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Mr.. H. r. STEVENS: r. -.. - ' ..,..
In 1872 your VEGETINE was recommended to me,
and yielding to the persuasions of friend consented
toyit. At the time was suffering from general de.
billy and nervous prOstratiOn superinduced by over.
and curative properties seemed to affect my debilited
system from the first dose and underi persistent
rapidly recovered gaining more than usual health and
good feeling Since then have not hcsitated to give
.EGEIINE my most unqualified ipdorsement as being
asafe sure and powerful agent In promoting health and
restoring the wasted system to new life and energy.
vEGEI1NE Is the only medicine use and as long as
1--WE never expect to find better. Is s{S
b. Yours truly, q, VIII. CLARK,
- 120 Monterey Street, Allegheny, Pa,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-19

5. Theitin streinor pals are ire best
for strainihg milk. Sorse dairymen use
strainer pans and also a cloth stretched
over the eat, thus fstraining the milk
twice. We adtise this double straining
of milk. 1t costs you bat little trouble,
while il will greatly add to the value of
the butter and cheese from your milk.
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Acts ALTERNATIVE; that is it Increases all the nat
ura secretOns of the bOdysuch for instInce, as the
mucous secretion the gastric juice the ynphatc Juice
ctc-fayOls their exhaatiOn from tue skim sofrrs those
portions of the human tissue which have become hard
and calloused by disease causes the absorption of all
morbid grUwths, reduces abnormal thickening meil-
branes or tissues and above ALL clpdnses the blood,
drives out all impurities and poisonous faint, and slow
ybu surely produces an even balance and proportion
Oall its elements 1t works always in conjunction With
Naue and, whenthe processes Of Nature are opposed
and retarded it espouses her arse with more yeor:
and seeks 10 do what she Is unable to accomplish If
corruption has found entrancen the blood. In ScrO
9a Cancer ErySipelas Or other skin and constitutional
diseases VEGEIlNE acts counter force, delays lis
development and finally drivesi through the pp
er channels Of elimination. r. as In rheumatic and
lfe.curfent it quickly reduces this and puts all the ele
meDs ip proportiOnate harmony For this reason has
YEGETiNE gained theo reputation of being the most
successful Blood furifer Of the age - Z, !
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-19

ORANGE CAKBs-Two,ou cups of sugar, two
cups Of -four, half cup OF, water, the yelks OF
five eggs, the whites Ct three eggs, the juice
and rind of two oranges, two teaspoohfuls
DooLEY's YEAST PowDBRInnd a little salt.
Bake as jelly-cake, and put together with
icing made Of, the whites aof three eggs, the
juice, and rind or one orange and sugar to
make the icing stiff. oAf''e' 70 'he'f'f'f'H
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Can the 9 II truth NOV v,ne,rtake a Liea

Investigation discloses the fact that the lady
reported in the Associated Press dispatches,
about Aug. 10Th, to have died In Chicago after
two weeks use Of some rsptted rensedUfor cor
pulency, had not taken .Allan's Anti-Fat, but
had used preparation put, up by a regular
physician IN Tuzerne,, Pa. Allan's Anti-Fat
Is mapufactured, in Buffalo, N. Y, by the un-
dersigned.f We hive already sold over 1901 900
bottles of 1t. 1t has therefore been taken by
thousands, and we challenge proof that it has
ever harmed anybody, unless the reduction of
obese persons from 20 to GO pounds, leaving
them healthy and strong fslconsidered mis-
fortune. Furthermore, we hereby offer $1,000
reward for evidence showing that it contains
poisonous Or injurious ingredients. We also
offer 5000 If we cannot prove that 1t has re-
duced numbers of persons as stated herein,
aud always without injury It,is said lie
will out-trayel the truth any time; but we
trust that those newspapers that have mised
the public by saying that physicians attributed
the lady's death to the use Of Anti. Fat (which
is only put up by us, the term Anti-Fat"
being our trade-mark) Is will correct the false
impression II they have conveyed, by publishing
ROrANTC MEDIcINE 10 Ruffa1o NJ v
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-19

TIE voice Of reform IS heard throngh the
land, and speaks Of the good time coming
So, too. the spirit otrnform L rrking in the
nurseries OF the land TO Danish those danger
Gus Opium and Xorphia preparations. and G.
tatlish usef1l and harmless remedies, Of which
Dr.. Balls Baby Syrup is selInozledged as the
very best for ali the disorders Of ba5yhood
and early childhood Price, g cents bottle.
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,doqla %AHAM

mat people are always so tired OUT
hy a 70, minute sermon, md, 80 Sire
'feshed" By atwo.hour s6ciety drama,
q little badP YigSsW dsTnsasoo -
tosIhat . steamboat always,h has ahAtin.
conquerablo horror Of its own time. Sardp
That every man who owns horse
thinks he has a." stepper,s", and firmly
believes that the animal would 20 IKE
the wind if he were "let outp" 70
s That nobody ever thinks OF sitting in
a summer-housep rs, s'r.rl ,s.aso
That hunting parties from the city al
ways kill so many more prairie chick
ems than they bring inf 1910 uo,'a
That so many more watch-chahis are
sworn than watchesp sW,1 s,sI
That in no matter what direction o
man starts pin, the point always ulti-
mates in the end of his fore. fingerp
That he always swears when the
terminus above referred to is sreachedP
That woman is always gladt6 soc
her poor relations come TO visit her,
bringing their sc children with themp
gnhis is timid I'd venture en- Arrest st disguised
Sarcasm. , ."....,' q ,,S ;.s ',,isi.i
"a That no man thinks any other man
knows how to build q firep' ,.or'ig
That every living man. who smokes
affects to be a connoisseur in cigars?
= That bankers never, have, any money
to loanp 49,. zoJ IsI "a isiAii ,,oapO ~;
8 That the oftener the" coffee is scout"
the more you, hasa to boy, while the
oftsner the candlsis "out,,1 the longer
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{ PARTICULARS regarding, Electric Belts free.
Address Pulverinacher Galyanic Co. Cincin..0
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VEGETINE
Regard as a Valuable
FAMILY MEDICINE.

NJ, X r. srErrxs,
SI-I take pleasure In saying that have used
l-,tselne IN ny family. with good results and lhaye
II IrI sxeT1l cases q renaIkable cure effected b.
= ifesard u as Valuable family medicine
Truly yGurr,
REV wM MCDONALD
RE- sv VIM McDouald Is well known through the
s4 sl-iS zs minister In the VI Z Church
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17


WHEN bondholders bought bonds at
forty, fifty, seventy, eighty and one
hundred cents on the dollar, and these
became steadily more and more valua'
BILE, and finally silver was fraudulently
demonetized, and these bonds, now
payable in gold alone, were doubled
in value, 1t was charming and right
and heavenly, and Wall street, in costa
cies, was serene and beautiful. The
people lost all that these fellows made.
But now, when we propose to execute
the contract with these bondholders in
accordance with its letter and spirit,
they do howl and groan piteously, and
then threaten all sorts Of terrible things.
If bonds be paid in silver, as they will
be, these spectators receive one hum
dred cents on the dollar in precise ac-
cordance with the original contract,
and they should be perfectly blest.
But they are not, and the people are
very sorry about it. We never saw
such universal signs of grievous sym
pathy. It Is sad to contemplate the
overthrow of proud oligarchy which
has riOted for years in splendor, hav-
ing a mighty government to minister
to its greed and do its bidding. The
people propose to be the government
for a time, and McCullochs and Jay
Cookies and syndicates may rest from
their labors.
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the people be betrayed by the Congress
of to-day new body viii be sent to
Washington which would avenge, even
by reputation, the foul play of those
who resort to bribery to perpetuate
the absolutism of bondholders at
Washington. II these boDdkolders
have the slightest degree of intelli-
gence they must know that the peo-
pie do not submit patiently to opposi--
tion in matter Involving most deeply
the practical, hourly interests of every
toillng voter in the country. Never
before were the multitude so thorough
ly aroused, never so profoundly inter-
ested in any grave public question, and
the bondholders, like the President,
should assent good naturedly to the
inevitable. Resistance will only make
the omuipotent many go further than
they have ever dreamed Of advancing,
and every shareholder in national
banks, and each domestic Dondholder,
should CO operate most zealously with
those who promote the execution OF
the wishes of the people. Any other
course will only induce the consolidat-
ed action of the West and South, the
extinctionSof national banks
and substitution of greenbacks for
bank notes. To promote these results
the New York press send over the
country its pretty stories of the doings
of European bankers and bondholders.
These may be potent in New York and
Boston, where everybody worships
Mammon, but here, in the West, the
submarine cable should be silent, and
Europe hold its peace.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17


THREE directors of a Hartford in
surapce company have been indicted
for obtaining money under false and
fraudulent pretenses, and two prei-
dents of New York savings institu-
tions or Insurance. companies are ham
mering away in Sing Sing. We dis
cover in these facts the tirst signs of a
returning sense Of decsney and good
morals in the courts of the country.
The people at last assert their power,
even in the presence of gilded kuavery,
and each State will enact codes which
will render fraudulent ipsolvencies OF
those holding trust funds wholly i'm
possible. If the proposition to enact
the Chines1 code, under which a
banker who loses deposits loses bis
head, were made, the people would
approve, and when next legislatures
are convened we will have unheard-of
restrictions imposed upon insurance
companies and banks.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17

WE published it a month ago thst
one man killed another at Smlthville.
The story is still transferred from one
to another paper, and thus it must go
on till it has passed through 40 news
papers in Texas. 1t Is always new and
fresh. and will be taken up by the
lightning when 1t reaches some remote
railroad town, and then the incidents
will be recited at half the breakfast
tables of all the cities of the continent.
Thus are stories of crime multiplied.
A passion for the horrible causes con-
stant republications of the same horri-
BILE facts. Here successive publications
are weekly, while in the East the tele-
graph diffuses such facts instantly, and
the sensation ends with the day. These
differences in rapiaity Of news distri-
button cause the opinion to be accepted
that more men are murdered in the
South than in the North.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17

GEORGIA went a bow-shot beyond the
STATESMAN. We would restrict suf-
frage to taxpayers in municipal cleo
tions. Georgia compels the payment
of all taxes as condition precedent to
voting in any election. The number
of voters for members of the Legisla-
ture will thus be lessened and pro taHt0
will Georgia lose representation. The
STATESMAN would assent to the COM
pulsory payment of a poll-tax before
suffering anyone to vote, but We haye
only proposed to restrict suffrage in
local elections to taxpayers, and this
would not lessen our representative
strength in Congress, even il we less
ened the number of votes polled IN
Austin one half. 1t would be good
thing for the industrious workingmen
of Austin and q blessing to taxpayers,
and lose us nothing at Washington.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17


TIE statement has goae abroad that
the Democracy of the Senate and
House will hereafter sustain the Presi-
deat without the shadow of turning.
It is said further tina, Senators Maxey
aud Eaton confess that they blundered
when voting with Conkling and
against the Presidents appointees,
and that when these names are again
sent to the Senate every Democrat
and Senator David Davis will vote for
the confirmation OF the Presidents ap-
polntees. While the President will
have no difficulty in controlling the
Senate, it is said that Butler will in
troduce resolution into the House de-
claring that Mr.. Hayes was not chosen
President, and that he does not legally
hold the office. How the ultra, red
Republican, straight adherents of the
party win evade this issue or the neces
siry for the condemnation of the Pres
ident, is not stated. But we shall see
what we shall see.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17
BALTImORE AND AUSTIN.

Baltimore is one of the few cities
that has been honestly and wisely
governed. 1t has invested enormous
sums, in bonds and money, in g mag
nifcent scheme of honestly mauaged
railways extending to Louisville, St.
Louis and Chicago. Against these
Tom Scott has waged relentless hos
tllities, but Garrett, the president of
the Baltimore and OHIO road, has ever
been found the equal in all things, and
in all mental and moral qualities, of the
great Pennsylvania railway potentate.
The wealth and trade of Baltimore
have been more than doubled in the
past few years, and the prosperity of
the splendid metropolis is still rapidly
progressive. The route to the sea
from Baltimore is somewhat devious,
and vessels from the Chesapeake enter
the Atlantic on stormy coast. Be-
sides the selling distance to- Europe
is materially heightened by the
water distance of Baltimore from
the mouth of the Chesapeake.
Baltimorean energy and genius for
great tasks propose even now to sur
mount this obstacle to competition on
equal terms with New York city. A
tremendous undertaking it is. Enor-
nous sums must be expended, and fif-
ty thousand men will be employed.
but when the ship canal from BAlti-
more to the Delaware Bay is completed,
the worlds navies will find the harbor
of Baltimore the most accessible and
safest on the Atlantic coast, and Balti-
more itself, famous the world over for
the beauty of Its women, will be the
most attractive of American CONNER
cial cities. With such facilities of &C
cess from the Atlantic, with a perfect
railway system, which Jones, the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad Agent at
Cincinnati, proposes to extend to Aus
tin, with front on a broad, straight,
deep ship channel sixty miles
il length, leading to the At
lantic ocean, with railway on the
banks of the canal whose locomotives
will draw great ships to and from the
sea with these facilities for inter
coarse with the exterior world, Baltl-
more must out,iv% Philadelphia or
New York, and monopolize the trade
of the South. II it have grown so
great and prospered soamazingly SO when
it was practically three hundred miles
from the ocean, how infinite its growth
must be in wealth and greatness when
its accessibility from the seals perfect as
from the cities of the valley OF the Nit
sissippi. Men trayersiug iu future ages
the route of the Baltimore and Ohio
road, where it climbs and disembow-
els rock-Ibbed mountains, where lofty
bridges and long tunnels are disrupted
by earthquakes aud the weight of
rushing ages, will wonder whether God,
who reared the towering cliffs, also
spanned the Alleghanies. East and
West the achievements and heroism of
Baltimore are grand and almost super
human, and yet the capital of thus
mighty commonwealth of Texas stands
abashed and appalled, when it is pro-
posed to construct little narrow gauge
road twenty miles into the interior.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17

If the people had not reyolted the
bondholiers would soon have compel
led a plant Congress to put few
more grains of gold in the gold dollar.
Contraction begets, however, the same
result, and the bondholders were get
ting along swimmiDgly till Blend
came with his silver bill tlandly
reminding the good syndicatss that
they had robbed the country of
enough, and that the end had come.
The gold dollar remains, we are happy
to say, as it was when we had gov
ernment of the people, instead Of
bondholders, for our master.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17
THE Hebrews of Austin constitute a

THE Hebrews of Austin constitute 3
rich and powerful body of citizens.
Having a learned lecturer and rabbi
resident here, they should undertake
the construction of proper synagogue.
The silver bill will be enacted, aud
this will give share of relief to the
monetary pressure, and surely plain
structure that will subserve present
necessities of the Hebrew congrega-
ton can be reared. The congregation
owns a lot, have an eloquent and
learned lecturer, and the synagogue
should be significant of the taste and
intelligence of the Hebrews of Austin.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17

IT is a gratifying fact, as all pious
editors win confess, that the Pope has
seen proper in these last weeks of his
existence to appoint patron saint for
the newspaper press. We are not ac-
curately advised of the duties imposed
upon st. Francis of Sales-such is the
name of the defunct sanctifed gentle
manly the Pope's action, nor are we
sure that our own relations to st.
Francis are thoroughly understood /;
but the fact Is officially promulgated
that editors now have special saint
designated as such by our good Father
Pho Mono. We can't repress share Of
anxiety growing ont of the fact that
there may be an irrepressible conflict
between the aforesaid 81. Francis and
the devil, the latter gentleman having
always been recognized as the spiritual
head and patron saint OF secular news
papers.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17

A curious postage stamp story comes
from Boston. Il appears that some
time in October an aged lady in New
York, 80 poor as to be unable to sup
port herself, and having no relations,
applied to several persons for assistance
in Obtaining admission to the st. Luke
home for women in that city. A Bos-
ton gentleman, TO whom she applied,
saids ''If you will collect ], 900. 900 OF
old postage stamps l will give you the
$500 needed to obtain admission to the
home.p The old lady at once sought
the aid of some friends of better days,
and was fortunate in enlisting two be-
neVolent and enteTprising ladies in her
cause. Their plan was as follows: ITO
call at many Of the Offices in the city
and ask that all stamps on letters re-
ceived might be saved. The merchants
and bankers agreed TO accommodate
them. The entbusIasm with which
this idea was received was wonderful.
Children began 10 watch for letters
that came to their houses with slmost as
much impatience as any lover watches
for dainty, perfnmed. notes. Men and
women on receiving letters would pro-
ceed to cut OF the stamps before read
ing the epistle. From hundreds the
number became thousands and tens Of
thousands. Last week il was found
that the requisite number Of stamps
had been collscted. On being informed
that her home for life was ensured, the
lady expressed her grztatude to the
kind frielsds who had assisted her.
Whist final disposition wac to be made
Of the stamps was for long time .
matter OF much curiosity II was ~
last ascertAined that they are 20 be seat
70 Europe, 70 be used in the manufsc-
ture; Of pspieE-nsche goods, the psper
Of which the stsnps are made making
them yerJ desirable, and the mucllage
also sdding 70 their strength. The
million sssmps. hacked closely, 1l1 An
ordipaFy Saratoga trunk.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17

An honest gentleman can hardly be
elected to an Office in city in which
universal suffrage obtaios. The people
OF a once great and prosperous COM
mercial center of the valley of the
Mississippi are now in the throes of a
municipal election. The confessedly
intelligent and learned and honest can
didate, supported by the CID citz
and taxpayers, is opposed by man who
has been charged by many of his pres
ent adherents with all manner of crimes
and peculstions in public life. But
be is of the sort the plunderers of
city prefer and the white mob and
negroes are in compact alliance to de-
feat decency, capacity and honesty.
When the telegraph tells the result it
will be found that those who vote early
and often have won the day aud city
is to be sacrificed on the altar OF dema-
oogism. Knsyery will prey upon in
dustry and men who have toiled to
gather competency for old age will
see their homes confiscated by universal
suffrage in city elections.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17

THE New York Times confesses that
u large majority of the people of the
United States are resolved to make sill
yer an universal legal tender, and
American bonds payable in silver.
Now let US haYe small bonds of the de-
nomination of $50 and 500, bearing
5 per cent. interest. These will OBJ
yiate the necessity for syndicates and
relieve European holders of our bonds
of the awful necessity of receiving
payment Of coupons in silver.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17

The dog '.Msjor," /" known a. ID
parade dog Of the Hope Hose Compan1
OF Harrisburg, died last week ails,
long illness. "Msjors was The b1l|'
known and perhaps the most celebrA,t
trick dog In the country. peFfcfmlt< Z
about thirty different tricks, some q
which were very wonderful. -
answered all iire eiarms, running q ti.1
Hope house the moment be heard tie
goRg strike, barking persIstenfly, ard
when be could catching the end 0f tie
rope and dragging Il into the sisest-
He could pick out the letter. q .
wooden alphabet 70 spell dozfD or
more words--knew the paper eafr.f1s,
and would run 20 meet them, iakln9
his masters paper in his mouth--ccli q
perform other er1ahds, aueh e. 6oI1e %
the store with money fof cakes, carry s
ing baskets 70 named localities, biIn4-
ing his masters boots and hss, ed
ringing q bell ~ the bidding q c1tI*
dten. 'sMsjoFn 1es . general I47oI
with the children ~ fbc CITY. sud
> reputabie chzrseter n IRE rlte' =
He isY 10 STATE 1fter blf te1t ~,
COVERED with eveTxrpeu afe4fbe. - ~
residence 81 hls ms-seE, Where lit ~
mains were visited - large cI1H4 q.
men and boys. Like the famous ~
Of Ulysses, Msiof lfyed 70 & rps q
age, nnd deserves All the honor
ever received. HIS bachelor ue1
has the sympathy Of the conmnal
bis bereavement
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17
T4E refusal Of REV. M. Merr,am.

The refusal of Rev. Mr. Merriam, a
Congregational minister, to confess his
faith in commonplace hell, has caused
his rejection by the Congregational
Council OF his State. With this event
begins de aoeo the discussion of the
question whether there be an orthodox
hell. Every pulpit will resound with
the story and the infinite diversity OF
opinions on the subject is even incom-
prehensible. st. Paul Is said, by
some, tn bo the original discoverer of
the birthstone lake, and there is no end
to the curious notions about it any
more than there is to the duration of
punishment inflicted by the flames
constituting its foam and pillows.