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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-03

dren with few loaves and two ST.
fishes.
Many miracles are said to have been
performed with the true cross. When
uncovered, with the others on which the
thieves were cruciied, there was nat
urally dispute at to which was the
true cross. We are told that dead
person was restored to life by being
placed on the true cross.
The ,early church has preserved the
relics of the CrucltiXion from the early
ages, and it would be very difficult to
convince even the most intelligent
Catholic that great portion of the
true cross is not in existence ut Rome
to day.
Catholics are not the only ones in the
world who have q fondness for relics.
We all treasure something which was
once possessed by fond mother, SIS
ter, brother or child. The paintings
and pictures in our homes we trea,u
as likenesses of those we love. We
keep mementoes of battle fields, and of
great men and women. We remember
when at Mount Vernon, some years
ago, that twigs had been cut from the
branches of trees, and even the tomb
had been desecrated by relic-hunters.
In Salisbury, North Carolina, some
years ago, during the war, the soldiers
with their penknives cut board after
board out of little frame house that
had been the law office of Andrew
j .ckson. A queer taste some people
have for relics, Certainly! Some time
after the war, it was discovt ID that the
bedstead, mattress and bed-clothes,
pillows, pillow cases, etc, which be-
longed to the bed upon which our
limented President Lincoln died were
In existence. The blood-stained clothes
were exhibited Ill the residence oppo-
site Ford's Theater, and sold at auction
/ believe, or advertised for sale. Some
government official bought them, and
they are preserved as relics. Look in
the Patent Office at Washington, and
see relics of the dead and relics of the
living; relics of war and relics Of peace,
all treasured for their associations,
more or less, by liberty loving people.
1t is true that we are at times i'm.
posed upon by the genuineness of arti-
cles, but surely there can be no harm
in preserving relics and mementoes.
They do us good. They revive and
make tender our recollections. As
suredly, when the whole world has
mania for preserving nementoes of
human kind, there can be no harm in
q religious denomination holding in
veneratioA a memeHto of the crucifx-
ion. st. Jerome tells US that it Is en-
tir0ly proper to do so. The Jews held
the ark In high veneraton, and as
they did so, "how ought Christians to
respect the wood of the cross wherein
our Savior offered himself victim for
our SINS"
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COURT OF APPEALs.-Causes decided
Monday, April 30, 1877:
No. 12-James o. Walker v. A j.
Yaul; appeal from Lamar. Reversed
and remanded. Opinion by Ector,
Pres. j.
No. 164-Dock Henderson v. The
State; Appeal from Fannin. Affirmed.
Opinion by Winkler, J.
No. 202-Robert Scott v. E. and B.
Teal; error from Dallas. Affirmed.
Opinion by White, ].
No. 361-J. A. w. Burris v. Lam
beth 81 Harris; appeal from Lamar.
Affirmed. Opinion by White, j.
No. 301-F. C. J. Leberman v.
Tyra, Hill & Co.; appeal from Gray
son. Affirmed. Opinion by White, ].
No. 892-F. G. ]. Leberman v. Tyra,
Hill 8 Co. appeal from Grayson. AT
firmed. Opinion by White, ].
No. 293-F. c. j. Leberman v. Tyra
Hill & Co.; appeal from Grayson. AT
tirmed. Opinion by White, J.
No. 396-John Haynes v. The State :;
appeal from Lamar. Affirmed. Opin-
ION by White, j.
NO. lCO-h. d. Fry " 1uOLlaS
Douglass; error from Guadalupe.
Dismissed for want of prosecution.
No. 272-Robert Peal v. The State :;
appeal from Bexar. Appeal dismissed.
No. 2s7-Julian Trevino v. The
State; appeal from Live Oak. Affirmed.
Opinion by Winkler, J.
No. 296-Susana SaHcills v. The
State; appeal from Atascosa. Cause
absted on suggestion of death.
No. 44S-Dock Stone v. The State !;
appeal from Travis. Appeal dis
missed.
No. 226-J. D. Latham V. The State :;
appeal from Hamilton. Appeal dis
missed.
No. 500 - Charles Keith v. Tie State :;
appeal from Lampasas. Appeal dis
missed.
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DROWNED. - On Friday last at 8
o'clock Mr.. John Glassford, n native
of Hanover, Germany, was drowned
while attempting to cross Onion creek
near the residence OF Mr.. J. Doyle.
Deceased was about 90 years Of age,
and not married. He had rented q
part of Mr.. Doyle's farm, and was an
industrious, worthy citizen. He had
been over about Pilot Knob and was
returning home on horseback leading
a pony, which had been stolen from
him and which he had just recovered.
The creek was up and he was washed
from his saddle while in the act of
crossing. Up to yesterday morning
the body had not been found, though
several men had been searching down
the creek two days for Il.
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temporal welfare to buy protection for

temporal welfare to buy protection for
votes from the Democratic party.
Many country merchants in the in
terror are in the habit of making their
remittsnces IN postage stamps, much to
the annoyance of wholesale dealers,
who cannot readily dispose of them.
This custom reveals the secret of the
desire for unsalsried postmasterships.
The percentage allowed for the sale Of
stamps Is large, so that, by dividing.
the postmaster makes neat sum, and
the merchant gains goodly discount.
On sale of $50 worth of stamps the
postmaster receives from thirty to sixty
per cent, and, if he gives the country
merchant one-thIrd of his profit, the
latter gets his $50 worth of goods for
$40, by paying for them in stamps. and
the postmaster coolly pockets $50.
This procedure is against the rules of
the department, and efforts are being
made 20 ferret out the transactions.
Two new facts Of startling impor
lance have come out since the publics-
ton of the so-called Tweed cenft ssion.
One, that the famous ''stoleu vouchers, {"
which covered up the tracks of ex-
Comptroller Connolly and his confed-
crates, were not destroyed, but sent by
Oakley Hall to London, where they
now are, bat whether in Halls custody
or not does not yet appear. The other,
that when Peter B. Sweeney went to
Europe he took with him a Vast
amount of gold, so vast that it took
five hours to count il, the purser of the
steamship refusing to take the respon-
sibhty of taking care of it unless it was
so counted. The steamship books,
both in New York and at Liverpool,
are understood to corroborate this state.
ment. Its Importance consists in the
fact thGt it enables Mr.. Sweeney to
make an advantageous settlement with
the counsel for the people when the
latter ''are ready for the question"
When Tweed was informed that the
stolen vouchers had not been destroyed,
but had turned up in London, he
manifested the utmost establishment.
Those documents of course have been
preser Sed for n purpose, and the con-
lecture is that Oakley Halls hegira had
more to do with 1t than most people at
present suspect.
The Herald says that we seem to be
nearly as much behind in cotton man
utacturlng as we excel the world in
cotton growing. We have but 21S
spindles per thousand of population,
while Great Britain has 1880 per thou
sand of her people, and we export but
seven per cent. of our total cotton
manufactures, while Great Britain ex-
ports eighty-five per cent. of hers.
We have multitude of people unem-
.ploycd, and it is evident that our man
D6aSing capacity, even at time
-. is rigidly ecOnomizing
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There is an hour when angels keep
Familiar watch DER men;
'Tis then l use my Sozodont,
Oh, happy hour when
My teeth grow white, my breath grows
sweet,
My mouth grows pure again.
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TAKE THE GENUINE ARTICLE.-The
great popularity of Simmons's Liver
Regulator or Medicine, has induced
some unprincipled persons to palm off
spurious compounds under the shadow
of its good name, so gArbled as to mis-
lead those who are not on their guard.
But any one who IS suffering from
torpid liver, dyspepsia, and disordered
bowels, should be careful to take the
genuine Simmons's Liver Regulator,
manufactured only by ]. II. Zeilin &
Co., 1t requires no putting, the results
following its use are its best recommen-
dations.
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STABBED.-John w. Taylor was stab
bed Wednesday in the side by Aaron
Burleson, his father-in-law, in Harris's
store, Pecan street. They were talking
privately together, and, as parties in
the store stated, Burleson called Taylor
liar, when the latter replied, "you are
an old man, and l will take that from
you," when Burleson made a thrust
with knife, and gave Taylor pretty
deep cut in the side, pretty well back.
DIR. Burt WAS called, and dressed the
wound, which, though severe, Is not
considered dangerous.
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Chisolm severely wounded young Gull
IL, son of Gully who was .assassiua-
ted. Miss Chisolm was also severely
wounded. Rosenbaum and Hopper
were carried TO the woods by the mob
10 extert from them the whereabouts
of Rush, the alleged assassin of Gully.
When last heard from, some weeks ago,
Rush was in Arkansas. 1t is supposed
that Rosenbaum and Hopper were
hanged. II is reported that horrible
state of affairs is existing throughout
that section, and the people are wild
with excitement, and other hangines
will probably follow.
Galveston Jockey Club Racer.
GALVESTON, Msy AT the second
days spring meeting Of the Galveston
Jockey Club the weather and track
were fine aud attendance large. The
first race was two aud quarter mile
dash for all ages. The starters were
George QGinan, Dick Morgan snd Kot-
ton. 1t was an uninteresting affair,
Quinan winning with ease. Time
I 40 IL. Kotton was bad second;
Morgan was nowhere. The second
IaCS WAS lOE 1ulI Nlly stakes, q
mile and a half dash. The starters
were VirgiIian, Methodist, Ella Row
EFT, BaYland and Conrad. Conrad was
the favorlte two to one. Ella Rowett
won by length; Virgilian was sec
ond, Conrad third, Bayland four
and Methodist five. Time 2:42 1-2.
The third race was mile heats, for all
ages. Jack Hardy and Reb started.
The race was won by Hardy in the two
strai ght heats. Time 1 40 81 and
l :46 l 4.
Tweed's Confession n Myth.
ALBANY, May Attorney General
Fairchlld was examined before the
Woodin committee He said he had
no confession of VIM. Tweed's, or any
paper signed by him. He had com
munication from Mrs. Townsend, which
informed him of what Tweed would
testify to in case he was granted GER
tain lmmunities, but he declined to
LsrnSpce the paper or tell what its con-
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HE COMING tAIR.-A liberal pro-
gramme for the next exhibition has
already been approved and changes
are announced which it is believed
will make it more acceptable to all.
A less proportionate attention to the
speed ring is one feature, while greater
encouragement is secured to stock
raising, agriculture, home manufsc-
lures and home industry. Competi-
tive equestrianism is eliminated from
the annals of the Capital State FAIR;
so is the "ugly man, ''plug hat" and
the bald headed bachelors, and baby
show stake to be retired AMI the same
energy is to be directed to some object
orlndustry which stands in need of the
sustaining countenance of the associa-
ton. Innocent children will no longer
be entered in the same arena where the
lower animals contest for physical SUI
psriority.
A most important change, and one
which stock breeders will hail with
pleasure, is that requiring the lineage
OF thoroughbreds to be proven by abso
lutte record in the herd or stock books.
Texas has so long been the refuge and
the victim of unprincipled traders,
and SO many of our citizens have been
deceived by manufactured pedigrees"
that self-preservation itself demands
some test of reliability on the one
hand and some limit to credHlity on
the other shall be established. All
men of integrity in the stock business,
whether as dealers or breeders, will be
benefited and protected from imposi-
ton, while spurious genealogies will be
forced to take back seats along with
the adventures who would perpetrste
these frauds. This ''new depart
ure" from simple statements"
and Certificates, this appeal to
the page and the book will
stimulate the introduction and ap-
preciate the value of all classes of such
stock as are really valuable to Texas,
while it will lay direct embargo on
counterfeits, whether of men Ut AMI
mails. Local decisions on open ques-
tons of blood are generally as unsatis-
factory as the labor is unpleasant and
Improbable. Stock men will there
fore at once place themselves right on
the record.
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THE STATEsMAN has again been Sc
lected by the government as the me-
dunn for the publication of the mail
routes in the Western District of Texas,
and because OF its wide circulation and
general reputation as live newspaper.
Those wishing to bid for mail routes
are referred to another page Of this pa
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II is not wonderful that Senator
Blaine dislikes Mr. Hsyes's coneiliasoF
~ Southern policy. The New Y0siB
EeeniEg Past points out the milk I'M
the cocoanut when IL remarks that 20
the Presidents policy is successful, -
it bids fair to be, Mr. BlaiDe's poiiti-
cal stock in trade is gone. The simple
truth appears 10 be that Mr.. Blame
cares q great deal more about himselay
and what he thinks are bis chances OF
becoming = presidential candidRte IN
1880, than he does about his country
or the real strength and influence %
the party whose welfare he pfstends 70
have so much at heart. 7ssEaT
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AN OLD, TRIED FRIEND.-For TWEEN
ty years TUFTS Pills have proven the
friend Of the invalid, and through all
the changes of the period tens Of thou.
sands still stick to their old friend, and
as many more are daily testing their
yirtues.
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THAT nasal twang, it is cstarrh; cure
it Al once, before it shows on your face,
by DIR. ]. II. McLean's catarrh snuff.
1t soothes irritation, cures sores In the
nose, face or skin. Trial boxes, by
mail, 80 cents. DIR. ]. II. Mclean,
3l4 Chestnut street, st. Louis.
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WALL PAPER! WALL PAPER!-A
large and varied assortment for sale at
greatly reduced prices, by J. j. q W.
II. Tobin. fl6dGWtt
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The combination of more than one
action liz a sewing machine or agricul-
tursl implement increases its value, and
we do not wonder at the enlarging de-
mand for Home Stomach Bitters, with
its splendid combinations OF medicinal
virtupa
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The True Cross--Doe. IT sim .Exi.ti

1t is historically stated, whether
truthfully or not we do not aver, that
the true cross on which the Savior was
put to death was discovered by the
Empress Helena in the year SEQ, near
the place our Lord was buried. The
plous discoverer sent part of it to the
Emperor Constantine, then at Constan-
tlnople, and another part to Rome, to
be placed in chapel which the Empress
Helena had built there, called THE
Holy Cross of jerusalem" where, we
are informed, it remains to the present
day. The inscription at the head of
the cross was sent by this same Catho-
lie Empress to the same church in
Rome. The inscription in Hebrew,
Greek and Latin is in red letters, and
the wood was whitened. Such we are
told was its appearance in the year
1892, since which time the colors have
faded, the words Jesus and Judicorum
having entirely disappeared. The board
is nine, but was originally twelve in
ches long. The greater part of the
cross was, by order of the Empress
Helena, inclosed in SILVER shrine and
committed to Nicarious, the Bishop of
Jerusalem, that it might be handed
down as an object of veneration to
posterity. 1t was accordingly kept in
magnificent church at Jerusalem, and
publicly exhibited to the people at
Easter. St. Paulinus, in his epistle to
Servours, says that though small parti
les were cut daily from the cross, yet
cred wood thereby suffered no
tible diminution, and it is
~. Cyril. of Jerusalem.
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MURcnIsoS has just had one OF his
carriages overhauled in q style that
would do credit to any place. Austin
has excellent workmen in all its local
Industries
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lately. Nearly every regiment
"a the service is full.
The military artifcers at Woolwich
were excused yesterday from regular
monthly drill, on account of the emer
gency of work on which they are en-
gagged, namely: the repairs and prep
aration of the wagons and ambulances
constituting full train.
Seven twelveston naval guns have
been shipped to Portsmouth, and four
hundred tons of ammunition and arms
are being shipped for Malta.
LONDON, May In the House of
Lords this afternoon, Lord Derby, in
reply to question by Earl Granville,
said the government had prepared an
answer to Russia's circular, which was
approved by the Queen. 1t will be
sent out tonight, and will be laid be-
fore the House as soon as delivered to
Russia.
NEW YORK, May Rev. John
Lancaster Spauldlng, of st. Miuhael's
Church, in this city, was to-day conse-
Grated Bishop of the new diocese of
Peoria, Illinois, at St. Patrlck's Ca
thedral, with impressive ceremonies,
by Cardinal McClosky.
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The Wise Course In Rheumatism.

Rheumatic patients who have been
induced to submit to depletion by blood
letting, or to take colchicun and other
drugs of an equally pernicious charac-
ter, will consult their we'll being by
abandoning such insane procedure, and
using as a substitute Hostettcr's Stom-
ach Bitters, which will infalllbly afford
them tho much desired relief, and is
absolutely safe. This benign vegetable
depurent cools the blood by expelling
from it the inhammatory elements
which give rise to maladies of rheu-
matte and equity type, and rectifies dis
ordered conditions of the stomach,
nervous system and bowels which
usually accompany them. AS rheuma-
tism has a tendency to attack the heart,
the desirability of an early resort to the
bitters is obvious, since the danger is
increased. by every moment of delay.
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Foreign Notes.

Germany is now Speeding $50, 900, :
900 year on her army, and France
sos, 900, 900. The new German Par
lament is face to face, for the first
time, with an imperial deficit. t''t
The increase of French population 10
alarmlngly small. The births last year
were only LOG, 900 more than the
deaths. In 1874 there were about
$4,000 more; but in either case the
increase is very small in population
of SO, 900, 900.
The French are nothing if not SER
sahenal. The grand new Avenue de
fOpera IN Paris is now in course Of
being laid out and opened, and the
engineer in charge, instead OF allowing
the multitude to gaze upon his work
in progress of completion, has put up
high board screens, cutting of the
public view entirely. His object is to
prepare pleasant surprise for his
brother Parlsians, anu to let them feast
their eyes only upon the completed
avenue, with tho sidewalks newly laid
and the macadamized roadway freshly
rolled. Is =. =
A gentleman has just died in Paris
who owed most of his celebrity to the
quaint manner in which he managed
TO disembarrass himself of his creditors.
No sooner did dun present himself
than he was ushered into room hung
round with variety of mirrors, some
convex, Others concave, etc. In one
the unfortunate creditor beheld himself
with head as flat as founder, in an
other his features were nearly as sharp
e y knife, in a third he had several
nni in fourth he was upside
n1ha5 the broad grin Of
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Two HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD
For failure to cure any case of ''habit-
ual constipation" of the bowels with
DIR. Sherman's compound prickly ash
bitters, provided its use is persisted in
as directed. No matter whether the
disease is the result of torpid liver
or q relaxed condition of the muscular
coating of the bowels, they never fail
to cure it; also, all the various diversi-
fed, sympa.hic, nervous disorders usu-
ally accompanying Indigestion, and oc-
casional or habitual constipation Of the
bowels. 1t also cures dizziness, sick
headache, leucorrhea and female weak
ness usually accompanying the same.
No spirit is used in them, except a
pure article of Holland gin. Ladies
in particular will find them peculiarly
adapted to their wants in all ages and
conditions of life. For sale at Morley
BROS. drug store. Sample bottle
twenty-five cents.
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The CUMBERLAND PIcsIc.-on Sat-
urday next the Sunday school children
OF the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church viii go on picnic and rail-
road excursion TO "Fireman's Grove"
five miles beyond Round Rock. Four
cars have been engaged for the excur-
sion and others will be added il re-
quired. The International Railroad
Company has contracted to take chill
dren up and back at fifty cents
and grown people for one dol
lar, and no doubt these low
rates will induce a great many people
10 participate IN the excursion. A
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known to resist the Or -
rors for more than quarter OF 40 -
When the Prince of Wales was in In
dia, one of the most elaborate enter
tainers was Sir Jung Bahadoor, the
Prince of Nepaul. This gentleman la
just died, and three OF his widows have
revived the ancient practice Of suffice
by burning themselves with his re-
mains on a funeral pyre. In those
parts of India governed directly by
Englishmen, suffice has been complete
ly suppressed, but Nepaul is one OF the
semi-independent States where the an
cient code in many respects holdssway.
Sir Jung died while at his devotions,
and his wives resolved to seek the
highest consolation. They piled the
pyre with sandal wood, the first lady
took the head of the corpse between
her knees and the others sat around it,
while the chief mourner lighted the
pile. The custom is said TO take its
rise from a mistranslation of the sacred
Vedas, but it must be pretty old one,
for the historic incident precedes the
Christian era by three centuries. 1t
was supported by the Brahmins as an
easy way of settling questions OF
dover. The present recurrence Of it
is so shocking to the British people
that 1t is likely to prove the occasion
of more supervision Of States like Ne
paul. '-'~
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HIGHEST range of thermometer IN
April, SO degrees; lowest range, %
degree. Rainfall for April, 4.6s
inches.
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Coon ApvICK.-Now il the time of
year for pneumonia, lung fever, etc.
Every family should have bottle of
Boschee's German Syrup. Don't allow
tor one moment that cough to take
mold of your child, your family or your
self. Consumption, asthma, pneumo-
mia, Group, hemorrhages and other
fatal diseases may set in. Although it
is true German syrup is curing thou
sands Of these dreaded diseases, yet 1t
is much better to have it at hand when
three doses will cure you. One bottle
will last your whole family winter
and keep you safe from danger. If you
are consumptive, do not rest until you
have tried this remedy. Sample bot
tiles 10 cents. Regular size rs cents.
Sold by youi druggist Morley Bros.
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There is as much healthful and
Strengthening exercise in black
smith shop As in boat rowing. and the
Milwaukee SeAtiNel suggests that black
smith shops be attached to our col
leges.