The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-13

ural ss the pTare. sh, wing TIA, m.
M und must have beeu made hy pe
ale long aBteriur TO the Ia 'isn
ga trer exploTauops vii he made frstl
uD'e "a time a. the ciety are abe.
The Commissioners of r nikratioo.
not wlthstsnding that two rnoDshs sc,
remain, have by careful; comi W rtiur
placed the total immigration 'nr It's,
gear 1879 II 159. 00) persons. Tne &,
! nes SNOW very age i'crease cvs,
late yesrs. Tn. higtess f-'ures were
reached in 1868 VII, S9i 5S1 imni-
grants were landed at CAstIe Girder,
which is The poit of arrival of IS pei
cert of the immigrants to America
Vne nationality for tins year is thus di-
vided: Germans, "a 2iS; Irish, 16.-
65S; E1glish. a 213; Swedes, 9947
Sc ncl, 1900; No wegisns, Ass;
Wtl,h, 1866; Flench, 1864; Russians,
213s.
This is significant, as showing d
large English emigration. Tnese are,
as rule, thrifty, well-:o-do people.
The English have not until now emf
grated in any considerable plumbers to
the United States. Once the tide turns
We may expect to see it continue.
There Is yet room for lsw-sbiding emf
graft lere. The people of Crest
Britain, the Germans, the Swedes, and
the NorwegIans are So, and from these
the bulk OF our immigrant population
is made up.
You will find, as rule, that the
men who are favorites with men are
the best and truest In their relations
to women. Yes, the men who like
sometimes to turn their backs on all
women and so off with the other
fellows" and have a good, boyish
time on the water, or the mountain,
or In some other mans "den." Wo-
men never need be afraid to trust
their happiness to those whom other
good men esteem good fellows;
but if msn is avoided by men, how
ever much womer admire him, shun
him. 1t is he who has fl,rtations that
come to nothing, and has not "been
very nice" to the girls who have bro
ken thslr engagements with him, who
when he msrries wriDgs his wife's
heart, il che has one, ard spoils her
temper if she is naturally IN angel.
Manly men are the best lovers, the
best husbands, the best companions
for women, Just as womenly women
are the best sweethearts and wives.
What do we think of women who
shun their own sex, however charming
men may fiud them? 1t is seldom, il
ever, that your mems fsvorite ill uses
his wife. Perhaps it may be explain
ed N this wsy-friendship of sub
limated sort ls what love becomes
after year or so of marriage, and re
who is friendly to the very depth of
his soul enters into this state
happily, and is ready for ali
the delights that follow. But
man who is incapable of moth
ing but that flsetiDg sffeclion which
ever pursues new obj ,ct, and cares
for no woman when she is worn, hates
the domestic ties aRd becomes detests-
BILE in conso quepce. l. is the man
who would die for his friend, and for
~hom his friend would die, who
makes a mirsculously happy wife of
the woman to whom he scarcely knew
how to make love when he courted
her.
The revision of the Bible now nearly
complete, has been far more expen-
sive work than most persons imagine.
There are fifty-two members of the
committee, and these meet for five days
in every three weeks. No salary is
paid to any one of them, but they are
allowed their travelling and inn expen-
ses. These with other items will
bring the cost of the first addition of
the Revised B bic as estimated by the
University Press Company, which is
responsible for it, to about 5000, 600,
and consequently it has been deter
mided to sell the first few copies at
high price. Tae new Bible will re-
ceive no "authoriz ,tion" either from
Parliament or COnvocation. It has
been discovered incidentally during
the sitt;ngs Of the committee that the
so-called authorized version never was
in fact author'Z ID either Gcclesiasticsl-
ly or politically. 1t made its way by
its own merits and the Revised Bible i.
expected to do the same.
Two Ffenchmen, Louis and George
Verbrugghe, have just published In
Paris q little book called "Wslks and
Hunts in North America" When told
by the custcm-house officer at New
York to open their trunks, they replied
in effect: 'Reassure yourself, my dear
sir; here is a dollar" The dollar at
once removed his scruples about the
luggage, for the dollsr is the sovereign
and the god of this great people. sect
money; honestly, if you can; if not
get it all the same" Is In the United
States the beginning and the end of
wisdom. The hotels have every luxury
but little politeneso-a faithful image
of American society. The ''bars" are
SOFT of tavern, without seats. The
busy Yankee en,ers running, takes q
drink on the counter-a glass of whis-
ky, some ice water, certain mixture
made of gin, of bIt;ers and of sel,zer
water, and then hurls himself into the
tumult OF, Broadway. An American
lady said to the travellers: 81 like bet
ter to live st hotel. Il is more no.
ticed there that my husband and /
drink champagne at Sc" The street
cars are crowded with everybody-rich
and poor. at is not rare sight to
see q lady seeted on the knees of gen.
tlemsn. Your nelgbb7r whistles, an
other one chews tobacco, still another
whites small piece of wo )d-sll
fsvorite modes OF diversion in America.
The people eat badly; they have no
time to eat well-time is money. They
have a pitiless prejudice against ne
groes, against Cinnamon, against Israe-
lites. Then there is the prejudice and
tyranny of Sunday. Ga that day all
work, all pleasure even, is interdicted.
Singular contrast This community of
business men, of calculators, of pro
ducers, wholly occupied with material
interests, With making money, is never
theless extravagantly religious. Sscts
of all sorts multiply, with supersti
tious rigor on the Sunday side"
President Angeles annual report for
1879, just ISSUED, shows that coeduca-