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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

CUBAN planters who have been driven
from the island by the existing troubles are
emigrating to Southern Texas, where the
country between the Sabine river and the
Rio Grande has been found to be wen
suited for the culture of thesugar cane. 1t
is probable that in time Texas may become
a large producer Of sugar, as there Is an ex-
tensive tract of country adapted to the
growth of the cane The present annual
production is from II, 900 to Is, 600 hogs
heads. e5r
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

A COOP MAN GoNE.--Our old friend, p.
7. Tannehill, Esq, of Athens, died at
Tyler few days since, while attending
court at that place. We knew the de-
ceased for more than twenty, years and ever
esteemed him as an honest and honorable
gentleman and sincere friend. His remains
were brought TO Athens and buried BY the
Masons and Odd Fellows with houors Of
their orders, OF which he was an old and
jealous member.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

New PRAIRIE HAY.-We saw several loads
of new prairie hay moving slowly through the
streets yesterday. Bottom grass has been in
market for some weeks, and ere long the no
bic horse and patient cow will also be feeding
upon new fodder.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

3 The ball given by the bar of Dallas, in
honor of the completion of the new court
house, is said tohare been splendid affair.
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One square-olght li1es91 for hrst insertion; fifty
cents FOX each Subsequent insertion
e-epocial notices next 20 reading natter ti20per
square each insertion Eight lines or lees one square
r-Reading matter, local column, fifteen cents per
Advertisements payable In advance,
unless win those doing q regular bust
ness under eOmlFaee.
E-We WIN contract with parties themselves II the
above Fates and not through third parties
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The Bagette County Ne,o Era announces
the death Of Mr., Jas. L. HaswelI, on old
Tsxan-an honest and useful citizen,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

HoS. 8. D. JAcKNAS, member Of the Leg
stature, paid as . visit yesterday. He re-
ports good seasons and crops about Hearnes
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

THE following is list of the heads Of
American expeditions for observing the
Transit of Venus and their stations; North
ern stations, WiadiYostock, Siberia, Prof.
A. Hall, United States Navy; Nagasaki,
Japan, George Davidson, United States
coast survey; Pekin, China, Prof. James G.
Watson. of Ann Arbor, Michigan; South
ern stations, Crozet's Island, South Indian
Ocean, Captain Raymond, United States
Army; Kerguelen Island, South Indian
Ocean, Lieut.. Com. George P. Ryan, United
States Navy; Hobart Town, Tasmania,
Prof William Hardness, United States
Navy; New Zealand, Prof. c. II. Peters.
of Clinton, New York Chafbsm Island
south facr1c, EDWIN smith, United States
eoast survey.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

A METHOD employed in Germany to keep
rosebuds fresh consists in first covering the
end of the receRtly-cut stem with wax, and
then placing each one in a closed paper cap
or cone, so that the leaves do not touch the
paper. The cap is then coated with glue to
exclude air, dust and moisture and when
dry it is stood up in a cool place. When
wanted for use, the bud IS taken cut Of tle
cap and placed in water, after cutting Oh
the end, when the rose van bloom in a few
hours - af1't ~ I 1 iiN 1
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04
Living. shall forfeit fair fenown.
And, dOuhly dying. shall 20 down
TO theyile duet. from whence be eprl

Even the doom Of the traitor, pronounced
by the author Of Lalia Rookh, that he should
live in sight Of the glorious and inenable
joys Of Paradise without being permitted 20
enter
.'Beholding Heaven aud feeling He'll,
would not be too bad for him.
His object has been to amuse and inter
est, If not to instruct, and he closes the pre-
face. to his book with the presumptuous
quotation from the poet:
my hopes are With the dead; anon
Ny place with them win be,
And with them shah travel on
Throngh all futurity.
Yet leaving here 4 name. trust
That VIII not perish IN the dust.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04


VIZ End tie following II the Galycsf0ir,r
Ners: We 6nd IN the Kansas City Tina
Of the 22d dispatch from Houston Of It'd
day before, which throws some light up
the Wo.k accomplished ln he latter cit
the delegates from the West. The dis
Is to this effect:
The deleQation's work + accomr
and this evening We shall start for
direct, expecting 70 arrive on Saturday
morning. Iha success u the Visits 10 this
city and Galveston has lar exceeded the
fondest hopes Of all and 20 rapidly have
things assumed 8 practicaI ba4ia, that fhis-
morning through rates were made from Gal
weston tc Kansaa City ~ ninety dollprl less
per car than the rate before the delegation
iuauguraied tic movement that has met the
earnest enforcement % the Ieading men.of
Texas. n the memorable language ~
Pgesident Baker, Of tie Central road:
I'VE viii make q rate thai viii compel
enlpnentsy This was said ~ conference
With the TaiIroad Managers this morning.
the discussion taking vide range and
culminatlng II. such issuance on tie part
II railroad men a. to.eall forth hearty a..
pldnse from our delegation. Kansas City
people have hardly remote idea 81 What
lhe near future q % bring forth. Tic
Missouri, Kapsae and Texas Railroad i cef-
fainlq c0miDe INTO he eIiF direct; It Is -
esl4bl41h ~ own q ccg lI11e. ana together
win The Texa Central Galveston and
Hou1ton roads and the houslon DIltef
Navigation Company win ieht -. Louis
and The Texas copneciQnei Tips nnf
Kansas City the headquarters and the tlfai
q the 'Fptpne Grcet 9ityT - raiiroad in
pczfance Texas Inc1rD b11inesr from the
word 50.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

IsNXc DAWSON, cOlored, wen digger, was
buried alive At Bryan, on the twgty-sixEh
;Sst - -.s,-r..- 7.f e,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

The Columbus Gal, Eaq,irey is respOn-
sible for this statement:
A gentleman came to the city the other
day from q neighboring county ON the
Southwestern railroad, who had thirteen
daughters. he buys clothing for them
by the wholesale. Thus when here last he
bought $40 yards of calico, 100 of lawn, IS
corsets, 26 pairs of shoes and other goods in
proportion. Unlike many fathers who have
only one daughter, he paid cash for all his
purchases.
Though an old man, he has never bought
a bushelof corn CT pound of meat, but raises
them himself. He has never sworn an oath,
and does not owe a dollar. Last week he
sold the remnent of his cotton crop, forty
bales, and in addition $3.50 in gold.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

THE following is. the preface to the b;s.
tory OF Texas By oursfriend. Col j n
MOrphis, who leaves IN few DAYS 10 j,
out his book. We take particular pleasure
N recommending his history and himself "a
the kind welcome Of our friends every.
where, as the book is an excellent produc-
ton, and the colonela clever gentleman
EDS. isTkTssNAS. t.
In the great arena OF human life. whether
an the cause Of virtue and progress or in
that Of vIee and immortality, wise men have
agreed that:
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

THE Dallas Herald says: 1--WE arc glad
to learn that at meeting Of the city coun-
Gil Monday, full and satisfactory Under
standing was bad between the city aud the
Texas and Pacific Railway Company, In re-
gard to the form andsmanner Of issning the
city bonds TO the company. Governor
Throckmorton was present, on behalf Of
the company, and manifested every desire
TO haFethe matter settled ina fair and hon
orable manner go
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

tbs FaiF at Houston. it is estimated,
made for that city 500, 600.
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To-NoRROw IS the day appointed for the
precinct meetings TO effect organization and
concert Of action on the part Of our law
abiding citizens in aiding the officers OF the
law to hunt down and bring to justice the
thieves who are at present proving and
Slepredating over the country. We hope to
see the masses of oar people take that in
terest in this matter which its importance
demands.
The fact IS painfully apparent that thiev-
cry has seldom been so prevalent in this
section as the present time Our officers
are vigilant and untiTing in their efforts to
bring the offenders TO justice, but their eff
cheney can be much increased by the pro-
posed precinct organization.
The movement was originated by the
best men of the county, and we. hope to see
it fully and practically carried out.--B0n-
ham Nclos.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

is proved by ANALYSIS to contain a large
anlount Of sulphur. while very black hair is
colorcd with almost pure carbon. The
presence Of these matters in the blood points
to pecnliarities OF Temperament and feeling
which are almost universally associated with
them. The very way IN which the hair
flows is strongly indicative Of the ruling
passions and inclinstions, and perhaps a
the manner Of a man or WomRn's disposition
By only seeing the backs Of their heads
Tie Hair Markets ef Europe
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

ARKANSAS furnishes another illustration
of progress in politics William J. Hynes
has been occupying q seat in Congress as a
member from Arkansas with as much com
placency as though he had paid for it like
an honest man, and had the receipt in his
pocket. But now comes John NJ. Bradley
before Congress with the pathetic story that
he was elected over Hynes, but, being poor,
he relinqdished the seat to, his opponent for
one thousand and five hundred dollars;
five hundred dollars cash and the rest on
credit. But Hynes has failed to complete
the contract; hence, in default of one thou
sand dollars, he demands possession of the
seat forthe remainder of the term.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

THE SUGAR TRADE.-The' sugar markets
Of the world are gradually recovering from
the depression which resulted from an 0x-
cessiye supply. AS yet, however, though
the prospects are not favorable for pro-
duction near as large as last season, the
stocks left over are of unusual magnitude,
and prices are, therefore, advanced with
difficulty. The stock in the European mar
kets, April /, was 4,044, 600 cwt.. against
2. 996, OOO'ewt. April 1, 1873, and 2, 107, 600
April 1, 1872 The imports into Europe
for the first quarter of 1874, were 4, Gas, 600
cwt., against 3,76s, 600 during the core
spending quarter in 1919. et..~g
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

SAD oAsE OF HYDBoPHcBEA-W learn
that q most distressing ana heart-fsnding
case Of bydrophobia occurred IN our city
yesterday, a young child was bitten By o
ease which. soon developed itself fally.
The disease soon reached'its sevefest sage,
and the suferings Of the child were 80. in
tense that the parents were compelled %
smother 4 20 death Between two feather
beds. tEIf w1s truly all6fIilying alaif, and
the Dnrents, who were compelled 70 take
this step, should have tie sympathy Of
ever chrstiau heaEt.-p glqs Cgmpsreiat''
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-06-04

TIM papers IN Jefferson are having : little
unpleasaRtness about the city printing.
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vs. 1874 ~. 600 passengers crossed o.
iha ferry between san Francisco and Oak
land.
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Whenever a free and elevated press has
attacked any public abuse or any public
pohey M governments of the people. It
vail be observed that it has been changed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-15
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A RADICAL CONVENTION As SEEN
BY A RADICAL.

Judge Busteed has left Alabama, dis
gusted by its political leaders, and in de-
parting he fred this farewell shot at the
great man, Senator Spencer
The Republican Convention recently
held in this city was not, in any true
sense, an exponent of the better class OF
Republican idea, or representative OF
the better class of the Republicans of Al
ALBANIA. 1t was put together precisely as
a piece of machinery is put together, to
procure preordained result As is now
apparent, It's principal, if not its only OBJ
ject, was to secure to certain persons q
continuance in office. 1t was dominated
and run by a man who, wearing the garb
of a United States Senator, is universally
recognized as the political lIrtus ndttrra
of the period. OF the persons composing
it some sixty were Federal office-holders,
whose livelihood depended upon their
obedience to the orders of exacting and
merciless demagogues. Profanity and
blackguardism went uncontrolled by the
chair; to be applauded to the echo by a
senatorial huckster and his hirelings
For the most part, the assemblage was a
gathering of tyros in politics, paupers in
intellect, and afiluents in prohigacy.
challenge its right to speak for the Re-
publican party, and feel myself at liberty
to accept or repudiate its doings as my
own sense of duty and propriety shall en-
Join.
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WITTTCLSMS.

A clean shirt is one of woman's best
gifts to man.
Sure way to turn peoples heads-go
late into Church.
A man may be very dirty, and yet not
be genius.
Our faith in human nature has been
restored-Susan B. says she didn't.
Rev. o. B. True was married the other
day in Connecticut Hope he will.
A new defnition-A veil is a lady's
protection from the too earnest gaze
of the sun of heaven and Of the sons Of
men.
A man was boasting that he had been
married for twenty years and had never
given his wife a crsss word. Those who
knew him say he didn't dare to.
"What's the plural Of pillow" asked
an Irish teacher, the otherday. "A boil
ster, sirl' replied the rawest pupil,
amidst the suppressed tittering Of the
whole class.
Tunius Henri Browne calls the dead
"the silent majority" That is a very
fine thought, and now let Junius stop
parting his name in the middle.-B' Ook'
bH Argus.
Bret Harte is said to be constantly
hard up. Such, however, in genus
Exchange.
If being hard up constitutes genius, we
have some spells Of remarkable brillian'
cy.-MlVaNkss Sentinel.
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MARX THOMSON,

DRoFEssoR OF MUsIC-PIANO, THOROUGH
II Bass, Harmony and Composition taught For
terms apply at77 south Poplar street. Canton, o.
Aug2074-f
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From the New York Observer.
FULTON'S FIRST REPORT.

friend has sent US 3 copy Of the Sg8olt Gazette,
printed at sag Harbor, on the east end Of Long
Island, October 12 1907 init is letter from Rob
ert Fulton to Joel Barlow giving an account Of the
hrst trip Of the hrst steamboat on the Hudson nv
err The freshness, simplicity and hopefulness OF
the letter are very pleasant at this late day;
"FRoM THE AMERICAN CITIZEN,
"T0 Joel BarlOlg, Philadelphia:
"NEw YORK, I'D Aug. 1907.
my DEAR FRIEND;
my Steam Boat voyage to Albany and back
has turned out rather more favorable than l had
calculated. The distance from New York to Al
bany Is l5O niles ran 1t up in S2 houR and down
in 30 hours The latter Is just 5 miles an hour,
had light breeze against me the whole way go
ing and coming, so that no use was made of my
sails; and the voyage has been performed wholly
by the power of the steam engine. | overlook
many sloops and schooners bearing to windward
and passed them as II they had been at anchor.
"The power of propelling boats by steam is now
fully proved. The morning left New York there
was not perhaps thirty persons in the city who be-
lieved the boat would ever move one mile an hour
or be of the least utility. And while we were put
ting off from the wharf, which was crowded with
spectators, heard n number Of sarcastic remarks
this is the way you know in which ignorant men
compliment what they call philosophers and pro
tectors.
Having employed much time and money and
zeal in accomplishing this work, 1t gives me, as II
win you great pleasure to see 1t so fully answer
my expectations. 1t will give qnick and cheap
conveyance to merchandise on the Mississippi
Missouri and other great rivers which are now
laying open their treasures to the enterprise of ou
countrymen. And although the prospect Of per
sOnal emolument has been some inducement "a
me, yet feel infinitely more pleasure in rejecting
with you on the immense advantage that my
country will derive from the invention.
However, will not admit that 1t Is half so i'm
portant as the Torpedo system Of defence and at
tack; for out of this will grow the liberty Of the
seas; an object of infinite Importance to the well
fare of America, and every civilized country Blu
thousands of witnesses have now seen the steam
boat in rapid movement and they believe-but
they have not seen a ship Of war destroyed by Q
torpedo, and they do not believe, We cannot ex
pect people in general to have knowledge o.
physics, or power Of mind sufficient to combine
ideas and reason from causes to Effects. But In
case we have war, and the enemys ships comes
into our waters, If the government will give me
reasonable means Of action, will soon convince
the world that we have surer and cheaper modes
of defence than than they are aware of.
"Yours, &C., ROBERT FULTON"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-15
eHiSrFHarros.
GENERAL L0NGSTREEE.

What tie Rebels Think Of Him.
A letter from New Orleans to the Chi
cago Inter Ocean says:
Ireferred to General Longstreet just
now. As everybody knows, he is thor
oughly reconstructed; he is Federal
officer, Surveyor of the Port, and has
been as active as any in this war OF
races. commanding the colored men
against his old comrades Of the rebel
lion. For this he receives, perhaps, the
most intense hatred Of any, and ! my
self have heard men say that they
would shoot Longstreet on sight. The
papers have demanded his life, and they
cali him "a recreant traitor, the be-
trayer of the dearest interests OF the
South" and all that sort Of thing.
While Penn and Kellogg and Long
street and Casey were talking, just be-
fore that conference of the factions that
lasted most all of yesterday, Penn spoke
of the quiet of the city, and Kellogg ask
ed if he thought his Kellogg's) life
would be safe if he ventured into the
street.
"I think SC"
"Would you dare" said Kellogg,
walk down to the State House with
me on one arm and Longstreet on the
otherH"
"Well, ! don't know" hesitated Penn,
at would be risky business if Longstreet
was along"
So the old General has okeep pretty
close. A tall, portly, dignihed gentle
man of the old school, who wears rut-
fed shirts and fop-chain dangling on
his nankeen trowsers, grayish sandy
. side whiskers, and head that is just
bald enough to add to his dignity. A
deep-set, small blue eye, with bushy eye
brows and deep wrinkles unning across
from temple to temple, that look as if
they had been cut there by sculptor's S
hand. This is Longstreet.
"a fine old country gentleman,
One Of the good old kind"
was talking with him last night
while the long-winded conference was in
session. He sat in one chair, with his
feet in another, his wristbands and collar
unbuttoned waving a great fan across
an arc of about four feet, that measured
his "breadth of beam" with the radius
of his lower vest button, and | asked
him
General, these people seem to be
pretty savage on you, down here, don't
they?
Il don't knowl" he replied indiffer-
emily. Maybe they do"
"Why, yes, they call you a recreant
and a traitor, and they say you've be-
trayed the interests Of the South" .
@There exists difference Of opinion, '
he replied, as to what the interests of
the South are. think they are one
thing; they think they are another.
That's the way we happened to get sep
arated.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-15
GRANTS PAY.
From the N. Y. Sun.

His pay was not illegally doubled, but
the law for the fiscal year by which the
regular salary had already been appro-
priated up to the 30th of June, 1873, was
trampled under foot in order that he
might receive back pay from the 4th Of
March. And he did pocket 81 ,29l in ad-
dition to the old salary, without having
done anything to earn cent of it. For
a crime in every way similar, and far less
in dollars and cents, members of Con-
gress who voted for that bill have been
driven from public life and dishonored
beyond the hope of political redemption.
Yet the President, by whose act It be-
came law, and who profted more than
any of them, is allowed to escape the
penalty of his part, and is defended as il
he had committed no wrong, when in
fact the main responsibility rests at his
door, and he was the instigator Of the
whole movement.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-15
THE GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE
BLACK HILLS.

THE 6EOLOdICAL ChAhdCIEh VI IhE
BLACK HILLS
WASHINGTON Sebetember "a.
Fuller and later reports received here show con
clusiyely that the recent glowing accounts from
the Black Hills country are entirely untrustwor.
thy and confirm the opinion Of Prof Winchel
that there are no valuable minerals in the coun-
try. Col. Fred. D. Grant, who accompanied the
expedition under special instructions to report
upon its geological character says that the rock
on which 1t Is claimed gold was discovered Is Of
the metamorphic character in which no precious
minerals have ever been found. Mot even three
dollars worth was brought under his observation
during the entire exl edition, and It Is question
whether this was not imported into that section
The timber is spruce andAyellow pine, and Is val
ueless for lumber. The area Of tillable lands Is
very small, there not being enough for dozen
good-sized farms. The Sioux commission lately
sent to negotiate with the Red Cloud and Spotted
Tail bands went in their explorations TO the base Of
the Black Hills, on the south side, and give sub
stantially the same views as Colonel Grant regard
ing the character Of the country and the absence
of minerals. The President Is emphatic in his de-
termination TO carry out the orders Of Gen. shGi-
dan, to prevent all invasion Of this country by in
truders so long as by law and treaty 1t is secured
to the Indians,