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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-30

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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-30

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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-30
A CLUSTER OF GOLDEN OPINIONS
FOR THK
BRADBURY PIANO.

The peculiar charm OF this Piano Is its adaptation
70 the human voice accompaniment owing TO ita
sympathetic, mellow, yet rich and powerful singing
az From personal acquaintance with thls nrm, we
can iEdorse them worthy OF the fullest confidence
Of the public. We are using the Bradbury Pianos In
our families and they give entire satisfaction.
Persons distance need feel hesitation in send
ing for their illustrated prIceist and ordering from IT,
Or 10 order secondhand Pianos or oFEans, They ara
reliable.
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Columbus Delano Secretary Of the Interior;
PostmAster-General Creswell Washington;
Rev. q. II. Tiffany, Washington;
Grand Central Hotel, New York;
st. Nicholas Hotel, Now York,
Gen. o. o. Howard, Washington
Bishop E. 5. james, New York;
Rev. Dr. John McCantock;
DR.. James Cummins, Connecticut;
Rev. W. Nor. Punshon, London;
.l' T. s. Arthur, Philadelphia;
DR.. John Chambers, Philadelphia;
Attorney General Williams. Washington;
Rev. J. NJ Walden, Chicago;
Rev. X. N. Hatfield, Cincinnati; 'o
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DIR. Daniel Wise. New y Ork;
Sands Street Church, Brooklyn;
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31
The japanese.

The Japanese. are mixed race,
formed mainly by the amalgamation
of two distinct stocks one of which,
styled by Mr.. Grifiis, the Yamato, from
a province of that name in Central
Hondo, came apparently from the
south, and long before the Christian
era were in possession of the southern
islands, from which they set out for
the conquest of HOndo, which, with
Yezo, was peopled by a race c0ntemptu-
ously styled ebisu, or "barbarians,'
who had descended from the north.
east of Asia, and are identified with
the Anois, a remnant of whom are still
found unmixed in YeZo, and are Occa-
sionally to BE met with in the capital.
Mr.. Griffis gives q characteristic por-
trait of one of these. The complexion
is dark brown; the eyes not set OBJ
liquely !; the nose low,. with rounded
lobes the mouth large the hair
black and abundant, clipped short in
front, but falling in abundant masses
over the back and shoulders the beard
and mustaches unusually long and
thick. They are emphatically 4 hairy
race, the entire body of males being
sometimes covered with a sell of hair
an inch long. The Amos are the stock
upon which the other races have been
grated, and whose language forms
the basis of the Japanese of to-day.
compelling the numerous words which
have been adopted from the Chinese
to conform to its own laws Of construc
ton, somewhat as the Saxon masters
] the Latin element Of the English Ian
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Cr2mea. Criuninals and Casua1ties

/ Crimes, Criminals and Casualties.
James Hammel, Cincinnatian, last
week attacked his wife with . butcher knife
and when she fell from loss of blood, killed
himself. The wife will recover. d." '.*
A jeweler recently absc0nded from
Montreal, and as his family were enroute to
the States they were arrested. In their lug.
gage was found hundred and fifty thousand
dollars worth of jtwelry.
Two young men named Smith and
Hammond, confined in Jail in Owen county,
kentucky, for the murder Of highly res
pected citizen, were taken out by masked
mob and hung upon the nearest tree, on the
night of the 2lst.
The man Adams, who has been lion
lied for saving railroad train from destrue-
ton by notifying the engineer Of loosened
rail, has confessed himself to be the party
who removed the rail, and also to other
crimes Of like character, causing loss of life.
"A bridge gave way on the New Or.
leans & Jackson railroad, making complete
wreck Of the train. Four persons were killed
Very heavy rains raised the creek unusually
high and suddenly, and no doubt weakened
the foundation. Some of the passengers lost
their baggage. ...
An axle broke on one of the cars of
freight train on the Philadelphia, Whining
ton 4 Baltimore railroad, when lamp ex-
ploded and several cars were burned. While
another freight train was standing on the
track, detained by the wreck, p" ssenger
train from Baltimore for Philadelphia dashed
into it. Only three persons, however, were
injured, and those but slightly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31
Personal, 1mpersonal and Political.

Personal, 1mpersonal and Political. =
Carl Schurtz spoke in German, at
Cleveland, last week.
The Republicans Of Colorado have
nominated John l.. Routt, Of Araphoe, for
governor.
The prince imperial of Austria will
soon start on a two years. tour through Europe
and America.
The Louisville, P:,tlucah & South
western railroad has been sold to satisfy the
bond-holders.
Rosa Bonheur, the distinguished ar
tist, was lately thrown from a carriage in
Paris and severely injured. 80
The Masonic Grand Consistory has
been holding session at Philadelphia. The
attendance was very large.
Mrs. Paulina Wright Davis. widely
known as champion Of women suffrage, died
last week at Providence, RI.
John Jacob Fabriske, a well.known
manufacturer Of cotton yarn, was drowned in
his pond at Hoboken, last week.
The king of Dahomy had confined
all Europeans in their houses and threatened
to massacre then, at last accounts.
Prince Milan, on the 25th, expressed
his willingness tor the mediation OF the Eu-
ropean powers in tavor Of peace on tho basis
Of the status previous to the war.
All hopes of the recovery Of Cardi-
nal Antonelli were relinquished on the oath.
A convocation Of cardinals is in Rome to as
certain the feasibility of introducing certain
notifications in the system et elccting popes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31
The Hottest Month for Sixty Years.

New York Sun. Augs. 'f
According to the records carefully
kept of a trustworthy instrument
in a shady place. and not ex.
posed to reflected heat, the month just
closed was the hottest we have had in
New York for nearly sixty years. The
mean indicated is 80.l8 degrees. The
nearest approach to it Was in 1865. 1t
was then 78.70.degrees. The lowest
mean since l845 was in 1867. which
was 1928 degrees,-a difference of
1.75 degrees. Until the 22d ult. the
mean temperature was above 80 de-
grees, except on the LIST, 9Th, and 10th,
and was above 70o until the 3Oth.
On the 9th, the maximum was 100 de-
grees, and on the oath the maimum
was 81 degrees,a range Of 80 degrees.
Rain fell on thirteen. days. On the
3Oth and 3lst 2.45 inches. The mean
temperature for 2l years (l855-'75) was
74.64 degrees; last month was 5.54
warmer. The mean in this city for
forty.three years is 55.l4 degrees. b.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31
IalbOrcrs' Wages i'll New York.

The New York Tribune has compiled
4 table, showing the reduction in the
wages of men and women which has
taken place since 1874, and the like re-
ductions whi0h have taken place in
the cost Of living in the same period.
These changes have made a marked
effect on the labor organizations and
trade societies. The hard times hav-
ing forced a reduction of expenditure
on the part of society generally; i re-
duction in employment followed of ne.
cessity. AS 4 consequence, the scales
of wages established by the arbitrary
rules of trade unions became absurd.
1t was no longer Il question us to what
wages q workman should be permitted
to work for, but where the man could
get work at any price. The number
of unemployed became so great that
all attempts to maintain fixed rate of
wages were abandoned. In some
branches of employment the number
discharged was proportionately so
great that the "unions" have been
disbanded. 1t was no use to ''strike,"
because the employer was ready and
anxious to suspend business altogether
The table shows the rates of wages
paid to men in over fifty trades and to
women in a large number and that in
the former class the reduction has
been from 10 to 20 per cent, and in
women s wages from 25 to IS per cent,
Even in that class of female operatives
known as ''help," and which have
hitherto been able to demand undim-
inished wages, a considerable rcduc-
ton has taken place. This is largely
due to the fact that families generally
have reduced the number employed,
thereby increasing the number seek.
ing work. The wages of this class in
New York have declined from $l4 %
$l8 per month to- $50 and $l2 pr
month. The paper from which we
take this statement, however, shows
that those who have been able to main
tain regular employment are doing
better even on the reduced wages than
at the higher rates in 1870. There
has been even u greater reduction in
the cost of living giving to the wages
of 1875 a greater purchasing power
than the larger wages of 1872. The
severity of the hard times falls on those
who are wholly unemployed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31
A Use for Grasshoppcrs.

A French physician in speaking of
the grasshoppers, seems to think they
might be made al article of profit, and
a source of great revenue to the border
States.
The inventor of this new way of dis
posing of locusts is DR.. Morvan of
Finister, and it consists in
them in different ways as
bait for fish. lie also says that in
America, where swarlns of grasshop.
pers often do serious mischief. devas-
tating large tracts Of country, traps
have been devised for catching these
insects but, except in i: few instan.
ces, where they have been used for
manure, they have not been made to
serve any useful purpose: DR.. Nor
van dries the locusts III the sun, press
es them in barrels, and subsequently
smashes them into paste, which is
made into small balls and thrown into
the sea during the fish operations.
Another way is to boil the locusts be-
fore making them into Il paste. This
paste is of All oily nature, and is said
to be eagerly devoured by the sardine
or pilchard. Large quantities Of Gods
roe used on the coast of Brittany in
the prosecution Of this fishery; but
the increasing high price of this bait
has lately been serious addition to
the expenses of the fishermen, who
have most eargerly availed themselves
Of this novel substitute. Bait is not
generally used in the English pilchard
or sardine fisheries, different modes of
fishing being adopted by those employ.
ed in France, but in those instances
where Gods roe has been tried it has
been found to attract large numbers of
fish. The increased demand for pill
chards which the operations of the
Cornish Sardine Company of falmouth
are likely to create, for the purpose of
preserving fish in oil, III the manner
which has found 50 much favor, will
probably lead to more extended use of
bait, and locusts or grasshoppers will
no doubt come into requisiti0n in Corn
wall, as well as in France. The exper-
iments of DR.. Morvan were considered
so important by the French Govern
ment that 100 barrels of locusts were
supplied by the Governor-General of
Algeria and transported to Brittany to
be tried on larger scale at the cost of
the State. The results were SO satis-
factory that during the ensuing fish
ing season the locust bait is expected
to he larpelY used
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31
Beauties of Turkish Rule.

l
The New York Times correspondent
writes from Belgrade: All Christen.
dom most justly interested itself in
the suppression of the slave trade,
and death is the well-merited punish.
ment Of those who transport a heathen
nigger from the shores of the Congo
to the plantations of the Spanish colon.
les. But the world does not know, or,
knowing, does not care, that within q
few hundred miles Of the great Eu.
r0pean capital there exists 600, 900 of
their fellOw.creatures, Christians like
themselves, who are treated as dogs,
simply because they are Christians, by
4 government to which Christian na.
tions have regllarly.accredited ambas.
sadOrs. The civilized world cares for
the suf erings of the poor African,
torn flO'r his little hut among the
bushes md the delights of cannibal.
ism, but brecks not that, at this very
moment f4shere is not in Turkey sin.
gle Christian woman whose honor is
not at the mercy of the first Alussulman
whom she may have the misfortune to
please. 1t is time that this state of
affairs should cease. The egotism and
insatiate ambition of foreign powers
have sufficed until now to prolong the
''sick man s. agony, but the natural
force of circumstances must bring
about the dissolution of an empire
which is founded upon injustice and
oppression. II the world but knew
the whole truth, the Osmanli would
long since have been driven across the
Bosphorus. But the world has been
Iept in ignorance, not because of any
real sympathy with the maintenance
of the sultan's power, but because of
the dangers attendant upon his inherit
ance. At the door of the foreign con.
suls must be laid the whole crime of
suppression of the truth. They were
c0gnizant of the atrocities committed
daily by the ferocious Mos,em soldiery
and, yet either in accordance with
structions from their respective gov.
ernments, or in order to curry favor
with the Osmanli, they have either
concealed or have sought to palliate
enOrmities which, when known, ca"
forth universal cry Of horror and re-.
probation. There are consuls from
England and France and Russia at
Philippopolis, and yet Bulgarian girls
are sold every day in its market.place
like cattle.
Hordes of Tartars, Bashni Bazouks
and Circassians sweep through the
country devastating all around them,
and carry away all the most beautiful
boys and girls for the harems of the
Turkish dignitaries. Over 100 .hither-
to prosperous villages are in ashes.
and whole provinces: once the source
of it's greatest revenue to the govern
ment, are now lying waste and desc.
lutte. The populations are dying of
hunger, and thousands of once wealthy
citizens are begging their bread
barefooted, in the streets of Phillip.
popolis. The prisons are crammed
with Bulgarians, in such numbers that
they die from want of air, and their
piteous cries for mercy are heard dis
tinctly during the silence of the night.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31
Human Hogs.

/ A dispatch from New Haven, Ct.,
on the 9th gives the following inter-
esting item:
There was great gathering of
heavy weight at Gregory's point, South
Norwalk, on the sound, to-day, where
the tenth annual clam.bake of the Fat
Mems association was held. People
gathered from far and near to see the
monsters, and about 1000 were pres
ent, the majority women. The fat
men themselves were only small
fraction of the mass. The Fat Mems
association has had a very prosperous
and jolly existence. No one was :,d-
mitted unless he weighed 200 pounds,
but this is the only qualification neces.
sary. For the last two years the pres
ident has been Willard Perkins, of
Waterbury, who is a rosy young gro
Ger "a years old who weighs 303
pounds. The badge of Office is Il black
cane like a weaver's beam. Before
him for two years, c. w. Bradley, of
the Florence house of this city, was
president. His weight is 293 pounds,
and he had sou and wife of the same
weight. Among those present to-day
were several from New York, and one
who has reduced his weight from 32G
256 since last April by the banting sys-
tenn of dieting. Tile bake which the
big fellows levoured to-day contained
IS bushels of round CLANS, Is bushels
of long shell CLANS, 4 barrels of lob
sters, 4 barrels of blueiish, barrels of
Irish potatoes 1000 ears of corn, IS
spring chickeas, is spring ducks, IS
bushels Of oysters, etc. They got
away with easily, their guests aiding
them to some extent. About $50 Of
the members were weighed, and the
average was nearly $50 pounds. Pat
rick Murphy, of Westport, genial
mass of avoirdupois, was elected pres
ident for the next year. He weighs
303 pounds. At the close of the dinner
the members regaled themselves with
gallons OF champagne, and the exer-
cises wound up with dance, the foun.
dation of the open.air dancing room
having been made secure.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31
The Persian's Love for Flowers.

Very beautiful is the Persians love
for flowers. In Bombay, l found the
Parsees use the Victoria Gardens
chiefly to walk in, ''to eat the air.
ito take a constitutional" as we say.
Their enjoyment of it was heartily an
imal. The Hindoo would stroll un-
steadfastly through it, attracted from
flower to flower, not by its form OF
color, but its scent. He would pass
from plant to plant, snatching at the
flowers and crushing them between
his fingers, and taking stray shifts at
the ends of his fingers, rs if he was
taking snuff. His pleasure in the
flowers was utterly sensual. Present.
ly, a true Persian, in flowing robe Of
blue, and on his head his sheep.skin
hat.
'Blaok, glossy, ourl'd' the fleece Of Kara
would saunter in, and stand and medi'
tate over every flower he saw, and III.
ways as if half in vision. And when
al last the vision was fulfilled, and the
ideal flower he was seeking found, he
would spread his mat and sit before it,
and fold up his mat again and go
home. And the next night, and night
after night, until that particular
flower faded away, he would return to
it, and bring his friends in ever in
creasing troops to it, and sit and sing
and play the guitar or Lutte before it.,
and they would altogether pray there,
and after prayer still sit before it, sip.
ping sherbet, and talking the most hi
larious and shocking scandal, late into
the moonlight; and go again and again
every evening until the flower died.
Sometimes, by way of a grand finale,
the whole company would suddenly
rise before the flower and serenade it
together with an ode from HATH, and
depart. This is the true aesthetic en-
joyment of flowers, of which those car
know nothing who introduce them
impertinently into pictures or poems
or about houses, or in any way out
rage their historical associations OF
their individuality.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31

guage: ..The japanese vocabulary"
says DR.. Hepburn, s'has been greatly
enlarged and enriched by the intro.
ductiOn Of Chinese words, all taken
from the written language, and not
from the c0llOquial. which has never
been spoken in Japan. So extensively
have these words been introduced that
for almost every native word the
Japanese have an equivalent Chinese
word. BuS in common usage the names
of things, family relationships, and
the words which express the wants,
feelings, and concerns of everyday
life, are for the most part native words,
while the technical, philosophical, and
scientific terms are Chinese"
The distinctive types Of the two
races are still apparent, among the
Japanese. In the upper classes we see
the fine, long, oval face, with promi-
nent, well.chiseled features, deeply
sunk eye-sockets, oblique eyes, long
dropping lids, elevated and arched eye
brows, high narrow forehead, round
nose, bud.like mouth, and pointed
chin; contrasting strongly with the
round, flattened face, less oblique eyes
almost level with the cheeks, and
straight noses, expanded and turned
up at the roots, which prevail among
the agricultural and laboring classes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31

The London Missionary Society s In
dian missionaries say there are indi ca
tions on every hand that Hinduism is
declining. Yet the s.great mass of
tho people, especially in rural districts,
live in undisturbed acquiescence in
their ancestral faith
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31

Those old soakers never lack for ar
gument. Lately one replied to a tee !.
perance lecturer by the following !:
'sIf water rots the s0les Of your. boots,
what effect must it have ON the coat Of
your stomach =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31

The Lutherans are strong in Kansas.
There are about twenty thousand of
them in that State, including German
Swedish, and Norwegian Lutherans.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31

When drinking interferes with a
mans business, the common way is to
give up business. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31


Miss Laura Redden (''Howard Glyn-
don'') has gone and got married. and
good luck go with her. But it's a mis-
take. Once she was deaf and dumb.
By self.education she has ''gradually
trained her vocal organs to the habits
of speech, and now talks as audibly,
distinctly, and glibly as those who
have never been long years fettered in
tue bonds of silence Some time her
husband may have the hardihood to
refer to her earlier and quieter days
when, if life was a burden to her. 1t
was a blessing to her neighbors, ana
she'll do that with rolling pin which
she will lament all the days OF ReF
life,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-31
.
Forcing q Sale.
From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.

From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.
1t was Il job to sell old Twister any
thing at decent profit, and, indeed,
to sell him at all half the time. He
only hauled over goods, asked prices,
said they were too high, and walked
off. One day our head salesman saw
him coming in and told the boys to
keep back and he would certainly sell
him something before he left the store
and so we stood back and waited.
'.What's the price of these goods?
said Twister, taking hold Of some that
were lying in an open case. ...-
'.These, Mr.. Twister, are twelve and
ne-half cents yard,' said the sales
man, naming half 4 cent under the
price.
.sTwelve and a half Too high. Now.
at twelve we might trade"
swell, we will say twelve to you.'
said the salesman.
"Well, dun no as want the goods
enough, said Twister. ''It ought to
be made an object; now, 1t eleven and
half I'd buy ...,..
"Well, yOu shall have case at elev.
en- and half" said the salesman, de-
termined that he should buy at some
price.
"Well, 1 don't want but half case"
said Twister.
every well, we will divide the case
for you.'
will throw in the case and won't charge
tor the carriage -
Eyes, said the salesman, t'we'll
take out half the case, charge You
nothing for carriage. throw in the case,
| and sell you the goods for eleven and a
half cents
''Six months s'pose : said the
keen buyer. .- - -&:t, -
Eyes, six months credit, and priv.
ilege Of returning all you don't SELL"
said the persevering seller. "Now /
suppose / may ship them right up to
your town!'
mo, no, don't be 50 fast, young
man; I guess I won't take 'em-I
don't like to have goods forced on me
in that style.'' ...5 sa.i -.