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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30

| THs Fairfield Recorder commends the
Dallas plan adopted by the county COM
nissioaers OF working tho poor-farm
ponviols on tho roads, and thinks most
% Tho counties will follow the example
with great benefit.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30

b1yFIcULTrEs in the way OF getting
1ot-of1ice Inspectorship" should be
l6rm or application Mr.. Villas is
HE out to those who think of ex-
~ the mail system on q salary.
rplfcant must go 10 Washington
Sfand an examination, such as .
Would whom applying to enter the
1nian GLASS At college; must have
Iooates from q circuit and district
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30

THERE has been considerable talk
Pb6ht I.ooAN's probable withdrawal
fom the race for senator in the Illinois
legislature. But later accounts say
that LOGAN and MORRISON have agreed
hat nelther win withdraw. This will
ie k-ot whose gordionism nothing
kut this sword OF popular disapproba-
Ion Will loosen,l
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30

The gentleman who desires drink o.
something fine, that will rejuvenats
without producing any bad effect, .
cigar, or it may be to indulge in qniss
game of billiards or pool, and wfthsi
courteous treatment, will find the Same
ct the Turf saloon, opposite Oliver q
prietOr,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30
Irnas or stn-onirrloS.

TINS royal Junketing party are now In
- north Of ireland whore there are
DIsaty OF spoilt eggs and stones, but
lone thrown. That section out-Eng-
|1and's England herself
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30

Mr.. JOE NJ. SHUIAVl has retired
from the editorial charge of the Quid
Nunc (Roundrock), which contains his
neat valedictory, in which he says he
will have worthy successor, but with
out mentioning him by name.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30
Nnston Wool MARKET.

Boston, April 2S.-Wool steady and
unchanged. New wool is backward.
Very little has been dode. Combing
and oelaine fleeces are scarce and
steady. Unwashed is in fair demand.
Foreign quiet. Carpet wool Is scarce
and firm,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-After the
question had been brought up in the sen.
ate, on the last day Of Its especial SEES
sion, Of the eligibility Of A. r. Lswton
of Georgia, to the position of minister tc
Russia, to which position he had been
nominated, President Cleveland sub.
n,itted the matter to the attorney-gen-
eral for an opinion. That opinion ia
now public, unuer date OF April "a. Its
essential features are as follows:
NSIR:-My opinion is requested on
the following case: Alexander Il. Law
ton, who had been cadet at West Point
and held commission as lieutenant
in the United States army, and IN one
or both of these characters had taken
an oath, which is commended, and which
I assume as part of the case submit
ted. bound him to support the cOnstitu-
ton. afterwards bore arms against the
United States in the war of
the rebellion. On the 9th of February,
1867, he received full pardon and am
nesty for the part he had taken in the
rebellion, and the question is whether
United States, notwithstanding the 3D.
section of the 14th amendment OF the
constitutiOn, which took effect July B,
1868, and is in the following words:
Sac. 3, No person shall be senator
or a representative in congress-, nor an
electsr of president or vice president,
nor hold any Office, civil or military,
under the United States, or under
snv state, who, having previously
AIKEN an oath as member
of congress, or any officer of the United
STATES, or as member of any state legjs-
lsture, or as an executive or judiciary
officer of any state, to support the con-
s1itution OF the United States, shall
have engaged in instruction or rebel
lion against the same, or
given aid or comfort to the
enemies thereof; but congress
may, by a vote of two-thirds OF each
hoi1se, remove such inability. The
question presented will be disposed OF
upon the legal intent and meaning
OF this amendment. After q
lengthy argument on this point
the attorney general closed as
follows:n = am of opinion tnat
Mr.. Lawton is not affected by the
amendment, because a. the time 1t was
ordained the offenses on which the ois-
ability is based could not have been I'M
puted to him, for the reason that ne
had, by virtue of his pardon, become 9
new man, endowed with ? new credit
and capacity. His guilt mad
been blotted out and he became
as innocent % II he had never
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30

AT ladies' church festival, lately
,eld at Deming, New Mexico, gentle
ban presented the ladies with a white
buffalo robe, valued at 800, which was
b be rallied off on the occasion. The
hdies advertised this particular feature
the festival largely, and said the
living would be conducted according
HoYLE. This is an assurance of a
kfr deal
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30
URSULINE ACADEMY

Bryan Street. %: Has.
This institution, conducted by the Ursiiiine
ladies, is most desirably located. The system
of education pursued Is designed TO develop
the menual, moral and physical powers OF
the pupils, and 10 make them useful womeI
of refined tastes and cultivated manners
TERMS IN ADVANCE.
Board, washing and tuition, including
Statiopey, Drawing, French, German,
Fancy Work and the ordinary infirmn-
ryexpenses, per session of five months,iU
Music and use of piano. Observation-Disclosures. 80
Entrance fee (only fer the first year, . S
Young ladies desiring Ambulance into the
Academy must always produce satisfactory
testimonials and recommendations. For
further particulars, apply TO the
MOTHER SUPERIOR.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30

Our sisters, cousins, our aunts and the
whole family chew Valentines Peerless
Sweet Gum. Ask for it. See that Val
entino's name is on every wrapper.
Price 5c.i
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30

THE New York Times, Republican
but supporter OF CLEVELAND rs
against BLAINE, says tho Virginia dele
CATION IL olamorous for tho removal or
federal office holders In that state. The
Times says they are right, and that the
president should make clean sweep OF
them. II says the great body of those
put Into Office were placed there 20 sub
serve MAHoNE's Interests, and that they
are repudIationists besides. This Is
ominently true, but the Republicans all
over the south adopted the MALONE
tactics, aud arc just rs odious 10 tho
people upon whose backs thoy were Inn
posed. What's the use OF a now broom
unless you sweep clean with itS
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30
aennrai WASHINGTON News.

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-The presi
dent to-day appointed the following col
lectors of internal revenue:
Cornelius Voorhees,, for the fourth
district of Missouri, vice David A. Stew.
art resigned.
John Whitaker, for the district of Or
ID. Frank Bradley, for the district OF
South Carolina, vice Ellery L.. Bracton
suspended.
Rambleton Shepherd, for the sixth
district of Virginia, vice William e.
Craig, suspended.
He also appointed John Hob4on to be
collector of custom for the district Of
Oregon in the state OF Oregon.
PAYING PENSIONS ON DEAD HEADS.
The commIssioner OF pensions TO.
day directed lie suspension al
tue Pniiadelphia agency OF lOz
pensions which have been drawn I'll
ihougn the pensioners are dead. 10
suroe cases, the commissioner says, the
pensioners in whose names the pensions
wore drawn, have been dead since 1871.
He has also directed the suspension at
the same agency OF the pensions OF
seven widows, who remarked IN 1881
but who have continued to draw pen
sions ever since. The commissioner
has asked the attorney general to bring
suit against the pension agency
tor moneys. unlawfully disbursed
CHEAP POSTAGE A SUCCESS.
The third assistant postInaster-gen'
eral has made report OF the effect dur
ing the first year of the reduction OIL
letter postage from 3 cents to 2 cents
He says that the actual revenue Tor thf
year ending September 20, 1881, One
first wear during which The reduced
rate prevailed) was $42, 1874 500, or $747G,'
500 less than the estimated revenue
upon Scent rate, and the loss by the
reduction of rate to cents was S523, lGt
less than the estimated loss.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30

uislsst IN ifglhf NJ Ell 0li snd ssll
established county ssais. IN the event
Dallas ~ Port Worth should slieart W.
push oui ~ the trade m those western
counties, We hepe they will NOT ooiainli
the ssmo error that the Central people
fell lnt0. Efaih county fof u years has
had IN annual increase of q fraction
over 300 people, and q census would
now show up over 1900, with mar
yelous Increase In property. Other
counties along the proposed line Of road
arc also making rapid strides In wealth
aud population, and the city that pushes
tho iron horse 10 their county capitals
will reap rich harvest. Now IL the
time 10 strike, while labor and material
are cheap and while tho citizens bookon
them on with promises Of substantial
encouragement This road 10 tho Fort
would be worth two such roads N the
Wax ahaehie tap. What say tho people
Of the FortS II they won't act, then
surely the people OF Dallas will take
hold and reap the golden harvest"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30

NOR yxCHANGE-$s7o0 sioux OF
II goods for farm, live stosk or unimproy-
ed lapd;. LAND 4 T ns,,as %s,.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30

nvANtED-A GENTS EMAN OF FAM
w lily, desiring =, lncate,J pc ss ny ener-
getic business qusi ific sIions and unusual ex-
ecutive ability aud management and ensi.,
neerlng skill, speak, ing FL iich, German acd
English, Will corrsspnaid or ecmmu nfcate
w III resp nsible parties; highest sestimnni-
ais. Address e. @. D.. Herald Office 2tdltw
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-16
A BOSTON NOTION.
Teaching Women to Care for Them
selves In Emergencies,


selves In Emergencies,
Boston Cor. Kansas City Times,
Feminine Boston is attending the
winter emergency lectures" Those
are, no doubt, of great value. IF a
girl slip down and sprain her ankle,
instead of being obliged to wait till
some man picks her up and sends her
nome IN cab, she quietly takes of
her shoe and stocking, tucks her skirts
On one side, and performs the necessary
surgical operation on the spot. If she
feel faint at ball, instead of looking
around for a man to whom she has
been introduced; and into whose
arms she can without immodesty fall,
she quietly sits down on the nearest
chair, sends her escort for a few
simple remedies, and applies them
herself. Suppose during these beau
tAful snowy days she is run away with
run away with by horse. ] mean. the
while horse is tearing along looking for
convenient lamp-post TO use in
breaking the sleigh, this Boston girl.
with the GOODNESS of Galen and the
quiet dignity of Hippocrates, selects
from her bag some IMMINENT, one or
two splits and number Of strips of
linen, and when at last she is thrown
across the horses back against the
side of house. instead of screaming
or fa1nting, she applies the iniment
ready in her hand, bandSges up the
fractures and walks quietly home to
send one of the grooms for her horse.
believe later in the season some of
the lecturs are to be purely practical,
and we shall be told how to smile
upon MOSQUITO so that he will refuse
to modest us, or how to frown upon
a wasp so that the wasp will drop
dead with fright, or how to convince
at moments notice that
a mouse is more timid than 100
pound girl; and quite unable to scale
dress, either on the inside or outside.
unless helped by ladder. You see
there is no nonsense about these lee.
lures; the girls are honestly benefited
by them, and are becoming more and
more popular.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-16
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Prof. Mail says that there are to be
found associated with seams of coal,
and especially with the underlying
shale, the flattened impressions of
creatures which once had life, though
at first strenuously doubted.
A brilliant black Varnish for iron,
stone or wood, can be made by thor
oughly incorporating ivory black
with common shellack varnish. The
mixture should be laid on very thin.
But ordinary coal-tar varnish will
serve the same purpose in most cases,
quite as well, and it is not nearly SO
expensive
Lenses for the great Lick telescope
are said to have at last been success
fully cast, and need only polishing, to
be ready for use. The San Francisco
Call says: "In looking through this
telescope, it is reckoned that the
moon will be brought within thirty
miles of the earth, and that discover
les will be made on that planet to
solve problems heretofore held to be
unsolvable.''
The treeless condition Of parts OF
| the South American pampas, of the
La Plata region, at least, is attributed
by Mr.. Arthur Nicois, to the work oil
an omnipresent ant, which feeds upon
leaves and quickly destroys the seed
lings and other tender plants as soo1
as the leaves appear above ground
Indian corn grows freely upon these
plains, its growth being so rapid tina
the insects do not succeed in com
pletely devouring the young plants.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-16
The Difference.

It has been claimed by lecturers and
writers upon subjects pertaining to
the food, clothing, and adorment of
mankind, the more limited the func-
tional power of al animal life the
| higher the order; also, that the quality
of the substances furnished determines
the quantity, or, rather, the numbering
Of articles that may be expected from
each, while in theory the argument
may be made plausible and to sound
prettily when finished with tn
finely rounded figures of rhetoric In
practice it is found faulty as a foun-
dation for those who speLd the
filthy" in transforming these crude
animal products into food, etc
Hence, for their benefit, rhetoric and
literature outside their pleasing pas
time, Is NIL.
In the spirit Of the foregoing and
kindred sentiments, one would be led
to conclude that the old brindle cow
that has furnished the milk upoe
which the babies fatten, and butter TO
lubricats the palates of the adult
family members, would cease her
usefulness when dead, and her dear
old hide bel of little If any use for
boots, shoes, or other clothing, or that
her muscles or adipose tissue would
fail in the constituent clements of
nutrition: whereas, the ungainly,
treacherous Texan an eyesore and a
nuisance when in full life, would fur
nish better meat and leather when
dead. In short, the one is beautiful
and useful in life, and of little if any
account when dead, and the other is
of no use whatever until Slaughtered.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-16
Slavery Ia Brazil.

Until the beginning of the present
year slavery existed throughout the
Brazilian Empire. But on the 25th of
last March the Province of Ceara gave
liberty to all the slaves within her
borders. This action woke an en-
thusiasm for emancipation through
out Brazil, and especially in
the northern provinces. The
province of Amazonas, on the 10th Of
July, followed the example Of Ceara,
setting free about one thousand
slaves, paying, on an average, $12O
apiece for their freedom from the
provincial treasury, and declaring the
province free soil. In the province of
Para a great many slaves have been
liberated this year, some for a nomi-
nal price, some gratis, and some pur-
chased frona their owners by the ma
tional fund created for the purpose of
emancipation. The public sentiment
in favor of abolition is rapidly gain
ing ground, and the December cleo
lions will probably send abolitionist
to the National Congress. The en-
peror confers the title Of baron on
any man who liberates ten slaves, and
viscount on any one who llberateS
fifteen (title not hereditary. The
province collect ajax of $4OO for every
slave brought into the province, and as
the slaves of the province number
only twenty three thousand, or about
ten per cent. of the population, it is
hoped that a few months will see
| them all free
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-16
eBrieht Thoughts

Our country is wherever.we are well
off Milton.
Few are qualified to shine in COM
pany; but it is in most mems power to
be agreeable.-Swift.
The great men of the ancients I'M
derstood how to reconcile manual
labor with affairs of State.-Locke.
AS If we did not suffer enough
from the storms which beats above US
without, must we conspire also to
harass one another Blair.
That mind will be the more vigor-
Gus whose physical habltatiOn is kept
in the best repair. e., taxed suffi--
GENTLY to render it health I, but not
overtaXed.
"Woman Is the Sunday OF a man."
says poet. Very pretty; but, like
many pretty things, false; for the
ways be attributed to women.
The thought of. being nothing after
death is burden insupportable to a
virtuous man; we natu ally aim at
happiness, and cannot bear to have it
confined to our present being.-Dry
den.
A multitude of eyes will narrowly
inspect every part of an eminent man,
consider him nicely in all views, and
not be little pleased when they have
taken him in the worst and most dis
advantageous lights.-Addison,
By burning an atheist you have lent
Importance to that which was absurd,
interest to that which was forbidding,
light to that which was the essense of
darkness. For atheism is a system
which can communicate neither
warmth nor illumination except from
those fagots which your mistaken
zeal has lighted up for its destruction.
Cotton.
When God formed the rose He
said, "Thou shalt flourish and spread
perfume" When He commanded the
sun to emerge from chaos, He added,
Thou shalt enlighten and warm the
world" When He gave life to the
lark, He enjoined upon it to soar and
sing in the air. Finally, He created
man, and told him to love. And see
ing the sun shine, perceiving the rose
scattering its odors, hearing the lark
MARBLE in the air, how could man help
loving ?-Alexande Grun.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-16
Death of Mrs. Wilson.

Mrs. Rhoda Wilson, mother of
Messrs. D. M. and Don Wilson of this
city, quietly breathed her last at the
Avenue Hotel, some time during
Thursday night, the 9th inst. She re-
tired in usual health, but not appear
ing as puctually at breakfast, as was
her habit, her son repaired to her room
only to find that the spirit had fled.
Though the summons came suddenly
it was not total surprise, as Mrs.
Wilson had already journeyed beyond
the allotted three score and ten, and
her death was simply breaking up
of the system, from old age.
She was born in Rutherford County,
Tennessee, in 1907, and moved to
Travis County in 1851, where
she has ever since resided
Mrs. Wilson has been devout and
consistent member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church for more than a
quarter of a century, and was emil
nently prepared for her departure from
this earth. Among a large circle OF
relations and friends, she was loved
and respected for her womanly vir-
tues and noble character. She leave:
four sons and married daughter tt
lament the loss of an ever dutiful anC
affect tomato mother.
The funeral will occur from TIT
Avenue Hotel at 10 a. m. this morn
ing. Friends of the family are res
pectfully invited.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-16
,rot1,er,S Advic. 70 sair,s

There is thing of which L want to
speak, and that is; of the behavior OF
girls toward young men who are not
lover but simply friends. Let me
tell you plainly that our sex were not
meant to be wooers. The custom,
prevalent among a certain class of
young ladies of asking directly or
indirectly the attentions of young
gentlemen is not commendable. "My
son." said lady to me not long since,
sis much prejudiced against young
girl whom 1 admire, because she is
constantly sending him notes inviting
him to be her escort here and there
and planning to have him with her. !"
A modest and dignified reserve,
which is neither prudery nor affecta-
ton, should distinguish your de-
meanor .to gentlemen. Too great
familiarity, and too evident
pleasure in the society of young men
are errors into which no delicate and
minded girl should fall.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-16
Pests OfGrsin Raisers.

AS before stated, the present is trifie
early for the consideration of topics
pertaining to growing grain, but there
lie so much that should be said, that
the proper time will come and go and
the story remain half untold.
Again, many of these sporadic
germs are now alternating in seed
time. Wieh reference to the burning
fungi" mention of which has already
been made, much difference of opinion
is held by various micrologists regard
ing their SPECIES. The more recent
English authorizes consider that many
Of the subdivisions made by the older
micrologiStS are but val ious forms and
stages OF development of the same
species. At the same time nearly all
the American and many French au-
thorities on fungi claim their is no
essential connection between tee diff
erent forms: then the matter becomes
perpleXing, and, not wishing to an
tagOniZe these much steemed an
thorsties, we will present recent mi
geological proofes and observations,
leaving those who interest themselves
in the investigation to draw their own
inference. Suffice it to say that the
black spots known as mildeW are
formed late on the leaves and stalks,
and sometimes on the glumes of grass
es. These spots are the results of the
spores, and the Mycelium threadr of
this species extend Carlow through
out the stems and leaves, and have
been found in the root of the young
Rants. In the spring following, or
perhaps during the winter, they ger
inmate and push out tube, Wh1ce
quickly divided into three or four
parts by cross-partitions ard leayas the
bodies attached.
These, if placed on moist green
leaves, grow by pushing out a tube
for short time, but soon perish; but
if left alone, they soon penetrate the
leaf and on the under side from a red
cluster. the rust of grain, which, as the
plant natures forms the black spots
ound on nearley all grain at harvest
times; heuce' mildew, in this case, it
but an early form of development of
the ruet, thus, though occurring at
different seasons, are essentially the
a2ma'
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-16
Daniel Webster's Earnings.

WOICOoIOI, 'AudSosJ Opy.
In view of the protracted trial in
our Superior Court last week, it is of
interest to note the fees which Dan
iel Webster received for his services.
For many years he kept regular &C
count of his professional receipts, and
for two of those years the accounts
have been published. In the first of
the two, when he was about 81 years
of age, his receipts, emitting several
small affairs" amounted to SIS, ISL.
The number of items, mostly against
different clients, was 129. The largest
charge was $4,000 There were TWEEN
ty-four retainers in the year, amount
ing, in the aggregate to $1,3D. The
largest was a retainer IN patent
cases" of $3.50; but most of the retain
ers were of 500 and 500. The second
published account covered the years
| 1928, when Webster was 80 years
old. The amount of receipts for this
year was So PIP, but out of This Isl !, he
deduct ed 1892. as Congressional pay.
This leaves for his professional re-
ceipts 1920. The largest fee this
year was $500. There were only
forty-four items, and of these, eigh-
teen were retainers, amounting tc
! 1880 One of them was 500, foI
'.Dr, Motifs patent causes" "a very
poor years work. says Webster
Qualification kept me out Of the Su-
preme Court all the last winter,