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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22
Liquors Oppression.

Editors Democratic Statesman The le-
climate trade and the manufacturing
interest of Austin have direct pecuni-
airy interest In the suppression Of the
drink traffic. Saloons gre the active
rivals IN business Of every other trade,
and are hostile to every useful occupa-
ton. They not only attract the money
that ought to go into the pockets OF
our merchants, grocers. butchers, and
of those men whose work is benefit
to the community. but their certain ef-
feet 10 to debase and incspacitste their
customers from earning more By far
the greater quantity Of whisky sold In
this city goes TO the laboripg men, who
expend for il the money that ought TO
go 20 supply necessaries and comforts
to their families, and would do
this but for the Irresistible temp
tations Of the saloons. The liq-
uor traffic Expresses the interest Of
the water works, the gas company asd
the ice factories. Neither Of these es-
Adjustments receive half the patronage
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

The New York Herald. having sunk
enough in the wilds of Central Afnca
and lost its greatest fraud, Stanley, is
running a muck in Florida. 1t is
hardly probable that the HeraLFs expe-
dition will discover anything more
wonderful than Stearns, the late So
called, and Madame Stowe. In view
of the Madame's allegations affecting
negro servitude in the South, and its
terrible influences upon the people, it
is strange that she dwells in their very
midst. Perhaps she comes hither to
find a proper place in which to shed
crocodile tears and learn lessons in as
sertion from the great ALLIGATOR, F"
Stearns.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

Mr.. LAMAR now has little expecta-
ton that the tribunal will secure the
election of Mr.. Tilden. Most of the
Southern members thus express them
selves, while Mr.. Mills, Gen. Gordon
and Others, who opposed the adjust
ment bill, feel assured of Hayes be-
coming president, and fear that calam-
tiles for the South will follow. Mr..
Mills thinks that the defeat of
Tilden win be followed by less
discipline in the Democratic party
and that many Democrats will act in
dependently of party affiliations. In
fact, general feeling prevails among
the Southern Congressman that Hayes's
Inauguration will be followed by a
very considerable disintegratIon of the
party, especially in the Southern
States.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

nov they will receive under prohibit
ton Money that now goes intoihe
ulls OF the saloons will go into their
money drawers. 1t is safe to say that
the income of our manufactures will be
more than doubled by the increased
patronage they will receive from the
.aborlng class, who now squander their
wages IN the saloons and gambling
bells of our city, and wives and little
ones be made happy with what, to
them, are now unknown luXuries. Our
breweries will not suffer by ''local OPP
tion." il is only = question of time
when they will close. The wealthy
brewers Of St. Louis and Cincinnati
have determined To destroy them
and they will certainly do it.
The drink traffic tends 10 undermine
the industrial habits of the people, and
is injurious to the interest OF every bus
mess man and hostile to the welfare
of the city, county and State. The
following facts we've placed before the
solid men of one of the States that
had repealed the prohibitory law:
During one year OF license there was
falling of in the valuation of tho
/ State, as compared with the two pre-
vious years, o.: nearly $33, 900, 600,
most of which was in personal proper
/ ty. During two years of prohibition
the personal property OF the State in
/ creased nine and II half per cent. I'M
| der license it increased two and two
thirds per cent" In the largest
city IN the State, during the two
| years of prohibition her increase was
seven per cent. under license only
one and one-third per cent" Thus
it is the liquor traffic goes eX-
actlY and always to the point of
! diminishing the wealth of the people,
to hush the hum of industry, TO light
! the fires of discord and hate, to make
| the strong weak, To create paupers,
vagabonds and criminals. Such is tho
nilsson Of our saloons, and as Mr..
Snred said at the Opera House: 1T
makes NJ difference whether il be the
bar-room radiant with polished marble
and gilded mirrors, or whether it be
the rough, foul hole in Mexico, they
IRE all part of the same system, and
contribute each Its full share to de-
moralize and blot out of society every
good thing" HARD BRICK.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22
THE SrHA EST OF INSTRU-
MENTALITIRS.

A Washington letter.writer is conf
dent that negotiations are being pro-
posed between leading Republicans
and Southern Democrats, looking to
support from the latter for the Re-
publican party in the event Hayes be-
comes president. The Star mentions, as
gentlemen who have been approached
upon the subject, Mr.. Hancock, of
Texas, and Mr.. Gibson, of Louisl-
ana, who it seems are represented
as proper persons to have voice in
the counsels of a Republican presi-
dent. But these propositions are
based upon the plan that such men
use their influence in making the de-
cIsion of the commission final. Upon
such arrangement it is supposed the
South may have guarantees of liberal
appropriations for internal improve
ments, and 1t is whispered that Tom
Scott is to play an important
part in this movement, his objective
point being votes for the Texas and
Pacific Railroad bill. But there is still
another phase to this wonderful com
mission adjustment. 1t is limited that
Hayes, for certain Southern influences,
will not recognize the carpet-bag rulers
of Louisiana and other Southern States !;
that he will make an alliance with re-
spectacle party leaders, of moderate
views, IN the South, and that
he will, even after such
countenance is extended, select
some Southern mel, dissatisfied with
party atfiIIation, for places in his cabi-
net. The Louisiana and Mississippi
delegations are also baited with 'levee
appropriations, and those from Texas
and other States with patronage and
the Texas and Pacific Railway dona-
ton. These are the reported currents
now actively circulating at Washing
ton, and it is but poor consolation,
that a nation, having become the foot
ball of corrupt party, should sitter
wards, in part, find alienation,
through patronage, and party dlsinte-
grafton, arising from present abandon
ment of principle. But 1t is unreason-
able to place full credence in these re.
ports. Actual negotiation of this kind
is debasing, and, at most, if there is
anything IN it, it is but an understand
ing. Southern men could hardly be
found to trade away the rights
of a people on base promises, nc
matter what the result. And yet
report says that the decision OF
the partisan commission will meet
with no factious opposition; that the
Southern representative will accept
the situation, out of which must come
a better order of affairs, ard new com.
binations and parties, which it is as
serted will destroy the old. Mills, Of
Texas, has spoken like prophet, and
he has declared that q fearful judg
ment awaits the South; but after all,
though we would condemn the means,
may we not hope that, PhGnix-like,
the South, with Hayes as president,
may rise from the ashes of !her desola
ton, and that too through instrumen
talities directed actively against her
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22


THERE are many good people who
steadily set their faces against distil-
ling their coffee as something French
and immoral, and adhere to the old
fashioned method of boiling. To these
a few words may be said, since there
has been good coffee made by boiling
even though one usually comes down
to the morning cup, feeling very much
like the possessor of a lottery ticket
which may draw prize, but probably
will bring only blank. The hogs;
heads of miserable coffee drank by the
American people every morning is
frightfuI. We certainly make the
worst coffee in the world, excepting
possibly the English. Our hotel cof
fee is poverbially bad. Yet there is no
secret mystery about making good cof-
fee. The coffee raw should of course
be good. Plantation Ceylon is the bet
but half Java and half Moncha Is
preferred by most housekeepers- tie
first for strength, the last for flavor.
It may be remarked here that the bean
improves with age, and it follows that
the roasting had better be done at
home, and as frequently as possible,
since the various coffee-roasters make
this practicable. 1t should be first
washed and then roasted evenly to a
dark mahogany color. If roasted in
quantity, a slight glazing of butter
will preserve the aroma. The old
fashioned rule is tablespoonful of the
ground coffee for each person and one
for the pot. This is but q meagre pro-
vision; it is much better to have the
coffee sufficiently strong to allow a
half-cup of boiled milk to each cup.
The wateFshould be boiling. If all the
coffee is put in at once, place 1t
on a gentle fire and let it come
to the boiling point two or three
times, always removing it quickly.
Pour out two cupfuls and pour them
back, and let the pot set by the IRE five
or six minutes to settle, and then strain
through g filter or piece of flannel
This gives quite clear coffee, and
dispenses with the use of egg; an egg,
however, is always an advantage.
Professor Liebig recommends boiling
but half the coffee for strength, adding
the other half when done for aroma.
Boiled milk is always to be preferred,
even to cream, which curdles the cof-
fee. There are various improved cof-
fee pots, some of which are very de-
sirable, but the above receipt is
adapted to the plsinest and most
hOmely kitchen pot and Biddy's most
uninspired intelligence
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

THE committee of bankers to con-
slider the debts of Southern States
have lately met in New York and
have under consideration the practi.
cability of refunding the debt of all
the States, from Virginia to Texas,
which are now in arrears. A liberal
policy on the part of the present bond
holders will be recommended, and the
committee have already entered into
correspondence with several States
with fair prospect of being able to
effect an equitable adjustment. The
State debt of Virginia, amounting to
S35, 900, 900, was considered particu-
larly, but on account of the various
interests involved 1t was found diff
cult to arrive at an. expeditions plan of
settlement, and the committee ad-
journed without haying completed the
proposed adjustment.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

Col. Tom SCOTT tells of the ten or
twelve millions he has spent in Texas.
Texas furnished the basis of credit and
Scott borrowed the money on these
credits and built railway. 1t was well
for Texrs good thing for Scott, and es-
pecially will it be a good thing If the
future rulers of Texas be as weak as
they who suffered him to take the
States wealth and build system of
roads which are to be subordinated
wholly to the purpose of unfolding
the St. Louis Bridge Company and the
Pennsylvania Central, two of the cost
liest jobs ever executed on this or any
continent.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

PINcHBAcK, in letter TO friend IN
the North, in explanation of his recent
action, says: knowing that the pre-
sent pretended Packard government is
a mOnstrOus iniquity and its success
would entail still further debauchery
and generalization upon the race, I re
solved to destroy it If possible. have
not abandoned the National Republi-
can party, but If to denounce the
thieves in Louisisns, who are fast de-
stroying the manhood aud integrity Of
my people, renders me ineligible to
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

IT is said that the committees APP
pointed to inquire into the wisdom and
feasibility of the turnpike have salts
fed themselves that the narrow gauge
is the only resource of the town and
country. 1t costs little, if anything,
more than the turnpike, and will draw
to Austin every other narrow and
broad gauge road from Houston and
Galveston and from Corpus Christi,
and the broad gauge from Indianola
and Cuero. 1t will feed and enrich
them all with cattle and sheep and
hay and wheat and coal and iron end
grain from the northwestern counties
OF Texas. Let Us have the road be-
gun under the invaluable charter be-
fore it expires.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

THE Freestone Herald is free to say
that free whisky is an intolerable evil
and since it confesses itself evil by
paying special taxes and accepting
special burdens, all borne at last by
whisky drinkers, we do not see why
the Herald does not go farther and de-
clare that the unmixed evil should he
destroyed, root and branch. To attain
this perfect result may be impossible, but
the nearer its consummation the better
for society and government, the better
for barkeepers, and God knows how in
finitely better fer the women and
children of the country.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

HoS. R. Q. MILLS denomInates the
defeat at Washington, "a panic,
and asserts that the Democrats
have lost a golden opportunity,
which will not come again in hun
dred years. In reference 20 the COM
mission, he Gays: 1--WE took a chance
in lieu of certainty, and, if the de-
cision OF that chance is in favor Of
Hayes, then reconstruction; and after
that The JUpGMENT.n
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

THE Black Hill country has been
thoroughly organized under the govern
ment of Dakota, and all that remains
to make all ameuable to law and Off
cial power is ratification by Congress.
The Senate has already acted favorably.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

THE Washington Union says that
Morton's speeches confirmed all that
has been said with regard to the con-
spiracy for counting in Hayes. 1t is
clear that the intention was to have
the President of the Senate count the
votes for the disputed States for
Hayes, and that he was then to be in
augurated at all hazards. 1t was a
knowledge of this conspiracy through
out the country that made the people
welcome the electoral bill so heartily.
They looked upon it as not only de-
feating the conspirators, but as guar
antee of peace.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22
UNDER the constitution of Arkan

UNDER the constitution of Arkansas
adopted in 1874, the State can only
levy five mills for general purposes,
and five mills to pay the interest on the
public debt, and one-ffth of this
amount goes to the public schools. The
same limitation is laid on municipal
corporations, and extends to everything
except school districts, which can, by
a vote, tax themselves as much as they
choose for school purposes. All capital
invested in manufacturing will be ex-
empt from taxation until 1882. There
is lesson in these facts for the fu,u e
constitution members of Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

THE Governor of Georgia has issued
reward for the apprehension of dis
tillers who made resistance to the
United States authorities. Some of the
parties implicated have already been
arrested, and they complain very bit
terly Of bad treatment on the part of
the government officials. They say
they are arrested on trivial charges and
carried long distance from their
homes among strangers, where they are
unable to give bonds and to have wit
nesses on their trial. Tried by negro
jurors and often convicted on testi-
mony of informers who are interested
in their conviction. they don't hesitate
to swear falsely to carry their purpose.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

THE bill of Mr.. Cox, to regulate i'm
migration, meets with much opposi-
ton. 1t is claimed that it is opposed
to the spirit of the United States
treaties with foreign powers, and that
it violates the comfy of nations by
preventing free ingress into the United
States. The New York Times charac-
terized the bill, which proposes tax
of two dollars head on every
immigrant arriving in the ports of the
United States, as measure to dis
courage foreign immigration, and says
Gas matter of principle, capltation
tax is indefensible; as matter of ex,
pediency, it is unwise.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

The prediction was made, letter.
writer tells, a.few days ago in the pres
ence of Mr.. Hewitt, Tilden's near
friend, that "if he CTilden) is our next
President, both of the great parties
would soon fall to pieces, and Mr..
Hewitt admitted that if Mr.. Tilden is
our next President undoubtedly there
will be great changes in both parties.
If Governor Hayes succeeds Gen. Grant
the reconstruction of parties will go on,
but not in the same way. He WILL at
tempt to build up moderate Republi-
can party in the South. Tilden knows
that he has the South in his hands, and
his object will be to strengthen his
party al the North by winning over
conservative Republicans. How far
he will succeed if he has the
opportunity to try we shall see. In
the State of New York he won over
Republicans like Robinson, Dorshei-
mer, Goodwin and Bigelow. He will
begin his administration by reorganiz-
ing in some way Adams, TrumbuIl,
Palmer and Julian. Hayes would be-
gin by appointing a few representative
Southern men to local offices, even if
he had to take them from the Demo-
cratic party. At all events have been
so informed by an intimate friend of
Governor Hayes - that he would not
continue Grants blunders at the South,
and especially his greatest blunder of
filling Offices with Northern men. So,
let the commission decide as it will,
we shall have reform in some respects,
whoever is our next president, and l
do not believe the country will see
such cabinet again In dozen years."
To all this Mr.. Hewitt silently as
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

HUGH MCELRoY uIed uu tue eighth
instant at Springfield, Washington
county, Kentucky, the place of his
nativity. The deceased lived to an ad-
vanced age and had accumulated a
large fortune. He was grandfather of
the famous Proctor Knott, and many of
his relatives Inheriting his virtues have
homes in Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

THE Sherman Register says that COM
missioners' courts and county judges,
whose duty it is made to attend to the
hiring or working OF petty offenders
punishable by magistrates courts, have
no right to sit idly by and let them lie
in Jail at the expense of the county. If
they cannot be hired on good terms,
they should be worked GA the public
roads. In Grayson county arrange
ments are being made to work all such
offenders in a chain gang, on county
roads, and we suggest that plan to
other counties.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

NEW YORK housekeepers are making
determined effort to secure reduc-
ton of servants wages. Cooks are
now paid from four to five dollars per
week, housemaids from three to four,
and laundresses from three to five.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

The impression prevails at Column
bia, South Carolina, that Ex-Governor
Chamberlain will leave the State. He
has dissolved his partnership in law
with Melton & Wingate, offered his
residence for sale, and made other
signs betokening an early exit from
the commonwealth which he has done
50 much to ruin.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

IT does not seem to be generally
known, or, If known. has been forgot
ten, that Congress. last year, invited
all counties or towns where historical
addresses were delivered on the eenten-
NAL Fourth Of July to tile oneicopy of
such address in the congressional Ii
brary at Washington; only about $50
such documents have been thus far re-
ceiysd.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

Hon. r. @. MILLS thinks the inau
gurAtion of Hays will subject the South
to another reconstruction, and thus
be ruled, If necessary, out of the next
presidential election. Mr.. Mills has
seen we'll, and he may be right in his
prediction.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

KENTUCKY rejects its fiue Bourbon
WHISTLES through local option, and it
comes to Texas and and is diluted and
poisoned, when it fills our jails with
murderers and our towns and cities
with shame.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

If the local option law exclude no
whisky and no evil from the State, why
do two whisky vendors in st. Louis
utter such protests against the policy
of the STATESMAN Why do foreign
whisky distillers aid whisky's friends
in Texas to resist prohibition?
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

THOMAS Goss, who has eighteen
thousand barrels of whisky at Aurora,
Indiana intended to ship 1t, to Texas
as the best possible market; but the
discussion of prohibition and posi-
bility of excluding whisky from Aus
tin, great sink for whisky in former
years, has scared the good man a:
Evansville. He says the law must not
be enacted, and proposes that st. Louis,
Louisville and Cincinnati organize a
fund to be used in buying votes and
newspapers to defeat the temperance
people.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

THERE is little doubt that Packard
was the chief instigator in the shoot
ing scene in New Orleans q few days
since. His fortunes were thought to
be on the decline, and it was neces-
sary to add some interest, and proba-
bly, sympathy, to his sidei so Weldon,
who could have put an end to-Pack-
ard in a quiet way, was brought for.
ward at meeting of Packard's friends,
and farce enacted which could add
zeal to the efforts of his friends at
Washington.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

CONGRESS last year invited all couR-
ties or towns where historical addresses
were delivered on the Centennial
Fourth of July to file one copy of such
address In the Congressional library at
Washington. Only $50 such documents
have been thus far received.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

NICARAGUA has taken advantage of
the surveys and estimates made by the
United States, and while the question
of building ship canal was being dis
cussed here, Nicaragua makes con-
tract for the opening of the canal. The
Central Americans are becoming Yam
L.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

DIR. Towusend's On
ygenated Air will pur-
10y the blood IN one
third the time that any
other known remedy
en-. Wbyf because TO
inhale C1yg mated Air
1t aces dire { 10 the
Lungs and passes
through the tisn es
End comes IN direct
con'fe; with the blood
az Il is forced lstO the
Lungs by the action OF
the hear. All the
blood In our veins re-
turns 10 the heart every
fur minutes II tbs
blood s. good. and
forced from the hesrt
T. the lur g. and tho
more Oxygen you in
hale into the ltHgs the
more you purify tho
blood. vs. hen Oxygen
comef in confact with
the Impurities In the
blood IL c4rbOnizes
an d burns, causing
the blood 10 be healed
90 that II warns every
part ~ tho body. as IL
goes on he regoiui Ions
flrOTgh the system
II ycur blood Is pure
Won csunOt De , ok
We drive Mercury snd
al other impurities
out OF The blood We
guarantee TO purify
TIE blood ia One-th I'd
the time Of any other
buowu remedy.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-22

MARSHALL JEWELL is said to have dis
covered the secret of making genuine
Russia leather, while minister at St.
Petersburg. 1t lies simply in the fact
that birch-bark tar is used to dress the
skins with instead of grease and tallow.