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

Says Washington letter to the Bos-
ton Herald. "OneSof the most fear
ful and wonderful sights OF the capital
Is the vast army of young women and
widows who have found their way
here for husbands. The rspsc,ty of
these sirens passeth all understanding.
They visit and they gush, and their en-
durance IN visiting and gushing is their
most remarkable feature. The hug
osnd-hunter opens her campaign from
some obscure residence, generally =
boarding house, aud commences with
the Capitol. You can pick her out OF
the thronged galleries, through her
utter lack of interest in the proceed
ings, aud her anxious method of re-
gsrdiog anything which may he con-
sldered eligible. In one month she ID
the best posted woman IN Washington.
She bas . Congressional and depart
ment directory, before which Ban
Pooreis dies miserably, and which
wsald be the eternal fortune of any
newspaper reporter who could secure
access 70 il. The ratings are: A /,
Senator; A 2. Member; B 1, Foreign
Legation; B ., Clerks. A Senator Of
a member may be as poor as . Demo.
cratic candidate for postmaster. yet hs
Is game. A member of Legation ID
not 50 high in the market, unless b,
mas q title, while clerk must read hi
title clear 70 At least $500 year. AZ
Ter . husnAnd-hunter gets to be prett.
well known she reduces her ambitioE
materially, and IS not above $3.50
clerk, and IS hope takes fninter ana
fainter colors. she looks favorably up
on the man whose references are woEil
month's board"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

In 1878 and previous the great field
of railroad construction was in the up
per Mississippi valley. In 1872, AZ
per cent. of the total new road was in
that section; in 1878 nearly 80 per
cent. In 1874 this fell to % per cent. ;
in 1915 to % per cent. in 1876 to % 3
per cent. ; while in 1877 it takes turn
and rises to 80 per cent.-a lIrger pro-
portion than before since 1878. But
the chief activity in the Northwest has
been in Minnesota and Iowa. In 1872
$50 miles were built, which was
per cent. of the total of the year. The
new Ohio lines are chiefly secondary
railroads, intended 20 fill place be-
tween the highway and the trunk line,
to be worked at mo derate speed to ac-
commodate a local traffic. Out of
the 236 miles credited to that State,
no less than 157 are of three-foot
gauge, and made light and cheap.
We can but regret that our own State
should show decrease of progress,
while her material progress in almost
every branch of industry which calls
for the extension of the former railroad
lines, and the establishment of new
ones, has been not only steady, but
markedly above the average of new
States. In 1879, with population of
scarcely 900, 900, Texas had $50 miles
OF railroad, one mile to each 1910 in
habitants; in 1877, with a popula ton
OF nearly 1900, 900, it has 1864 miles
Of railroad, one mile to each $50
inhabitants, decided progress In pro-
portion to the increase in population.
While This shows that we have
nearly reached the proportion of
mileage to population shown
to obtain in the United
States, yet we can scarcely believe
that our proportion of mileage has
reached the point of equilibrium in this
State. As the tide of pioneer populs-
ton marches westward over our fertile
lands, some of our railroad lines must,
Of necessity, follow the progress of
pioneer communities. At another time
We will refer TO this subject again.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31
BRIMsToNR.

Father Chambodut, OF the Galveston
Catholic Church, SAID In his sermon
last Sunday that the dogma of hell was
natural consequence of free agency.
God is good, God is just; therefore
there is hell. God is infinitely good,
God is infinitely just; therefore hell is
eternal. This doctrine has been &C.
copted by and among all nations. TIL,
pirpose of religion lie to participate in
Gods bounty-this to come of free
agency. Without this free agency
there would be no good, no evil. God
clnnot force US to choose-we mus
choose for ourselves. To draw US to
H,Saven, God has done everything; BE
sacrificed the son upon the cross; BE
has placed Heaven as q reward.
AID he'll as punishment. Passage,
fipm st. Matthew, st. Mark and St.
Paul were read to show the existence
OF place hereafter of eternal punish
nlent. The speaker proclaimed for
himself, as Catholic, for all those
present Of that church and for al
Catholics beside, belief unanimous
snd in common, that there is hell,
and that out of bell there Is 20 re-
slemption. This was dogma of faith,
Iict IS q teaching of man, but as {
teaching of God. There were S00,'
tl0o, 600 believers in hell; among whom
'Fere learned men in all branches and
professions. OF this fact, those who
denied such faith were TO be reminded
Little science blinds; much scienc.
makes plain. Belief in God is belle
in he'll, and he who says there Is n,
God is proper food for the b1rnin,
flames Of hell eternal.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31
RAILROAD PRoenEss ISTExAs.

As is customary with the Railroad
Gazette, the record of railroad construc-
ton in the United States is given early
in the new year. This record shows
that 2199 miles were completed in 1877,
against 246O in 1876, 1861 in 1875,
2O24 in 1874, 1888 in 1878, and 734O in
1872. The decrease as compared with
1876 is nearly IL per cent. but the
total. is above the average since the
panic of 1878, that average for the four
years having been 2061 miles. Neither
is it a small amount of work in COM
parlson with the population and traffic
of the country, and their rate OF
growth. The increase in the railroad
mileage is about as great as the average
increase Of population in the country,
and this country has long had larger
mileage in proportion to the population
than any other civilized nation. We
have now very nearly 80, miles OF
railroad in the country, with a proba-
be population of As, 500, O00. This
gives 575 people to support one mile OF
railroad, and nominal investment in
railroads of about 500 per individual.
Now Europe has about 1910 inhabitants
to support one mile of railroad, or near.
ly six times as many as this country,
and In Great Britain and Belgium
where the country is most fully pro-
vided with railroads -there are 1850
and 2283 inhabitants, respectively, pei
mile. So far as population is con-
cerned, therefore, this country is al
ready exceptionally we'll provided.
We have noticed that the construction
since 1873 has been chiefly Of short
lines of local interest. This was es.
pecially true In 1877. The number OF
lines was greater than before since
1878, and the average length of each
line has been smaller. The longest
single line was the 100 miles of the
Southern Pacific extension. Seven
companies constructed 518 miles of the
total of the year, 50 that the average
length of the other lines was bus if
teen mules. In 1876 there were five
companies which constructed more
than hundred miles apiece, aud the
eight which constructed fifty miles or
more apiece built an aggregate of s9s
miles, or thIrty-six per cent. of the
total.
The grouping of progress in mileage
in the more prosperous States shows
that Texas, which stood at the head of
the table for the year 1876, stands
fourth for 1877:
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

THE St. LOUIS Times eoncurs with
the STATESMAN, and says that "AIr.
Montgomery Blair will find that the
people of the West, especially the
Western Democracy, are not so welded
TO principle that they would care to
swap even a de fdcto President for a
dc jure one, unless assured of being
large practical gamers by the change.
1t might be an honor to the country to
have Mr.. Tilden at the head of the
government, but believing him to be
more closely eH rapport with John
Sherman than Hayes ia, and less in
sympathy with the masses on the
money question, we are inclined to
think it is the wiser policy to let well
enough alone"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

WIN. K. SEBASTIAN, of Arkansas, was
expelled from the Senate of the United
States in 1861, but the act of expulsion
was rescinded In March last because OF
his continued loyalty, whereat his
heirs have reason to rejoice, for they
have just received the ST., 200 that was
due him for his Senatorial services
from 1861 to 1865.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31
TIM venerable Tburlow Weed adj

THE venerable Thurlow Weed sd-
vises the New York bankers to 60 slow.
He insists that it is dangerous for them
to execute their threats addressed to
the people of the West. Il SO happens
that the West and South can trade as
well in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Gin
cinnatI and st. Louis as in New York.
Mr.. Weed adds:
There are causes enough already at
work to deprive New York of the bus
iness of the West without a combins-
lion of bankers, egged on by the press,
to refuse Western loans unless payment
in gold in nominated in the bond"
New Orleans and Charleston, as well
as Baltimore aud Philadelphia. with
the laws Of climate and distance in
their favor, are actively competing fer
the business so long monopolized by
New York. And to-day the Tribune
announces the establishment of line
of steamers between Portland and
Glasgow, connected with the Canadian
! Crank Trunk Iilwsy. Confronted
with such eveltualIties, is this time
to threaten the West with eXactions
which may disrupt our business rela-
tions with those to whom we must
look, and upon whom we must rely.
for our future growth and prosperity 2
II our capital is refused the West will
find it elsewhere.
Whenever money is Invested of a
share Of its value as compared with
that of other property, it will be in
vested wherever it will pay the great
est profits. II the West pay most for
money it will get most. Moneylenders,
if not suffered to use their funds in
New York without restriction, will
transfer bonds and gold and green
backs to st. Louis and Cincinnati. 1t
Is quite as impossible to dam up cur
rents of money as of the great river of
the continent, and those bankers who
threaten US with all conceivable calaml-
ties, il we make bonds payable in sill
yer, are only exasperated when they
discover that the people propose to be
emaHcipated from the despotism OF
Eastern capitalists. We do not condemn
their love of money and power, but
they have gained ind welded enough
of both at the cost both of public pros,
perity and of popular freedom. Dan
Voohees is another Jefferson ard his
speech the new declaration of Ameri-
can independence.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31
Much opposition is displayed in Con

MUCH opposition is displayed in Con-
gross to the government lending aid
to corporations, and the long deferred
anti-subsidy resolution of Mr.. Baker,
of Indiana, has been placed before the
House. The resolution is the same
as that passed by the House last year
on motion of Mr.. Holman, and in the
strongest terms commits the House
against any form of subsidy legislation.
The advocates of railroad subsidies
have been very nervous about it, and
haye been hoping in some way to keep
it out of the House.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

A FAIR "damsel" is ''engrossin2
clerk" of the Legislature of Washing.
ton Territory. She engrosses the affcc.
tons of the susceptible Williams ct ais.
of the House and so multitudinous are
her admirers that they spell it d-n
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

MASSACHUSETTS, it seems, is about
to become sane and sensible. The Sen
ate of that State refuses to approve the
action of the House, which sssailed
Blaine for letting in little light on
the obscure history of Massachusetts,
in 1919 and 1915.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

FROM present indications the can
didste who, in the end, secures the
votes of those who would like to have
the same position to which he aspires
will be crowned with success.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

The Missouri Changers are earnestly
opposed to the organization of the
State militia in times of peace. Sym
pathy for the laboring man probably
places them in opposition to armed
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

IT Is now generally acknowledged
that the use of printers ink on the
part of Hubbard's friends cooked the
goose that might have been induced to
lay golden eggs.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

THE fellow that wants to be an edi-
tor, and advertises in tho IoaisvIlIe
0orrier-JoUrnai, can get employment
by writing TO the-Adcertiser office.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31
THE STATE OF TExAs-cors1r

- OF EANiA.
To ne !She1is Or aag cossfo5s q zss1is oorsfs.
1reSfia1.
Wberess. Oath has beer r1sss before ne y
z. g Walker, agent for Hannah NOD - =
y. McCofuis - . transient person - "a re
ordinary process Of Law cannot De sstsea (. -
bim; therefore, you arc hereby connlslineo y
summon the sd T.. =. H1Cosnick- - puDiisn
Jag this cffaffon 10 some nssrp1psr P1t.iss "a
In this colufy, for three fueceseits Nee2s pe-
for The rsfu q dav berco., 70 oe eno ? "a -.
fore ne Al Summit, - Prcciutt No :. OF tllf
coanTT. On the fret Saturday IN Febraafy, 1915.
~ n e,,efoek a r., then and there % EnsUer
Ua.nah Ropb. 10 Plea q debt IA ne San q
fhirfv-fno doiiars. on : note due tWsiye months
.1is- dste. and dated October !, 1910, bearing
srfSrssf "a he Safs Of ten per cent pr enn1ms
~l.ieh eaId note 4 gwen a. = Htn rpsn tie n
1900 n Faid EeCorHlek,a crop gTo1Dd upoa nc
= BrebT pace, and this sait y br1aehf 70
r,,,.- ft-e lien upon said NcCormiekss inferest
n "a crop Herein fsn not. bat make dne r.
frrn - The law direc1a
Gfsen under ny bad JanaGry. :. 1873,
GEO. q. HCCEE6,
Justice Pe2ez. Travis couafy. Texaz
CEre 70 kAzd raEe dsy issoe1. EEd ] order
rhe sane p1hlisked n tbs DknocH&Ttc SrArEs-
x4N three fnccessiFc uss4s pFeylozs % the -
'-fa Cay 1r's'i' LIN
jsnprst cs1ssaois PEseissi xs {.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

WE are taking Mexican dollars at par
for subscriptions to the STATESMAN.
Where clubs of Eve remit from one
postoffice $40 will foot the bill for FIVE
copies of the weekly STATESMAN. A
single subscriber must pay $3.50.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31
DR.. BUTT s.
NOTICE 10 coNTRAoToRs.

Sealed proposals VII Be received untn ealur-
brick fezi1e1ce for Mr.. eWanle Pairs, On 4 lot
corner q co1Effss ATenge and n street.
the o9ee Of PhEsTOH q HuFFfKI.
Arrhitccfe and buperinfendGlfs Corner Cen.
<ress Ayelns and B6ls 1sAre nlreef.
3zB1o4fei,1 ass
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

An exchange says that 1900 North
CsrOlinians passed through Chatta
nooga to Texas during the past month.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

LknkR as ; candidate Tor the rice
psssidsney-'.st raddles . blind.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31


The Advertiser puts in q good word
for some of the coiored people of BAs-
trop county, who are trying 10 make
IN honest living by the sweat OF their
brow.
Coiemsn county now contains about
5000 inhabitants, Of whom less than
ten are negroes. There has not been
an Indian in the county for three
years.
Fannin county, the papers say, has
superintendent colored population.
People seeking helps Of the Stanley
Hsrald-African persuasion are invited
20 Fannin.
Gen. Patch calls the killing Of the
Mexicans while IN the hands Of the ran
gers cold -blooded murder. What doe.
De call the killing Of the American
prisonersi
ChamberlAin & Bio.. bankers q
Bolton. who became involved not lcne
since snd were compelled 20 suspend,
are paying every cent Of their IN
ldebfedness.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-31

The A1e ssys: 81. D. Oldham, OF
Robertson county, has for the last two
Years been travelling around in q calico
female dress, sun bonnet and brogaD
shoes and saying be married Jesus
Christ 1000 years ago, has been granted
a Chicago divorce and put into the Lu
uatIc Asylum for repairs. just before he
went derAnged he applied for the situa-
ton of religious editor OF the Calves
ton Neles and falling to get 1t lost his
mIno. That was enough to make any
b )dy 60 crszy-the situation we mean. y
The Examiner never reviscs letters it
publishes. Those f4tuleDt sentences
that cost printers time ana labor and
sGbserve no valuable purpose, such as
''your valuable and widely circulated
Journal" or that other, your faithful
sentinel on the watch-.ower of liberty"
or ''your fearless exponent of the paI-
ty"-all these soft phrases, t. which
letter writers resort TO give publicity
70 their hesrt-rending desire for noto-
riety, appear prefxed 10 letters thai
adOrn the Examiner. We would sug-
gest their omission. They are stale
and disgusting, and have lost caste.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
College At Bryan has an able faculty.
composed of Thomas S. Gathrighf, A.
n, president; Alex Hegg, A NJ.
professor of mathematics; G. p
B. Martin, d. D.. professor " nstnrai
science and agriculture; John /. Hand,
A n, professor of ancient languages;
". A. Banks, A n, professor Of mod
ern languages; Msjor r. P. ". Norris
professor Of applied Mathematics and
mechanics; L Iuis L. McInnis. A. u,
adjunct professor; Capt. J. Z. BRINK
ley. adjunct professor; Capt George
T. oimstrapt. q. S. A, cOmnaandant
Of cadets.
The Gainesville Hs.perian says: "AIl
the prisoners that escaped from our
county jail LIST week hare been cap
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-05-11
VOL. XIII.-NO. 25.

Tor many miles away to the Lchigh Water
Gap, mountains, valleys, river, canal, rail
roads and villages as far as the eye can
reach, uneonsciOusly the words of the poet
rise like hymn to the lips:
And have felt
A presence that disturbs me with The JOY
ofelevated thoughts. sense sublime
ofsomething far more deeply interfused
Whose dwelling IS the light Of setting suns
And as the pines bow their heads,
rocked by the strong northwest wind, we
utter in low voice the sublime words of
Milton
His praise ye winds, that from the four quarters
blow.
Breathe sofs or loud and your tops. ye pines,
With every plant, in sign Of worship waveF'
Then for while we pause in silence,
overawed BY the calmness, the sublimity
of the scene. Those moments spent here,
alone, in the presence only of the cloud
capped mountains, crowned with living
green, and of their God and ours, are sa-
cred to us and their memory can never
perish. Soon and suddenly we are awak-
ened from our dreams by the coming of
cur guide with his party. After a few
mole moments we sadly turn our faces to
the east and retrace our steps, aud again
stand at the entrance of the beauteous
fairy world, of which we have had Just a
glimpse.
Our return to the Mansion House, our
experience there, meeting with acquaint-
ances, that happy walk, the pleasures
of that evening upon the piazza, all
these pleasant "reminiscences viii be recalled
many times during our lives.
In the morning we babe farewell to
these pleasant scenes, wondering if we
would ever return, and after a long ride
arrived at last in PottsvilIe.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-05-11
Important Statistics

Kansas leads every State in the Union
in the yield of corn per acre, being forty.
three and fve-tenths bushels. New Hamp-
shire comes next, with yield of forty-two
Vermont follows with thirty-nine;* Ohio
thirty-six and seven-tenths; Wisconsin
thirty -four; Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska
thirty; Michigan, twenty-nine; Missouri
twenty-seven and eight-tenths; Minnesota
twenty-five and four-tenths; Texas and
Illinois, twenty-six each.
Illinois takes the lead in the oat crop
growing 1879, ,581 out of the total 2s2,.
107, ,581 bushels.
Iowa produces the largest wheat crop
of any State, the production of the United
States being I12,549 ,533 bushels, and
that of Iowa 2S,7O7 ,312 bushels, while
Wisconsin ranks next, with 24,375, ,435
bushels.
Ohio raises the most winter wheat, 81,
625, ,759 of the 175, ,199, 1913 bushels pro.
duced in the country. The whole yield
of the State is one-fifth that of the United
States and double that of California.
Pennsylvania supplies one-ffth of the
rye produced in the country, or 3,57T ,641
bushels out of 16,918,795.
California produces the largest barley
crop, or S,7S3, ,49O out of total of 90.
761 1895 bushels, and also nine-tenLhs Of
our native silk cocoons.
New York is the largest sultivator Of
buckwheat, raising 3,9O4, ,O5O of the total
of 1921 ,721 bushels.
Mississippi takes the lead among the cot
ton growing States.
Kentucky grows more than half the
hemp crop of our country.
New York produces more than one-fifth
of the hay crop, or nearly twice as much
as Pennsylvania, which furnishes the next
largest figure in that line. New York
furnishes also more than two-thirds CT the
hop crop Of the country.
South Carolina supplies nearly half the
rice produced in the country. Georgia is
next, or 100000 pounds ahead Of Lou
isiana. Nearly all the rice comes from
these three States.
OF the 272,7s4,341 pounds of tobacco
produced in the country, 1O5 ,3O5, ,s2S
pounds are grown in Kentucky. Virginia
comes next, with 33,Os6, ,s64 pounds.
Louisiana contributes nearly all the su-
gar and molasses from cane, and Vermont
nearly One-third of tie sugar of maple,
while New York produces one-fourth Of
the sugar from maple.
Ohio and Indiana produce each one
eighth of sorghum molasses.
New York grows one-ffth of the whole
potato crop. North Carolina produces
more sweet potatoes than any other State.
New York raises one afth of the ma.
tiOnal supply of peas and beans.
California produces more than one-hali
the native wine.
This statement Of the growth OF corn in two
of the New England States is certainly an
error. The climate is too cold for corn.