The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31
Editorial Notes.

Much alarm has been created at Mos.
cow by the appearance of the Siberian
plague. One day laundress at the
university, who was suspected of hay
ing died from it, was subjected to
post norton examination, with the re-
suit that the suspicious of the authori-
ties were confirmed. Since then sew
eral other persons have succumbed to
the same mslady, which Is more disas-
trous than either smallpox or cholera,
and the police are now taxing energet-
ic measures to prevent the disease from
spreading. 1t is believed that the
seeds of the plague were brought from
Tifiis, either by Turkish prisoners or
Russian invalids.
1t is stated that the new tariff bill
which the House Committee on Ways
and Means are at work on and will re-
port in few days proposes to reduce
the number of articles in the tariff to
500. The number at present is 2100,
including great many articles not i'm
ported at all, and great many others
imported in such small quantities as to
yield a very small revenue. Six-sev-
enths of them will be placed on the
free list, leaving only the other seventh
TO yield the revenue the government
requires. 1t Is stated, further, that
the committee will not make any re-
duction in the tobacco tax, nor in the
whisky tax either, except Id ccnt.n-
gency, the nature of which is not men,
toned. The committee are in favor
of stopping the annual payments into
the sinking fund for the present, and
will adjust the tariff and internal reve-
nue. taxes so as TO produce the amount
needed to defray the expenses OF the
government and pay the interest on
the public debt, and no mere. The
arrest of payments into the sinking
fund will diminish the taxes s37, 000.-
900 this year.
The best possible thing for man TO
do when he feels too weak 70 carry bis
work through is TO go to bed and sleep
q week il he car This is the only
true recuperation of the brain force.
Because durlng sleep the brain Is IN q
state of rest, and in q condition to re-
csiye and appropriate particles of nu-
triment from the blood which take the
place OF those which have been con-
sumed in previous labor, s.nce the very
act of thinking consumes, burns up
solid particles, &c every turn OF the
wheel or screw Of the splendid steamer
is the result of consumption by FIRE 81
the fuel in the furnace. The supply OF
consumed brain substance can only be
bad from the nututiye particles in the
blood, which were obtained from the
food previously eaten, and the brain Is
50 constituted tha. II can best receive
and appropriate TO itself those nutTi-
tive particles during q state OF rest, Of
quiet and stiffness in sleep. Mere slim
ulants supply nothing in themselves;
they only goad the brain, force IL TO Q
greater consumption of It's substance,
until that substance has been 90 ex-
hausted that there Is not power enough
left 20 receive supply, just As men are
50 near death By Thirst and starvation
that there Is not power enough TO
swallow anything, and all Il oser.
To such perfection has the msnufsc-
ture Of artificial pearls been carried,
that none but connoIsseurs can readily
Distinguish the real from the fslss. The
manufacture has gradually spread from
France 10 Italy and Turkey, and pearls
Of all kinda Of form and color sEe now
made. Al the exposition Of Preach