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VOL. 1. NO. H>.
M.KINNEY. TEXAS. Till'USD AY, JlTNE 12. 1884.
A T rrible Struggle.
follow
hand
Tin* ttii^lcr.
A drunken
A "Hy"
A full
ilNMvr.
Tilt' longest reign ill hislorx
he «i«*l n>ft*.
N«d wluit it i- cracked up in
•e All undent egg.
Faith without works is good
or nothing when it comes to n .uppenrcd
•lock.
Miiii proposes and tin* other
inn her papa disposes of
im in short order.
Darwin sax s there is n living
iriuciplc in fruit. We suppose
•' refers to the worms.
"Another expedition
le." suiil the iiiiiu
ended ilis W';i\ to Ills
hop.
A fellow screw.- his courniff
ii tile sticking plnce w hell m*
ills ii |Mt.-tuge stump on ;i xx l it
II proposal of lliUITiugc,
A young mini's friend - object
I Ilis licit,g loose, hilt somehow
ludiunupii'-. June il. lu
Wiij ue tow ■'hip this morning
il lollg s|u,un|lg fell" I I N't W ee||
two families leniiillilleil ill j|
light, wliieh had it filial result
l'>r at least one :iu<l proliultlx
two. John Utilises ji11«I Jam-
Dr. frtiikliii'i Reply to Senator
Johnaou.
Ill l'ep|\ iug to Senator .lohll
Johnson'* communication pub
lirtheil ill tile Mi KillllcX Dk.X|o
nm of iIm* Jirsi of Mji\. I will
introduce tun letter- from Hon.
Ii. M. linker, (theni Secretnrx of
to tIm*
iis lie
liurher
lev llHVe ail e«,|Ual ohjeetloii to milking :t severe scalp wo
is being tight. '""I «as also luitll> bruised.
It Ik a foolish girl who will
k Iter lover wliieh iie like*.
>st. I eimt\ or bruins. No
r wliieh win lie answers
jV.'v1 hpure to get mail.
ii a man fnils in luisi-
re is nothing like hu\
life to own the renl eslute;
Here is too illIli-ll of that
w e Wife to own. Ik- ought to
• \tWl or three w i es.
* otlMilie for > Oil !" she e.X
.tin
iiltllrtfpmwivAiti ilerrfmu ujil**Mtv,'vi'~,"-,f*j"-4
i his shoulder. "Oh. uo. you ar,,|deiitiillx
I u i«*k
reiln't darling." was tin
Vply: "I like red hair."
Its mi old s,ivingand a true
lie tllilt tlie great secret of
•iilthaud wealth is; "Knrlx
ImmI :iii*I early to rise, never
|'t drunk, and adx ertise."
I An old I:i<I\ in I Miio, w liile in
|e Woods, wiis bitten on t lie
(ise b\ a rattles,Hike. The old
ilx reeo\ered. but the slink*'
led. Coroner's verdiet poi-
tucd b\ -null".
fanner's wife" wants to
ifweenil reeommelld ilII\
I1 destl'ox the "common
liii.m \\" • guess the next
|"')>|!ial eoines along could
im. if tin- family ean't
> #ii i' ei inking.
lllTnfc smith- forge and are
l«nw«d to do it. Carpenters
:i litth eounterlittiug and
IM'I lllolested. while prollii-
fni hard ware dealers sell iron
I -ted fol ii li\ ilig.
Mx dear," said the w il'e of
I'ditor of ii weekly new>
h> i A-luill ! g'r •• iiwa) those
| ii iii>* rhnl Vdii iiiivi'ii | worn
I v ears, to si tine poor, de
irump "No,"
•I'll the editor; "let those
iiiti- iiuiig just where ilicx
I may stal l a «Ini 1 \ paper
tin' • 111\ and then I w ill need
•in -me."
Ph.- postmaster at Null. N.
.-end-fo the department at
ii-hi nut on a letter thus: "Our
aii h.o gone to the 'sweet l \
Harm-it are neighbors, and this tin* Hoard of Education.explain
ing how I came in po--e--iou o|
the examination ipiestious:
DkI'.XIJTXIKXT ill KtHT.\T|oX.
Austin, .luly Md. IHKJ.
Hear Sir: The Hoard of Edit
cation are informed that Senator
Johnson ha> ordered exaiiiiua
'iki'A of Students to Sam Houston
Normal Ins'Vitrie v.U>e place
at McKiuiiey. Ihaxe w ritbnrv
him oil the subject.
The Hoard directs that if. mi
tile "'at 11 J III \ . Iio colli III i I tee up
pointed Im Senator Johnson a ji-
jieais at emr in.-iiii,l,i fii ||old
e x: 1111 i 11111 ion, voi, appoiiu a
cominittee. conduct cXUUIIIIil-
tion. and report result to me.
Th'' Hoard will recogui/.f no up
point im*ut not made in accord-
ance with it- regulations.
IMcn-c let all understand this
deliauoiMiin;, Jar as conveii
it'll! to \ 1)11
Uespect fill IX .
H. Si. H xkku,
See'\ Hon I'd of Educ.'itioii.
Prof, \l H Kraukliu.
Oil the I-.'III of Jlllx a letter
dated A lis I i ii. Jul V ID, elirlosillg
the aforementioned i{Uystioiis,
from II in. H. M. Hake/, Sec'x
Hoard of Kdileal ion, cafne to mx
address' this letter gixes in
stru>'tio|is in |'eg<t|ii ii> tie* i||ie>
tiolis; that I hex be delivered to
none other iiiiiu the examining
committee, and it close.-in the
flt "yri+ryt,li£lib;
"Tl|«f regfftjiTffiu.-'J
morning while |l.nnetle xxu- at
work in his -'able lot Hridges
and tiled ut him
through a crack in the fence.
The ball missed its mark, and
Hridges Hied niul started to-
ward Harnett, who lytiealed.
Harnett drew a pistol ithd
men tired until the weapons
were exhausted. They then
closed mi ii struggle during
which Harnett sax s Mrs.
Hrhl^es app/'fiied xxithii fresh
revoixer. Mis, liutu.ti ,il " a)
rived and there xxa.- a sciitlle
betxveeli tile Woiueii. Hridges
came to tin- rescue of hi- wife,
striking Mrs. Harnett with a hoe
and fracturing her skull. Hnr
nett was shot twice, ami will
probably die. Hridges xxas
struck on lie head hx ;t bullet.
bigiolls. bill Senator Johlisoll.
iu his couiiuuiiicaiiou. has rt>-
peatedlx asserted thai he ap
pointed I'rof. Kex te on the ex-
amining iNuird. and that lie did
Hot designate McKilllU'X as the
place for the examination of the
students, &e„ I mill of which I
IlilX e pl oX ed lo be fulsc.niul lloXX ,
It.IX ilig cimx icled tile Senator of
w ilful ami malicious misrepre-
-eiitalion- iu exerx position lie
has taken iu this coinroveiwy, I
Illlist beg to be excused from
taking aux further notice of his
course twaddle, -ubterfllges and
falschoi ids.
I. A. I<<lolii'X and A. II. Price
say, "We toid John Johnson,
Senator, tllilt XX e did Hot lielicxe
men. iiud before a ni<**>iiug of
citimeus and teachers, assembled
ul tin* Seuiiuarx. ilim ackiiowl
edged the killil illld coillleous
treuliueill I hex llild ret'eixiil dll-
A MSKLKNN MNTAL.
MULHATTON AND THS NOOK-
"roll him nil." This we pro ' cedent
•■ceded to do bx doubling Ids goxerillH
head oxer iii« cliesi and then this: Lift
continuing to "roll him up" a-* reli**x • me of
. — .xoii would a :'iir|M>i. until we and I will agree
fingflieir xisil here; but. ii|hiii A Man who Con be Ftaiicnvd out , aim to hi* feel, and lie ronmil expend of all
x iiti: ul lionii'. UKi-t shame I^hc i Hurak* ind Holtvd a perfect cxlimler nInuii a- (••rriimies on my
1'iof. Krauklin'
made
Hridges
ed.
has not X el been ill ! est
Ktl.t.KIN.
Killeeli. Jlltie Ii. A -ild iieei
dent happened xe-terdiix ;i I'exx
llliles nut of town .It i in* residence
of Mr. Hlexins. Mrs. Hlexius
was sitting in the doorxvax .uni-
si ug jiii infant, xvhile Mr. Hie
fx ins and Mr. I'olk were
sitting in the house exniu-
MtV^ti | .ilk
pupils
t'ui^Trgrade lair. t<t. VVv nu"s-
lions xxere sent to I'Yuiikliif iu
stead of .loliu—on; si in I I hex tilie
lllleslioliM xx ere !'"Mi'II Us l X
Kraukliu uuseah'd. wlthoiil
either xvrnpper or enve|o| e:
thus the regiiiiitioiis or law xxas
violilled txxiee. This is tile rea-
son xxe told Johnson that we be
Hex ed he i Kraukliu t had (Misted
his students."
I IIoxx ask. does the above
reason atloid -utlii ii.ni i.t eleurr
tojusiifx these men iu making
-o grave and damaging an uccit-
-ation against nie. and implica-
ting UIX pllpils. their plll-ellls,
iiud 11,j• piinfipni of s. ii. n.
I list it iite. iu con; in 1111 uu no! oiilx
a xerx mean act, but a criuief
Ko| it is uureusoiuible to sup-
pose tllilt I collhl luive posted
my'pupils without their being
aware ;;t* tie- fact, and il is eijiial
Ix uureiisffualile to -uppo>e that
discharged,
llilIIIiiiei striking tin* Hour, dis
"harging the contents of the
pistol. The I >;i 11 pit--ed thl'oii^
the infant's back,thence though
Mrs. Hlevln's tlduh, « 11 «* i f i i 11 Li
the bolli'to pieces and lodging
iu the back ofacluiii'. Ib°. Me
Cilicle was imiuediiitelx sum
moiu'd iiud did all in his power
for tlie unfortunate, xx ho are
daugeroiislx, it i- no a filially
xx outided.
The weathel is line once
more and funnel's nie inking
advantages of It. No ruin lor
the last three da,x s,
A Rcfoi'imilor.x Ooinandcd,
The district judge at Long
view laid il boy, oiilx fourteen
yea's of age, before liiui lie*
other day. charged with theft,
lu some courts thi- lad would
IlilVe bci'li sent to 'lie peliiteli
tiaix. Judge Hootx gave him
a lecture, put 11i111 under ii bond
o|'s|on and sent liiui home,
which is virtuallx a dismissal
of I lie case a- lollg lis the box
belli! v es l|i lll-cl f ||l \ je^X pf
the tact that the -cue lias no
. de |efoi mai<ii v I'orjm inile■-inner.-,
ails the Lollgx iexx .judge i|C|i«| with
wisdom and humanity, To hiixe
sent the b||X Jo I lie | i|>tli 11 III til I'X
xxoiild have ruiimd him forever;
us it is he hits opiioiiiinilx and
.use rugITOTTniilit
to iill the si luitors, and tliex are J*'"d i'i" impil- did not in;
expected to couiplx xxillllhem. their "glilih liiUi.'I'e, the-j
but I mil i ii Ii >i tucil that Senator
Johnson has published a mnice
th.'it theexaiuiiiiitioii foi hisdis
tl'ii'l xx ill lie held iu Mc|\illUey.
I'poli t'ecei v ing this j u fol iii;i i ion
I 11111uedtiitelv wrote him, fall
iiig hi-attention i<< ttie regula-
tioiis, and r«'i| iii'st i ug hi iu to
notifx me whether lie would
i'o||ili|x with them or not; re
ceivliig uo leplv. I wrote him
subject, but receiv •
lite pupil- and iiix-elf could
haveeiigiiyed iii - m il di-holiest\
w ithoiit the parents of the jni
pi I s tiring pih.x to the same
make
tine
fta.ul, o, siiUMillilt^- ^
must haxe iiei'it praciiciMi i• * *.« .. ■ /
Dr. Hahlw iu. I'riiicipal of S. || ||
N. I. No, the charge is a mos*
malicious, heartless and diabol
tirrixiug al home, uio-t -hame
fully put in circulation a shin
deroM- ami i'a uagi'>g re|iort.
lid oul x iiImuiI luxsrlf. bill
iiImmii iiix wife mid pupil*, ami
thai, too, according lo their own
slum^fig u|m>ii the ex ideuce of
mereeu-picioii. which could not
haxebeeii euteiiaimil l x anx
hoiii'Nt man.
M. It. Knxxne. IX.
IMIoi I'oiui. Tex.. Max 14.
Iinci R. Kcrnc'i Pluuk.
I see that Jim Keeliehas fail
'.* A. Tlxo . <,t|o km-xx him xx ell
were not siirp.i-eil. ami tlieii
•mix surprise xx\ that lie did
llo| tklOH lip the M^iixfc liefi'le
I s||p|Nise keelie has ilrop|Mi| Itollixifli
^tll.lhNI.INHI or *i;i.inhi.iniii in vxollhl III
Wall street, lie i- a man of
great courage, and has been
Ullder Im'I'oI'c. Those xx ho klioxx
him think timi this rexerse will
be <mix temporary . I do ^i^t
think |1iere \\jis V.|u,wh ii
gl'ealei eXllibilioli of courage
than Keelie showed oil (lie black which I pal t uipaied. aflei -up
Moiulax ol I lie riot pauicol In?7. per, some oui* i iu*l • h *u I u 11 x
Kv«'ii .lux (build lost his head spoke of Hector I'aCh, '*|he
on that day, but Keelie uol III) ||ji,|( uilhoill In illen." limine
''I'llt II "ii K iif'l HMd HI III tloxxn diaielx asked what xxa- meant
to ilit: -lock loom. lb* tele bx the expression, xvlieli IIIX
graphed his friends in Sail Fran- hl.st explained that llect u l ii
cisco; "lloxr milch cash can I x j- wasoneoftheir "iieigh!MH«,M
draw I'orf" The answer came lix ii^ so^u* llilee uiHes* I'liither
back: "We luixis'iitll|i||'i^tii| mi untMUoUM the uiotiiiluliis, ami
to d|un b'l %^ HM*Hli«l um i\ni|i| thill lie iictutillx had iio| a
fo| ;is mncli nii'tr il yon wnuI boiie lu his Iviilx. .*-1 ex
Like • Fanoake nd Boiled
Up lake • Ofcrpet A Bo-
nier koble Dieeovery.
Vesierdax your corrcspoii
• lellt XX il'* inllodllciHl |o |<«uuc
Albuckle.il llielulM'l' of a I lliled
Stab'" Marshal's po-se. who
Iiud just returned I'roiu a laid
iu search of moonshine whlskx
maiiufni iuier- In the iiiouuinius
of Eastern Keiiluekx Arbuekle
xxn- wailing for a train lo lake
himioliis home in Curler conn
IX. allil xx hell iulrrto)|iitii|,
-luted tlml the rexeiilie laid xxas
llbliost b||l |e'l of lesllllo. bill
th.'it lie had made a ili««-o\erx
while p|'o\\ l|nM *MMoit|| I il'e
iiiouutniiis down lieloxx liar
'llill lie felt sure
of luV.'t'est |o liexxs
imper readers. Ilfs -tj rtx iu
(lis oxxa words xxas as lolif**,*..
Two • lax s after leaxiug |^|i
bolli x ille I -p ill llir tiiulil al
t i n bin ul' it pom Tunuei
amoiiM Hie hill-, and during a
sm ial fainilx couver-alion, iu
larue us M half liarrel. A xoi-e great river
fli'Mj l i|N*d floiil the Centre of
the cylinder for lis lo uutoll
him. and xxe -non had him once
more spreud out oxer the
tfoor,
While his InnIx xxMS lesum
ilig il- foiiuei -ha|H', | learned
from Id* old spectacled mother,
who had sat during all these
priM'e. dings knit I ing in lu i
UN-kingcliair. ihiti Hector, who
xx ii s lortx x ear-old. Imdiilxxax-
elljoxeil excellent health, and
Hi*!***)
It* NH|.
over
itioxidcd well fof liei until the
'" vriilllin* of III* pei uliai alllic
' lion IXXo xeai's ago. ||e |||s|
obserx i| II softening of the
Iniucs « r (he toes, and lllis
rapidly spreud to all part- of
his auatoiiiy. although, U'voud
making liiui helpless. In- uyAcr
• i;>VerieUt'ed aux iiu'oiiveuy'iiee,
11 out it. .l!i )iis xital •/can-
pel formed their cum; .#
perlx. ami -he lielicxcil
Would live to || giiin| old age,
She hud a xmingcr son, tlu'ii iu
tile Held al work, XX ho assisted
in handling liliu, and altogether
iIn'X got aloiigi|iiiteroiuloriablx million-of uuiinal pmlit- bx the
She did not know xx hat the doc- bargain.
Should the Tnitii
seal Missouri w oiild i
two mid a half mil
contract. S| «*••••ul l
her •• x|M>udituren for Mule ■
IM.-e- mid haxi* a maigId It
ier irea-ury.
How in it on ilii- sjde of
Mississippi rixerf There an|!
slates iiud i lie IMsliiil ol I'i
ii in bi.T. The federal lux of
N o|*k I'Si eeds the ••••telifl
slale luxes ««f litem all Tile fed-
eral lax of ,\in \ ork. xxiih
i MM i.i MM I of IMii|l|l-. is uIhiiii iii
millions. 'Ike uggregate siate
taxes i including tin* hUnh i of
Columbia i on lids side of the
rixer, are almut AJtJ.rrftM.iiim.
This xxoiild leave Nexx \oik
nungiu of prolit of *af.|im,i* j
Then-fore lln- two
New York ami
make a
n+re r
Iti'iuii our federal fiixe- at
will run all the state am) terri
torial goxeiiimeiits of the I uiou.
Tliex xxoiild r«*nli/.e m ai I v ."•
tors might think of llectoi, as
-he "had imt seen a doctor up
ill Ilieltl llllll hills fol Iiiulr Olllo
txxelilx pills." After
fl'iemf and I had replaced
lux
the
it."
Willi IIjls p'|pj\ i'UjIi he stood
theiii fill liiui dai like lloruliiis
Codes at the bridge alone, and
took exertx Ihinu lhat xxn-* o|ViM
. ||f sj|\,.|| I he mmkel. lb'
led I lie panic, bill XX hen till'
ie was almost dead.
p|t.* ei| -i line -keptici-m, lie
X olllllleered lo -IniXX tile oxel' to
Hector'-tile next tm ruittu We
kmirktd ill lln1 ii iImi of the
| lav i- cuiilii ii In nil ii i in' o'clock
next day, and the lir-i thing
lliiit struck iux attention up<Ml
we bade him
came itwax.
good lixe ami
Com of Ike tlnllod Sim en Govern-
ment.
Iiv s \x|i i i. II xltxKIT.
The cost of the gox c| lllllflll of
entering wns a miildh. aged limn the Culled Stale- Iraii-cemls nil
• name is a most v , \ HiUilUf npilghl, ami suii- reusomible limit-. Ii i- -implx
'' ■' 1 "UniW^l llllll pol led lix a rude and peculiai Ix
picked him
i 'al o , • a i i i I « Mdkllilmrlng hold. ^ha.M.,1 Ira work.
h ive been uuide oulX hx a x lie « "*• <*paial.x si- of the brain^1- was ilitnm|liceil lo me us
w S;,if; riv'vs;:; irrk-": m.w.*
himself callable of milling Mffli HMM. I
York. Sain
XX 111 4h
again on
I'll IIO
nndi
H< lit I'I
the directions of the
whirrs* xoii and send
pubic of committing
-udi ii crime; and these men tell
iu iiiiu|isijtknlihi ittflu* xxljiij
they would have tlinie |f
I no leplv to that, am! lioxv. respective positions had
I'eX efsed.
If I hwl intended to ifljHH
you the examining papers, and improper i|sn of the tpii'^Holiw,!'rin« tiy fti loltbx lsi was palieiVf*
reipiesi that. iu case iioconimit how etisilx could I have placed ,,,,,1,.,. „mi tireless
them Inn sealed envelope after r||«. U Hl tllMV I saxx Sum Willi!
having Hike,, oisi a sultl. lent WMS „ WlM.k lf|. IWo afle, Ke. m
imi'lillier lit ipte-llolis to illisxver
iiix purpose iiud handed il i the
SI'II led ell M'lope I to I lie •'NilIIIi -
tiers;
Hilt, it- I received tile (pies
lions iu ill, envelope coiitiliuillg
.ill. II." l;jln. ilU'l (ttV.,l',,"i U ,-',.fil H fill il|r-Mi II.-
" '' ,'1 I "! '■ Ili -'"'tit*i|i l
thiii lite ipirsitmis w,lr,* in Ilii*.
envelope, it would have been j,
fraud i<iu| i|t't i'|«titin In Imve
-eait.d ilu'iu up. tlierebx coiixey-
ing the impression that they
had Hot been opened. This ex-
LIH iiix own.
HIJjHlll
tee iippointed bx Seiuilor John
son slut11 appeal id x our lusli
tlite oil till* lilorilillg of the 'J.'illi
ilist., x iiiirsi'If appoint a com
m i t ti 'e, colli I net the examination
illld report the result to llii-
Hoard.
\ I'I v respect full V yollls.
II. M. I'xKKIt.
Sec"v Hoard of Kdiic-ition
jbof. M' l|. l-'rauklin
l lie.-.e letter.- -peak for them
selv est and to - how the iii-iucer
itx ami n u I rn t h |'|| I iii-ss ul' r e'i
nlor J i di list in. iu relation to his
appointing Mckiiine.x ii- the
hwl grown strong enough to go
• nit. Said Ward: "l<ook here
llel'e i- II st|i|e||,e,ll I got this
moil,ing." It was a siateiueiit
of account bx Keew ' iuvkii-
:iu.| Illid^Vltitl'liad
p|0|N'|-
pl.ai'e l"t tin* e v il lu i llil t i i Hi of I'laills xx l|X the tp,es|ioUs vx ill.
n
•js gone
IX e iililx Olte filIIIiI X left,
respect fill IX resign IIIX posi
is l\ M.'here. 'Westward
star of empire takes its xxnx,
• I also the I'. M.
incentive fol
Week pl|-sf-
lieces-l i v i'or
lli'lliollst filled
/.etle.
reform. Not a
but the urgent
a refoimitioix is
.Kt. Worth ' Im
I'll
A Story Showing ttint OrcainiH
wtiy8 Oo by Contraries.
Al-
a Mormon lady of
I shall
Are x oil going out t his even
,'isVeil
bus! and.
Tessf* h«k replied.
[ll mi Miss Smith."
I owe Miss Smith n call iiix
[If." she responded, "but I do
III suppose it xvoiibl be exact
the riling for us to go to
|||le'l' "
•!tUfdly."
loilr present conM!,--is vir
1,'jlly a gang of counterfeiters.
It least they haxebeeii passing
|id bills all winter.
Au exchange asks: "Wlmt's
Iwhlei than a xvet hetif" Two
•t heiis xoii Infernal fool,
lioi
'N,4'xer kii'Tv a man when lie is
pxvn. it- is coxvardly. Never
ick a imiu when In* is up. It
reckless.
Humanity is ucxerso beattli
'ilas^hei, praying for forgiv-
I'ViS. or ulse :folg1v ilig ilII*>t iU'l*.
The best leaping lUiiellille ill
• • world. The mortgage on
ea pit
The
mr farm. It never stops its
xenial ell K In pair eurs. ami
wiry ci. k lake's off yogr.crop.
,ttlsH/lass. I'Vchwlie vxollhl Hot
itetfere with Its xiorking. If
our ctyu.* faH it reaps tie-
Lud iteelT.
iN'obodx ever saw a dead
III | « ai Ii _'ies ai 'iiud.
lih'kiM i nl' ull old im.ni de-
ll old blind women, helpless
its Illld fei'ble Cl'ippl es. but
[reckon w hen it collies |o the
•Ii, Jie'* kind of aslmme to
to it dtide. Then* archuiuil-
ig depths of degrwlittioii
iiim which even death shrinks.
/ «*«•?-
* Mlbscribe Xol jlu* iM'.xtoi B.rr
A Memphis newspaper man
had ii ipieer ileum a I'exv nights
ago. Of course ;i dream that
is siiupl.x -pi■•"i" > 'iild not
leave a distitii'i iuipres-
sion. but tin. one xx a- so verx
ipieer. so utterly unlike anx
thing met with in the d.'iilx
walks of life, thill when the
dreamer awoke III' felt ;is if he
had returned from the routines
of another nuti a betlei world.
lu the sib lit V* filches of tile
night there en me to him it vis
ion. Heforc him stood a man
for whom lie had written a
glowing local notice concerning
it chexving gum I'uetory. The
iiiiiu greeted i he dreamer kind
ly. told him tltiit the uiitirn had
been VX I'i t tell nit e| , . 11,ill It lit-
eled all lie* points aUij t.lw|t. In*
felt more thitn gratified. The
heart as (he dieaiiier went out
townrtI that man, xx lien lie
a xx oke his spirit was filled with
iiietliibh* delight.
bin ing the dnx feeling < • r-
tain that In* xxoiihl h.-|v •• ti credit
• sutlicieullx exleiiHtve to cover il
11 Hit I t**r section of llil t it I'll I h'iif
tobacco, tIn* dreamer called on
the man in the vision, who also
conducts ii ne ri'lianill-lu" I• 11si
it ess on Main -lieet. u< .ii; Molt
roe. This is what, he got;
"Nice old local, wasn't it '
Never read such bo-h in mx
life! And your foreumu must
, luixe tried to hide it. too. I
couldn't timi it If I coiihlfi t
w riti a b. tu i u._ ti••«. than Uu't
I'de go out on ii railrv
hoc cottoti. Soil xx ji tl
worth of tobacco? Oo «
lu"«d. N on don't
A valuuche.
-1mleuts and hi- not appointing
I* I'i if. Key te as ' 'im of t lie ex a in
iiur- the folio*1 lug let lets from
Hon. W. ,\. Kendall ami I'rof.
Ki'X te ale presellletl',
I'ilot I'oiui. Texas. (
\la MIi. ISM. \
Dr. M. H. Ki a nk I in:
I tear Sir: N our note of the
?th insi., received, and in replx
w ill sa v. tliat I xx iis authorized
bx Senator.lohnsou towlvertise
ill I In. m . "let, \ i It.'ii a coin
M'litive eMini'iimtion would be
tail iu the i'itx of Mt Kinney mj
ilax of month. I8KI, for
scholiii-hip in the S. II. N. In
stitute.
(pun w liich ii ut liority I acted,
but the place was -ulisei|Ui'lt|ll ,
chitugcil to i'ilot I*o|ut ttile Seat
of the summern^onusili by au-
thority of the Hoard of Ivluca
fion. Senator Johnson wlvisiug
Hie of t he I'luillge.
Uespect fit I ly.
W. A. Kkvuxi.I..
Denton. Tex., Max ** . 'S4.
Dr. H. M. Kriinkljit:
I'ilot Point, 'fexits,
I lent Sir: ^ ours of x estei
♦ lit\ is «it hnml. and contents
tlulx not ed I xx ill state that I
had not been notified of the up
point un lit bx M r. Johnson, bx
e'tter or otleu".* ist , and uiu
-nli-tifll tllilt till- iKppl,il,ftlU'ttt
xxa-not pit b| i - hi-d in iinx of the
Denton pupers.
Most t'e-pecII'll||x .
K. IV K I VTK.
Iii iidditioti to |loti. Ki'|i(liil'i'
I I let there 111 e. |,t b II si. I, I lo/, <ti
geutbmen in I'ilot I'oint who
are xxilliug to te-tifx tliiit they
repeatedlx saw ami reiid John
up
• hi I ii vx in 11 per nr eli'.elopti,
were handed to tlu* examiners. *
iii iiix inlet Course with these
men. supposing them to be holt
• liable gentlemen. I treated tllcUl
its such, and xx lien olte of the
piling gent letneii from 11 ray son
Ct illIII V accused t belli, to their
faces, of having acted iinfairlx
in making up hi- grade, ami
compelled Ilii'tii to change the
ligill'cs. I ce|i-nr< d I b v er. I> ,
but. trout sUii e*p<oi:f' develrip-
Uiellts. I il iii -ill i - It i "i I In* llllll
good grounds for the acciisii-
tion.
These men .turfher m\ tlml
Mr-. Frankltn came inbiMhe
loom illul conversed iII i j |)|(
•I'.'Uutn: i,t the ,x tiling latliuAiatul
Mr. Holt, ami xxas reipiested to
desist. Mrs. Friiukliu says she
•lid speak a I'exx xvords to the
young ladies and Mr. Holt, luit
not about the examination, but
she Wiis not requested to desist,
illld lis these iiicii s||x she spoke
iu an undertone, tliex of coiitse
did not kuovt ■ i.ai \he sultl,
iimt nogi'ipleuiau. nr honest in
divhluul uiuiei the circiini-
stniices. xx oiild llilx e licensed her
of ji a x tiling unfair; besides,
xx hilt assistance could she liaxe
lllltl, iMtbik luixx II lo Waul,
11 tl ii '• I * oriteied his bfokei to
I'll If X so lllil IIX -hales of bake
Shore foi t In* account of Samuel
Ward, ami \xhcn tlicfc sxa< ii
lair ii|i>|iI Keene hil«l lelegtaph-
IM | | In 'III to close the account
I, in I send Mr. Ward a statement.
Mr. Waul neve, from that dux
hwl aux occa-iou to tlo any lob
bx iug, Wa-hliigton I 'apliol.
An Unruly Corpse.
been to the
Ml ll«•!i in
examiner-,
disposed to
i tine
bell •! '
x
I lie pi esc,ice of I III*
Cx ell Illld -lie bee|,
assi-i theiuf This
hist iicci,sutioii i- ii ino-t h it iu i I i
iltinti W'kuoW ledlielili'lll of the
A few mornings ago Ch in
Dux is. a colored man. resident
iu tin* loxxer pari of Richland
count * i'i i.. nib 'li tleatl
and wit.-' f«iV'|tilili*ir lor1 Imiilal.
As in* undertaker xxhs close at
llil ml. tile suppose,I corpse xx:i-
laid out on the bed xx liile a
mes-1'Uge, xxa- sent ill ,1 wagoll
to the citx for a colli,, -H.:,. Vfi,Vrha.,s x.
IMLd.l n. i,l.)u'uii Vy With
IIiH)I1Mi<« pll'v uilllieli'il ill lite
house In large ,,,,„,be,-, and
X* ere altel lliltel X engaged ill
prux ing. preaehluir and -inginu
iiiiHI a little nfiei inliluight.
xx liel, the rol'prc lose up and
sill erect ill bed. The |,egroes
Hed iu terror, aiul llu* corpse
himself xx a- badlx* frbdo u ^
but ,oli> . fnaiill^ 1 t'lie
niiM,,iu<i- xxeVe liubteed to re-
turn i,ml x iexx the dead xx ho had
come to life. The Ufglite* lire
xxihl with joy oxer the miracle.
Davis hwl a in,now escape
from beitc I in •! ', ,1^1', lie
had iieeii fn n eiXAmlose stale
for IxVeiilx-font ho,,, -. Colum-
bia. S. IDi-piit' h.
fhnl was as
I grasped his
mniHl up ti
«weiof wax
lo let go of
of Id - limbs tiiexk "t
pressure until tliex
telU'd out to I vx ice ||,ei|
width. Tl nix imlicatioi, of
bone xx us i„ the vthlxh.'
w hi I' ivUt^bie alujtisl us 'hue
h.iVil|cfi MiH tdlercd a kind t f
ptolex'ilou lo the pool fellow's
liraln.
Ill-. tiei'k xx us as limber a- a
di-li cloth, ami xx hi 'ti hi- head
wa- released from lis -uppoii,
which was seiuctlduu III tin*
">Uupe of tl si,nllilt coulrixance
used In photograph galleries,
it lulled lli'l |tle-s| X about Upon
his s||iillhli'l's like II fool llllll.
Ilis anus dropped al hi- -ide,
but with the aid of the mii-cle
he wa- enabled to pj,11ly rni«e
the foieurm. :i11h<nigh the hand
curled 'ix ei -i in pi x. ami gaxe
the w hole il -o| t o I'zi gy.a g shape.
Ill -hllttl ed oil' hi- -Upper iiud
feiplested lll«* to -,•', oil I
I did -«< 'ii
lovxil is it piling -title. lift
share of federal taxes on I
INN, people is *|!),INNI.<NNI. t huil
Califoiuia. ami she could make
:i limilN,' trade xx III, Mi--oin ito
lutiieless man in hi- framework, wlxuntaue. AH the •-, of the
sinte and territorial goxern-
n,e,,is we-t of the Missis-ippi
fixer xx III,III cost bill *1 I .".'tti.iNNt.
si i s|,e XX olllil have II Im Mil ai.nni.-
INNI to spare.
Whx should Iowa |uii«*tii-e
ecoiioiux at hoiiM'J NN hx in il
spend freelx mi lii'fsidf and l,i,x ••
a gi ii h i time geiierallv ! lb r
XX hole stale lax is bill one part
ill llfti'i',, of lli'l' fi'deriil tii\.;,
half dollaf :i head foi lioiue pie
tec, it ill of Jiel'siill and pi i ipi'l't X ,
• •ighl dollafs a head loi what
she gels III nil the federal yox
ernuieul. xxhali'xer tliut i-.
Yet IX e all. I'll s| and west.
• •ilii and south, xvasleoui Si me
ois.']lX detail- of home ev
• XXll. so i||||Ni,li,nl illld cousiiletable! | It'm., ,. n[ 11|«.
lirst Yes. Tliex an ixasteful and weighli. i mntler- of glut'
J*'1 «M WI e In p.mlp.ui highest (>ra, ale eiitchitttfC
III It U.ltnfM , Ihoilght rill facts of lederal ndcexxhen bigger game s|h*mIi
ftd*' He ulrtd taxAtW alniost liaiisceml lie. wolves iiml llgers.
^ "M 4'hi. —* , Vrh"-« facts are simtling
mouslroiis ami shnmrful. Sfuti
taxes pale itilo iusignillcituce
liefoi'c the Ii**iix x burdens • !'
federal luxation, will, I heir pi
Ih'iix Ier incidents.
11. Mllli U|seov ereil him to be a ui*aifrb1*^i^i|HMMi ||ke ii'ull.x. as « iti
♦t Ml*. Ailr Inndligeiice. ami eager lo /eiis„ -tn h itin
tell nil about himself, in a voice ' federal lax.-s; An* tliex leaMx
i, t 4 , These fads are si
"Whi nwitt iwlistNHfl wi-itmii'tl 4ntUMi#t luil i*Vi n lli*'X
U AlfTtWHjh apfHiixitiml, III. xxol,I
Would It Is. \wUi.xjst thnl lite , , , „r protM^Km. high.
ViMeltll III*!** «<f iHt«Sllliri ex | || 111 tllto. I of !<
. I \
ill 1Mb P
11
• M
Mt ^
-llppel
like to
lie -„g
■ *■ * '' ^pl^ilu
its,*|f o,V, Villi! it look'ed ;,s ff a
i ii 11 ii mil train had passed over
if. It s|i ixx | x t'l'.—u 1111*11 it- luit ti
ral shape, but it wa-, fully a
If If ll« Ul I before lie xxa- «bfe to
get the foot
a
.,, would
leg iu ii knot?'
gested.
I found no iliflh'ul!\ iu |m-i
forming this feut. while ,,,x
friend accomplished the -nine
xx ill, tin* other leg. and after
xxe had al-o tied knots in both
anils In* lil'i'-ellted ( tetiol'
t i.Liit, i.udt'ia. aiid one
flbilWollhl "haxie seta profe-
•ioiml cotitoilioiii-l crny.x.
When xxe hud uuruxefled iill
tin-knots and -trnighteiied lii-
lilllbs Ugllill, III'retpli'sled ,,i
lift him •reiei^ " nHI tits frame
Morn nnd1' |ihi«*e him upon tin*
tfoor. This xxe found no ea-x
tusk, fo, hi- bodx -lipped about
like an eel. and ,'tvxu- bx seclJI
his cloll,
The trial of Willis Adum-.
tin* iiiiiu w ho comm!lli*d a ino-t
opinion these men linve of their unproxoked Uomyi in linttay
laielx. has lieeit put ott' until iu
the fnll. which menus that he
xx ill lie ucipiitieil ex entiinlly.
Adams has a rich brother.
•i in
lit it tee
PostoHiee
■
x ear.
Fiflx thousand do|
lieeit subset*}' d t;i|hlfc
I ,!ix erslty of Texas. xx|i
In* U ")iM'd at tb-orge
\
losled Up ill the
illl'l o| lli'l places iu
town. -| i«'v itig Mi K iiii v i
the plliei' 'if ' \i,ni|||,||\ .j,
Si llilloi Jlll|ll.-ll|l -SIX -. •There
is a 'lie out' soiuevx here, and I
xx ill -tate here that I uut willing
for this i pie-1 ii in to stand m fall
on tin* t,nth of the statement of
Mr. Krankliti that I uppoinled
McKillUeX il- the pluce for the
examination, ami niu oM,tMd
ontx tx.o .jt t,,( i.^amiiiitig
fiiuiintth#' and t li< * x I if if h from
M'Kiiinex
'I he ulmxc propositiuu is mil
ovvtl wives, illld of t' 11 Indies
gciit'rnll.x.
lu s|N'«kiuu « f I'rof. K«*x te. I
did not i,se the word chairman.
foi ot his appointment ••,, tin*
board I had im information.
In com Imliug their cet tilicnte
these ut"|| -IX , ' ' V ' I; (|ot
nojiti.'jl i|i e* *b'Kiintex.
but at Pilot Point,'' ihu- iit
teiuptii.g to couxex the impres-
sion tliat Senator Johnson hwl
not appointed McKiuiiex us the
place for tin* examination.
t'rulx . xxilliug xx it,,esses thi'X .
Whx these me,, have acted
tow aids nie ti- M 1 , j- io
•M', , jl in,I * elvj , ' *1^
While llli'X Were il, IIIX l,o,tse
and during mx inter..mrse with d, tin- pi
the,,,. I tfeal.il them as gentle- per. Northwest
A|( .«NNt.lNM,. and
Lit l\!X«t* tl i-
Kgx pt xx ant
Kitidnitd |i
hi, x|i| .< It'fciV I tie >111,1 pi ox I
tied, lie ,io itollbt the lilolleX I-
llirgel x for lie, In mil holder-.
Sin* has called a confetence of
all the poxxe,s represented al
the making of tie- ilerlin treaty,
to meet tin- tiuuudal dillb ultx.
tin. Tribune.
i„ ,j, iein*Mll^l i> mo* uln#*
I x Ane xears old. lie attributes
Ills long life lo ||,e fact tlml he
|,evef trinl to please every IhhIx
in the publication of a new spa
iug a lirm grip upon
iug tllilt we IlllUe" ' hel p
Id'" -tilit^e linallx
suW-eeili'd in -traigl,teiiiug him
• lilt oil tile lliHil. illld then lux
friend, who seemed to thot
• •uglily understand the man's
programme, seized a battel
standing neat nm' ,, f
aft iHOiiCd' colds,llled
tllUdps, and swifllx upending
il at once procctih'd to roll it
ox.', tin-prostrate Daxi-. fro,,,
hi- to.*-1*.hi- chin,
The .•nix iiianife-tat ion of
pniu lu* made xxa- xx hen the
ouH'cl passed ox••, l,i-l,earl and
lungs. b„t it let* '< ||U h lioi
•P ' ,uip*'. 1" *nn old) tie
Ji^lTlie it by con,pi,ting il
tlml oft, man mudeof mml. and
tl,en throw „ up ami Hattemil
against a wall. Hut I Imd „••
time to contemplate hisflaiuess,
,,s l,e almost in,imit,at"l. , . i e«l
..nil •a*t" dT Wnsouri
I the combined state and te,
I ibuial taxes of the w hole trans
.Mississippi region?
Ih • I mean xx hai I saxYes;
lilerallx and iruihfullx II' Mh
-oiiri pi, x s nil ax era tie tn\ Iter
federal tp,o,a exceed- 1,11 the
-lute ami teffiloriai taxes com
billed of the txxelxe slates and
eight territories xxltich lie be
puul the Mississippi i it er.
Tlti- i- not a mefe paradox.
II i- capable of otllcial xerilicu
lion,
Hx lite C'll-ll- of ISH,i, the
population of tin* I ,,it•-• I Slate-
xxa- in round number- ."iII.inn,,
inn,. co,llpo-< ••I of il I nil) | |u,inn\
inni families.
TV,'e'^V^Vi,.,,V "r all the
stale ami fi'frilorial govern
nielli- wan A.V.MKNI.tNNt. So the
-late government cost about tl
pe, head i *cu l i or *.v.n jh>i-
i'i,iniIx. The coi^tx goxern
ll,e„l co\t( ,„tt ipllte m;,,.INNI.,NN,
iM'tny about *1 to pel head,
or per fil mi I x.
I Ib-et x •• „••« the comparalix e
cost of the federal gov l'Vai *w<*,l.
Il - receipt- are ,!«•! numbered in
leu- of millions, but i„ hut,
• bed-, being about *|ini,inni.inni
milium lhai isuliout p.-,
• a A |o i loin x inn \ ,^*i
pel fumilx
V-^SX' IU**'h'derul government
eo-fs over three! II,limes II- much
us ull the slab* uml ei unit x and
territorial government- pinto
gel her. It uenrlx ','^id
tx, time- a- mud; ihi aggre-
gate or the -Iflle and terri
lortal gox•>,'Ull,i*,,ls combined.
To make g«Ni«| on, assertion
as lo coiupuratixe taxes iu Mi-
souti:
Til"' poplllaliotl of \\pniiift i-
'i. lilh.IlNi , s teilefal luxe-,
it,,.i«iMing neaiIx Ah per head,
i,In ui $1 ? millions.
The follow i„u table exhibit-
the -lai** and territorial taxes of
the conliuenial region liex ond
the Mississippi fix
mxh mm-.
profwfRiu.
thi ' iioriuiHW^M.sl « |' gi«iert
ne nt. iiiis ,io| fult Wii touched
u|mi,i, Ther^sJb (jpWe matter
behind, w wu
O,|s. Hut e||.i
iii ti s t re-train Vmi ,ie„
on, ,eade,- linn w>
We xx.illld IlilX e them c'i 'X' t(|
cud for a time. \i,x one «Ii
•'Hl*ix - it max xxell i.-prow
himself a- did Hamlet
■•sun*' urn ,.iu.. ii-ll«'i,rril mt.I lii.-l. toil I
'I'n iiinki' .•,i,irf«#li.n litiii-i
Hill "plotecliol," i • \ el ♦*•«.•!>
bitter IllilII "lUXIllivid. *a.v-il.
xx i-e and uift* d' in a t e
cent let ley, r- m 11111 'i i in
iiikj isx ^ttigiiig il- ev il- " K,*,n
mou.** a- i- federal t;vx.iHi,,n
protection is \ el llloVX'</|ti^*et,-
\Ve ui i g Ii I gritim wiul..',' the.
direct burdens uml beai them
bill the indirect the ' i Ill-id
nllls." lis I hex are called po\\^<
Ix an* intoh ruble.
Hut xx hx not l'<ii|xii<t Hiix;Uliiit
uml ea-! oil |iir, n It. run I Niii
l|e|,s I'lllll^X ' 1^1 ihi both tlle-e
11'iN'iieticeuy
of free trade. The Mill™'
Moines, low a. i
ni-
ut
• i" '• .
I ier iltl
,eud.
There i- ru Foit Ih-nd"
r# i IMvkN . IV Xils, XX ho oxx l|- ov I I,
k«xMthoii-aml Mexicanjw ka «••
and all of then, are he,^,iii in,
the -nine range. crtiy.e
of the country W*xv unnh'
their luimK x-4Mkx,1 r"
pro^',/ixi, of the Jtieka --•
else compel him lo dt i x.itw-
animals to -time js.int o^
Paiih.iudbv U*piud th*' IN,it-,
of dx ili/atio„, wln u A* x *ib|
be tolallx tumble lo i,mk< lit-,
an tib«id«it*' liwr«l"'it. Tin* • iii
/.,.«• s««« thai tin* jatika- - , ,•«*
logelhe, eX.'IX eVUWltg "lit\ .
plait ii iilid |H>hil llteit '",i,
each oilier ami -ilig the ttni)
choril- o, thuuitelWtt -et ' lloH
from T;,iMxhau>x*r. No em .1
• he tivlghtmrloMiil objet- to
jux-Ka-s phixiug a -olo. bur
MmiI^-S**!!!
lie* •
Xlla.i.iirl
,Xrlmh«N*
I^Mit*Una
l>,i«
Xtliniakit
Kmi-a*
I iilorml"
X'rxaila
• irr|f«.n
I
fni'lrr •lili'i
Klirh, ii'frltnrl^«
wltel, two
bund, up and
• d tune, th*
* ulioni time
laturco, mux
Slab'. Fort
ind of them
2,1 Jft.lWI
:i:..ian
1,77 I.HNI
t.liw.lll,
xvi.tlit
ate
N.l.lllt
.l.'.i|.vmt
|i|ii.MM,ia,i
Hfl,llll
In an .1,1.at
three lite,, tl
excused TroUi
Fiuallx an ol
mill: ".It
ct,si* wImM wil(
man in till-
to i,s in ,, rath i vxiak x*o \i\>
lo Twsltlx atRtraaiNllrrrliiiHra, 9ll.m,i*H tunull^ ^
I'nlrral tax tit M, «.iirl I7.tiat.t,*i
Kxci'ss of the fe«|er>i' of
Missouri oxer *| -yp.c'and ter-
HiiaL'i mi xes otnu* wkolc trn,,s
M.i.--?.--iJ.pU WtVy.t
\|i--od,I t'oiiM, make an, ex-
-«uy i,xv.ax
ke„ gil w |,p
cu-e Is
Iio Itrnw
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