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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-10-07
.'Are you an excursionistg"
Death In the Di.hclo.l,.

During this month and next, when some
of you are sure TO be down with typhoid
fever; when neighbors are peglecting their
own work to nurse youi when doctors are
hunting in cellars and old drains for the
cause, let me whisper in your ear: Look
to your dishcloths. If they be black and
stiff, and smell like "boneyard,n it is
enough; throw them into the fire, and
henceforth and forever wash your dishes
with cloths that are white-cloths that you
can see thoroughbred see if you ever have
that disease again. There are some
times other causes, but have smelled a
whole houseful of typhoid fever IN one
''dishrag." l had some neighbors once
clever. good sort of folks. One fall four of
them were sick at one time with typhoid
fever. The doctors ordered the vinegar
barrels W whitewashed, and threw about forty
cents worth of carbolie acid in the swill
nail and departed. went into the kitchen
20 make gruel--I needed dishcloth and
locked about and found several, and such
,srags.n l burned them all, and called the
daughter Of the house to get me q adishclPth.
She looked round ON the tables, why"
said she, ssthere was about dozen here this
morning',-and she looked in the wood box
and on the mantlepiece, and felt in the
dark corner of the cupboard. well, l
said, II sew some old, black, rotten rags
living round and l burned them, for there
Is death in such dishelothsa as those, and you
must never use such again. ''took turns
at nursing that family for four weeks and
believe those dirty dishcloths were the
cause of all that hard work. Therefore, l
say to every houstkeeper, keep your dish
cloths clean. You may wear your dresses
without ironing, your sun-bonnets witout
elasties--hut You must keep your disheloths
clean. You NAV only comb Your head OF
Snndsvs. vcu need not wear collar, unless
Won 90 IRON home-but you must wash your
aishcloth. You may only sweep the floor
,Swhen the sign gets rightip the windows
don't need washing, you can look out at the
doors that spiders web on the front porch
don't hurt anything.-but IS yo1 love your
livee, wash out your dishcloth. Let the fox
tail get ripe in the garden (the seed is foot
deep anyway, let the holes IN the heels ol
your husbands footrags 20 undarned, le'
the sage 90 ungatgered, let the children
shoes 80 two Sundays without backing, lei
two hens sat four weeks ON one wooden
Iegg-bat do wash ont your dishcloths- EAl
without a tablecloth, wash your faces and
let them DRY; do without curtain for yoal
windows, and cake for your tea-but fol
heavens sake keep your dishcloths clean.
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and an toiu, is rapidly increasing; and the
great number Of new and elegant buildiDgs
In process OF construction indicates that
such is the case. l notice nothing unusua :
ly attractive in the architecture of the towr
its ciiief charm is its situation This, al
most ma.chless In its romantic beauty, with
the additional attraction of saIubrisus CHI
mate, renders il, as place Of residence,
one oil the most attractive cities in the
South. Its trade is not, / think. so large
"a that of Shreveport, and many here seem
To think the completion of the projected
railroad system of this section of the State
viii diminish, to some extent, what it has.
As the capital of the State, however, situ-
ated IN Il very rich region, it must always
be fiourishiDg interior city.
In the afternoon l drove out to Mount
Bonnell, the highest of the Colorado. range
OF hills, which here sweep full view of
Austin. Mount Bonnell furnishes probably
the lnest and most extensive prospect of
this eXquisitely beautiful locality and is fa-
nous as the most frequented resort of Aus.
tin lovers. Many are the hearts and hand,
| am told, which have been phghted amid
its shades, and, had it's rocks but tongues
10 speak, the whole country would be musi-
cal with happy, joyous tales they could tell.
Indeed, doubt if more appropriate spot
could be dedicated to lovers. There seems
10 be u witchery in its surroundings that
wins the heart of gentle musings; a
wiichery, under whose spell man must sue
cumb and woman cannot be unkind. The
sun was setting when we took a last view of
the scene. The Colorado river breaking
through the range at the mountains base
and flowing softly through the lovely valley,
between the city and the hills, in the mel
low evening light, seemed like r-.,.,..,s.
"A silver BRAID
Der the soft voluptuous bosom OF sleeping houri
laid.'
While on the hill tops
''Dun wreaths Of cloud with crimson dappled lay
Like the dark curls with roses crownd, VIII play
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NOT THE TRUE ISSUE.


When, some two months ago, the STATES
MAN declared that the currency question
could not and should not be made the is
sue in the coming presidential contest,
portant questions, and that it signifed moth
ing whether hard or paper money predomi-
mated in the Democratic party, our asser-
tions were disapproved; but now comes
Cassius NJ. Clay and says in a letter to the
New York Sua: 81 am against initiation,
but still more against Grantism. should
have hardly turned Tory in I776 because OF
Continental. money! The old Kentuckian,
Clay, and the old Pennsylvania, Jere
Black, are upon the same platform in one
thing-they both stand for liberty"
Whether resumption be effected this or
next year, or not until 1880. signifies little.
Very certainly the end aimed at, to do the
leist possible harm, should be very grad
ually approached. Unless Democracy tn
umph, the bondholders, by this terrible pro-
cess of contraction, even as an anaconda
cfushes the life blood out Of its prey, viii
destroy the last hope Of the debtor class in
this country. It is horrible state Of facts
that we contemplate when men, made enor-
mously rich by the countrT's woes, use
this power, which riches give, to Impoyer-
ish and desolate the homes Of the poor.
There is want and haggard wretcheaness
and pale anxiety within every doorway
of every humble home in all this broad
land, and with remorseless greed fer gold
the process of slow contraction is steadily
progressive, and woes Of poverty are utterly
disTegartied, while property Is made value
less that they who hold bends and bank
notes msY buy the whole and rule the coun-
Try which they robbed.
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The editor Of the Shreveport Tsm<s spent
several day in this city, and writing Of il
says Il Is delightful little city. No effort
has been made to bring Il to grade. and,
built over the hin snd IN the valleys, from
every point Of view it presents sn extremely
picturesque appearance It's population. now
numbers upward Of fourteen lhoasand souls.
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Inc happy Iand
OF fruit and fowers,
Hc<t nobly grand
OF Natures bowers.


The dumbfounded fellow who came out
Of Mammoth Cave and wrote on the adytum
aThe Mammoth Czve what Fp0t,
In Sumnler cold, in Winter hot;
Te powers shove, Great God I wonder
AndreW Jacksons h1n and thanders1
wasn't circumstances compared with the
poetaster Of the Stook Journal
The Fredercksburg ssntiasl has the fol-
lowing: s.About daylight, on the morning
of the twentysixth, man named Stephen
son was shot at the residence Of Mr.. Can
lev. on the Perdinales, about eight miles
from Fredericksburg. in this county.
Wound supposed 70 be mortal We learn
that James Chsney was shot and killed At
his residence IN Mason, on the twenty-ffth,
by some unknown person. A man named
Gibson shot and killed another. whose name
we have not learned. This was the result
Of private quarrel a lady from Nasot
informs us that Louis Kuhn killed q man
named Hennessey at barroom in that town
on the twentg-ffsh.n A nice catalogue on
ceviifries for one issue Of the Ssnthasi.
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DALLAS offers in money and lands sixty
thousand dollars for the location of Austin
College; Sherman offers fifty thousand dol
lars, and Georgetown thirty thousand dol
lars. If Austin can go, even five or ten
thousand dollars in advance of the last
named place we have not doubt, in view
of advantages, that it can. secure the estab-
lishment of this institution, which must in
time grow to be great one.
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WE haven't seen Texan paper that gets
sufficiently in the 'rweaylngr way to ap-
prove the resolution asserting the policy Of
investing woman with the right of suffrage.
The Examiner deals harshly with Mr.. Wea-
yer and the good women of Texas should
unpin their dresses and come themselves to
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There isn't much poetry in COW; but
an editor who writes habitually of cows is a
wholly different animal, often becoming,
even with matutinaI 'shorn7 or cocktail,
eminently and exquisitely Byronic. la this
delectabie condition the editor OF the West
eyn Stool Journal endued with prophetic
and poetical fire, says: "a new era viii
dawn upon this section Of the Lone Star
State, indissoIubly linking togetheK s$he
stock and farm interest, and then, in6sed,
tins viii be
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-10-07

GALUsHA A. GRow has gone down into
RAdicalism and down into Pennsylvania
and Is down on Democracy and has sent
down Tor Major Prouty, and PennsylyAnia
il down and done for.
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u 4 a L
for CoAslipation. Headache Pain IN the shoulders,
nlExlness Sour cionaoh bad taste In the month. hill
leus asacs Pslp.ation Of the Heart Pain IN ne re.
bodings Of evil all " which are the offspring Of dis
The Liver. tho largest organ in tho body, is
generally .the sest of tao disease. and # not
REsuLArEnin uue, great eufering, wretched-
noas and DEArtk will cneucs is.f tr.ra..a. 4..
have frequent Hearacns, Morra TAsrEs
yoa an saifcring from ToRrtp ilvkR or BIT
iorsSEss. = and nothing VIII >nre you so speed
SaSe SnI sser see r tried suehA simple, ecseious
satisfactory and plsasant remedy In my hfs>''-H
''-'''-'' Tos. Aier ~ SspAens
II Occasionally use when my condition s od resS,ses s !,
Governor n Aiehar,a.
''Your Regulator has been n use m my family io'
ion 70 the medical ssivnec. f-sioy J, Gun saoRrER
All have u.etAe Regulator In my family for the pesi
wssd ss rs best medicine have essr used for thal
ciars Of dscssss :. taspcststo cafe ~ n y. TnisrEs
s.shalnoasS Liver nsgalzaoF hae proved good and
elRcaciuas nirdicine. - 4. NUrTtsa.
eve hsvS been acqaaiuss ,siiA Or sanu,ons,s ivcr
Medicine fus mere san tNsrsf yesrss ami knesg 81 sc
IA hi lrt,S ana III ii L1oS, BgncfOntain Ga
II xas casca ~ simna mss Liver fe.ulalor. Eftei
having saersa several years With calls and lever
IN Cry
my wife Ard sSif have use( the REGULATOR for yeare
snd tesliIy V rs srsst yirsassl lcs J. r. FkiDEa
Ladass Eaaoreuasak
n have given yonE medicine athurpugh tris and I
10 caec hAs nieliea % Eiye tal satisfActiva
WRkcakn. EhAlt41otghte floEicA
f|tfEetinElI
sFfom scfnal cxperisslce ~ ne use of this mecin
Ia i.< lrsrficc have been and sasisked 70 IN
preSeri6e X ~ paslsliee meaicne. ~ Dr. J. ". Al
n X Ff4ids CsIigsace.
~ haVe rned Dr Slnlmoeaf tireF ReEuiafof u ~
e,ei,, ~ Drsfepsis and sick Hcedachs. an4 Iegar
ian irfauahe fctcdy Z h1s nof f@iIcd 70 gigc REID
n rre ilsIancc. ''--lles. ". Z. EAstnnlfsq.
Flft{fInt el1l<fttsFt ttl e.,
sssllsmonr,s liver llc7ulator 8 <triAirly sleclt
faP thai ass x conplalnta %nleh = e'-Ar q eere
Rev. nkflo was. -.
waes ssnsnlons's Liver i,cEaa.os has neea 4r,peil
,sfee J. IL EEIlN = Co, frpPfisicrr-
Aisr jyss seodkuiy
TuaALAH : CO.
asnsrA1 Cousnlasioa Merchants.
eo..s s.rsna ana rusnsyseeaaa s,rsss. - s'aiH
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Cheap Tra ansportatfon-A Texas Fditor's
Traveis-A mig Toar for s3.50-Paz-
ziing Ticket Agent.
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snErp AND orHrR srocK.

Sheep do well in Blanco county, and a
considerable amount of wool Is sent from
here every year. Mr.. FL. 0. Tintsman, who
has large flock, speaksinth highest terms
of the county as sheep country. For cows
and horses this country can't be beat, and
some very fine stock is beingihtroduced. A
great many hogs are raised in this county
lfL--e.lr-r III I IL
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no M TAEAG
SlMMCNS'S LIVER REGULATOR

For all diseases OF the Liver, Stomach and spleeI
HAZARDOUS EEVEkS, BOWEL. COMPLAINTS
DYSPEPSIA. MENTAL DEPRESSION, RESTLESS
NESS JAUNDlCE, NAUSEA, Sick HEADACHE
COlIC. .CtlNSTiPArIoNa and BIL.I0lSNkSS. n
IL Is cminentiy a Family Medicine, and hy
being kept ready fer immediate resort will
save many an hour Of suffering and many doh
lar IN time; and doctors bills.
After Forty Years' trial it IL sfill receiving
the most unoualifcd testimonials OF It's virtues
from persons of The highest haracter and re-
as the mOst
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FARM lPRODUcTs. ETC.

Blanco county is a country of high hills,
very steep and rough, and of low valleys
very pretty and fertile, and fuii-of springs
and creeks. About 1900 bales of cotton
will be gathered in the county this year.
The average yield per acre is three -fourths
of bale. The average yield of corn is
thirty bushels per acre when the seasons are
favorable. The average yield of wheat is
about eighteen bushels per acre, and large
amount has been raised this year, much Re
ing exported. Flour is worth here at the
mill So per hundred pounds. Mr.. Henry
Beekman has here one Of the finest mills
perhapsIn the State. 1t cost him $11, 900.
He grinds wheat and corn, and gins cotton.
He turns out twenty-five barrels of flour per
day, and ten bales of cotton. ~
BUILDING, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC. 7
P. G.. Ferguson, building contractor, says
that he is kept busy in all portions of the
county, and that new settlers are rapidly
coming. The county pays five times more
taxes now than at the close of the war. Mr..
S. W. Herman came IN 1851, and was
shout the first settler. He is good hand
at telling story and has many to tell. His
''yarnsn are worth listening to. There is q
paper published here by two enterprisiDg
young printers, Messrs Marion & Craft. 1t
is called the Busy Bee, and is very COM
plete paper. 1t has a large county support,
and is one of the best papers in all this
western country. PETER.
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Miscellaneous.
DYsPEPsIA AND SICK HEADAcHE.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.

Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
Dam in the right side, under the
/ edge OF the ribs, increase on pres
eure; sometimes the pain is in the
len side; the patient is rarely able
70 lie on the left side /; sometimes
the pain is felt under the shoulder
blade, and it frequently extends to
the TOP Of the shoulder, and is some
times mistaken for rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected
with loss of appetite and sickness;
the bowels in general are costive,
sometimes alternative with lax; the
head is troubled with pain, accom-
panied with dull, heavy sensation
IN the back part. There is generally
a considerable loss of memory, ac-
eomPanied with painful sensation
OF having left undcnc something
which ought to have been done. A
z slight, dry cough is sometimes an at
tendant. The patient complains of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
starhed, his feet are cold or burning,
and be complains Of pricIsly scnsa-
ton Of the skin; his spirits are low;
aad although he is satisfied that exer-
cisc would be beneficial to him, yct
be can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough TO try 1t. In fact, he dis
trusts every remedy. Several of the
above symptoms attend the disease,
but cases have occurred where few
OF them existed, yet examination of
the body, after death, has shown the
LIVER 10 have been extensively de-
ranged.
AGUE AND FEVER
DR. c. MLAHE's LIVER PrLLs, IN
CASES OF AGug AND FEVER, when
taken with Quininc, are productive
OF the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a. FAIa TRIAL.
P. s. Dealers and Physicians orSerInr from
others than Fleming Bros. will do we'll 10 write
tr-ir orders distinctly, aud take ssons but Dr.
q. MLaHes Liser Piiis, pyepored bg I7ening
bro'., Pinsbygh, Pa, he market being JiiH II
btse iHdafioas. To those wishing % give them n
trial, we will forward per mail, post aid to any
part OF tho United States one box OF Pills for
Twelve three-eent postage stamps, or one yinl OF
fermiiuge Tor fourteen tlirec-cent stamps. IN
ordors from Canada must 30 accompanied "
twenty CENTS extra.
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''Dun wreaths of cloud with crimson dappled lay
Like the dark curls with roses crown'd, viii play
Around the OF some fair queen OF May"
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\ Mrs. Miller, OF Spiritual fame, is calling
them up from the vastly deep in Terrell, but
the Star man still takes his'n from the old
brown lug.
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EXPLANATORY.

The following document was to have been
read last evening at the mass meeting on Canal
street, but for some reason was not. We now
give it to our readers in accordance with the re-
quest of the writer and several of his friends
who offer 1t as an explanation OF their course:
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6, 1875.
Citizens Of Ne,c O,leans-It is with profound
regret that notice in the evening papers an
efort to cast stain and impose a stigma upon
the true Representatives of the State Of Louisi-
ana.
As to the mover Of the resolution of adjust
ment, can state in behalf OF myself and the
members Of the Conservative caucus, that what
ever action we do take. will be dictated by the
highest sense OF duty, by the truest patriotism
and devotion to our ruined State. We are no
traitors to the trust reposed in us, and deserve
no such rebuke as that implied in the call for
mass meeting.
In behalf of the members of the caucus appeal
to our fellowcitizens to suspend their Judgment
OF our action for q short PERIOD and urge them to
Deheve that under any and all circumstances we
shall act from firm conviction that what we do
shall ultimately rebound to the salvation Of Louis
lana There Is no corruption in our ranks there
is nothing there but firm and unalterable
determ nation 10 take such measures az will save
us now and in the future.
Let there, beg, be no action taken that will
throw fire. brand in our ranks and possibly
cause the calamity OF a division among our peo-
pie. We are all gentlemen who have the great.
est confidence of our constituents and I believe
that no ADLER or more patriotic House of Repre-
sentatives ever assembled in this State We in
tend. by our action, to continue the confidence
which our presence here shows has been reposed
IN us. When our final action shall be taken our
fellow citizen. will find full justification of our
course in the reasons we shall give to the world
for the determination we shall have reached
touching all Of their interests
Very respectfully, E. E. KIDD,
Ranreaantafjva IF In ri,
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LITTLE RAG-T4G.

A curly, bright head, and perched upon it
Little Rag-tag of brown sun bonnet;
A pair of old shoes forever united,
Whose soles have holes, whose toes grin WIDE
Come sun or come shade, come shine or come
rain,
To little Rag-tag it's ever the same;
With an air Of the most supreme content.
She paddles and plays till the day is spent.
Why people complain she never can see,
When God is as good as ever can be
She talks to herself, aud laughs and sings
About the world and its beautiful things;
But, though He is good to all of the rest,
She is very sure that He loves her best
Oh how much better this world would wag
Ii We all had hearts like little Rag-tag!
Clara UONlUer Christian TuiOu
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the faithful upon the public treasury. On
the minutes Of the court for the same day
may be read this record of the marvelously
rapid progress made in this cause: "This
case having been regularly fixed for hearing
on this day, April 9Th, 1874, and coming on
regularly for trial, present the Hon. John
Ray for plaintiff and the Hon. A. P. Field for
defendant, after hearing evidence
and argument Of counsel" the mandamus
was made peremptory and the Treasurer was
ordered to Fay to the Chief Justice S2500, by
virtue of act No. 36 of the session of 1871.
Now it is manifest that the above entry on the
minutes in asserting the regularity of the
proceedings states positive falsehood.
They are not only irregular. but the irregu-
larity savors strongly of fraud and dishonest
combination. There can be no doubt that
this was but test case of which the other
Judges received the benefit. They were by
the order Of this "most righteous judge !"
enabled to pocket in April a sum which, even
by this unconstitutional enactment, was pay
able only in quarterly installments.
Is it surprising that with the knowledge Of
these facts all respect for the highest judicial
tribunal Of the State should have departed
from the public mind and been substituted
by universal disgust? Is the cause of this
deplorable condition of society to be found
only in the desperate wickedness of rebels and
traitors? We submit these questions to the
judgment Of the American people in the full
est confidence that, when the truth shall reach
them, we shall stand fully justified, and our
enemies will be buried under a load of oppro-
brium which may excite even our pity.
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THE GRAND REPUTATION
MEETING.
LOuisiana's Sons Still Loyal to
Their State.
An Enthusiastic Gathering of the
Masses ON Canal.
Seven Thousand Present.

Pursuant to the call published in last evening g
BULLETIN, and notwithstanding the short notice,
by o'clock the citizens Of our city began to as
semble around the Clay Statue, awaiting the
opening Of the meeting called to give public ex-
preston Of the peoples will as to the proffered
compromise adopted in the Conservative caucus
Friday night.
The gallery opposite the Crescent Hall had
been brilliantly illuminated and seats were pro-
vided for the officers and invited guests. By
half past seven ST. Charles street was completely
blocked, the crowd extending some distance up
that thoroughfare, and the broad expanse Of
Canal was one sea Of upturned faces. The night
was quite cold. but this did not prevent the PEG.
pie from coming out in thousands to testify their
disgust at the compact made with the Radical
Legislature.
Bef re the meeting was called to order it was
evident, from expressions heard in the crowd,
that the feeling was exceeding strong, and that
no utilization with infamy would be permitted for
a moment. At TAO Captain J. J. Mellon stepped
forward and called the meeting to order, and
nominated DR.. D. w. Brickell as Chairman. This
gentleman was unanimously elected amidst loud
cheering, and then list of Vice Presidents was
presented. The following were the officers of
the meeting: