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lower, at $3.50. Lard steady; tierce 81
@73zc; key 74@Sc. Dry salt meats
scarce and firm; shoulders, loose, 33lc
packed &c; clear ribs 4a1c; clear sides
&c. Bacon strong, at ~, 5S4@6c. Hams
scarce and firm; choice sugar-cured S,9
S55fc, as in size; uncanvassed &C Wits
Ky steady; rectifed S1.03@1.06. Coffee
quiet; cargoes of ordinary to prime
l4@I71sc gold. Sugar dull, weak and
lower; common to good common 5s1
@6L4c; fair TO fully fair 65s@65c:
prime TO choice 714@754c; yellow clari-
ned 7S4@s1kc. Molasses in good de-
mand; common 10000; fair 22@25c;
prime 10 choice 30@42c. Rice in good
demand at full prices; ordinary TO
choice Louisiana 5lf@624c. Bran de-
mand fair, at Soc.
Cotton quiet; sales ITO bales; ordinary
&c; good ordinary SIC; low middling
95Sc; middling l014c; good middiing
lie; receipts, net, 1898 bales, gross
1893 bales; ne exports; stock on hand
ia, 902 bales.
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A GENTLE HINT.-In our style of
climate, with its sudden changes of
temperature-rain, wind and sunshine
often intermingled in q single day-it
is No wonder that our children, friends
and relatives are so frequently taken
from US by neglected colds, half the
deaths resultlng directly from this
cause. A bottle of Boschee's German
Syrup kept about your home for i'm
mediate use will prevent serious sick
ness, a large doctors bill, and perhaps
death, by the use of three or four
doses. For curing consumption, hem
orrhages, pneumonia, severe coughs,
Group or ally disease of the throat or
lungs, its success is simply wonderful,
as your druggist will tell you. Ger
man syrup is now sold IN every town
aud village on this continent. Sample
bottles for trial, 10 cents; regular size,
70 cents.
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accomplish much evil. TIE fact
use OF such language to tue farm
an Insult to their intelligence, aud 81
not add materially TO MS chance
governor"
The Marlin BIQ. writing up Do
of the Enamiaer, on the farmer h6'
'1ooked down upon" very props
says: "a nau's respectabnitr
measured by the standard OF a rett 8
man, aud when the Eraminer SAYS III
farmers have not commanded resAE s.
it is equal to saying they are not q.
tlemen, for gentleman Command y
spect. IL is hard To tell htl6I|
Downs is gong TO support or renoont|
the Democratic party. he is cell ficI +
ON the fence 10 some purpose, very sT'
identity OF creating new partf il
Texas. he says the farmers q Tex1|
place the ID 'nocratic party o1
par with its predecessor,
they are dlsgusted wtIu &c. aud
hey must seek relief from some o.
source. This is downright GEM
gogism and misrepresentation. II
farmers are IN much better conditiz
than any other class of people, and
party has been more fully in acc1
with the whole people than the Dem
cratic party of Texas of to day.
Examiner also speaks OF the fazu
being reduced TO a vassalage ~
Discussing the propriety of adopii1.
the majority rule in the Democrats
State Convention, the Palestine ddrf.
cate says: ANY other doctrine is anu.
Democratic, and hence We have neYei
been able to see why exceptions shocIi
be made to the rule in Conventions
There are assembled the represents
tives of the people. to represent theI|
views, because the people are to-, man,
TO assemble in one body, aud ne god
reason was ever assigned why the ma'
jority should not rule in convention|
as elsewhere. We never have ana
never will recognize q 'two-thifd'
rule other than rs an anti
Democratic scheme. 1t hiss prevaiIe.
zoo long already, and should be abo!|
ished without Delay. Il was inaugur'
ated to further the schemes Of poliu'
clans who have had their day, aud
should not be perpetusted. This two
thirds rule takes from the people It'd
rights, and places them in the he'd
OF schemIng men, who conduct affaz
in convention regardless Of the withe|
of the majority of the people. Whes
it prevails the people are no longer rep
resented. III all the voters IN thu
State could assemble in one body. an
select candidate for Governor, for -
stance, it is absurd to suppose for 81
instant that any 1.-TWO thirds rul9
would be talked of. Why then shout.
such a rule prevail when their repfe
sentatives meet4
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Dom Pratt credits Carter Harriso1|
NJ; n ..dni,,, ,,,,ra % .vooaa an1 Al

Dom Pratt credits Carter Harriso1|
with doing more to expose and del
stroy the Drmocratic party than 90
man in the United States. He strand
Polk and the party on the same Gu
stone, adds Dom, land the humof
it lies in Il Q fact that Carter DOES rs
know he has done anything out OF 81.
way" A1d in truth be hasn't,
"out of the way" means out Of
course OF right, justice or prop
To strand or destroy a party u
permits itself TO be represented by
a crowd as the Palmer House conyen'
ton, which, like the Bourbon IL Is ID
name and nature, ''learns nothing anl
forgets nothing" which follows Enz
hugh and Polk with Field, and chooses
for Office a Confederate Msjor Gen.
eral on principle, IN preference %
disabled Federal veteran Ito kno<I
the little remaining brains out OF eue|
an organic alton is an achievements Il
be proud of. II Mr. Harrison has -
ally done anJthing of the kind, IA
country should applaud him 70 ~
echo that applauds again.
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light might come into its leaves; then,
when not too cold, they would opeI
the window, so that fresh air might
help the plant to grow. Next, the
clean window made the rest of the
room look so untjdy that they used to
wash the floor and wallis and arrange
the furniture more neatly. This led
the father of the family to mend a
broken chair or two, which kept him
home several evenings. After the
work was done he stayed at home, in
stead of spending his leisure at a tav-
ern, and the money thus saved went TO
buy comforts for them all. And then,
as the home grew attractive, the whole
family loved it and loved each other
better than ever before, and grew
healthier and happier with their flow
erS.
Mrs. JOHN FISHER, of this city, W De
cultivated straw berries for family use,
writes that she has not been as success
ful as she would desire to be. But it
is her first attempt, and she hopes TO
learn by more experience. Probably
some OF the readers OF the STATESMAN
may be able to add more value and
pleasure TO strawberry culture in this
climate by giving their experience.
She asks /: Perhaps some one of your
many readers can send in his expe-
rience. What is the best mulching
Does the small insect, which We call
lady bug, injure them. Mine begin to
decay before they ripen, as you will
see from the half ripe one l send you.
What Is the cause of it have water
for irrigating them, and / have had
straw placed around the roots to retain
the moisture. Please ask some one
who raises strawberries in this section
to give me his experience. world
like to know if there is a good practi-
cal work extant on the subject of
strawberry cultivation"
Mrs. F., however, sends along with
the 'half ripe one " mess of as lusci-
Gus berries as may be found anywhere.
SETTING MILK FOR CREAM. ex-
change remarks: 1T is not to be
wondered at that the average dairyman
is puzzled to know what to do for the
best. Prof. Wilkinson tells him PLAIN
Iy that nothing but shallow pans and
subearth ducts will do; while Pref.
Hardin is equally certain deep pans,
twenty inches, sunk TO the rim in wa
ter, at a temperature of fifty degrees,
aloue insure the largest yield of the
best quality of butter; and now both
of these are overtopped by the new
Cooley system, which proposes to in
close the milk in a deep narrow can
with a water-tieht lie, and sink it un-
der water which Is carefully kept at a
low temperature by the use of ice.
Our own experiments satisfy us that
both extremes are right, provided GER
tain rules are observed. At tempeIa-
ture above sixty degrees deep cans
will not do; the milk will usually sour
before the cream rises to the surface.
When this temperature is unavoidable
shallow and broad pans will give the
best results. When cold water il
abundalt and the means of keeping i
at fifty degrees or lower are at hand, i
will be found that cans twenty inches
deep and eight or pine in diameter
will save much labor, and at the same
time make quite as much and bette
butter"
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Rev. DR.. Talmage, of Brooklyn, took
Tweed as an example and said: To
prove that this life is awful and full of
peril, point to that wreck on Friday
at Ludlow Street Jail, showing that
without Almighty help strong craft
may crash and part. Let there be no
exhilaration over that mans fate. In-
stead of chuckling and satisfaction,
let there be In every Christian soul
deep, sadness. There are ten thou
sands of men in this country, who, un-
der the same awful. pressure of tempt
alton, would have fallen as low.
Tweed conquered poverty, though he
lacked education. He achieved the
aldermanic chair, gained position in
the Congress at Washington, and took
his position on the financial throne of
power at Albany. Young men, look
1T the contrast. An elegant
compar mspt in Wagner's palace
car, surrounded by obsequious attend
ants, on his way to the senatorial place
in Albany. Then look again at the
PLAIN box in the undertaker's wagon
at 8 o'clock last Friday, ct the door of
the prison. Surrounded by million
aires at the Dalavan; dying almost
friendless in prison, throwing out his
hand to clutch that of Luke, his black
attendant. Look at that wedding par
", tie air fragrant with crowns and
stars and harps of tuberoses and japon-
icas. Among the wedding presents,
forty complete sets of silver, fifteen
diamond sets Zone set of diamonds
worth $40, 000), wedding dress cost
ing $4,000, and trimmings worth anoth-
er $1,000. There were two baskets OF
silverware, representing Icebergs, to
contain the ices, while polar bears OF
silver were lying down on the handles
of the baskets. The whole banquet
was the triumph of Delmonico's life
time. 1t was a scene of bewiiderment
and magnificence. Then behold low
eeiled room, looking out on a dingy
street, where poor, exhausted, for
saken, betrayed, sick VIM. N. Tweed
lies dying."
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How is Year liver.

II you are troubled with headache,
dullness, lDcapacity 10 keep the mind
on any subject, dizzy, sleepy or nerv-
Gus feelings, irritability OF temper or
. bsd taste IN the mouth, palpitation,
unsteady appetite, pains in the side,
or any such symptoms of liver CON-
plant and constipation Of the bowels,
20 to your druggists, Morley Bros,
aud get bottle Of DR.. Shernan's
rrickiy Ash Bitters. No spirit is used
in the manufacture Of them, except .
pure article Of Holland gin. They are
= thousand times easier 70 take than
pills. seidhtz powders. etc LADIES in
particular viii End them peculiarly
adapted 70 their wants and conditions
81 lie In ell AGA.
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THE NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD
There has been so much said about the
building of a narrow gauge railroad
from Austin in the direction of Lib
erty Hill, Georgetown ana Lampasss,
and without any practical results, that
the people are almost disposed to look
upon everything said upon the subject
as a Joke and woful waste of words.
But the enterprise, we are glad to say,
has taken new life, and five citizens of
Austin have already taken steps to
give the thing start. They have
taken out q new charter, and already
arrangements are being made TO have
surveys made north about twenty
miles, and soon a gentleman will be
started out to secure the right of
way and to solicit people along the
line to take stock. The five gentle
men alluded to propose to stand all
the expense incurred in making the
surveys, etc., and to push the enter
prise vigorously. We understand that
they incline to build the road on DR..
TayloI's idea, that Is have no towns
along the line, and make the road a
purely Austin enterprise. 1t is proba-
BILE the road will be built in north.
easterly direction from Austin about
ten miles and then bear more to the
north and cross the international be-
tween Round Rock and Duval station.
In following this line, the road will
pass through the richest section of
Travis and Williamson counties, and a
section that is already pretty thickly
settled, aud therefore able to contrib
ute materially to the support of a
railroad. 1t Is believed that about
twenty miles of road can be built in
time for the fall trade. Let US hope so.
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d certainly very great hardship to
ne iniiviouai il not. He said in con
clusion that crime was holding high
carnival, and that the redress and rem
edy was to be found alone in the courts
of the country. That mobs were to be
discounteHanced as but productive OF
the evil they sought to suppress.
Upon a call of the civil docket the fol-
lowing case, both parties being an
nounced ready for tIisl, was taken up.
viz, Shark & Berkson v. Z. N. Rome
and John Dawson, c. r. Johns d Co,
garnishees. 1t was still on trial at the
ad lurnment of court. Moore X Shell
lev, Sheeks & Sneed and Terrell *
Walker are the counsel engaged.
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AConstantinople correspondent gives
the following example of Turkish wit
THE evening previous TO the departure
of the Grand Duke Nicholas from Ad-
rianople he gave 9 grand dinner.
Among the guests were Safvet Pssha,
peace commissioner Of the Porte. AT
the desert the Grand Duke turned to
Safyet, who was seated at his right,
and said: s0a 0Hblie dc e0Hs ssrCiT de-
0laoes.' The Turkish statesman, who
is noted for the shrewdness of his wit,
replied: .Laisses csla. NoRssigRe4r, j.
suis deja asses glace.' no matter about
that, Monseignear, i am iced enough
already.) The fact was. that poor
Safvet, who is one Of the most amiable
and sensitive men, and As true patriot
as Turkey ever had, was chilled to his
marrowbones by the hard conditions to
which be was obliged to subscribe.
He knew he was signing the death
warrant Of the empire
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moving letter is selected from

Moving letter Is selected from
- % Is on fife in the Office of Messrs.
Ier Nv s Co., proprietors Jurgiele-
wicf's Anti Rheumatic Mixture, p. O..
Boy 1406, New Orleans:
hir. @. L. St. Cyr, 207 Bourbon
street, New Orleans, says: had been
4 sufferer with rheumatism for about
four years, when my attention was
called TO the Jurgielewicz Anti-Rheu-
matte Mixture, and-it produced q most
wonderful cure. When / commenced
using the medicine, ! had been pros
trated with the disease three months,
for two months Of this period in bed
unable to move. The attsck was IN
my left side, above and below the
heart, and my physician said that as
soon as It reached the heart, which 1t
might do at any moment, it would kill
me instantly. On the third day of
uslng your medicine went to church
In the morning and took ride IN the
afternoon. This Is now two years since.
I have had several attacks since but
they yield readily to the remedy and
are getting further and further apart.
/ have had no attack for the last ten
months; at least sixty sufferers with
Rheumatism have used your medicine
upon my recommendation, and IN every
instance have they been relieved.
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DIED.-At 6 80 p. NJ, April 20, Mrs.
L. b. Smith, surviving wife of James
Smith, died in the sixty sixth year of
her age. Mrs. Smith came with her
husband to this county in 1888, and
for many years has been a loved and
respected citizen of Austin. Sle was
q stepmother of Messrs. Alfred and
james Smith, and mother of James
Smith, Jr. At the time of her death,
she was member of the Christian
Church. The citizens OF Austin de-
plore this lady's death.
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WE call attention to the change in
the advertisement of Mcmillan & Hill
lebrand, as will be seen in double col
umn ON another page. They are great
ly increasing their business, and in
view of going exclusively into the job
bing trade this fall, they propose TO
sell their open stock during the sum-
mer at very low prices. We would
say to country merchants that this is
the place to buy wooden and willow
ware as they have the most extensive
line of that goods ever brought to
Austin, and we doubt very much if
any one house in Galveston can show
up asilarge stock.
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MARKETS ny TELEGRAPH.
GALVESTON MARKETS.

GALVESTON, April 23.-Gold 1917.
Silver - American, par; Mexican, 96c
Exchange-New York sight = per cent.
premium; New Orleans sight Il per ceHt.
premium.
Hides steadier; dry selected 1870;
light sailed 111c; stack, sailed, 10c; kips
lie; wet, sailed, selected, 6@7%c;
butchers green 61kc.
Wool unchanged; medium to fine
spring clip, free Of burs, l7@20c; coarse
l3@l6c; bury and low Western 10
@13c.
Cotton = receipts 633 bales; exports,
coastwise 4S5 bales; sales 942 bales; stock
on hand, 1891 bales; market quiet;
middling l0l4c; low middling 9l4c; good
ordinary sssc.
NEW YORK MARKETS..
NEW YORK. April 23.-Money per
cent. Gold 100IS.
Cotton duh and easier; sales 762 bales;
uplands 10a<c; Orleans 1O5kc. Futures
quiet and a shade easier: April 10 sea
Oslo; May I09001O.9 90; June TO- $50
lie; July 11!O3@il orc; August 1O.O0c;
September 10.75@.0.772-
LIVERPOOL MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, April % -Noon.-Cotton
unchanged; Tniddling uplands 15-l6d;
middlinr Orleans 0 Sled; sales COCO bales,
including 500 for speculation and ex-
port; receipts AZ ,516 bales, of which
%. 500 bales were American. Futures
1-32d cheaper.
LEW ORLEANS MARKETS
NKw ORLEANS, April 23.-Gold 1O0j<
6lOOsk. Exchange = Sight Il prcmi
UNI. Sterling, bank, 40
Flour duh and unchanged; superdne
IS. so; TX $425L<; XXX s47595-25;
higher grades $5-5096.25. Corn frmer,
AZ lSa52c. Oats weaker, at 351kQ26c.
CornmeAl quiet, At &2.150220. Hay
easier; ordinary &12-O0; prime $3.50;
choice el2508ic 90. Fork dull and
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BISHOP GREGG, at his recent vista
ton to st. David's parish, confirmed
thirty -eight persons. At the council
which meets in Galveston in May the
rector will report forty seven confirma-
tons since the last council. The offer
tories taken up at the services on Eas-
ter Day amounted to upwards of $3.50.
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AUST x,.April %, 1878.

To the Democr-cy OF Travis County:
A Convention of the Democracy OF
Travis county is hereby called to NEE:
at Austin, on the first Saturday (being
the first day., in June, 1878. for the
purpose of appointing delegates TO the
State Democratic Convention which Is
to assemble in said city of Austin, on
the sevense enth day of July, 1873, and
to do such other things as the Democ-
racy of the county IN convention as
sembled may determine to be ne
cessary or proper.
The heads of district COMMITTEES are
requested to call primary meetings in
the several justices precincts to ap-
point delegates to said county CONVEX
tion at an early day. so that full rep
resentstion of ali the precincts may be
secured. THos. E. SNEED,
Chairman Dem. Elk. Com. of Travis
county.
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HYsTERIcAL FEMALEs.-Young men
these days seriously consider girls
health. If subject to Mysteries, they
find it out, and say she is unfit for a
wife. II she is pale, feeble and enact
ated, or suffers from sick-headsche OF
palpitation, or any chronic female
trouble, the young gents CLEAN the
facts, and decide that she won't do to
marry. If thus afflicted, procure Eng
lish Female Bltters, it will restore your
health, vigor and strength; will i'm
part color to your cheeks, add rotundi-
ty to your limbs and give msrriagea.
bic appearance in every respect. Call
and get full particulars at any drug
store
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Monetary and Financial.
REPORTED FROM THE LAW, CLAIM AID
COLLECTING OFFICE OF STEWART,
LowDAY & HABICHT.
AUSTIN, April "a, 1873

LowDAY & HABIcHT.
AUSTIN, April "a, 1873,
But few changes if any have occurred
in values since the rendition of last re-
port, and the market generally has lot
been attended with unusual activity.
Bonds are readily disposed of at quo
tatIons, with no sales of Importance to
note, holders of pensions and Travis
county bonds persistently demanding
shade above prices quoted.
State Treasury warrants are the sub
ject of active inquiry, and prices have
again advanced. The demand for this
security being purely local and spas
medical withal, constant fluctuations
in prices may reasonably be looked for.
Land certificates are in good supply,
with light local demand; prices have
generally undergone no material change
except in cases where sales are made
under pressure of instructions; in such
cases concessions are made of necessity.
Austin city warrants continue dull
and unchanged. 1t is a matter of no
small concern why prices of this secuIi-
ty should be so well maintained, In
view of the fact that no material re-
duction in the floating debt of the city
has, as yet, been accomplished and,
but for the prospect that the improve
ments recently made in the way of
bridges, ETC., are permanent, and ex
penditures IN this way will, for some
time, be diminished, nothing would
save them from a material decline in
value.
Approved fee accounts are sought
after, without that discrimination
which has attended sales in the past,
and investors are now better satisfied
that no such discrimination is justified
by any probable legislation.
Pension certificates are disposed OF
without difficulty, and strong up
ward tendency is manifest.
Il r
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THE dispute between the water con-
pany and ;he city is to be regretted,
and it may be hoped that spirit of
compromise may yet prevail IN the
matter. The city may suffer and the
water company may be injured under a
long suit.
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Alternately shaken and scorched

By the Psroxysms of chills and fever,
the wretched sufferer for whom qui
nine has been prescribed essays in vain
to extermi GATE the dreadful disease
with that hurtful palliative, which at
best only mitigates the violence of the
fits, and eventually proves highly In
furious to the system. In order to eff
feet a thorough cure of mslarial fever,
whether intermittent or remittent, or
TO render the system impregnable to
its attacks, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers should be used daily. That this
medicine is searching eradicant OF
diseases generated by miasma, and q
reliable safeguard against them, is q
fact so widely recognized in this and
other countries that 10 adduce evil
dence in support of it is necessary; but
were it either essential or desirable to
do so, it may we'll be supposed that
from the testimony corroborative of its
claims, which has been accommodating
the last twenty five years and over,
sufficient proofs might be gathered to
convince the most inyeterate skeptic.
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brandy. bane of life,

DIdHuyi DIduuy. UaHe OI IIIe'
Spring of tormnet, source of strife,
If 1 could half thy vices tell,
The wise would wish you safe in HI
Such Is the refrain from the lips OF
the poor diseased topper, who would fly
from his enemy if possible. Recollect
1t is diseased Liver that Graves relief.
Instead of brandy or any other stimu-
lent, use Simmons Liver Regulator,
and it will afford relief.
For sale by J. II. Zeilin, Philadel-
phia