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AUSTIN WEEKLY STATESMAN. THURSDAY. APRIL 26 1SSS
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GOVERNMENTAL.
Matters Picked Up in a Tour 01
the Departments.
Important ana Interesting In
formation for County Offi
cials and the People.
From Thursday's Daily.
The Texas Star Floor mills, of uelves
ton, filed an Amendment yesterday, in
creasing the capital stock to $500,000.
The Galveston Medical College hospital
tiled an amendment to its charter.
The Rock of Combination associatijD,of
Kaufman county, filed a charter. Incor
porators: J. D. Pyle, George V. Footer,
R. H. Love, H. C. Carlisle, Simon Jenkins,
John Bradford, I. H. Berly, A. Love, Ci G.
Gray, Frank Johnson and F. C. Carter.
comptbollek's depabtment.
Comptroller McCall yesterday deposited
$ 1,525 to the credit of general revenue,
and $500 to the available school fond.
V. F. Bubose, oolleotor of Andarson
county, yesterday made final settlement
of his state and subsidy accounts, show
ins; very close callec ions.
George Stormfeltz, collector of Goliad
county, and F. M. Black, oollector of
Madison connty, also settled.
From Friday's Daily.
Yesterday the Blake Mutual Building
and Loan association filed a chart r in
the offioe of the secretary of state. The
incorporators are 8. D. Blake, E. M.
Barkley, 0. H. Blake, O. D. Burnett, H.
W. Fairbanks, Charles Eenning, H. W.
Shelton, R. H. Mon'gomery and John
Haney.
comptbmxeb's depabtment.
The state treasury was closed yesterday,
and the comptroller made no deposits.
R. W. Priest, oollector of Limestone
cjnaty, rnsde final settlement, showing
collections closer than any previ ous years
with the following amonuts not colleoted:
State ad valorem . $15,717 fiO
School ad valorem H,344 U
SJ5.001 71
Mr. Priest's aoconuts with the state
show that he is a very careful and capable
officer. Indeed, no collector in the state
shows a better record in the comptroller's
office.
EDUCATIONAL DEPABTMENT.
lHon. Osoar Cooper, state superinten
dent of public schools, in his report,
Blinding to the bes' system of schools for
the state, says:
Four hundred thousand children are
annually enrolled in our schpols. Over 80
per cent of these children are enrolled in
the country schools. Cities and towns,
with less than 20 per cent of the soholastio
population, have local taxation, supervi
sion, and uniform text-books, and are as
efficient in most places as any schools of
similar character anywhere; but onr coun
try sohools, containing four or five times
as many children, are cot so guarded by
the stata as to seoure efficiency. As an
aid toward the end of making the system J
emoient, so tar ns tne state ci mane n
so, I venture here to give a statement of
the principles whioh underlie the Ameri
can public school system.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IS A STATE INSTITUTION.
This is recognized by artiole 7, section
1, of the State Constitution, which direots
the legislature to establish and make suit
able provision for the support ef an ef
ficient system of pnblio free schools. The
ground on whioh this mandate of the con
stitution is based, is the essentia) relation
between general education and the main
tenance of civil liberty. General educa
tion can not be secured by voluntary as
sociation, and experience has shown that
education will not be general unless it be
fostered by a wise system of laws. Power
to provide for general education might
have been delegated by the states to the
general government, bnt it was thought
best by the framers of the constitution
of the United States that this power
should be left in the hands of the states.
Provision for general education being
necessary to the maintenance of oivil
liberty one of the ends for which states
exist and the power to make such pro
vision belonging to the state alone, it is
the duty of the state to provide a
thorough and effioient system of schools,
open alike for all the children of the state.
This is the theory of the American sys
tem of eduoation.
THE SYSTEM MUT BE MANDATOBY.
The mandate of the constitution is im
perative. The language of the consitn
tion is that the legislature shall establish
and provide for the support of an efficient
system of pnblio schools. It is not enough
taat the legislature make such a system
possible. It shonld compel the location,
establishment and maintenance of a suffi
cient namber of sohools fur the education
of the children, and enforce efficiency in
the schools provided. It it be lelt to eaoh
locility to establish schools or not, at its
will, and to organize sohools according to
its discretion, the sj stem can never be
come a general system. A permissive
syslem soon beoomes no system at all.
EIGHT OF TAXATION.
A'.l the citizens of the st ite are, or
should be. eoverned by the same laws.
These laws are the outgrowth of the in
telligence of the citizens of the whole
slate. Limitations of the intelligence of
any Urge part of its citizens are limitations
of citizenship, and leuorance on ine part
of some is an abridgment of the liberty of
others. Hence every ci'izcn is benefited
by, and therefore his an interest in, the
intelligence of every other citizen. Thus
an equalization of benefits results
from a uniform school system
and upon this is based the doctrine
of equal obligation in main
taining a general system ot sohools. Then
the state must establish the principle
that the property of the state should eJu
cate the children of the state. It should,
therefore, tevy and collect a tax upon the
Dronertv of its citizens, and the proceeds
of tnis tax must be equally distributed
among the children of the state, to be used
for tuition purposjs only.
THE AGENTS OF THE STATE.
The state should provide for itself suit
able agents or officers by which a general
innnpftinn and nnnervieioil of the whole
svstem can be secured, but in the forma
finn n f thA snhnnl svstem and in the
mnnnffemant of the schools th state must
operate 'chiefly through certain local
'igencies. These agencies must be limited
in their ODeration by certain deunue g-eu
graphical boundaries. In eaoh of these
. localities the state must provide for
neeessary local agents or officer", by
means of whom the school can b-J es
tablished ond maint lined. It di legates to
eica 1 jcalitv the at lection of its cwa
school officers, bnt requires that this seleo
tiin be made, ar,d it may compel these
officers to exeoute its will ia regard to the
establishment and mainteaanoa of schools
under suitable penalties.
DISTKICT, TOWN, CITY.
The local corporations for school pur
poses should correspond to local corpora
tions for mnnioipal purposes, wherever
these exist. In most states townships are
formed which constitute the best unit for
school organization. In Texas, however,
there are no townships, nor is there any
oth?r mnnioipal corporation, outside of
tosrng and cities, to which a school district
may be conformed. It is therefore
necessary in Texas to establish school
corporations de novo. This has been
done in about ninety-seven counties of
the state. Uniformity and efficiency in
oar system require that these corporations
should be formed in the other ninety-one
counties in whijh schools are organized
on the peculiar plan called the qommnni'y
system. It is impracticable to fx by
general statute the geographical size and
boundaries of distriots. The unequal
distribution of population, con
dition of the road.-, . bridges,
etc., the direotion of the streams
which are liable to overflow, and var
ious other looal elements, mu-t be taken
into consideration in fixing the size and
boundaries of the school districts. As
population increases or shifts, and as the
oondition of roads and bridges is im proved,
frequent changes in the bound
aries of the distriots must be made. If
these changes are made without limita
tion by the people of the districts, the
schools will be multiplied almost indefin
itely. Hence changes ehou'd not be made
in the boundaries of the districts withont
the general consent of the voters in the
distriots concerned, nor should any dis
trict be formed in whioh the number of
children wonld be too small to maintain
an efficient school, or the formation of
whioh wonld leave any other district from
whioh it is taken with too small a number
of children to maintain an efficient school.
EXECUTIVE DEPABTMENT.
The governor yesterday issued his an
nual quarantins proclamation as follows:
AVhereas, It has oome to my knowledge
that yellow fever exists in Havana and
Vera Croz and on the northeast coast of
Sonth America;
Now, therefore, I, L. S. Ross, governor
of Texas, by virtue of the power in me
vested, do hereby declare a quarantine of
twenty days against all vessels coming
from countries sou'h of 25 degs. north
latitude.
This quarantine will be governed by
speoial regulations issued to officers of
ports, and take effect from and after May
1, 1888.
The following general rules have been
fixed by State Health Officer Rutherford,
and they will be regularly adhered to:
No. 1. After the declaration of quaran
tine by the governor, every vessel, before
entering any port upon the cjast of
Texas, shall be boarded by quarantine
officers, and the crew and passengers be
subjeeted to such questions by said offi
cers as will be necessary to determine
their probable connection with epidemio
influence or infections diseases.
No. 'I Vessels hailing from infected
districts, or having commnnicated with
others from such districts, by contaot or
otherwise, shall be plaoed in qnarantine,
casting anchor at such plaoe or plaoes
as may be designated by quarantine offi
cer of port, and a complete list of both
crew and passengers taken. Notice in
writing shall be given captains, holding
them responsible for strict non-commu-nioation
of both passengers and crew with
other vessels, or with anyone from shore.
Violation of this rule shall be punished
by fine against vessel and captain, not
less than $500, or more than $1,000.
No. 3 From the masts of all vessels in
quarantine shall be displayed a yellow
flag, of such dimensions as to warn off
others approaching.
No. 4 All vessels held in quarantine
shill be under the direotion of port quar
antine offi jer, and put in thorough sani
tary condition by fumigation of hold,
washing decks with disinfeoting fluids and
purifying bilges, etc.
No. 5 Costs of fumigation, disinfec
tion, etc., shall beat expense of vessels.
No. 6 A complete muster of crew and
passengers must again be taken before
vessels are given free pratique, and a oon
cise report made to state health officer.
No vessel shall be finally released without
permission of state health officer.
No. 7 Families of quarantine officers
will not be allowed at stations without
special permission from state health
officer during the existence of quarantine
Any - vessels from infeoted districts
which may desire to enter such cargo,
shall, npon arrival at outer bar, make
known their inteution to tne quarantine
officer. Quarantine officers receiving this
cargo at quarantine warehouse shall em
ploy, as far as possible, only acolimatized
men, and said employes shall be kept
under quarantine themselves a sufficient
number of dajs to determine their prob
able infection, their clothing and other
articles capable of cjnvejing infection
be subjected to a high temperature, say
220 degs. Fahrenheit, before being al
lowed to return to cities or shore. The
crews of said vessels shall be subject to
rules as above, bnd such other precau
tions as may be deemed requisite at the
time by the state health officer. CoBts in
this iustanoe.as in others, are Johargeible
to owners of cargo.
The followi"g applies t j border quaran
tine: No. 1 Before any train, or other vehicle
of transportation, be alkiwed to pass into
Texas from adjoining states or terri
tories, a thorouyh canvass shall be made
by Quarantine officer of passengers there
on, and eaoh and every one shall state
undr oath as to their whereabouts for at
least twenty days previom to arrival ac
Texas state line; and all incapable, by
rannnn nf their havintf been in infected
districts, or refusing to comply with the
requirements, shall be placed in quaran
tine, and held at.disoretioa of state health
officer.
No. 2 All baeeage suspected of having
heart Rnh i acted, bv contaot or otherwise,
with infectious matter shall, before re
lease from quarantine, be disinfected by
fumigation, or heat to tm aega. ranrm
lip.it.
No. 3 No freight by express shall be
Allowed entrance that is not accompanied
by sworn and sealed affidavit stiting that
it has not been in any place infected
prior to its shipment to Texas.
No. 4 Mails, from whatever sonroe.
shall be thoroughly fumigated with chlo
rine or sulph. aoid gas, under personal
suDervision of the Quarantine officer.
No. G Freights, upon other than
passenger trains, shall be classified by
state health officer as to their snscepti
bility for conveying infeotion, and be
paseed under special regulations hereafter
to be given.
COMPTBOLLEB's DEPABTMENT.
Comptroller McCall yesterday deposited
$7,557 to the oredit of the available school
fund, and $1,539 to the credit of general
revenue.
He also purchased $20,000 worth of
Fannin couuty court house bonds for the
school fund.
All but four counties have paid interest
due the school fund.
STATE DEPABTMENT.
The Austin Steamboat company, capital
stock, $2,500, filed a charter yesterday
morning in the office of the secretary of
state. Incorporators, John Orr, D. C.
Dunn and M. Paggi.
The boat will be here in abont ten days,
and will ply from the foot of the Avenue
to a point opposite the drill grounds.
LAND OFFICE.
Applicatioas to purchase and lease pnb
lio domain were received and filed In this
department yesterday, as follows:
One to purchase 640 acres in Carson
oonnty; one for 640 acres in Lipscomb
county; one for ICO acres in Karnes
county; one for 160 acres in Kimble
county; one for 640 acres in Sohleioher
county ; one for 160 aores in Karnes oounty ;
one for 640 acres in Carson connty; all dry
grazing and agricultural, priced at $2 per
acre; one for 640 acres in Tom Green
county; watered farming, $3 per acre.
To lease 2,560 acres in Tom Green
county; one for C40 acres in El Paso
county.
This offioe will be dosed to-morrow in
honor of the anniversary of the battle of
San Jacinto.
Commissioner Hall is absent from the
city on business connected with his offioe.
EDUCATIONAL DEPABTMENT.
Superintesdent Cooper, in his report
speaking of town and city organization,
says:
"Endless confusion is caused in the
management of the oity schools by the
various laws regulating these schools. A
general law for incorporated cities and
towns, providing for a uniform method
of organization, and repealing the present
conflicting statutes, may be easily drawn
up, and would give universal satisfaction.
If it be deemed advisable to undertake
this matter I thai! recommend: First, that
towns and cities incorporated for general
purposes be empowered and directed to
order the election of trustees by the peo
ple, in BU?h number as may be deemed
advisable, not less than five nor more
than nine trustees, and that these trustees
be invested wito the complete control
of the schools, and also
with the powers necessary to
provide for the establishment and
maintenance of the schools. Un
necessary difficulty and friction have
arisen in several towns on account of
the division of these powers between the
oity connoil and board of trustees.
Second Villages incorporated for
school purposes differ from school distriots
only in the power to levy a larger local
tax than two mills. Such school corpora
tions should be under the supervision of
the county superintendent, as other school
districts ia the oounty. More definite
provision should be made in the law for
the examination of teachers in city
schools. There is great irregularity in
this respect, the teachers in some cities
and towns being snbjeoted to less rigid
tests than the teachers for county certifi
cates. The condition of the city schools
in general, so far as reported by the city
superintendents, is better than that of the
oonntry schools. The reports from cities
and towns are, however, even more de
fective than the reports from the counties.
No reports of the disbursements of the
school fund from the following
cities and tjwns for the year
1886-7 have been received: Albany,
Brownsville, Burnet, Corsicana, Desde
mona, Dnblin, El Pa?o, Flatonia, Lam
pasas, Masoo, Montague, Queen City,
Ranger, Rising Star, Sulphur Springs,
Texarkana, Waxahachie,. Wichita and
Whitney. No reports have been received
from the city superintendent or principal
of Bowie, Brownsville, Brownwood, Cisco,
Clarksville, Colorado City, Corpus Christi,
Corsicana, Dallas, East Dallas, Deoatnr,
Desdemona, Eastland, Eagle Pass, Gid
dings, Gonzales, Graham, Henderson,
Honey Grove, Huntsville, Kanfraan, Lam
pasas, Livingston, L'.ano, Meridian,
Mineral Wells, Montague, Mt. Pleasant,
New Braunfels, Queen City, Ranger,
San Patricio, Texarkana, Waxa
hachie, Weatherford, Wichita and
Whitesboro thirty eight in all sot re
porting, while the total number that
should have reported is' ninety-seven. As
these towns are in no way connected with
the county organization of the schools,
reports should be enforced by some suit
able penalty.
Of the unexpended balance he has tnis
tj say, and th question will come np in
the present session of the legislature for
disenssion:
"Article 7, section 5, of the Constitotion
requires tnat the available scnooi iuua
shall be applied annually to the support
of the publia free schools. It is by virtue
of this section of the Consti'u ion that
the legislature appropriates the available
school fund annually for the support of
the sohojls. Counties and districts (com
munities are not recognized in our Con
stitution) are required by the law to dis
burse the available school fund in accord
ance with the mandate of the Consti
tution, that is, annually. If this fund
should not be disbursed by these agents
of the state for the purpose for which the
fund was created, and within tne time
prescribed by the constitution, any part
of it not so disbursed should revert to the
genera! available eohool fund for the state.
It this doctrine be correot whatever bal
ance from the state fund apportioned to
the connty remains unexpended at the
end of the soholastio year should revert
o the general fnnd and be reapportioned.
The practical importance of enforcing by
statute this mandate of the constitution
becomes obvious when we examine the
reports of unexpended balances made by
couuty treasurers from year to year. The
fact has already been LOted that there is a
discrepancy in these balances as to the
amounts reported carried over on August
81, 1886, and the amounts brought over on
the next day September 1, 1886, amounts to
about f 75,000, although several large coun
ties failed to report. Besides an ex
amination of the report of the balances
brought over from September, 1886,
shows that in the following counties, An
gelina, Collin, El Paso, Fannin, Nacog
doches, Red River, Shelby, Smith, Tom
Green and Webb, there was a total unex
pended balance of $63,558.40. The aver
age daily attendance in these counties
amounted to 17,138 children. The bal
ances remaining in these connties give an
average of about $3.60 per capita of the
average numoer ui cnnurrn aauy hhbuu
inf school an amount anffiVi ;nt to
maintain the schools in these counties for
two mon'hs or more at fl.oO per month,
lo ona of these counties the nnex pended
baHnce is three times as great
thu amount apportioned by the
S'ate for any one year. A portion
of this balance about one-tenth might
be regarded as derived from the couuty
fund, but nine-tenths of the amount is
state funJ, raised by the state for the
instruction of the children within th
scholastic age in the state, and required
by the constitution to be applied annually
to the support of the schools, that is, the
payment of tuition and such other ex
penses as are necessary tj the mainte
nance of the schools. It seems to me to
be clearly the duty of the stte to re
apportion at t:ie begiuuiig of eaoh
scholastic year so mucri of these balances
as is derived froio the state fund.
THE UNIVEBSITY.
The regents in their report to the legis
lature have this to say:
When tne Texas state convention as
sembled in Anstia, February 7, 1866, "to
alter or amend the constitution of the
state," one of i s first acts was to app vint a
"committee on finance" tj audit, among
other duties, the several trust funds of the
state. On March 23, 1866, thtit commit'ee
repjrted as follows:
'The committee find there has been
paid int j the treasury, on account of Uni
versity lands:
Specie on account, principal and In
terest on notes $ 87,Kt 04
Ten per cent interest bearing warrants.. 3!i
Nun iuteresl bearing war run IB MMi 41
Confederate notes 1.4 80 4 4S
Transferred to state revenue account iXJ,!iul 30
Amounting to $3;,l!iS Bi
which has been converted and ex
pended, during the war, by the state
authorities." Jonrnal of the Texas state
convention of 18(16, page 275.
Sinoe the amount, $114,804.48, is of the
same character as a part of the claim al
lowed in 1S83, (for which allowance the
University is largely indebted to the in
terest taken in tne matter by your excel
lency when a member of the senate), the
regents are led to believe that it will
be reoognized and allowed.
The faots as presented in statements of
comptroller are plain aud indisputable.
University lands were sold during a oer
tain period, by authority of the legisla
ture, for confederate money. For these
lands there was received in this money
$114,804.48, whioh was placed to the credit
of the university fund. Of this amount
$40,000 was transferred by the comp
troller to the general revenue and used,
doubtless, in defraying the ordinary ex
penses of the state government; $74,
804.48 cents was turned over to the con
federate states depository, to be funded
under the laws of the confed
erate states government in ' bonds
for the benefit of the University. None
of this money ($114,804.48) paid for the
University lands by authority of the state
legislature, has been restored to the Uni
versity fund. The only question is
whether the state is under obligation to
return it. The regents are of the opinion
expressed by the compiler of Pasohal's
Digest: "Suoh payments" (confederate
money for University lands) "may operate
as discharges to the debtors, but it would
seem to leave a just claim on the state in
favor of the eduoation (University) fund."
Pasohal's Digest, vol. 1, art. 3571, note.
The regents are willing to leave the
statements of facts by the comptroller to
have their proper weight, trusting that
the fund borrowed in the time of the
emergency of the state, will be returned
to the regents at the time of the emer
gency of the University.
It may not be out of plaoe to say that
in recognizing this claim of the University,
which cannot be enforced in the courts,
the legislature will but follow in the foot
steps of the general government in al
lowing to Texas an indemnity fund,
which the state had no power to enforce
or ability to collect. What congress has
just done the st ite legislature can cer
tainly do; especially as in doing this the
legislature will not be paying money to
an outsider, but will be simply repaying
to one department money borrowed from
that department to pay the expenses of
another department; or refunding eeonr
ities received by order of one department
in trust for another department, whiob
securities have sinoe become worthless.
It may be proper to say here that this
claim for monaypaidin confederate notes
for University lands ha9 not been filed
sooner, because the facts were not, nntil
recently, sufficiently known to justify a
formal presentation of the matter to your
excellency, and through you to the honor
able legislature of the state.
Continued on Page 10.
The Art Union.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
San Antonio, April 21. The Vandyke
Art I'nion closed its second annual exhi
bition. The various medals were given
for chief excellent in the departments of
painting, sculpture, wood carvitg, en
graving, etc. The number of exhibits was
quite large and the attend ince fair. Speci
mens of art were sent from all of the
principal cities of Texas.
Meant to Kill Both.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Bonbam, April 21. At a late hour last
night Will English seriously stabbed his
wife and then plunged the bloody knife
into bis own breast three or four times
for the purpose of self-destruction. Ths
parties resided in the northern part of
town. The cause of dithouity was jeal
ously on Will's paft, who suspected his
wife of infidelity. The woman win proD
ably recover, but the man will die.
Death of a Famous Racer.
New Yobk. ADril 21. Dexter, the fa
mous trotter, died this morning at the
atatile of Robert Bonuer. this citv. He
was just 30 years old, having besn foaled
in April, 1808. He Oiea oi oia age ana
ethnnntinn. The bndv will be taken up
to Mr. Bonner's farm at Tarry town, where
it will be buried. Dexter was me greatest
trotter of his day. He was the nrst norse
to trot a mile in 2:17 :. Mr. Bonner paid
35,000 for him in 187.
Hundreds of persons usinj Ayer'a Hair
V lgOI certliy t'J 1&S viuunvy m jcsvvi.ug
to their hair the color and beauty of youth.
The Brewers' Strike.
New Yobk, April 21. At the meeting of
jonrnymen brewers the bouyant spirit of
previous days was conspicuously wanting.
Roll call showed a remarkable foiling off
in attendance this morning. Amid cheers
a Ions list of saloon keepers, who have
refused to deal in pool beer, was read.
The Most Agreeable
As well as the most effective, method of
dispelling headaches, colds and fevers, or
cleansing the system, is by taking a few
doses of the pleasant California liquid
frnit remedy Syrup of Figs. Bold in 60
cents and $ 1 bottles, by all leading drug
gists. M. A. Croaby. agent, Austin.
Wonderfully Popular. The Crowning Life Work of the late
BEN PERLEY roOffiSEK?JBEI
Spicy Reminiscences of CO yrnr life among the Brilliant Men and Pmnd Ladtet of
the nation's capital. Eminent critics nay of it: "Full ot intrmt.n Hon. John Sherman.
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'"J " VlT- Tribune. Extremely amning.n Toledo Blade. 'He vithU a pn thnrp a n bnv'm.
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ApHyforBIC TERMS to HUBBARD BROS., KA.NSA9 CITT.
7N
Centaur Liniment is tUo most wonderful Pain-Curer
the world lias ever known.
AUSTIN CAPITOL DEDICATION
AND INTERSTATE DRILL.
From the blizzard-blighted regions of the cold and
iry north;
From the cyclnne haunted canons of the west,
they'll ieeue forth;
From California's vineyards, where soft tea
breez e blow ;
From flowery glades of Florida, where orange
blossoms crow,
They are coming here in thousands, from the cities
c f the east,
The statesman and the lawyer, tie la; man and the
priest ;
From every town and hamlet, from factory and
from mill,
They will swarm like b;ea in eummer, to he pres
ent a' the drill.
Here they'll breathe the balmy breezes that over
TexiB blow,
And forget their fears and troubles amidst the
ice bnd smw,
And their minds be filled with wonder ai the beaut?
( i of the acene, w!-i'"" CI OCT.. (St.
As they caze in rapt amazement on our mountains,
ever green.
They will see our granite palace, with its dome
amid the skies, .Z' -WJBm U
And onr stately University, for making people
"wise; Cp -fnirr " 1 r
Tiny will note our 8inpTe"iepote and our uoule
b ard of trade,
And wonder of what "gritty" stuff our citizens are
made.
Here the winding Coloiado, like a silver snake is
seen
Gliding emiothly, swiftly onward in the eunahine'e
glittering sheen;
While, bard by, cedar-clad Bonnel his hoary head
doth raise,
O'erlooking h:l.e and valleys to the distant land of
Hays.
All the beauty and the valor of the states wll here
be found,
And every sect and party may meet on neutral
ground;
While in bloodless competition will join in mimic
fray,
The lineal descendants of the boys in blue and
gray.
i
Those in search of health and pleasure will not
come here In vain,
For they'll get health in every breath and pleasure
out of pain.
And sensations strong a':d pleasant await them by
the score.
To the spirit-stirring music cf the world-wide
famed Gilmore.
Then we'll give them royal welcome to our city of
the hills,
And make thorn smile with pleasure when they
pay their boarding bills.
And when they leave for their old homes, if they
don't come here to stay,
We will make them think of Texas until their
dying aay.
- Joun C. Edoah.
Duval, Texas.
Shiloh'e Vitalize is what you seed for
consumption, loss of appetite, dizziness
and all symptoms of dyspepsia. Price 10
and 75 cen's per bottle. Bold by Oscar
Bamostz.
If Mr. Cleveland will look back over the
four yeirs of his term, be will be able to
see that he has learned a little since he
took the oath of office. St. Louis Repub
lican, Dem.
Letter From San Marcos.
special Correspondence.
Ban Mabcos, April 21. The Farmers'
All nnoe have purchased five lots from B.
F. Donalson for the purpose of establish
ing a ootton yard to handle the fall crop.
They propose to build a railr jad switch to
the yard, for their own accommodation in
loading the ootton.
Dan Hofheinz and To n Johnson have
each had a cement pavement laid infrjnt
of their respective plaoes. It is beautiful
work, and the idea was brought from Call
fornia by Mr. B. F. Donalson, who was
contractor for both walks.
In the city elections which 'occurred a
few days ago, J. M. 1 urner was elected
marsh-il by eleven majority ,'D. P. Hopkins
was elected assessor by eighty majority
The majority of the board of alderman
were elected.
W. Goodrioh Jones, president of Temple
National bank, ia here locking after his
interests in the Bun Marcos Mill company,
whioh is at the hoau of the river.
B. Van Every, an old oitizen of San Mar
cos, d ed here the other day. He had
been suffering for some time with ery
sipMa.
Ed. B. Mackin, contractor, is here from
Lookhart, and reports that he will finish
the Imnk building at that plaoe about the
middle of May, when he will return to
San Marcos to again take up his perma
nent residence with us.
It goes without sayiDg that the leginla
tors are proud of the new capitol and
will furnish it as it should be.
The Veterans to Meet in Austin.
Sjiecia TeleiTam to the Statesman.
Tbuple, April 21. At the afttruoon
gtsion of the Texas Vet. ran Attociation,
all tie o'U officer were re-elec!ed by ac
clamation, and Austin was ohoseo as the
next pi ice of inettinjr.
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BUT HE HAS NOT.
Insist upon the Exact Label and Top.
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issued March and Sept.
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Syrup of Figs
Is nature's own true laxative. It fir tne-
most easily taken, and toe most effeotife
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"A young man in Maine is aocnaed of
having voted thirteen times at one elec
tion." Bontelle shonld see that his friend
is sent sonth to teaoh the peop'.e honest
election methods. Richmond Dispatch,.
Dem.
Croup, whooping cough BDd bronohitiff
immediately relieved by Uhiloh's cure--So'.d
by Oscar Samoatz.
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