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Tie Mark Lane Express says the wool
trade. and the various manufactures con-
nectoi with It, formerly constituted the
most important industry IN Spain. and il
was considered an honor 10 be engaged in
the production Of that article in the raw
state. The title Of Merino, or Judge Of
shepherds, " was esteemed a privilege even
BY the highest nobility Of the country. A
quotation from Southey is given to show
that English sheep were taken TO Spain
some time in the thirteenth century, where
It appears the wool and the animals were
finally changed to the present Spanish Mer-
mo. The manner IN which sheep were pas
tured and managed on the Spanish sheep
walks, on Which very large focks were kept,
Is thus described, and It il said: Taking
all circumstances into account, it is, there
fore. no sbsurdity TO allow England the
credit Of having given to Spain a valuable
branch Of commerce which she, by her ex-
elusive policy, has well nigh banished from
her shores. This Is especially the case since
the introduction Of the merino breed Of
sheep into Australia, the soil and climate of
which is not only favorable to them, but ac~
tually improves the quality Of wool by i'm
parting to it a longer staple, while its fine
ness IS retained. The consequence is that
Spanish Marino wool is superseded, and
Spain now retains but a small fraction of its
previous production.
NJ. du CIozel, the Chief Of the French
Consulate at Madrid. has recently given an
interesting report Of the causes which have
! led to this decadence in the Spanish wool
trade, in a paper from which extracts are
given. These show the great importance
/ the wool industry has been to Spain, as
well as how the sheep were managed and
pastured. As this information may not be
new to most readers, / viii only quote the
portion which gives the reasons for the de-
cadence above mentioned. 1t is said:
The migration of the iocks being now de-
prived Of their privileges, and having al
most everywhere to pay for pasturage in
consequence of the sale of the lands belong
ing to the State, the price has increased,
whilst the quantity has been reduced and
the quality become inferior In fact, many
of the gaaaderOs shrink before the expense
which the migration now costs, and risk
leaving their focks stationary The sheep,
livr;nr, dav and NIGHT In the omen air eX-
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HNDoo REvOLr AND COMMUNISM IN
INDIA.-A telegram from Bombay reports
the occurrence of an agrarian Communist
rising, or revolt, by the Hindoo peasantFY
of the Poonah district The disaffected
people refuse to pay their rent. They have
congregated together and proceeded to the
commission of overt acts against the con-
stituted authorities. Several houses have
been plundered and burned The police
have been engaged with rowing parties of
the agitators and succeeded in dispensing
the bands at different points of collision.
That the mind of the Anglo-Indian nativist
population is deeply agitated, and that it
has been so during some years past, ispatent
to the world. That distinguished soldier,
Lord Napier, of Magdala, has confessed the
fact officially, and warned the government in
Downing street of the danger which attends
its existence. Great Britain has to deal
with a most infammable mind in her Asiatic
territory. War statements such as those
which result from the progress of the Rus
sian advance on Khiva are likely to be ex-
tensively circulated and vastly and danger
ously exaggerated in India, a country in
which socialism of the most radical class is
making great progress. 1t may be, also,
that Russian propagandists, of politico-
religious stripe, have been active among the
people just of late.-N. Y. Herald.
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ACTS PASSED BY TnI8 THIRTEENTH
LEnISIATlRR.
ANACT
For the BENEFIT o. Alaunl Occupants OF
the Public Lands.


SEcTIoN 1. Be It enacted by the Legis-
laturc Of the State Of Texas, That any
person who has occupied, OF shall occupy
any portion Of the public domain as home
stead, under any previous or existing law,
shall have the same surveyed, and the field
notes returned to the Land Office within
twelve months after settling upon the same,
or as provided in section two Of this act +;
and such person, or his assignee OF assign
ees, shall be entitled to a patent therefor,
upon fling in the Land Office an affidavit
to the effect, that such person, or his as
signs, have occupied and improved said
lands for three years, in good faith, and has
complied with the requirements of this act,
and paid all fees, which affidavit shall be
corroborated by the afidavits of two disin-
terested and credible citizens of the county
in which the land is situated, all of which
affidavits shall be subscribed and sworn TO
before the district clerk, who shall certify
to the same, and the credibility of said cit
liens under the seal Of his Office.
SEC. .. That any person now occupying,
or hereafter to occupy any portion of the
public domain, subject to such occupancy
under existing law, who may wish to make
application for homestead, shall have the
right to make such application in accord
ance with this law, at any time within
twelvN nOnths from the time of his or her
occupancy, or within twelve months from
the date of the approval of this act.
SEC. 3. Upon such application being
made as required by law, it shall be the
duty of the county surveyor, within one
month thereafter, to survey said homestead,
certify to the correctness of the field notes,
record them in his Office, and forward them,
together with the other papers connected
with the homestead application, to the Gen
eral Land Office, for which he shall be paid
the regular fees allowed by law; but he
shall not be allowed any fees for correcting
said field notes, should they need correc-
ton; and in no case shall any homestead
applicant be required to pay anything for
the land, or any other fees than the fees
due by law in the surveyors Office and in
the General Land Office.
SEC. 4. Any surveyor who shall fail or
refuse to make a survey upon homestead
application, within a month after the APP
plication is made, or who shall fail to correct
any field notes returned him for correction
by the General Land Office, within ten days
after he receives them, or who shall charge
more than the regular fees, or who shall in
any way violate the provisions of this act,
shall be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor,
and upon conviction before the District
Court, or a justice of the peace, shall be
fined not less than ten dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars.
SEC. 5. This act take effect and be
in force from and after its passage; and all
laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith,
are hereby repealed.
Approved May 90, 1873.
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1--WE STATE OF TEXAS.


TO the sheriff or any Constable 81 Iratls
County, Greellnls
friend for bis minor children james and Willie h1.
this day fled 10 my ofce their petition AGAINST A. W
Texas, and James BccirNay and IA j. IeoEH.4 II
wife. and r. Lucrciia Hcnifro and HenIIfh 1.f 1n4
dents Of Texas ana y sworn % pf .aIu - n Brown.
and prayer made that they BE- cited 81 r1bfaf|0n 00
said petition !. g. follows io.Nit; Is LlrIei|l H0l||
was formerly the wife 81 pelIiIoncl 81 n. Brown aI1
The minors, James and Willie, and taII 3 Orr ar 1.0
children Of said Lucfci|n and j. ~ Brown II| |.
lendaut, ~. J. bcckUay, q daughter ~ .s'd f
Brown BY former marriage o. Tie 10Th ~ IannaII.
IN Travis county district Tie deiondanIs Eert1ar I
wife, and plained 2 Brown Tor loi and s ~ IoII
~ block i5. % Austin Texas Ff4lllf IlI 81 .r ID.
ton o. deed 70 sald defendant made ~ 41'1|II !.
4. Brown. % BIZ dlleniu u j. trpEl. bow .r|
way. That on the third ~ March 1851. ZEE l.itI EI
Lucrclia, then BrnHn eued the p'aInt|N 81 Brown
II Travis County District Ccun. praying 10 l
q divorce, fof title q herseif Tor lql4 NQt 5 and
81 ia block "a n Austin. Texas. and l0f I|.n ~
the minors, James, Willie and Anr, poE OK M
said suite were concluded ~ order ~ ~ Lr
re February Term 1871. aud,fhai IS fsIf germ
a. 10 divorce was submitted io I1rI end I91HI Fl
" said lacrefia. and oecie1 va. catered d'IoI
properly and custody ~ children never fnlr||.
= the Court - jury. bit decree ~ rlr.
"a J. q Brown. and Eai1 LncItlia Then BIt1I 1854
By said pretended aeTecmcnl ard decree. % ~ .a
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American Benefaetlons TO the Cause Of
Education.

Do not Americans appreciate educationg
Here is list of some of their benefactions ;
81, 600, 600 by Mr.. Simmons, of Boston, for
the industrial education of women; e1O,-
600, 600 by Daniel Drew, to endow theo-
logical seminary, to which Abel Menand
adds so, 600 more ssfor the education of
women for the ministry 5000, 600 by Eras-
tus Corning, for female college; $500, 900
by Robert Barnes, of Indiana, for the edu-
cation of orphans in that State; 500, 600
by Orange Judd, the agricultural book pub
Usher, for scientific department in Wesleyan
University; $50, 600 by Cyrus Mccormick,
(the reaper, for theological seminary at
Chicago; 800, 600 by Daniel Appleton,
CHE book publisher,) for chancellorship
and library in New York University $780,,
600 by Nathaniel Thayer, of Boston, to
Harvard University; $1,000 by Chaun-
cey Rose. of Terre Haute, Indiana,
for female college; 500, 600 by Henry
Sage, of Brooklyn, New York, for female
college building at Cornell University
$500, 600 by Mr.. Shaw, Of st. Louis, for
park and botanic garden; 5000, 600 by Mr..
Pardee, of Pennsylvania, for scientific de-
partment of Lafayette College, at Easton,
Pennsylvania; SO, 600 by Horace Sibley, Of
Rochester, New York, for library build
u AtuLuCctIl (AAACAcllf > JOsOOu Dy the
Rev. Jesse T. Peck to the new university at
Syracuse, New York, which has been in
creased BY other citizens to 81 SOC. 900:
$3.50, 600 BY Samuel Williston, for educa-
tional purposes In Easthampton, Massachu-
sets; $25O, 600 by Captain Richardson, Of
San Francisco, California, to found the
Richardson College, in Chicago University;
$50, 600 BY Edward Tomp<ins, to found a
chair Of Oriental languages in the Univer-
sity Of California; so. 600 BY Mr.. Raymond,
Of Oakland, TO the college at Toledo. Ohio;
$75, 600 BY DR.. H. H. Toland, to endow q
medical department in the University Of
California; 500, 900 in property. and
$50. 600 in cash, By Mr.. Anderson, Of New
York. to found the Penikese School Of Nat
ural History.
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1 ,sose aifiniAls muse ION Which they could
expect to obtain the finest wool, and get ri,
of the rest by selling them to the butchers.
When we add that the Australian woods are
as fine, but much less rough than those
Of Estramadura, and that they come to the
European markets cheaper than these latter,
it will not appear surprising that the trade,
so far as expectation is concerned, is re-
duced to a few hundred thousands of AFRO
has, and that it is only by chance that any
woods from Seville are sent to France.
Whilst the present pastoral condition of
Spain remain as they now are, and the COM
petition of Australia and La Plata contin-
ues, there is no probability that the Span
ish wool trade with France will resume its
importance, nor that the country cal in
crease, proftably, its annual production of
wool. F.
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Authors OF the southern Troubles.


The Philadelphia Press undertakes to
show that the emancipation and enfran-
chisement of the negroes has nothing to do.
with the unhappy condition of the Southern
States, and alleges that it is due to ''the
vagabond white men who left the North at
the close of the war to seek their fortunes in
that section, and the desperate horde of
parolled Confederate soldiers who had re-
solved, when defeated, never to accept in
the spirit of men fairly overthrow in
wrong" As to the emancipation and en-
reimbursement of the negroes, the people of
the South had long since acquiesced in
them. The thing was intended more as
punishment to the whites than a boon to
the blacks. 1t was vindictiye measure,
and was executed in o harsh and unhand-
some manner. But it is now an accom-
plished fact, and the Southern people have
ceased to complain of it. They regard their
former slaves as citizens and voters, and
have no wish to abFidge their privileges,
As to defiant Confederate soldiers who are
resolved not to accept the situation, we
know of no such class in the South.
They have accepted the situation, and
the Northern newspapers and politicians
(the press prominent among them have
time after time declared that they are free
from all responsibilities for the troubles in
the South and that the soldiers of the two
armies have set an example to the miserable
politician, which, if allowed, would long
since tranquilized and reunited the coun-
try. What the press says about the s'vaga-
bond white men, (know as earpet-baggeFs),
who after the war, came South i'to seek
their fortunes, y or in other words, to plum
der and ravage, is true. These men have
headed the negroes and led a crusade against
the whites. The latter have been compelled
to stand together politically in order to de-
fend themselves from the compact array
which everywhere oonfFonts them. If it
had not been for these caFpet-baggeFs, there
would have been no trouble with the ne
groes-theFe would have been no race lines.
The government has chosen to side with and
sustain these caFpet-bag adventures, even
against white Republicans who had too
much self-respeet to herd with them,
Richmond Wing.
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MODERN JERUsALEM.-One Is sure to be
disappointed when he first enters the inte-
riOr of Jerusalem. The filth will surprise
and annoy him. One who comes to Jerusa-
lem from Egypt can indure good deal in
this direction, but even he viii have at
tsined to a high degree Of equanimity if he
does not occasionally lose his temper amidst
the superabounding filth of this city; and
what is worse, it seems to gather most about
the most sacred places. You cannot with
any comfort approach through the old ba-
zaaF of the cotton merchants-what was
doubtless the beautiful Gate of the tenn
ple-wlthout holding your breath. The
Mohammedans, while guarding with keen
est vigilance the sacred enclosure from the
pollution of infidel feet seem quite regard
less of the intrusion of filth. Yet it must
be confessed that the Jewish quarter of the
city is quite as unclean as any part of it and
it often gives one relief, when traversing
these dirty streets, to think that the Jerusa-
LEM of the Bible lies half hundred feet or
more beneath the present surface.
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NEw YoRK, July 15.-Cotton-Net receipts a2
bales gross receipts M bales; futures closed easier
sales 1900 bales, as follows July, II l-l6c; August
Cotton dull; sales Of 756 bales; Middlng sOslc
Flour quiet and unchanged. Whisky quiet at Ole
western at &c. Coffee In fair demand and firm; sales
Of Rio at 17sl019xc Rice steady Pork firm: new
81 So -
Money plenty at per cent. Exchange lower
Gold steady at 1l5H Governments very quiet States
dull and steady.
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ENGLIsH
FEMALE BITTERG.
ENGLIsII

An infinite multitude OF diseases walt upon woman
footsteps from the cradle TO the grave and long
she exposes heraef 70 the various Nicissitudcs Of
weather and eyerehangng Of fes ntfnl foiies
50 long viii she be the recipient Of troubles peculiar
female complaint The diseases and symptoms Of some
or those affections alluded TO follows. Chloross
or Green Sickness, all Irregularities Mysteries Palpi-
tation Sick Headache, difficulty Of Breathing Smother
ing Sensations, Prolapsus Uten and liberation cold
feet and hands Giddiness and Swimming of the Head
Pain in the side and back splrits and melancholy
Mental and Physical Prostitution, Wakcfunees Indi-
gestion Constipation, Torpid Liver and an that class
peculiar and valuable combination known as Drom-
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RroapeelinE COX copper A the Eleneieeo
Observation-Disclosures ColIect Toll EroBf
the Hardy Miners.
About two weeks since Mr. Henry Les
inslrv and VIM Grant started on 8 trip 10
the Francisco Mountains, to examine the
copper mines. They have returned, and
give us some information in regard to their
trip. They started from Silver City with
hehf wagon, loaded with the necessarics Of
the trip and drove that as far as the coun-
try would allow. Then packing some bur
ros they rode TO Goulding's camp. Les
insky, Grant. Metcalf and Abraham then
left for a mine about eight miles distant.
At the foot Of the mountain in which the
lead is situated, they found the ruins Of an
old furnace and house In this they camped
at night and seeing no traces Of Indians,
left their burros, blankets and provisions
the next morning and climed the mountain
about two miles to the mine After pretty
thorough examination Of an immense de-
post of copper ore nearly pure, they de-
scended to camp with the sharpest kind Of an
appetite for supper, but a sickening sight
met their gaze upon their arrival. The
canned meat and fruits had been cut open
and their contents emptied upon the ground.
Their plates had been doubled up, the
blankets, knives, flour, etc, had been
nicely packed upon the burros, and all driven
of by five Apache brethren in the direction
of Cachise's Camp.
Tired, hungry, and respondent, the party
laid down under tree, and sheltered them
selves from the cold mountain air with a
steady blast Of hot dispIeasure, while Grant,
who can beat Weston any day, started off
to Goulding's camp for rations, with which
he arrived next morning. The Indians had
too long start to make a successful pur-
suit, and the party concluded to adopt
Grants peace policy, and returned home
minus about two hundred dollars worth of
effects.
Goulding employs at his camp about a
dozen Mexicans, and has about ten tons of
copper out. Thorough nature of the coun-
try makes it necessary to pack this on bur
ros about fifteen miles before it can be
loaded into wagons. The deposits of cop
per are simply immense, and no descrip-
ton can convey an adequate idea of the
extent of these mines But in the present
dangerous condition of that portion of the
country, it is almost impossible to get men
to remain there Was this danger done
away with, thousands of men could find
profitable employment at good wages, and
trains from this country would be loaded
on their trips to the railroad with cargoes
of copper.-The Borderer, On. NJ
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HEMALE BEAUTY.

Lives there man. lives there a woman, 30 lost 10
reason that he she cannot admire and appreciate
genuine female beauty What Joy and delight TO
stand and gaze upon healthy and beautiful womani
But can there be beauty without heathf List 10 me-
yethousands Of sickly, puny, suffering females
II you are annoyed with any lingering female COM
plant and desire immediate relief procure at once one
OF TWO bottles OF DR.. Dromgooles English Female Bit
ters and be restored 10 health. d BY druggists and
merchants. Address
JR J. + ROMGOoLR,
Memphis, Tenn
woman's Medical Adviser, o. IS ce5 e. Address
as above. janeiw&d4m
~ Sold in Austin, Texas Wholesale and Retail by
Alexander & Son. and Thompson Fox.
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This wen known Institution founded b tie late
t.rcI Thomas lc1zeq1 eDo s.lralcl ID Hays county.
1ooll M miles NON Alstn with 11oul sixty acres 81
improved land win be rlnlol Tor one nr fo ave Yesls II
1csllc0 Itc pli1inE = i1r-c 1nd cc11I1olio1s and
inRs god Inc wafer abundant and there alc sew
cFaI me peach and apple orchards oa the premises
making q VEN desirable Tor bua7Onc School 81 hirt
character The health Of the location Is unsurpassed
For Information with REGARD O. terms etc. whicn
MISS LIZZIE JOHNSON
fuly3-wtf Austin. Texas
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FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.


NEw ORLEANS. July 15.-Hay hrmer; prime $9tas5;
choice scarce at 81 Whisky hmer; Louisiana $50
9oc; Cincinnati 96G93c; Others unchanged
Sterling 126E. Sight q premium Cod ifsss
Cotton firm. Sales 100 bales Good Ordinary al
loc; Low Middlings 18Kc; Mddling Orleans 1Sxc
30, 665 bales. 49,
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eTnANGE DEkTH.-sunday evening an old army &C
qnalnfanee met Mr. B. II. Vosburgh law student in
the once Of shepard, searcy Shepard, at the above
named once. and invited him to ear some cake and
aga with him. They both sat down and ate Of them,
when very soon after Mr.. yosburg complained Of he
ing sick ana parted with the acquaintance the former
going 70 Mr. searcys house, where he lived, and the
latter. Il "a said, towards Georgetown.
Il was just before dark when they parted, and when
Mr. Yosburg reached home he was too siekt 10 eat
supper and wa directly Afterwards attacked with
spasm DR.. East sent for but before he got TO him
he had suffered severely from other spasms Emetict
were given and with good effect, but the spasms conf
fnned IN rapid succession and the man died at forty
I've minutes after midnight He was buried yester|
day evening about six O'Clock The Of the deat
vac evidently poison; from the symptoms We would
suppose strychninc. IN was certainly obtained in th
figs and cake. but how 10 got there knows. MI
yosbugg was about thirty years Of age.
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NEW York, July 15-Sis 1917; cas- II; 6Is 171s; 65s,
iS1L new l5Si 67s, ISL; 6ss, 1s; new 5s 15l<
lg-4Os, l4 Tennessee Sc, eOS New 79s; Virginia g.
50; new q; Levee S. 40; Levee Sc, so; Alabama S.
80; 5s IS; Georgia Sc, 20; 7s So; North Caronas az
new, 10; special tax 10; South larOlinas. q: new
10; April and October 90
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SUNDAY night. about nine O'Clock, Owens and Mar
shall two colored men, met on the Avenue, when they
revived az old Misunderstanding, and Owens stabbed
Marshall twice with dirk once in the neck and again
IN thcrieht side Marshall Is in a critical condition,
and Owens has run away.