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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04
Forr,ga Note,.

A great storm in Denmark DESTROYED
over one hundred fam houses, killing
d ty persons aud dad incaluu able dam
az to the crops.
l. is now stated that King Alfonso,
OF Spain, aud the Archduchess Nara
OF austria will have an interview the
cim ng month, and their m arriage will
b. solemn ID a, the end OF October.
20 The chances o. war hetweeu Russia
and CnInr on the X ildj, gu -stinn
brings to hight the fact that IN Chi.
'se have svtilsble there over 100 900
men and leo guos.
Cholera is still prevalent at Caout
aud has appeared among regiments
which recently returned from II .rat.
This caused pau'c At CAbal aod some
of the soldiers deserted. The cholera
is diminishing at C,ndabar.
The Rdmpa disaff~ction in Iudia Is
spreading. The insurgents are badly
armed. but conduct a guerrilla war
far Operations ag inst Them will not be
successful until after tla rainy season
Is over, when troops Can follow the IN.
surgenrs into her fa>in sses.
Tho new X 1rdve nf E syp', Tewlik,
i in trouble with his e ,glish ard
4 ench m ,sters. The Gus l. said TO
be his lutrac able dIsp ,sit'on. Tue
Slltan's r, q Test that The tx Kh.dive be
flowed to reside in E lypi briug denied
By Eoglsnd, the I allan government
mas assigned him palace az Nipples.
Mr. Nchola- KISS. formerly q menu
Der of the Hungarian II chstag, pos
-sses hotel at p Iris. At the foat of
the staircase he has placed an tlrgaht
-avealI or tirelIre, surrounded by a
parrot. When any one comes down
and goes up the staircase, the parrot
screams out, ''Sz gediD!" The visitor
looks around astnnIshed, sees the tire
lire. and puts something In il. The
parrf has already collected more than
5000 francs.
George Macdonald and members Of
his family are appearing in En- ,land in
drsmatizati. q OF the ''P igum's Prog
ress NJ Dcare ID. Conway writes that
while generally quaint TO the verge II
the grOtetq th1fe is much a9ouE the
performance which hsd, to III, mind.
i8ub llt
mile over the most sermons passages,
even when Cbristiana cries, What
shall do 10 be sayed2" The following
IL an incident mainly iDterpolatei by
the NJ 4cdonalds: Mercy, having been
led by Prudence and he rest to oubt
the geDu ne godiiness of Mr. Brink, IL
given an opportunity Of testing him.
Mr.. Brisk enters for his courtship, and,
alter the conversation given by Bun
yam. axis whether he Can do anything
for her. Mercy replies yes, and psints
TO bundle she wishes taken TO an old
woman at certain place, who is In
need. But Mr.. b lex protests that he
csnnot take bundles slonO the highway
re m ght meet my Lord This and my.
Lazy TotheI; aud. since Mercy BIS
.uch poor J, ca of his conseqaence,
ne can, he sd o. Only wish her 4 fair
4 y. So NJ. B SIX nepaTt-." Ene en-
prise is iusOciiIly not very success
full.
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To WHAT extent Senator Bruce (-ol-
orec) has been corrupted by six years
residence in wssAing,or, We do MOI
Know; but when q modest sheriff Ia
Mississippi, few years ago, be va,
esteemed an excellent officer and thor.
oughly honest. L Is stated that be Is
Going TO Kansas; that he viii FIX bis
,ome 10 tast STATE, and that - q con
-queuee half the colored pecP'e OF
Mississippi and = large number from
rsx4s and other Gulf States would be
some ''sxodussers. Nothing could
oe mare fortunate for ire South. T0s
solution Of the rsce question is to be
faaod In the d fusion or colonix ,ti5o'
Il the cOlored people. They viii %
Feil. no doabk in Ksnsss. and esq. =
csally those that can buy OF lesse isrn,3
slth al those who adopt the indaa
'fioah konsE. habits Of esnaior Br6
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04


The decni IN of the Secretary OF
State 10 r,-ppeD the We'll and the La
A IRA NJ xican tliims starts afresh tue
gossip as :" the relations OF the z q
Iish and NJ xicau legations br'e with
the present head OF the State ID part
nent. Tdese claims were the second
aud third largest allowed against the
W. xican government by tie commie-
,ion Of which s EtWard Thornton
was the chief sroiIrat After allow.
SDce the Mexican government protested
add claimed to have found new evi-
fence sho~Ing pei Try in the evidence
upon which tue cIsIms were allowed.
Congress passed a law allowing the
5-'retary to pay 10 the other claims
their prp rata shre OF the uioDey u.
ceived from the NJ can g ,vernmeDt
and givin9 him authority 90 open the
two disputed claims IL be saw a..
This WAS more than q year ago. TIE
Mex can govs rnm@nt's attorney m ode o
d ice d ght, ne eli tie 81 .imapfe'. PsE-
-nnaiIties ref cuDg on eE EluaTd
|, rnurn'on, aud gross Grim nsi charges
we're mate ON either ed. RamoF bad
4 that TIE NJ x,cgn niaisfer was 10
marry one OF s crelsfy Ear - daugh-
ter, and for TINS reason TIE s crefary
wanted to reopen the CLAIMS Yet II
ne did 80, he elmaS implicitly indoned
the II fisctions on Sif EtVsrd Thorn
TOD. Af.er var be has Needed 60
the-r.peated requests Of bSsh sldes 70
do somethin9. aud has decid -
open the cisims ea-kl
is i,rgeiy owned IN 81. L5ni The 4 @
NJ. Btrhoiow being one OF the pfin-
clio = ownsFs
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

ATTORNEY GENERAL GEORGE Nc.
CoRMIcK tells the simple truth, and
well, when he says Texas is solid
against Tilden and would vote 70,
G n. Hancock with exquisite sstisfse-
ton or for Bsyard, the foremost gen.
tleman in America.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04
BulIets Of SiIv r--aOw the Sierra
MOjada Mine " m Discovered.

the mines recently discovered in the
Sierra Mojada, Mexico, about which so
! much has recently been ssid, were
:nund by a Mexican lieutenant an0
squsd while in search of Indians. Be
lieving that Indians made their abode
in the rough and almost unspproach-
able region, the lIeu'ensnt Proceeded
70 investigate, and came upon several
squaws and children, ard two wsrn
odt warriors, who were cougreeated
about the mouth Of 8 cave mou ding
bullets. The reds were taken IN low,
when the cave was searched, 81 Q iifF
aqua titJ Of silver bullets arc OF yer
Nv made silver articles ere 70 I'D
r uS67 0hnd was the lieu,. nant 70
So astonishs = metal pat 70 such 9
find the precioe>-1e,uz made iur'h !
common use that Tx fPcaliiy 81
search, discovering the very 1l-iIItTi
Gbich they obtained the natural ~
Their mining tools consisted principal
~ of two or three old hatchets and
axes, with which they cur the ore loo Q
IS It chung, an almost solid mass. t,,be
side of gigantic mount in. For YEAR,
the Indians had vIsi'ed many Mexican
towns, even going as far az u Dpclovs,
with cargoes Of bullets Of pure silver.
which they almost gave away. Blu, no
one knew, anterior TO the discovery
made by the Mexican lieutenant shove
referred TO. where they manufactured
the bullets- Now the locality is swara-
ing With SEEKERS afier wealth and the
nehest silver discoveries known have
here been made.-Saa Aatozie e
pres.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04
THE Rslenrnrn ,s. wn,,lIu NJ fault or

THE Telegram Is wholly at fault and
misInformed. No editor of the STATES
MAN was ever an applicant for q Fed
eral CT other cffice. The Telegram as
serts as fact that which has no foup-
dstion in truth. It has been misiD-
formed and should say 30.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04
Humorous.

You have noticed. prob bly,, thai
bar-room loungers generally succeed
cardamon iced.
A well known NJ G. recently began
spsech with the assertion that ''b,
c ,u'd not keep silent without sayiAg a
few words"
A scientific farmer has ascertained
that one pound Of dynamite il suffi
Gent not only 20 blow up 8 stump, bur
fair siz I'd smoked ouse along with H.
Remember whom You are talking
to, sir, SAID an indignant parent to =
refractory boy, Il am you father 81
"Welb WHO'S to blame for tbs, 2" said
young impertinencf ''tsint me-"
A young man seems to be nearer full
q ling the law and the prophet, when
ne walks along the street helping bis
wife trundle the baby-wagou, than
when be etroils out IN bachelor freedom,
gdDning at the girls and carrying cane
under bic arm.
Il have oft wondered said .
would be wit to an eminent divine,
"ghy at dinner table, the goCse !
diUhJo HihCcu III iItbuI VI IDC Citfkt .
man." THAT was Just my case when
saw you placed before me-" the di-
vine quietly remarked.
An old-fashioned minister, passing 0
fashionable church not long ago, on
which new splre was going up, was
asked how much higher 1t was going
70 be. mot much," be answered +;
chat eongregst on don't own much
higher in that direction"
Ruskin observes that as q rule wO-
men have no eye for color. This ex-
plains Why W. man Is Obliged L.
spend thFer-quhrters Of day in getting
the exact shsde OF ribbon to trm q
dpess, while when Il comes to mend
ing her husbands pantaloons she seems
TO think that yellow patch il Just the
thing 10 mstch black broad-cloth.
zyer once asked the hts Judge
A i.A.sbama TO charge the
p,cks,s sxatter that ninety and
jury thst sit isl .Sspe .nan IN !,
zine guilty men shoui5 s ~ nso;
one innocent man should 81 -. :. :
les, ssld the witty judge, 13s
give that charge; bat, IN the opiniI
OF the court the ninety and nine tuilfy
msn have already escaped in this
COUNTY"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

A sINGuLARIY sweet odor of piety
has been breathed upon the murderous
fame of Texas by the Sunday law. A
Boston preacher says he doesn't see
how Texas can be so terribly wicked
aud still enact and execute such nice,
godlv statutes.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

WE don't exactly know In what d.
rection the new Pope is moving or
what may be his purpose, but in his
latest encyclical letter he advises the
renewal of the study of philosophy in
all Catholic colleges, and that the the
cries and precepts OF Thomas Aquinas
be made the basis # 'nsrruction.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

Some twen y-.hree miles distant
from K.ngstoWD, Ind., in Q German set
rkment, there is be4utiful young wa
man. sore 81 years Of age, dsUght~rof
Caspar Schmidt who Il 20 all appear
snces quite dead. hsving brfn IN al =
state Tor nearly twelve mon be past.
She awakens regularly - 10 O'Clock
every night and remains awake absnr
twenty minute, when sbe selapsea into
somnslfncy. ehe eats veEy littie. Tn
physicians az pazsisd.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

ONE hundred and->a fly thousand
dollars are staked on Paroles2 run 9
mile and quarter at CambrijeesIiN.
BE has been beaten several times for
long distances but never for q mile.
Eughshmen have bet most of the sum
design ted.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

An immigration association has been
organised at San At tonic, a. d it is to
10 hoped they win 60 to work in
earnest. Its success will encourage
such organizations in other portions Of
the etakes
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

Pie IRON KELLY Is gaming supreme
mastery Of the Nationals and Green
hackers. It will be observed that 9
high protective tariff plank has been
inserted in the New York platform.
This lets out about four-fourths of the
party in Texss.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

IT is DsmDsratic Iolly that often de-
stroys possible success. Y,zooism in
Mississippi. reputation in Tennessee.
and the two T's in New York-Tilden
aud Tammany-are faithful dealers of
har;-kar;
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

MIS- CnIsHoL,E Is al z ninth, Mis-
sissippi, on her way 20 attend the trisl
Of the iguorart, vulgar fellows who
s0ot her husband and child to death
il Kemper cnunsY.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

Nobody likes % be nobody: bu,
everybody Il pleased 20 think himse.f
soUsoody. Asd everybody is some
BODY but uhe1 everybody thinks him
ell ennebodg. be enefaliy thinks
efsFybedg elss = nohSay.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

MANY senOinIs VI tne country will
visit New York IL only to behold Cleo
pairA's needle. which win be set up
teeye during the wear.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

GES. PnzLIPs VAS snlru and Lou
Lsnlsr. winner N the nile and Eve
: shths' DISH g Monmouth PAX last
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04


- : fog is a physical fact
100 ogy. lie will sWill whisky
md muslspg wine with the srdor OF
Irish devotion to potheeD, ride and
yell like COmanche, have 9 snake
skin hat band, tWirl q six-shoott :
among his fingers till it is endued
with lie as we'll as death, and
hen the bsef-ester will be Who'll
~ civilized. More slowly does
he sturdy German assent to dives
ture Of the habits Of Faderland, and
fortunately for Texas. We accept az
veil ss modify German modes Of living
md thinking, and both nstionslities
confess resu ng advantages. Bu
iefect homogeneity is slowly and
perfectly achieved. The end must be
Fben Texans, EIglIshmen, Germans
md FrenchmeB are perfectly fused into
n uadistinguishsble mass by the pro
Iuction of a new race Of men, and
nay we NJ hope superior in all things
y their diverse progenitors. There is
,othiug wanting IN soil and climate, in
he limestone water we drink or all
We breathe, to make the coming race"
# Texas the fist of physical and in
ellectuai men, and that hereditary
noes OF conduct and character may
,ot be transmitted, special ''Pensi'
:ode should be enacted by the Legis.
l'ture and the prOcrestion of knavei
made impossible.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04
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T1HE STATE OF SOUTH CAR

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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

-
ent frse schools that IN Ruknev o.
an -, fhcient" system. a. -
csses where men received $50 bes
month for teaching six children, but
the law, as it now STANDS, would stou
that kind Of swindlipg. Last wear
only "a IL was allowed to each child.
and system could no: be very efficient
With this small sum. Last year, as had
been ,rrectly ascertained, "a 600 chit
dren within scholastic age had not be. n
enrolled. We have q fund in prospect
that will educate every child in Ttxas.
and oy constant wafchiulness and con-
tiousl Improvements on the system, we
s"all OF day have schools that will be
efficient and useful.
Some lackadaisical, sentimental
youth is wntiog poetry about the
Democrats Of uthIaDdn in the San
Antonio Herald. sometimes one lire
gets little longer than another with
which il shs uld correspond and the
poetry goes f with sors Of unpleas-
ant jerk which DoW aud then becomes
even painfnl. Bat the sentiment Il
glorious Fms ance:
VII n the mnerceof America
khall reacu every nd,
And cur =. sasf I n word ..sast.' 4
s1ee' snoaRh % mp prpda1inns
flli infernAfllE1ai 1cmnna
Tan = = have re,umur1or
In ihe tern's f1l ct scn-e.
Ano igl q Aueuc1l1 N
ma esrt@ie frc.Np1zGo
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-04

one Innocent man should g -
les, ssld the witty judge, ~
give that charge; bat, IN the opiniI
OF the court, the ninety and nine kuiIfy
msn have already escaped in this
COUNTY"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-05-10
"reminiscences of General Dix.

can vouch for the following,
having heard it from the Generals
own lips. When the convention that
gave Mr.. Lincoln his second nomina-
ton was about to meet, Moses II.
Grinnell sought an interview with
General Dix and said he had been
authorized by Mr.. Lincoln to offer
General DIX the second place On the
ticket. l asked the latter why he
had refused the proffered position
and he said: 81 am now in place
where l feel that I am doing my
duty, and l don't wish people to
think that l am looking out for per-
sonal preferment in the present state
of the country" He once told me
that out of all the public offices he
filled not one had ever afforded him
sufficient salary to pay his expenses.
1t used to he a standing joke IN his
family to ask when he announced bis
intention of taking some office,
"Any salary Of consequence 2" "No."
"Then, of course, 'lltake it," THIS
is the advice he once gave to ayoung
lawyer, and it was the judgment If
one of the most success'ul.politicians
the country has ever seen: "Stick to
your profession and never have any
thing to do with politics. The great
mistake Of my life was that left
the bar to 60 into politics. New
York Tribune.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-05-10
ACHARACTER NOT WORTH THE
TINKERING.

Commenting upon the libel suit in
stituted by Senator Comins against
Mr.. Hoyt, the editor of the Cherry
Creek Independent, the Tu'carora
Times Review says:
We must confess that the course
pursued by Mr.. Comins is not what
we should have expected from that
gentleman. We know him to be
honest, brave and resolute, hence our
surprise that no should resort to such
means to vindicate his character. We
are confident that large majority OF
his friends would have preferred that
he should have taken no action what
ever in the matter. His advisors evil
IDENTIFY are not believers in the truth
of the saying that" the character
which requires the law to mend it is
generally not worth the tinkering.'
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-05-10
An Iron Canoe.

Robert Conklin, the Green street
tinsmiIh, is building a novelty tor
these parts in the shape of galva-
nizod iron canoe. Mr.. Harry Brace
is the owner and designer OF this
marine curiosity, and intends dis
porting himself in it next summer
in the Northern lakes. Her dimen-
sions are fifteen feet length, three
and one-half feet beam amidships,
tapering to the thinness of paper
cutter at the stem and stern. Her
cock pit is six feet by three, and at
either extremity are alright COM
partments four by two and one-haif
feet. She will be cat-rigged, carry
ing sail of eleven feet hoist, thir-
teen feet boom, four feet gait. Her
carrying capacity will be for three
passengers, and she is fitted so that
at night stanchions may be run up
by lowering the gaff and arranging
the boom the sail may be made to
serve as tent. The naked boat
will weigh one hundred and twenty.
two pounds, or about one-half a.
much as u wooden craft of her pro.
! portlons.-Catskill IN. Y. Paper.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-05-10
GERMANY has been irwin

GERMANY has been trying the
experiment of underground tee
graphs. and finds them great sue
cess. 1t was in 1875 that it was first
proposed to connect the chief centefs
of commerce and industry and the
fortresses by underground cables, and
the first wire was sunk between Ber-
lin and Halle. 1t has worked per-
fectly ever since, and meanwhile
similar lines haye been laid connect
ing the capital with Leipsic, Frank
fort, Cologne, and many other promi-
nent places. About four million and
IA half dollars have thus far been
spent, and the Reichstag has recently
voted another half million, which
will be used in connecting the towns
and harbors along the Baltic. When
the whole scheme is carried out Ger
many will be crossed by two great
main cables, stretching from Konigs-
berg in the north to Strasburg in the
south, and from Hamburg in the
northwest to Ratisbon in the south
east, intersecting at Berlin with a
number of branch lines-all effec.
tually cut off from damage by thun'
derstorms and we'll protected from
interference by either wanton mis-
chief-makers or rowing enemies.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-05-10
A Hen Becomes a Rooster.

Six years ago next July there was
Matched in this section female
chick. With the exception of the
usual adventures with hawks and
owls, this interesting fowl reached
the age of pullethood without cre-
ating any unusual excitement. She
quickly won the hearts of the lords
of the barnyard, and more than one
pitched battle was fought for her
favor by rival cocks. In time she
developed into steady, matronly
hen, and not only proved a good
source of eggs, but sat upon and
hatcIei five litters OF chicks and
one of geese, from which feat she
was known in the neighborhood as
the "gosling hen" Last February,
however, a marked change was OBJ
served in the subject of this sketch.
First, the BOOSTERS ceased to worship
at her shrine. A change was also
observed in her general bearing, she
assumed decidedly masculine airs
growing with the voice and tone of a
thoroughbred chanticleer; spurs
commenced to grow from her heels:
the tail feathers heightened and
curved; her comb grew in length,
and now this remarkable fowl has
developed into ull-fledged rooster.
1t is now on exhibition at Barrows'.
-Oglethorpe (Ga.l Echo.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-05-10
THE ADOPTION or THE NEW
CONSTITUTION.

To the surprise of nine-tenths
of the people of the Pacific Coast,
the new California Constitution was
adopted by a large majority. The
vote in the cities was generally
against the document, while in the
country the vote was in favor OF it.
1t was clearly a case of city VS..
country. The provision requiring
the uniform taxation of all land OF
equal value, whether cultivated or
not, must have captured the honest
Granger, although the bitterest OPP
poaents of the land monopolists on the
Cast affirmed repeatedly that, IN
this respect, the new Constitution
was not as good as the old. The re-
suit of the vote was, of course, un-
looked for, as all the corporations,
capitalists and business men of Cali
fornia were opposed to the new Con-
stitution. Its effects will not, how
ever, prove as disastrous as was an
ticipated. The prices of stocks have
shrunk some since Wednesday, but
not enough to alarm holders vino
purchased at the low prices which
have prevailed since the break Of
last November. Ii the new Consti-
tuition accomplishes half the good
which it is expected to the people
will be amply rewarded for any tenn
porary en- barrassment to which they
have been put by its adoption.