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nautical commander, terrible to the foe
was IN complete and happy subiugation
to his daughter, our heroine.
As he was taking his leave, Dolignan
saw his divinity glide into the drawing
room. He followed her, observed a sweet
! consciousness deepen into confusion She
| tried to laugh, and cried instead, and
then she smiled again; when he kissed
her hand at the door it was George and
"Marian' instead of Captain" this and
Miss the other
\ reasonable time after this (tOr my
tale is merctu and skips torinalites and
| torturIng delays, these two We're very
happy they We're once more upon the
railroad, going to enjoy their honeymoon
all by themselves. Marian D0lignan was
dressed lust as before duck like and de
lclous: all bright except her clothes
but George sat beside her this time in
stead Of opposite; and She drank him III
gently from her eyclashcS
"Marian," said George, '.marrled peo-
PIE should tell each other All VIII YOU
ever forgive me if own to YOU no"
~ es: YES
"Well, then You remember the Box
Tunnel" (This was the first allusion he
had vcnturcd to it) II am ashamed to
say had - to go with White | would
kiss one of you ladies, and George, pa
thctic externally, chucklcd within.
- know that George | overheard
yon." was the dcmurc reply,
'oh you overheard me impossible "
"lnd did you not hear me whisper to
my companion | made bet with her "
The Republican journal., 1878-08-01
General Twiggs's Valuable Swords,

\ lady in England has made applica-
tons for three valuable swords, formerly
the property OF General TWiggs. but
which We're captured by General Butler
when he entered New Orleans during the
war. The swords were sent by General
Butler to President Lincoln and deposit
cd by his successor, President johnson,
in the vaults Of the treasury department
for safe keeping. They are valued at
thirty five thousand dollars One of them
was presented to General 'Twiggs 10y Con
gress for bravery during the Mexican war.
The scabbard is of pure gold and the
sword hilt is of solid gold, brilliantly set
with diamonds. When General TwiggS
ran away from New Orleans at the ap-
proach Of the Union troops he left these
swords behind, but sent a letter to Il
young lady friend, saying that he had de-
cided to give them to her and asking her
to obtain them. Soon attcrward General
Twiggs died, and the lady, who now
lives i'll England, claims the swords us her
property, and has made formal applica-
tion to the secretary of the treasury for
them. The request is now under con
SideratiOn.
Caterpllars are making extensive ravages in
Halifax and the whole surrounding country. The
trees are stripped of their foliage and as bare
in mid winter
The Republican journal., 1878-08-01
Chased by an Engine.
\ Conductors STORY.

be at our nIace of destination The con.
ductor had finished rollecting the farns
and SEEING vacant spar hr M side had
dronned jntn # IL if tnr ! IrtIa III at
the and nf . t}rosnno da,,s nori. IL
made an entry in lis noteEool cInsad i
placed II in his Lraast rocLet hu,t,n.,l
his co.t failed his ,r,ns and man fnrned
to me Win a friendly remark as # now
he felt at uIart,,' ~ I.,.. .,yiIn IN ntfi.i.f
djgnjty anl H. .nriall. v,s aIaJ II
vIiIn au.av III ttn,n Ill INK tr,7, n.,,,
rushinr ,lnn,r III larLu,.s ,yI,irh VIII,
cpalrd In nI;nn+. nf intnray, <yi,l,n',i
ana III ,n.,,',.,..,.I ti,, ,,.,,, ,,rs,tin,
.Nor .nIm.t h',7o ,rat ,,;,I, .,,,no i,,t...
estino cvnrrinnrns ,nI nn,.l4,,. vitb .nna
Great d,nrcI.s II thn' 'rd,,r.n' NJ ,,n,I. f,.a =,
said thn rundmrt,,... ,,ril.l,. l,a.,rd sI,',.
ing that he miaht have seen \ lung service
"WclI. perhaps the most exciting time
in my cypcricnrc was tFr nflrht WAS
chased hy an enginr a uioht Which this
one reminds me of" slid hr. looking out
The Republican journal., 1878-08-01

7 '' ~ ''' ~ 7iit' -
our faces thought Jake's face looked
little pale, ana nerhans mine did III
MN that onr r,rrsIIeI All not haIr u
Jamaica ve were enr,raIv nf, onr rnrl,on.
inrs and We rnnId m,l,e M M gnass 80 -
me ralIsr If on,, rh,sa n.,. ,41r, II ,rn,II
end. The nrosnecr seemed ,I,at re 20 ,n'Jht ]
be driven 10 The end of thn ro,d If W..
= .,i3 '.,I. 'I."' - "'''' S''''9'l'" or'olo
"'That's the Franklin, sure, broke out
jake once more. 'ND other engine on the
load could overhaul lis as wc ;lre going
now What can that fool Of Simpson
mean bv driving her at such Il rate lie
must Pc drunk # the boss doesn't brraA
hin tomorrow hr Won't gct his deserts
He VIII hc into us in tHo inmates.
~ on are right, Jake, SAID l. Go for
ward and see if YOU cannot get Us Il little
more hcadvav. Empty Il few of those
petroleum cans on the wood and pitch it
m and see what can be done
The Republican journal., 1878-08-01

ocles Euripedes, and Aristophanes they
began it, and ! learned it Of them sore
against my will.
Miss llaythorn'S scream lost most of its
effect because the engine Whistled 4O,OW
murders at the same moment; and iiCti-
tlouS grlei makes itself heard when real
cannot.
Between the tunnel and Bath oul
young friend had time to ask himself
whether his conduct had been marked
by that delicate reserve which is sup
posed to distinguish the perfect gentle
man
With a long face. real or iegned, he
held open the door. His late friends at
tempted To escape on the other side i'm
possible they must pass him. She
whom he had insulted l.atn for kissed
deposited somewhere at his feet look
Of gentle, hluShing rcpruach the other,
whom he had net nSulted, darteu red
hot daggers 1T him from her eyes and
50 they parted.
It was. perhaps, fortunate for Dolignan
that he had the grace to be 4, friend OF
MAYOR ll0Skyns of his regiment, a Netc-
ran laughed at by the Youngsters for the
Mayor was too apt to look codly upon
billiard IAN, ,,i .;,, j. h.I ~
c,n,,nn h,lI, nnl iI,,,t.,l. H., mn
also. to tell the truth, swallowed good
deal OF the mess-room poker, which made
scnnd ~ .,n ,,,,,a,,+1n,na,'lil', r.,ri. ~, ~ ~
tinn as IN h,.n.h L;sn,.,, tr,,,,,nrs l,nn,,tb
tho l,pn.
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The Republican journal., 1878-08-01
What. an English Traveller Saw in South
Africa.

Mr.. +. T.. COlenSo writes to Nature from
MaritZburg: II noticed one morning that
along the bottom of the front wall Of my
house, on the veranda. there lay guam
tity Of reddish brown powder; there was
enough to till a cot1te-cup. ON looking
closer saw that it was made up of small
and larger fragments which gliStened,
and on inspecting some in my hand they
turned out to be the heads, legs, trunks,
&c, of countless ants. \ number of the Sc
animals We're still on The wall above, and
my attention being now arrested, watch
ed them and saw that they were con-
tributing to the carnage beneath. | saw
a group of little ones fastening on to a
big ant, which made desperate efforts to
release itself At first the BIG one bit
several little ones in two, and the parts
dropped down from the wall /; but after a
while the little ones severed all the legs
Of the BIG one, and finally got on his back
and cut him in two. The group then
dropped down to swell the mass below
Similar scenes We're enacted elsewhere on
the wall The commencement of one
combat was as follows: 4 BIG ant walk
ed along till it met another big one, and
the two shook antennT. just then lit
tie one seized hold of hind leg of one of
these big ones Neither took any notice,
but continued a rapid conversation Sud
denly other small ones came up, when the
big ones, whose leg was grabbed, turned
furiouSly on the little one and seized him
by the middle This could not be done
until the big one had doubled himself up
no Of
tagonist he lifted him in the air and
shipped him in two. Meanwhile all the
big ones legs had been seized by the lit
tie ones and the party seemed to turn
over and over, the little bits tumbling
down, now leg, now half an ant, till the
big one was vanished"
The Republican journal., 1878-08-01

A new way Of filling a theatre is resort
ed to in Paris, where in summer the thea
tres are empty in fine weather, and only
full when the rain drives folks in from
the boulevards. There is a kind Of chem
ical paper which changes color with
damp. When the atmosphere is dry it IS
blue, when wet it turns to pink. The
manager prints free admissions on this
chemical paper, and puts at the foot a
condition: "This ticket is only available
if the ticket be blue: If it be pink it will
be refused"
The Republican journal., 1878-08-01
The New York Police on Duty.

me New oFK f0llce on pu'y'
Every street ana broad allcy III tie citv
isdiyided intoaserleso Of posts or beats. +
patroIcd bt single officer. which vary
in length according to the locality. some
IN the northern part of the island being
many block, in length. while others in
the lower wards are scarcely two blocks
long. and are intcrsrcted hv other posts.
Besides tins. officers are stationed a-
much lrcquentcd corners ana Street cross
im.s. at railway stations. steamboat land-
The Republican journal., 1878-08-01

Paris has found its absolutely latest sensation
in man who for a considerable wager has led, on
foot, from Romorantin to Paris, herd Of fifty
hares, twenty five of each sex Though the ami
mails had been carefully trained he had good
deal of trouble with them, and usually travelled
by night Encouraged by his success, he now
proposes to conduct his flock round the Exposi-
ton at the hour when it is most thronged, without
losing one of their number
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

THE banks haYe organized to destroy
silver as part of the currency in New
York. The plot will soon extend into
the South. Enough Republicans and
friends of the banks have been chosen
members of Congress to prevent the
annihllation of the banks. Hayes will
probably veto any measure which the
banks condemn, and there is no help for
it. Gold, whether the people will it
or not, shall be the only real money of
the U nited States. We have created,
when establishing the national bank
ing system, power within the govern
ment greater than the government and
stronger than the people, and defying
the popular will, disposing at
will of popular wealth. We said a
year ago that the banks would
force the people to discard silver or
make them pay heavy discount when
using it. Hayes can be utilized by the
banks in effectlng their purposes, and
when Grant is made President by the
banks and by the solid North against
a solid South, silver will be thrust out
of the country and gold will be the
only money as it is the country's only
god.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

THE money question will engage q
large share of the attention of Con-
gress. Mr.. Alex. H. Stephens, ad-
verting to this matter few days ago,
said:
! am very sure that the money quef-
tion In its present shape will be dead.
Ny own views are positive enough.
beheYe in honest money and plenty OF
1t. At present we evidently have NOT
enough for the demands of trade, noJ
enough to start up the industries OF
the country. / think it would have
been well for the House to have passed
the bill we matured in the committee
OF coinage, weights and measures,
which provided for the use of silver
certificates to be used in the place OF
bullion. We cannot turn out the bull
lion fast enough. Three more mints
are required. France to day is the
best fiscal nation on the earth, because
she never allows the currency TO fall
short of the demand.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

Rev. JAMES DIXON, an able Metho-
dist preacher Of Louisville, Kentucky,
has become a member Of the Christian
Church of that city and is licensed to
preach. Ia auswer to the question
'How can such a man as d.. Dixon
unite with the Christian Church ~
Rev. J. c. fully, the pastor of The
Central, says:
The doctrinal position of the "Dis-
ciples of Christ" or the christian
Church, Is such that any lover OF God
who holds to the leading Protestant
| principle, viz, ''the Bible alone is
the rule of faith and practice" can
unite with us without a sacrifice of real
principle or of divine truth.
First-Because we require no person
either to teach or practice anything
not especially imposed upon the wor-
shippers of God through our Lord Jesus
Christ by the Holy Spirit in the word
of Truth.
Second-Because we are making an
honest and earnest effort to re-estab-
lish the Church of Christ upon the
| apostolic foundation, both in theory
and practice.
Third-Because truth revealed by
the Holy Spirit in the Bible is made
the ground of fellowship, and not
system of opinions of their truth, either
of our own or of others.
In receiving ministers or members
from other religious bodies into our
fellowship, we recognize the fact that
there are many excellencies both of
doctrine and practice among our re-
ligious neighbors, resulting only in cor
responding eXcellencies of Christian
character. We, therefore, receive them
upon the evidence of their moral and
religious standing, leaving them to
their individual freedom in matters of
opinion, but requiring unquestioning
submission to the expressed will of
God-the Bible-in all matters of faith.
1t is for this reason we except of
every one received into our communion
immersion, as the act of baptism, not
because such is our opinion, but rather
because it is unquestionably baptism
itself, which belongs to the realm of
faith and not of opinion. So, also, In
all essentials, we require only that
course of conduct which is beyond
doubt in accord with the holy Scrip
lures. If, therefore, a minister GENES
to us, from others, expecting to con-
tinue to preach, we desire him to
''preach the word" Not according to
some human formulated system, how
ever excellent, but the word of God as
it is, and as it was intended to be
preached among all nations for the
obedience of faith.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

GEORGETOWN and Nsvasota and 9th
er towns and villages can construct
railways even now, but the property
holders OF Austin do nothing. Each
Is afraid that it will est him some
thing. and each hopes that everybody
else will do the work and spend the
money, while he gathers in his con-
stantly IesseneSl gains. 1t is time that
Austin had learned lessons from other
towns and cities. See whek Navasota
is doing. The Tai1r says:
Mr.. Hyatt, vice president Of the g.
and NJ. r. X. Co., states that seven car
loads o. iron were received for his road
Sunday, and twenty-three more are ea
route from New York; that grading
will be completed to Caney creek, FIVE
miles beyond Plsnterzville, By the first
Of December. TRck-lsyiRg will be
commenceS At this end to-dav. and
Mr.. Hyatt says the rosd viii be flash
ed to PIanleFsvilfc by the fwenty-ilth,
when he viii give us ell Christmas
ride.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

PERHAPS Charley Ross Is hiding out
with A. T. Stewards body. But what
signifies 1t. What religious or other
training induces a sane woman to offer
$25, 600 for rotten flesh and reeking
skull or rattling bones2 1t is an exhi-
bitlon of weakness unparalleled or OF
superstition too gross for tolerstion.
Or is it a silly exhibition of vanity that
impels the old lady to squander money
in this queer fashion? Stewards dead
body is worth no more to him or his
surviving friends than that of the mean
est culprit whose carcass is legitimate
ly marketable among the doctors.
Stewart, if he "still live," would pre-
fer that the grave robbers retain
the skull as drinking cup, and
that the $25, 900 be given to the
poor. Mrs. Stewart is surely mad
and this concession to superstltious
public opiBion and waste of money up
on knaves involved in her conduct is
ridiculous and shameful. Stewards
soul may be in better or worse world
than this; his fame is fixed and can
not be made less or greater, or brighter
or discolored, and fame is all there is
of A. T. Stewart. His bones are part
of. Mother Earth and to her bosom they
return, whether through the gateway
of proud mausoleum or The lowliest
grave it signifies nothing to the living
or dead. In view of the fact that it
will now be fashionable for rich fapi-
lies to offer rich largesses for stolen
corpses, the body-snatchIng profession
will grow in numbers and riches and
thus in respectability.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
BULLDOZEES.

A few days ago We were led To be-
lieve, from published tinterview" " be-
tween the President and al editor of
the Washington Republican,, thst the
Presidents conduct towards the South
AID his relations to Blaine, Cnnkling
and Chandler were wholly changed.
1t Is proper to state that the President
declares he never uttered such views
or conceived such purposes as those
ascribed to him by the Republican, lie
says the conversation, as reported,
never occurred. In truth, the position
of Mr.. Hayes on the Southern ques-
tion, as now eXpounded, is rational
and honorable. Under bayonet rule
the South did not erj1y the free gov
ernment guaranteed to it by the Con-
stitution. To remove bayonet rule
was, therefore, the duty of the Presi-
dent, and that duty he has discharged.
Nobody in the South objects to the
punishment Of violation of law by civil
processes. There is no difference
of opinion on that score. The danger
is that efforts will be made to
pervert the law, and make civil pro-
cesses as effective, for political pur-
poses, as the bayonet. Mr.. Hayes will
not lend himself to this dirty work, of
course; but his wicked partners" are
quite capable of doing it.
The arrests recently made IN this
State look more like an effort to intimi-
date Democrats, and make political
capital for Republicans, than like a
determination ''to protect every citizen
in the "full and free exercise" of all his
rights and privileges" 1t seems that
the official eye takes in only the sup
posed wrongs of Radical voters, and is
blind to the rights of those who are
accused of violating the law.
The people of Texas ask for no
favors. Let those who make the
charges establish them If they can.
The State will not allow her citizens
to be annoyed by the vexatious prose-
cutions, without holding to account,
under the State laws, those who ere
guilty of false swearing. And while
Congress will provide whatever means
are necessary for enforcing the laws,
we may rest assured that not dollar
will be appropriated for the purpose OF
using Federal legislation as a machine
of reVamping and vanishing dowr-at-
heel politicians, and for blackiDg the
character of the Southern whites with
out intending or effecting particle of
benefit to the colored people.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28


At the recent meeting Of the Brit ST.
Association, DR.. Richard Anderson, 0i
the Society Of Telegraphic Engineer.
read paper on lightning CONDUCTOR,
which contained some sound adVice as
TO the prevention OF casualties In thur
der storms. 'sFirst Of all, he SAID.
sit Is desirable that public rccommen-
dstion should be made, by local and
other authorities, 10 place lightning
conductors on all exposed or iligh-iy-
ing buildings, whether public or pr-
yate, as well as those standing near
woods and on moist ground. Il might
well be worth the tnfiing expense 70
place simple conductors also against
trees in parks, under which there are
benches, or where persons are likely
TO gather during Thunderstorm, thcg
forming prolific sources OF fatal secf-
dents. Above all, no church. chapel,
school, prison or other large pubic
buildings ought 10 be without one %
more lightning conductors. But II II
IS necessary to multiply greatly light
ning conductors, il - equally 50 that
they should be planned, erected and
periodically tested By competent per-
sons, with scientific as well as practi-
cal knowledge Of the work. The test
ing should take place at regular infer-.
yais, perhaps best In spring, before the
advent Of the summer thunde<sfoFlns.
and It should likewise be made zhe
ever building has been underg0ii
repairs which may have damaged q
conductor. A well organized System
Of inspection OF lightning conducts {
would be most inexpensive. The ~
yaaometer used for the pnrpose has
been lstterly much improved IN Ger
many, and small portable instruments.
Of the size OF a diminuliye carpetbae,
are now made, which leaves nothing
to be desired in the shape both of ef-
fectiyeness and durability. Already
such system Of inspection nnd testing
Of c0ndposofs exists In Paris ana sew
ernl tcEns.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

INTELLIGENT, honest. sensible peo-
pie of the South differ in nothing from
the st. Louis Republican, which says:
Ii there have been intimidation and
violence practiced towards the colored
voters in any part of the South for the
purpose of preventing them from vot-
ing, it is not only the Presidents right
but his bounden duty to execute the
laws against the offenders with exem-
plary rigor, and the whole country
will uphold him in the performance.
We cannot tell how much truth there
is IN the Republican charges of massa-
cres of colored people in Louisiana and
intimidation in South Carolina. If
the charges are true, the United States
authorities in those States ought to
arrest the wrong-doers and prosecute
them to the full extent OF the Jaw
and they will fail of their duty if they
refuse or neglect to do this.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

THE Texas and Pacific Railroad
managers are taking about contract
ting for the extension of the road to
Weatherford, while the Southern Pa
cific is moving on from California at
the rate of two hundred miles a year,
TO be completed by the first of April.
This will place Huntington's road
within fouf hundred miles of Ell Paso.
1t is said he and Pierce are going to
connect on the Rio Gfaude.