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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13

THE courts and lawyers and Federal
Judge Busteed's thieves have been preying
upon Stanton's Chattanooga and Meridian
road for six years past. At last it las been
sold to the first mortgagers for million
and O quarter dollars.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13

DENIsoN plucked the English hunting
party so fercely and unconscionably that
they quit the place in disgust, and their fore
man takes them to Dallas to complete their
outfit. They will l@now be properly fitted
out and fitted withln-with square drinks
and square meals. Everything is done on
the square in Dallas
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13

PIERRE-Peter-of course means a stone
and. Pons, a bridge, though PieTepont is
not q descendant either Of Peter or PoHtius
Pilste. It's q pity, however, he has not
been Grants pilot for six years past.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13

The Dallas Hsrqa says: with the ex-
ceptica Of few obscure and uninfueutial
country journals, the press Of the State is
unAnineasly opposed to a convention Tor
the nominatien OF delegates to the oonsti-
tutiond eonveation.. These rural editors
should be taneht 10, understand that the
var is oEsE, and that the day has passed
when eliqus snd riasSshaI dictate 70 tbe
peonle.n - ~ ssfs fr
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13

REv. A. c. GRAVES, Of cOFyelI, ore Of
the late immigration excursionists repre-
sents the people exceedingly anxious 20 hear
about Texas wherever he went; and more
especially In Middle Tennessee, where there
is q fearful want. Our people complain
but know nothing Of hard times ia com
pansOn with those Of Tennessee; and the
only question ia, whether We viii be able
70 meet the wants Of multifudes who viii
come. Texas could feed two such States as
Tenneseee.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13

THE Cleburne ChrOnaeIe says, owe see
very little use for convention to nominate
delegates" And that's very ugly Of the
Chronicle, especially when it says, ''As a
general thing, we are in favor Of conven-
finns .
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13

A LETTER from Alexandra, Virginia. "a
the Richmone Yhin says: 1.-THE Beeeher
tTlal, and especially the inquisitorial eroso-
examination Of the Plymouth Church pas.
tor, has brought Judge Fullerton 10 full
view Of the whole newspaper reading peo-
pie Of this country. Il win therefore be in
teresting 70 know that be has for three a.
four years owned farm Of zoo acles near
Cenfreville, in Fairfax county. He las on
i some Of the finest imported stock ever
brought to Virginia, and under HIS liberal
management and improvement its qress land
last year yielded 200 tons Of hav. Hie
dwellings and barns are superb, and while
Beecher IN July runs TO his up-the-counfrv
farm, the overEorked ex-iudpe poeo ~
Virginia % rusticate with his familV unfiI
October, and forget Law books, brlefs and
erin. con. eases. .'''-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13


As HAS been announced, the Panama sur
veying expedition, under charge Of Cona-
mapder Z. r. Lull. arrived IN New York on
Tuesday, on the steamship Acapulco, having
completed the survey Of the Isthmus Of
Darien. Il is stated that the result OF the
survey has clearly demonstrated the prac-
ticability Of constructing an inter-oceanio
canal route. The report that the party had
finished their survey from Panama 70 Aspin-
val, and had pronounced il 20 be the most
desirable route for the contemplated canal.
was received gith great satisfaction by the
people Of Pansns, During the progress OF
the survey the Congress at BOgota mani
Tested its interest ia the project by the in
PRODUCTION Of bin in the House Of Repre-
sentatives By one Of the deputies from Pan
ANA, 70 authorize the appointment of en-
exploring commission Of Columbian en-
gineefs to examine three routes for a canal.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13

SEEATOn NYE, the wittiest most brill
liant and original thinker, not long ago, in
the Federal Senate, is now a driveling idiot
in the BloomiRgdale Insane Asylum Of New
York. Whisky.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13

THE Nev Church Aldspendent, for May,
comes filed with good things. 1t is most
liberal and progressive magazine published
by Weller & Metcalf, Chicago
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13

THE Dallas Herald Is famous for its child
like innocence, and it is SO very bland and
impersonal and kind when it makes gen.
tie little allusion, as in the following words:
whenever you find paper or man
spouting and clamoring for a nominating
convention, bowling and declaiming against
Radicalism and kindred evils, you may
safely wager that somebody has a small
sized axe, or it may be only hatchet, to
grind"
In an adjacent paragraph the Herald con-
tinues the strange discussion after this
fashion,:
'sThe Waco E1dminer plaintively signs
for the old convention systemi in all things.
Possibly the result of convention held
not many years ago may account for its zeal
and earnestness to Perpetuate fraud that is
disgrace to the Intelligence and common
sense ofthe people, Itisalways good policy TO
praise the bridge that carries US safely over,
but the praise should some times be tenn
peFed with little wise discretion"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13

Price of Tickets Only One Dollar.
CLUB RATES-ELEVEN TICKETS FOR TEN
DOLLARS.
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Directors.
FRANCIS NJ. BOLIN, Manager.
JOHN w. CHRISTIAN,
ALEXANDER HARRIS.

The Concert wilIsbe under the Imme-
dIRte supervision of Mr.. @. H. SISSON,
which Will be a sufficient guarantee
that the price paid for the ticket Will
Insure the worth OF the money.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13

The crops are excellent in the vicinity of
Waco.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13
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l. L0sr.
Hesdrieht Ccftiacais No. lSf, iefae1 By he BoaEd
of Land Commissioners q y eseingipn eeansy y
Pleasant A Barnhll. lor one-t1Ird league ot l4l4
m ncf he,rd frcri uitkIn sixfY eSys application
uill 6e made le ne cOmnissiohtr 81 Ne Uenefal
Land o'ass 'o' e'p'''-'S II ERWIN.
apsi wf ArraifoS oWasr.
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LIst OF neaI E.tate AvEard..

Twelve acre farm lot in the town Of Bastrop.. 1900
10000
DePOsItOry-C. h. JOHNS g. CO., Bank
erS, Austin, Travis county, Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-13
Williamson County, Texas.

rURPosE-To ERECT AN ODD FELLOWS HALL
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"OId Age''-How JEFFERSON and Adam.
Dreaded IL

The Boston Gls6e publishes the following
letters, which have never been published in
the works of either thesetwo Presidents,
FROM MIR. JEFFERSON TO MR.. ADAMS.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08
Purchasing Abroad.

Says the Boston Transcript: One some
times meets with American goods unex-
pectedly abroad. A friend last year pur-
chased at shop in Paris, one Of the lit
tie gold plated and rubber telescope
pencils, such as are made and sold in great
numbers on this side of the Atlantic, for
which he paid fifteen francs. A few days
afterwards, when in London, he noticed
the same article in a shop window, and
being so well pleased with his first pur-
chase, entered the premises and bought
a duplicate, price ten shillings. "This
is less than they asked me for the same
thing in Paris, said our buyer. EYES,"
answered the dealer, always ready to
make point against his Partisan COM
petitors, ave always sell lower in Lon
don than in Paris" Our friend was on
his way home, and, when he got down to
Liverpool, espied the identical object of
his fancy again in window. "Let us
60 in and ask the price of those pencils
here" he said to his lady companion.
They did so, and were told to his aston
ishment, that the price was eight shil-
lings-and again was tempted to pur-
chase one as present for friend.
" l thought these pencils were made
in Paris, said our friend, but find the
further / 60, the cheaper they are. l
paid fifteen francs in Paris, ten shillings
in London and now you sell me one for
eight shillings."
"Well," said the dealer, "when you
get to America, you'll find them cheaper
still, for they were made over there"
And soft proved, for they can be bought
in New York or Boston for about fifteen
dollars dozen.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08

Says the New York Tribune: The wife
of Sir Walter Scott was one of the sim
plest of womankind. 1t is not ut all GER
tain that she ever in the least compre.
hended the character Of that glory which
his ability, his untiring industry, and
his great, genial nature had brought to
the gentleman who was hardly more than
an obscure Edinburgh writer when he
married her. Though she said things al
most childish before his great oppany-
and he kept company'in his day quite as
good as any in the city of Brooklyn-the
baronet never for moment lost his equa-
nimity, but was always as kind, as respect
full, as loving and tender toward her as il
she had possessed the genius of Sappho
and the learning of Anna Commend. The
record of her death, written in his diary
when his fortunes were shattered and the
proud man was looking bankruptcy in
the face and sternly defying it, is ter
ribly pathetic disclosure of desolation
and agony. He loved her though she
was not genius-pehaps If she had been
such he might not have loved her at all.
1t would have been bold thing to speak
disrespectfully of Lady Scott in the pres
ence Of her husband. But then perhaps
the author of Waverley was not genius.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08

Six MILLIoNs.--AbOut two years ago,
DIR. j. WALKER, an old and prominent
physician of California, discovered, by
actual experience upon his own system, a
medicine which may honestly be termed
:" a boon to suffering humanity" Being a
combination of herbalistic extracts,
pungent and sour to the taste, and yet
possessed of gentle stimulative charac-
teristics-although entirely free from
alcoholic named it VINEGAR BITTERs,
and despite the prejudice existing among
his profession, against all patented medi-
cines, he determined to brave the jeers of
his brother practitioners, and give to
suffering humanity the benefit of his ac-
cidental discovery. He did SO, and the
benefits from its use. became known. The
demand increased, and immense quanti-
ties were sold, at merely nominal price.
Its merit is told in the fact that ain two
years over SIX MILLIONS of bottles have
been Sold" and still the demand in
creases. Surely such a man should be
ranked among the benefactors of the
human race. 20
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08
Growth of the Earth.

Everybody has heard of meteoric
stones, which fall to the earth, sometimes
in huge masses. 1t is we'll known, also,
that in the great meteoric showers of
November and August large quantities
of foreign matter are attracted TO the
surface. But only those who have paid
special attention to these celestial visi-
tors conjecture tho large amount of mat
ter which is added annually to the bulk
of our world. Prof. Proctor, the cele-
brated lecturer on astronomy, asserts
that many thousand tons of meteoric
matter fall every year to the earth, and
its bulk is thus steadily increasing.
When DR.. Carpenter of England, threw
out the startling suggestion, in q scien-
tifc address, that germs of living things
might be brought TO our world in
meteors, il excited general laugh, as a
wild speculation. But DIR. Sperry Hunt,
who is one of the cautious biologists,
confirms the theory by asserting that
some meteors whose fragments have
fallen in historic times were once covered
with vegetation, as the condition of the
fragments would be inexplicable on any
other hypothesis.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08
Died suddenly or heart Disease.

How common is the announcement.
Thousands are suddenly swept into eternity
by this fatal malady. This disease generally
has its origin in impure blood, filed with ir-
ritating, poisonous materials, which, circu-
lating through the heart, irritate its delicate
tissues. Though the irritation may at first
be only slight, producing little palpitation
or irregular action, or dull, heavy, or sharp
darting pains, yet by and by the disease be-
hypertrophy, or thickening of the lining
membrane, or of the valves, is produced.
How wise to give early attention to case of
this kind. Unnatural throbbing or pain in
the region of the heart should admonish one
that all is not right, and if you would pre-
serve it from further disease, you must help
it to beat rightly, by the use of such a rem
edy as will remove the cause of the trouble.
Use DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
before the disease has become too seated,
and it will, by its great blood purifying and
perfect cure. 1t contains medicinal proper
ties which act specifically upon the tissues
OF the heart, bringing about healthy ac-
ton. Sold by all first-class Druggists.
HEART DISEASE CURED.
ROCKPORT, Spencer County, Ind,
February LIST, 1874.
DR.. r. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y:
About two years ago / was afflicted with u
disease Of the heart, which, at times created
a pressure around it, almost causing suffoca-
ton. saw an advertisement of your Golden
Medical Discovery, recommending the same
as cure for disease of the heart. 1 then
bought half dozen BEETLES of it, and after
using three bottles was entirely relieved,
and am now enjoying good health.
Gratefully yours,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08

WHEELER & WILSON'S NEW NO. 6
MACHINE must eventually supersedc all
others nOO run pih which 10 comes in c0mpc-
tition. We recommend for IL The highest a,oari
mhich 10 is IN the po,cer Of The Institute to
bestoo. "-From the unanimous Report of the
five Judges of the American Institute, New
York, 1874.
The Board of Managers unanimously APP
proved the report, and recommended for this
machine the Gold Medal of The Inst TUE.
The Board of Direction unanimously APP
proved this recommendation, and awarded
the Gold Medal to Wheeler & Wilson, the
only gold medal awarded for Sewing
Machine by the American Institute for
many years.
The austrian Official Report Of The Nenna
Exposition pronounced 10 "he marvel of The
Exposition" and added, "his universal ma
chine secs The hcarisa leather harness and the
finest gause wih a truly pearl stitch"
The Grand Medal of Progress ,cas awarded
for IL.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08
Useful Information.

KEROSENE OIL is good for removing
rust from cutlery.
WATER window plants with tepid
water, and wash the leaves often.
HYPosULPHITE of soda is better than
common washing soda for laundry pur-
poses.
PRESERVE eggs by quick dipping in
boiling water, and pack in fresh salt,
small end down.
LINEN can be glazed by adding tea
white soap to pound of starch.
INK stains may be removed from books
by wetting the spot with solution OF
oxalic acid o., water pint.
RUB the buckwheat cake griddle with
half a turnip to make the cakes come of
nicely. This is better than fat.
A THICK paste of strong gum arabic,
into which plaster Paris is stirred, makes
an excellent china cement. Apply with
a brush, and let the article stand three
days.
In dealing with furniture, remember
to keep water away from anything sol
uble therein, oil from everything porous,
alcohol from varnish, and acid from mar
BILE.
To take ink spots out of mahogany,
touch with feather dipped in tea
spoonful of water, to which few drops
of spirits of nitre have been added, and
rub quickly with wet cloth.
Two parts gum camphor. with one
part of crystalized carbolic acid, the
whole rubbed together with whitening,
is an excellent disinfectant and preserv-
alive for furs. The odor of the acid is
mostly dissipated by the camphor.
If possible buy an oil-cloth which has
been made for several years, as the longer
it has lain unwashed the better it will
wear, as the paint will harden. Never
scrub. Sweep with soft hair brush,
and wash with soft cloth dipped in
milk and water. Don't use soap. Rub
dry with q handful of rags.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08
Household Helupa.

Househ0la Help~.
BUNs.-Mix one pound and half OF
dried flour, one quarter of pound of
sugar, melt six ounces Of butter in little
warm milk, a spoonful of yeast, half a
pound of currants, washed and dried /;
mix the whole in light dough, keep it
warm till it rises.
To Cook CoDFIsH.-Wash, pick up a
little, and soak for long time, say four
or five hours in summer, or all night in
winter, in warm water; change the water
and drain; pick out the bones and heat
it scalding hot, but do not boil. Make
some good milk gravy, adding cream, if
you have it, and butter-a small piece,
with dash of pepper. Let this boil a
little, then add the fish in about the pro-
portion of pint of soaked fish to a quart
Of gravy. Never Let the Goldfish boil it
hardens it.
To DO UP SHIRT BosoMs.-Take two
ounces of fine, white gum arabic powder,
put it into pitcher, and pour on pint
of water, and then, having covered it, let
it stand all night. In the morning, pour
it carefully from the dregs into clean
bottle. cork it, and keep it for use. A
tablespoonful of gum poured in pint of
starch made in the usual manner, will
give to lawn, either white or printed, a
look of newness which nothing else can
restore to them after they have been
washed.
How TO MAKE SEIDLITz POWDERS
Seidlitz powders are an excellent cor
receive for acidity of the stomach; AID
every farmer can make them for himself.
Mix twelve drains of powdered EPSON
salts with twelve scruples of powdered
carbonate of soda, and divide into six
parts in blue papers. Divide also into
six parts, in white papers, four drains of
powdered Tartaric acid. Every time
you take the powders, dissolve one of each
paper, separately, in two glasses half full
of water; mix, and drink quickly.
VEAL HAsH.-Boil a shin of veal,
with about three pounds of meat on it.,
in as small quantity of water as you can,
so that when done there shall be one
quart of water left. Boil the day before
needed, that it may be perfectly cold.
When the meat is well done, put it any
where where it will be away from the
air, but do not wrap it in cloth. Save
all the liquor in separate dish. The
next morning cut up all the meat; chop
not quite so fine as for hash. Half an
hour before you send it to the table, put
it over the fire in a covered stew pan,
with the liquor; have ready half pound
of hot drawn-butter and eight hard-boiled
eggs; remove the shells; mince all but
two, and add to the meat. AS soon as it
boils up, remove from the fire, season
with salt, cayenne pepper, and little
black pepper. Cut the two eggs in slices,
and when the meat is placed in the dish,
lay them over the top neatly. Send to
table hot.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08
Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Machines.

We call attention to the Wheeler &
Wilson advertisement in our columns.
This well known Company has the most
advantageous facilities for supplying the
public with Sewing Machines, on as favor
able terms as the business will allow.
They warrant all of their work, and it is a
matter of Importance to the purchaser to
deal with Company whose position and
permanence give assurance that their
guaranty will be fulfilled. They have
agencies and Offices throughout the civil
lied world, for furnishing needles, thread
and other necessary supplies, and have
an established reputation for reliability
and fair dealing.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08

The conspicuous triumph of Messrs
George Steck & Co., of New York, at the
Vienna Worlds Fair in 1873, at which
their pianos obtained the highest award
the only gold medal-has begun to yield
them substantial fruits. The increased
popularity of the Steck instruments is
noticeable not only in New York, where
their excellence has long been acknowl-
edged, but throughout the country, and
more especially in those communities
that lay special claim to a cultivated
musical taste.-Ne,o York Independent.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08

1T is attended with irritation of the bron-
chial tubes, which convey the air we breathe
into the lungs. This irritation produces sore
throat, hoarseness, coughing, and sometimes
splitting of matter streaked with blood. If
it is neglected it will extend down to the
lungs, and settles into confirmed Consump-
ton. Aliens LungsBalsam will be found a
most valuable remedy for curing this disease,
and prevent its running into Consumption.
For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08
THE YOUNG FOLKS.


Freq ~ Hchool.
Twenty freggies went to school,
Down beside the rushy pool,
Twenty little coats Of green;
Twenty vests all white and clean.
We must be In time" said they;
First we study, then we play;
That Is how we keep the rule,
When little froggies 20 to school.
Master Bullfrog, grave and stern,
Called the classes In their turn;
Taught them how TO nobly strive,
Likewise how 10 leap and dive;
From his seat upon q log,
Showed them how 10 say " ker-chog"
Also how 10 dodge blow
From the sticks which bad boys throw.
Twenty froegies grew up fast;
Bullfrogs they became at last
Not one Ounce among the lot
Not one lesson they forgot;
Polished In high degree,
As each froggie ought 10 he;
Now they SIT on other logs,
Teaching other little frogs.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08

ELECTRICITY is LIFE.--All nervous dis
orders, chronic diseases of the chest, head,
liver, stomach, kidneys and blood, aches and
pains, nervous and general debility, etc.,
quickly cured after drugs fail by wearing
Volta Electro Belts and Bands. Valuable
book free, by Volta Belt Co., Cincinnati, o.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08

DIR. Cook, Of Elmira, Ohio, thinks
cribbing in horses is caused by some for
eign substance getting between the teeth
and causing pain, or the teeth grow too
close together and crowd each other. The
horse instinctively pulls at some hard
substance, post or the plank of the
manager, and thus spreads the points of
the teeth, giving temporary relief.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08

DIR. A. JOHNSON, one of the most success
full practitioners of his time, invented what
is now called Johnson's Anodyne Liniment.
The great success of this article in the cure
of Bronchitis and all diseases of throat and
lungs, will make the name of Johnson not
less favorable, if less widely known, than
that of Louis Napoleon.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08

A MAPLEToN, Minnesota, farmer has
found flowing well upon his farm at
depth Of sixty-two feet. A volume Of
water is discharged with such force as TO
throw to the surface stones as large as a
mans fist. The water has enlarged the
top of the we'll TO the size Of flour
barrel.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08

The orange crop of Florida last year
exceeded twenty millions, and the in
crease of orange groves the same time
was at least twenty-five per cent. The
number of bearing orange trees is over
fifty thousand.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08

THEpublic are hereby assured, through the
columns of this paper, that Parsons Purga-
tire Pills contain no injurious principle, but
that they may be administered to children
and the most weak and scattered constitu-
tons in small doses, with great certainty of
success.