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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-03

E'QH sALE.-CoRD AND STOVE WON
"a ooo IN my quantity and best quality; over
on s9kd and seed cotton al highest rnSerSo,
lrlceE A. DYsTERBACH. sei1s,s
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-03
FOR RENT.

EpR RENT-A SUITE OF ELEGANTLY
4 iurnls one rooms, with or without board.
.gP,s W oo1 SoIllIneIce 81. febS- Il
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-03

EoRSALE -PLYMOTH ROCKs. WHITE
j. Leghoi1ns, White Cochins, Pens: No
w no no :, ~ per IL; Toulouse Geese eeya
Sl.5O; eggs, f2.5O Correspondence a pleas,
are; visitors Eelcome. Best stock in the state.
:. -. w rn - u, DaIlas. jhnlS-tt
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-03

E'ok kENr-rWO COTTAGES, WITH
Il. Il N nVe rooms each, Nos 1907 and los Com
MERGE street. INQUIRE I'LL Main 81. ianiatf
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-03
FOR SAL.

EoR SALE--0NE FINE SALOON. WIFE
~ billiard tables and fixtures; recent,
M mtted up; IN one of the best towns in NortS
street VI. I'm
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-03

EoR kENT--FARM OF 1852 ACRFS-@
- 4 acres tillable land, 40 acres in orchard
OF the finest fruit and choice varieties aii
bearing; good house of six rooms and ont.
houses, the best of water and goo carp pond:
only so miles from Dallas, on the Rockwell
Elm street. ianiIis
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-03

$50 UIIIIIC % ~, Ieb3-It
EoR RENT-A VERY NICELY FUR
4 hlshed front room, fronting south ana
west; single gentleman preferred. Army ~, ~
ll05 Commerce street Apply "b
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-03

WANTED-T0 BUY REAL, EST AZ S.1I1-i IN
~ Dallas for cash j. Nj, DfcEtsillNN
606 Main street. iai'e,Kilsos,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-03

E'UN KENT-A FUKNISHED EH1INT
II room at 728 Elm ST. ian57is
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-03

TOR RENT "A DESIRABLE FARM OF
2UO acres miles east of the Court, house
~ Ine city or Dal as, Texas. j. NJ. PAirEa-
son Agent, No. 2l3 Patterson ave, ian,I.if
EOb RENT-SEVERAL FNIiMS. GONE
- Portable houses, PLENTY OF water;6 miles
nom the city. o. p. BowsER. 3ls Elm 81. d2itf
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16
Why Apprentices are Scarce.

A contemporary writer saysit is prin'
sipally because of the eonceit of weak
and foolish parents who could not think
If allowing their boys to soiltheir hands
With manual labor or tarnish their pedi-
gree by associating with common work
men. Many and many a Young man
have I known whose aptitudes called to
him with all the imperious demands Of
instinct to learn q trade, but he was
prevented from doing so by his parents,
who preferred to see him filling the
more important and dignified position
Of clerk, often working fifteen hours a
lay for $l5 per month, and sometimes
Yielding to the small temptation to leave
unpaid his tailor's and washerwoman's
oils. Or, if he escaped the clerkship,
he was almost sure to be found among
The luckless ninety-and-nin profession
Al men who stand off and
eye with green envy the
one in the round hundred who has
made success. It is not The lack Of
attention to the new workman that is
lowering the stand ard in mechanical
trades, but the folly OF parents in clos
sng the doors of the trades in the face
of their sons, and in the absence Of
good material we get bad It is very
often the case that we get hold Of G boy
who has few or no quaEf cati' u.s. natural
or acquired, for trade, but he can
probably make more money at HAT than
at common labor, and, as We c4n got NO
better, we have to do the best we can.
There is no doubt we are getting poor
er subjects every year for apprentices
Cor this very reason. But we can reach
point so low that it is Impossible to
get any lower, and L believe we have
about reached that point in SOME lines
Of business. Some parents, and boys
COO; are at last getting their eyes opened.
They are learning that they cannot
plant dudes and raise NEIL. Many
bubbles have been pricked: and
much gliding has worn through. La
Dor is becoming more dignitied, bocaasa
more than ever before it is welded to
thought. The manual training schools
which are. springing upln nearly all Of
our large cities are giving instruction
to many boys whose parents. perhaps,
would not at first consent 70 them en-
tering the shops. These schools arc
doing good work in teaching the prin
ciples of trades, in fosteringa genuine
love fer mechanics, and in pointing on:
the way to the special field where the
young man can labor with the assurance
of receiving his highest reward With
such frightening prospects as:the work
of the manual training school warrants
we see no reason for fearing that the
race Of good workmen in any trade will
soon die out. On the contrary, We be-
lieve we will see mechanics increasing
in numbers and skill from Year to year
Scientific American.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16
In Che Lagoons of the Congo.

"A r1lstling in the vegetation, and s
large varanus lizard slips into the water
Or on some trampled bank q crocodile
lies asleep in the warm sun. with q fixed
smirh hanging about his grim nluzzle.
These lagoOns are places that arc seeth
ing with ife-life that is ever stirring,
striving and active--and when YOU sud
denly arrive: slipping and splasising in
the watery footholds, the sud len ST.
lence that greets you is the frightened,
expectant hush Of thousand approhon-
sive creatures. Beyond the lagoons end
this strip of mud and water rises an al.
most in2penetrable barrier of for
est, nearly impossible to pass by
land, but which is fortunately pierced
by many little arms or natural canals
Of the congo, that intersect ii and pen
citrate to the firm, dry land beyond.
As you paddle gently in native
canoe through the watery valleys OF the
vegetable Venice, the majestic trees,
firmly interlaced above and overarch-
ing the canal, shrouding all in pale.
green gloom. the glympses and vistas
through the forest that you get reveal
many beautiful forms of bird and insect
life. Barbets, with red forehead and
large, notched bills, are sitting in stu
pid meditation on the twigs, giving
harsh and mechanical squeak, if the too
hear approach of the canoe olsturbs
their reverie. Little African wood
peckers are creeping up the branches.
deity turning round towards the UNI
seen side when they observe you; large,
green mantises, or praying insects
are chasing small flies with their great,
bouncing forelegs, and every now and
then blue roller bird snaps up man
tbs, in spite of it's wonderful assi1nila-
ton to it's leafy SURROUNDINGS. Earth
er into the forest, the. canal, blind
alley of water, stops, the soil be-
comes solid and we'll raised, and
native path is discernible, leading
through the now more park-lilze and
formal clumps Of forest to distant viii
lage, whence the Growing Of cocks and
the occasional shouts of the inhabitants
can be heard. But the birds do not lessen
because we are approaching the abode
of men. Out of the bosky trees little
troops: of black and white horn bills sud-
denly start, and flap their loose, irreg-
ular flight to another refuge. Violet
plantain- eaters CLEAN out in their beau
ty from time to time; golden cuckoos
yellow-vented bulbals, green fruit pig.
cons, gray parrots, parrots that are
gray and blue and euowshouldered,
green love-birds, a multitude of.ittle
wax-bills, medley Of diverse. and
beautiful birds, enlven this, walk
through the forest, along the black,
peat path, with their loud cries, their
lovely plumage and. their rapid move
mnnts. From H. H.. Johnston's book;
On the Congo.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16
A Northwestern Bishon,

Bishop Paddock, (EpiscopaD of WASH.
Ington Territory, will return TO his mis-
sionary diocese at the. close OF this;
month. He has been occupied during.
the winter in raising money TOR second
school at Tacoma. MI. Wright, Of Phil
a7elphia, offered two years. ago to give
the land and aa endowment fund or
$50, 900 for each of two chareh schools.
one for girls, and the other, for:
boys. provided: the Bishap, would. fur.
nish a building fund of; $25 Q0O' in.
each instance. The. cornerstone for
one of tho schools. WIS lsid, last
year, the building funA having been se~
cured. The Bishop has succeeded in.
raising ST 600 for DE second school,
and is cos>ident that the remainder Wiz
be in haanain timeto secure the second
endowment Of $4,000. He has also
opened. hospital on tho coast, and
placed third school at Walla Walla. on
a self-supportiag basis. These four In
stitudons will give the religious body,
WHICH he represents great influence In
the rapidly growing Territory, soon tc
become g State, The Bishops daughter.
who was married in Brooklyn last
October 10 Lieutenant Mills. e. 8. A.,
is now al Fort Occur dAlene, on the
border Of her father diocese. ssg$
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16
The Tower Of Babel.

Paris Cable: One OF the most striking
features Of the exhibition in 1889 will be the
great tower of Babel, which is now III course
Of erection. 1t will be 1000 feet high
fnearly the fifth Of q mile), $50 feet wide at
at the summit The whole structure will be
sur1nounted by glass pavilion, serving for
an electric lighthouse and observatory. The
enormous height of this structure can be
better appreciated by comparison. The Mil
an cathedral, to the top Of the statue Of the
Madonna u 500 feet: ~ s. P sa Lonaon: to
Rome, to the top OF the cross as feet, and
Suasburg cathedral, to the top of it's wonder
full f1et-Work spire, 46S feet. or not one-halt
a. high as the projected tower. i,s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16
ILLEGAL LIQUOR SHIPMENTS.

The report of collections Of internal revenue in
the Third district Of Iowa, compiled in Deem
bv Internal Revenue Collector Simpson, shows
the figures to be $2O3, eol %. year ago the
figures were about $780, 900. Collector Simpson
has received letter from Hon. Mr. Rogers,
deputy commissioner OF internal revenue, in
which he says 1T is represented to this
office that parties in your district advertise to
ship packages OF dis titled spirits incased IN out
side coverings. and bill the same as merchant
disc. ETC. in order to conceal the nature OF the
goods with view of avoiding seizure by the
local authorities where rigid prohibitory laws
prevail In view Of this you will
strictly enforce the instructions on this
subject. and also call the attention
of parties interested to the fact that q penalty
is provided for the shipment Of any spirituous
or fermented liquors or wines, under any other
than the proper names Or brand known: to the
trade" The liquors in question are understood
to be shipped mainly in Iowa, hut considerable
quantities 90 to other states and towns where
their sale Is prohibited The business Is Grow
ing quite extensive and efforts will DO made to
break 1t up, ~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16

SENATrs-There WAS sharp discussion II
he senate on the resolution of Senator Haw-
ley, calling upon the secretary Of war for let
ters and documents bearing upon the contro.
versy between Gen. Sherman and JEFF Davis.
Mr.. Vest objected to the resolution and made
= speech of unusual earnestness, during which
he said the passage of the resolution was as
unnecessary as pockets to a shrOud and spoke
Of JEFF Davis as an old man who was broken
down and seeking rest from such controver-
sizes ss was involved in the question the senate
was asked to consider. Senator Ingalls, stirred
up the Democratic senators by some peppery
remarks which called out Morgan, George and
Lamar, the latter gentleman making q defense
Of Mr. Davis against the charge of being trait
or. The discussion continued for about an
aour and was perhaps the most heatedthat has
occurred during the past two years.
Senators Wilson and Mitchell introduced bills
TO increase the pensions of widows or minor
children Of deceased soldiers and sailors of
che United States in the late war, from % to
s12 per month The bill Of Senator Mitchell
also provides that the fact that soldier or sail
or was regularly mustered into the service shall
be prime facie evidence OF his soundness at
that time.
Senator Conger introduced bill authorizing
the secretary of war to negotiate for and pur
chase the Portage Lake 4 River improvement
Company canal and Portage lake and Lake
superior snip canal, tne t"o cahals oBe'nei
to form water way across Kewesnana point
from Keweenana bay to Lake Superior: The
bill also provides that the canals shall be Il
free water way after their purchase by the
United States.
HoUsE-A hill passed authorizing the Chi
cago, St Paul Il ST. Louis Railroad company
to construct bridges across the Mississippi in
Minnesota and Wisconsin A bill WAS intro
duced for the better protection Of the Northern
and Northwestern frontiers and to facilitate
commerce among the states. It contemplates
the building of canal through the State of
New York Of sufficient size to allow the pas
rage of vessels of var: District of Columbia
business was disposed Of, and the consular and
diplomatlc appropriation bill considered.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16

Gen. Crocker says only two persons living
know where Guiteau was buried. Gen. CrocSer
discounts the story that Guiteau's cnrse has
hurt anybody, citing the case Of Col Corkhll),
who has lately fallen heir to $lOO.NQ.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16

On Saturday. the senate was not in session,
but the house did a good days work. Mr.:
Randall directed the attention of the house to
TO the imporJ9nce of proceeding with the ap-
preparation bills, and warned! the house that
unless tho measures were speedily disposed
of there was danger of an extra session of the
Forty-ninth congress. This admonition seemed
to have the desired effect, as the house refused
to take up the public buildings bill, and pro-
ceeded with the navy appropriation bill This
measure was passed with very little discussion.
The naval appropriation bill makes provis-
ion for the naval service for the six months
ending June 80, 1856, on the basis of the bill
which passed the house the first session Of this
congress, giving for each item of expenditure
just one-haf the amount contained in the said
bill, with the following exceptions: For cur
rent expenses of the bureau of yards and docks,
in lieu of one half, or $100O there is given
800, 600; the current expenses of the bureau of
construction and repairs, in lieu of one-half,
rent expenses OF the bureau of steamengineer-
ing, in lieu Of one half, or $375, 000 there is
given $2SO, 600, together with the unexpen-
ded balance of $4,000 from the ap-
preparation in 1884 for monitors; for
tho pay of the navy and marine corps there
tanned in the said bill, sum equal to the bal
ance remaining after deducting the appropria-
tions for the first six months from the whole
sum proposed in the said bill. There is moth
ing in the bill for steel cruisers, appropria-
tons to complete. them having already been
made. The bill appropriates in all ST, 40, l55,
which, added to the sum appropriated for the
first six months ended Dec 81, 1884, S., $780,
317, makes the total appropriations for the
navy for the entire fiscal year of 1885, $14, S70
AZ, or $9l3, 971 less than app ropriated for the
fiscal year of 1884
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16
PROCEEDINGS OF CoNGRENS.

SENATE. Among the bills introduced was one
BY Mr: Allison, relating to fees OF pension
claim agents and attorneys He said he did
not want to be responsible for all the proyis-
| ions; but they were identical with the pro-
visions Of the pension bill recently passed by
said and repealed all legislative provisions con
tanned IN the pension appropriation bill Of last
year. There was now great complaint that the
legislation Of last year was hasty and unjust to
the soldiers OF the country, and 1t has been indi-
rectly charged that the senate was responsible
for that legislation The fact was that the legis-
laton of last year came from the house in q
regular bill Under the rules Of the senate there
was no possibility of having we'll considered leg
islation in an appropriation bill, because an
amendment should not be offered nor debate
had with respect to it. He introduced the bill
In OF der that it might DO referred to the COM
mittee on pensions and carefully considered in
the committee and in tho senate It was said
that under the legislation Of last year claim
agents were depressing pension applicants. II
80, tho fact should be ascertained vt the earliest
moment, and a remedy applied. Other sena-
tors spoke on the subject
The senate IN executive session decided,
forty to twelve, not to make the text Of the
Nicaragua treaty public in advance Of the
action Of the senate. Senator Edmunds was
the chief speaker in opposition to the PROPOSE
shtutional right and power of the senate to deal
with treaties unincumbered by advice or in
duences from any source, and quoted extern
sively from authorities upon the constitutional
powers of ths senate in this respect
HOUSE, The house Thursday, by "a vote OF
15S to Is, passed the Reagan Interstate COM
merce bill The opponents OF this measure
made a determined effort to inject a
provision providing for the appoint
ment of a board of commissioners,
with authority to decide all contro-
versies that might arise between shippers
of freight and the railroad companies, but
were defeated by decisive vote Subse-
quently an effort was made to recommit the
bill, with instructions to- report back the
measure originally reported by the com
mittee on commerce, But this also met with
signal defeat Except the OHara amendment,
providing against determination in carrying
passengers, the bill passed subs tantiaJly as pre-
sented by Mr.. Reagan, and now goes to- the sen
ate for action by that body All the Minnesota
delegation voted for tho bill except Mr.: Wash
burn
In the contested election case of Craig (Re-
publican) against Shelley Democrab, Fourth
district of Alabama, the house awarded tho seat
to Craig, who took the oath Of Office:
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16
sENATE.-A bill was passed directing the
transfer of ono of the vessels Of the Greedy re-

SEEATE.-A bill was passed directing the
transfer of one of the vessels Of the Greedy re-
lief expedition to the treasury department for
ka, and authorizing the retention of the other
two for use in the navy as surveying vessels or
otherwise.
Mr.. Cock rell, introduced bill to amend the
act placing colorcd troops on the same footing
as to bounty as other soldiers by making itap-
ply to the heirs of all colored soldiers who may
have died and we're killed while in the military
service Of the United States.
The following nominations were received:
Samuel Z. Mccormick collector internal row
enue district of Virginia; postmaster, John j.
Cutter, Parke, Oak.
Confrmations--John NJ Morton, surveyor of
Customs San Francisco; l. S Hewlett, receiver
son, collector OF customs, Savannah, Ga. ; rear
admirals in the navy, s. p. Qnackenbush, Earl
English and J. q. Upshur; e. NJ Dennison,
pay director Of the navy; W. S; Schley, chief Of
the bureau Of equipment and recruiting of the
navy. Senate adjourned for two days.
House Mr.. Curtin, from the committee on
foreign affails, reported a resolution calling
for information from the executive relative to
the arrest of T. R. Moynahan, an American
citizen by the government OF Mexico. Adopted.
Mr.. Curtin also reported resolution calling
on tho president for information relating 10
the Congo conference. Adopted. Also q
resolution calling on the president for copies
of the correspondence between this govern
ment and France in regard to the French and
American clAims commission since the 23d Of
November, 1881. Adopted. Also a resolution
calling on the secretary of state for detailed
statement Of the expenditure OF the amount
appropriated for the expenses of tho French
and American claims commission. Adopted.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16
Mr.. Marion Crawford, ;. the novelist,

Mr.. Marion Crawford, the novelist,
tells characteristic story about Gar
lyle, which he observes impartially, may
be true It was at dinner party and
Carlyle sat silent listening to the talk
of lesser men. A young politician was
talking theory to bsefy old conserve
tive who despised youth and reason IN
an equal degree. "The British people,
cir, said he of the beef, ''can afford to
laugh At theories" Sir, said Carlyle,
speaking for the FIRST time during dim
ner, "the French nobility of a hundred
years ago said they could afford to laugh
at theories. Then came a man and
wrote book called The Social Con-
tract The Eaan was Jean Jacques
Rousseau, and his book was q theory
and nothing but theory. The mobiles
could laugh at his theory, but their skins
went to bind the second edition Of his
book" After which tremendous sem
tence the old sage seems to have .re.
lapsed into silence. The allusion, 81
course, was to the famous tannery at
Meudon. ..-.s1