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THE WEEKLY STATESMAN.
AUSTIN' TEXAS.
THURSDAY
.FEB." 24, 18S1
The Governor sijruetl the inanity
riiMige bill jrsterilay, and now we
will Lave If use forth mcdioa!
pt'rt In the court room. '
Pkesipext U.vyk has drawn his
salary for four years, one month in
1 ranee, which at one per rent, per
month l equal to $:MO0 rlrar on his
b.iuk account.
.Mkvuf.ks ot ConjfrcsH from the
West "and Soulinveat arc conferring-;
wllh r view oT po-opcrating in e
ourLujt the pnnsnjo of the bill to pre
vent the .spread of contagiou lis
. Hes among; rattle. .
It in admitted thnt Justice Clitl'ortl
.AH'il -never be. able to reniiiiii his
J ,pJfe3on tlie .Supreme bench." Thin
'.'wdttUl leave . but onfr .Demoerat,
- Justice Fitld-i, '" fceiich. Il fc
- trulv n UepnbliciiU court. -
. C i ) . .. .
Tiik LouiHvillo Lottery btibincsf,
which ban been a corruption to the
whole country, U announced n sus
pended, while its agent continue to
ell tickets to the weak and credu
lous In the conn try district.
fr is iWHorted that in thirty days
the Texas and 1'ncilic railway, the
t ' International and Great Northern,
the Ii'ou Mouutaiu and the SI. K. &
'1'., will all bo consolidated, to be
operated under the same management.
It took two weeks for a contract
to be niado with the Btatksmax to
print tho House journals for $4.37)
per day. It took two ininntes to
contract with the dexterous Hand
df the JTeto to do the same work
for $20 per day.
Oi!H Houe reports show that in
committee of the whole yesterday
.n the liquor bill rates were agreed
r to' as follows: lit quantities less
"tuna one quart of vinous and spir
ituous liquors, an annual tax of
$300; in quantities of one quart aud
less than five gallons, $200; five gal
lons and more f 300; for malt liquors
$50.
Tub Senate's Committee on Fi
nance has amended the House's
. fuudlng bill, by changing the rate of
lutereat.for both bonds and treasury
notes, from three to three and one
half per cent., and by removing the
provision which required national
banks to keep4 on deposit in the
treasury, government bonds to the
amount of one-third ot their capi
tal. The Democratic CongreMiuen
from New York fear that tho bitter
tight betweeu Tammany and anti
Taiumauy will result In aleeting a
Hopublicau .to succeed Fernando
Wood. Tammany will Insist upon
a candidate from its ranks, and with
the bitter feeling now existing there
it is believed anti-Tammany will not
yield, and that there will be two
Democratic caddldates.
Tub Brenham Banner concludes
-an argument on enforcement of
puniahmoat for crime by saying that
whenever it is once thoroughly
understood that the penalties at
tached to certain crimes will be
xitldly .enforced, that murderers
; will "surely be housed and thieves
"roiH-lo the penitentiary,, men will
;top"uod weigh carefully the conse
,' '-ueuces before doing n felonious
! act,; ' .
Tim Northern Pacific railway has
j been granted 67,930,000 acres of
t )aiiL This . property is valued
at ?99,7S0,00a The entire length
?'of;'.tho road will be 2700
.'Iiiilkl.andlh cost will be $75,000,-
OOO, Showing a neat gaiu on the
f Koycrtrmeiit ot 92 4,750,000 over the
jUiic.oot of tho entcrpriso. (Our
- Vaundftih neighbors have just con
, u:td tor a road somewhat longer
; SOOO miles, for $25,000,000 and 2-V
10,060 acres of land. . ' .
aTf TjiB.'Vum total of Mexican sub-
veiitionsl made to railway lines, to
r be built and controlled by Gould.
a! .other citixous of the United States,
is $96,000,000. The grants convey
power td these men to build roads
over the most important parts of
Mexico, and to hold it until it may
' ' be occupied by our people; and it 14
no speculation to say, that in a short
time its fertile lands, and its rich
grazing and ' mining districts
wilt be In possession of Americans.
. Although the grants amount to quite
' 1 100,000,000, Mexico haa not a dollar
with which to .pay, and the claims
'Jaunt 4 therefore remain as a inorf
f 'gage upon Its territory. It Is sug
gested that the favored corporations
when;they shall bavo built their
works, will demand the subsidies,
and failing to receive them, will
eall upon their government to exact
them, in the same way as the French
.vgtivenunent attempted to enforce
the Jccker claims in 1864 by war.
' So tho inevitable problem works
. out its own solution.
Ohio is waklnjr up to the excel
lencea of the taxation plan of deal-
lug witn temperance. A Dili baa
been introduced in the State Senate
which provide .for the taxation
upon a finding scale of all persons
engaging in the traffic in lntoxicat-
- ing liquors. The dealer whoso place
- of Duatno&a Is located outside of the
; , limits o( any village or city, and not
, within one. mile thervof, is to pay
I ' $100 per annum; dealers . within a
' village having a population of 2000
or within ono mile thereof, $200;
trithin any city of tho second-class
" or within ono mile thereof, ' $500
within any city of the ' first-class, or
' within one mile thereof, $1000. All
- the Ainds arising from the act are to
. bo applied to the relief of the poor
' whose destitution has arisen irom
' the use ofjor traifio in mtoxi Ating
liquors and other poor.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Verdi's next onerti will be euti-
tied Otello.". , Kditor .-trsU-Miiau:
The transfer of the Obelisk 1 In the Texas l'rem Convention
f row Alex mnfrin -tf Snr V ork- rwt rtreltf-Tn "Houston lffst MaV, and fttf
M m. II. Vaiidcrbilt $10.1.000. ; journed until the ensuing Mav. and
.The State of Kansas in roiur to i whereat nearly the entire press of
place a statute of John Brown in , the State were ablv represented, a
the .National Gallery at NVashingtou. resolution wa unanitnoHslv passed
Mr. John T. Kaymond haa ; that iu view of the existing unjust,
. . n . i .. x x - . . .... . . r J .
t.t wru a K'cai ucre m .vr i or.,
iu ni ww piaj . -r re-n. ine Amen.
Madame Anua i'.iiliop reap-
reared tn a concert m New ork.
.uoiiiiuy evening, nuer an nooence
or many years. ' , .
Kx-Gov. Seymour doe'not jjivo
up lite and horpe. lie says he shall
1 ! a - 1 V , i TW .
iMciobce a xeuioi rajic i resuiciu
iu NushintfUiD. ,
11 has hecu decided that the
seat of NewVor-k's state government
Mian remain at Albany until the new
capitol buildinsr kills down
Stationers liud that postal card.-
Inivo decreatjed the sale ot'ctivel
0iei and writing paper to the
amount of $12,000,000 annually. .
In 1880 tho saving banks in New
York city added $45,000,000 to their
dcpofiU, whereas Ui 1879 the incrae
in Hie mivlngs 'hanks of the city, was
only $10,000,000-. ' .
Attorney-Genera Devens says
that the English mission will be
vacant soon, as Mr. James Itussell
Lowell is anxious to return to the
duties of his profession.
'In passing around contribution
boxes, clergymen should remind
their hearers that charity begins at
home, where unfortunate' people are
starving. The heathen of our coun
try can wait. .
"At tho Peabody dinner on the
2d instan," says a Washington cor
respondent, "Gen. C rant's wile was
royally attired in rich velvet, superb
black pearls and. a blaze of . dia
monds. ' .
Table cloth .arc made louuer
and just wide enough to cover the.)
table.. I'uHisso that guests. a.t the
table will be required to use. nap
kins, which are much easier washed.
These new style, of cloths aro called
table scarfs. ' . .......
In rofcrence to tho marriage of
Lady Iiurdett-Coutts, n Loudon
paper thinks it necessary to state
that shonld there be isue'(tho bride
is 66) the eldest son will inherit the
title, but he and the other children
will boar the name of the father.
According, to Halt Journbl of
Health, a man can catch tho diphthe
ria by holding his head over a drain
for fifteen minutes. It does not fol
low, however, that there is no diph
theria in cities where there are no
drains, for there aro other ways of
catching the discaso which serve
equally well.
It is- estimated that at lea4t ten
brake men are killed every day in
tho United States, or 8,550 during a
year. - The number killed or injured
in a year is not less than 10,000. Life,
insurance companies- generally de
cline to take risks on- brakemen of
freight cars, and those on passenger
trains are only taken at an extra
rate. "
The students ot Eastman's Com
morcial College in Poughkeepsie,
New York, have compelled the ex
clusion of Frederick C. Dickerson.
a colored young man of--character
and intelligence. His fees had been
paid and he bad commenced his
studies, when the white stndeut
threatened violence if he eon tinned
among thenn : " ' L
When Sarah'ftcrnhardl returned
to her room iu the' hotel in Cincin
nati one night. last week. -sbe found
that she had lost" her key. The
chambermaid seeing, her dilem
ma querned: "An' have, yez lost
our kay?'-',:;'Qui! Quit" exclaimed
rah in Irn n wt fl.liolAnD tAtim
"tint!" Qui! "bar mi " mattaire and
crnrwhi hor skirts abont her she.
passed la tnroug beaey-aoie. tj
" Mrs. Valeria G. Stone, the 'New
Eugland philauthropisf," has - given
away $1,800,000.. She keeps for her
own uso onlv ' $200,000 out -of her
late husband's estate of $2,000,000.1
. r , , y n , i t i , "T
iter jiusoami was iaiuei jr. cione, a.
Boston merchant', who made hi
money in the dry' goods jobbing
trade. ' Twenty-nine educational in
stitutions and several hospitals aro
benefited by her . liberal distribu
tions. .
. It is a notorious, fact that the
Alabama award brought the United
States considerably1 more money
than it has yet been able to find
a legal claimant tor. A matter
of nine millions or so of money still
remains in the treasury, or rather is
iuvested in UniteclStates bonds, by
means of which the sum is daily
growing larger, and constantly giv
ing cause for English indignation.
The Washlugtbn lobby has. run
down greatly in a 6ocial degree, the
Cinoincati AnMA-cr declares during
Haves' res-imp. - In Grant's .darn It
'embraced some'ftf the choicest tal
ent in the country; it made money
aud. lived' in high style. Its mem
bers gave tho finest dinners to be
had in the capital, and feasted, feted
and button-holed ' onr statesman.
Since the Democrats have had con-
trot of Congress, nowcycr, lobbying
has become profitable. The leaders
of ' the lobby have deserted thpir
former haunts or sunk in social posi
tion, ana , tne pusiness is nearly
ruined. , , . . . , -
Dr Fordyce Barker, in his ad
address before the Academy of Med.
fclne. reports that.iniproyei)Tent. in
municipal sanitation will reduce the
deaths in -New York city 6000 a
year: He adds ' this cheerful expe
rience with the "doctors: Manv of
our moro wealthy people do not
cwuirui uuciiibcivcs ny-pajmg lue
bills sent to,them, but often add a
most gorgeous honorariunr. Thus
I am informed, ou the best author
ity, that oue received, at, the be-
f tuning of, tlie . year, a,,-heek. for
10,000, and another of - our number
a check for $5000. TheTe are many
of ua wbo are ; remembered at the
time of the Christmas ; holldava by
grateful patients, who send presents
of silver and bronze work of art.
together with luxuries of an esthetic
character Which we could not af
ford to indulge in, but which we.
nevertheless gratefully accept'7.' ;
A -New. York letter' eavs: A
everybody knows, Wijuam H. yaih
derbut made a vast deal of money
probably a million, or two by bis
late telegraph operations, whieh be
seems to nave managed witn ox-,
ceedmg shrewdness. Tola is the
way. thai he conducted his Unancial
schemes: . .Ho- told his immediate
kinsmen br -WooAandarriasre.to
sellr Western TJnion short, -and they.
natnrairy went; into tdo .streot ana.
did as they, wbro' bidden. , Stock
brokers and apcclnaioca seeing what
the VandcrWifparty-as it la called,
wfcre dofriS,1 flnaiFneAlliat theTbivd
an excellent tioint and did likewise.
Meonwhilo andorWt jiimgeif was
steadily, buying the stock, and when
the coalition of the different compa
nies had been made, he paid his
kinsmen the different amounts fhey
had lost In selling., short, .and, be
cleared on bis own account , what to
any other man would be a handsome .
tortuoo- x-
The Uill for Publir Ad v-Hilu. Kir.
ArSTlX, February
it;.
inequituuie and rraiia-begetung
. mode of advertUln by posting cer
i tam judicial and other sales, a com
uiiuee should be appointed to pre
; pare and presw the passage of a bill
t requn inj: it to be done llirough the
j newspaper as the best possible
j medium of notice. . Iu accordance
; with this resolution of the press
.... .
; a hill was proposed, and is . now
pending in the State Senate, report
. ttl favorablv on. under nmenriinentfl
I by the committee of which Senator
Terrell is chairman. In a few dav
it will doubtless pass that .body
uuanimousiy.
The press of the Stale, the true
sentiment and guardiau ot the
rights of tho great body of tho peo
pie Jiad time and again witnessed
tueiraud, the. wrong and gross in
justice wb'ih could be done, and
winch was. actually sometimes done
to propertv owners bv the absurd
old time, oxcart, uncivilized method
ot posting on walls trees, fences,
etc., and so determined to uproot
the not oniv inadequate but ire
queptly iniquitous practice. One
notice, .and that too-in exquisite,
spider-web chirographv, perhaps,
on. a tree, one notice on a. wall il
may be ten or . fifteen feet
high, and one notice on
fence consecrated ofteu to the pat
ent medicine, ilemck's pill ; or
Moody's shirt displays, to be deemed
?ullicient warning to hundreds of
creditors.' What a Kross absurdity
not to say foul wrong in this dav
and generation. The press had also
known ot and seen these notices de
stroyed. in the interest of somebody
a few moments after the posting so,
that when came the day of sale only
one or two siv leitows, shyster law
yersor interested litigants, plaintiff
or defendant, were present to buy
in the property for a mere song, and
thus people are made ignorant by
the eft'octof law, defrauded of what
they should have had. And yet
there be soma on. this day o
the year 1881, who, under the pica
ot extra cosi ..by newspaper
advertising, cannot see that an in
vestment of, &ay $10, may beget an
increased prico ot several hundred
and oftenor ot several thousands
moro than, py the dark-lantern, mid
night notioo posting and notice de
stroying process.- Thoseusible man of
business thinks not this way .for who
would advertise his .dry. goods or
groceries or. real estate by such post
ing as is. now. done by. law. where
business . men; farmers, etc, cannot
always be on the alert to secure the
information.
These things loug ago brought
about the newspaper advertising
laws for sheriffs' sales.adininistrators
executors,- guardians, and tax. sales
in .other states of this Union. They
obtain in all the Northern states, in
Missouri, Arkansas, Georgia Louis
iana, and in the. Western states as
well,
1 IXext week the Seuate bill will be
presented to the Aonse. "What will
they do with H ?" The people and
the press await the answer, unan
imouslv the latter urged tho matter.
and unanimously co-operatively
they have thus tar kept quiet under
the- belief that tho spirit ol justice,
and the intelligence of the-present
legislature would givo to the people
thUrftu liu'li-4li.-y as entitled. If
the uueufiire mceis with undue op-
J position, then let. us at loest have on
record tlie "ayes aud "noes,
: i . . i'.r' : -.Scat Peeks.
? .1, " " s I '" .
lj . -, . Tb fl areirciMiBtMl BWrict, .
'brazokia, oxM Fyb. 12, 1881.
Editor 8T4TXSMAJ(; .,, l'"
. Permit" me acrain to trespass unon
yonr columns, in behalf.af the coast
ot lexas. particularly that part
known as the counties of Brazoria
and Matagorda". The beginning of
work at the mouth; ot Uie Brazos
river ihiitf revived .our. flagging
spi ritft,-and v with fair crops the pnsi
year,-we enter upon another with
renewed hope that tho life in the
"old land'' . will yet grow into great
developments, and result in giving
to lexas ana tne groat new west a
magnificent land-locked harbor free
from the demands et wharf: -com
panies.
. In aid of our i works .of dovelop-
mcnli appeal is made to the legisla
ture tnnongn tne medium -t your
paper, i our section being without
xepresentaiiQn.ta . mate our' re
sources known and to object to ua
friendly jind district legislation
This can be! douo only by cutting
control, and by: giving- ns a- separate,
representative district. '-,:
A peliliou"h becnforwarded to
Seaolbr 1 Fatten fretting jout our
grievances arising from associations
'wrtn uaivestou,, antrasKing, in the
event oi n, new apportion
inent,1 tnat w oe . entirety ret
leased from Galveston, both, in
senatorial and representative dis
tricts; but if no new apportionment
be made, then we would have an
amendm-nt passed r- abolisbisg the
notorial district "of Galveston, Bra
zoria and Matagorda, and making
Brazoria and Matagorda alone con
stitute the thirty-sixth represent
tive district. This is fair. Galves
ton, with 2(5,000 people, has two repv
resentatives and the floater as well
as the Senator. Brazoria and Mata
goraywith 10,000 people, are without
a voice in the' legislative assembly
oi tne state. a.
Galveston has hitherto urged her
Democratic majority of votes as our
salvation, but as .Galveston's Dem
ocratic majority prefers a Galveston
Republican to a Brazoria Democrat
we prefer, if we have to take a Re
publican member, that be be a home
maae one, ana noi-oorrowearor the
Dotation without our asking.
The favorable consideration of the
Legislature of this petition is asked,
an In common with our people,
uemocrata ana-' uepuoucans, the
hope la expressed that it. will pass
tnac we may nave renei sought- '
J ERBJL AV AMBSS,
Xf Ul 4oa on Hobm Tturaartv. '
. Ja.CKsaarviix.BL Texas.
Editor StateuBM : - .' '
We notice in tout excellent paper
that Mr. Woods, of the House of
KcnresentaUyes, has introduced a
bilf in reference to the tax. on Jiur-
series. The occupation tax requires
nurserymen. Jfor the privilege of sel
ling tboir trees, either in person or
byagentjtopay a tax of $20a There
are now a great many nurserymen
just : beginning' this, business on a
amau acaje, in our iwe, me great
demand tor borne grown, trees bay
ing . encouraged , them to .da so.
Moat of . them aro poor. 4nen.
The small business they are able to
carrv-on will not bear such a tax.
and if the law be not repealed or J
modiaed. they.. Will be under the ne-'
cessitv of abandoning their bufciiwss.
and if abandoned they sacrifice what
they have already done. The re
sult would be that onr people will
he compelled to plaut Northern
trees, peddled over the country by
irresponsible tree venders, or "deal
ers," as they denominate themselves.
The few nurseries in the state able
to pay this exorbitant tax cannot
furnish one-fourth the unnibcr of
trees required. Northern wholesale
nurserymen can well a fiord to pay
the $200, and tnrnloose Irom twenty
five to fifty agents on our people,
some ol them are now doing, to -ell
their worthless sprouts by the thou
sands and carry our money home
with them. It was asked as a matter
of justice that the small nurseryiuau
shall not be unnecessarily oppressed.
The nurseryman's trees ore his crop,
planted and grown as the cotton
planter grows his crop from the soil,
and whoever thought of requiring
of the farmer an occupation tax, to
allow him to market his cotton.
Due man can be found in every rail
road town, who can buy ail the
cotton the tanner can make, but the
nurseryman must hunt up a hundred
towns and a thonsand buyers to
market his crop. When lie is at all
this inconvenience and cost, why
fiass a discriminating tax on his
abor.
Our people have planted Northern
trees , until they are tired of
being deceived and disappoint
ed in the fruits. The people
do not generally know the names
of the fruits and must depend upon
the honesty (?)of a Aorthern pcddlar
for the kinds they plant. Injustice
to the farmers and planters of fruit
treer, we insist that Mr. Woods' bill
become a law. N. A. D.
Front Erath County.
Gaines' Raxche, Dec. no, is.
EUitur Democratic Statesman :
I thought perhaps you would like to
know something about our county. The
county Is thirty wiles square, and con
tains large bodies of the finest lands. The
toll varies, aud the eastern part of the
couuty is an open aud rolling country.
The aoll is of a black nature, like you
have around your city, only more sandy.
The other parts are sandy with a clay
foundation, which makes it more produc
tive. Timber, as yet, is not a scarce ar
ticle, but In the course of four or five
years it will be an object. The average
per acre of the different crops, as far as I
am able to learn, are, wheat, 15 -to 25
bunliel : corn, 80 to So; oats, 60 to 75;
millet, 8 to 8 tons. Tbe cotton crop was
not as good as usual last year, owing to
the boll worm and the early freeze;
nevertheless, most of our farmers niade
from half to .three-quarters of a bale to
the acre. The country is very well set
tled up with good substantial citizens,
most ail of whom have conifortablo im
provements aud are doing well. Our
county seat, Stephensville. Is a charming
little place, with about 1000 inhabitants,
and there ore several excellent business
houses which do a bandtome trade, and
are conducted by gentlemen who would be
an honor to the society ot any place.
There are two churches and one school
The- health of our county Is most
excellent, and I can say, without feur of
contradiction,- that for .. health we
oannot be excelled by uuy other
portion of Texas..- We have two rail
roads running in convenient distance of
us, the TexarTPacltlc on our north, which
is about twenty miles, the Houston &
Texas Central on our south, which is
about five miles distant.. Tbe society of
our county is not the best, but it will im
prove as time rolls on. We have plenty
of room for good, honest and Industrious
people, and nowhere will that class of
persons receive a more cordial welcome,
than among the hard-working citizens of
Vrutb, county. It makes no difference
where a man comes from, whether he be
a Northern, or a Western, or a Southern
man, or from across tbe broad Atlantic,
if be will Just make a useful man, and a
law abiding citizen we welcome him.
Once settled in our county he will never
leave it. Like most western couutles a
portion of ours la adapted to stock,
being well watered, and having fine
grasses. To the stockman wo extend a
welcome hand. B. P. Gaines.
THE HEV STATIC CAPITOL.
MATERIAL, MB-TALS, HA BULK, STONK AND rE
. mmm HKuinsn 1 its cct!h tion
dltor Statesman:
As you are about to publish a
special edition of your paper, special
ly of interest to parties or persons
contemplating investments or immi
grating to this6tate, I would like
to say a few words to.encourge the
development . ot our mineral and
geological products, especially nec
essary for the building uiv of our
iuturc elites, uouses anu . puonc
atniMnrea. Thn lniililinir of the
stto capitol and tbe competition
which will result therefrom, must
contemplate the development of
material, new to the building trade
as products ot-ihe. state ot Texas
aud of many others which must'take
the place of that which is now im
ported into the state at great
cost ; also the improvement
in tho mode or obtaining that now
in common use, and improving its
quality and increasing its quantity,
jpnterprising manufactures and con
tractors will do this. Cement and
lime can be produced -from the rock
hereabouts that will excel in qnali
ty atryM cement known - in this 'coun
try.' Provision must be made aud
capital expended to secure kilns, fur
naces ana nuns to produce these ar
ticles in large quantity t.o supply the
trade 'Which-is now controlled by
Kentucky, - Tennessee , and ' New
York, and ; eveq England, bricks of
tuob ouauiy lor furnace worK and
of a better quality for building;
building rock must be quarried with
more.sKiii, and a oetter quality se
enred to the market. "
i Utne stone of the best quality with
crushing strength equal to the
indestructible limestone k'of Ken
tucky and Indiana, "can be obtained
here, of a fine, unfading color, and
of ready access :and free-putting
quality. AtarDies ot varied nue nave
been found.' eoaar to the - Vermont
white, Irish and Belgium black, and
Sienna, the beautiful rose brocatelle
of Italy; gypsum,for plaster ot paris,
equal to .aucuigaii uuu lor por
celain and polished plate-glass clav
and sand have been found, which
abound in quantities, one producing
the kaolin, irom which porcelain
can be manufactured equal to Sevres,
or French. From the sand can be
made the famous polished plate-glass
which can only be produced bv the
French, for the purpose of making
the nuest Buver-piated mirrors.
This glass requires . to be
colorless. No class eanal to it has
yet been manufactured elsewhere,
either in ueigium, iuigiand or
America. Various are the advan
tages which Bach a building and the
expenditure of so much money con-
teuiDlatea to De expended Dy the
state in its erection will bring. Va
rious will be the mechanical skill
and genius which will develop in the
course of its erection. ." We must
hail the time as looking to the
Interest of the entire state. ': The
capitol building will . be com
menced - and .the money . circu
lated throtgh the channels . of
mechanical industry and commer
cial marts, for the produce to sustain
the bone and sinew required to :de
velope its structural beauty: and the
mighty Influence of its solid portal,
and elegant balls and corridors will
bo a monument to the progress and
the development of our industries
muhirB- iroodi at nrtcaa that
dety cotnpltion. X. Xauvrxaxr.
THE HEATH OF HOOD.
Tbe maimed aud bmken warrior lay,
By hi lat focmau brought to bay.'
No soundB of battlefield were there
The dntin'a deep bas, the trumpet' blare.
So lin.-n of swart balUIIunWroka '
Infuriate, thro' tbe aulpburous smoke.
But Kilenee held the taiDtrB room .
An ominous hqpb, an awful gioom, '
Save hen, with feverinh moan, he stirred.
And dropped some faint, half-muttered word,
or outlined In vaeoe, shadowy phrase.
The changeful scene or perinhed days!
What thoughts on hi bewildered brain, !
Mut then have flashed their blinding pain!
The Pnst and Futon;, blent in one.i-
Wild ehaoii round life's setting sun. i
Hut most his pfrit' yenrninc gaze
Was fuin to pierce the Future s haze,
And haplv vi,'w what fate shonld find ,
The tender Loves he left behind.
'O Oiod! outworn, despondent, poor
I tarry at Death's opening door,
While puhtlent Men of "acred birth - - J - '
Still bind me to the lives of earth.
How can I in calm courage die.
Thrilled hv the anguish of a cry .
I know from otpbaned lips shall start i
Above a father's pnlfcless heart?"
His eyes, by HuneriDc langoars kissed, ' '
bhonc like sad stars thro' autumn mlr:
And all his being felt the stress ' ' 1
Of helpless past-Ion's bitterness.
When, from the ferer-haunted room,
The prescient hush, the dreary gloom.
A blissful hope divinely stole
O'er tbe vexed waters of his soul. '
That sank as sank that stormy sea. ,
bubdued by Christ in Galilee. , . ' . .
It whispered low, with smiling mouth,
" She is not dead, thy qneenly South .
And since for her each liberal vein ' t
Lavished thy life, like vintage rain, ' ' :
When round the bursting wine-press meet
The Ionian harvester's .crimsoned feet:
And since for her no galling curb '
Con kl j bind thy patriot will superb: ' I
Yea! since for her thine all was spout,'
Unmeasured, with a grand content,
Soldier, thine orphaned ones shall rust,
Serene, on her imperial breast, g t . ;
Ucr faithful arms shall he their fold,
In summer's heat, in winter's cold; , -
And her proud beauty melt above
Their weakness in majesUc love!"
Ah!
then the ermrlnir hero's face.-
Like Stephen
s, glowed with rapturous grae.
Mad missiles of a morbid mood,
Hurled at his head in solitude,. . ,
Ho longer wounding, round ft fell. '
f'eace sweetened his supreme farewell I . ,
For sure the harmonious hope was trus,-
O South! be leaned hi faith on youl
nd in clear vision, ere he died,
Saw Its pure promise justified. ; (
Paul UaioivAm fUin.
- The Car of tho Ear. i
Only tho softest materials and the
gentlest pressure should be used in
cleaning the ear. In a recent . elm
ical lecture Dr. Wilson gives,: in
popular form, some very useful and
practical information touching ihe
removal of carwax. ' If the ticking
oi a watcn can De neara at a distance
of twenty-eight inehes the hearing
is kuuu. xjucii cur Biiouiu ue testeu
separately. Noises in the 'head
sometimes ringing, frequently are
uue to naruenea wax in tne ear.
toudden dcaniess - is - sometimes
caused as follows: A small mass of
wax, irom ill health or unclc.anii
ness, becomes hard. A . 'continued
secretion of wax then blocks up the
ear tube still more. An injudicious
attempt is then made to-remove
the wax by introducing, perhaps1
a match-end, a pin-head or penr
Holder, which, instead ot rejnovmg,
pushes down the wax. and. packs it
against the tympanum; of by sua
den draught or the act of swallow
ins: the wax is auddeulv" Dressed
against the membrane, and loea: of
hearing limnediateiv - ensue, 'be
cause the membrane can no longer
vi orate, i ne removal oi tne wax in
some cases, especially those of long
er 6tauding, somewhat difficulty but
with geutie treatment and patience,
may be finally accomplished, and the
hearing fully restored. The best
means for removing wax, when not
badly compacted, are half a drachm
of sodium carbonate dhmolred in' an
ounce of water, applied lightly by
means of a bit of absorbent cotton
or sponge attached , to ' a suitable
handle. V hen the wax is ranch
compacted, it may bo softened by
means of water, quite warm, and a
syringe. scientific American:
The onslaught on lugersoD.made
by Uhiel Justice Uomegys, at Wil
mington, Del., was from the bench,
and the remarks were addressed to
a grand jnrv. ' Ingersnll had lately1
lectured in I he place. Thw judge
said: "il:i!-plicnioiii languag-e; was
used near where we are assombled
by an audacious disciple' of the de-
fathers of revealed religion, for the
purpose of exposing its doctrines to
contempt and ridiculo ;. and to what
some consider tne reproach 6f the
people ot this city,' no ; man
stepped forward to call him to ac
count for his defiance of the law of
the state. I say to you that the law
of this state is against the -Insulting
of God bv . reproachful lor
derogatory language or expres
sions, and exciting the passions ot
the peoplo by treating their religion
with contempt. No community such
as ours can exist as a healthy moral
organization, where men are allowed
to speak without challenge against
the very and only foundation upon
which it surely rests- the overflow
ing power of' God. When tve de-
throne His majesty and erect. in
His place our - own notions , of
right and wrong, we shall soon pass
into a state of life not restraining,
but in effect promotingjour inherent
propensity to evil, . for . no candid
man can pretend that our impulses
are not toward the gratification
rather than in restraint of our pas
sions." His honor added that blas
phemy was an ancient commonlaw
offense, and was also made a crime
by a Delaware statute as long agd as
14U. Tho punishment untiL mo
was tho pillorv, the brand anu the
whip. lie said that Ingerioll might
be arresteduy any o nicer without a
warrant, and added : - It is, l nope,
hardly necessary to say to tms com-
mnnit.. on1 i ocani-a ttiA nrlA F
it, that ir any one snau be convicted
of the crime of blasphemy.' there
shall be no stint of the fall measure
of punishment the law now pre
scribes. Ana we snau. in nowise
be deterred from the: performance
of our duty by the sneers of tha
devotees of any other faith "than
that of the body of the- people; of.
this state, or me deprecatory exbrea
sions oi tnose -wno ipmK tne ri;tjt
of free speech will be infringed
.1 1 M . .. ,'. ' '
vnereDy. - -
1 "1-..
The Telephone, " criticises the
printing board for using a pubU
document to make personal attack.
It says: "The medium of reply .was
. i . i j . i rr i , .
not wen cnosen anu uie ouoiaia naa
no right to nse public documents to
gratilV iheir pique againat'Mr.
bhaw. ma criucisma and tne re-
oinder of the .board were purely
nersonal matters, outside the - scope
of public documents. Had the IVeg.
islature acted right it would bave
rejected the report until the -board
expunged the personal -matter.
With eqoal propriety ; Gov; Koberta
might, in his annual message, -have
alluded to tbe bitter personal at-
J . 1" - J ?- n
tacxs maae on mm auriugine earn
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the " ECLIPSE STABLES,"
Austin.
f-b22e3nrly
BLOOD.
Mjscellaneous- Advertisements.
VS2Y EASILY liAlTAQED,
. ECOl'OHICAL m FUEL,
; AND GUARANTEED TO ' -
IHt9 Perfect Satisfaction Everjwn.re,
- BUY
acmrterqa:
- ot. touw, no.
ZKPQBTXB8 AlTD DBA-UCKS HI
TU--PLATE, WIRE,
SHEET IRON .
IYKBT CLASS -Off GOODS TOED 0B SOLD B1
?L! f,f) 8T3VE DEALERS.
1 iT ' OR PRICE LISTS,
SijISV,-U L WHITE Anffin. Texas
'. ESTEAYED
By John It Hnirhes, Before J. P. Smith, Esq
.!-. 1. v.. January So. 1HH1, One bay mare,
13H hands hluh.'Star In face, rleht hind foot
white, saddle marked, branded on left shoulder
Spanish brand, on right shoulder HT. about
years old
- One dark bay mare.abont 14 bands blirh.star in
lace, right four foot white, about eight years
old, branded C and counter on left shoulder and
XO AA on left hip.
- One bay mars. l hands hi eh. some white
In face, white feet behind, scar on rleht side of
aead, branded Ot on left shoulder. OCR on left
u"gn, aio Hpanlsn brand t rabout 9 Tears old.
Oue bay stallion. 6 years old, hlud rest white,
branded on left this BHF (connected).
vwv m yMtu aiani. awur im j sbi uiti, aiiuuv 11
bBdft, branded OX ou ligUt bo aid.-, GX. right
Uill, IBUUiC IUu nVClL .
Oao roen jUlj. l rrnrolfcirn hmiA.
-ESTRAT NOTICE.
State of Tens. Connty of Travis.
To the Donorabls oonnty cleric of Travis eonn-
iy.- -me unaersiguee wonia respecttaiiy su
noanee the following estrsys, to-wlt:
One dark brown horse abont 15 bands nigh.
kr.Tri. I T h .kn.lil.. mA . 11 I. 1 7
dot lo tbe forehead, about 10 yeara oid, ooUar
One sorrel horsa. hfnA feet white ahnnt fhnr
ineaee aoout tne anus, about 14 rands high.
wnite dot in rorebead, braraea on thoulder TY
jwitn ear).;
One sorrel mare, abont 14 bands high, bind
feet white eight Inches about the ankle, right
forefoot a little white, a little dot In forehead.
uruuoac nx iperpeuaiouiar; on tne suo
One bay Ally aboul yeara old. it hands
bind feet white, a rone around the neck, small
spot In the forehead, branded oa tbe tbonlder
rm (perpendicular.)
The above described aotsea run soar Bnaaa'
rancn on Jrerdlnaiee.
One gray mare 144 band high, branded D on
tne huoojaer, I on tne thigb, elf n
on the thigh, eight years old.'
- OKOEGE If. HKIbSXER, .
Kjuauij bootmisaioner.
-ES IRA Y NOTICE.
Bstrtyed,
T,A 1,-
r Henry
Eolman before Priti
Wegener,
J., si
anuary 88, 1861, a black
umv mnie, bdodc it naues mgo, aooni lo yeara
Id, branded C on left law; appraised at fi.
FJtAaK BROWS, tilerk C.C.T. C. .
fciswatt - - - .
- Estrayed bv John Vincent, before W. O.
Crockett, J, F- T- C, January 1HB1, one
brown mare, with white nose. It hands blgb,
abont 6 yeara old, branded, M (connected), one
White bind foot, appraised at 913.
tlLLSi BBOWH, Cierek C. a T. C.
MSwSt ...;:.
MANHOOD RESTORED.
A Wttm of early -Imprudsiice, causing ner
vooa dobllity.'l'resnaaire decay, et, having
triad in vain every Imewn remedy, baa discover
ad a simple ateans of as Lf-cure, Which hs wll
end free to Ms aaUow-tuffsrere. Addreaa t.
SUTM, Caatkasa street, jr. T.
.way
j KADBONLT BY
Austin, Texas.
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the disease, and prevents the night
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which accompany it CONSUME
TI0N is not an incurable malady. It
Is only necessary to hare the right
remedy, and HALL'S BALSAM Is that
remedy. DON'T DESPAIR of -RELIEF,
for this benign apeeiflo will
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lt Most Powerful Healing Oint
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Henry'a Carbolle Salve Aeetfs burnt..
Henry' Carbolle fialv cures so-rr.
Jlmry't CarboUe Halve mllay pain,
flenrft'e Varbollo Salt eum eruption
tlmry'e Carbolle Matv henle plmplee.
Henry 'e Carbolle Bmtve henli brmieee.
A.ek for laenry'e aud ns no otuerv
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'For External and Internal Uae.
f HE GREATEST FAOI RELIEVER OF THT AGE,
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Edsy's Carbolic Troches,
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Oontafrlona Diane eoe, Cokia, Hoanansjaa,
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i'Uusemt to the Xaete. .
ta's OajgKilii Kitin
ITaV Pa he all f Ire-1 SMrl
john f. nrxnr co.,
SOLB raoPBUTOBB,' '
24 College Plaoa, . . New Tork.
r 1 i
asvet aveexer erg w "OB"J
ror Bale by J. W. VrHAUAaM, .
VTlioIeaala AentrAuitln; Tex a.
THE STATE OF TEXAS'
To Ihe Sheriff or any Couitabla ot Trivisoouu
tv greeting: -7-WUKatAs,
Mary UcOowen, on -tha VMh De
cember, 18 0, filed her petition in the Lounty
Court of Travis county, numbered OeiS, ftgalnst.
Geo. B. Zlaipeiuaa, alleging in enbsietiue si
follows: Thatou tbe gist day of March. laT7,
Johu McUowan departed this life, lasting peti
tioner, who was his wife, his only, belr at law.
and next of kin aurvlvlug; thst said John Mc
Uowan was Ihe ownor of one carriage, of tho
value of tttlO, one black mare valued at taxi,
one gray horse valued at IW, one pony valued
at iuO, eight lanterns valued at f 8, one wheel,
barrow valued at D, one aet slugle hai-neate
valued at HO, one sot carriage harness rained at
$100, one box suudrlvt valued atllO, four shovels
or spades valued at (3. one rake value fl, - three,
curry cbmbs and bruKhos value ts, oue ILinp and
one lautern value ti, one bucket and oue oau
value fi, one book of accounts value tOO, one
pslr of gold spectacles value tia, oue watch
va'us f 10. All of which property was thou Iu
Travis connty, and at the death of ealdjohn
McUowen was tbe only propertv he poeeessed
That on the list March, 177, aa'ld ueo. B. ZUn
pelman took out letters ol admiulstratleB upoh
the estate of said James McGowan, and without
tbe consent of plaintiff, took all of said prop
erty Into his possession, and converted thtsauin
to plaintiffs damige 5uu. That all of said
property, upon the death if said John McUow
an immediately became I e propc-r'.y of plalu
tiff, by operation pf law. said property belug
exmpt from forced sale by execution. I'lalu
tiff pray for Judgmnt affafnst lira dnfendaut for
tbe value of ssld property, fortlainagee and for
coots ef suit.
Wherefore we eommaud yoo 'tdr snmrmon tho
said Ueo. H. Zluipelmnu, by eaanlng lhl$ cita
tion to be published for Tour succ.-n.-tvc weeks
prior to the return aov hereof, iu some inwapa-
ferpnblpbed iu Travis couuty, to appear he
bra tbe County Court of Travis connty, Texas,
to be held at the afturtbbaae in Ahslli, 'on the
third Aloudav In Mareli, ljl; thnn S4l Jbere to
ancwer tbe petitlou or the said ilarr McOowan.
a brief staUinietit of which is set out- herein,
when and whom, yon shall make known, bow
yon have executed this writ, "
wraest,Trduk BrownT clerk of said court,
Li and tbe seal thereof attached Jaanary ftl,
Jaweew4 FRA5K BROWN, C. O.T- C.
DIPilmifr ar r . .
IStinUKCE HTATIST1CS AtTD ISTOBT,
Austin Texas, Jan. 11, 1881.
To AU mom U Maw wniernt ... ..
This is to Cibtot that the Fuotmx In
t; Rah ox Coktajit, of Hartford, has In all re-,
spocu fully complied with the laws ofTecasaa.
conditions precedent to Iu dotug business in
this Bute, and tltat the said Compony holds a
Certificate of Authority from this bfllce -entitling
U to do business in this Btate fur one year
trom tbe 1st dav of Jauiuirv. iaki t th.. in .
dav of December, 1881. . . " " "
siax. - tilvea under my band and Seal, at
office, uj Austin, the day and (late first above
written. V. O. KtNO. Oonimliielenar.
B. W 8B11TM. Agent at Anstin.j Jan wit.
INOIICE i -Is
hereby crfvsn tofnaar. Ttn Tt.Vnnui d..
Mathews and Jobs Smith. to tii.,riiT..r,
on certain artldee or msrcbaudlss v.-ltblu thirty
days from this da e, otherwise they will be sold
to pay aald eoarges. L. KUILLEB,
euccesror to if ibwn i'yles.
fslMtw
UOTiCE.
I will make application to the present Legfs-
lature to have passed the bill en
ntltlsd "An act
tor ins renei oi we neirs of John I.
deceased." who waa massacred at ti
Keynolds,
March. lt-SC. which bill WaU MDOrtAli dan (Ta viira.
biy at last session. Hee House Jourual of Feb
ruary 17, 1879, paga tQd.
sanitary as, laei.
B. BETTfOU)8.
la dltewMr
AD21LS ISTRATORS' NOTICE.
Whereas, at the January Term. A. D. 18111. of
tbe Connty Court of Travis county, Texas, let
ters of adsalalstratioa npou tbe estate of
Thomas It. Moton, deceased, were gran led to tbe
njiuerslraed, notice Is herebv viv.n mnnirii,.
all persons having olalms s gain si ssld eslate to
E resent Us same within the time preecrtbed by
iw. Onr residence beiuir in aalrl
pur Bost efflce address being the City of Austin,
la said eosnsy and state.
OEO. F. LlKUl,
WM. tTELirtOC
IrfmltililnlnM.
ADsmcTaiaa, Jsuoary 18, 181. w
NOTICE -r-.i.
Is hereby rivms to all canorrned that ariDlleation
will be made to tbe Seventeenth Lairlrlature for
the naasaire of a sDetial law proLlMtfot- lha
sale of spirituous, vinous or malt lienors with
in three miles ol Colorado Behoof Bouse In
school eoaunnulty No. I, In Travis ceaMy.
jAuss ii. , r
Trr Joansoex, . ,
A. M. UaviDsoa.'
lelOwStdlt- estddfry eight others
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