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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-03

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fact that the genuine sugar-cane can be
successfully raised in that county. II is o
profitable crop. ''Will bananas grow
in Fayette countyl Yes; for Mr.. G.. A.
Steinle, of LaGrange, has laid on our table
very fine bunch, well maturcd and rip
ened, as fine as those brought from Tux
pan, in Mexico. The plant requires con
siderable care and attention, but would
succeed admirably. So would many of the
semi-tropical fruits, with the proper care
and culture"
The Lampasas DisDatck says: 'sThe pres
ent system of school books, in our humble
opinion, Is a great fraud upon those who
have to buy books for the thousands Of
children who are daily in school II
will be an item Of interest to the taxpayers
Of Che county to know that the iailbir6
poet G. s. Hughes, took dislike 70 bis
quarters, and on the nineteenth Of this
month, between 10 and 4 o'clock in the
evening, made his escape Pork VIII be
quite plenty this fall, as the mast is excel
lent, and the crop Of corn very good
The pecan crop Of this aAd adjoining
counties IS said to be very good. For the
hrst time in the history Of our county have
we seen cotton bales coming into our town
for sale Mrs. Mary +. Wood died On
the nineteenth instant
The B-Iten 5.erie.o states that sweet DO.
.tatoes -iisse been ceiling IN Ihe streets Al
seventy Eve cents q DusheI... Alr. j. A J.
Hamilton was married on the twenty-ffth
instant to Miss Lucy 3. Taylor. All Of
Bel county There are ninety-four fFial
and i've appearance cases on, the civil
docket 81 tie district court, and about two
hundred and thirty cases on the criminal
docket
The 6alvest0n Nclss Of the twenty-eighth
ulfimo SAYS that Thomas McLeaah wa
buried Yesterday with imposing ceremonies.
The PROCESSION which followed BIS remains
20 the grave Was composed q representa-
fiees from the FIRE companies, members d
the Ecrournen's BeneFoicnt Afsoclation,
and o. tie First Texas Artillery, 81 wkich
organixa ions he wes during bis lifetime, 4
member. a humber 81 friends followed il
carriages
Ire Sherman Coviv N11 tb15 liVs
'ponsul1s are getting % Be leisure IN tn
narkel. he rland iuEy, IS IS lat'
session. found III true bills. william
u. Howell. enc O. tie two brothers con
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-07
U. 5, Patent Office Report.

The Hon. M. D. Leggett, Commits
sioner of the U. s. Patent OAioe, hoe
submitted his annual report for the
year ending December 31st, 1873, to
both Houses of Congress, in compliance
with section of the Patent Act of July
s, 1870, which requires that officer to
prepare, and present to Congress, a
detailed report of the operations of his
office, in the month of January each
year, for the preceding twelve-month.
From this document, which is quite
lengthy, and contains many valuable
suggestions, we CLEAN the following in
teresting facts: The number of appli-
cations for letters patent filed during
the year 1878 was 2O,414; number of
patents granted (including reissues and
design -patents), 1884. 1t appears
that, in 1872, 1S,246 applications were
presented, and 1880 of them were
allowed, and patents granted. The in
crease in the number of applications is
very marked, and SO is the decrease in
the proportion of patents granted-an
abnormal condition of affairs which the
Commissioner explains by stating that
"the decrease in the number of patents
arises partly from more thorough ex-
aminations, and partly from the fact
that some applications are not be-
ing prosecuted to issue, because of
the disturbance in manufacturing,
caused by financial disturbances.
Two hundred and seventy-thre ap.
clications for extension of existing pat
ents were received and decided during
the ear, of which 233 were granted
thus adding seven years to their life
time. 1t also appears that 4, 482 patents
expired during the year and we
are informed that no less than
2,783 patents, which had been
"allowed," did not issue (were
forfeited, in other words) on account of
non-payment of the final fee of 800.
This is the largest number of forfeited
patents for many years, and can only be
accounted for on the score of the un-
usual stringency in financial matters
which. during the latter part of last
year, affected all classes of society, and
was particularly hard upon the working
men, to whose ranks the greater part of
inventors belong.
There were received 534 applications
to have trade marks registered, and of
these 492 were allowed. OF the patents
granted, 1871 were to citizens of the
United States 341 to citizens Of Great
Britain "a to citizens of France; and
SS to the citizens of other foreign gov
ernments. m
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-07
A Revival of Mohammedanrsm.

1t is well known that Mohammedan-
ism has been making great progress in
India of late years, to the alarm of the
Hindoos, and that instead of being a
dying religion, it is undergoing great
and ominous revival. Recent informa-
ton on the subject is as follows: A
census of Bengal lately taken makes the
100000 instead of 49,
100000, as was estimated. In some
districts there are 600 to the square
mile. The number Mohammedans
is far in excess of popular estimate.
They number 20,664 900. Of all who
call themselves Hindoos in faith, there
are 40, ,674, 900. The BuddhisUs are 85,-
600 in number, and the Christians 3d.
600. OF the aboriginals, included in
neither of these classes, there are over
two million. 1t is stated that the Mo-
with their armies of mis-
sionaries, their theory that all faithful
races are equal before God, and their
practice of raising any convert at once
to full social equality, are becoming so
that by 1900 they will be
half the population, and ultimately viii
control the religious destiny OF Bengal.
many of the richest dis
tricts they are already nearly or quite
one-half of the population, and in some
they exceed the Hindoos by twenty
per cent, the most astounding instance
of wholesale conversion in modern his
tprU
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-07
Beecher's Advice.

Henry Ward Beecher gives to the
young this advice "Use fiction ss
you would spices in your diet. No
man takes quart of cloves, nor ex-
hausts the cruet, at single meal
These things may be used with modera-
tion to season ones food with, but they
are not to be used alone and so fctions,
while they are not to be resorted to ex-
clusively, may be used with discretion
to season life with. III you find that
using them brings you back to duty
with more alacrity, with more cheer,
and with more aptitude, if you find that
it makes you better in your relations to
your fellow-men, then it does not hurt
you, and you are at liberty to use them.
But if you find that using them makes
you morose; if you find that it gives
you distaste for work if you find
that it inclines you to run into hole
that you may get away from your fell
low-men; if you find that it makes you
unkind, disobliging, and sel6sh-then
you may be sure that whether it Injuries
any body else or not, it INJURIES you."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-07

The head was quickly raised from the
shoulder. Why Bernardo Are you
crazy ?"
"By no means. What in the world
is the use of our waiting2 We have
known each other all our lives, and how
do you suppose 1 can take the time to
come philandering down here every
week? In fact, ought not to be here
now, but made confdant of Daryl,
and he took compassion on me. At the
end of this month he thinks they can
do without me for a week, and then we
must be married. 1t is not so bad up
there, after all. 1t is beautiful coun-
try, and we have a little society. The
superintendent wife, and the wife of
the engineer live there in funny little
houses, Just like mine; and they are
cabins dotted here sna there in n fhee;
woods, and the laborers' wives are nice
kindly women"
Jessiea laughed.
"You will make it out sort of Para
disc, expect, if L let you go on. But
may ask if you had the house built
because you felt so sure of me ?"
"I did not feel at all sure of you, but
1 could not help little feeling of hope
I did not believe you would care SO
much about the life led if you did not
love me the least little bit. However,
the house was already built. One of
the members of the company used to
live in it. Everything seems to have
happened just. right for us"
You take too much for granted. Mr.
Bernard, L have not yet consented to
your arrangement.
"But, you will darling? Just con-
slider how much you will make me do
when you get up there ?"
"This is a consideration, certainly"
replied Jessica.
"Oh ! L know we'll I shall have Il
hard task-mistress. But you will make
happy home for me as a compen-
sation."
Perhaps Jessica felt she had been ar
bitrary enough. At all events her lover
had his own way and the wedding day
was fixed to suit him; the bride elect
rejecting that her simple rousseau
would not require much time for prepa-
ration. Ruf1ed dresses and trailing
silks would be entirely out of place in
the lumber region. They were so hap
py, sitting there under the dropping
branches of the ash, with the silvery
sands at their feet, and the river gliding
gently by, that they forgot to go up to
the house to tell the wonderful news to
the family until the dusk of the even
ing stole upon them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-07
In a Granger Lodge.

The Changers are in order now, anC
the funny writers are after them. Her,
is the report of the opening scene il
Grange, that even the Granger him
self cannot fail to see some good pointl
in -
On being brought into the ante-roon
of the lodge (Greengrocer Temple, No
1O1), I was told that had been balloted
for and accepted. My informant, who
was securely masked by what I after.
wards learned was large burdock leaf
perforated with holes for the eyes, told
me that if 1 valued my life it would be
neGesspprEI Jft8fa apA6 psA6tteS to Sffbm within asked
"Who comes ?"
My guide answered: GA youthful
agriculturist who desires to become O
granger"
Sepulchral Voice-Have you looked
him carefully over? ....-t
Guide-I have, noble gate-keeper.
s. V.-Do you find any agricultural
marks about his person
Guide-I do.
=. V.-What are they?
Guide-The candidate has carroty
hair, reddish whiskers and turnup
nose.
S. Wis well. Why do you de-
sire to become granger? .... .
Guide answering for candidate)-
That he may be thereby the better en-
abled to harrow up the feelings of the
rascally politicians.
s. V.-You will bring in the candi-
date. My worthy STRIPPING, as you can
not see, will cause you to feel that
you are received at the door on the
three points of a pitch fork, piercing
the region of the stomach, which is to
teach you the three great virtues
faith, hope and charity. Faith in your
self, hope for cheaper farm machinery,
and charity for the lightning-rod ped
dler. You will now be harnessed, and
in representation of the horse, Pegas rs,
will be tested as to endurance and wind.
The candidate is here attached to a
small imitation plow, by means of a
hempen harness. A dried pumpkin
vine is put in his mouth for a bit and
bridle-he is made to get down on all
fours, the guide seizes the bride, and
urged on by granger armed with a
Canada thistle, which he vigorously
applies at the terminus of the spine,
the candidate is galloped three times
around the room. While making the
circuit the members rise and sing
Get up and dust, you bully boy
Who wouldn't be granger?
If the thistles prick don't cause you Joy,
To feeling you must be estranged, eh
After this violent exercise he is rub
bed dry with corn-cobs, beeswaxed
where thistled, and brought standing
up before the great chief--the Most
Worshipful Pumpkin Head.
M. W. P. H.-Why do you desire to
be a granger? +ats' si"
Candidate-(answering for himself)---
That may learn to extinguish sewing
machine agents.
M. W. P. H.---Have your hands been
hardened with toll? -........
Candidate---Not extensively, but then
am not running for Office.
M. W. p. H.---'Tis vel. for our lodges
contain several who are supposed to be
ready to sacrifice themselves for the
good of their constituents.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-07
A Desperate Incendiary.

At the recent Meuse assizes, says q
Paris correspondent, man of the name
of Julien was placed at the bar he was
nearly sixty years of age, rich. was mar
ried twice, and has children by both
wives; in 1860 he was named mayor OF
his commune, and exercised his func-
tion for seven years. In the course OF
1867 he uniustly accused a neighbor OF
theft, and the whole village took part
against him. Julien determined to
ayenge himself, and in three years no
fewer than eight fires took place in the
village. all due to incendiarism, and out
of forty-six houses twenty-seven were
DESTROYED. No one doubted the guilt
of Julien. but such was the terror which
his name inspired that no one could ac-
cuse him. A few months ago the pro-
curer heard of the affair and instituted
proceedings. At the trial ninety-two
witnesses gave evidence against the
prisoner, and it turned out that on some
occasions Julien fred his own property
(which was insured) so that the flames
might extend to the neighboring houses.
One poor fellow was bnrned out five
times. Several of the families which
appeared before the court had been ut
terly ruined. The prisoner was defend
ed by Maitre Lachaud, but was found
guilty, and sentenced to hard labor for
life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-07

THE END. The great end of prudence
is to give cheerfulness to those hours
which splendor cannot gild, and ac-
clamation cannot exhilarate those soft
intervals of unbended amusement, in
which man shrinks to his natural
dimensions, and throws aside the orna-
ments and DISCUSSES which he feels in
privacy to be useless membranes,
and to lose all effect when they become
familiar. To be happy at home is
the ultimate result of all ambition, the
end to which every enterprise and labor
tends, and to which every desire
prompts the prosecution. 1t is indeed
at home that every man must be known,
by those who would make o Just estimate
either of his virtue or felicity; for
smiles and embroidery are alike oc-
casional, and the mind is often dressed
for show in painted honor and fictitious
benevolence. l
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-07
Somewhere.

How canI cease to pray for thee? Somewhere
In Gods great universe thou art to-day.
Can He not reach thee with His tender care
Can He not hear me when for thee pray?
What matters it to Him who holds within
The hollow of His hand all worlds all space,
That thou art done with earthly pain and sin !?
Somewhere within His ken thou hast place
Somewhere thou livest, and hast need of Him !;
Somewhere thy soul sees higher heights to
climb;
And somewhere still, there may be valleys dim
That thou must pass to reach the hills sub
lime.
Then all the more, because thou canst not hear
Poor, human words of blessing, will I pray,
Otrue, brave heart, God bless thee, whnr0soe er
In His great universe thou art to-day
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-07

"Flesh for fuel is the way they head
kerosene fires now.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-16
The Live Stock Trade of New York.

The consumption of fresh meat in
this city, as shown to-day in the World s
annual statement of receipts of live
stock at this market for the year 1878,
is enormous for the number of con-
sumers it is probably % per cent.
greater than in any other city on the
globe. The total number of beeves re-
ceived during the year was 442, 744
head, estimated to average 600 pounds
of dressed beef head, giving an ag-
gregate of 265, 646, 400 pounds of beef.
There were received 116,015 calves,
averaging $50 pounds head The
sheep and lambs numbered 1905, 716.
These may be fairly estimated at 80
pounds each, dressed; making a total
of 90, 335, $50 pounds of mutton. The
number of hogs was l ,95S,3S9. At 100
pounds per head, these supplied 3d.
342, $40 pounds of pork. Besides the
large numbers of beeves, calves, sheep
and hogs received alive, probably one
fourth as many arrived here dressed.
Nel0 York World.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-16
A London Fog.

Not only over London, but through
all its streets and squares, its alleys and
CLOSES" and in its obscurest corners,
there was last week brooding fog COM
pared with which the famed London
fogs of the past have been but gossamer
mists. 1t came in thick, dirty-yellow
cloud, penetrating every crevice and
opening, creeping along the thorough
fares like a solid though intangible
mass. The American idea of such a
visitation is that the atmosphere has be-
come infectiously dull and stagnant
the gloom of an American fog is no more
serious than the absence of sunshine
and dispiriting heaviness in the air.
But the fog which ever and anon besets
London, besieging it like an atmospheric
host, absorbing it like an atmospheric
sponge, as little TO be resisted by doors
and windows and blinds as a goblin or
fairy sprite, as Opaque as stone wall,
as persistent as a misery creditor, as
preventive of business as financial
crisis, and as hostile to the pleasures of
the fashionable world as plague of
Florence, strikes practical blindness to
the whole population, and defes the sun
and moon, gas, kerosene and tar with
an equal triumph. At such time the
London blind have for once the advan-
tage of their eye-blessed fellow creatures;
used to cropping, they may grope amid
the fog as skillfully as under the noon
day sun, and find their way when the
seeing are bewildered. For two days
London was enveloped in one of these
monster fogs, the thickest and most
long-enduring within the memory of
living Cockneys. 1t is almost as if the
great teeming hive of human bees had
been sulphur suffocated out of existence.
The busy Thames flows, for once in an
age, unobstructed and free between its
murky and Uttered banks. Vessels,
cOastwise and sea-worn, lie helpless at
the quays, and crowd closely together
as if for mutual protection. The penny
steamboats, creep fearfully from pier to
pier, their lavish galaxy of warning
lights painting but dull red flush on
the yellow canvas of the fog. On Lon
don bridge, at midday, there was an
irregular torchlight procession of people
with links and lanterns cropping to and
fro, seeming, from little distance, like
a phantom saturnalia.
Everywhere there is cropping and col
liding, deafness and silence in most
places like that of midnight. Cheap
side, for once, ceases its day-long babble
of cart-wheels and shoutings, its barri-
cades of vehicles and crowded pave
ments. Link-boys walk before carriages
and carts; draymen curse at the fog
blindness of the coachmen and omnibus
drivers moneyed men, tiding painfully
toward Change, lose precious appoint
ments Londoners of forty years stand
ing, attempting to reach the green
grocer's to order the family supply, find
themselves lost in the next street, and
wander for hours around radius of a
few yards of their residences; children
are hopelessly lost, and the police and
the pjckpockets are equally baffied.-
Boston Post.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-16
History of the Steel Pen.

The early history of the steel pen is
curiously obscure. The most dilgent
search fails to discover the first maker
or the earliest date of this implement.
There were steel, or, rather, iron pens
o. made, we believe, in Holland--as early
as the middle of the seventeenth CEN
tury. Toward the close of the last CEN
fury, Mr.. Harrison, an ingenious Biz
mingham mechanic, made steel pens for
DIR. Priestly. One of them is nothing
more than Il tube turned out of a flat
strip of metal, with the sides and point
filed away in the shape of pen. The
first actual supply of such pens, it is be-
lieved-the authority for the statement
is no more than local traditIon-was
made by Sheffield workman, whose
name is forgotten. From time to time,
as far back as 1909, steel pens, hand
fashioned, turned and filed, were made as
curiosities or luxuries for presents; but
it was not until about 1924 that such
instruments were produced in consider
able quantities as regular articles OF
manufacture. Mr.. James Perry was the
first manufacturer but the process was
tedious and costly. The metal was
steel, rolled ont of wire, and for this Mr..
Perry paid as much as seven shillings a
pound. To the first person he employed
he gave five shillings for making each
pen and even when the trade had be-
come regular, he gave for some years as
much as thirty-six shillings per gross to
his workmen. Now-thanks to the ma
chinery and modern improvements
pens, not very good, perhaps, but good
enough to write with, can be made and
sold at profit for three cents per gross
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-16
Useful Advice tO Rows.

To throw stones. Fold each one
carefully in feather-bed, and give good
notice to all the neighborhood when
you are going to pitch.
To carry gunpowder in the pocket.
Soak it well in cold water, then wrap itup
in n cover of oiled silk.
To slide down the banisters. Let a
surgeon sit upon the lowest stair. Also
carry pailful of poultice in each of
your hands, as you may need it.
To get rid of studying your lessons.
Eat hot mince pie every night for one
week, before going to bed.
To cure creaky boots. Wear them
always in going to the cake pantry.
To be polite to sisters. Get their big
brother to introduce you to them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-16
The Heather Chinee as a Shoemaker

Within the last six or eight years the
shoe business has grown to be one of
the most important industries, and is
now represented by six large shops.
The largest of these is G. Il. Simpsons,
rendered famous by the employment of
" Heather Chinee." Watching them at
their work they seemed not greatly I'M
like American shoemakers, though ap-
pearing rather more quick and deft of
hand. A glance at their quarters, how
ever, marks them of different race.
The sleeping hunks, ranged in tiers on
all sides of half q dozen rooms, remird
one of chicken coops at county fair.
Rude attempts at papering with picture
papers indicate slight incubation of
American ideas, but the sleeping rooms
look more like collection of dog-ken-
nels or overgrown dove-cotes than
places for human habitation. In the
kitchen the visitor may find half dozen
"Chinee" cooks, perhaps just serving
up the dinner-central dishes of meat,
vegetables and potato made into one
grand potpourri and large bowl of
rice on every table, with side dishes of
fish at every plate, set out on plain
board tables, without a suspicion of
table-cloths or napkins nothing be-
sides the dishes and food, in fact, ex-
cept the inevitable chop-sticks. These
are all the luxuries of their life, and vet
they appear contented and intelligent.
Since the trouble, a short time since, of
which mention was made at the time in
the Republican, there has been no dis
turbance among them, and those who
were not sent back to San Francisco
during the panic have worked steadily
and quietly.-Sprinafeld Republican.