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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-03-15

hands of Nicholls's chief of police on
charge of murder.
Stone will be renominated as dis
trict attorney for South Carolina. The
President decided to send it in again
in Difference to the Endorsement of his
predecessor. South Carolina Republi-
cans are not very earnest in their oppo-
sition to him.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-Gen. Bah
cock took charge Of the Fifth Light
house District as Major of Engineers.
A special to New York paper says
that a number oil informal caucuses
have been held by the Southern Re-
publicans during the past day or two,
and they have, with few exceptions,
expressed q determination to do every
thing in their power to prevent the
recognition and success of the Nichols
and Hampton governments. Should
they fail in this, as is now believed to
be probable, they will, or at least they
say they will, change the political
complexion of the upper house OF Con-
gress by voting against the admission
of Mr.. Kellogg from Louisiana, and
Mr.. Corbin from South Carolina.
Advlces have been received from
Toledo that upward of zoo. 600 letters
were destroyed by the burning Of the
postal car attached to train No. 4, on
the Buffalo and Chicago Railroad lesv-
ing Chicago at ten minutes 10 3, on
the eighth. The train cOilded with
freight train near Sedan, Indiana,
the shock uPsetting the stove and
turning up the car and contents. The
registered mail lost must have been
very valuable, as the tran usually
brings the bankers remittanees OF
bonds and other collaterals, besides
many costly articles sent registered
and for which no refund can be OBJ
tanned.
Evarts will not give up his law prac'
tee.
Senator Cameron, OF Wisconsin, who
had been sick, was in his seat to-day.
Among the rumors afioat are, thai
George William Curtis will relieve
Pierrepont in England; ex-SecretarJ
Bristow viii take Caleb Cushing's place
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A Wonderful Invention.


The Scientific american contains the
first announcement of what may be the
most wonderful invention of the day.
Nothing could be more incredible than
the likelihood of once more hearing the
voice of the dead, yet the invention of the
new instrument is said to render this pos
sible hereafter. 1t is true that the voices
are stilled, but whoever has spoken, or
whoever may speak into the mouthpiece
of the =. graph, and whose words are
recorded 10y il, has the assurance that his
tones may be reproduced audibly in his
own tones long after he himself has turned
into dust. A strip of indented paper
travels through lit z machine, the sounds
of the latter are magllfed, and posterity
centuries hence hear us as plainly as if
we were present. Speech has become as
it were, immortal. The Scientific american
says:
The possibilities of the future are not
much more wonderful than those of the
present. The orator in Boston speaks, the
iudented strip of paper is the tangible re-
suit; but this travels under a second ma
chine which NAV connect with the tele-
phone. Not only is the speaker heard
now in San francisco for example, but by
passing the strip again under the repro
Queer he may be heard tomorrow, or next
year, or next century. His speech in the
first instance is recorded and transmitted
simultaneously, and indefinite repetition
is possible.
The new invention is purely mechani
cal-no electricity is involved. 1t is a
simple affair of vibrating plates, thrown
into vibration by the human voice. 1t is
crude yet, but the principle has been
found, and notifications and improve
ments are only matter of time. So also
are its possibilities other than those al
ready noted. Will letter writing be a
proceeding of the past! Why not, if by
simply talking into Il mouthpiece our
speech is recorded on paper, and the cor
respondent can by the same paper hear
us speak? Are We to have new kind OF
books2 There is no reason why the ora
tions of our modern Ciceros should not
be recorded an i detachablY bound so that
we can run the indented slips through
the machine, and in the quiet of our own
apartment listen again, and as often as
we will, to the eloquent words. Nor are we
restricted to spoken words. Music may
be crystaliLcd as we'll. Imagine an opera
or an oratorio, sung by the greatest living
vocalists, thus recorded, and capable of
being repeated as we desire.
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A TOsdy.

Thare is kind 0v ekonomy that don't
pay; it ia the kind that people resort to
after they hav squandeIed all their mum
ny. The man who lives the life ov a
toady is kind of human spit-box. A
gentleman kant hide hiz true karakter
emmy more than loafer kan. Peace il
what we all long for. and what we git
tired ov the quickest. The man who kan
control his wants IL the only one who can
control hiz happiness. The man whom
you kan fiatter you kan abuse at your
leisure. Epltaffs are like cirkuss bills,
thare il a CRATE deal in the bills that IL
never performed. 1t don't pay to be
mean: no man ever dun mean thing yet
without being dissatisfied with it. All
ov the suckcessfull vices have made their
debut under cover ov sum one of the vlr-
tews. Cerimonys in society are absolute
" necessary to preserve good order; most
people hav no other idee ov good breed
ing than cerimonys,-JoshB Billings.
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brandy, nand perhaps fifty fights, marked
the feelings OF the miners toward Kim,
and their detestati0n of the murderer
Hans was carefully guarded ull the next
day, when he was started down toward
Melbourne in charge of ole officer, and
our party of six as a hired escort sworn
IN rs special Constables for the occasion !;
but in crossing a small branch of the Tar
IA River, on log foot-bridge, the murder
er suddenly freed himself from the hold
of the officer, who was steldying him
over, and plunged into tie river, then
swollen 10 torrent. We could do moth
ing to save him. He was drowned, and
thus saved from the gallows.-N- Y,
Star
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The Intelligent Compositor.

From the Eoslon Commercial Bulletin
From the sample trunks in the hall
ways of the hotels, we should Judge the
drummers from New York houses have
arrived in town. was the innocent par
agraph Western editor wrote for his
paper.
When he returned from dinner, the
grinning office-boy announced to him
that four gentlemen were waiting to see
him.
"where are theygn asked the quill
driver.
"well," said the imp, "they've been
smoking in the composing-room till the
conpositors have sneezed all the type out
of their sticks, n they've sent me out six
times for beer, IA now they're playin'
draw poker with the foreman on the inn
posing stone'n
avery well,n said the editor, bringing
a large club in the corner more into view,
replacing the paper-cutter with bowie
knife, and half opening drawerin which
reposed revolver. "show 'em inn
Four gentlemen in very plaid suits
with very large diamond pins and very
large watch-chains, with lockets at the
ends as big as dollars. entered, the fore
most laying a card on the desk inscribed,
" SHARP CHIsEI 4 CO..
1901 Beekman Street. New York,
Hardware and Cutlery
in small letters, and
Presented by
GEORGE GOUGE,"
in very large ones, asked:
"Are you the editori"
The journalist looked at the party
quietly, as il calculating the cost of
their grave clothes. and answered, 81
am"
'"IIere is a little paragraph about com
mercial Travellers said Mr.. Gouge, pull
ing paper from his pocket, (which me
and my friends who are members of the
Temple of Honor, and belong to the
Young Mems Christian Association of New
York, would like explained
The miserable man took the
paper, mechanically, and gazed at his
paragraph, which the printer had set as
follows:
"From the simple DRINKS in the hell
wavs ofhotels, we should Judge the drunk
ards from New York houses have arrived
in town.
Quietly taking up his revolver, the edi-
tor strobe up-stairs-two sharp reports
and heavy falls were heard, and the jour
nalist returned and pleasantly remarked
to bis visitors:
Gentlemen, there are not many enter
tainments in this town now, but a proof
reader and a compositor are to be buried
tomorrow, and, if you care for that sort of
thing, should be pleased to see you at the
funerals
And he sat down to write an obituary
notice, while that night, through the cold
and heavy mist" four gentlemen bought
railroad tickets TO Chicago.
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AHerOic Old Soldier.

There was a private soldier named
Gardieff who won fame and death in a
heroic manner, writes a war correspond
in the eastern war. He was an old soldier
but had, not long ago, fallen into dis
grace. He had received severe punish
ment for disorderly conduct. and on be-
ing permitted to assume his place in the
ranks, the commander of his squadron
had said to HIM: ~
"Gardieff, you had better get yourself
killed, or do something now that will
make us forget your past follies.r
The brave fellow was seen to dash
wildly into the fight; slashing right and
left. he killed with his own hand four of
the TURKS within Eve minutes, when he
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" Call Me Not Dead"
RY n. nj. GILDER.

By r. W. GLIDER
Call me not dead when l. indeed, have gone
Into the company OF the everything
High and most glorious poeisl Les thanks
giving
Rather be made. Say He at last hath won
Rest and release, converse supreme and wise,
Music and song and light of immoI tai
faces;
To-day, perhaps, wandering in starry places,
lie hath met Keats, and know him by his eyes.
Tomorrow ,whoe an sayf) SHAKESPEARE may
pass
And our lost friend just catch one syllable
o. that three-eenturied wit that kept SO
well,
Or MiltOn,-or Dante, looking ON The grass,
Thinking OF Beatrice, and listening slil
To chained hymns Ina, sound from the heay-
emily hlll.n
Scribisr for N0rcnISr.
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GLEAsoS's MONTHLY COMPANION 10 81 a
year, single copies 10 cents. Allpostage free
The price Of Chromos has just been greatly
reduced. No one now gives such libe al
terms 10 agents as We do. Send Tor new free
circular. Address +. GLEASON 4 Co, as
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was surrounded and literally hewn and
cut TO pieces. 1t was the intention Of his
regimens TO give the body ceremonial
burial on the following day, but the bat
tie pre- vented this from being carried out,
and brave Gardieff was committed to the
earth among the ordinary dead.
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IF my wife chooses to throw sauce
pans and stove-lids at my head, and tear
nv shirt and chuck me out of the
house" he soIiloqrized, as he got VI
from the gutter, Every well. II she Is
that sort OF a woman, very well. l am
sorry FOL her, but can't help il. How
can / communicate to her nature those
little subtle refnements and delicate
graces that are alone the prerogative OF
finer spirits 2''-Pttck.
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HAVE sold Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup
about four years. By using 1t in my own
family, became satisfied of Us merit II has
become the leading article OF lis kind, having
were freely given away. and this led TO its
rapid introduction. JAMES JOHNSON,
Clayton, JEFF. Co, y. Y
Ex-Member of New York Legislature.
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The queen OF the Ov~n.

A hreakfast-bscuit or tea-roh made with
DOoLEY's YEAsT POWDER Is certainly the
queen Of the oyen-so light white and deli
cious. You lift il tenderly, break it open gen
tly, spread il dain,ily with fresh, sweet butter,
waiting TO be gracious. After breakfastins on
biscuits made with DooLEY's YEAST POWDER,
what man would contemplate suicide, or
grumble because his wife asked him for
money.
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Can De finished as easy Is heHamjng HaEdkeEchief
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An elegant set 81 genuine Gold plate Collar and
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Ia anv part the Union express charges TO pay
Samples with fuii directions for seii-measufefnsnt
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Great reduction in price for 1873 o. GLEA-
soN's PlcaoRIAL to 81 q year. Single copies
GEMS.
The HoME CIRCLE to 80 year, single
copies cents, for sale By all newsdealers.
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JACKSON'S BEST
SWEET NAVY CHEWING TOBAcC0l

awarded the highest prize az Centennial Exposition
Tor It's fine chewing qualities exceieace and astias
character OF its sWeetHning and davorinG you
tie best tobacco made ask your grocer FOR this and
see tst each plug hears blue strip trade mark viii
words Jacksons Best it. Sold wholesale by al Job
bers. send Cor sample u 4. a. JACtA son - Co,
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We know not where they tarry who have died
The gate wherein they entered is made fast
No living mortal hath seen one who passed
Hither. from out that darkness deep and
wide.
We build on Faith; and some less bold have
cried
Vain hopes that fall like flowers before the
blast!
What man can look on Death unterrifeds
Who love can never die They are a part
OF all that live beneath the summer SKY;
With the worlds living soul their souls are
one:
Nor shall they in wide nature be undone
And lost in the general life. Zach separate
heart
shall live. aud find its own. and never die.
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w DIRK FOR ALI to sell the two best sub
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LOVE AND DEATH.

Now, who can take from Us what we have
known
We that have looked into each others eyes
though lowering night should blacken all
the skies,
The day is ours, and what the day has
shown.
What We have seen and beer, hath this not
grown
Part Of our very selves? We, made love
wise,
What power shall slay our steadfast mem
Orics
And who shall take Us from what is our
owny
SO when a shade Of the last parting fell,
This thought gave peace, as one deep com
fort hath,
Who, thiTsting, drinks cool waters from a
well
But, sudden, saw that spirit without breath,
That body bOdiless, that Invisible
Maker Of visible woe; booked on DEATH
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the glorious old Mustang-the Best and Cheapest
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tang Iiniment cures when nothing else will.
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PULAMONA,

which Is also recomuended as certain and radical
cure Tor all general and special arrangements Il the
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FictionS of History.

One OF the bits of history most familiar
to Americans is Jackson's battle of New
Orleans, where, from behind his breast
works OF cotton bales Ia material which the
enemy's cannon could not pierccl he
repulsed with prodigious slaughter Pack
enham's veterans, fresh from their Eu.
ropean victories. The story of the rampant
OF cotton, as related in both English and
American histories, is, however, purely
apocryphal. It's origin seems to be the
fact that many days before the battle of
January 8th (tor Jackson's troops had been
working steadily at the entertainments
since Christmasl, about fifty bales Of cotton
had been taken from neighboring fiat,
boat and thrown into a line of earth.
works to increase its bulk. About a week
before the assault, in a preliminary sllir-
mlsh, as Walker tells us in his .IacEsoa and
Ne0 orleans, the enemys balls, striking
one OF these bales, knocked it out Of the
mound, set fire to the cotton, and sent it
lying about, to the great danger of the
ammunition. All the bales were conse.
quently removed. After, this, continues
the account, mo cotton bales were eyer
used III the breastwork. The mound was
composed entirely Of earth dug from the
canal and the field in the rear. The exa
pertinent in using cotton and other articles
IN raising the embankment had been
discarded"
Again, for eighteen years after this
battle it was gospel with US that the British
olhcers at dawn promised their troops a
plentiful dinner in New Orleans, and gave
them booty and beauty as the parole and
countersign of the day In i823, Gen.
Camberth and four other British officers
who had been engaged IT, the reckless ex.
pedltion, denied this story, which accord
lngly has measurably vanished out of
history. The absurd fcticn of "booty and
beauty, watchwOrd reappears, however, at
intervals IN our own civil war, ascribed 10
Gen. Beauregard and other Confederate
olhcers. Our ancestors, also, used to eniov
the story of Putnam's exploit at Horse
neck, where he escaped from party of
Iyron's troopers by forcing his horse down
Hight OF seventy stone steps (another
account swells them to Il hundred) that
formed the stairway by which the villagers
assembled to the church on the brow of The
hill. This is the narrative in Peters H.storl
Of Connecticut, which Dwight calls "mass
of falsehoods." The story of the stairway
IS sheer fabrication, founded on the fact
that common stones here and there aided
the villagers to ascend the hill; vet there
exists pictures of Putnam charging down
long tier of steps as well denfined and
regular as those of the Capitol at Washing
ton, while the discomfted dragons at the
top pour in q volley that does not harm
him. A partial PARALLEL to this exaggera.
tion may be found in the current descriptions
OF Sheridan's Ride at Wincester. a solid
exploit, brilliantly touched up in Buchanan
great cavalry general is said to have
jocosely remarked that off the bard had
seen the horse he never would have written
the poem. = GaLaay for JlGy.