day tho grocer said 10 him;
"Woll, are you satisfied that am
doing rushing buslness?"
mot exactly. The sales loot up
only about $50 per day. Tho profits
ON that figure can't be over So. That
wouldn't leave much after paying OK
penses."
"My dear sir, we don't look for our
profits In that direction. Wo pay 2
cents per pound for wrapping paper
and retail 10 out Rg.we do our goods al
an average Of 30 cents. The profits on
the goods pay expenses. The profits
on tho paper enables us ID build
brick house every third year. PloRso
stand back whilo weigh half an
ounce Of paper with ono and a half
ounces Of indlgo."- Detroit Free
Press.
LOUISIANA IRON.