davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14
American wonders.

The greatest cataract in the world
is the falls of Niagara, where the
waters from the great upper lakes
form river three fourths of mile in
width, and then being suddenly con-
tracted, plunges over the rocks in
two columns to the depth of 1875 feet.
The greatest cave in the world is
the Mammoth cave of Kentucky;
where any one can make a voyage
on the water of subterranean river,
and catch fish without eyes.
The greatest river is the Missis-
sippi, 1000 miles long.
The largest valley in the world is
the valley of the Mississippi. 1t con-
tains five hundred thousand square
miles, and is one of the most fertile
regions of the globe.
The greatest city park IN the
world is in Philadelphia. 1t con-
tains over two thousand acres.
The greatest grain port in the
world is Chicago.
The largest lake in the world is
Lake Superior, which is truly an in
land sea, being four hundred and
thirty miles long and one thousand
feet deep.
The longest railroad in the world
is the Pacific railroad. over three
thousand miles in length.
The greatest natural bridge in the
world is the natural bridge over Cedar
creek in Virginia. 1t extends over
chasm eighty feet in width and
two hundred and fifty feet in depth,
and at the bottom of which the creek
flows.
The greatest mass of solid iron in
the world is the Iron Mountain of
Missouri. 1t is three hundred and
fifty feet high, and two miles in cir
cult.
The best specimen of Grecian
architecture in the world is the Cir
ard College, in Philadelphia.
The largest aqueduct in the world
is the CrOton aqueduct, New York.
It is 404 miles long, and cost $12,~
100000.
The largest deposits of anthracite
coal in the world are in Pennsylvania,
the mines of which supply the mar
ket with millions of tons annually
and appear inexhaustible.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

The Brownsville Sentinel says
the people between the Nueces and
the Rio Grande have become so ac-
customed to being robbed, that they
hardly consider it worth while to
say anything about it. The ,Senti>
mel thinks a convention of stock
owners should be held, and a state-
ment of facts prepared and sent to
President Grant and Gov. Davis.
The world is probably not prepared
to credit the assertion that within six
years the people of Western Texas
have been robbed of stock to the
amount of nearly 100000 and
that scarcely any of the robbers
have come to grief. The reputation
of the Texan as bold, rough, and
rather free fighter, has been against
any such conclusion.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14
MisrrIIanpnrG.
LIFE,s BETTER mOMENrs.

Life has its moments,
Of beauty and bloom,
Butthey hang like sweet roses
On the edge of the tomb.
Blessing they bring Us,
As lovely as brief,
They meet US when happy,
And leave Us in grief
Hues of the morning,
Tinging the sky,
Come on the sunbeams,
And off with them fly.
Shadows of evening
Hang soft on the shore,
Darkness enWraps them,
We see them no more.
So life's better moments,
In brillianee appear,
Dawning in beauty,
Our journey to cheer.
Round Us they finger,
Like shadows Of even,
Would that we, like them,
Might melt into Heaven.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14
abf 5fnrlIl mn Bulllp .


To raise healthy children give
them an abundance of outdoor
exercise, fun and frolic; make them
regular in their habits, and feed them
on plain, nourishing food. But keep
them oyertasked in school, confined
closely the rest of the time, frowning
down every attempt at play; feed
them upon rich or high seasoned food,
candies, nuts, ETC., allow them to eat
between meals and late in the eve>
ming; and you Feed not expect them
to be healthy. Don't cram them
with food when they don't want, or
have no appetite forit-such course
is slow murder. If they have no
appetite, encourage, and, if need be,
command them to take exercise in
the open air. Do not allow them to
study teo much, and especially keep
them from reading the exciting light
literature which so much aboUnds in
our bookstores and circulating libra
ries.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

At this season, when the preservation of the
health of the community depends in great
measure upon the cleanliness of the city, the
free use of disinfectants should not be neg
lected. An excellent article for this purpose,
and one which can be prepared at small cost,
is obtained by dissolving a bushel of salt in
a barrel of water, and with this mixture
slack barrel of lime. This will form a
paste, which is a homemade chloride of
lime, and will be found nearly equal to that
kept on sale in the shops.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

1t is reported that Horace Greeley
has got into a muss with a Texan
editor. 1t appears that in an agri-
cultural essay on the culture of to.
baccO, Greeley, asserted that fine-cut
would not ripen unless the tin>foil
was stripped from the growing buds
early in the spring; and that plug
tobacco ought to be knocked off the
trees with clubs, instead of being
picked by hand. This the Texas
editor said was nonsense, and Greeley
challenged him.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

The first bale of the ramie plant
ready for the market has been pre-
pared at New Orleans, by the inven-
tor of the ramie machine. This
ramie is the first of this years crop,
grown about four miles below that
city, and besides, it is said that from
the same plants, there will be three
more bales cut during the year. The
ramie from which the bale referred to
was produced, was cut on the Goth
of May, and on the next day after
the cutting was passed through the
machine. The bale weighs 100
pounds.--Er.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

We understand the members of the Turn
Verein society of Austin are making ar
rangements for celebrating the first anniyer-
sary of their organization, by grand ball
at ShuIiz's hall on the 2sth instant.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

Canada papers report the feeling
in favor of annexation rapidly grow
ing, and the majority of intelligent
people there expect in a few years to
be a part of the United States.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

After the expulsion of Adam and Eve
from the garden of Eden, for tasting that for
hidden fruit, which brought sin and death
into the world with all our woe. Adam
planted among many other things the zine,
which Satan beheld, admired and pronounced
a good plant, and taking it into his especial
protection, he slew lamb, a lion, and hog,
and with their blood wet the ground around
the roots of the vine, which having been
absorbed, made it grow and flourish, but
caused the wine thereof to partake of the
nature of these three animals.
So ever since, when man drinks wine, at
first it exhilsrates, and makes him mild and
gentle, as a lamb; when taken in larger
quantities it makes him bold and fearless, as
the lion; but when drank to drunkenness, it
makes a man a hog
Alas how many men of brilliant genius,
Excellent learning, noble hearts and amiable
manners, who might have done much good,
have INDUCED to excess in wine and changed
themselves TO senseless brutes?
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

GOOD WASH FOR THE TEETH
Dissolve two ounces ofborax in three
pintS of boiling water, and before it
is cold add one teaspoonful of cam
phor, and bottle for use. A table,
spoonful of this mixed with an equal
quantity oftepid water, and applied
daily with soft brush, preserves and
beauties the teeth, extirpates all
tartarous adhesion, arrests decay,
induces a healthy action of the gums,
and makes them look nearly white.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

TRANSATLANTIC AT NIGHT.-As
a rule, plants transplanted at night
live and grow, seldom whitening or
willing, while large number of those
transplanted in the sunlight wither,
and many of them die. As an illus.
tratiOn, one writer says that he
transplanted ], 900 strawberry plants
at night, and their growth was ap-
parently uninjured.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

TIE Gerry OF HoUsroE."-Ws learn from
private telegram, received here last night,
thatthe steamer City of Houston, which en-
cou4slssd a hurricane off the Florida reefs,
and sustained considerable damage, left Fer
nandina, Fla, for Galveston Wednesday. Her
cargo is but slightly damaged, and fully in
sured. Several of the first business houses
of Austin had large stocks Of goods on this
vessel, and have been considerably delayed
in displaying their fall assOrtments in cOnse>
quence Of thig untoRard accident.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

Two NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER
THINGS FOR SALE.--Col. Tracy, for
the sum of $4,000 offers to sell his in
terest in "my two Radical papers"
at Austin and Houston, and also
''every thing he has on earth, in
GLIDING his bank account" provided
always nevertheless, the purchaser
shall be acceptable to the Republi-
can party This last is the very
best getting out place that human
ingenuity could devise.-Houstom
TezeoT0Db.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

We see from our exchanges that fairs are
to take place this fall in different portions of
our State. What is to prevent Travis county
organizing an Agricultural and Mechanical
Society, and arranging for the exhibition of
the products of our fertile soil and the handi-
work of our artisans, mechanics, wives and
daughters Who will take the initiative in
this matter2
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

The Avenue Hotel is becoming crowded
with guests, in view of the two great events
on the board-the assembling of the Legis-
lature and the taxpayers convention -
among whom we find both ladies and gen.
tlemen. From one of these guests, a Ken
lucky lady, we learned the following beauti-
full legend of
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

To CURE A FELoN.-As soon as
the parts begin to swell get the tine
ture of lObelia and wrap the part af-
fectedwith cloth saturated thorough
ly with the tincture, and the felon is
dead. An old physician says he has
known it to cure in scores of cases,
and it never fails if applied in sea-
son.-Journal Of Medicine.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14
LOCAL MATTERS.

Pecans, aeorns, and other varieties of mast,
are filing out rapidly since the recent rains,
and the prospects are now good for plenti-
full yield. s.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

YOUNG IDEAS LEARNING How TO SHooT.-
Yesterday we had our attention drawn to
about twenty-five colored children of the free
school retreating along the street near the
school house, before a shower of stones.
Soon the attacking party came up, and just
in front of US they had a magnificent fight.
Stones few thick and fast between the con-
tending lines, blood was freely drawn,
"strange oaths" passed from one side to the
other, but at last the retreating party, under
fierce and united attack of their pursuers,
turned their backs upon the scene of the con.
flict, and we "smiled bland smile" as we
thought of Bull Run in miniature. Though
this was undoubtedly the baptismal FIRE Of
many of these little RAIDS, stin we felt con-
WINGED these little fellows were made of strong
material.
Run AwAY.-About ten o'clock this morn
ing two-horss team belonging to A. B.
Palm, took fright in the alley near the post
office, and started down Hickory street with
the wagon to which they were bitched. Mr..
McGary had buggy standing in front of
DOmscke's blacksmith shop, which was run
over and completely demolished. Turning
the corner at Duffau & ThompsOn's, the team
kept on down the avenue at frightful speed
and finally ran into the gutter in front of
Johns store, upsetting the wagon and break,
ing the tongue. Here the horses broke loose
from the wagon, but were finally caught,
The horses received no damage. Mr.. Bow
er's horse also took fright at the same time
and broke down the street with the buggy,
but was caught by negro boy near the river.
The buggy was somewhat injured, but the
horse unhurt.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

Young ladies at the New England
seaside are now accused of a growing
fondness for milk punch.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

We were favored with call Wednesday
morning from Col. George W. Glasscock, Of
Georgetown. We are indebted TO Col. Glass
cock for several subscribers from his section,
with promise of additions to the list short
ly. The Col. Is now engaged building two
large stores on Congress avenue, and antici-
Pates making Austin his residence at an
early day.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

Mr.. Alb. Cook has just commenced laying
the foundation for new brick residence on
the corner Of Mesquit and San Marcos streets.
This block, but recently vacant is now al
most wholly occupied with neat residences,
putting on city airs to considerable extent.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

SOMETHING ABOUT HYDRoPHo-
BIA.-Mr. Youatt, famous veteri-
nary surgeon, who has been bitten
eight or ten times by rabid animals,
relates that crystals of nitrate of sill
yer rubbed into the wound would
positively prevent hydrophobia in the
bitten. True or not, it is easily
tried, and is not dangerous.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

The young men at the watering places
have discarded white vests. The young
ladies use so much oil on their hair
that a vest is only good for one even
ing on the piazza.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

A gentleman, writing from Vir-
glnia, says he has COW that gives
fourteen quarts of milk at a milking,
from which he makes eight pounds
of butter per week, and all he feeds
her on is the clover cut from a quar-
ter-acre field. He keeps her in
small yard. By thus treating COWS
200 per cent. less land will keep
COWS than if allowed to ramble and
browse at pleasure.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

The Cincinnati Commercial advi-
ses General Grant to put Red Cloud
into the Indian Bureau. 1t would
have that gentle savage stake off his
leggings, throw away his blanket,
pluck out his feathers, break his
tomahawk, wash off his paint, put on
a swallow tailed coat, stove-pipe
hat, pair of pants and a pair of
boots, go to Washington or Long
Branch, and apply for the vacant
place he is so we'll qualified to fill"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

A HEAVY CoNTRACT.-A dis
patch from Leavenworth states that
General Eaton, Chief Quartermas.
ter of the Military Department, which
has its headquarters at that city, has
awarded to W. C. Graham, of st,
Louis, the contract for transporting
government supplies to Fort Sill,
Indian Territory, and Forts Rich
ardson and Griffin, Texas, for one
year. This is the most important
and heaviest contract of the kind
awarded in the West since the war,
amounting to nearly half a million
of dollars.-St Louis Republican.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

Waves that are harmless the
waves of ladies' handkerchiefs.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

Horace Greeley in late New York
Tribune, thus speaks to the Radicals
of the South:
With thieves and villains leading
their hosts, they will be beaten to
death, and fifty Tribunes could not
save them. We entreat them to
comprehend in season that they can
not be saved by concealing or pallia-
ting the thefts, but only by exposing,
denouncing and discarding the
thieves.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

When the Emperor of Brazil
arrived at Lisbon, the King of Por-
tugal sent his Chamberlain to say
that the royal palace of Necessidades
had been specially prepared for his
reception. But the Emperor declined
the offer, observing that he was in
mourning, that he had come to
Europe on a tour of study and OBJ
servation, and that he should feel
that he was less in the way of his
royal relations if he stayed, like any
private gentleman, at one of the
hotels.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

Short>horned cattle are becoming
the fayorites.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

The Boston Post says Stephens
finds himself robust enough to write
a fve-column leader. Thereupon the
Louisville Courier-J Journal rejoins:
eyes, but he has found nobody
robust enough to read it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

1t is estimated that the corn crop
of Iowa this year will amount to
100, 900, 900 bushels.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

The forthcoming monthly report of
the Agricultural Bureau will show a
falling off of ten per cent in the
tobacco crop. The wool crop will
fall five per cent below an average.
The apple crop shows falling off of
twenty-five per cent. The peach
crop will run ten per cent above an
average. Potatoes, both sweet and
Irish, fifteen per cent above.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

In town in Ohio, not long ago,
the women went in bands of two and
three, with their knitting and sewing,
into the dramshops of the place, and
spent the whole day with their work,
talking politely upon various topics.
Husbands and friends came in, saw
how things looked, and had not the
courage to step to the bar and drink.
This was kept up for some time. A
poor fellow, whose coppers were
terribly overheated, and who had
wandered from bar-room to bar-room
until he had completed the round.
hoping he should find one unguarded,
broke the spell. He poked his head
in at the door, at first sheepishly,
and then growing reckless staggered
up to the bar, and turning to the
women, who had dropped their knit
ting and whose countenances had
assumed a fearful expression, burst
out, in brazen manner-as though
it were exactly the right thing to
do-with the polite invitation {:
"Well, girls, what will you take to
drink" That cleared the bar-room,
and the alarmed husbands reappeared.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

How TO PRESERVE THE HAIR
The best way to preserve it is to wash
the scalp often and thoroughly with
water, drying with a towel. Oils,
pomades, ETC., clog the pores Of-the
scalp and prevent the healthy growth
of the hair. Keep the head we'll
ventilated; if the hat is close, raise
it often and let in the fresh air; never
wear the hat in doors.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

Mr.. Munger, in the Rural Ne,O
Yorker, gives the following method
of protecting peach trees from worms
or grubs: l go to the thicket or
clearing, and select some tough vari-
city of bark, such as hickory, papa,
or linn, and select saplings or limbs,
in size one>third or one-half larger
than the peach tree wish to apply
the bark to. l then run my knife
around the limb or sapling, cutting
the bark six inches long; then slit it
open lengthwise and peel it off, when
it is ready to apply simply by
springing it open wide enough to
take in the tree; and as it dries it
will curl and close around it and form
a protection that neither mice, rab-
bits, nor any other pest can disturb;
neither will it work any mechanical
injury to the tree, because it is al
ways ready to expand with its
growth.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

Col. T. B. Wheeler, of the excellent law
firm of Wheeler & Moore, has returned from
Lampasas, where he has been sojourning for
a few weeks, refreshed and invigorated-
ready aud willing to work for old or new
clients. Col. Wheeler says Democracy is
alive and doing well in Lampasas, while
Radicalism is below par. He says the peO-
pie of Lampasas ara going for Hancock with
great unanimity and enthusiasm.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

Col. S. S. Nichols, the general agent of the
University Publishing Company, is in the city.
Go our establishment Col. Nichols informed
us that the selection of the National series,
published by A. s. Barnes & Co., New York,
and D. Appleton Co., by our Radical
State authorities, acts as a good advertise
ment of the school books of the University
Publishing Company, as all private teachers
and schools look with suspicion upon books
selected by the corruptionists-ou people
not wishing their children taught to
execrate the memory of our fallen braves
and iIlustrious heroes,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

srILL THY CoME.-ws have booked two
hundred names for the WEEKLY DENooRATIo
STATESMAN, this week.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

sergeant-MajOr ". B. Brush, of the First
Regiment Reserve Militia, has been promoted
to the Adjutaney of that regiment with the
rank of First Lieutenant. No better appoint
meat could have been made, and we congrat-
ulate Col. Carleton upon securing so compe-
tent and efficient an assistant
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

Msssrs. Nix & Story, lawyers of Lock
hart, sent in, this Saturday. morning, a list
of twenty subscribers to the STATESMAN, for
which we return ou5 sincere thanks
We hope Messrs. Nix & Story, who are
excellent lawyers and clever gentlemen, will
continue their career Ofusefulness, honor and
renown.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

We notice several tents have recently been
put up in the suburbs of the city, all of
which are OVERLOOKING with negroes. Their
occupants claim rent is SO high, and work
congenial to their tastes so scarce they can
not afford to live in houses. 1t would be
much better for them if they would go to
the country, where their services are in de-
mand and the remuneration to the indus
trious is sufficient to enatle them to live in
comfort.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

A lady remarked in our hearing, the other
day, after having read the very excellent let
ter of our correspondent from San Augustine,
she !'was astonished that Mr. Quick should
state be had been eOw-hided by lady for
his Radiealim. We, women, can give very
different version" But we may add, Radi-
calism is a very comprehensive term.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

Owing to our being misinfOrmed, we were
a little premature in our announcement,
Tuesday, that the cars were now running to
Middleton springs. The probability is that,
when new station is established, which
will be in a short time, it will be located
some distance this side Of Middleton springs
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

We noticed load of fine apples on the
street yesterday. They were raised near Sher-
man, on Red River, and retailed readily at
fifty cents dozen
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-14

WI. Griffin, ESQ.,, of this city, has inst
returned from prOtracted professional tour
to the counties of BOsque, Ellis, Hood, and
others: The courts have had heavy dockets
though nothing of very unusual interest took
place. He reports the drouth as damaging.
The people are aroused on the political ques-
tons, but seem intimidated by the difficulties
surrounding registration and voting, caused
by the Davis election 'order"