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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1S87.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
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ing tn different portions of the state solicit-
ing and receipting for subscriptions to The
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Galveston, Tex., May 27, 1887.
Tee republicans ought not to object to the
pension laws while Tuttlo draws a pension.
A system that pensions cotton-thieves
ought to be liberal enough to suit the most
extravagant advocates of plunder.
The extreme limit of human villainy has
been reached, and bis Satanic majeaty of
the realms below must henceforth occupy a
back seat. On the shore off Sheboygan,
where the Vernon went down, life pre-
servers, so-called, were found in which
grass had been used instead of cork far the
tliirg. One of the passengers of the ill-
fated vessel had apparently relied upon
one of these until as it became soaked ha
found that instead of supporting it dragged
him down. He then cat it loose. The ana-
nfactmer who constructed such traps for
defrauding drowning men, even if kaowa,
conid never be punished adequately sh irt
of the faggot and tho stake.
President Cleveland's cabinet, wh>. jh
has agreed too well to suit his political
opponents, may experience souie real idol
irg, owing to the contemplated advance
merit of Mr. Lamar to tae supreme banco,
on which he is well qualified to sit, and also
owing to the failing health of Secretary
Whitney, but theue changes do not argao
either failure or weakness la say dap tr'
inept. If the country were as well pleased
with congress as with the executive depart-
ment, the democratic party would have
2ottus& to apprahead even a: the close o;
Mr, Cleveland's second term, which is nDW
One cf the highest probabilities.
CAVVIOL LAXDS AMI) FOREIGN /.V-
VESTOBS.
If the earl of Aberdeen is the man who is
building the Texas granite capitol and the
real owner of the capitol lands, as stated by
(he Austin Dispatch, there is nothing in the
announcement that ought to create a sea
sation. It is all the same to Texas whether
a Chicago corporation or an English corpo-
ration owns the lands. If the lands were
held by Chicago people, or even citizens of
Texas, an English company, or a Scotch,
French or Chinese, company could buy
Ihem doubtless any day at a fair price.
Foreign capitalists are purchasing Texas
lands every day. Every city In Texas has
agencies of foreign capitalists making
loans on Texas lands and gradually
acquiring a large proportion of the
lands upon which the loans are made.
It is nbsolutely safe to say that
the earl of Aberdeen, were he worth a hun-
dred million dollars and desired to invest
his wad in Texas dirt, could do so without
the least delay and on better terms if he
traded wilh resident land owners than if he
t-ea'ed with a stiff Chicago syndic Ue.
There is a shrewd suspicion that if the earl of
Aberdeen and his co-corporators really have
bet n li aded with the capitol contract it was
became the Chicago syndicate found the
loia too heavy and was only too glad to be
relieved of a bad trade. Only the other
day a great sensation was created over tie
arrest of a Mr. Francklyn in New York, an
agent of certain English capitalists who
had intrusted him with some $3,000,000
for investment in the American re-
republic. It was published that all or
nearly all this money had disappeared.
It is pretty certain that about $2,000,00) of
this sum has been invested in Texas laud
and Texas cattle. The Francklyn Land and
Cattle company purchased a solid Texas
connty and immense herds of cattle and
then failed. An agent of the English cap-
italists, sent out to see about the invest-
ment, examined the titles, but said he
hadn't time to remain and have the cattle
counted as the hunting season "hat 'om»"
was just opening. Texas land owners dote
on these English buyers and it is not at all
surprising that a Chicago syndicate should
have baited Aberdeen with a lordly ex-
panse of Texas lands on the staked plains.
If the laws of the state permit aliens to
monopolize the lands there should be no
special wonder when it is found that tae
process of absorption has begun.
TVEttDAVX ELECTIONS.
Theresnltof the state elections that are
to he held next Tuesday will be looked for-
ward to with general interest, both on ac-
ccur.t of the Importance tnat attaches to
the contests in the several states a3 indicat-
ing tie drift of public sentiment, and be-
cause of the uncertainty with which some
of item are regarded. The New York elec-
tion is the most important because of the
proverbially pivotal character of the
state in natloral politics. The im-
possibility of forming an accurate estimate
of the extent of the disaffection from the
old parties caused by the Henry George
agitation r.nd the prohibition movement
greatly increases the doubtfulness of that
state except as to the legislature, which is
pretty sure to be republican. The repub-
licans have gerrymandered the state so
effectively that only twice since the war
have I he democrats succeeded in carrying
the senate and assembly simultaneously.
The state officers to be chosen in the ensu
lug election are a secretary of state, a
comptroller, a treasurer, an attorney-gen-
eral, a state engineer and several
judicial officers. The race for secretary of
state is between Frederick Cook, democratic
nominee, who is also the present incuaibent,
Colonel F/ed Grant, the son of his father,
who is the republican nominee, and Henry
George, who represents the George and Mc-
Glynn party. The Ohio election may be
considered next in importance, not that
there is any prospect of a democratic vic-
tory, but because the vote will in a measure
Indicate ihe effect of the tariff and the
bloody-shirt issues as campaign meas-
ures in the north. The democrats make
a direct issue with the republicans upon
the tariff and occupy the true democratic
position in favor of a strictly revenue
tariff. The republicans stand for protec-
tion, and their gubernatorial candidate has
devoted most of his campaign speeches to
efforts to arouse sectional passions and
prejudice. The elze of the republican vote
will to some extent Indicate the strength of
the protection sentiment in the state and
the potency of bloody-shirt literature
and oratory for campaign purposes.
In 1885 Foraker's plurality was 17,151.
Any thing short of this in the en-
suing election would be considered a
substantial democratic gain. Judicial
officers and a legislature are also to be
elected. The Virginia election will deter-
mine the fate of Mahone as a political boss,,
as he is making a desperate struggle to se-
cure ihe election of a legislature that will
return him to the United States senate.
Of the forty members of the senate
nineteen are to be elected, and also all
of Ihe hundred members of the house
of delegates. Of the twenty-one senators
holding over seventeen are democrats and
four aie republicans, a democratic major-
ity of thirteen. The democrats expect to
have at least eleven of the senators to be
elected, which will give them twenty-eight
members, a majority of twelve In that
body, and it is believed that at least fifty-
five of the members of the house of dele-
gates will be democrats. Oregon votes on
the prohibition question and also on two
other constitutional amendments, one to
change the state election day from June to
November, and one to increase the pay of
juf pes. It is believed that the prohibition
mcvement there will be defeated, as it was
in Texas and Tennessee. Iowa will
elect a governor and other state of-
ficers and a legislature. Gov-
ernor Lirabee will probably be
re-elected and also a republican legisla-
ture. Rhode Island elects a congressman
in the Second district, and it is believed
thai Judg Bradiey, ihe democratic nomi-
nee, will b9 the successful candidate.
Penns>lvania elects a treasurer, a judge o!
Ihe sin rem-i cccr% judicial and coonty
, <v;„(.rp. Ti e ejection In. Maryland is gen-
erally c n-tdeied
been settled by tli«
uiunicif.al contest
of tie democratic
A full state ti
Nebrs^Vt e'tc,;
th*
vhJie of tae .-icsecjai,
ocr-sts hole io eiec* four
senators and seaurc a m
hou.-p. In M?>sfacbn*e'ta
by democrats as ha;iac
i result of ihe Baltimore
hat witsdecided ia favor
,.cr.;.~ several days ago.
ket is to be elac'.ed.
a pepreme jilg3 and
•- university, and is
■ioli nc as usual. ^"ew
'got — senators aul
'i .io dom-
- fiv«j of tte
ir.cy la the
the Kilmer
Loveiing, the democratic candidate, and
Governor Ames, who was renominated by
tiie republicans. The republicans have car-
ried the state in every election since the
war except those of 1S74 and 18S2, and there
appears no reason to doubt that they will
win again this year
I Mil JACKSON ti UN STUDIED EXU-
BERANCE.
The old ERjing, ".Get married in haste
and repent ar leisnre," is applicable also
to speech making. If gentlemen who have
orations to deliver or interviews of which
to discharge themselves would consider
«e)l ai d decide what they wish to convey
srd what lliey ought to guard against,
there would be less need of explaining
afterward what they did not mean to have
undereTood as their opinions and senti-
ments. Ex Minister Jackson's talk at Ma-
con, Ga , after furnishing a text for some
drzens of republican campaigi articles
and perhaps influencing the Ohio election
adversely to the democrats—and It i-, u* -
baps, a pretty close contest—13 explained
by Mr. Jackson as follows, in an interview
published in the New York World:
I attempted to make nlaln two things In my
sptech. Dirst, tliat the south did not fig at fur
slavery, bnt that she fought for a govern
mental principle In spite of slavery and to the
peril of slaveiy. Second, that tills govoru-
mentat piinciple. which Is not local to tills
country, but which Is world wide, Is the prin-
ciple upon which successful human govern
ment mui-t finally be built; and Incidentally,
and purely Incidentally, that Mr Davis, liav
ing represented this principle of state sov-
ereignty, when that triumph comes to tie
world will take precedence of Mr. Lincoln,
who fought for the opposite and, as I believe,
urvise and pernicious principle of central-
ized power. You may understand how in d
dental this personal allusion was when I tell
5 ou that I yield to few men in my admiration
foi Mr. Lincoln as a maa. From the dav iliat
he and Mr Sewaid.witii their carpetbags in
l and, came to the Fortress Monroe confer
ence, earnest to meet tno confederate authori-
ties, 1 realized that lie was a patriot of great
proportions 8nd a statesman of practical
sense an<l of absolute devotion to his convic-
tions. I spoke for a principle to which all- per
tonal allusions, or even all American allusions,
were subordinate Tile conflict over thai
principle and Ihe victory in Its final struggle
is world wide.
Now conld not Mr. Jackson hare said
something of this in his speech a3 clearly
as he says it in explanation, and could he
cot conveniently have explained in what
the organization of Georgia as an American
state wields sovereign power, and in what
tbeie Is in fact a sovereign power in the
federal government, both powers being In
theory derived from the people? There are
powers in the federal government which
are taken and exercised by officials whose
advtnt to office does not depend altogether
upon tte action of a state. Outside of the
United States a sovereign state, as ordina-
rily understood, is an independent govern-
ment. Inside of the United States, regard
being had to the real organization of pow-
ers, there is probably no such necessity for
using the term sovereign state, to affirm the
truth Blinded to by the orator, as wonld
counterbalance the liability to misunder-
standing.
At the laying of the corner-stone of the
Lee monument a poem by James Barron
Hope was read, the concluding verses of
which were as follows:
When tlie effigy ol Washington
In its bronzb \va^ reared ou high
Twas mine, with others, now long gone
Beneath a stormy sky,
To utter to the multitude
His name that can not die.
And here to day, my countrymen,
1 tell vou lee snail ride
Witn that great "rebel" down the yeais—
Twin "rebels" side by side!
And confronting such a vision
All our grief gives place to pride.
These two shall ride immortal
And shall ride abreast of Time,
Shall light up stately history
Aud blaze In epic rhj me—
Both patriots, both Virginians true,
Both "lebeis," both sublime.
The failure of the republican papers to
characterize this poem as a rebellious ut-
terance is probably due to the allowance
made for poetic license.
When Governor Gordon spoke at Cleve-
land, O., last Tuesday he was Introduced by
General Morgan of that state. General
Morgan, in closing a eulogy upon tie ora-
tor, referred to the stars and stripes as the
only flag that could henceforth wave over
north or south, whereupon Governor Gor
don walked dellborately across the stage
and kissed General Morgan directly in the
mouth.. Morgan being a democrat the inci-
dent may not be noticed by Foraker, but as
a violent assault upon a citizen of Ohio it
bad all of the elements of an overt act of
rebellion which would have justified call-
ing ont the militia.
The Little Rock Gazette is unwilling that
anarchists should 1)6 allowed counsel. It
says:
They mistake persuasion for cowardice; aud
unfoitunately reputable individuals win ought
to be above such discreditable business can
be fouiid willing, for fees, to aid them in
trampling on the laws of the land, and In hold
Ing up the murder of inoffensive citizens as
an act to be applauded.
It is scarcely necessary to defend the
right of free speech in advocacy or pleading
on tbe part of the legal profession, bnt if
the Gazette has any influence socialists had
better keep aw&y from Arkansas.
The New York law on reserves of life in-
surance companies has been changed to re-
quire a reserve of enough capital to be
security at -1 per cent. The former rate was
iH per cent. This change is made because
of the declining rate of interest which no
longer yields the income formerly obtained.
The higher rates in the west ought to give
western companies a better prospect as
compared with New York.
The Jacksonville (Fia.) Times Uaion
(ays:
The orange crop is beginning to move, and
the early shipments, while large, are not very
good as to quality. It is believed, however,
that the main crop will be of superior quality,
and that, barring occasional gluts in the mar-
ket, good prices will be realized.
The LaCrosse Chronicle, which is edited
by the chairman of the Wisconsin demo-
cratic state committee, condemns the cir-
cular of the democratic chairman ia Iowa
callirg upon federal office-holders to con-
tribute to the party campaign fund, as "a
mistake," "defensible upon no theory of
good government or sound politics," aud
"incompatible with all the professions,
practices and record or this administra-
tion."
The coal supply seera3 to be r'ruaicg
shoitin the north and east as a result of
labor troubles, la Chicago and 5:. L juis a
coal faiiiine is threatened.
The 'otal sum paid for the Chicii?} Tici
by its recent purchasers is andars;oo.i
have been $1.200,000, of which $000,000 iv,
fcr thfl uauio uni "good rrill."
I he cle
idr
Cc „
the vacancy occasions
lato Congressman E
suited in tile choice oi
"on. ton of the decs
oy ccs dea:a i
vr. K >bartso:
cctLe;
seisaea Henry s. I majority being eatiatA'.ea At
cbasrest
THE STATE PRESS.
What the Paperi Throughout Texai are
Talking About.
The favorite hero of Jamas the novelist,
a solitary horseman riding slowly along at
the close of an autumn day, is left in the
rear by a tale of two young fellows off and
on the same nag in a town on the Rio
Grande, as told by the local paper. Having
filled their tanks moderately fall at a sa-
loon, they both mounted the same bucepha-
lus, like the children on the way to Balti-
more in the nursery rhyme, one behind and
one before. J. Koss Browne in Yuaefo
pictures himself on a lean Syrian steed,
holding the rein in one hand and the tail in
the other, and using the latter as a rudder;
but in this case the maa in the stern under-
took to do all the steering by means of the
bridle. They started off with all steam on,
and at full speed came to a short turn In a
narrow road. The horse's head was turned
square around, so to say, but the movement
brought the whole lay out to the hard
ground in a stunned but not "demoralized
condition. A remount was had and the
paity went clattering out over the stony
road and into the night like tUe Headless
Horseman in Washington Irviug's story.
Moral: It takes a good deal to kill a drunk :n
man or a mustang.
An esteemed interior contemporary is a
good deal pestered by the troubles of tills
mortal life and devotes a leading editor, il
to a detail of hi3 private griefs, noue of
Which teem to be more serious than those
wbich fail to the average share of mankind.
As a matter of precaution,however, he might
do well to nail a horseshoe over the door
of tte tencium, wear a rabbit's foot in his
pocket and take some well-tried liver regu-
lator. As the Denlson News remarks:
Borne people make tbelr lot ia life not
only harder, but considerably worse than
it is, by continually looking at the dark-
side. Tbey can see all the drawbacks, all
tbe ifs and ands that may occur, but ne?er
do they seem to see the stiver lining tliare
is to tbe darkest cloud. They are unwllliag
to keep quiet and bide tbelr time, bat must
keep running abont croaking aud prophesy-
ing all the imaginary evils they cj,n
think of.
People should think of the heroism which
may be exercised in common life. Car-
lyle's wife tried to console herself for the
trouble his dyspeptic habits gave her in
cookery by thinking that the fortitude and
magnanimity required by the occasion only
needed a more romantic cause to enobie
them. As Whittier says:
Well to suffer Is divine;
l'ass the watchword down tbe line,
Pass the countersign: "Endure,"
Not to him who rashly dares,
Bui, to him who nobly bears,
is the victor's garland sure.
The Columbus Citizen recently saH:
"Tbis is Thursday; keep at work." The
Weimar Gimlet added: "Down at Galves-
ton some work on Sunday." Toe Citizen
rejoins: "That's the preachers, ain't it?
It has been said that tie Sunday law was
enforced in Galveston."
Softly. The question whether preac'aing
is work is already before the courts of N iw
York. It may be raised in Galveston, un-
der the same idea that caused the prosecu-
tion of The News for issuing a paper on
Sunday. Preachers are paid for Sunday
work.
The Citizen dryly remarks:
The genial editor of the La Grange Jour-
nal is a Mexican war veteran, but has uever
attended any of their meetings nor joined
the organization. He ought to attend the
meeting at Fort Worth on the 8th and 0th
of this month, and get acquainted with the
many old soldiers who will assemble at that
point whom he neversaw or heard of during
tbe war. It's curious how many men be-
come veterans "alter the mists (of war)
have cleared away." The Citizen did
not support Comptroller McCall at the last
election until after he was nominated, but
takes pleasure in saying that he Is making
a first-claes officer—one who is determined
to do his duty, no matter who is hurt.
It makes one feel tired to see the amount
of work Editor Baker bestows on the Citi-
zen. He never seems to grow weary.
The San Antonio Express does not often
agree with this paper, but it says:
The Express will say this much for The
News, and It says it ungrudgingly: When-
ever that paper strikes a principle it hunts
it to death, regardless of cost to itself. In
matters of tbis kind there is no sordid self-
interest about The News.
Well, yes. One can not always be right,
but it is a comfort to think you are so; and
when people are in earnest they do not
stop to count the cost. Henry Clay said it
was better to be right than to be president.
It is almost as good to be honest, even if
wrong, as to be right. The best judgment
may err, but good intentions go far toward
redeeming mistakes.
The Laredo Times says of that grand old
Hispano-American. General Benavldes:
On the first day of November, 1823, Gen-
eral Santos Benavides was born in this
city, where he has since resided. But few
of Laredo's citizens can tell more from
memory of the history of our city than can
General Benavldes. He has seen Lareio
grow from a Mexican hamlet, consisting of
a few ranches, peopled by the hardy pio-
neers who worked with one hand while with
the other they grasped their weapons to
protect their wives, ctildren and property
from the rstds of hostile savage?, to a city
of 7CO0 inhabitants, the largest on the bor
der. He has been honored by tbe people of
this community with positions of honor and
trust, and has always been recognized as
one of Laredo's most prominent citizens.
His many friends will join on this, the an
nlversary of his (14th birthday, in wishing
that many more jears may pass ere he is
called from our midst.
His name and fame are not confined to
bis native city and district. He is well and
favorably known to all leading old Texans
and to the best men at the Mexican capital.
He was once a leading legislator of Texas.
Speaking of the report that the Reverend
Doctor Lj man Abbot, 6ditor of the New
York Christian Union, had been selected as
pastor pro tem. of Plymouth church, the
Brownsville Cosmopolitan says:
A man belonging to an honorable profes-
sion likes to see bis craft elevated; he feels
that he, as an humble member of that craft
or profession, partakes, in a measure, of
the respect paid to a member of It. It gives
us hope also that we too may in the course
of events be called upon to enlarge the
scope of our usefulness. Unfortunately for
the people in this section they have failed
to see the necessity for a good editorial
pastor. We want a pulpit (new or second
hand) with e good salary attachment.
The Weimar Gimlet, the smallest dally
in Texas, says: " We are small inaize, but
strong in faithi" Hold fast the faith. A
bit as big as a mustard seed will remove
mountains; that is tho right kind of christ-
ian faith. Mahomet's would not work, so
be had to go to the mountain which refused
to come to him.
Tbe Austin Dispatch remarks:
OEeofthe principal themes dwelt upon
by democratic speakers In the last national
cftmpaign was that (be war svas over and
tlif time had arrived when the section*!
ftinjr'sitii h born or it should ba forever
bnrifd. 'Down with the bloody shift!"
v.up it e sbibboleib of our orators, ;vh!la tho
pitts U c tr,»d with plaintive appeals for the
re establishment of fraternal feeling an I
brotherly love betwee i the sections. Tne
appeal was not made in vain, and the dem- [
ocraoy were placed in power. "Utsta* i
ilfehlb" were relegated to ifce buried past, J
ard sunk so deep in the reawakened lova of
national unity tnat neither line nor plum
met should ever sound their depth-. Bu
wiih Cemoerao\'!! return to power cvn-
ilis-1 class of irreconoilables who lisa
but never learn. Accepting the re
EUit as a vindication of "stata'd rights,"
the causes that led to the war were galvan
izfd into seeming life, and those who ware
1c ndest in their declamations against, the
republicans of the north fl mating
ihe bloody fijg were foremost ia
their demand that the corpse of
' state's rights" should ba rehabilitated
into a Jiving issue. That tbis feeling wa3
not universal among the people of thesoath
is to their credit. But the recent utterancas
at Macon, G».. of a distinguished ex mints-
(er of Mr. Cleveland's administration h is
infnted new life into the remnant of Bour-
bons, ard tbey seize upon his unwise aad
unpatriotic words as the inspired utter-
ances of a heaven sent prophet, and as an
indication that "tbe great south is rising
from ber ashes.1' It is needless to remind
the people of the south what this nieaa«\
With the democracy at best 'oat pjoriy
united, it means a sweeping and over
whelming victory for the republicans ia the
rational campaign of 1888.
THE OIL WELLS.
Evctj Indication of a Rich and Valuable Find
in the Palestine District.
Palestine, Tex., November i—Captain
T. T. Gammage, F. A, Reeves, Esq., aad
other stockholders who went ont yesterday
to inspect the third test well in which lubri-
calirg oil was found on the 2d instant, re-
turned last night highly elated with the
prospect which now seems a certainty of
strillng oil in abundance. In pumping
water from the we 1 a thick vein of tarry-
looking oil In large quantities is brought
up. Tbis veil will be closed up fjr tha
prosent, ar.d a fourth well was started tbis
morning in ifca close vicinity, and on tua
same lead with the otner. Engineer Mayo
is confident tbat he is on the eve of strikta?
tbe main deposit in Ihe course o; a fi.v
days. Stock which was offered at M pjr
cent discount one week ago can not ba
bought now at par valua. Tbe third well In
which tte recent find ^as made i.i twenty-
two feet above the level of the surrounding
country.
Later—At 5 o'clock tbis afternoon t^e
news is brought in that the welt which wts
plugged last night ia now overflowing wish
a fair quality of oil and in paying quan-
tities.
OBITUARY.
JOHN m. BARTON.
Caiiehon, Tex,, November 4.—John M.
Baiton, postmaster at this place, died here
this morning after an illness of some fifteen
dayp. A deep feeling of sorrow and sym-
pathy for his bereaved family pervades the
entire community. Mr. Barton was aboat
B0 years old. He was a member of Hood's
brigade during tbe war, and lost his right
arm at tbe battle of Sharpsburg. His
brother, wto was by bis side in that battle,
sustained the same loss and at about the
sametimp. He was appointed postmaster
with tbe charge of the administration. Ho
was buried this evening, the Knights of
Honor conducting the exercises.
ELI HARKINS.
Lulikg, November 1 —Ell Harkins, a
Texas veteran, died at his home in Prairie
Lea yesterday, from heart disease. He
came to Texas in is,"(j, and shortly after set-
tled in tbis county. He was in several
fights 8gainst the Indians in early days,
among tbcm the battle of Fiuai creek, and
although a lad lu his teens, he displayed
teats ot courage that have been lelt on the
pE£.es of hiit&ry.
HIGHtitt COURTS
supreme cou11t.
Tyler. Tex , November 1.—Final judg-
ments were rendered by the supreme
court to-day in two cases, as follows:
Affirmed: J. Weinsteln vs. tile National
bank of Jtfferson, from Marion county;
Boaz & Co. vs. Schneider & Davis, from
Tarrant county.
Tbe court also formally adopted from the
bench the five opinions read by the commis-
sioners cf appeals yesterday.
MEXICAN IIEM3.
In Ixtlan, Tepic Territory, nine persons
in one family died from the effects of a dose
of rat poison taken by mistake.
The city of Acambaro and all the country
lying soulh of Morelia, and a part of Lerma
are suffering greatly from inundation.
The Matamoros Chronista says; Sev-
eral young ladles of Puebla will present to
his holiness Pope Leo XIII a magnificent
watchstand of silver filagree. The cnshlon
will be of velvet richly embroidered with
gold.
El Pabellon Nacional learns that two at-
tempts nave been made to assassinate the
parish priest of Veta Grande, Zacateca3,
by parties who "are said to be protestants."
The last attempt was within tbe church dur-
ing mass. They have been arrested.
The stage coach running between Jalapa
and Perote was assaulted by bandits M in-
day of lastweek at San Vicente, near Tepey-
abualco. A determined passenger, Mr.
Teodore Lecnona, fought them off, and the
coach arrived safely at its destination.
At Messina, the young son of a miner
found a dynamite cartridge, someotuer
boys joined him and they commanded to
play nihilist; one of them was to represent
the czar and the others were to attempt to
take his life. Unhappily the fiction was
converted into a terrible reality; one of the
little nihilists threw the cartridge naar the
feet of the czar,, when it exploded, wound-
ing tbe boy czar, and he died two hoars
after.
Tbe City of Mexico Two Republics says
of the man who was once a groat terror to
tbe people of Texas on the lower Klo
Grance than ihe outlaws now are: "Gaa
eral Juaa N. Cortina is now permitted to
appear on the streets daily, in order to take
exercise and attend to private business.
He is accompanied, however, by two officers
as a guard, and is obliged to return to his
prison cell at Santiago Tlaltelolco before
sunset of each day.''
The El Ferrocarrll of Vera Cruz says:
All tbe road to Medellln is an imoieuse sea.
The water has reached in Boaie placos a
height of two meters above the railroad
track. The rivers of Medellin and Paso dai
Toro have united and formed a single cur-
rent, carrying with it trees, animals, eta.
Fortunately as far as is known there uas
been no loss of life. It is said tnat thara
has not been known as great an inundation
since the year 1831. We are pleased that
the traffic on the road is not suspended, aad
the bridge at El Tefar has not suffared vet,
bnt great damage was done to the gro.viag
crops.
Juan Jose Kaz—The death of this distin-
guished patrician at an advanced asa is
announced. He was a prominent figure In
Mexico during Ihe dark days of the inter-
vention. He clung to the fortunes of Ju-
arez, and on the return of the llbsraU to
power in 1 S(>7 he was appointed governor of
tbe federal district. He uiade a brllllan'
record during his administration. After
the death of Juarez in 1872 Mr. Baz bacacaa
secretary of the Interior, under the pre it
dcr.cv ol Mr. Sebastian Lerdo de Tejula
When Lerdo fell from power Mr. Baz went
with him into exile in 1870. Heiived awhile
in New York and afterwards In Paris and
Hamburg, returning to Mexico in 1830
Since that time he has been a congressman,
and was deputy for the state of Hidalgo at
the date of his death.
i ulpliur Springs.
Sulphur Springs, rex , Novembsr -1.—
Considerable excitement was cause 1 to d ty
by a prominent cotton buyer charging t'aa
Alliance cotton yard with weighing !a fn.vor
of the producer against tba buye>\ Taii re
i-Dlted in the manager of the Alliance yard
having the county judge tost tn« correrr-
t ess of ihe scale, which was proaoaaoail
good.
Co<ton receipts continue good—150 to 300
bales per day.
CULLINGS FROM THE CAPITAL
GRLER CGUNiY AND THtSCHOOL FUND.
More Confidence in the Stability of the
Capitol Dome— Treasury Salancas
and Receipts—Other Items.
Austin, Tex., November 4.—The contract-
ors of the Greer county jail building have
written to the attorney general about tho
board of education refusing to purchase
the county jail bonds, and intimate that it
has the appearance that the state is dis-
posed to recognize the uncertainty of its
claim to the disputed territory. The attor-
ney general's office assistant, in hi3 ab-
sence, replied stating thit tbe lav author-
izing the investment of schocl money ia
county bonds provided that tho total bond-
ed and floating indebtedness of ths caunty
offering the bonds for sale shall not exceed
5 per cent of the taxable values of real es-
tate in the county. As Greer county has
no taxable real estate at all, the bonds oE
that county, while perfectly valid, legal and
binding upon the county, can not be pur-
chased for the stale school fund when tha
lands in the county which all no v beloag to
tho state sinking fund and school fund hava
bten sold and put on the tax rolls, tha
board of education could legally make tha
purchase. Mr. Harrison further stated
tbat the refusal to purchase the bonds was
In no way induced by tha status of Greer
couniy, but tbat Texas has every confidence
in its claim upon that territory.
In tbe capitol dorae affair there wis noth-
ing transpired to-dav. Work is progressing
upon tbe building and dome as if nothing
bad occurred. It is going to take very
strong evidence of experts entirely disin-
terested to induce tue capitol biard to
make the change that is now proposed.
Members of tbe board were at first in some-
what of a finrry and flutter over the an-
nouncement that a crack in the dome walls
bad been discovered. Nowthacrask is se-
riously questioned, and may be said to ba
inbadiepute. Itwillhaveto shov up ia
much greater extent before tha board will
agree to dispense with the upper brick walls
of tte dome which a little while back were
considered absolutely necessary to the sta-
bility of the upper portion. The governor
intends to have the matter thoroughly sifted
and righted.
Or. Gabe Felder of Washington county,
on trial charged with the murder of a negro
man in a saloon here two years ago, was
acquitted to day. He was convicted on a
former trial, and on appeal the judgment
was reversed and a new trial grauted, with
tbe result stated.
Treasnry balances are as follows: Rev-
enue, $759,003; permanent scnooi fund,
|238,(jC0; otber accounts. $210,000. Total
cash on hand, $1,197 000. October receipts,
$147,844; expenditures, $202,533. The No-
vember receipts were probably double those
of October.
Amusement as a Pursuit.
Though the class is not a very large one
in this country, there are still many young
persons who are under no necessity to earn
a living. Fortunately for themselves and
for society, the desire to " make money "
or to create a fortune out of a competence *
induces many of thetn to seek employment
as recreation. Such as have, happily, been
trained to business habits or are naturally
inclined to enterprise are able to keep step
amid the eager competition of persons to
whom business is a necessity. Bat that
very necessity is a main factor in their good
fortune. Tbe first success, howe ver modest,
awakenB their ambition for more than the
mete securing of a living. Even an occa-
sional reverse awakens their pride and
rouses their ambition. It has happened
tbat tbe largest fortunes have been made
from the smallest money capital; and tha
lack cf opportunity prompts tlie creation ot
It. "Make your own opportunity," though
paradoxical, is a practical maxim.
In every community, however, there ara
some persons whose apparent employment
appears to be only the pursuit of amuse-
ment. There are "gilded youth" who enter
life with more than enough for their ample
support, and whose early education has
been in spending rather thanearning. Tnesa
are the persons who are tempted to make
pleasure a business—and many of them
make a "pretty piece of business" of lifa
before they have done with it. Their ex-
ample is pernicious. The lives they lsad
and the extravagances they practice induce
the like recklessness in persons who have
not the temporary excuse for profusion.
The word ' temporary" is used here ad-
visedly. For lavish extravagance would
waste the wealth of Crce jus, and the man
who dissipates his pecuniary resources
wastes also bis personal capacities, phys-
ical, mental and moral. The wreck of his
fortune includes personal wreck also,
e Recreation rationally indulged lu and at
proper intervals brings a return in health
confirmed or restored. Amusement as a
mere pursuit brings no return whatever. IE
idleness is ever innocent in tho^e who
should be employed, innocent amrsemants
goon pall npon the taste ot tno mare pleas
ure- seeker. Even doubtful and sensational
freaks and follies verge toward the abso-
lutely criminal. Breaches of trust and
actual theft and felonies can usually ba
traced to the partial and mistaken view oE
life which forgets the truth that every man
has something useful to do In tbe world.
There are wealthy persons in every comma-
nity who are not "gilded," but, solid. Thay
find occupation in the profitable use of their
opportunities—profitable to their neighbors
and to tbe state—and pleasant as well as
profitable to themselves. This class, wa
are glad to think, far outnumbers the volup-
tuaries. They present safe examples; for
their lives teach that in this world of ours
there Is no excuse for idleness.
There is an unfortunate tendency in "so-
ciety" thought and practice which lea-is ta
the depreciation of work and labor and to
the elevation of indolence and amusement
as the end and aim of life. The Creator
made man in his own image,and tbis is evi-
dent in the fact that the true man in his
sphere is a creator or organizsr. And here
Is found one essential difference between
man and tbe lower creatures. To forget or
to neglect this essential truth is to descend
to the lower level, and to merge the intel-
lectual into the merely sensuous. [ Phila-
delphia Public Ledger.
Not Prepared for that Kind of Penance.
He was a very old clergyman, and as
tbqre was an intermission of some time be-
tween the penitents going to confession ha
bad fallen into a doze, when a very snull
boy entered the confessional. A few min-
utes later three old women took tbelr plases
in front of the confessional, awaiting their
turn to enter. The boy evidently was uader
the impression that he was in duty bound
to tell, among other things, the slightest
move he made while at play. Wh?a he hid
unburdened himself he suddenly s '.id:
"Father, I played leap-frog, and stao 1 on
my bead."
"What's that, my child!'" inquired tie old
gentleman.
"1 can't show you in here," Innocently
ansvsi red ihe boy.
"Well, po outside the confessional and
stow sx e " said the dozing confessor.
Taiii g tbe father at bis word, the boy
wept ont and. putting his bauds nooi tha
shculners of the first old woman, jimped
over i rr.bead, and then went to tae second
«nd thi! d at d did the same act He then
threw bis feet up in the air. ond on his
hands ard lead passed in front of the con-
fessional several M"ies.
When Il>. three old women had recovered
from tbelr intense xnrprtse at si'ib actions
in a t hnrcb, one of t iem, with horror de-
pio'cd tiirn her cnuntenancrf, tht iking it
was apenuaooe that had been giren tha
bor. taid t>> Ii«othf>r two:
"Glory be to God! what'll I do ift'ia
priest gives me such a penance as that.!'"
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