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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-22

The hOUse tneD nUIOUrnDU tIII 3 p. III
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house was called to order, and af-
ter roll call, proceeded TO the election of
chaplain.
Mr.. Hamilton nominated b. III. Baird.
Mr.. Cavitt nominated J.. II. Mitchell.
Mr.. Tankersly nominated j. W. Poin-
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governor.
An invitation was received from the
superintendeuJ for the members or 6it
legislature to visit the lunatic asylum.
HOUSE COMMITTEES.
The speaker to-day announced the fol
lowing committees:
Judiciary No. Hon. A. II. Mckiu
ney, chairman; Jones (of McI4ennan)
Taylor, Foster (of Grsyson,. Cow les
Coombes (of Dallas), Armi,taad, Brown
ing, Cravens, Lusk, Robinson (oi JaoH)
TURNKEY. Hamilton, Alice. Merriwether
Blount, jr, Tsnkersley.
Judiciary No. 2--Hon. b. ID. Tarleton
chairman; Crane, Mere, (of Travis
Muse, Bergstren,. Cochrane, InGraham
Blsckshear, Founder, Pendleton, 90
TarranD Cavitt, Yeager, Roundtree
Stephens, Thompson, Woods, (of kaut
man) Bailey.
decentralization w. J. Gavin ,ch air
man; Felix Smith, Hancock, Steel, o.
ley, Christian, Camp, (of lIopkins) I 0s
tin, McClanahan, White, Whaley, Kay
lor, Mnse, Woods, (of Goliad.)
Constitutional Amendments-Hor @
M. Taylor, Chairman; hey
Tur lley, Roundtree, Haine-
Loving, Blount, (of Van Fam
Carlton, Moore fof Travisl, Jores 60
McEennsn), Bishop, Lnsl, Thompso'
OF Bexar), greenwood, Beard AiaS S
State Affairs--Hon. II. II. Steel, chair
man: King, Gavin, Rsmsdell, Jones g.
Gouzaies), Haley, Tate, Gunter, Henrne
Loving, Bearl, Darroch, Alexander, Bal
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Eight thousand copies of the message
were ordered printed.
Mr.. Peacock moved that each senator
be permitted to subscribe for fifty cop
les of any daily paper containing syn
opsis OF the proceedings.
Mr.. Pfeuffer offered u substitute, pro-
viding that each member be furnished
with fifty copies of the Legislative
Record.
After considerable discussion, in
which Messrs. Jones, Douglass, Calhoun
and Johnson favored Pfeuffer's PROPOSE
ton, and Messrs. Shannon, Pope, Ter
rell, Getzendaner and Randolph op-
posed, it was Withdrawn and Mr.. Pea
cocks motion prevailed-yeas, II; nays,
49,
Adjourned till 10 o'clock tomorrow.
HOUSE.
The house was called to order at
10a. IN.
Roll called; quorum present.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Poindex.
On motion of Mr.. Cravens, the reading
of the journal was dispensed with.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Pen
dleton, of Bell, that Hons. o. M. Rog..
ers, G.. A. Newton, B. F. Frymeyer and
bers of the Eighteenth legislature, be
invited to seats on the floor of the house.
An amendment by MIR. Tankersby in
cluded all ex- members and Texas vet
Grams. Lost.
The original resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Hamilton offered aresolution that
the rules of the Eighteenth legislature
be adopted for the government OF this
house. Adopted.
Balloting for engrossing clerk con-
tinued from yesterday. Mr.. Newton
was withdrawn.
THIRD BALLOT.
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CARRYING OF ARMS.

Some of the departments have sys-
tenn of fees that adds to the general rev.
enue d handsome sum, and it is sug-
gested that other departments and
offices might also be made to contribute
likewise, without Inconvenience to the
service. 1t may be lound, upon investi-
CATION, that it would be better to pay
Salaries instead of fees to some.
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~ Mr 1p.ter, Of Craysou. 70 r5,.-ia.
o.. lorV.sls 81 Tho formation Of coop
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26
JAPANESE GRAPE.

The Endless Toll Necessitatod by the Man
ufacturo of This Glass of Dry Goods.
The painted grapes, which are a
speciality of Kioto and the Nishimura
establishment, are work of endless
detail, and it makes one weary to look
at them after knowing how much toll
goes to each yard of the gayly figured
goods. Although brilliant in color and
wonderful in designs, the effect of
these eightCen-inch wide grapes is not
really more than equal to that of the
beautiful satincs that French and Amer
lean looms now turn out for such
tritiing prices. These gayly painted
grapes are chiefly used in Japan, where
the children's dresses and girls obs,
or sashes, are made of them. They
are usually woven in lengths of fifty
feet and divided for sale into fourths,
each of which is enough for the wide.
obi to be wound twice around the waist
and tied, or for child's kimous, and
costs from four dollars to six dollars.
To make it the Grape is moistened,
stretched out ON board, and its edges
fastened in line with rice starch. The
outline of the principal design is then
painted on with an indigo brush,
this in turn gone over with colored
starch, which prevents the colors from
running together, and the first color is
then applied with a brush through
perforated cardboard pattern, if the
design is one that repeats itself in gem
eral outline. The first dressing of
starch is then washed out and the next
color outlined with starch and brushed,
in. Like the successive stones of q
chrome, each color requires different
painting until it comes to the end,
when only little touches of different
colors need to be applied. The Grape
is then washed for the last time, joined
in one piece and stretched on bamboo
frames that revOlve on wooden wheels
Three or four workmen seated on the
floor where the frame is stretched have
their colors and brushes at hand and
paint in the rest of the design, each one
using but one color and then moving the
Grape along to the next man. Although
it was scorching MONDAY when we
watched the last stages of Grape paint
ing, each boy had big bowl of Goals
in front of him as he sat on the floor,
and the Grape was swung over the
gentle heat in order that the last colqrs
might dry as quickly as applied. While
the practical man walled at the waste,
of time, energy and forces that might
be applied to other ends, we of the fem
mime side felt bound to insist that all
his machine-made satines and delaines
in tho would AnI1a1 +O
yard of Kioto painted Grape, into which
the soul of so many artists enter, and
quoted some of Oscar Wilde's raptures
about 'Handicraft Handicraft! '-Kioto
! (Japan) Cor. 81. Louis GlObe-Denlocrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

New York policemen are EN-.
powered in the absence of the Coroner
to take the dying dispositions of persons
injured by accident or assault.-N 7.
Herald
A subterranean outlet to the Great
Salt Lake of Utah, has recently been
found. The lake was discovered by
Colonel John c. Fremont in 1876
Chicago Herald.
"A loving couple were married re-
Gently in the composing-rOom Of =
newspaper at Rockbridge, Va. The
ceremony was performed by the editor,
who is also preacher.
"A single ticket from Boston to Den
yer and return was recently sold in
Boston for 50, 4S1. 1t carried party
of nine in special car with stop-over
privileges. boston Post.
Statistics of crime in New York do
not bear out the assertion frequently
made that more arrests are made on
Sunday than any other day of the week,
the average for that day being only
eighteen per cent.--N. T. Tribune,
There is a law in the Argentine
Republic making it an ofiense, punish
able by imprisonment, to offer for sale
the photographs of beauties, profess
siOnal or otherwise But in more highly
civilized countries, as England, the
professional beauties authorize the ex-
hibition and sale of their photographs,
and receive royalties from the photo
graphers. $ Chicago Journal.
To test his craftsmanship a young
man of Sonora fired at crow. His aim
was bad, for Miss Eva Hewitt, who was
passing on the highway, received the
ball in her mouth between her parted
lips. She suddenly shut her teeth upon
it and held it, Her only injury was a
slight cutting of lips and the breaking
of the enamel of her two upper front
teeth Chicago Inter Ocean.
"A cat blew up house in Illinois
the other day. At least it is supposed
she did. She was left alone in the
dwelling, and as an explosion soon
after occurred, the theory accepted is
that she pushed can of nitro-glycerine
from table where it had caTelessly
bCCu pun. liz CIV lcIScl1 was 1OllnU
hanging in a tree 500 yards away, ner-
vOus but almost uninjured. -Erchange.
The French Government would like
to give the army the privilege of wear
ing Boards but feels the necessity of
first consulting several high military
authorities, as the opinions on the sub
ject are contradictory. Meanwhile the
press falls back on history and finds
that the conquerors of all ages were
about equally divided between shorn
and unShOrn.
A Chinese merchant who has started
from Portland for Hong Kong takes
with him an Indian wife and three boys
and a girl. At home he will probably
introduce his wife as an American
woman, and his relatives will be apt to
form some rather queer ideas of the
American people from this sample.
The children speak English, Chinese
and the Indian dialect of their mother.
San Francisco Alta.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26
ORIGIN OF FASHIONS.
Noted Women Who Are Responsible for
Popular FoIlies.


Nine. de Pompadour once had an
ugly pimple on her chin. She was
vexed, and at last pasted a piece of
black plaster over the offending spot.
Result: All the ladies in the court APP
peared the following week with pieces
of plaster on their faces. Afashion was
established and it was kept up for q
long time. The same lady, as | sup
pose you all know, was exceeding ely
diminutiye in stature. To remedy this
defect she invented high-heeled boots
They were unknown before her time.
Result: The ladies of the court took to
high-heeled boots and another fashion
had its birth. Marie Antoinette had
enormous quantities of hair. She
didn't know what to do with it. She
was waiting for barber one day, with
the intention of being shorn, and had
piled up her hair in a careless manner
when she suddenly found that this style
of head-dress set off her small features
to advantage. Result: Monstrously
high coiffures came into fashion and
were worn for a long time. Anne of
Austria had eXquisitely formed arms.
Result: Short sleeves came into fash
ion. The Princess of Wales is the UNI
fortunate possessor of limp. No,
sir; not little amble, but an ugly, un-
prepossessing limp Would you be-
lieve It? Some time ago large num-
her of ladies had one heel Of their
shoes made lower than the other. Re-
suit: The "Alexandrian limp" be-
came the height of the fashion. The
"Grecian bend'' was another result of
this unfortunate defect Well this same
noble lady has some slight deformity of
the neck which prevents her wearing
dresses cut low. Result: The fashion,
which still RACES among English ladies,
for bodices reaching almost to the ears,
fashion which is much ridiculed
among the Parisians, -BoStO's Journal
of Commerce.
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Then he put on coating of mustard and
mOistened it with hot water
Then he put on layer of red pepper and
then sprinkled the whole with water, so
that it made a nice thick paste. He tied
that upon Charley's face and then put
bandage soaked with hot water over that
and then he tied the red stocking OH once
more Then he went home and Charley
went to bed. During a period of about
twenty minutes after Arthur had bowed
himself out, Mrs Charley was a firm be-
lever in she0l. Charley made her believe
it. He howled, he swore, he danced and he
stood upon his head. His wife at first asked
him eff it ached worse' Then she didn't
dare get within speaking distance of him
until in moment of wild frenzy he tore
the plaster from his face and dashed it at a
picture of Two Cherubs, (which was hang
ing upon TIE wall.
Then Charley tainted and she had
chance to look at his face. There was
the swelling, the mustard, the pepper and
two days beard all mixed together The
removal Of the plaster had also caused the
secession of a considerable section of cut
icle, and take it altogether it did not look
like the same face which Charley's wife
used to think ''too sweet for anything" She
thought that his face must be sore, and s1e
remembered tnat once when she was lit
tie girl she burned her finger one day and
her mother put some cold molasSeS on the
injured member and that took all the pain
away. So she took the syrup pitcher and
poured its contents on Charley's face.
Two ladies who lived down the block
called Just then to see who had been in
jured in the house, as they had thought
they heard somebody groan there. One Of
these, when she found out the cause OF the
trouble said that sweet oil and lime water
was good Tor burns. She had some all pre-
paredR. ,ihome, aii,J she kindly offered to go
and get it. While she was gone the other
lady thought that flour was good for burns,
so they threw handful of breadstuffs upon
the mOlasses. Then the other lady came
with the sweet oil and lime water mixture,
and they poured that on. Just then the
family washerwoman called to see if they
wanted to have their washing done the fol-
lowing day. AS Charley Still seemed to
'sutfer some pain" they asked the washer
woman, who was old and Irish, and they
thought ought to be wise, as to what to do.
She thought that "blueing" was the best
thing in the world, and so they added an
other color to Charleys face.
Well, the two ladies stayed with Char
ley's wife that night and they have since
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26
From Poetry to Buckwheat.

Ii was one of those delightful Sep
TENDER mornings that strayed over into
November. The light autumnal haze
of Indian summer was sleeping on the
hill tops, only to be invigorated with
the colors of the rising sun. Rosalind
McGush, aroused by the matin song
that arose from the poultry-yard, parted
the curtains and looked forth upon the
scene. what a gorgeous morning!
0, why should l be chained to this
humdrum sphereP l will seize my pen
and pour forth melodious verse in
honor of this day of the GODS
Rosy came sharp call from the
foot of the stairs. Come down and fry
the buckwheats right awayW
And from thoughts poetic to deeds
domestic Rosalind descended. - Chicago
Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26
A LATE TRICK.
Tho Woman in Black and Her Profuse
Apologies.

There was quite Il throng of ladies
standing on the corner of Clark and
Madison streets yesterday afternoon
waiting for west side cars. Into the
center of the group Il slender little
woman in black thrust herself so vigor-
ously that one of the ladies in the front
was pushed from the curb into the
street. The momentum of the woman
in black apparently carried her for
ward with the lady she had pushed.
whom she grabbed quickly around the
waist as if to save her from falling As
the two recovered their equilibrium a
reporter, who was passing, thought he
saw one of the slender little females
hands emerge from pocket in the
hustle of her whom she had iostled.
There was, however, nothing in her
hand, and after an ELUSIVE apology she
crossed the street and walked quickly
to State Street, up which she turned.
The reporter followed her. At the
corner of Washington and State streets
several ladies were standing on the
curb line as usual and blocking the cor
ner. Again the little woman in black
darted into the crowd, and again she
pushed one of the party into the street.
A second time she went through the
form of saving her victim from fall,
and this time there was no doubt about
her hand leaving the recesses of the
others just as both came up standing.
She was unsuccessful again, however;
as the lady that had been projected
into the street carried her purse in her
hand. The little woman in black apol-
ogized gracefully, and tripped into a
passing car without leaving shadow
of suspicion after her.
What the reporter saw is probably
the latest trick of the female pickpocket
to ply her trade on the street under the
most favorable circumstances, and it
shows that hustle pockets are not the
investment for ladies who will stand on
street corners. - Chicago Nc1CS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26

die of the floor, and accompanied it with a
series OF words, the majority of which h's
wife had never heard before.
1t was an hour before Charley got quieted
sufficiently to sit down, and about that
time lady member ventured to ask if they
had sickness in the family. She was told of
the affiction which had Overtaken Charley,
4and she was all sympathy at once. She
had suffered just so herself, and the only
way to cure the trouble was 10 make cold
applications upon the outside of the cheek.
So she went home, and Charley's wife
made neat little bag and filled it with
chopped ice and then tied it on his face
with a long red stocking.
This had the effect of changing the pain,
iand made Charley feel as though he were
having needles thrust into his brain.
He could feel the hair stand upright on
the top of his head, and his eyes protruded
from their sockets to such an extent that
mis- wife thought that Charley was going
icraZy.
Pretty soon the ice began to melt and to
drip down upon Charley shirt bosom, and
ito meander around his collar, and course
Slowly down his spine, and Charley in his
Jdelirium felt as though he had been fishing
and fallen overheard Then he began to
pace up and down the room, and kick the
ifOOtStOOls, and stare out of the windows,
land look unkindly at the cat and just at
this juncture friend Of Charley and Mrs
iCharley arrived, His name was Arthur,
land he had been drug clerk before he be-
-came dude and in consequence his inJl,
mate friends all called him Doctor"
lie was much interested when he heard
how his friend was suffering and he smiled
"a superior smile when Charley's wife ex-
Iplained what she had done for him. What
was needed, he said, was counter irritant.
The teeth and the interior of the mouth
were intlamed and there was undoubtedly
fever there. A hot plaster of some kind
upon the outside would be just the thing.
He said that If Charleys wife would get
him the materials he would prepare some
thing which would ease the pain almost
immediately. So they all went to the kit
chen and Arthur turned back his cuffs and
began work. First he ripped open the bag
which contained the ice and laid it out fat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26
OUR YOUNG MEN.
They Should be Taught to Direct and As
siSt Each Other.


sist Each Other.
While from time to time from the
pulpit in our cities the learned divines
have been preaching sermons of special
interest to the young men, it seems
that the proper time has at length ar
rived for the young men themselves to
take slight interest in their welfare.
This brings to our view an important
question, viz: How are we to save the
thousands OF young men who to-oay
are rushing headlong down to the
depths of RUG and misery?
To make successful move in behalf
of the general improvement of our
young men, it seems reasonable to be-
lieye that what is to be accomplished
for their benefit must be of their own
undertaking.
Can not the young men of this day
unite and form league for the purpose
of their moral, social and physical de-
velopment? Can they not perfect an
organization that, like some of the
great institutions fourishing at the
present time, will cause each member
W Jdhc dn Interest III tue NtlIdTc OF
every other member?
1t would be impossible to conceive of
anything grander than the idea of the
young men of each city and town
throughout the land united in societies,
and all these forming one general or
ganization or league of young men,
whose every aim would be to direct,
assist and encourage each other along
in the true way Of life.
To get the young men awakened and
interested in such an enterprise seems
to be the first great difficulty to over
come. Yet with the assistance of the
press and those who are in favor of
good society, good government, peace
and prosperity, such an institution
might prove reality and not an idle
dream.
l have suggested this, believing that
something can and ought to be done at
once to save those young mon who are
taking their first steps out in the busy
world, to guide them Alright. Are there
not others who are willing to think and
act in the matterP Walter p Bartlett,
IN Chicago Current.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26
A MONGOOSE.
An American Tale About Useful Indian
Bird.

In India the mongoose is the great ally of
the native in his constant strife with
snakes or the mongoose there is a tale,
sufficiently familiar, no doubt, and yet apt
in its application. In an American railway
carriage there once journeyed a quiet gen
man, having between his feet a basket of
peculiar shape. An inQuisitive stranger
asked him what the basket might contain.
" 1t contains mongoose, was the answer,
"And what is a mongoose," the stranger
queried. "A mongoose" the gentleman
replied, politely, sis an East Indian ami
nal that kills snakes" "And what might
you want a mongoOse Tor now" continued
the inquiSitiye stranger. Well" an
swered the stranger, Il have a brother-in-
law who has been little too fond of tam
gle.foot whisky, and sometimes he sees
snakes, and so l am taking this mongoose
to him to kill the snakes" The inQuisitiye
stranger hesitated moment, and then he
said: but those are not real snakes your
brother-in-law sees!" 81 know it," re-
turned the quiet gentleman. land this is
not real mongoose. Christian Ullion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-26
CONTENT MENT.

We war gittin' on olable we'll
MatildY, the chllders and me
If we didn't cut much of a SWELL
We were as snug as we wanted to be.
Their war plenty to do in them times,
An although twa'n't so very big pay,
We managed to save few dimes
On our dollar'n quarter day.
But there came a rich banker along,
An he built house over the way,
Then ev'rything seemed to go wrong
With Matldy an me I'm that day
Our cottage got dreadfully small
An we wanted, as never before,
A porch, an bay-wlndow, an hall,
An our name on Il plate on the door.
Now, never was much on advice,
But there one thing l reckon l know:
when mans got enough to suffice,
He'd better Just keep along so,
An mind his own business alone,
An not give his jealousy vent,
J For the best thing poor man can own
Is lot OF good natrIred content.
Eugene Field, in Chicago NelOs.
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prepared by the hands Of generous mother
Tor large family. The more the Jaw en-
larged the louder the young man howled
and rolled about in his chair. His wife
was several years younger than he, and her
sole experience with the toothache had
hitherto been limited to one or two mild
attacks caused by an excessive consumption
of carameis She had usually cured her
pain with creoSote, and as soon as Charley
had found time between his groans to tell
her what was the matter with him she got
the creosote bottle and told him to open his
mouth and let her see the tooth which was
troubling him. He complied, but as she
could not tell by the looks which one Of the
teeth was making the trouble, and as Char
ley could not enlighten her. she thought
shed better pour little of the stuff into
the neighborhOod of where she thought it
probable that the tooth was located
Just as she got this idea into her head
she happened to think that there was an
5other toothache panacea in the house. 1t
was in small phial, which peddler had
left there for trial.
She thought that it would be good plan
to mix little of this stuff with the creosote
and pour the mixture upon the infected
jaw. So she made a nice little combination
III a tablespoon, and telling Charley to open
his mouth she poured it in. She was a lit
tile excited and nervous, and her hand shook,
and so the fluid penetrated to every nook
and corner of the young mans food recepta-
scle. There was yell of agony which
4awoke every dog in the neghborhoOd, and
performed hornpipe in the mid