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THE STA'umAN.
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Til URSUAY.
MAY 7. 18"
The spaying of heifers is going to
become aa important fatun of rancli
industry in Texas.
The total length ol the submarine
cables now in use is quoted at UH.OOO
miles.
The (iovernment is about to send
833,000,000 in gold across the conti
nent from San Francisco.
To lease most of the lands, the min
imum price must not be raised above
what the law says it shall be.
Chenoweth, assumed formal
charge of the first auditorship of the
United States Treasury, yesterday.
Sin Edward Tiiohnton, now Eng
lish Minister at St. l'etersburg, de
sires to be sent back to Washington.
To make the acts of the Land JJoard
constitutional, it must conform its
operations to what the law directs.
A 1' resident must necessarily keep
in harmony with his party, and we
hold that just as good officers may be
found inside as outside of Democratic
ranks.
And now the Cincinnati Enquirer
reinforces the New Ycrk World in
fearful onslaughts on Mr. Jiayard.
Mr. Bayard is the last man in the
world to suit political traders and
tricksters.
The opinion given by Judge Dur
ham, first comptroller of the treasury
that deputy United States marshals
appointed for duty at the polls should
be residents and voters, ought to be
good law. It certainly is good sense.
The constitutional proposition for
changing the date of Ohio election from
October to November is so worded
that if a majority of the voters .wish
they can decide to have both an Octo
ber and a November state election ev
ery year.
i)r. NonviN Green's son gets a
Consulate in .TapaD, where, it may be,
the Western Union wants to work up
a telegraph system. Dr. Green's lle
publicanism i3 so intense as to infuse
itself into the blood even to the third
and fourth generations.
Uossi-m in Democracy is as insult-
iner to Miblic decency as though it
were Republican ;and yet, it appears
our congressmen resolved in the dis
tribution of Federal patronage to be
bosses. Jiut their proposition was to
bj)ss Grovei Cleveland.
Gen. Uoynton says that a number
of Democratic Senators and llepresen
tives are making a last and well-or
ganized attempt to break down Mr,
Cleveland's policy aboat appoint
ments, and force bim to make more
rapid changes in the offices.
. Morgan, the Melbourne Consul,
swears by all that is good and holy,
that he is a Democrat, and so he may
be now. Had Mr. Blaine been elect
ed, could he not have sworn by all
that is more than good and holy, that
he was a Republican.
London Truth says there is consid
erable talk of making Lord Lome the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, lc was
a question, however, whether the
Prince of Wales' reception ha3 been of
a character to warrant sending any
member of tho royal family perma
nently to Etin's Isle.
NEWSrArER correspondents have
been indulging in considerable com
ment upon Vice-President Hendrick's
pertinacity in applying for positions
for his constituents. A friend men
tioned the matter to the Vice-President
lately, whereupon the old
Roman remarked: "I thought we
were fighting for a change, and I want
to see the Departments opened arM
cleared out, so that the light of
Heaven can shine squarely in."(
Mr. Jefkekson Davis, should he
receive the pardon of the Govern
ment, is the proper man to ask it in.
person from the President. He was
whipped twenty years ago, and if in
all these years he does not fully real-,
ize that he i3 Lot separate and inde
pendent of the United States, it is
well enough to let him pass away
under such delusion. Jiut, of course,
no doe3 realize this, and therefore Mr.
Davis himself, and not friends, should
ask for his pardon.
.. Considerable interest has been
aroused for the last few days in the
- movements of the English war steam
er Garnet and the Russian man-of-war
Strelok off the port of Norfolk,
It seems the Strelok, which is th
' faster sailer, gave her English antag
onist the slip, and steered for New
Tork. Under international law the
Englishman cannot follow the Stre
lok within twenty-four hours. The
'Garnet has been watching the Strelok
closely. This looks like business et a
', ' warlike nature.-
' France is in a wretched condition
. to indulge in war. The public
debt amounts to $4,750,000,000,which is
$3,000,000,000 in round numbers great.
er than the debt of Great Britain. The
. annual revenue for 1883 amounted to
713,748,598, which is $320,000,000
more than that of Great Britain,
S5Ca.000.000 arreater than that of Ger
many, an i SG3,000,000 greater than
- "that of Russia. Such a colossal mass
of debt resting upon the industry and
capital ol the . people has been, carried
with singular spirit and endurance
but when, governmental blunders are
found to be still added to the load,
with no other re3ult than to sacrifice
armies, it is not surprising that the
people are finally driven to turbulance
and even violence. And, yet, in case of
warbetweenEnglandandRussia.it
may ba impossible for France to avoid
becoming involved.
THE VIKOIMA DEBT DECISION.
Though the United States Supreme
Couri has considered and decided upon
the Virginia debt question it is
thought tins U not the -nd of the case.
It is said a move is on foot to secure a
rehearing on the critical point involv
ed, and the opinion prevails that, it
will again bs before the court. The
decision reaclr d was th it of a bare
majority of the court Field of Cali
fornia, Harlan of Kentucky, Woods
of Georgia, Matthews of Ohio and
Blatchi'crd of New York the majori
ty, and Chief - Justice Waite of
Ohio, Miller of Iowa, Bradley of New
Jersey and Gray of Massachusetts
the minority. The four dissenting
justices are all from .Neitheru States
and are all Republicans, while the
majority is compiled of four Kepub'.i
cans and one Democrat, who, howev
tr, claimed to Ikj a Republican when
appoint! by Mr. Lincoln. Two of
the majority, too, are from Southern
States. Here is evidence, then, that
the question of State sovereignly, in
volved in the case, was not a party
one; four Republicans voted one way
and fourth other, and Field, who
m ly. be called a Democrat, voted
wivi t he majority. The case involves
questions of deep interest to the peo
ple of the entire Union. The suits
were a-jainst the tax collectors of the
Stute of Virginia, and the decis
ion holds to exempt them from the
constitutional prohibition forbidding
suits to ba brought against a State.
But the dissentients argue that the
suit3 are in substance and virtue
against the State itself; they act un
der a law of the State; the revenue
they collect is the revenue of the
State: in relusing to accept in
terest coupons for taxes they are
bimply obeying the order of
the State: and' it .. is not they.
but the State that is affected by the
decision. In the dissenting
opinion it is said: "All
this litigation in reference to the Vir
ginia bonds and coupons is an at
tempt, through the medium of the
Federal Courts, to coerce the State of
Virginia into the fulfilment of her
contracts. The officers have no pow
er but what the State gives them.
They act for and on behalf ot the
State, and in no other way. To sue
them, therefore, because they will not
receive the coupons in payment, is
virtually to sue the State. The sole ob
ject. i3 to coerce the State. To say
otherwise is to talk only for effect,
without regard to the truth of the
thing." The question before the Court,
ther, was not whether a State may
repudiate its obligations, but whether
a federal court may force a state to
pay even its just debts, to respect its
contracts, or not. Thi3 is the naked
issue, and it is a vital one. If the de
cision remain in force, it will be a fur
ther curtailment of State rights, an un
expected enlargement of federal pow
er. The Constitution of the United
Stales cbarly forbids the States of
the Union to pass laws impairing the
validity of contracts. The eleventh
amendment debars the United States
courts from entertaiaing suits
brought against a State' by any
dividual suitor, and the question rais
ed is, does tha amendment obliterate
this proposition, oi can redress
bo secured by suing the
agent of the State where the State
may not be sued. The latter method
of procedure for redress of wrongs by
a State ha3 been adjudged constitu
tional by the act of the court in the
Virginia case. The minority opinion
seems to be much stronger than that
of the majority. The principle of the
majority opinion put into full force
would enable a State to im
pose unjust duties, to declare
war, to do almost anything in fact pro
hibited by the constitution, so long as
the rights of individuals only are af
fected . The Court makes the eleventh
amendment greater than the constitu
tion itself, wipes out nearly all the re
strictions as to the powers of btates
leaving as the only probable redress
suits against State officials.
CANADIAN COMPLICATIONS.'
The Riel rebellion has an accompani
ment which bodes no goo I in the end
to the Canadian Government. The
French of Canada are protesting
against the use of arms against the
rebels, and one regiment of volunteers
has refused to march against tbem. The
soldiers allege that they " are insuffi
ciently equipped; but it is believed
that their real reason is that they are
unwilling to fight the half-breed3. If
this sentiment is general among the
French-Canadians, the government
may well pause in its expedition and
resort to negotiations. It is claimed
that the half-breeds sought to obtain
a settlement of their grievances until
forbearance ceased to be a virtue, and
that their resort to arms was the only
way of bringing the government to a
realizing sense of the injustice they
had suffered. Numerous Indian tribes
have joined the half-breeds, and they
are preparing to make a determined
fight for what they believe to be their
rights. The slaughter at Frog Lake
is an indication of the char
acter of the war that will be
waged. Even with the support of
all classes, the Dominion Government
would probably find the task of sub
jugation a long and costly one, but
with the active opposition of a large
and influential portion. of its people
the carrying on of the war will be at
ended witn peculi ar difficulties.
STOPPING .TAXATION.
The people insist on having a reve
nue from the school lands. They
know there is a means by which they
may he relieved from . tax
at ion for education, and
they demand its adoption. If
the land board will now follow the ex
isting statute in its letter and spirit
there may be relief from such taxa
tion. The minimum of four cents per
acre for lease 1 lands should be adhered
to, except . for watered sections.
which should be held at high figures,
because they will command them
Much of the dry ' land will
not command more than four
cents per acre, while under competi-
tion much of it would lease at higher
figures. There can be no doubt that
almost the entire body of school lands
could 1 e leased at such rates, while at
higher r.irs the reign of free grass
must be i i rpettial. Then, too, to ia-
d'ice permanent settlement of
sloek-brtttltMS in the West, that
j.rovision of the l.iw, allowing
the purchase of seven sections by one
person, should be put in force. Fix
tockrabers permanently by selling-
them this much land,and these settlers
will become' the lessors of the school
lands: and they will always be made
to command the highest price?. A
little wifdom and liberality in
the Land Board will add
a million in cash to the
Treasury every twilvc .mouths;
and al ter the first lease expires, and
new ones ate entered into, this
sum would be increased from fifty to
seventy-five per cent.
TO M IKE A REPUBLIC.
Fri sident Lalvidar, of San Salvador,
is regarded a the coming statesman
ol Central America, and it may be
that through nim there could more
readily be accomplished what Barrois
proposed to do by torce, than any
other Central American. It is said
of him that during his nine years'
presidency he has shown by a con-
sistant and steadfast eifort to improve
the condiiion of his people t'aat he is a
patriot and a statesman. By his
peaceful course he has demonstrated
that he is a man of peace; and by
avoiding to utiliza his great victory
over Bani03 for his personal ad
vantage he has shown that he is a fit
person to occupy the high position of
chief of republic. He has deserved
the hearty support given to him by his
own people and by Nicaragua and
Costa Rica. The brave young Gen.
Fernandez, of Costa Rica, did not hes
itate to serve under him, and he is a
fit peer for Cardenas, or Nicara
gua, ana soto, or nonauras.
These three civilian Presidents should
rank a3 high as the good Don Manuel
1'ardo, Peru's only civilian President
who earned thj respect of all Latin
America by hi3 ncble character and
high aims, and paid with his life
the penalty of being in the way
of ambitious, but selfish men.
Laldivar has been the per
sistent friend of advancement and of
education. Besides establishing pub
lic schools, hs has built good wagon
roads, and has lately been pushing a
small system of railways. He ha3
askel his people to sustain a standing
army no larger than is absolutely nec
essary as an effective police force;
he has fostered commerce; he has
kept expenditures inside of public
receipts, and has reduced the public
debt. It has been said he acted in bad
faith to Barrios, when, were the
truth told, he signalized himself by re
fusing to lead his people toward a de
sired end by such means as Birrios
employed. While he favors the Re
public of Central America, he desirea
that its existence shall not be brought
about by force of arms, but through
peaceful and popular means.
England's last Afghan war cost
the government $100,000,000, and there
is no computing what her late desire
to push boundary lines may cost her
before the present dispute is ended.
Russia could very probably .buy the
entire Afghan territory for one-fif ih
of the cost of the first war. No doubt
she could induce the Ameer to abdi
cate in her iavor for ten or
fifteen millions of dollars; and
the Khedive might likewise have
been bought for a score of millions,but
the Egyptian war has already cost an
other 6100,000,000.- There is a some
what strange coincidence in the two
cases. The fight was begun in Egypt
to protect the Jewish bankers of Lon
don, and the Afghans are understood
to be the remnant of one of the Ten
Tribes. The Egyptian affair has been
to England a terrible calamity, and
the prediction is made that, should
she engage with Russia, her humilia
tion will be more complete.
The Charleston News' say?: "it
should not be iorgotten that Presi
dent Cleveland, in appointing Mr.
Pendleton Minister to Berlin, disre
garded the prayers and threats of the
managers cf the Ohio political ma
chine. The men who defeated Mr.
Pendleton for re-election to the Uni
ted States Senate were determined he
should hold no public office. The
President, with characteristic courage
and wisdom, singled 'out Mr.
Pendleton for recognition, and
bids the Ohio machinists take notice
that, although they may control a
State Convention, they cannot deter
the President of the United States
from i orif erring honor where honor
for conspicuous service rendered to
the country is well and justly due."
And, yet, Mr. Pendleton's Civil-Service
law is causing the Government
much annoyance by keeping men in
place devoted to weakening its influ
ence for good.
As The Statesman predicted, the
deviltry, so prevalent in Austin some
time ago, has been renewed at the end
of the big parade made about protec
tion through a special police force.
The people will have to protect them
selves. Put arms in the hands of the
women and leave them to use them;
and then when these horrid villains
come around- at night, do not
hesitate a moment to put lead in their
bodies. It is predicted, that if they
keep up these practices some of the
scoundrels will yet make their exits
from private yards foot foremost.
Shoot the prowlers as you would
filthy brutes bent on destruction.
Singularly enough, simultane
ously with Grant's illnes3, comes
news of the fatal sickness of another
of the distinguished actors in the
great scenes of twenty years ago. It
seems the physicians, according to a
San Francisco dispatch, have pro
nounced the disease with which Gen.
McDowell has been for some time
suffering, as fatal. The General is
delirious, with occasional lucid inter
vals. - '
The Panhandle cattle men are leg
islating for themselves. The Legisla-
Iture did not da what they demanded,
J and hence the new legislative body in
the Northwest.
PKOBABI.ii.WA K COHPLK'ATION.
The Dardanelles cut an important
fiury iu the impending contest b: -
twetu England and Russia. The Da -
danelles i.i the key to the Black Sea.
An Eaglbh lleet iu that sea would be
a serious mriiace to Hussi.-i, by -shich
the transportation of troop. and wst
materi d and supplies ould be gie .tly
embarrass' d. Internatiorsd law fixes
it as a rule, t h it a wa'er way v.ithin
the limits of a cjuntr,j territory is
controlled b that c.niutry.but in this
case lbr- is an ixception. By the
treaty f itnj, ; t the
conclusion of thd Crimean
Wtir.it w - .!f.ri
ShOUl I n'!i::-i:i
: ! that, the Dardanelles
iu the hands of the
Porte only when Turkey was a party ',
to war th.it might be elTecttd bv it's !
control. Ti:rt compact of 185(5 was i
so.i:e what i.i iilifiid by a protocol ia j
Itiil. Jhtt pnneip.e agreed to at
Parii was reMiiruud, but - the right
was conceded tj the Sultaa of
"opening .-aid straits in
time of peac.j to ships-of-war of
friendly and allied power., incase the
Sublime P rte .sh: ul a find it n:c?ssary
to secure execution of tne stipulations
of the Treaty of Pari -." Th', doctrine
was again reaffirmed as lato as 1878
by tho Beiiiu Congress, held after the
Russo-Turkish war. All the
European powers except Spain
have bsen parties to these
treaties. It i only when Turkey is at
peace that the international status of J
the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus i3 j
fixed by the other powers. The struit".
are then shut only to foreiga war
ships. They are open to the n;ere.hAr;t
vessels or tne world, me rigucs anu i
duties of the Porte, when at war, are
not defined or restricted by treaty. It
would doubtless assert ics right to
open them to auy ally. The question
is one upon which there must arise
disputes, and it will result in bad
"blood, that cannot but lead other pow
ers into the contemplated war
If Russia should do anything
hostile or detrimental to Turkey in
violation of the Paris Treaty, Turkey
might claim the rijjhfc to protect itself
by opening the Dardanelles to British
wa- vessels. Unless England can se
cure entrance on some such ground or
pretext as this, by virtue of th3 proto
col of 1871, its ships will be excluded
from the Dardanelies while Tar key
remains neutral. An English a Uian es
with the Porte would open the strait
to the English fleet. Turkey would
then become a party to the war, and
the Dardanelles would not be under
the control of the European pow
ers. It might 'produce a con
dition that would very cer
tainly lead to protests, manifestoes
and tleclaration3 of war.
A rossiBLE war between the Presi
dent and the Senate has been averted
by the resignation of General Lawton
of Georgia, on account of his political
disabilities. But it has been discover
ed th it the same objection lies
against Judje Jackson, of the
sauii) state, recently appointed
Minister to Mexico. The tlifii-.
culty in his cas3 is, that tha Senate
has already confirmed his nomination
but the indications are that Republi
cans will not let the matter rest where
it;. I' " sail that Mir.i.-ter Jack
son's clay am ba reached by a quo j
warranto proceeding, instituted by
the District Attorney in Georgia, set-
ting forth Jackson's disabilities and '
asking that he be judicially declared:
ineligib?e to office.
The cattle barons are not going to
give up, without opposition, their
holdings in O.kahoma, and other In
dian territory. Through a most out
rageous exhibition of favbriteism,
they have entrenched themselves, and
by actual possession they will, if they
choose, be able to give the Government
not a little trouble before their eject
ment is an assured fact. It
will not do for the new Ad-
ministration to make one rule for the
settler and another for the syndicates
as it3 predecessors have done. But the
President's proclamation, we think,
will be carried out in its fullest sense
and with entire impariiality. The il
legal leasers will have to go, and then
the settlers will graudually squeeze
in.
General Grant has so far im
proved as to be able to map out work
on hi3 book. But, it is stated in this
morning's dispatches that the tumor
at the root of the tongue still remains
neither receding nor, aggressive.
The Medical Record, of New York,
whose editor, Dr. Shrady, is oae of
General Grant's physicians, says the
doctors have not been mistaken in the
diagnosis, the microscope having set
tied the question of" cancer of the
epithelioma variety; that they (the
doctors) never absolutely predicted j
Grant's speedy demise; and while as-,
sertlng the usually slow progress of j
cancer, the article is careful to give
no pefimte prognosis of the case.
Senator Sherman is in f ivor of !
remodeling the navigation laws. Why '
did he not take this position long ago
It was such men as Mr. Sherman who
gave us these iniquitous laws, and who
have forced the country to retain
them. Mr. Sherman is a desperate
seeker after the presidential nomina
tion, and he finds that the business
people of the country have been
aroused to the point of violently con-
demning the navigation? laws. Sly
T,r. TOni hav fn innk nut. nr hu nnli -
tics will, because of his changiDg
opinions, become doubtful.
Apparently the troubles on the
Isthmus are quieted for the time '
being. Aizpuruha3 been squelched j
and the greater portion of the rebels, '
recently in posse sion of Panama, are
fugitives. The National troops are in
control of the city, and to all appear-
ances t he mission of the United States
expedition is ended, .
The Dallas Democrat joins The
Statesman in holding that, the time ;
i3 at hand for the United States to
declare a protectorate over the Isth
mus of Panama. The D-.-raocrat says
u u.,.MnrarDrnrw n.-if j,Qi
tate a moment It is of the most has been the custom heretofore to con
vital importance fhat our Government demn cattle affected with pleuro
should exercise control over this Isth- pneumonia,and for the government to
mian canal, it will be to this hemis- pay the lo3ses sustained by slaughter
j phere what the Suez cnal is to f o
Eastern, aud we know what a bone
of contention it i3 to stuke while the
iron is hot, Mr. Cleveland, if ycu
want speclidiy to do somethipg fcr
your country."
Mr Evarts still sniff a
bellicn" in this country, i
one Union soldier ia th .
not enoiuh to look after U
arts was himself a mei;i:i
cabinet for four ya-s:
"hot le
d thinks
di:ii:t is
M Ev
r of t he
-.1 asks the
i I he not
? Wnydid
Boston IIer:t''!. - by
seek to quenc'i i - dun
he assent to the u
i.nval f the troops
from the South ly l
evident Hayes?
cmncil chaui-
('Why did h- si, at
! r with the ".
ive
Some
ol
n-
pur states tuei ; re. t- previous. S
ator Ev-ut. is tJctn.l.iH.y too slow."
i
The telegrams luiiil tgin to spare
us from the daily repetition of how
long Gen. Grant h;.s blept ia twenty
four hour? when ha went to bed.when
he got up, how much he ate, and how
he assimilated his food; where he slept
the different horns of the day; who
called on him, and how Col. Grant
and Mrs. Sartoris, and the balance of
the family feel. Would it not be well
to vary this monotony; to Fay, for va
riety sake, who collects the General's
pensions, and how J? erdinand Ward
stands the hot weather in jail.
hie opinion gains ground row,
that Maxwell's deposit in a St. Louis
hotel
aing
in? , h-j.s wnefct.
was a
with him from
the. East. It has been proven
t ;.at Maxwell was after a stiff in Bos-
ta,and before he left there he told
the doctor, through whom he had
tried to procure one, that he had suc
ceeded in procuring it. But, if this
be a true theory, what did Maxwell
run away tor; and, where, too, is
Preller.
At a late sale of Jersey cattle in
New York, some- high prices were
paid. Among them were the follow
ing: Eurotas S Black Prince, 2-year-old
bull, $2,050; Helen St. Heller,
5-year old cow. $fi75; Nanette Poji,
1-year-heifer, $2,000; Shirley St. Lam
bert, 1-year-old heifer, 900; Leo Pojis
2-vear-iOd bull, $375; Gastavnette, 5-
! year-old ca .v, $1,400; Princess of Ash-
! antee, ( vtar old cow, 2,000; Princess
j of Ashante3 IV, 1-year-old heifer,
; st,0G0.
A private moven ent is on foot in
Chattanooga to tender Gen. Grant the
free us during his convalescence of a
pri v.itc hotel on Lookout Mountain in
sight of the battle fields of Chicamau
g;, Mission ridge, Lookout Mountain
iind Chittanooga. That is good; but
why not m ike the reccollections more
real; call for volunteers to stand up
and be shot down as of old. Chatta
noog:i may not only supply the free
! hotel but the men to be shot down to
j make the diversion more real.
The Russian counsel yesterday re
j ictt d eon uiliatory measures towards
England. This is significant enough.
If it is n.t, tW additional fact ol Rus
sia m jbuixinj a vast army of 200,000
men in the. South of the empire
to u-.! rrtady for work in t wenty days,
ong'it to be ample evidence to old
man
strict
Gladstone that Russia means
business this time.
M. Capel insists that no communiv
tv wh'ch sanctions divorce ought to
complain about polygamy iu Utah.
: He said, i-t New Orleans, that "he
j coul I distinguish little difference be
t twm.x driving tandem and i'oor-ia-h.i:.'.',
s ) L.r as driving was concerned,
j If a-3: hi otr. the latter was more pre
, tVrd l ie." A very simple axiom ought
to Lileuco Monsieur. It is that ,-two
: w ron?s do not make one right."
If the Land Board will sell seven
sections of land ia the grazing districts
to one person, the West will be set
tled up with permanent live-stock
breeders, and every acre of school land
J not sold will be rented at prices rang-
ing from the minimum figure to
twenty cents an acre. To rent the
most inferior lands, of which there
are millions of acres, the price fixed in
the law, four cents, should be retained
as the minimum.
It is said that Russian men-of-war
will cruise along the Italian coast in
j order to frighten Italy into inability
I to aid England in the Mediterranean.
; In view of the fact that Italy at the
, present moment has the four most
I powerful iron-clads in the world, it
j does not seem probable that she will
! become terrified to the extent Russia
desires.
The Fort Worth Gazette wants to
make it appear that Lieutenant-Governor
Gibbs is a kid of the Nineteenth
Legislature-stripe. Barney's hair is
already freckled with gray, and yet
he i3 a man with the youngest man
ners, but with a head well stored
with wisdom as to the need3 of
Texas.
Georgia a3 well as Texas can boast
of its credit. She recently invited bids
for 3,500,000 thirty-year bonds at a
j rate of interest not exceeding 5 per
j cent There were three offers from
one city for tne eatire issue at 4 per
I cent interest, one of which was at a
i premium of 4 per cent.
'
Secretary Endicott expresses
J astonisnment, me rumor oi ima-
unuerstanuing oetweeu muiaeit aim
. General Sheridan. He denies the
whole matter. If so, ifis about on a
par with the late rumor of a quarrel
between Cleveland and Manning,
Doubtless there was an objest in put
ting out these reports.
An inventive genius is said to
have produced a cushion containing a
spiral spring, to be worn by skaters
who have the habit of sitting down
unexpectedly , The spring, if properly
adjusted,- it is said, may be made to
throw one back upon his feet. It pro
tects the floor a3 well as the skater,
Comptroller Durham
differs
with Attorney General Garland as to
the right of thi Federal G jvernmsnt
to kill &ndL va7 for diseased cattle. It
C tl'l l-K COMPLICATIONS.
'I he Panhandle stockmen met at
Mobcetie, and after being fired up by
a red hot speech from their President,
Charles Goodnight, passed some very
positive iesolutious upon the subject
of herds being drives irom the South
through the Panuaude. He said the
Panhandle an l Northwestern stock
men had done a!i :n their power to
arouso the Southern Texas men to a
sense e.f impending d nger to their in
terests, aud to g-i incisures passed in
the L 'gl-liturtj lo jkLig1 to the estab
liah'.neiii of a tr.tii. to sanitary com
mission, or fccmethiiijj which should
bridge tho widening chasm, but they
were laughed at for their pains by men
wh proposed to drive disease-spread
ing nereis wnere and when they
pleased. He had abl legal advice to
the effect that the Pandhaadle stock
men could protect their herds by law
against the influx of these
death-dsaling herd, and every
means should be tried before resorting
to violence, but that he now preferred
the jail to the poor-house. At this
expression of their President, the cat
tlemen demonstrated hearty approval
He told them, that they would have
as allies for the war the members of
the Northwest Texas Cattle As
sociation, the Cherokee Strip and
tho Western Kansas Associa
lion. The resolutions adopted
were as follows:
Whereas, During past years, and
I vr.fLiill 'It' Kii bint n. .n.xrt li t 1 nn fe y1
the native and located cattle of this
country have been very great, almost
destroying several herds, resulting !
irom the introduction ot southern and
eastern cattle, which communicate
what i3 commonly known a3 "Texas
fever," and realizing as we do that
this is a question vitally important to
the interest t f all classe3 of our peo
ple and which alike effects the proper
ty of the stockmen and the settler and
farmer with his few head of milch
cows, and whereas the security of our
own property depends upon the exclu
sion f rem the country of cattle from
altsections which have been found to
communicate such disease.
Therefore, be it resolved by the cit
izens of the Panhandle in mass mast
ing assembled :
First, That it is un?afe and dan
gerous to the cattle ioc-ited in the
Panhandle to introduce aniond- them
other cattle raised or wiatercd snith
ot the Texas and Pacific Rati way aiid
east of a line running south from Lied
River with th eastern boundary i
the counties of Wilb irgar. B :vt(r,
Throckmorton, Shackelford and sou: li
to the Texas and Pacific Railway.
First, While we heartily, sy nip ill! z
with our Southern neighbors -u - ii
their ditfiaulties and emb u iassui nu
in reachiug desirable markc-is i.r
their cattle, we at the same t im re.ii
izs that this condition is thuir iiirfui
tuna and not our fault, and we h-:rr
pledge our individual iiifiue.:ice. and
united co-operation . to prevei t U.e
introduction or passage thro'iis this
country of any ear,tle raised or win
tered south or east of the lines h-r- in
mentioned, except on and idonir th
routes and trails hereafter sucsted.
Third, We would suggest as a prac i
cal route for a western outLp ror cat
tle beyond the boundaries uerein un
tioned, tho following: On th-.i west,
beginning at Colorado Ci'y, oi t rie
Texas aud Pacific Railway, "th. nee m
a northwest direction to or near Ut
head waters of the Yellow 11 .ire e n
von. thence to tha head waters ot . h .
Ranui-ig Waters in II tie 0u.r.v,
thence to the head waters o:i th -.
Tule canyon in Swisher t.'oiu'y.
thence to the head waters u i tne
Terra Blancho cmyon, 111010'. t ill :
head waters on lha Palo Dan ua'ty .-u
ia Raadall County, tbe.ij . tu
Tecova, about eighteen miic.-.noii'h .!
the Canadian Uiver.theiiCd in a north
west direction to the no t'nwt a:. c i -ner
of Dallam County. Oj tluet.
we suggest the following i-eu-i-ia
at the tertninu3 of the Fort V orr.h &
Denver Railway, thence io a :. itu
west direction u the nioa:i 1.1" ih.:
north fork of Red R ver, taence t iK
ing the regular Dodgre City tiiiil
through the Indian Territory.
The first and tecnd re;o
lutions were" adopted unani
mously, but . there was some
little opposition to tho third, b -cans.-,
as those who;-ppo:.e I it s i:d the. A-s -cialioii
ha I n lia'av to fix a tr til foi
self-p; X-.::' ior:, iu.1 ;it the s uu liun
lmp.isr d tiigers, coit(i..i-i-.d .-f by
theai, up 11 o'.ueiv B r. the La -id rrs
olutio , us Well as tne other r-soiu-
tions, v. -i i p' d, and the n: x
to tr txptetid i-', thai
upon ,Li iJi tiiis trail is a.
ed to In iinijus' d
refu.-e t 1-t. cattle pis. ih
in- s
"e:i i-t
will
: it..-
hand I.: S-..i.ck- Ass out ioi pa -.ed
l..d
lar res .bitio jS to tritwe, au 1 pi d-e.:
the alii mei of a tiihuber of oilier .-.bit
ilar associations. The line Ux d, south
of whici are the condemned cattle, is
along the line qf the Texas and Pacific
It til way and east ot the east lines of
Wilbarger, Baylor, Throckmorton and
Shackelford counties. What are the
Southern Texas cattlemen going to do
about it v
The Fort Worth Gazette estimates
that 50,000,000 acres grazing land in
Texas would graze 5,000,000 head of cat"
tie. That fixes ten acres fore very ani
mal taking the run of all lands, when
well informed cattle raisers know it
will take twenty acres all around, good
and bad mixed.
May 15, the Fort Worth Refrigera
tor Company will begin slaughtering
one hundred beeves daily, and as many
good sheep as they may find it p ssi
bie to h-tndle. Why doe3 not Austin
establish the same sort of aa enter
prise ?
Ex-Gov. JBuown, solicitor of the
Gould system of railways. The
Statesman hopes, will not bs long
confined to his room because of. inju
ries received in the late smash-up. He
is a fast friend of Texas and of Tex
aas. Fedrr.il Offices In Texan. .
Marshall Herald.
The Galveston A ews is responsible
forthefollowing:
It is reported that the Texas deleg
ation In congress held a meeting
at Washington a few days before
Cleveland was inaugurated and agreed
upon a plan for the distribution of
the federal officers in the. State.
Under the terms of this plan the
congressional delegation generously
took everything. The members of
the lower house were to have tie
designation of persons for the offices
within their respective districts, and
the senators w ere to have the d s!
gnation when tha scope of the cilice
stretched beyond a single congres
sional district. Thus the senators
would have the designation of district
attorneys, judges, maisbaLa, aid, in
some Instances, of internal revtnee
collectors. The members of the housa
would have tha designation of the!
post-masters and other oillcers, whose !
official territory lies within the con
gressional district. Hints have been
abroad that the meeting, when this
programme' va agreed upon, was
far Irom being placid in all respects.
It has been hinted that the brilliant
young representative of the Seventh
district kicked like a southwestern
as
steer because of the greed of the
senators in demanding the lion's share
of the spoils. It has been further
hinted that in order to quite him the
senators and the other members of
the delegation agreed to indorse his
candidate for the district attorneyship
oi me t esieru uisiricu
It seems that, in addition to this
discord at Washington, there is an-
otner disgruntled element at this
State capital, composed of Slate
officials, according to the Austin cor
respondent of that paper, that are
furious because their recommenda
tions of aspirants were not followed,
and which they thought would have
the force of commands upon the
Texas senators and representative's
in Congress. These Austin, wire-
workers have hitherto successfully
run the party machine in the State,
and concluded to enlarge their in
tluence and power. The .News thinks
that this strife threatens very se
nously the harmony of the Demo
cratic party in Texas. lVrhups so.
but we apprehend that bv the time
the next canvass opens t lie pii.pl will
conclude to set asidn machine way
and regulate matters themselves.
PEUSONAL.
Mimstei Gladstone has a brother
Tnomas who is over ninety years cf
age, and a i ory.
A sister of the famous naval officer.
Oliver 11. Perry, 1? living iu Ames,
ia , at tne rare old age ot 112 years,
1 j- Vnvfln.. m X 1 r
ernor ot Ooio, and that Gov. Huadlv
will probably
run against mm on tne
Democratic ticket.
The widowed Lady Ampthill has
been appointed Lady-in-Waiting to
Abercromby. who recently resigned.
jliic puot ia wuriu isuo a year, anu ptfilloj jjuoo vx xxcoij. jju-li vui"
only consists in six weeks' attendance -i . , ti,1 WanVnava fi-aa
at couri in each year. plaints, Female W eaJoiess, was
-representative Ethelbert Barks-
,lol.x . r., .V...4. u
unit? ua auijuiixjucu mat 11c Will llUt
be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination tor uovernor ot missis-
sippi. Ex-Governor j. m stone is
strongly endorsed lor tho nomina
tion.
Gen. Geo. B. McCiellan will deliver
iuc -iycuui.iui.il my uuui'ess at. me xvn-
V. r., 1! I i.i
tietam niili -r'al ci metery. It will t ehi
lirp', v ul !(; the n;aceince the battle.
Wh t i:i Hagerstown (len. McCl-l'.an
win h- the j-iiest of Col. II Ky II) ,ns
laes, ho Wu on iS.oaewall Jackson's
staff.
The. Wj.sYIneton correspondent of
theriiil iddp aa Times is "quits su;e
tnat jNir. Ilt-ndncks would a, any
time exchange hi ore er.t position fcr
i seat in C . presi or the Governor
ship ot a St'.V; i -.t to a man or Lis in
tellect no Jove t.f power a mere hon
orary oiiic is no more than a me-il of
sugar plum . to a hungry laborer."
.V l.lllJK liUMOli.
Castor oil tiia b the best for phys
ic, bu'; io ivil, iirt we-ikti a man aiy
quicker tlifii uirmoi:. Ex.
What is i : a n itu? Scene A Par
isian res! aur-ant. Old lady (who has
been s inlying the menu lor ten min
utes w ihout sucetss) "Waiter, Ttis
de Neau a l-i Fianciere,' what is that
in Eniiih;"' Waiter, (after a few
moments thou s:hti "Madame, it is
! the Laugh of th Calf at the Banker's
i Wife." Life,
"Yes," remarked Mrs. Unstartia,
'chat picture is an original llaphael.
Husband had heard so ru ich about
j counterfeit Raphaels that he not only
ordered tni3 irom an artist upon
whom he can depend, but he even
went so far as "to go to the studio
every day while it was being painted;
so you can take my word for it that
it i3 a real original Baphael. Boston
Transcript,
Jone3 is very green. He came to
the city recently, staying over Sun
day. When he returned home he was
asked if he went to church while ho
wa? away. "2o," said he, "1 couldn't
tind tfie men's meeting house. I went
into about a dozen churches, but they
all appeared to be women's meetings,
and of course, 1 went out immediate
ly. I didn't wish to intrude upon
tueir privacy, you know. Bostcu
Transcript
Needed It When the Second Came.
From the New York 'i imes.
"if ess," saia a father of several
children. T was a proud and happy
man when my iirst child was born.
It was a boy, and I deposited $100 in
the bank to his credit in honor of the
event. That was 15 years ago."
"With the accumulating intrest it
will amount to quite a sum by the
time he reaches manhood "
"Yess, it would if 1 had loft it there,
but I had to draw it out when the
second came.
"Banged
Two-edged
II air.
Sword
The
truthfully
says:
"One of the most abomniable out
croppmgs of total depravity is to be
seen in the modern, fashionable and
idiotic custom of 'banging- the hair.'
Go where you will you inay behold
otherwise handsome-looking female
faces are made hideous as a Mexican
Pagan's or a Ute Indian's. Little
children, youar ladies and tven old
women, have ad ;;ttd the ungodly
craze.' In first Cor. 1:15, the Holy
Ghost declares: 'If a woman have
long hair, it is a glory to her, for her
hair is given her for a covering.' And
yet Christian women will, in direct
disobedience of Holy Writ, cut off tho
beautiful locks of hair to a certain
length, and then past and fore it
to grow down over the forehead, in
the most unnatural manner. Ihus
hiding that which God never design
ed should be hidden. Alas! that
things in the church bbould come to
such a phase that the slightest beck
or call of Friend Fashion is observed
more faithfully than are the plain
commands or exhortions of the Lord.
Are our sisters aware of the fact that
the habit cf 'b. n ing the h:dr' used to
be the mark of prostitution in our
cities ? For shame, then, away with
the hideous f ftshion and obey the ex
hortion of the Holy Ghost, is given
in 1st Tim. 2. U."
WtalfiNiSDlf!
"Haroun of .& lepp-.i," saiti Sir Thi'lip Derva
"had mastered every secret in nature which
ih1- robler mxgic Keeks to fatlioin. He dis
covered that the t ue a:t o: healing Is to assist
Nature to throw off the disease to summon,
as it were, the whole system to eject the en
emy that has fastened on a part. His pro
cesses all Included Ue reinvjgoration of the
principle of H e."
In this the Eastern sage merely anticipated
the practice of the beat physicians of to-day.
What life itself is nobody l- new then n .body
knows now. But we have lKariwnl something
of the reasons why th mysterious tiderses
and falls. Frovited th pi eat organs of t'e
b dy are not irreparably destroyed, medical
science can always relieve and i f ten save if e -noieputable
physician n.iv adheres to the
barbarous and stupid procssest f depletion,
such as bleeding, by whica it was attempcil o
cure disease by reducing the patent's ability
to resist it. Nov-a-days wo io not t ar down
the fort to help the gairhon w.- streng li: n it.
In this itite ligent aud benetido t Wi.rk, it is
conceded that U li. K H'j TO. I : l-ad .
all other medicines'. As an iimgorant it m is
immediately and fower nUyuw ii the irei:la
ti'in and the o-gaus of digestion, thin giving
Nature the assistance she calls for. it follow s
that all ailments of the stomxeh, kidneys Ml 1
liver are at once relieved or cured., fo other
preparation embodies the tame riualU.-es or
p -oduces similar results. It i deliu.oy to use
and the best, knojvn anti-intoxicant. 1'iice
SOc aud $L IHscox & Co., S ew York .
It Ua Rest.
blifritai: Courier.
In all seriousnes1. there ssten timed
much Grant's throat, his pulse, his
temperature, his beef tea, hi3 lassi
tude, his doctors, etc., a3 there ought
to hi among a people of sovereigns,
who ought to be ashamed of aping
the llunkeyism we have long con
demned as one of the evils of royalty.
This propensity to magnify
every trifling incident con
nected with the complaints
of a distinguished man i3 one of the
most objectionable features of mod
em society in this country, and leaves
us nothing to reproach rovalty for in
this respect. Let (Jen. Grant enjoy
the f-ympathy of his countrymen as
he deserves, but it would bea gracious
relief to abreviated the daily bulletins
trom his sick room, and not to keep
those pesky doctors continually be
fore the public by free advertising in
the associated press dispatches.
In the heart of Wvoming Territory
is a mountain of solid hematite iron.
with six hundred left of it above
ground, more than a mil j v ide and over
two miles in length; a bed or lignite
coal b'g enough to warm the world
foi ceutuiies; eight lakes of solidsoda,
one of thein over six hundred acres in
extent and not less than thirty feet in
dpth, aud a petroleum basin which
contains morn oil than Pennsylvania
and West Virginia combined, from
which in places the oil is oozing in
na'urid wel:s at the rate of two bar
rels a day.
Is pronounced by scores of phy
gicianS. and tilOllSanCiS 01 peopiB
, - i . . 1 .r i x
i i a Miti t r na tuu i lt-iv
WHO ililVo uoeu. iif to wo
Vnnwn TP-mPrtV for DebilitV. DvS
n011 remedy ior JJeuuiiy, iy
i. ' OT'T n
TuWUir NorwtsnoRA
tilO JJ-XlbOiUXXXllJl ".. w ' -,
I -
TA'n.ln.rial Fever and manv 0the
,. , . t a
diseases wnere tonics are reqiureu
differing essentially from all
T, TinaP TnnA onrl TrmW
ULllOl J-Hj&O. J.UUUO v.uiui
.. - nnBi,t f thn
X illi ftl-Citl lllimiHaiw. "
Jnlce of tho finest lrenh boot by Baron Von,
Lleb'g's process together wltb Iron, quinine,
and roots and herbs known Ior their tonla
ana health-giving properties; and affords
bunding material for both nerve and muscle.
An otialvsis by the eminent chemist, AB
'I'HttK niLTi HASSAXL, M.D., P.B.9., ot Lon
Jon. Eng'and; and also an endorsement by
th celebrated physician. Professor 81H
raAsrrjj wilsos, f.h.s., ll.d., ot Lon
don, are laboled on each bottle.
It lias irrought svrh retnarkabls eurr
of the ailments which afltict common JM".
inanity lIMt c wnu.y ua iruiif
-
COLDEN'S Liquid Beef Tonlo.
Sold fcy Iea(!i:i3 wholesale druggists anil
retailed fcy druggists generally. '
Price. SI perlottle; 6 for $5.,
IS Kf-x UnrtAii
OF . .
HoroZicund and Tar
. " For persons of all (ro. Gener-
. f J j. ally known to bo A wokdehj-uI.
curt iur vuiinKi.iu.i.rup.
Ot!?? WhoopiiiR C',iUKh,Broncliiti8.nd
Conumi!on. It banisht
uonKusana rirosks up colas iiKa
macic. civ-- l- rnotlierreme-
i5239SSj Keep it in .-.-...ess. 'Of all
t&iEPrif'f-.S tlniRKiPts ot ' "id 1 larireat,
tQ1 35-! clicajMist. look outor imitations.
PyTSS&'iSk Ilhc' Toothache Drop
rrffi$lt Cure la uiie mlnnte.
vF&Wi German Corn Remoter KUU Oonu
Siii'ilM KjVi and iJuiitont.
WHY WTLL ASY ONE BUFFER FROM CORW
when they can pet a bottle oZ the "GEKMAJdi
CORN REMO rtH"-a cartain au. painleeB rem.
Bdy for both CornH and Bunions of any Unionist
for 26 cents. Tuera are wortUietis imitationn Him-
ilar in namo- Ke sure to pot tho "I.ERMAN
CORN REMOVER" C. N. CRITTEKTOK, bo la
roDrietor. 115 Fulton .itreut. Kuw Voriv.
.NN'S SULPHUR SOAP IfPpOVS THE SK1K.
He Best & rneajssL
' HILL'S
Hair and Whisker
DYE,
Black, or BroTilt
Sold by all drag.
giala at 50c -a
C N. OirrnrorroSi
Pronriptor,
IIS Fulton at-N.Y-
y 6LEKN'S SULPHUR SOAP.
V tv "The most effective external
a j? remedy extant for the oure of
N hKin LliseaKes and for Rr.jitit.ifv.
inc the Complnxion.
Cauiion. There are connter-
lt-:-i3 CJltl'l-TiTKTnV nn Pflfth ntlrat1
Of drutrKistK, 25 cts.; 8 cakes,
G0c., mr-iled on receipt of price,
aud 3c. ex: ra per cake, by
ii N. CililTTJCNTON. ProoV. 113
i1i
Fulton St.. New York. --
For 15 years at yt Court Place, now at
322 Market Street, Tm jrojlia
bet. Third and Fourth, UUlUU 1 Iladjiij
Vfcularly educated s&d leTnlly qualifiej jihiticlaa and (ha .
1 ' BucetiAtuU as aia practice will prove.
fliirea all fonasof PRIVATE,
TRONIC and SEXUAL DlSi
1SES.
. apormatorrliea and Iiipoteaoy,
....Mnlt nf r.lf..Ki... (n uith an..l .. ..... i
t'jrcr jean, or othor cauei, uud p-oduclag aooic 0 f tbe tut- "
lining cKeett: NervouiDed, 8emiual Kmudiooi, (oigM amis.
.,..rn by drearoa). Diuiaesi of biira htfecliM Mtciory, Ytiy
kl al Llccay, Ptru.ilea oo Face, Aversion tfi Socletf of Females,
Coaruxloa of Ideas. Irfns of Bexual Pt.wr, 60.. rendering
u:.rriage improper or unhappy, aro ttoraublv and perma.
nn'Jj cared. SY1?HX1j IS f" iired and to-
r.T-liStCdDf"'rattd J!,r'";: Goiiorrliea,
CtIjEET, Stricture, tlrehltis. Hernia, (or Kujiturei;
I'll js sna otnr prirte diseases quickly cured.
It is s'lir-iTlilont that a phy sieian who pi special attentkn
to a ecrtcia ol&ss of diseaai, rd treating tliousnnds atnu.
ally, anqi.ircs irrcat skil.. PbyslcUns knowing this fact oftca
rccoaimend fraons to my care. When it ii inconvenient ta
visit the city for tresr-meut, medicines can bs Rtt Jprlvatdy
and safely by mail or express anywheie.
Curss Guaranteed all Cases
undertaken. .
Cousuluti'ns ponally or Vr letter free and lnrlteS.
Charge reasonable and oi,rrespindence atrictlj TrrtfiilkntiaU
Of M0 papta, sent to any addrefi, aecitreW anled, Ihr thirty"
"'I cents. Should read bv aU. ddre ns above.
l2ceboninuBai.tsaP. M. Sa&dara.ataas(.
V fA.Jfai Jim nr rMmMmUf M
Sarsaparilla
Is a highly concentrated extract of
. Sarsaparilla and other hlood-pnrifyinjr
roots, combined irith Iodicla of I'otaa
slnzn and Iron, and is the safest, most rell
ablo, and most economical blood-purifier tb&t
' can be used. It invariably expels nil blood
poisons from the system, enriches and renews
the blood, and restores Its vitalizing power.
It is tho best known remedy for Scrofula
and all Scrofulous Complaints, Eryslp
elas, Eczema, IUnsrvrorm, Elotches,
- Sores, Boils, Tumors, and Eruptions
of the Skin, as also for all disorders caused
by a thin and impoverished, or corrupted
condition of the blood, such as Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Bheumatlo Gout, General
Debility, and Scrofulous Catarrh. j
4 Mammatori Rheumatism Cure! J
"Ateb's SARaAPAEixt,A has cored me o
the Inflammatory Khcamatism, with
which I have suffered for many years.
V. II. IIoobe."
Durham, Ia, March 2, 1882 . v .)
PBEFASED BY . s '"
Dr. J.O.Ayer vs. Co., Lowell, Mass.
Bold by all Drrjgists; ?1. six bottles for 00
fanwtneniiig I invigorating 1 Fattening
gjWt ay rSa?U aSa tiSS
MM'