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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-14

The present position Of the San Antonio
Herald ON the International bond question
isthis, as stated by the Herald of the twenty
sixth ult., and rcstated in its issue of the
ninth inst. We give it the fun benefit Of
its own language and trust that we shall be
no further complained Of;
I'VE do not propose to touch the gues-
ton Of the legality or policy Of this subsi-
dy grant In c0nvention-the first is in the
hands Of the court, and both are beyond
our control.
TO be silent upon the question Of abid-
ing the decision OF the courts, and repudia-
ton, at this time, would be the worst Of
party taetics-it would be supplying our
enemies nth the best Of ammunition, and
aiming them With the most effective wea-
-, 81 n on the ield Of battle
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-14

TnR Democracy OF Massachusetts,, age
asking move against the puritanie sump-
inary Laws u that State. let SIR German
friends make note 81 dis The only OPP
position 70 stringent sundas laws I'D pro-
hibilsa liquor laws in THE North comes
IRON die leaoesex
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-14

On his refinement from military service,
sherman lost none 81 the eneTgies which
had characterized him IA the feld, bra dis
PLAYED IN the occupations 81 private life
useful enterprise and creative talents Is d
valuable order.
In 1915. he conceived the idea % rciaiid-
Ing the town ~ Harrisburg. which had been
destroyed b. santa Anna 10 1885, With
this view. 81 purchased a iarec interest iH
the town site. and 1000 acres 81 iand al
joining Il. He the1 proceeded % Boston.
whers hc enlisted capitalists. and organized
company ~ baiid railway from Harsis-
burg werirasd. Tire dif5edlics - contend
with wcre neither leW nor small The
country 'xss new and 1'l 81. s. known
abroad. tie uopaI1lion and arcn'tnl
production we're inco be. and labor
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-14
suBsEQuENr sEnyIcEs.

After remaining several months with the
army in the West, and finding that the enc
my did not return, he rendered his rcsigna-
ton, which President Burnet refused to nc
cept, but gave him a commission rs colonel
in the regular service, with orders to enlist
his men in the United States. When about
to leave his conpanions-in-arms, the seer
tary Of war presented him with the sts,adof
colors which he had brought to the country,
accompanied with the following communi
cation
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-14

- Az DcE-4tAAANt <1u-urA " L3rDs
This stand of colors, presented by the Ia
dies Of Newport, Kentucky, 10 Capt. sidney
Sherman, is the same which triumphantly
waved on the memorable battle field Of San
Jacinto; and is by the government presented
to the lady Of Col. Sidney Sherman, ~ q
testimonial of his gallant conduct on that
occasion. A. SOMEHyILLE.
Approved; Secretary Of War.
DAVID g. BURxEr, President.
Colonel Sherman's health was much I'M
paired by exposure and fatigue in the army,
and before Teaching Kentucky he was g.
riously III for many weeks. Notwitbstand-
ing his condition, he succeeded in sending
out some troops and a quantity Of clothing
for those in the field, who were extremely
destitute
In January, 1887, he returned 70 Texas
with his family, and settled upon San Ja-
cinto Bay. In 1912 lie was elected . repre-
sentative 10 Congress from Harris county,
and was appointed chairman Of the military
committee. He introduced bin providing
for the election Of 8 major general of mlli-
tia. and the protection Of the frontier The
bill was vetoed by President Houston, but
became a law By the vote Of g constitutional
majority in beth Houses 81 Congress. Gen.
Rusk was the first elected 70 that position,
Gen. Sherman succeeded him 81 the next
election By the popular vote, which position
he held until the annexation 81 Texas ~ the
United Sfztes
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21
Red Salt,

A young parson of the Universalist
faith, many years since, when the simon
pure Universalism was preached, start
ed westward TO attend a convention of
his bretheren in the faith. He took the
precautiOn to carry a vial of cayenne
pepper in his pocket, to sprinkle his
food with as preventive against fever
and ague. The convention met and
at dinner tall Hoosier observed the par
son as he seasoned his meat, and address
ed him thus:
stranger, I'll thank you for leetle
of that ere red salt, for I'm kind of
curious to try it.
" Certainly" returned the parson,
"but you will find it very powerful be
careful how you use it,
The Hoosier took the proffered vial,
and feeling himself proof against any
quantity of raw whisky, thought he
could stand the cred SALT with impuni-
ty; accordingly he sprinkled chunk of
beef rather bountifully with it, and forth
with introduced it into his capacious
mouth. 1t soon began to take hold.
He shut his eyes, and his features be-
gan to writhe, denoting very inharmoni-
Gus condition physically. Finally he
could stand it no longer. He opened
his mouth and screamed "Fire -
"Take a drink of cold water from
the Jug, said the parson.
will that put it out 90 asked the
martyr, suiting the action to the word.
In short time the unfortunate man be-
gan to recover, and turning to the par
son, his eyes yet swimming in water, ex-
claimed:
Stranger, you call yourself Var
salist, / believe %
do" mildly answered the parson.
"Wall, want to know if you think it
consistent with your belief to go about
with hell-fre in your breaches pockets?"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21
Walking as an Exercise,

There is no exercise so fine as walk
ing, If one knows how to take it.
When disease in one part of the body
becomes incurable, the physician Will
sometimes attack it by "revulsion -
that is, by attacking some other part,
and thus diverting the sickness from it's
stronghold. So man who uses his
head until the brain is weary needs to
tire his legs. -
You complain that you cannot walk.
Because you do, not observe the
rules. Walk easily. Take time. Do
not hurry yourself into exhaustion.
Begin by walking as you can bear it.
Every now and then 1 backslide, get
nervous. Think the sun hurts me and
take to riding in street cars. Three
months ago mile wearied me. The
circulation tended to the brain. Sleep
was difficult. 1 determined to seek re-
lief, as before, in walking. By walking
at first two miles, and afterwards in
creasing the distance, L was soon able
to trudge off ten miles in an afternoon
without regard to heat. Sunstroke {?
1t is not people who live right and exer-
else freely that suffer from the sun.
Did you ever sit in Turkish bath The
first three minutes you are ready to
faint, to burst, to die, to blow up with
the intolerable dry heat. But when
once the perspiration has started, and
all the little safety-valves were open, you
were able to take with pleasure thirty
or forty degrees more of heat than you
had when an explosion seemed immi-
nent. So when you are nervous about
walking, and the heat seems dangerous,
you have only to start off in a steady,
easy gait. At the end of a mile walking
is delightful. You wouldn't ride if you
ould.-EdUard Eggleston, IN Hearth
and Home.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21
Gid and Jack.

Speaking of the proposed love-feast
of Union and Confederate West Point
ers next year, the Newark Aduertiser-
whose editor was in the Union service
remarks:
"This comrade-feeling reminds us of
the surrender of the Confederate Gen.
Gideon Pillow to his old friend Gen.
A. j. Smith. 1t was touching scene.
Pillow came into Montgomery one morn
ing, afoot and alone. He sat down on
curbstone and shook the gravel out of
his rough army shoes, and then walked
into Smiths Office, a back parlor, to
surrender. The ceremony was simple.
He said: How are you, Jack 2 The
reply was: Good God, Gid, is that you?
Have you had your BREAKFAST To
which Pillow feelingly responded, NO,
and / haven't dollar to pay for one
Pillow got his breakfast, gave his parole,
remarked that if he could not whip Yam
KEGS he could go back to Tennessee and
raise cotton, and went on his way re-
joicing, with enough money in his
pocket to resume his place as one of the
best citizens of West Tennessee"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21

Blanketing horses in summer has now
become an acknowledged necessity, and
light blankets are now an important
portion of the harness makers stock.
The material used for these are brown
and bleached linen, scrims, flannel and
light brown duck. Muslin sheets are
also used, but these, as well as those
made of duck, are not popular. Linen
and flannel are the favorite goods they
cost more, but are durable and look
well twilled braid is used for binding
and joining, and some of the finer quail
tiles have monograms or the name OF the
horse worked on In very narrow braid of
the same shade as the binding.
Scrims is used more as protection
against flies than for any other purpose,
and being very light and loosely woven,
requires to be well bound and secured
at the seams; strip of light leather
should be stitched ON under the Lraid,
either on the back of the scrims or be-
tween it and the braid the end of the
scrims must be turned in so that the
outer row of stitches will pass through
two thicknesses; if this is not done ii
will ravel and the binding come off. :
Carriage and Harness Journal.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21
A Sleeping Burglar.

A strange case of somnambulism is
reported in Detroit paper. A man By
the name of Birch received $500 too
late to deposit it in a bank, and accord
lngly put it in tin box, which he
placed in bureau drawer. The key to
the drawer he placed in his bedroom.
A daughter of his had morbid fear of
burglars. She retired, however, at the
usual hour, first placing a bandage
about her neck to cure a soreness in her
throat. In the morning the box was
missing, though the windows and doors
were all secure, and the key 10 the
drawer in its place. 1t was found, too,
that the bandage about the girls neck
had disappeared. The father going
through grape arbor shortly after
ward, spied the bandage on the ground,
and STOPPING to pick it up, his foot sunk
into the soft ground that had lately been
placed in hole, and came on the box of
money. In attempting to solve the
mystery it was found that the girls
fingers were soiled with dirt, and that
there were dirt marks on the pillow
where she had placed her. hands. She,
however, remembered nothing of the
strange occurrences of the night. though
it is certain that she rose, procured the
key of the drawer, opened it, took out
the box, unlocked the door leading to
the garden, passed out, dug the hole
with her hands, mid the money, re-
turned, put everything in proper place,
and then retired without waking any
one, even herself.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21
Remarkable Superstition.

A certain class of people seem to live
only that they may be duped by others.
Some years ago there was travelling
doctor who claimed that the merit of ali
the wonderful works which he did lay in
his hands, or, to speak more exactly, on
them He hadn't washed his hands for
twenty-five years, and the thumb of his
right hand had not been washed for
twenty-seven years They were covered
with a coating as thick as heavy beaver
cloth /; while that neglected right thumb
could not be bent. Herein lay the Sc
cret. The quack stirred all his medi-
cines with those hands, and the nos
trums for the cure of the most difficult
cases were mixed with that right hand
thumb. If he washed, all virtue would
go ont of his hands, he affirmed. The
marvel of the matter is not so much that
a man could so delude himself as to be-
ieve ths' such thing could be true,
but that "A should do large and pros
porous business, and number among his
patrons many intelligent people
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21
Educational Statistics.

The third annual report of Gen.
Eaton, Commissioner of Education, Just
issued, consists of about ZOO pages of
interesting and instructive educational
matter, and contains several maps copied
from the census of 1870, intended to
show the advantages of education. Sew
eral other tables are taken from the
census, one of which shows that of the
total male adults in 1870, 9,443, 001,
there were 1919, 147 male adult litter
ates, and that of the adult female popu-
lation, 1902, 999, 2,096, O49 were OF the
illiterate class. This gives the percent
age of male illiterate adults to the total
number of adults IL. Is per cent, and of
illiterate females 23.O5 per cent. A
table of the public school expenditures
in the States per capita shows that Mas
sachusetts expends the largest amount,
S20.05, and that Nevada comes next,
with S19.S93. The amounts paid in the
other States range from Co. in North
Carolina, to Sl2 1873 in California. The
advance and progress in education was
most marked in the New England, Mid
die and Western States. There were
81 academies in the United States, with
an aggregate attendance of SO, 929, and
298 institutions reporting to the bureau
that class themselves as colleges, of
which 30 reported only preparatory stu
dents. The 217 colleges reported 19, $50
students in the collegiate course, of
whom /, 419 were females. The number
of institutions for the superior educa-
ton of females was Isl, with 1,617
instructors, of whom 449 were male and
1,16S female, and total of II, 2SS stu
dents. The Commissioner calls atten-
ton to the lack of proper veterinary in
struction in the United States, and SAYS
the epidemic which lately visited the
horses, which represents 100000, 600
or $500, 900, 900 of our property, awaken
ed the public mind to the necessity of
class of well-educated veterinary sur
geOnS.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21
Clubs and Oranges.

An Eastern paper, speaking of the
Iowa Oranges, says: One-third of all
the elevators and grain warehouses in
the State are now owned or controlled
by Oranges, and no less than 5000. 900
bushels of grain were shipped to Chi
cago on Grange account prior to Dec
/ last.
The number of cattle and hogs ship
ped III the same manner is enormous,
and the reports received from all these
shipments show an increased profit to
the farmer of from 10 to 40 per cent.
as compared with the amount received
at the hands of the average "middle-
men, i'll times previous.
in the matter of purchasing agricul-
tural implements direct from the manu-
facturers, the Grange purchasers of the
State have saved the farmers, by actual
computation and comparison at the i'm
plement store, 1866, 900. For instance,
one class of reaperc ranging as No. /,
retailing at $40, was sold to the Grange,
in tours or more, at S140-a clean "save'
of 800 on each machine. Pacific
Rural Press.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21
Futile Time.Serying.

The New York Observer ridicules the
idea that where the ages of the patri-
arches OF the Bible are mentioned in
years, when the Hebrew chronologer
stated the life of Methuselah TO be 800
years, and of Jared 962, he meant that
many months. The Observer goes on
to figure on the subject as follows !:
''Adam lived $50 months, and begat
son. Seth lived los months, and begat
Enos. Enos lived 80 months, and begat
Cainan. Cainan lived 20 months, and
begat Michael. And Enoch lived 90
months, and begat Methuselah. And
ali the days of Methuselah were 800
months, and he died and so ON. Truly
a wonderful race of beings At the
age of $50 months, which is little more
than 10 years, Adam begat his first born,
Seth; and at the age of 105 months, a
little less than 9 years, Seth begat
Enos /; and at 80 months, or less than s
years, Enos begat Cainan {; and Cainan
begat his first-born at 20 months, which
is less than 6 years And this is a
satisfactory solution 1t is historical
and scientific mending with ven
reance -
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21

men, in gossamer apparel of all hues,
are fitting backwards and forwards like
rose leaves scattered in the wind. Sar-
atoga is the most royal spot for loafing
that can be possibly conceived. Con-
certs morning and evening ON the bal
comics of the different hotels by Gill
more's, Beinstein's, and Lander's bands
delight the ear and keep one in dreamy
trance as the hours fly away to the
measure of divine strains. One can do
little but be enchanted with this life.
If any one can find time to wind his
watch, he can do more than your hum
bic servant. The life of Saratoga GEN.
tiers about the hotels and springs. There
are few but fine residences; all anyone
cares for here is to see and be seen.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21
Lima Institutions.

GA curious feature of Lima" says
correspondent of the Boston Globe,
and, In fact, of all Peruvian cities, is
the beggars' day. This is Saturday,
and then all the poor who are supported
by charityare allowed to wander through
the streets seeking aims; and such an
array of blind, crippled and infrm
people it would be hard to gather in any
other land. The grotesque forms and
distressed garments would form a fit
ting theme for the genius of Teniers
to depict. They are all nationalities
and races, these mendicants, though by
far The greater part are negroes, Cholos,
or native Indians, and Cinnamon, and
the money that they thus collect they
dispose of as they see fit. Another of
the institutions of Lima is the police
These are generally natives, here called
Cholos, and they are armed with a
musket and bayonet, and drssed in a
military uniform. They are invested
with the title of celadore, and most
appropriate appellation it is, for a
lazier set of fellows cannot be found
When on duty they generally ensconce
themselves In some doorway or corner,
and there, within their knees, and their
caps over their eyes, they beguile in
sleep the hours of duty. An earthquake
may shake dozen buildings down near
him, salvo of artillery be fred, bnt
these minor things cannot awaken o
celadore ; and he has no ear for the mu-
steal cries of murder, help and thieves.
Hunger is the only thing that can
awaken him. The old salts, who some
times frequent the streets of Callao,
often disarm the sleeping guardians of
the peace, and parade the streets clothed
In their cloaks and caps, and armed with
their weapons of protection How
would such men suit in our stirring
cities %
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21

THE FOG LIFTED. air has at
last been cleared of some portion of it's
smoke. Two centuries ago King Charles
II. suggested to the Royal Society of En-
gland that they should discover some
plan whereby the smoke of London
might be consumed. The savants of
the society failed to make any discovery,
but within the past quarter of century
practical engineers have su cceeded in
consuming the smoke from their fur
naces and factories, and DIV even the
bakers are compelled by law to do the
same. Such vast change has occurred
in the condition of the London atmos-
phere in consequence, that the public
gardens, as those of the Temple for in
stance, which heretofore were miserable
failures in horticultural sense, are now
blooming successfully, and the banks of
the river Thames begin to be SIN YER
dure clad"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21

BE Nor IDLE.-One great power rules
the world as it always has done-the
power of labor. For labor conquers all
things. Everything we do has to have
a certain amount of labor expended on
it, to bring it to state of perfection.
However difficult it may appear, how
ever impossible it may seem to be, re-
member if you attack it with energy,
and labor with all your might, your
efforts will be crowned with success.
Inventive man, by the aid and applica-
ton of labor, wins for himself name
that will always be honored, respected
and remembered by his fellow-citizens.
1t has been truly said, that no excellence
is obtained without labor. Few persons
conversant with the world have failed to
discover that In the race of life, men of
moderate means and attachments fire.
quently outstrip competitors endowed
equally by the smiles of fortune and
gifts of genius. Difference of talent has
little to do with it; the power of steady,
undated labor excels all gifts of genius;
and he who would succeed In life must
labor constantly. ~
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21
A HORSE attached to the cart of a tin

A HORSE attached to the cart of tin
peddler, while on Balmforth avenue,
Friday, became startled by something.
and ran away at speed that was mar
velous in tin peddler's horse. The
wagon was old and ricketty, and the
condition of repairs, but both of them
got through that avenue with awful ve-
locity, the former hopping its spine, and
shaking its head, and throwing its heels
uproariously, while the latter reeled
from one side of the road to the other.
and bounded from rut to rut, and threw
an invoice of old junk and new tin-ware
at every heave. One old lady was
caught around the neck by pair of
satinet pants and nearly choked to death.
and hoop-skirt, badly damaged. de-
scended over the head of a man who
was telling neighbor what his mother
rubbed on sprains, and so frightened
him that he fell over barrel and put
both of his ankles out joint, and was
bit on the shoulder by the dog of the
man he was trying to benefit. The
horse having filed the air with boilers.
and ole vests, and fatirons, and worth
less overalls, and brass kettles. and
broken-down CATERS, suddenly fetched
up by jumping off the bridge into the
river, dragging the wagon and a moth
eaten undershirt in after it.-Danbmy
Neys.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21
High Farming.

A noted farmer of New England, after
visiting England and examining with
the critical eye of a practical and ex-
perienced agriculturist the system pur-
sued there, says:
1 am thoroughly confirmed in my old
faith that the only good farmer of our
future is to be the "high farmer. "
There is a widely prevailing antipathy
among the common farmers of our State
against not only the practice of high
farming, but against the use of the
phrase by agricultural writer's. This is
all wrong and should at once be cor
rected. Through some misconception
of the meaning of the phrase, and also
of its application, they have come to
believe it synonymous with theoretical
"book farming, "new-fanglednot +"
boosted strides of progress, followed by
disappointments and final failure This
is all an error. High farming simply
means thorough cultivation, liberal
manuring, bountiful crops, good stock,
good feed, and paying profits therefrom.
1t is not strange that misconceptions
have arisen in the minds of doubling
farmers who have been eyewitness to
some of the spread-eagle experiments of
enthusiastic farmers, better supplied
with money obtained in business they
know how to manage than with practical
experience OF the farm. Bountiful
crops and paying profits of course are
what all farmers who are dependent
Upon the farm for an income are striving
to obtain; and every year as it passes is
reconfrming the opinion that the profits
are small, and will grow beautifully
less where high farming is practiced.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21

ALsAcE-LoRRAINE is not yet trans
formed into Elsass-L othringen. 1t still
requires great garrisons, and still shows
hate of its cenquerors. We are eau
toned not to speak German in Stras-
bourg shops, in order to avoid incivility
and higher prices. The amount of
scowling done by the populace as troops
march through the streets is something
ludicrously appalling to see. The pho
tograph stores are full of pictures OF
France Bidding Farewell to Alsace
and Lorraine" "The Ravishment of
Alsace," "Alsace's Dream" etc. The
" dream" is the expulsion of the Ger
mans by the French. These are only
straws, but evidently the current has
not yet turned toward Germany.-Ger-
man Letter.