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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

THE Pen and PlOao says circular ad-
vertising has proven failure for the
reason that every unlawful business
is disseminated through the masses in
the shape of circulars. The country
has been so repeatedly flooded with
this class of advertising that nine cir
culars out of every ten taken from the
channels of transit, are cast aside with
out perusal. Thus tens of thousands
of business circulars fare the same fate.
But recently this matter has been con,
sidered, and men who wish their busi,
ness known and read among the gen
eral public are reaching out and asking
for the most widely and general circu-
lated reading matter in the shape ot
newspapers and periodicals so they car
safely advertise.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

THE press seem to regard Hon. Sam
J Randall as fresh acquisition made
by Tom Scott. He who reads the in
reviewers statement carefully will OBJ
serve that Mr.. Randall is careful not
to commit himself in this behalf. In
fact, his answer was evasive, and does
not constitute pledge to support La
mars bill. But the Knoxville Her
aid, because of this assertion OF MIR.
Randall. favors his elevation to
the speskership. If Mr.. Randall
gain votes along the route of the
Texas and Pacific, he may lose more
in the East and even in New York and
Pennsylvania. The World, of the
New York press alone, stands by
Scott. The Herald inveighs against
the scheme, while the press favorisg the
Southern Pacific road concur in saying
that there is no need for a Federal con
cession to Scott, and for the simple
reason that Huntington's is an air lint
road from California to Ell Paso and
Galveston. Such road is not wanted
by Philadelphia and.New York.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

learned and honest men make annual
reports, suggesting needful changes in
rates and in all departments of railway
management. The Legislature has
never had occasion to intervene. Pubic
opinion approves the DEGREES of the
commissioners, the railways assent and
life is safer and travelling cheaper and
faster in Massachusetts than elsewhere
on the continent. But Massachusetts,
grows gray and is very old and wisdom
accumulates with progressive years,
and Texas is in its swaddling clothes,
and Missouri, in the person of Cover
nor Hardin, Is taking her first awk-
ward steps in the direction of proper
reform. May not Texas derive valus-
ble lessons from the facts reclted?
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

TuE Dallas Herald condemns the
STATESMAN for publishing = Brazona
county letter, which not only de-
nounces the Gibson land grab, but
which points to the fact that Governor
Coke permitted the law to be exc
cuted after he had been asked to sus-
pend action until it could be revised or
amended by the Legislature. Willth
Herald answer if it objects to the pub
licstion of truthful recordl
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

The Marshall Herald says it Is q wise
axiom that 'the world is governed too
much" Let the Democracy aim to re-
store pure, honest, incorruptible gov
ernment, and TO repeal the pernicious
Legislation OF the last ten years. Money,
property and labor can take care OF
themselves II left alone. Do this, re-
monetize silver, and give full employ
ment to the mints, and the HeydHsays
the time will not be long before the
car Of progress will be in motion.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

SENATOR DAVID DAVIS Is big cater,
a very Vitellius. A raw editor, having
heard of the voracity OF cancers and
seeing Davis at dinner, told the story
that Davis had cancer in his stomach
and thereupon letters from all the
world poured in upon the rotund Sena
tor. He is mad about it and wants il
understood that his stomach is all
RIGHT
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

THE Houston Age man says 1--WE have
one of the Napoleon family in our
midst" We reckon he slings things
around nightly there. 1t always
was hard to keep members OF that..fam.
lily quiet. We haven't the honor of a
personal acquaintance with our Hous,
ton ooqtrere, but will wager ten TO one
that he is "bigger man than old
Schleicher.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

Her Majesty OF England IL thrifty.
She takes care Of the pennies and let
the pounds take care OF themselyeat
Still she has been known 10 exprce{
her deep sympathy By telegraph witl1
the families Of suffocated colliers, and
in some instances, has given as many a
three pounds sterling to the cntefpris-
ing parents OF triplets. Recently the
wife Of 4 Kentssh man was taken %,
bed, and an inventory Of the RESULT
disclosed three little Browns. Tl
proud father applied sc the Queen q
the usual gratuity, and Ia answer re7
ceived the following: s'Sir Thomas
BidduIph is commanded TO express the
Queens regret that the request con
tanned In Mr.. Browns letter cannot b
complied with. Ifer Majesty's dona1
ton Of es is only granted when ths
three children sufyive.r One Of the'
young Browns had died. The old mar
3 discouraged. lie viii strongly ad !
wise the missus not 20 try tnplets again,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30
THE Age says that Houston is in fear

THE Age says that Houston is in fear
full financial straits. 1t not only can.
not pay its interest on its Indebtedness,
but it cannot get money enough to pay
the current expenses. The poverty Of
the corporation is frightful to contem-
plate. The figurative wolf is bowling
at the door, and though figurative it
be, there is reality about it that makes
it more terrible than q genuine lupus
anu wnaU prUvruUrvr cuu ur urVr5vu
that Austin and Galveston and other
towns of Texas may never encounter
evils that have crushed Houston? Is
there any save in the restriction of suf-
frage in corporations to taxpayersi
Georgia, like Virginia, under the new
Constitution, as under former statutes,
imposes cumulative poll taxes as con
dition precedent to the right to vote
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

Four hundred companies, constitu-
ting forty regiments that served in the
Mexican war of 1916 s, averaged
ninety y-seven mea each in the war, show
eight and five-tenths of each living
to day, and if this ratio prevails
throughout the whole force employed
- namely, 1885 companies - there
would only he $3.50 still living.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30


THE purposes of the administration
and policy OF Mr.. Hayes may be COM
pretended when we state that Mr..
Garfield, one of the ablest members of
Congress and most felicitous debater
from Ohio, has declared that there
must be change in the course and
policy followed by President Hayes,
i, Il the support afu fuI. TIE X RRYrlehd submit
led the information to Secretary
schurz, supposing 1t was new and
would interest him. He replied, ooh,
ps, know all about it; it was tele-
raphed me privately this morning
rom Ohio, and delivered at Z O'Clock,
Iefore | was up" 1t does not seem
70 make any serious impression, and
he friends of the President say he will
20 right on as long as he feels that he
Is right without swerving, regardless
If what is said about him in any quar-
Ter. If the President defy even Gar
ield, in adhesion to his policy of JUS
ice and law and constitutional right,
he people need not distrust Mr..
Hayes's courage or firmness, and But
hr and Blaine and Morton are impo-
tent. If these CO operate with Gar
field. and the latter lead after him a
large body of Republicans, it only be-
comes those States which the President
has served to give him certainly as
much strength from the South as hi
may lose in the North. Louisiana anc
South Carolina will lead the way
These two States owe the President
most, and Texas and Louisiana are al
uKit in interest and will be in mat
teis of Federal legislative policy.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

JAMES P. DousLAss is the most in
domitable and successful railway build
er in Texas. He has never succumbed
10 the pressure Of hard times. He has
moved steadily ahead. Having the
confidence Of the people, he has en-
eountered DO great difficulty in getting
money, and We only need James p.
Douglass here TO assure the construc-
ton Of the Anstin snd LampAsas Mar
row Gauge. Cant We rent him for 8
yeari
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

The best calicoes of Eastern mills
are sold at 6 l cents at the factories,
and American goods are driving out
English manufactures from English
markets. Henry Clay's predictions
have been verified, and the American
system" has accomplished the aims of
those who conceived and fostered 1t.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

THERE is twice as much sugar in
the United States, the commercial pa
pers say, as at this date last year. A
decline in prices seems inevitable.
The sweetness of Hayes's temper and
administration is not generally as
cribed to the facts to which we ad-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

A SUBMERGED city has been discov-
cred in Lake Geneva, in Switzerland,
snd the lake is to be partially drained
that the wonders of primeval dwelling
places OF man may be closely inspected.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
BAD BREATH,

Nothing IL so unpleasant. nothing 90 common
a. bad breath, aud In nearly every case IL c mes
from the stomach, and can be 50 easily corrected
" you will take SimmOusH Liver KegLiAtor Do
not neglect 80 sure r"Inedy for this rcpulslye
disorder IL will also improve your appetite.
Complexion and general health.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

ARKFRIoERATeR car il to be freight
ed with beef a. Houston, transported to
New York, and thence TO Liverpool.
II the experiment be successful heavy
trains OF like cars viii soon be devoted
10 the business
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30
!. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.

DIR. Tut has been en-
gagged In the practice
OF medicine thirty
years, and for a long
lime was demoustra-
tor of anatomy in the
Medical College of
Georgia, hence, per.
sons using his Pills
have the guarantee
that they are prepared
onscientificprinciples, on
and are free from all
quackery.
He has succssdsI;-
combining In them
the heretofore antag-
a~iests .t---.tt.;As of n
SfTssgthsHigg, pRYP6.
6gx Il PEyiJ Jyiagtonie
Their first apparent
effect is toincrease the
appetite by causingthe
food toproperly aSsim.
ilate, thus the system
Is nourished, and by
their tonic action on
the digestive organs,
regular & healthy ev-
acuationsare produced
The rapidity with
] which PERSONS take on
Resk, while under the
Influence ofthese pills,
oil itselfindicates their
adaptability to nourish
the body, and hence
their efficacy in curing
nervous debility, mel
ancholy, dy spe ia,
wasting OF the mus
cles, sluggishness of
the liver, chronic con-
stipation, and impart-
TO the system. Sold ev-
ray Street, New York.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30
PILES.

How mqny suffer torture day after day, max
ing life burden and robbing existence OF all
any Ong who VIII use systematically the remedy
that has PORN anently cured thousands. No
drastIc, violent purge, but gentle assistant Of
nature.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

Nile. de Mnrska has taken . o.
husband. She takes husband =
close Of every concert tpsy.
method Of recuperAtine. IfNz
ting q new servant; and, nt the 5z1'
time. the new husband can act, Wit
the beginning Of business. as her con
psnion and con6denlial agent. \
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30

MAD dogs have bitten several negroes
about Nashville and the colorcd people
ascribe the swelling, insanity and
rawlings to Voudou influences.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30
SICK HEADACHE,

This distressing afIiction occurs most FIRE.
quenily. The disturbance OF the Onnch aris-
Ing from the imperfcctlJ digested contents
causes severe pain in the head, accompanied
with di-Agreeable naueea, and this Coz stitutes
what 10 pOpularly known M Sick Headache.
j. H. ZEILIN 6 CO.,
Sole proprietors Simmons's Liver Regulator,
Philadelphia.
As Romedy Ia
MkLARIOUS FEVERS, BOWEL COM
PLANTS, DYSPEPSIA, MENTAL DEPRES
SION, RESTLESSNES :, JAUNDICE. NAU
SEA. SICK HEADACHE, collie, CONSrIPA
TON AND BILIOUSNESS
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30
CONSTIPATION

Should not be regarded AZ a triiiing
ailmcnt-in fact nature demand lhc
utmost regularity Of the bowels, and
any deviation from this demand paves
the way often 20 serious danger IL
10 quite as necessary to remove i'm
pure accumulations from the bowels
Ms Il Is to eat or sleep, and no heal b
can be expected where u cOstiye
habit Of body prevails.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-02-26
LOVES VOYAGE.

As once l sat upon the shore,
There came to me fairy boat
/ bark never saw before,
! Whose coming had failed to note, Trote
So wrapped was in books whose rules learned b,
The stern was fashioned like heart,
The curying sides like Cupid's bow,
And from the mast straight as a dart,
And winged above and barbed below,
A pennon like an airy stream Of blood did fow
Upon the PROV, on either side,
Was carved II snowy Paphian dove;
Between, reflected in the tide,
An archng swans neck rose above
The deck oerspread with brodered tapestries of Love
Against the mast the idle sail
Flapped like lace-edged valentine;
1t seemed a canvas all too frail,
Should winds arouse the sleeping brine.
Behold" said, "a toy for sport in weather fine"
And so l stepped. in idle mood,
Aboard the bark-when suddenly
breeze sprang up, and while stood
Uncertain, thinking was free
To make retreat the vessel bore me out to sea.
Silent and swift, away from land
1t cut the waves. No pilot steered
No voice of captain gave command;
Yet to and for it tackled and veered
All day II flew. At eve a distant land appeard.
An island in the restless seas,
With rosy cliffs, and gold and green
OF dapped fields, and tropic trees
With trailing vines and flowers between,
Across the purple through amber skies was seen
And music floating from afar
heard, Of voice andinstrument,
As the sun sank, and star by star
Throbbed in the living armament; Tweut.
And all kind Fates seemed pledged to cheer me as 1
Till in deep and shadowy bay
The little argosy, selffurled,
selfanchored, in the silence lay,
And landed me upon a world
By other stars and moons endimoned, impearled.
region TO my students hooks
Unknown, where first I learned to see
That love is never conned from books
Nor passion taught by fantasy,
But in the living loving heart alone can be.
For on that shore maiden stood,
Who smiled with coy and bashful glance;
And when pressed her hand and wooed,
Turned not her fruitful eyes askance
And proved my voyage was no idle sport of chance.
All, from this island if veer
Into the seas of worldly strife,
Give me the boat that brought me here,
Where now the tried and faithful wife
Year after year renews the lovers lease of life
C p. Cranch, in Harper's Magasins
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-02-26
Modesty hath more charms than beauty.

Modesty hath more charms than beauty.
Darwin says that birds have religious
distinctions. Hens probably belong to
tie laity.
Why is a beautiful woman like Hoe
printing press? Because she makes q
good impression.
"Time works wonders" as the old
woman said when she got married after
a thirteen years courtship.
The gentleman who kissed lady's
"snowy brow" caught severe cold and
has been laid up ever since.
DR.. Hall says a duel is public
calamity. The Lowell Courier says: =
So it is, when neither side hits.
In distinction from "Old Probabili-
ties" the pretty treasury girls at Wash
ington are called 'young possibilities. :"
No cards.
The difference between having tooth
properly drawn by dentist, and having
it knocked out by fall on the pavement
is only a slight distinction-one is den-
al and the other accidental.
Come, Bill, it's ten o'clock, and |
think we had better be going, for it's
time honest men were at home. Well,
yes, was the answer, l must be off, but
you need not hurry on that account.
A lady who had married a smoker
was asked if she had no prejudice against
tobacco. To which she replied that she
had undergone the smoking process Sc
long that her prejudice had been per-
fectly cured.
A kind providence has wisely ordained
that the wife should 60 to bed first a
this time of the year. Man was mad,
to sit alone for half an hour, and med
itate upon matters too welghty for he
consideration.
"Five or six years of married life,
remarked q veteran observer, "will ofte
reduce a naturally irascible man to sue
a condition of angelic humility that
wouldn't be safe to trust him whit
pair of wings"
After a little girl had attended he
first Sunday session she asked he
mother what kind of bear was ''cor
secrated cross-eyed bear 2" Her motht
could impart no information until 81
happened to glance into the S. S. Sor
Book, when she told her offspring tn;
the animal in question was "a cons
Grated cross l bear"
A young lady bet a young man XII
that Tilden would be elected-he to p;
if Tilden won, and she to pay if Hay
was elected. On the morning of the 8
of November he called and paid t
debt; on the 9th he called and took
back. That evening she paid the del
Next morning she took 1t back and
20 paid; then she paid and he paid, and
90 they have been kept busy by the cont
or dictory dispatches ever since, and be
"' declare their willingness and ability
}. hold out until Congress decides the qu
tion. They don't like the new Go
promise bill.-Erchange.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-02-26

Haskell; "the little tigress turned him
loose. He is armed and will fight like
demon; besides, he is many miles on
his way to Nueces. This is bad work
for u.s." The latter sentence he NUT
tered in low tones, as if dreading the
future.
The rangers left me at the mission,
and one month from the night of Mus
tang Gray's escape, | was again in Vic
torla on the Gaudalope. where I learned
that the girl was the daughter of Grey,
and that she inherited all the fierce
traits of her fathers.
That eventful night she rode in the
gloom in the direction of the Rio Grande,
the route to which wild stream she knew
as well as any frontier scout.
While the conflict waged between the
United States and Mexico, Mustang
Grey proved himself of service, and at
Humantia he received his death wound,
and died in Pueblo.
The history of the child is unknown,
as she faded from sight and memory of
men, as she sunk into the darkness of
the night when she and her father fed
from the old mission.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-02-26
SHUT THE DOOR.

Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore
No doubt you have heard that p~.'e oeio'e-
Was a boy who never would shut the q"
wind might roar,
4"o VIM "i's"' "r11riihg, and throats be sore,
Gnu '-s ~. ihe never would shut the door.
Hid father might beg. his mother implore:
Godfrey Gorlen Gustavus Gore,
We really wish you would shut the doorI'
Their hands they wrunr their hair thew tnrn
Bnt Godfrey GOrden Gustavus Gore
Was deaf as the buoy out at the More.
When he walked forth the folks would roar
Godfrey Gorden Gustavus Gore,
Why don't you think to shut the door?"
They rugged out shutter with sail and oar
And threatened To pack off Gustavus Gore
On a voyage Of penance to Singapore
But he begged for meTcy and said no more,
''Pray do not send me to Singapore
On a shutter, and then win shut the door,
'You will ?" said the parents, "then keep on shore!
But mind you dol For the plague is sure
OF a fellow that never will shut the door
Godfrey Gorden Gustavus GoTel"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-02-26

A late number of The Telescope has
the following in relation to secret socle-
ties: "There is a reaction settling IN
against the fanaticism for secrecy, and
there is powerful movement in the
country against the whole system of Sc
cret societies. This movement has
national organization, and also state and
local organizations. Those engaged in
it are pressing forward like men in real
earnest. The aim is to save and rescue
the churches and individuals from the
wild rage of the secrecy excitement. A
number of religious journals are enlisted
in the reform, and numerous lecturers
are in the field. 1t should not be
thought strange that the great POPULAR
ty of secrecy meets with an opposition
in a determined form. So far as we
know, most of the opposers OF secrecy
can give a reason for action, and have
no cause to stop to inquire whether they
should move forward. The greatest
evangelist of modern times, Nr. Moody,
has enrolled himself among the promo
ters of this anti-secrecy reform. With
his outspoken words great encourage
ment has come to many doubling
Christians in all churches. May we no
also take heart from him p
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-02-26

at will do !' is the common phrase
of those who neglect little things. at
will do !' has blighted many charac-
ter, blasted many fortune, sunk many
a ship, burned many house, and ruined
thousands of hopeful projects for human
good. 1t always means stopping short
of the right thing. 1t is make-shift.
It is afailure and defeat. Not what
"will do" but what is the best possible
thing to do, is the point to be aimed at.
Let the man once adopt the maxim of
.It will do !" and he is given over to
the enemy he is on the side of incompe-
tency and defect; and We give him up as
hopeless subject.