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THE WEEKLY STATESMAN.
AUSTIN, TEXAS.
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 188?
General Bob Toombs will sup
port Alexander II. Stephens as a gu
bernatorial candidate.
Governor IIubbakd announces
that if elected to congress he will
resign bis position as attorney for
the Texas aud St. Louis railroad.
Judge Thcrman thinks of becom
ing a candidate for congress in one
of the Cincinnati districts. It would
be well to return the distinguished
statesman to the council halls of the
country.
Governor Foster, of Ohio.thinks
the Republican party of his state
will not lose over ten thousand
votes because of sumptuary legisla
tion. That is quite enough to give
Democrats a walk-over.
SoMKof the temporisers ask that
the county convention do not in
struct. Ihe rule in this county has
been to assert power whcu it is pos
sessed, and there appears no reason
why we should now go back on this
rule.
We dovote considerable space to
an admirable speech ma.de by lion.
O. N. Holliugsworth before the
teacher's stale convention. lie pur
sues ucw paths of argument in rela
tion to general education, and says
many admirable things touching the
subject. The elTort may be read
with profit.
Tub Hallway Age gives the total
mileage of track laid during the
year 1881 as 5,915 miles. How much
will it be in 1882? In a tabular
statement of fifty-five lines, the ag
gregate earnings for 1882 are shown
to amount to the enormous sum,
made in four mouths and threo
weeks of $105,638,132,
Tukre were no less thau 11,343,005
voters in the Uuitcd States aud Ter
ritories when tho ccusus of 1881 was
taken. There were mora than
these for these wcro whites, and
there were 1,487,344 colored male
adults, iutludiding negroes, Chi
nese, Japanese aud Indians. Prob
ably of these not less tbttu 800,000
were ucgro voters. This would
give us an army of 12,143,000 voters.
Aud yet at the presidential election
of that year nearly 3,000,000 of
theso voters did not vote, but re
mained absent from the polls, the
total number voting being only
9,185.994.
The family ot Jack Cole, the in
sane seamau of the Jcannettc, have
been, and still arc, supported iu a
comfortablo and almost luxurious
manner at Mr. Beunctt's expeuse;
that they not only have a comforta
blo liouse, but $75 per mouth for
household expenses, and, in addition
to this, a nurso is employed at an
expeuse of $21 per week to take
charge of the insane father. No one
would ever have kuowu this but for
the fact that one of the family was
arrested for assault and battery, a
few days ago, aud theso facts were
drawn out from the witnesses.
The lineal year that closed June 30
was oue of tho most successful in its
results in the history ot the country.
The debt was reduced $157,684,000
the largest reduction ever made iu
any ouo year. The receipts from tho
customs were $220,000,000, a gaiu ol
$20,000,000 over tho preceding year ;
and the receipts from internal reve
nue were $146,000,000, a gain of
$11,000,000 over the preceding year.
The customs receipts were larger
than ever before in one year, and
show clearly tho need for a reduction
in tho tariff rates. The entire reve
nue receipts for the year were $103,'
000,000.
Congress, the other day, passed
' the pension appropriation bill in ten
minutes. It appropriates $100,000,'
000, which is thetlargest sum ever
appropriated iu one bill iu the his
' torv of the trovoruiiieut. A hundred
millions' passed away in tcu minutes.
It is almost beyond the mind's ca
pacity to realize the magnitude of
this sum. Tho sum of $17,367,875
for navigation improvements was
also voted, a large portion of which
provides for the pretended improve'
ment of rivers that aro not rivers
the money being spent merely to
benefit local contractors aud poli
ticians, and to strengthen small po
tato congressmen among their con
stituents. The eastern press indicates that
there is now very great probability
of a thorough upheaval in Pennsyl
vania politics. Tho Democratic can
didates for state offices are all men
of high stauding, iu whom perfect
popular confidence resides, and the
impression is strong that they will
win the honors at the polls this fall.
Mr. Pattisou, the uomiuee for gov
ernor, is the comptroller of the city
cf Philadelphia, and is a geutleman
of high standing, who commands
tho respect of both friends and foes.
Tho candidate for lieutenant-governor,
Chancey F. Black, Is a son of
the veterau Itirist and states
man, Judge Jeremiah F. Black,
aud is a writer and politician
of much more than average ability.
J. Sianpsou Africa, nominee for
secretary of internal affairs, and the
oldest man on the ticket, Is popular
' throughout the state, and four years
ago, as the Democratic candidate
for the same, position, led his ticket
by 5000 votes. Silas M. Clark, can
didate fcr supreme judge, is a little
younger than Mr. Africa, and is a
lawyer of recognized ability. Morti
mer F.Elliott, nominee for cougress
at large, is thirty-eight years of ae,
and is regarded as being a strong
and popular choice. The opinion
generally expressed is that, alto
gether, the ticket is one in which it
will bo difficult to discover any
flaws, and one that is almost sure to
win.
Mr. JetIcr8ou Davis and wife, with
a party of friends, visited their old
home, tho Brierfield plantation, nenr
Vickbhtirg', Mississippi, last week.
They were honored iu every possible
way by the colored people or Davis
Beud. The Davis Beud cornet band,
known as the Brierfield band, com
posed entirely of colored men, ten
dered a grand sereuade at I he Brier
field residence. Mr. Davis responded i
in a little speech, iu whieh he hiirhly
complimented the musicians. He
dwelt on the hearty reception he had
received aud the kindly relations ex
isting between the races. On the
return of the party to JSew Orleans,
Mr. Davis purchased splendid uni
forms for all the members of the
Brierfield band.
Whu t Cut Grass.
The report of the analytical chem
ist of the department of agriculture,
summing up the results of analysis
of nearly all the cultivated grasses,
savs:
" It Is apparent, then, that in most
cases the time of bloom, or there
about, is the fittest for cutting
grasses In order to obtain the most
nourishment and largest relatively
profitable crops, and for the follow
ing reasons : The amount of water
has diminished and the shrinkage
will therefore be less. The weisrht
of the crop will be largest in pro
portion to the nutritive value
ot its constituents. The amount
of nitrogen not present as
albuminoids will be at its lowest
point ; fiber will not. be so excessive
as to prevent digestion, and the nu
tritive ratio will be more advan
tageous.
"If cut earlier, the shrinkage is
larger, although the fibre is less and
albumen is a little larger. Thepala
tability may be increased, bnt the
total nutriments to the acre will not
be so large, and the nutritive ratio
will be more abnormal.
" The disadvantages of the late
cutting are evident in the increase
of fibre, destroying the digestibility
of the nutriments and the falling off
of the albumen by conversion into
amides. This is not made up by the
larger crop cut."
The president of the Third na
tional bank ot St. Louis declares that
no safeguards can be devised that
will prevent a cashier or teller from
stealiug, if he choose to do It. lie
is convinced of this by the defaca-
tion of Obey Owen, his own receiv
ing teller, who was a steady thief
for ten years and was only found
out whcu the aggregate of his rob
beries reached about $150,000.
Oweu's method was to enter
deposits properly in the deposi
tors' books, make out the ticket
by which the bank ought to have
checked his cash, and then put both
ticket ana money in bis pocket.
Thus the only evidence that the
money had beeu raid was in the de
positor's book. When the deposi
tor's account began to run low, Owen
would correct it by depleting some
other one. All this required a great
deal of vigilauce aud skil.', for the
directors were in the habit of making
close and unexpected examinations,
aud it was one of these that fiually
caught the teller.
The railroad blockade at New
York is improving the business of
the steamboat Hues between Balti
more, Philadelphia and New York.
There is no misery that has not some
alleviations.
AN ADDRESS
Delivered by IV. llwlllnsrawortai
Before the State Edncatlanal As
sociation at Tyler, June 30.
Mr. President, Ladies aud Gentleman:
There were several Influences which
prompted me to make an earnest effort to
so arrange my official duties as to enable
me to attend this annual assembly ot tbe
teachers of the state. I desired to mani
fest, by my presence, my sympathy with
the cause In which we are co-laborers. I
desired, by attending your meeting, to
show my appreciation of the piofession
of which you are tbe worthy and honored
representatives and to appropriate the
opportunity for forming closer personal
relationship. It Is well for individuals
engaged In the same common cause to
Know eacn otner personally, i desired
to embrace the opportunity ef re-vlsitlng
the scenes of my early childhood and re
newing acquaintances which gladdened
the days of my youth and inspired the
hones of mv manhood.
I desired to take council with you in re
ference to that policy ot our government.
which is paramount to all others because
it is tbe corner stone of civilization, the
bulwark ot liberty and the inspiration ot
material prosperity, and without it there
can be no civilization, no freedom, no en
duriug prosperity.
CHIEF DUTY OF GOVERNMENT.
It Is claimed that tbe chief duty ot gov
eminent li to protect life, liberty and
property. For the effectual execution of
tnis cuier function, the govern
ment relies upon the coercive
power lodged lu Its stronur arm.
the judiciary, supported by its con-
staDUiary force. Its prison walls, and Its
bsuiimiin's rope. From the earliest dawn
of civilization this baa been the policy
pursued by civil governments to guar
antee protection to life, liberty and prop
erty, and notwithstanding century upon
century, reaching far back Into the his
tory of the world, has witnessed the ef
fort, yet but little progress has been
made in this, the chiet mission of gov
ernmeot. Tbe hand of Cain yet smites his
brother. Only a few days ago the bloody
tragedy of Cain and Abel was re-enacted
in a field in Tarrant county. The two
liar per brothers quarreled over tbe bar-
vest, and tne one slew the other. Only
tbe other night wife butchered ber
husband In Hempstead. The vlsored
robber. In increased numbers, continues
to orev upon private riirbta. The stealth
acts of the burglar and tbe bold deeds of
the highway robber are matters of dally
record. Chains, forged by class and per
sonal legislation, in the interest of the
favored lew, and In violatiou of the
rights of the many, still shackle with in
creased and Increasing burden, the limbs
of tbe tolling masses. In many Instances
the property of the millionaire la ex
empted rroui taxation, while heavy trib
ute Is laid upon the meagre possessions
and houost labor, whether of mind or
body, of tbe great mass of the people
Such la tbe protection furnished under i
coercive power to life, liberty and prop
erty by civil governments of tbe nine-
teeutn century, it is such protection as
bold and unscrupulous majorities give to
helpless minorities; it Is such freedom as
masters give to slaves : it la such encour
agement to honest industry as feudal des
pots were wont to give to serfs. This
policy, or theory of government, recog
nizee the depravity of human nature, and
prefers to combat It with force rather
than seek to supplant it with nobler in
stincts, higher aspirations and broader
conceptions or the duties of citizenship.
It appeals for a recognition of its power
to tbe basest elements of human nature ,1
instead or seeking, through the applica
tion of the true principles of the phil
osophy or government, tbe attainment of
tne highest civilization.
Our line of thought leads not to the
shrine of Eutoplanism. Our convictions
on this subject are not born of the Ideal,
We do not claim that the world
can be governed by moral loice,
and mat courts and court officers may be
dispensed with, prison doors closed and
the gallows hewn down. As long as hu
man nature is corrupt and It is likely so
to be, In a degree, as long as tbe world
endures so long will It be necessary for
the government to combat Its evil Influ
ences by coercive measures. It is con
ceded that tbe chief duty of government
Is to protect life, liberty and property.
uui, ou ine oiner nanu, it is claimed that
tbe most effective means of protecting
life, guaranteeing liberty and guarding
property is the education ot the citizen
to a knowledge of his own physical being.
qu iu iwa, and conditions watch con
duce to its preservation and to a just ap
preciation of his civil and moral obliga
tions to observe and respect the rights of
tus leuuw man.
TERROR ASD COERCION.
Measures of terror and coercion have
been tested tor centuries : millions unon
millions have been expended in applica
tion of these appliances ; volumes that
wouiu aimost nil tne world have been
written by tbe brightest intellects with a
view to expounding the principles which
should govern in the application ef these
agencies. Halls of legislation have been
mute witnesses for centuries of the
effort ot statesmen to devise
plans lor the prevention of
crime-and violence by meana of bodily
punishment ; ju Tints or tbe widest range
ot legal and philosophical thought, and
judges of the pro found est learning have
been, through the long ages, devoting
their great energies and abilities to the
discusnloo and hearing ol criminal causes,
yet the demand tor more court t, more
prnone, more fibbete it greater to-day than
rr ktore i tk history ef the paet. This
condition of affairs clearly indicates some
radical defect in existing order of gov
ernment. Efforts In varied forma, under
the control of a thousand separate agen
cies and distinct organizations, all di
rected to the same humane purpose seem
not to accomplish results commensurate
with the expenditure ot energy and
funds. The defect Is fundamental : and
the work is begun at the wrong time and
prosecuted on false premises.
THE DEFECT IS IN OUR' THEORY AND
SYSTEM OF EDUCATION.
Children are allowed to grow up In Ig
norance and Idleness, aud as a conse
quence acquire vicious habits; and here,
alter tne cniid nas passed irom a state oi
Innocence and susceptibility to gentle in
fluences, to a state or viciousness and
obduracy, the government begins its
so-called work or reiorraauon oy
subjecting all offenders, without dis
crimination as to tne age or character of
offense, to the same penalty, and as might
reasonably be expected, the offender in
ninety cases out of one hundred, instead
of being reformed, becomes a confirmed
criminal, skulking through the world
under a burning sense ' of shame, con
scious that the brand ot disgrace is upon
his forehead, feeling that every man's
band is against him, and believing that
the only course left to him la a total disre
gard for all social and moral obligations.
Thus, while perhaps ten may be reclaim
ed, ninety may become connrmea crim
inals. Whereas, if a different policy had
been pursued ; if tbe child in its tender
years of innocence and susceptibility had
been trained to proper habits ol industry,
and its moral ne nubilities quickened and
its intellectual faculties developed, nine
ty would have needed no reformation ;
and the ten. following the evil tendencies
of human nature, and perchance falling
Into vicious habits, could nave been re
claimed it they had been placed under
tbe rigid though kind discipline of re
formatory schools. To arrest and convict
and punish a criminal costs the govern
ment not less than five hundred dollars,and
in many cases one thousand dollars, while
the education of a child, and thereby se
curing to society an honored member,
and to tbe state a law-abiding, honest, In
dustrious citizen, need pot cost exceed
ing 120. It is, therefore, maintained as
a measure of economy, as a measure to
preserve the peace ana good order of so
ctoty, to promote individual comfort and
happiness, to guarantee stability of gov
ernment, ana to multiply irancnises una
produce wealth, that it is wiser, it is
more humane and cheaper, to seek to
protect life, liberty and property by
means of education than by means of co
ercion. This is no new theory ot govern
ment, no recently developed principle In
tbe science of social and political econ
omy. It is as old as civilization . It was
taught by tbe law-giver or tbe Jews:
was approvingly discussed by Flato, and
by Lycurgus was formulated into a
statute. It has received tbe unqualified
advocacy of the wisest statesmen of mod
ern times.
MR. JEFFERSON'S OPINION OF PUBLIC ED
UCATION.
The greatest philosopher of bis or ni
any previous or subsequent age, Mr. Jef-
lerson. was an uncompromising aavocuie
of popular system of education as the
tronirest guarantee or liberty, civiliza
tion and material prosperity. He de
clared : " If a nation expects to be ignor
ant and free in a state of civilization, it
expects what never will be. Where
the press is tree and every man able to
read, all is safe."
Kelerring to the Virginia code, be said:
"I think, by far, the most important bill
In our whole code is lor tne uinusion oi
knowledge among the people. No other
sure foundation (mark his words) can be
devised tor tbe preservation or freedom
and happiness."
Aca in. be says, m a letter to air. v yme.
"Preach, my dear, sir, a crusade against
ignorance; establish and improve tbe law
for educating tbe common people. Let
our countrymen know that the people
alone can protect tnemseives against po
litical evils, and that the tax (mark well
his words) wbich will be paid for this
purpose is not more than the thousandth
part of what will be paid to kings, priests
and nobles, wuo win rise up among us n
we leave the people in ignorance." How
full of wisdom these words, written under
the shadow ot the palace ot kings. In full
view of magnificent royal parks and the
broal possessions of lordly nobles, de o
rated and maintained by the labor of the
Ignorant, superstitious commonality."
These prophetic words of warning by
the great apostle of liberty were uttered
in ItStf, little dreaming that before an
other century rolled around bis own
countrymen, through an Ignorant exer
cise ot the elective franchise, would en
courage and sustain that character of leg
islation which would breed a monied ar
istocracy princes and nobles In all re
spects save the name. The great mass of
the people, the blacksmith at bis anvil,
tbe mechanic at his bench, the designer
at bis table, tne farmer at bis plow, tbe
merchant at his counter, the physician at
tbe bedside, tbe lawyer at the bar, tbe
judge on tbe bench, tbe herder on the
filains, tbe printer at his stand, the editor
n his sanctum, the seamstress at her ma
chine, the minister In bis pulpit, the en
gineer on the locomotive, the brakeman
at the wheel, the miner under the earth,
the teacher in his school-room, are all
made to pay tribute to a monied aristoc
racy the princes aud nobles ot America.
Is this right? Did God in his infinite
mercy and wisdom create this beautiful
world with its mighty oceans, its grand
rivers, its laughing brooks and smiling
lakelets, its flowering vales and immense
mountains, its fertile valleys and verdant
plains, as a possession for tbe lordly tew,
or as an rich inheritance tor the teeming
millions of his self-likened creature?
They (the tew) pay no taxes, or nomi
nally none, and yet they run tbe govern
ment ; they labor not, and yet they live
on the lat of the land. Is it to be won
dered that under such condition of affairs
we have strikes ; is it to be wondered
ihar Ami nmta rikiittat! at ivss af si i anAtit'ant
should come up from millions struggling,
under tbe merciless heel of a grinding
despotism, for a scant and squalid exist
ence r
Jefferson's own loved Virginia heeded
not bis warning, and to-dav, because she
suffered herseli from ignorance, against
which her own noble son forewarned, to
be prostituted and politically disgraced,
her proud daughters and noble sons mourn
in; sackcloth and ashes.
NO WAR ON CAPITAL EQUAL PRIVILEGES
AND CORRESPONDING BURDENS.
We make no war on capital legitimate
ly acquired ; we are no advocate of de
testable communism. We bold that what
a man honestly acquires be has the right
to peacefully enjoy ; and it is the duty of
the government to protect mm even at
tbe point of tbe bayonet, All we claim is
that the government should be adminis
tered upon the basis of equal privileges
and relative burdens; that no citizen,
whether be be an Inhabitant of a palace
or a tenant In a garret, a govern
ment bondholder or the owner of forty
acres and a mule, should be exempt
from contributing his just quota to the
support ot the common government. In the
name of humanity, in tbe name of consti
tutional liberty, in the name of all that is
right, fair and honest between man aud
man, we plead tor legitimate encourage
ment by nonest legislation and taitniui
administration to all classes ot industry,
and exclusive protection to none. To
realize tbe lustlce of such a demand, and
to create a popular sentiment that would
proclaim it In thunder tones which would
shake the established order of things in
this government from foundation to-tur
ret stone, it is only necessary lor the peo
ple to be made luuy to understand that
taxes In tbe shape of pensions, bounties
and subsidies, are being laid upon their
energies and their resources without any
corresponding return.
PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
There is a protective tax upon every
yard of imported cotton goods of from
five to seven and one-half cents per square
yard, and in addition thereto an ad
valorem tax of from ten to thirty-live
per cent. Upon all earthen wares, in
cluding slates, slate pencils and chalk,
there is a tax of from twenty to fifty per
cent; upon window glass, from one to
three cents per pound ; upon cylinder and
crown glass, two and one-half to forty
cents per square foot ; cast polished plate
?iass, from three to fifty cents per square
oot ; looking-glass, from tour to sixty
cents per square foot, and a correspond
ing rate upon all other glass wares.
Hemp, jute, and all flax goods come in
for their share' of protection, ranging
from live to forty dollars per ton ; liquors,
from forty cents to two dollars per gal
lon ; Iron, from one to three cents per
pound and an additional tax of thirty-five
per cent ad valorem ; all handsaws, one
dollar per dozen and thirty per cent ad
valorem ; all files, six cents per pound
and thirty per cent -ad valorem ; pocket
knives, fifty per cent ; needles, one dollar
per thousand and thirty-five per cent ad
valorem ; iron squares, six cents per
pound and thirty per cent ad valorem ;
all manufactures of steel, forty-five per
eent ad valorem; steel railway bars, one
and one-fourth cents per pound ; mill
Irons, two cents; anvils, two cents;
chains, three cents per pound aad thirty
live, per cent ad valorem ; hammers,
sledges and axles, two and one-hall cents
per pound ; hinges, two and one-half
cent ; nails, two and one-half- cents ;
horseshoe nails, five cents ; wood screws,
eight cents; " all hollow Ironware,
three and one-half cents.- - and all
other iron material In proportion.
Copper, from three to five ceuta per
pound and forty-five per cent ad valorem.
Nickle, brass and silver-plated metal, fif
teen to thirty per cent ad valorem. Pro
visions of all classes, one cent per pound
to three dollars per barrel ana. an . addi
tional ad valorem : sugars from one and
three-fourths to four cents per. pound;
molasses, five cents per gallon ; confee
ttonaries, ten to-fifteen cents per pound
and as much as fifty percent ad valorem;
silks, thirty-five to sixty per eent ad va
lorem ; spices from three to thirty cents
per pound ; tobacco trom fifteen cents to
two dollars and fifty cents per pound and
thirty per eent ad valorem ; timber,
hewn or sawed, hubs, staves, pickets,
laths; shingles, furniture, barrels, ebony,
mahogany and other valuable woods are
all heavily taxed. Wools from three to
twelve cents per pound and ten per cent
ad valorem ; woolen cloths, flannels,
blankets, wool hats, etc.. from twenty to
fifty cents per pound and thirty-five per
cent ad valorem; women's and children's
dress goods from six cents per square
yard to fifty ceuta per pound and forty
per cent ad valorem; ready-made
woolen clothing, fifty cents per
pound and forty per cent ad valorem;
webbings, beltings, braids, fringes, but
tons, dress trimmings, etc., fifty cents
per pound and fifty per cent ad valorem ;
carpets, from seventeen to fifty -cents per
yard and from thirty-live to fifty per cent
ad valorem.
These constitute the leading classifica
tions of import duties; following these
we find a list of sundries embracing over
a thousand different articles, many, very
many, of them in daily demand by every
family in the United States. There is an
import duty upon almost every article a
human being needs or wants beginning
with tbe cradle and ending only with the
grave. We bolt our room doors at night
with locks that are taxed; we sleep upon
beds, rest our heads upon pillows, and
cover with blankets that are taxed;
the window glass, which admits
the soft morning light, is taxed. We
arise, and if we are so fortunate as to
own a carpet, we stand upon a carpet
that Is taxed; our wash-basin and pitcher
and wash-armor are taxed ; the towel is
taxed; the brush and comb and mirror
are taxed; we lepair to a breakfast
cooked on a stove that is taxed; the
knives, plates, and everything on
the table is taxed; we go
out to our daily labor through
a gate, the hipges whereupon it swings
and the nails with which it t constructed
are taxed; our daily vocation, it matters
not what it may be, is prosecuted with
tools, appliances or implements wbich
are taxed ; and when we come to our
death bed, tbe medicine we take is
taxed ; and finally when we are quietly
laid away, tbe com n wbich contains our
earthly remains is taxed ; even the screws
which fasten down tbe lid, and tbe silver
handles which our friends grasp to bear
us to the grave, are taxed; the rope or
webbing UBed to gently lower us down is
taxed, and the hoe and tbe shovel used
to pertorm the last sad service are taxed.
And here it migbt be thought the gov
ernment would cease its troubling ; but
no, there is one more chance yet to wring
out revenue tbe tombstone placed by
loving hands over our grave is taxed.
Thus it is we are taxed from the cradle
to tbe grave. The fish of the sea. the
minerals and products ot the earth are
taxed, and we are left only three essen
tials of lite free light, air and water, and
we verily believe it it were possible tor
the government to control the sun.cum
pass the air and curb tbe waters, they,
too, would be taxed in the interest ot po
litical beggars, bondholders and protec
tionists. Again, we ask. Is this right t Is it right
to tax the many for the interest of tbe
few t Any man who will take the trou
ble to inform himslt, provided he is able to
read, will readily understand that the
cost of living under the high protective
tariff system, a system perpetuated alone
in, tbe interest ot capital, is increased
fifty per cent.
A sewing machine which costs fifty dol
lars under tariff duties, could, and would,
under the humane flag of free trade and
equal rights, be sold for twenty-five dol
lars ; a knife wbich now costs one dollar
would be sold for fifty cents ; a pair of
blankets wbich now cost ten dollars, could
be sold for five ; a pair of trace chains
wbich now ost seventy-five cents, could
be sold lor thirty-five cents, and so on
through tbe whole list of articles of home
consumption. Again, we ask, is this
right r Is this good government ? Is this
equal rights? Is this what Jefferson,
Hancock, the Adams, the sires of 76,
hoped for, and Washington and his un
daunted soldiery battled for? Is tbls
liberty ? Jfo, sirs ; it is slavery to a hoide
of monied despots, to an army ot political
mendicants, to a selfish cormorant crops
of protectionists. How long will a people
clothed witn a iree irancnise ; now long
will the degenerate sonsot the illustrious
sires of '76, submit to such outrage, to
such legalized robbery ?
IN THE WRONG PEW.
I fancy I can hear some of you say,
why. the man is in the wrong pew ; be i
discussing political issues besore an as
sembly convened for the purpose of dis
cussing matters ot education ; ne must
certainly be a candidate for congress
against IIub"bard. Chilton. Kilgore and
Jones. True, gentlemen and ladies, this
is an assembly or educators an assembly
ot men aud women whose mission it is to
bear aloft the standard of civilization, to
elevate the human family, to shape the
destiny of this people, and direct tbe
course ot empire. Do you not feel it ; do
you not recognize the weighty, the over
powering responsibilities which rest upon
you? Are not tbe children of the day,
soul, mind and body, committed to your
care ? Are they not in your hands as the
clay in tne nanus oi tne potter, to De
sbaDed. to be moulded for good or evil.
accordingly as you may laithfully and
conscientiously discharge or basely and
nameruliy neglect the great responsi
bilities which you have voluntarily as
sumed r
WHAT HAVE TEACHERS TO DO WITH
POLITICS ?
answer that every American citizen.
especially tbe teacher. Is in duty bound,
to hlmselt, to his fellow-citizen, to his
Ood and bis country, to inform himself
in the history and politics of tbe country,
and to take an active and zealous Interest
In the administration of tbe affairs ol
government. The perpetuity of the gov
ernment, tne preservation oi uueny, ine
neace or society, tne nappiness anu com'
fort of the individual, and the material
development of the country all. all de'
patriotism ot the people; and virtue, in
telligence ana patriotism receive inspire
tion from tbe soul and life of the teacher
Give me the character and ability of the
teachers of tbe children ot a nation, and
the climate and soil occupied, and I will
write you the future history of that peo
ple, it is tne development oi tne ooay.
the training of the band, the culture of
tbe mind, ana the spiritualizing oi tne
heart which makes a people great, nappy
and prosperous. To do this, la the mis
sion of tbe teacher.
And vet I am asked, what has a teacher
to do with politics? Had tbe teacbersof
a half century ago oeen true to tneirnign
calling and indoctrinated the mindsof the
youth of that day with tbe Immutable
principles of justice, and inspired their
hearts with broad and noble con-
ceutions of tbe duties of citizen
ship, we would possibly have been
snared tbe ravages, the rums, tne mi
eries and cruelties of a civil war, and the
honest American citizen would have
never been called upon to acknowledge,
with tbe blush of shame manMing bis
cheek, that this government, born of
revolution and nurtured In tbe arms of
liberty, bad been prostituted to a per
sonal and class government, subjected to
a tariff act more odious than the stamp
act. insulted bv outrages more flagrant
tban those which raised tbe battle cry of
Free trade and sailors rignts l"
All these evils, which disgrace our
country and our time, spring from preju
dice ana ignorance, it need no more oe
expected for a stream to run higher than
its source than for a popular government
to rise to tne highest plane of civiliza
tion while ihe people, in a great measure,
are Ignorant and debased.
JEFFERSON ON THE NECES8ITY OF GEN
ERAL EDUCATION.
Jefferson, in his own words, declared
that "under a system of general educa
tion, the people would be qualified to un
derstand their rights, to maintain them,
and to exercise with intelligence their
Dai ts in sell-government."
It this proposition be true, the reverse
is also true, that a people without educa
tion would not be qualified to
understand their .rights, to main
tain them, and to exercise with
intelligence their parti in self-govern
ment. - there is no proposition more evi
dent tban that universal suffrage necessi
tates universal education. J) Tee lnstitu
tions and free education are inseparable:
the one cannot exist without tbe other.
HeDUblicCn government cannot long en
dure except under the operation ol wise
and just laws. Wise and just laws cannot
emanate except trom wise, just ana pa
triotic legislators, w ise, just ana patri
otic men cannot be elected to office ex
cept by Intelligent, just and patriotic
voters. Intelligence, justice and patriot
ism, especially ietelligence and justice,
are results of education ; hence, univer
sal education is tbe foundation oi univer
sal lreedom.
THE FATHERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF
TEXAS.
The founders of the republic of
Texas lull v comprehended tbe value
and importance of universal educa
tion. History rarnisnes no instance
where any government manifested more
interest in behalf of popular education
than did the fathers of the republic of
Texas. And be it said to the credit of
the sound statesmanship that nas con
trolled tbe legislation of the republic and
tbe state from 1636 to this date, tbe wise
policy Inaugurated by the sirea ot '36 baa
been persistently adhered to. Under tbe
op 'rations of this policy Texas to-day re
ft ra with pride and grate tul memory of
her herole fathers and wise statesmen, to
her educational endowment represented
by $3,500,000 cash common school fund,
$330,000 university fund, $11,000 lor her
unfortunate blind, $16,000 for ber mutes,
and to a landed endowment of 40,000,000
ecrea to ber common free schools, 3,985,-
000 acres in fee simple to the counties for
tbe benefit of common schools. 1,000,000
acres to her university, 100,000 acres to
her institute for the blind, 100,009 acres to
her institute for the mutes 103.329 acres
for her orphans' home, and 100,000 acres
for the unfortunate lunatics. W bat other
state in the American Union can boast of
such endowment? What other people
under tbe sun can claim such a legacy?
Each county holds In fed simple for Iree
school purposes lands equal in area to
one-fiftieth part of the state of Khode
Island.
Our university lands eaual the terri
tory of Delaware. Tbe lands held in
trust by tbe state, as a pennanect en
dowment lor common iree aunoois, com
prise an area larger by 6,000,000 acres
tban tbe whole territory of all the states
of New England. And tbe aggregation
of all our school and arvlum lands consti
tutes an area greater than one-third of
the German empire.
THE VITAL QUESTION OF THE DAY.
The Question before the people of
Texas to-day, which shadows all others,
is "How shall this princely inheritance
be managed for the best interest or tne
children and the commonwealth ?" Here
is a question worthy your consideration ;
wortuy tbe deepest thought and earnest
efforts of statesmen. It may, if private
Interests of land speculators and local
politicians are considered, be, like many
private estates, squandered, and the chil
dren of the state robbed ot their posses
sions : or. on the other band, if wise coun
sel prevails, be so managed as to yield to
the children, for purposes intended, iu
full value.
ONLY A NUCLEUS.
Let it be ever so wUely and economical
ly managed, it will never constitute more
tban a nucleus upon which to build a com
plete system of education.
as witn individuals, so witn tne state ;
an inheritance often proves a curse.' In
stead of cultivating self-reliance and bodi
ly meeling Issues and responsibilities
as they present themselves, and mak
ing wise and timely provision for the
future, reliance is placed in estates, or.
Micawber-like, something Is expected to
turn up.
in this instance the people nave based
their fond hopes on a realization, in tbe
near iuture, from their landed educa
tional estate, of a fund sufficient tor tbe
education of all tbe children in the state,
generation after generation, without tax
ation. So peoDle ever cherished and fondly
hugged to their bosoms a more deceptive
phantom of hope. The time has not
been, nor ever will be in tbe history of
any government, when an efficient sys
tem of education has ber.n or will be
maintained witnout taxation. The sooner
our people realize this fact and cease to
rely upon futures from tbeir free school
lands, tbe better it will be for the cause
of education.
The children of the state have been de
barred long enough from the advantages of
of an efficient education, under the influ
ence of tbe delusive hope that tbe time was
near at band when education would be as
the air, without taxation. Already many
of the children of the brave men, who,
by their heroism in battle and their
wisdoin In council, secured this mag
nificent educational endowment, have
passed beyond tbe school age. It is due to
tbe past, it is due to tbe present, it is due
to the future, that propressive work in the
matter of education should, without fur
ther delay, be Inaugurated.
OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
Our system of public instruction is sadly
defective. It Is true progress has been
made, improvements have been engrafted,
and there has been a slow but steady ad
vance. But the time has come when the
state, in order to keep pace with the on
ward march ot civilization, must throw
off the erroneous and defective elements
ot the old system and gird herself with ha
biliments and appliances ot the new.
w e must Keep pace witn the progress ot
tbe times ; we must get out of the beaten
ruts and enter upon tbe new road to civil
ization , prosperity and political grandeur.
w e do not ask tuat tne government aban
don the courts and its measures of coer
cion, and proclaim unrestrained liberty,
but we do ask. we no plead, in the name
of the children of the state, in tbe name
of humanity, in the name of good govern
ment, that as much attention be given to
tbe schools as the courts ; that as much
interest be manifested in the subject ef
legislation looking to the prevention of
crime by means of the education ot the
heart, hand and mind ot the children, as
by means ol terrorism aad coercion.
We have tbe nucleus, tbe ground work
of a splendid system of education, deeply
and wisely laid by tbe founders ot the
republic, and it only needs patient,
pains.taking and wise legislation to de
velop it to a standard of perfection unsur
passed by any other government in tbe
world. But to do this we must have more
money. There are to-day three hundred
thousand children of lawful schoolastic
age in the state.
The state assumed the obligation of
tneir education, ana public sentiment
should demand that she should do it
faithfully and efficiently. Under tbe con
stitution and tbe law tbe state cannot
efficiently discharge the sacred obliga
tion she has assumed.
A CHANGE IN THE CONSTITUTION AND
THE LAW.
Tbe constitution and tbe law must be
changed. There should be a state super
intendents instruction ; there should be
a county superintendent of public in
struction in all the populous counties :
there should be a specific state school
tax tbe revenue provided for support of
schools should not be dependent upon
the amount raised for general revenue ;
there should be authority granted to
counties to supplement state aid by local
taxation ; there should be a uni
form system for the examination ot
teachers without charge, which would
give them authority to teach for a series
of years in any county of the state ; there
should be authority lor organizing per
manent school diitrl'-ts in all populous
counties; there should be a revenue pro
vided for a longer school term; there
should be better teaching and better com'
pensatlon to teachers; summer normal in
stitutes should be established by law.
and their powers and duties clearly M-
nnea: a state educational council, to be
composed ot delegates chosen fromjthe
respective summer institutes, should be
established by law, and its duties and
powers clearly defined; there should be
established in each populous county a
free academy, to be composed of pupils
selected, upon competitive examination.
from the elementary schools of tne coun
ty: there should be a state university.
complete and thorough in all its appoint
ments, to be composed, in part, of stu
dents selected irom toe county academies
upon competitive examinations, such,
In the main, was the system of education
wbich Jefferson vainly endeavored to
persuade Virginia to adopt.
I proposed," said Mr. Jefierson,
"three bills for the revisal (meaning the
Virginia code), proposing three grades of
education, reaching all classes. (1) Ele
mentary schools for all children genei
ally, rich and poor; (2) colleges lor a
middle degree of instruction, calculated
for tbe common purposes of lite, and as
such would be desirable for all who were
in easy circumstances; and. (3) an ulti
mate grade for teaching the sciences
generally and In tbeir highest degree."
Without such changes and without such
features as we bave briefly referred to,
Texas can never have, in the language of
the constitution, an efficient system of
education.
CROAKING I
Teachers may complain until they grow
old about the hardships and injustice Of
the law; parents may protest against tbe
inefficiency of the system, by reason of
its failure to provide a longer term and
better teachers; the press may croak and
denounce tbe system as a fraud and a
lan e; but so it is, and so It will continue
to be. until the people sufficiently realize
tbe necessity and importance of amend
ing tbe constitution and the law with a
view to furnishing more extended facili
ties of education.
When they realize this fact and learn to
appreciate tbe value of education suffl
cientlyto be willing to submit to a tax for
tbe support ot schools, then, and not till
then, will they have a system of education
which will make their sons great and pow
erful in all the elements oi culture and re
finement and the state grand in material
prosperity and political power.
A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY OF EDUCA
TION. A true system of education, a" system
which will give us. by means ot physical
culture, a race of strong men andheaithlul
women ; a system which will give us, by
means of schools of design and
practice in all our varied industries,
skilled artisans ; a system which will give
us, by means of natural methods ol in
struction, vigorous intellects : and finally
a system wbich will give us, by means ot
moral influence, a God-fearing and God
loving people ; a system which would
thus provide educational facilities res
ponsive to the demand and the necessities
ot the whole people, of every class and
ftrofesslon, would guarantee security of
ife, enjoyment of liberty, and protection
to property. .
Under such a system, Texas wonld not
only be the empire stale in territory, but
the .empire in the field of literature, art.
science and material wealth. She pos
sesses, in her soils, in ber climate, in her
minerals in her forests, in her . water
power, in her grapes, all the elements of
material greatness, and she needs only to
cultivate the brain power of ber boys and
girls in order to realize tbe full fruits of
all the rich blessings with hich nature
has ' endowed her. To accom
plish this grand end, to place our
own loved Texas in the van of the march
of civilisation; to place her in that
proud position in which she will pay
tribute to no country, bnt rejoice in the
superior skill and talent of her "own sons
and daughters let ns work with that de
termination which knows not failure, tor
a better system of education; work for
tbe common schools, work for the acade
mies, work for the colleges, work for the
university, work by your vote and your
influence for honest government, and
thus serve your country, your children
and your God.
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CUBES .
Nervous aud
Chronic Disease
Dyspepsia.
KidneyDiseasei
Neuralcia,
TR ADR -v' ' MARK.
Generate, more electricity In five minutes
than any other Belt does In a day. Tbe only
Ele tro-Masruelic Belt made, giving primary and
secondary currents. Can be made mi miid ae to
be felt, and reversed, changed and scarcely
iucrenaed till tbe Ptrongest man cannot hold It.
No metal omen in coutact with the aklu to
corrode and Irritate it. Has electrodes and
conducting cords for applylnz electricity
to any part of the body. Designed for self
treatment in complaint named above. A cer
tain restorer of health and vigor.
MEDICAL USES 07 ELECTBICITY
an illustrated 80-page book, containing full
description of Bi-ll and Dloea.es with directions
for electrical treatment free.
FXECTRO-FAKUFJC BELT CO,
812 314 Chestnut Et , ST. L0OIS.
my:)-if
Id a dies
Do you "want a pure, bloom
ing Complexion! . If so, a
few applications of Hagan's
MAGNOLIA BALM will grat
ify you to your heart's con
tent. It does away with Sal
lowness, . Eedness, Pimples,
Blotches, and all diseases and
imperfections of the skin. It
overcomes the flushed appear
ance of heat, fatigue and ex
citement. Itmakesaladyof
THIRTY appear but TWEN
TY: and so natural, gradual,
and perfect are its effects,
that it is impossible to detect
its application. , ,
E8THATED By K. R. Crooks, before J. A.
Wright, J P. T. C.Jnne 1, l8i, a bay
mare, about 8 years old, about 14 bands blgti,
branded on left law X. on left shoulder BOB.
oa left thigh W H. counter-branded on right
jaw ft, and on right side of nrck Oi, apprai.ed at
JJ "
Clerk U. C. T.C.
ORrjfii
5 IF 1? IF ?&l f
ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT P
Save Money, Time
BY U8INO THE
AVERILL MIXED PAINTS
v flu Most Beaifil Ml, Ecoiical
and Tborong-iil- Reliable nixed Paint for Wood, Iron, Brick, Stone 0' Plat
ter. Does not FADE or CHAXK4 IKK, but retains Its Freshness and
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-ni. 1 SL to SL S25 It ft 3LH &
to be Cheaper, Better, more Durable snd Easier Applied, than Ealsomine. Wal
Paper, or any other finish for walls nd ceilings. Bticks like Cement
and does not turn yellow, fade or scale off.
IN PURE WniTE AND BEAUTIFUL TINTS.
Use None but the Best
JohnL. Whiting's Oeletsratoci
In Paint, Varnisli, VMtewasL Kalsomiiie and other Brashes,
For which we are Wholesale Agents. 'The attention of Painters ts lespsctlull
called to these Brushes and Prljjs. And if you want
COLORS, OILS, WXlTIDOW,-GIJA.SS
Or any other article belonging to this line at ROCK BOTTOM PRICKS for Cash, cal o
MORLEY BROTHERS,
feb26d-w 207 East Pecan Street. AUSTIN, TEXAS.
IMPORT A.NT TO FARMER,
We will pay the highest cash prices for all kinds of grain.
Wiieat, Oats, Barley, Eto.
Delivered either at the Colorado Merchant Mills, two miles below town or at ou warehouse.
Will fnrnith sacks if required.
Jwlm K. C. HOERBfR A CO.
MENDELSSOHN PIANO COMPANY.
Grand Offer for the Next 60 Days Onl y.
$850 SQUARE CBAND PIANO FOR ONLY $24$.
PIANO STYLE 31-2 ftT'oSioT
fiateutivi rtrangBCHle, beautllul carved lega, and lyre, heavy serpentine and largs fancy moald
uk, lull Iron frame, Freneb Grand Action, Grand Hammers, In fact, every Improvement which
can In any way tend to tbe perfection of the Inurnment, bas been added..
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Yoik, with fine Piano Cover, 6 too I and Book, only tDaVrOiUU
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lar, the trreat'tt bargain ever offered tbe mus.csl public. Unprecedented success I Tremendous
demand for this .tyle! Bend lu your order at once. Do not lose tbls ran opportunity.
Tula Piano will be sent on la diiys trial. Please aend reference If yon do not send money with
order. Caah sent with order will be refunded and freight ehanrs paid by as both ways If Piano
Is not just as represented. Several other special Birgains: Piano $160 np. Over 15,000 In naa,
and notonn dissatisfied pnrchaaer. Don't fail to writ lis belore baying. Handsome Illnstrstad
Piano Catalogue, mnileft free, giving the highest testimonials ever awarded any piano manufac
turer. Eerv piano fully war .-anted lor 5 years.
SHEET MUelC at one-third price
catalogue
Sc stamp
MEKDELSS0HN PIANO CO
P.
HENRY'S
NEVER
FAILING $
CURE
Baton Ciiot FOR
Nervous Debility,
iSZmAL WZAD7E2S, BffOTEHGT,
' PHYSICAL MUTT. LOSS OP MU VIG0H
PREMATURE EXHAUSTION.
And the mattjr evil nd fleemp cenieiuencet efemrty
indttcretten.
This incomparable f"-aT English Rimkdy ha
already achieved a wurM-wide reputation tat iu in
trinsic merit, ; it ii not a patent medicine, but a pre
scription of one of the moat eminent English Physicians.
It is infallible in rettorinr lost m'for, whether from
imprudence, sickness, or old age. Sufferers may fully
rely on this. We have no agents ; Specific sent by
mail, securely sealed, with full directions and rule.
Price, U. per pkge. or pkges. for 05
Sufficient to cure most cases,
adrass, WHEELER cV. CO., '
SOS East 14th 8b, Maw York Oltjk
THE BEST
OF ALL
LIHEflTS
FOB HANAtfD BEAST.
For mora than a third of a oontnrr the
Merlonis Mustang Liniment hasbeen
known to millions all oyer the world a
the onJyfcafe relianoe for the relief of
incidents and pain. It is a medicine
above price and praise th best or it
kind, lor every lorui of external palu
the
MEXICAN
I Mustang Liniment Is without an erraal.
It penetrates zlealm and aniaacle to
, tli verjr bone making tbe oonUnu
mice of pain and lnflHininaUon Impo.
"tsibln. I Is effects upon Human Klesuaml
, the linito Creation are equally wonder"
ful. The Mexican
MUSTANG
ilJnliornt la needed by somebody In
I every boose. Kvery dry brings new of
j the a irony of an awful neala or ba ru
I subdued, of rheumatlo martyrs re.
ixtored, or a vainabl horse or a
i saved by the healing power ol thus
LINIMENT
I which speedily en res such ailments of
3 the HUMAN FLESH as
I Itheumatlam, Swelling, SUal
Joint, Contracted JhT naelea, 11 urn
and Mcald, Cut, Braiisi and
Sprain, Poisonous Bite' and
Nting. 6t:iTneaa, LanuneM, Old
feorea, tlcer, frostbite, Chilblains,
Sort Nipples, Cakad JBreaat, and
Indeed every form of external dla
ease. It heal without Bear. m
Sprain, Swinay, SUA Joint,
Founder, TTarneaa stores, Hoof 1M
eases, Foot ltot, screw U'ona. Scab,
Hollow Horn, Scratches, Vind
rail. Spavin, Tnrush, Itingbome,
Old Sore, Poll Evil, Film upon
the Slsjht and vry other ailment -
o which th occupant of tho
Htabl and Stock Yard are liable.
The Mexican Mustang I.inisna
always cures and never dlauppoiula;
and It is, positively,
THE BEST
o of'all z.
LJlf,lEt!TS
, F02iaiI.CS LEAST.
For sale by GEO. DUN LAP, Austin, Texas.
yy ALTER A. WOOD'S
New Twine Binder.
Enclosed Gear
Mowery
CHAIN AND SWEEP RAKE
PL a. jp e r s .
T0BIN & COOK. Ag'ts,
Broeegerhoff Building, Austin, Texas.
PAEMEE.S CALL AUD EXAMIJfE
aptt.l
4mm
Labor and Patience
ots.mmcnoice piece of popular Maslo sent lor
O.Box 2058, Hw York City. Juwlr
SPECIFIC"
altar 0uaa
Farmers, Planters, $ Stock Feeders
Will Rav Moay by Oriadlsc their ewa Faad.
Tan CnLnnaATBD '
Tftos. Bradford Portable
FOR CORN, WHEAT, AND
STOCK FEED.
Also Leather, Gum Bait,
inc. BolUnf Cloth, etc.
write for daacrlDtlv
Circular and Prto List.
THOS. BRADFORD I CO.
II wWrnlnrnt afreet, CVneannort, Onto.
CHARLES JONES, Prcpr,.
Colorado Kt. aud River Walk,
AUSTIN, TEX.
All Kinds of Canting and Machine
Uluoketnilh Work Done oq
Short Notice.
Aole Mannnw.inrer of
Glass's Patent Texas .Well Anger.
Old t'aat Iron taken In exchange for Work
Wtt-JlllU;
GIVEN AWAYI
An Elegant One Hundred Page
FSHION CATALOGUE.
Beautifully Illustrated, and containing all the
Latest Stylo r
if Ladle' aud ( blldren'a Costumes and t tonka.
Flue Munllu and Cambric Uuderwrar, Larva,
Glovrs, llodtrry, Hiika, Velvet and tires
ttooda, Laoe C'urtalus and I)rp-rlM.
The ackoowied ed Uuide of tua Hsmiui. No
ady who desire to know what to wear and
how to dreaa well can afford to he without It.
Tbe Hpring Number will b ready about
Man h 15.
lVie sura to sad poatal card (Riving full
nam, town, oonnty and state), when a samp I
copy will boaeat to you free of charge.
II. C. r. KOCH Sc BtOlV,
Btb At, and VH. HM Km Wwt ttitb Htreet,
NEW YOHK CITY. wWm
ESTKA YED By William Baa-, before FV
Tegener, 1. P. T. :., June 12, lHHi, bright
bay Htallion, three wh'ta loet, white anip on
noae, about 14 hand high, abont 6 year, old,
branded JTK (all In ou character) on lei I.
boulder, and appraised at M.
FRANK BROWN,
JeZtwM, Clerk V. V. T. O.
INSURANCE NOTICE.
TlapaaTMEHT or
IffSDBAHCa, 8TATIOTK.' ill HlSTOBT,
rroar, V
IX, UHU. t
Austin, Txas, ruhniary I
To Aix Whom it Mat Coki-hk
Tbls la to certify that the WK8TBR1 AB8TJR
ANC'K COMPANY, as Toront-. Canad ba la
II respect fuliy complied with the laws of
Texas as conditions precedent to It doing
buainess in tbls state, and that said company
bold, a certificate of authority from this ofllc
entitling It to do bnalnea in this slat for
twelve month from to Drat day of January,
m to tbe thlrty-dralday ot December, IMM.
dlven nuder my band and seal, at office, la
Austin, tbe day and date flrat above written.
A. W. ePAIGHT, Commissioner.
M. O. Lauve, General Agent for Texas, room
No. 18 ird 14, lianeock Building, Austin,
Texas, for Western Amuranoe, Mew Orleans.
' )e)? euns
INSURANCE NOTICE.
DnrAJtrosHT or
Imsubahcb Btatistics aud nurroaT, I.
AUBTin, Texas, Feb. , Ibex. L
To aix Waoa n Mat Cokcxbw :
This Is to certify, that th H AMBCRO-BRbV
MkN FIRK INHUKANCK COMPANY. of Ger
many, has In all respect fully complied will
the laws of Txa conditions precedent to It
doing business in this .Late, ana that said com
pany holds a certificate of authority from this
office entitling It to do basineas la this stats for
twelve months from th flrat day of January,
188. to th thirty first day of December. Itm,
Given under my hand and seal, a office, la
Austin, the day and date drat above written.
A. W. SPAJUUT, Commissioner. "
N. O. Leave, General A rent for Tela anil
Louisiana, room No. IS snd 14, Hancock.',
billdina- Austin, Tex, (for 11am bug-Bremen).
Jendnaa.
INSURANCE NOTICE.
DBPABTOBlfT 0
IXrA'S, eTATienos awd Histobt,
Auma, i exaa, r enruary , itJa.
TO ALL SHOX IT SLAT UOHCIKH !
This i to certify that tbe NIC W ORLEANS
INBL'HANCS COMr-ANY, ot New Orleans,
Louisiana, ha In nil respect fully compiled
with the lws of Tax a condition precedent
to IU doing bualnea in this state, and that
said company holds a certificate of authority"
from this office entitling It to do buslne In
thia atate frr twelve months from tha flrat dav
January ; lbtfi, to tbe Uitrty-flrtt day of Decem-
oer, loos.
Given under my hand and seal, at nffln. in
Austin, the day an date nret a born written.
a. nr. BrAiuiir. commissioner.
TS. O. Lauve, General Agent for Texas, rooms
TSo. 18 and 14, Hancock Building, Austin,
Tex, for New Orleans Insurance Co.
Jel7-8nns
FOR BALE A first clws secend-band Btraub
Corn Mill, with bolting chest and all fix
tures complel, by J. LEoElt, Soap factory,
Austin, Texas. J36wim.
Colorado
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