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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31
THE PRESID KNIT AND TIE NEW
CONGRESS-.

| The Republicans in Texas fuse with
the GreenbackerS. In the North the
Greenbackers are commonly dllied with
the Democrats. Therefore the Repub-
licans have lost three Congressman in
Indiana, threein Oaio, two in Iowa,
two in Maine, one in Vermont, one in
Oregon, while they gain one in Color.
ado. The Democratic majority, after
settling contested cases, in the last
II use was about twenty. This major
ity will be probably doubled in the
F FIrty-Sixth Congress that meets in
December. In Vermont district there
was failure to elect, but the Demo-
Gratis and Greenbackers had a large
plurality. snd when a new election Is
held Democrat will be chosen. Thus
it happens that both branches of Con-
gress have fallen into the hands of the
Democratic PARTY, and Hayes'S admin
istration is impotent in the execution
of any partisan purpose. He has lost
caste in his OVID, and wen no power in
the Democratic party. He has
fallen, disastrously perhaps, between
two stools. IA regards the man and
politician, this may be unfortunate; :;
as it affects the President and his high
Office, history may declare that the
result was the best possible, and
should have been most desired. When
chief magistrate of the republic is
created, he should not be the chief
magistrate OF party. 0Ir. Hayes,
whatever his aspirations, cannot be.
Whatever Is best for all the States,
whether approved or not by party
leaders and demagogues, must now be
sought after by the President. Half
his term has expired. He would have
its end distinguished by acts of fair
ness and patriotism, which distin-
guished the promises promulgated in
his inaugural. II he have faltered in
this, since he cannot be II elected and
has said he would not be, his only
recourse consists in serving we'll the
whole country. His party can serve
him in nothing. In fact, it would
not if 1t coulI. Therefore we
deem the relations of parties
in the House to one another and to the
President most fortunate. Potter is
lost. Randall, if returned to the
House, can hardly be Speaker. There
will be no further prosecution of the
purpose to impeach aad eject the Pres
ident, and the executive and legisls-
tive branches of the government are
most fortunately related to one an
other. They will surely forget Sec
tionalism and the whole OF two ses-
sions of this new Congress may DE, sin-
gularly enough, devoted to the pro-
motion of the country's rather than of
party's good.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

Deadwood hAs now q population of
about 1000, and 10 the commercial CEN
ter of the Black Hills region. Il has
rude theaters, dance houses, gambling
hells and uncounted baI-rooms; yet q
recent visitor says there 10 far less ruf-
6anism than might fairly be expected
In q new mining place. There are
banks, churches, q school house, Q
newspaper and good hotels. Many
lawyers get good income out Of the
extensive litigation. over the titles to
mines. Deadwood 10 In an irregular
gulcb, has already outgrown its
space, aud begins To Climb the
precipitous sides of the bills by
which it is iaclosed. White cot.
tages, approached by winding paths
and steps, stand hundreds Of feet above
the level Of the town. Under Dead
wood proper there 10 another city--the
city of the miners. Openings 10 the
tunnels and shafts ara seen at various
places throughout the upper town. In
the tunnels and shafts the placer mixer
digs out the yellow earth, and sluices
it for the crumbs Of gold that, ddrinp
the long ages, have been slowly escap-
ing from the quartz lodes in the hiIls.
Bnt capitalists have taken hold OF the
mining business OF the Black Hillf,
and many quartz mills of the besl
class are running.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31
Thing. wortA Reuemherlnr.

/
1. That milk which has turned or
changed may be sweeteaed and rem
dered ct for use again by stirring IN =
little soda.
.. That salt will curdle new milk.
hence, in preparing milk porridge, gre
vies, etc, the salt should not be added
until the dish is prepared.
B. That fresh meat after beginning
to sour will sweeten il placed out Of
doors over night.
4. That clear beihng water will re-
move tea stains and many frnis stains.
Pour the water through the stain and
thus prevent its spreading over the
fabric.
5. That ripe tomatoes will remove
Ink and other stains from white cloth !,
also from the hands.
g. That tablespoonful OF turpen.
tine boiled with yodr white clothes
will aid the whitening process.
2. That boiled starch is much irn-
proved by the addition of Q little sperm
or q little salt, or both, or little gum
arabic dissolved.
8. That beeswax and salt will make
your rusty fst irons as clean and
smooth ss glass. Tie Q lump Of waK'
y Q rag and keep Il for that purpose
When the irons are hot rub them, firsi
with the wax rag, then scour them
with a paper or cloth sprinkled with
salt.
0. That blue ointment and kerosens
mixed In equal proportions aud applied
70 bedsteads is an unfalling bedbuR
remedy, and that coat OF whitewash
Is ditto for walls Of . log house.
10. That kerosene will make tin tea
kettles as bright as new. 6atnsstV<
woolen rag and rub with It. Il will
also remove stains from and clean var
nished furniture.
II. That cold rain water aud soap
will remove machine grease from wash.
able fabrics.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

IT is an awful state of affairs when
man, guiltless Of crime, pleads guilty
and goes to the penitentiary two years
rather than remain incarcerated in the
local pest and prison house. Un-
drained Texas towns are very like un-
drained Texas prisons. and when the
weather is damp and hot, dwellers IN
either should fly to the penitentiary for
life and health. There the laws OF
health,are respected.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

The Rev. Talmsge, having econ o.
elephant, preached last Sunday ot
"The night side Of New York and
Brooklyn" Referring 20 bis visit g
one of the gilded dens Of New xpIA
he said he "felt as though sitting 81
an island coast against which q eur
clydon had driven a thousand disma
ed hulks, and every moment nj
blackened hulks rolled in." Again
said, 40 he touched upon the pre-
"Let the newspapers criticise; thl
give me 8, 600, 900 Of an audiences eve
week. Laughter. am indebted q
the press what I can meyer repay &c
slash away, eentleme6. II thers 4
aaything / dispise u is dull time
Press criticism Is q Turkish towel will
which every public man needs to b.
rubbed every day 10 order to create
circulation
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31


The fehcIUuus Tatker Col. Burgess,
the devoted friend of John ireland,
charms The Greasers and every body
else along the RIO Grande. The Mex
icsns come over to listen and Los Grin
gos lean idly upon their Winchesters,
or lounge beneath the mesquites en-
raptured by the simple eloquence OF
this hneal descendant of the only ora
tor ever produced by Rhode Island, the
matchless Tristan Burgess. He wsn
the contemporary and peer of John
r .ndolph. In those days Congression-
al speeches were very imperfectly re-
ported snd-the New Eugland orators
fame is manly. traditional even IS
must be thTs of Af: Burgess, unless be
return abodes OF newspapers and
progressive civilization. But then it il
a good plaza 10 gathes in votes. We
sre told that loyal Mexican citizens
can vote ofeener in one day than son
Of Ham, even when whisky ana local
option are At stake.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31
NO. d

| Victor Hugo's receptions are delight.
fully simple and Informal. He Is al
home one evening in the week, when
his friends and admirers gather round
him. No change Of toilet is needed
the ladies appear in walking costume,
the gentlemen in frock coats. "The
MASTER" as hs intimate friends and
admirers love to call him, avoids aIl
airs and posing with the quiet simplic-
| ity OF true genus. he does not plant
himself in the midst of his company,
neither does he assume the conse-
quential manners Of dictator. Seated
in an armchair or on Q sofa beside
some favored guest, he converses-he
does not discourse. At an early hour.
in view OF the age and the ample
habits Of the host, the company
separate, the most enthusiastic
raising the hand Of the master to
their lips as they take leave. One OF
the greatest charms about Victor HUI
go's manner Is that be never shrinks
from or repels any manifestation OF
genuine admiration or homage. Cn-
like celebrities of far less note, who
profess to be indignant or disgusted At
any such manifestations, he lends him.
self to what must often be wearisome
to him with q kindly gracioasness that
often changes the enthusiasm of bis
admirer into q passionate, personal at
tachment. Victor Hugo is
very hospitable. aud delights in hav-
ing three or four friends 20 due
with him, but his appetite, though
healthful, is neither very great
nor very dainty be prefers plain food
and drinks only light ciaret habitually.
He is very early riser, sRd on 6ne
spring or summer mornings he may Of
ten be met At six o'clock taking q stroll
Ia the Champs Elysees. OF bis fond
ness for riding on the tops Of omni-
buses I have alresdy spoken. These
long rides, when he trayerses PARIS
from one end to the other, k.e his pS-
RODS of composition. He ats plunged
in profound Ieverie, with eyes gazing
unseeing into space. 30 well are his
moods understood by the conductors
and habitual travellers on these lines
that he is always left undisturbed.
Sometimes the greatest part of
the day will be passed in
these excursions, nor does any severity
of the weather ever daunt the aged
poet. Yet, with ell the quiet simPlic-
ity OF his habits, his dailyi ife has not
escaped the shafts Of calnmay. The
BonapartIst press declared that he was
dTunksrd who used often TO be pick
ed up insenstble from the floor Of his
own dining-room. He has been called
an assassin because OF his sympathy
with the prescribed Communist,
msdmsn because Of his enthusiastic
aud impassioned uttcrauces, aud he has
been said to be hunchback whose dc
formity was dissimalsted by the skill
of his tailor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31


Reports occasionally como 70 hand
of the condition OF poor ex-Empress
Carlotts. the unfortunate Maximiliar'1
widow. She still resides at Tervsnren.
near Brussels, and none now see her
except By permission of the Queen d
the Belgians, % strange faces produce
great excitement In her mind. One o.
her hallucinations is that "a attempt
was made TO poison her In Mexico, and
that this design is still directed agslnAI
her, and 20 she refuses 70 take all food
which the Queen, her sisteF-in-IaN-
does not taste. Sometimes she puts On
her most splendid dresses, lights bar
room brilliantly and goes through She
form Of receiving famous gussta. b.
whom she thinks herself surrounded.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31
QUIT YOUR FOOLIsHNESS.

The one obstacle to the complete
SUCCESS Of the fair association consists
in the internal quarantine which
obstructs travel to an extent little
comprehended by the masses of the
people. WomeR, especially, have a
horror of these quarantine officers.
Now and then one has been employed
whose coarseness and rudeness and
ovsrbearing, threatening, pompous,
military bearing and aspect would
drive gentleman 500 miles out of his
way that the prepusterous fellow,
dressed in q little empty authority,
may be avoided. By these people
immigration, that was moving into
Southern and Central Tcx4s, has been
stopped at the border, and for two or
three months past real estate dealers
say their business has bseu almost
wholly suspended. Very certainly we
have seen and heard and felt enough
Of the operative force of this indis-
crimInstely frightful local and 8 ate
quarantine to confess the necessity for
the revision of laws regulating it. Iu
fact many people believe that Federal
power should be invoked that the
laws of health may be practically en-
forced in filthy, undrained cities and
towns which destroy the prosperity of
all States and all cities, and unlettered
and incapable local boards and their
agents may not, through weary months
each year, put q period to commerce
and business. II laws now operative
had been enforced 10000 people
would have oeen cooped up and put
to death in Memphis. Universal inter-
nal quarantine would have given the
people no way of exit; but Holly
Springs and Huntsville and Louisville
furnished places of refuge and the
great multitude escaped. Hardly one
of the 10000 would live if the law of
local sefishness and quarantine had
been enforced. The question is, shall
not the government of the United
States, in conjunction with local au-
thorities, protect coast cities, while
those of the interior may be forced to
protect themselves by rigorous, per-
feet drainage and cleanliness Either
this or confess that We have the right
to shut up and put to death, with ab-
solute certainty, twenty thousand peo-
pie in Houston, when, if they may fly,
not one in ten will die.
The State Fair, like every other in
stitutlon, feels the effect of these nu-
merous needless barriers to trade and
travel still maintained when the day
for the coming of the plague has gone
ty. They who have stood up like
little heroes interposing their mortal
bodies betwixt the trembling towns of
Texas and the yellow, grim monster of
the marShlands OF the MISSISSIPPI,
should be recalled. Let the doctors
that blow their own little horns now
sound the retreat. The battle has
been fought on another field,
and the enemy has never dreamed
of moving IN this direction.
Let US, therefore, furl our banners and
have peace and magnificent State
fair. Or, if this may not be, let Gov
ernor Hubbard issue another Wouter
Won Twiller proclamation, and in sub
stitution Tor this physical, let us have
sweet, Hubbardly moral quarantine.
We prefer 1t infinitely. Our inherent
goodness compels us.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

AND now 1t is said that "a number
of leading citizens and Democrats
havo met and unanimously declared
that Mr.. Archer is properly" the
Democratic candidate for floater. How
many and who these "ieading" citi-
zens are, we are not informed. Demo
Gratis are not apt to be led, nor can
they be led into an Endorsement of the
Hays county cabal. NJ. Archer must
stand on his own merits, for as yet the
Democratic party OF Travis and Blancc
counties has made no nomination. 4
little cabal in Austin cannot make him
the Democratic candidate.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31
The Cincinnati Co,nr.rei,,l pubIIsl

The Cincinnati Commercial publish
q letter from Mr. George Q. 0orha
secretary Of the Republican congr
sional committee, addressed to & q
tleman Of that city, in which be saylt
~ read the Presidents speech care
fully, and looked snxiously for soma
word expressing . preference fog the
Republican party over the Democratic
party. Finding no such expression,
have not caused the speech 70 be
pnnted. II the President can yet Be-
induced to say that Republican success
In the congressional campaigns is Dc.
sirable, with or without bic reasons. ]
will PRINT 1000, 900 copies snd furnish
them gratuitously as supplements q
every Republican paper in the land. 2
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

W. F. WHrTE, general ticket agent
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway, writes that his road il going
steadily ahead to Santa Fe, and hence
it will be projected TO FL PAso to meet
the narrow gauge from Austin. he
further states that the Denver and Rio
Grande Narrow Gauge moves steadily
toward Austin, where it would havs q
choice Of three railway routes to the
sea. Whites road il the proper route
for those who would visit Denver o.
the paradise Of Southern Colorado.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

II will be remembered that ssyeral
months ago the Earl of Lsitrim Wal
murdered IN Donegal, Ireisnd. One oi
the causes Of the crime is said 10 have
Deen his eviction Of the widow Algoe
and her sens from farm. A few weeks
ago the Algoes foscibly took possesslOn
Of this farm, and the present Lord Lei.
trim determined 70 eject them. Accom-
panied by several Dailiifs his agent
broke in the door, when the Aigoes
made desperate resistance, but were
oyerpoWsred and arrested. CEcum-
stances such - these must tend very
seriously 70 detrset from the pleasure
Of being great proprietor In Ireland.
Lord Leitrim hes doubtless been ad-
vised that it would never do 70 give IN
at the outset, but Il Il most unfortu-
nate start. BE has been visiting bic
estate, and, II . nervous man, win be
likely to see . blunderbuss behind
every stone wall.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

Considerable smusement and not n
little scandal hss been caused IL Los
don BY the sale Of . photoRFnph q
which Canon fsrTar, author Of 7hf
Life Of Chris. " sppearsd 20 Be pc<s
ing In the sct Of prayer With h11ts
clasped before him, surpiiee hspiee
behind him and eyes devoufly uplIl.
ed. The canon's admirers were ~
eiinsd 10 weep over 20 reckless on u.
tempt TO attract popularity. 1btE
were, therefore, inexpfessiblg rsileIe
70 6nd one afternoon . public d'l
clsimer from the canon that be eF5
sat for such portrait. He woald -
gard Il, be said, e 'sinsxcussblY<
ish and disgrscefuily profane.p
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According % the quarterly circular

According 70 the quarterly circular
issued by the mercantile agency OF
Dun, Barlow & Co., the number of
failures in the third quarter Of 1878
were 2S53. with Liabilities amounting
TO $50. 900. 900, against 1915 in the
same period OF 1877, with $42, coo, 600
liabilities. In the first nine months of
1878 the failures numbered S676 with
$l97, 900, 900 liabilities, against 656j
failures with $l4l, 900, 900 liabilities
same time in 1877. The increase in
the present year is owing 20 the fsct
that q large number Of those engaged
in business sought TO avail themselves
Of the national bankrupt Law prior TO
its expiration on the first OF September
last. The circular adds that the trade
of the country is believed 70 have sur
vived what threatened to be q serious
shock TO confidence and credit, grow
ing out Of the circumstances Of the re-
peal Of the bankrupt Law, and except
ing the unfortunate epidemic in the
South the general conditions Of trade
are more healthy than at any time since
1878.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

THE State executive committee oi
the National Greenbsck party of Ten
nsssee have substituted Col. r. NJ.
Edwards, as candidate for Governor,
in place Of Mr.. Tillmap, who recently
withdrew from the canvass. Col. 3D.
wards is q resident of Cleveland, and
is described as conservative Demo
crat aud lifelong friend of the late
Andy johnson.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

HoS. THOs. ALLEN has effected the
withdrawal of all suits recently brought
against bis So. Louis and Texas Iron
Mountsip) railway by the English
bondholders, Barring Bros. and 9TH
ers. He will now prosecute his claimG
to s seat in the United States Senate
with unwonted assiduity and make
speeches everywhere against Vest,
Glover, Harden ana other aspirants.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31
Thatsvortb. tbe e.tste of the DuIze

Thatswortb, the estate Of the Duke
Of Deycnshire, contains 1000 acres,
which be retains for bis private PARK
and flower garden, besides thoueands
more that are rented for farming. E'&
park IL bounded on ell sides By aille,
which cut il Of from the rest Of lt1
world, and no other house than t
own can be seen from the Wind4Nc
bis grand manson. his flower f6f11
alone comprises 103 acres, WhefEsn
sixty laboreFs are constantly employed
70 keep it N order. The renaindol =
the 1000 acres " al IN grass snd wood
land, and stocked with deer. Tbi1 4
said 70 be the finest private residere@
IN Eurora
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

ALL the Democratic newspapers OF
Indiana, as il moved by common ir-
resistible impulse, now declare that
Governor Hendricks must be the DEM
ocratlc candidate for the presidency In
1880. There is no statesman having a
more faultless fame or history, and
the South would gladly vote for 1ncs.
A. Hendricks.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

traits and brilliancy of genius would
give him strong following, bat just
now, until another charge supervenes
and tbs kaleidoscope revolves once
more, Hendricks is the leading fixed
figure that catches the eye of the peo-
pie and ex;orts the concession of supc-
rior availability.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

THEY have been lynching negroes in
Indiana, and then the Northern press
indulges In no jeremiads, but when six
OF eight are knocked on the head in
Mississippi, earth, air and ocean re-
sound with world of Radical halle
iniaha
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

Col. CHARLEY SrEwART's celebrated
Grissom murder case was reversed and
Judge Ector's able opinion in the case
appears in the last 7tsas Lar Journal.
Stewart only wanted little time. Hia
client can die now. The wreiehed
man has consumption.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

JusT think OF IL, JUICE Roberts and
Senator Coke both belAbored Houston
night-before-last- There were none of
the tricks OF oratcry illustrated but
more truth and solld good sense and
sound reasoning were promulgated
than Houston ever heard before.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

THE prize for the best bale of cotton
exhibited at Paris has been awarded to
Memphis. The same bale received q
grand testimonial, as being the best
ever raised IN the world. Memphis, in
her hour OF desolstioD, will take small
comfort in this flattering tribute.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

THE GENUINE -INAtoNs LIVER REer1. 4
TOR OR NE &c NE MANUFAC rURKD
ONLY By J u ZEILIN & co,
Is wrapped in clean. neat. WHITE WRAP
Pc WITH the rcd symbolic stamped there
on. Ran 40 ia BY q-dng induced 80 take
snss itIta-. Tax no bths buI the oR!GI-
NAL a-d GENUiNK. soptls
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

DR.. r. G. WISN. candidate for the
Senate in Colorado, Layscs and Con.
zales counties. Was formerly u peda-
gogue in Rome, Georgia. W ehesch-
ing he mastered his profef Jon. he
went thence to Green county Aiabams,
and thence he came several years age
to Texas. he is gentleman Of ex-
cellent learning and ability aud will bt
one Of the most agreeable and able and
learned members Of the State Senate.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

President Hayes and the secrctafI
Of the Treasury are said to be pars|E1
larry gratifed over the result 81 q.
Ohio election as affecting the queslI1|
Of resumption. They both think ft.'
there viii now be no effort made s.
the coming session Of Congress 70 I1'
terfere with the moyemfDts % -
treasury looking 20 that puTpose. Esd
that resumption will, there fore. be 8.
accomplished fact By The fInt ok 51l:|
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TUE Pottery business has mudded
Tilden worse than anybody else, and,
poor Potterl There Is only left little
mould of himself In the filth exhumed
by his committee. II is perfect
IIbust.D
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-31

ssDo you know When the Swallows
HomeWard FIyF asked Q young man
Of his s'InamoFata. n as be leaned over
the pianoforte. se0f cousse do, she
replied, in voice a. lar apSrt ~ q bar
ber,a comb. They dy home when
they want their grub. And then abe
began 70 sing, "Would Were q
Rir.rs1.n