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The herald., 1895-12-29

In 1921 Missouri was admitted to the
union on the famous compromise,
which prohibited slavery north OF the
parallel of 36 deg. and 30 min. III 1922
the independence OF Mexico WAS
recognized. and the international pol
icy over which the present contention
between England and he United States
is predicated was promulgated in his
message of December 2, 1872 and has
ever since been known as the Monroe
doctrine"
On March 4, 1925, James Monroe re-
tired from office and returned to his
residence at Oak Hill, LOudoun county,
Virginia, where be was soon after chosen
justice of the peace, and, "a such, sat
i'll ,he county court. In 1879 he be-
came mem Der Of the convention to
revise the constitution OF Virginia, and
presided over the deliberations OF that
body until the impairment of his
health compelled him TO resign his seat
in the convention and return to his
home. Pecupiary EN- barrassment sup
plemented bodily intirmity at this
period of h life, ana in his
old age he was greatly hRrassed
by debt. His wife died in 1880, and
in the summer of that year he took up
bis residence with his son-in-iaw, Sam
uel l.. Governor, in New York city,
where he died July 4, 1881. In 1858
his remains were removed with great
pomp TO Richmond, Va, and reinforced
in the Hollywood cemetery there on
July 5.
James Monroe held the reins of gov
ernment at an important period, and
administered it with discretion, ability
and patriotism. He went further than
any OF his predecessors in developing
the resources of the country, and seems
to have had better conception of the
future than any of his contem poraries.
The fact is proved alike in his pro-
mitigation OF the two important ileas
referred to in this sketch, the invest
ment i'll congress OF the right to
regulate commerce between the states
and tho socalled Monroe doctrine"
now under consideration everywhere.
He encouraged the army, increased the
navy, improved the national defenses,
protected commerce and Infused vigor
and efficiency into every department
of the public service. His honesty,
good faith and simplicity we're uDiver-
sally ackno wledged and disarmed the
political rancor of his strongest op-
ponents. tie WIS not au orator, an
essential element 20 success in public
life at that TINA, but he made up for
this lack by the sincerity Of his nature
and the charming simplicity of his
manner. In person ne was tall and
graceful, with light complexion and
kindly blue eyes
The herald., 1895-12-29
PENGUIN BABIES QUEER

You will notice that the penguin
baby is very fat and looks as IL he
might be extremely good for eating.
but if you could see father and mother
penguin just now you would find them
uncommonly thin. The care Of the
baby has so worn upon their minds.
and the trouble of finding enough fish
for three to eat, that the superfluous
flesh for the time has vanished.
Baby penguin has curious nest.
The mother tucks the egg away softly
and safely am ing her warm feathers
and even moves slowly and with great
gravity over the cliffs, carrying the egg,
while father penguin goes fishing.
Mother penguin looks as fat during
this time as the baby does now, but when
the egg is Matched she goes fishing too,
and soon grows as thin as the father
penguin himself. You notice the funny
little wings just beginning to start on
baby's shoulders. Well, mother and
father penguin have longer ones, but
they ara still more like fins than wings.
Nearly all the time is spent in the wa
ter and fius are more useful to them
than wings; when on land these little
nalf wings are used as legs. and the
birds are often mistaken for quadru-
peds az they run over the ground.
They do not seem to be troubled with
insomnia When asleep they can be
kicked severa! feet and never even
wake up.
There is a variety called the jackass
penguin, from its habit of throwing
back it head and making q loud,
strange noise that sounds like the
braying of that animal. The king PEN
gums have regular towns, where every
inch is measured off in squares for
nests. The young birds are arranged
in certain locality, the melting birds
in another and the clean birds quite
apart from all these. So strictly are
they all divided that if a molting bird
should accidentally stray near the
clean birds it would be instantly put
out.
In the Falkland Islands and in Pata-
gonia these birds abound. They are
also very numerous on certain islands
of the southern Pacific ocean. On come
of them 10000 or 10000 are constantly
landing or going to sea.-Young Idea.
The herald., 1895-12-29
ON THE BANKS OF THE NILE

The oldest of all the obelisks is the
beautiful one Of rosy granite which
stands alone among the green fields on
the banks Of the Nile. not far from
Cairo. 1t is the gravestone Of great
city, which has vanished and left only
this relic behind. That city was Beth
shemes of scripture, the famous On,
which is memorable to all Bible read
ers as the residence of the priest of
On, Potipherah. whose daughter,
Asenath, Joseph married. The Greeks
called it Heliopolis, the city of the
sun, because there the worship Of the
sun had its chief center and its most
sacred shrine. 1t was the seat Of the
most ancient university of the world,
to which youthful students came from
all parts of the world TO learn the
occult wisdom which the priests Of On
alone could teach.
Thales. Scion, Eudoxus, Pythagoras
and Plato all studied there; perhaps
Moses, too. It was also the birthplace
of the sacred literature of Egypt, where
we're written on papyrus leaves the
original chapter Of the oldest book in
the world, generally known as The
Book of the Dead, giving most strik-
ing account of the conflicts and tri-
umphs of the life after death, a whole
copy or fragment of which every Egyp-
tian, rich or poor, wished to have
buried with him in his coffin, and por-
tions of which are inscribed on every
mummy case and on the walls Of every
tomb. In front of one of the principal
temples of the sun, in this magifi.
cent city, stood, along with COM
penion, long since destroyed, the soli-
tary obelisk which we now behold on
the spot. 1t alone has survived The
wreck of all the glory Of the place. 1t
was constructed by Usertesen l, who is
supposed to have reigned $500 B. O.,
and has outlived all the dynastic
changes of the land. and still stands
where it originally stood, nearly forty
seven centuries ago. What appears Of
the shaft above ground is sixty-eight
feet in height, but its base is buried in
the mad of the Nile, and year after
year the inun6ation of the river de-
posits its film of soil around its foot,
! and bures it still deeper in its sacred
gravs.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The herald., 1895-12-29

A phrase that is much on the lips of
men in these days, aud is glibly used
in all the newspapers, is "The Monroe
Doctrine" One would think that
there was something cabalistic about
it. so misty and even mysterious Is the
way in which the phrase is used. 1t is
popularity supposed to relate in pc
culiar way to the South American
states aud to denote guardianship,
that in some way has been dsvolved
upon the United States with respect to
that portion of the western continent.
"What is this pleased Monroe doc
trine?" cries out the Westminster Ga
zstte last week, with sneer. The
question from that source was a jibe,
but, nevertheless, there is room for
information all around. There are
even Americans, humiliating as the
confession must be, who do not under
stand or who wilfully miscomprehend
it. propose to impartially relate its
history.
In 1922 and prior to that time both
Russia and Great Britain claimed that
the northwestern coast of America,
that which is now known as British Co
lumbia and our own states of Washing
ton and Oregon, was still open to COL
onization and settlement by European
powers.
John Quincy Adams was secretary of
state under Monroe, and in his diary
under date of July II, 1923, he notes an
interview between himself and Baron
Tuyl, the Russian minister. II told
him specially that we should contest
the right of Russia to any territorial
establishment on this continent, and
that we should assume distinctly the
principle that the American continents
The herald., 1895-12-29

these negotiations he Was directed to
proceed TO Madrid as minister extra
ordinary and plenipotentiary TO ADJUST
the controversy between the United
States and Spain in relation to the
boundaries of the new purchase of
Louisiana. In this he failed, and in
1906 was recalled to England to act
with Mr.. Pinckney in further negotia-
tons for the protection Of neutral
rights. On the last day of that year
treaty was concluded, but on account
| of the omission of any provision
against the impressment OF seamen
and it's ambiguity in relation to other
vital points, the president sent it back
for revision.
All efforts to effect the changes
failed, and Monroe returned to Amer
lea. As the time was approaching for
the election of president a consider
able body of the Republicans brought
Monroe's name forward, but the prefer
ence Of Jefferson for Madison was we'll
known. This led to a correspondence
on the subject between the president
and Mr.. Monroe, who interpreted the
preference as the result OF feeling over
the failure Of the English treaty. JEFF
ferson convinced him, however, that be
was influenced by no other consldera-
ton than party interests, and that he
preferred Madison only because the
vast majority Of the antifederalist5
were of the same mind. Ihereupon
Monroe withdrew from the contest,
and in 1910 he was again elected to the
general assembly OF Virginia, the fol-
lowing year was recalled TO the office
of governor, and Immediately after was
appointed secretary of state in the
cabinet of President Madison.
After the capture of Washington in
/ 1914, the functions of the war depart
ment were added to his duties. The
treasury was exhausted and the public
credit at its lowest ebb but he set
about the task of infusing order aud
efficiency into the departments under
his charge, proposed an increase in
the army TO 10000 men, and recon-
mended consoriptions to accomplish
the result. Ia order that the defenses
at New Orleans might be made more
secure he pledged his private means as
subsidiary to the credit of the govern
ment, which enabled the city to sue
cessfully oppose the forces of the en-
envy. He became the confidential adj
wiser of President Madison in the
measures for the re-establishment of
the public credit and the regulation
of the foreign relations of the
United States, and continued to
serve as secretary of state I'M
til the close of the admin
istration in 1877, when he succeeded to
the presidency by an electoral vote OF
The herald., 1895-12-29
THE MONROE DOCTRINE

We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the AMIGA
Bile relations existing between the United States ana
the allied powers declare that we should consiaer
any attempt their part to extend their system 10
any portion of this Hemisphere as dangerous TO our
peace and safety. With the existing colonies or de
Tendencies of any European power we have NOT IN
terfered and shall not interfere but the Governments
who have their independence and maintai
it. and whose independence we have, on great con-
sidera ton and just principle acknowledged we
could not view nterposion for the purpose OF OPP
pressing them or controlling in any other manner
their destiny [by any European powerl in any other
light than as manifestation of unfriendly dis
position toward the United States From Monroes
Message to Congress in December 1928.
The herald., 1895-12-29

1873 out OF total of 217, as the candi-
date of the Democratic party.
Soon after mis- Inauguration Presi-
dent Monroe made Il tour through the
middle aud eastern states, during
which he thoroughly inspected the ar
senais, naval depots, Notifications and
garrisons, reviewed military compa-
MES, corrected public abuses and
studied the capabilities of the country
with reference TO future hostilities.
On this tour he wore the undress uni
form OF Ii continental officer. From
every point of view the journey was
suspicious. Party lines seemed about
to disappear aud ne country TO return
to its past state Of union and frater-
ternity The president was free in his
assurances of strong desire on his
part that such should be the case; the
courSe of the administration was in
conformity with the assurances and
received the support of an over
whelming majority of the people.
Most OF the presidents recommends
lions were approved by congress, and
what has siuce been known AS "the era
of good feeling" set in.
Among the important events of this
period wore the admission into the
union of the states OF Mississippi,
Illinois and Maine. In 1918 treaty
was concluded between the United
States and Great Britain in relation to
the Newfoundland fisheries, the resto-
ration of slaves and other subjects;
and in 1919 Spain coded to the United
States her possessions in East and
West Florida, with the adjacent islands.
In 1920 Monroe was reelected presi-
dent by he unprecedented majority of
231 out OF 232 electoral votes.
The herald., 1895-12-29

are no longer subjects for any new
European colonial establishments"
branch of the Monroe doctrine. This
nation would not recognize the right
Of European nations to plant colonies
ton of the western hemisphere, as
they had done in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries.
Shortly after this the Russian en-
peror, Alexander l., substantially
acknowledged our contention by max
ing no more pretension to press his
possessions southwark from what was
then known as Russi an America, and is
now known as Alaska.
La the southern hemisphere the case
was different. In Mexico and through
The herald., 1895-12-29
UTILIZING THE OPPOSITlON'S WITNESSES

"My first case" said well-known
attorney, twas the defense Of a negro
preacher in Missouri, who had been
arrested for stealing wood from rail-
road company. A great deal of fuel
had been lost from time to time, SO
when the culprit was arrested the COM
pany was SO anxious to make an ex-
ample of him that it employed special
counsel and prosecuted the case vigor-
ously. The evidence against the old
man was convincing. lie had been
seen sneaking around the woodpile,
The herald., 1895-12-29
Career of James Monroe, the Fifth President,
and the Father of What Is Known to
Us as the Monroe Doctrine
SuccesscsThc Monroe Doc
trine Origin, the Circumstances Under Which
Has at Played Important Part
in Worlds Affairs

of Louisiana, or right of depot for
the United States on the Mississippi.
Within fortnight after his arrival in
Paris the ministers secured, for the
consideration of $l5000G00, the entire
territory of Orleans" and district of
Louisiana"
In the same year he was commits
stoned minister plenipoteutiary to
England, and endeavored to conclude
convention for the protection of
neutral rights and against the impress
ment of seamen. In the mldst of
The herald., 1895-12-29

out South America the Spanish COL
onies had revolted and established re-
publican governments. The United
States had acknowledged their inde-
pendence, but Spain WAS still making
an effort to reconquer them. In 1872
she hoped by the aid of the holy ALI
ance, a Iteration composed OF France,
Prussia, Austria and Russia, to win
back her colonies, and made every
The herald., 1895-12-29

This declaration, as we have seen,
was first made by John Quincy Adams
to Baron Tuyl. The emperor of Russia
had made claim to all the territyry on
the northwest coast of America as far
south as latitude 81. Great Britain
claimed portion of the same territory,
and in an indefinite way the United
States had considered our northern
boundary line to extend to latitude ba
The herald., 1895-12-29
A Flash of Lightning

An apparatus has been devised for
measuring the duration of q flash of
lightning. Inside camera there is q
small carrier, which holds the sensi-
tive plate. This is caused to rsvolve
very rapidly. When the flash is photo
graphed thereon it will describe
curve, making a certain number of rev.
olutions around the center of the plate.
As the number of revolutions per Sec
ond is accurately known, the number
of revolutions on the plate will give
the exact part of second the light
ming flash has lasted.
The herald., 1895-12-29
The archer fish has a natural blow

The archer fish has natural blow
gun. This animal possesses the
curious property Of being able to shoot
drops of water from its mouth with ex-
traordinary accuracy to considerable
distance. This singular faculty is Of
use to the animal in securing its FOOD.
A fly or small insect passing over the
water has very little chance of escape
from the deadly aim of the archer fish.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-20
rAssnNaER AGENTS MNnr
In Dallas and Fix Rates for Base Ball
Games.

Dallas, March l9.-The general pas
senger agents OF the railroad systems
Of the state met behind closed doors
In the 7. p. A. room at the Oriental no.
tel at IL O'Clock this morning, for the
purpose Of fixing rates to the base ball
games from the nearby towns, and
the rates for the teams. No further In
formation was given out to the report
ers other than that theatrical rates
were made to the teams OF the Texas
Southern base ball league, and reduced
rates Will be given visitors to the games
from nelghborlng towns,
The following general passenger
agents were present: W. s. Keenan, OF
the Santa Fe, NJ. l.. Robbins Of the
Houston and Texas Central. W. G..
crush Of the Missouri. Kansas and
Aexas, j. l.. Parks Of the Southern Pa
cilic S. ]. Warren OF the Cotton Belt
a. r.. ]. Price of the International
and Great Northern. The meeting ad-
journed sine die.
j. C. Bean, travelling passenger agent
OF the Memphis and Charleston road,
with headquarters at Kansas City. is
in the city.
A. j. Whitehead, travelling passenger
agent OF the Big -Four, is In the city
Colonel A. II. Belo and family, ac-
companied by DR.. John A. White Of
New York. have returned to the city
and are at home on Ross avenue.
w. H. Abel, travelling passenger
agent Of the Chicago and alton road
left last evening for the city OF Mexico
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-20
coMANcHE, I. t.
A Revlval-stone Building Going Up.
The Town Prosperous

Comanche, I. T.. March l9.-G. >.
Brown has sold his stock OF dry goods
and groceries to W. c. Guest, VINO WIN
continue business In the same pnlldlhB,
G. w. Purdin has sold his stock OF
furniture and queensware to MT se9lt,
of Duncan, who will move same TO ms
town Mt once. This transaction makes
good opening for furniture house
and narties Interested In this business
will DO well to come and look at TINS
location. :. ,,,nrovo
Several residences are talked Oh ana
contracted for. Work on the s'o"'
building Is progressing nicely
Mr.. Mcclure. OF Iowa Park, Tex, mas mas
inst opened up frst-class hotel IN the
/ chris Renar building.
Mr.. A. y. Hale, our railroad agent
leaves US today for bridgeport lex,
We are indeed sorry to loose Mr.. Hhie
and family, but our loss is Bridgeport
| gain. ...,,i,, n, Abilene.
| Tex,. arrived last night ana VIII MINT
| mis- their future home. IT,.
prof. G. a. witt, OF the same piaue,
,s expecting his family the latter part
The farmers are complaining some
accnunt OF dry weather, though
On ,inS IL seriously damaged yet.
Rev shanks OF the Methodist Eplseo-
"a, nc csureh is holding protracted meet
ing here now
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-20

ing at the Murray iilll hotel. The meet
ing IS attended by passenger agents
representing all the leading railways
IN America. George II. Daniels, "the
veteran" the general passenger agent
OF the New York Central railway, and
one OF the most conspicuous flgdres
in the passenger business. will deliver
the annual address at this meeting
One Of the important questions 10 be
considered at this meeting was pre-
scented also at the meeting last year In
Detroit II relates to the issuance OF
coupon tickets by unreliable railways
for passage over another line.
Though the association is made up OF
general passenger agents, the meetings
are also attended by travelling and dis
triet passenger agents.
Among the general passenger agents
who will be present at the meeting will
be Il. 4. Ford OF the Pennsylvania: A.
A. Lomax OF the Union Pacific, o. NJ.
Shattue OF the Baltimore and Ohio.
o. p. Mccormick OF the BIB Four
and score or more OF men equally
prominent in the railway passenger
| business.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-20

l. S. Thoyne and General Freight
Agent H. L. Sargent OF the Texas and
Pacific were here yesterday.
Joseph Reed OF the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific was in the city yes
terday.
r. L. Irvine. formerly In the Cotton
Belt oirce. has gone to Chicago.
one hundred freight cars were ship
ped west yesterday over the Texal and
Pacific for hauling cattle.
S. @. Warner, general passenger
agent OF the Cotton Belt, was here yes
terday.
Thomas c. Purdy. vice president and
general manager OF the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas, has returned from a
Trip Of several months in Europe
much improved in health.
The steel rails for the Wichita Falls
railroad. which Is being built from
Wichita Falls to Henrietta. are arriv-
ing, and tracklaying will begin at
once.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-20


f. W Miller OF Aledo was in the city
yesterday.
Fletcher Martin was here from Hills-
boro yesterday
JK. 2. Shirley OF WeatherfOrd was in
the city yesterday.
Attorney c r. Evans left yesterday
for Oklahoma city.
VIII p. Edwards was here from
Waxahachle yesterday.
Adiutant General W. II Mabry was
here yesterday from Austin
Born-Ma.ch 10. 1895. to Mr.. and Mrs.
]. b. Lewrlght son.
A. Edwards and j. F. Haney were
down from Decatur yesterday.
Miss Fannie Brock has returned from
school at Sherman. TO attend SICK
mother.
A. p. kirkpatrick, who has been
amending several days in the city LEFT
Yesterday for visit 10 friends In Par
ker county.
Miss Carrie Smith Will leave tomor-
row for Dallas, where she VIII spen1
several months, much 70 the regret OF
her Fort Worth friends,
8. O. Noodle went to Austin yester-
dav as a delegate TO the Populist meet
Ine called to take action relative 70 es-
tai daily Popullst paper in the
state.
Miss Eula Webb. who has been on a
nieasant visit to Misses Carrie and Nir-
~ Richardson, on 81 Louis avenue.
returned 10 her horne In Dallas last
night.
Charles Gay a former resident Of
Fort Worth, but who has been living
In san Francisco FOR several years j.
here on a visit He has been absent
about four yeara.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-20

WANTED Everybody 10 zee our COM
pletc stock on confectionerlcs and choice
line OF fruits ana tohsccos. Bencham's
now stand, SOC Main street.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-20

A scheme to be Inausurstcd in New
York state,

York state.
New York, March 1s.-The New York
charities conference has decided TO
adopt the scheme OF potato farms for
the poor which was inaugurated by
Mayor Pingree OF Detroit last summer
A committee has been appointed to
carry out the plan on large scale and
active work has been commenced.
The plan is simply obtaining the use
Of idle tracts of land in the city and d.
viding them up into patches OF one
third OF an acre for each family. Pota-
toes for planting and other vegetable
seeds will be furnished. Each man
must then attend 20 his little farm and
all the products are his own.
| Mr.. VIM. Stelnway has offered the use
OF tract OF land containing 200 acres
in Long island city, and eN-Niayor
| Hewitt gives large tract In lnwood
and Columbia college donates seven
| acres OF its new site on Morning side
J heights. All these offers We're re-
! ceivcd before any public appeal was
| made and IL is expected that thousands
| OF acres will be rendered when nskod
FOR.
New York has a large amount OF un'
occupied land According to n census
taken by Postmaster Dayton, through
the letter carriers. there are l7,S29 va
can't lots. containing over 1000 acres, he
low West one Hundred and Forty-I'lftf
street and the Harlem river In III,
annexed district are many thousands
Of acres that the committee expects tC
be offered for the summers use.