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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31
Foreign Notes.


The mode IN Paris Just now Is to af-
feet extreme youth Ia dress, and bsby
hats, baby caySsges, etc, are al the
rage.
Kossath has lust turned up sgSin.
this time in q letter about she rebpiid@
ing OF Szegedin. He thinks that n
modern city ought TO be built on the
site Of the old one destroyed By the
ilood-a city Of homes like those Of the
English.
Since asphalt has been adopted for
the streets of London, many young pco
pie travel over them un roller skates,
and they can move so much faster than
ordinary pedestrians that messengers
employed by Offices IN tho city ere
adopting the skates.
Adelira Patti. il appears. has lest
some of her upper notes. but on tho
other hand she has gnned immensely
in dramatic power. Her voice is lcw-
cred, but she viii become andou6tedly
one of the greatest dramatic opera siue-
ers that Europe has ever seen.
Miss Thompson Mrs. Butler has
been requested by Queen Victoria to
paint for her two battle scenes--ano ef
them being OF the field Of RorlSO's
Drift. This is considered great oom-
pliment ia England condensation,
| indeed, since 1t eonaos in The fosa af
an amiable ''request, when IN other
cases it has been a''command.
The Prince Of Wales stood sponsor
to Capt. and Mrs. Arthur Pagetls baby.
that was christened st the CxapSl
Royal. Sc. James Palace, two weeks
ago. Mrs. Paget was formerly Mise
Minnie Stevens, OF New York, daughter
of Mrs. Paran Stevens. This is the
first child of American born parentaga
who has had an heir to a crown az
godfather.
Mr.. YablochkoIf, the inventor Of the
electric candle, was lately presented
with gold medal, on which was this
inscription: N'To the worthy. from the
Imperial Russian Technical SocietS
II was claimed that Mr. YablochkotI.
after many Investigations and expert
ments, was the drst man to find The
practical solution OF the question ofthe
electric light.
In the old parish church OF Chisal-
OA AhS odSo@1 AAt~t' 'tAA eAaAAfNt
of the news OF the Prince Imieerfaf;ss'
death, the Rev. DIR. Franeis Murray
preached sermon from Luke vii,
Now when he came to psss nigh to Tho
city behold there was dead man car-
ried out, the only son of his mothaf,
and she was widow, aud much pReple
OF thescity was with her"
The British ship Ava was sunk or
Calcutta on the twenty.fouflh Of Nay
by COLLISION with another vessel, aud
the British Iudia Compeuy'a aeent
pays the following tribute to ths lniees
pid captain: "The commander evil
IDENTIFY thought his duty was by tiie
ship while q soul remained il her. Ills
last word from the bridge, almost Ct
the moment OF the vessel sinking, was
to the last Of the boats, warning her @
safe distance lest the eddics should
suck her under, aud an order thai when
all was over che should fetu-n-TU ny0lz.
up stragglers. some wero 50 picle
up, but not brave Dickinson.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

TnE best preventi7es of yellow
fever and the best assurance of recoy-
cry If smltten by the plague will be
found in keeping up one's strength by
exercise, abstaining from stimulating,
snd therefore enervsting, food and
drink, snd stopping q; the very first
suggestion any tendency TO disarrange-
ment OF the digestive organs-these
precautions, it is believed, with the
use of little quinine. make one i'm
pervious - the ordinary conditions of
disease.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

Lawrence Westervelt, an eccentric
old man, died few days ago in house
AZ Bsnny's MIL, Bergen County, n. j.,
In which his father, Benjamin Wester.
velt, slso noted for eccentricity, lived
and died long ago. After Lawfenee
Westervelt's death . search was made
OF the premises. To an old trunk in an
sttic were found nearly $1,000 in gold
and silver COINS which had evidently
been stored there by Nc. Westcryeips
father. Among tho coins were large
number Of Mexican dollars, bltck with
age. In an oId-fashioned wsshstand
were pile OF gold and silver and large
roll Of bank bilis. An Old account book
Was found IN which were bank bills oil
various denominations and iasues care
fully placed between the leaves, some
OF which were pasted together over the
money. Among these Dotes were old
STATE bank bills. A quantity Of the
fractional paper currency Issued during
the war was also found secreted about
the old house. The entire amount dis
covered is nearly $500. Among thegold
and silver coins are many which would
be valuable 70 collectors. As Mf.
! Westerveit left no wall the estate viii
be divided b law. Besides thii
money, the miser kept two bank ac.
sounts and held : numbef Of mo1igagel
1 on valuable iaEns near the nil.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

To maintain . system Of free schools
dong the most good and the least pos
sible harm the State must expend not
less than %, 900, 900 annually. The
people will not submit and the State
must create and maintain ct last #
ever ct all, that efficient" system con-
templAted By the Constitution, through
the intervention Of the several counties.
To these lands were given for this Pur'
pose by the founders OF Texas, and
the Legislature should do - our fatherI
did, surrsndsring the task 70 local au'
thorltI.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31
THE bar and leading merc

THE bar and leading merchants of
Galveston gave Col. Flournoy a mag
ni6cent festival on the eve of his de-
parture from the city to make his home
in San Francisco. Col. Flournoy, at
one time, was almest United States
Senator from Texas, and yet was never
publicly announced as candidate.
His was the leading spirit and intelli-
geRce that governed more thoroughly
than any other the conduct of the Ru-
tabaga Constitutional Convention. Col.
Flournoy governed the men that goY-
erned that extraordinary conclave. He
viii deserve and win fame and fortune
- california.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

TIE Clsyton-Bulwer treaty OF 1850
between England and the United
States provides:
The governments of the United
States and Great Britain having not
only desired, in entering into this con-
Yention, to accomplish particular sb-
ject, but also to establish q sgeneral
principle, they hereby agree toeEtend
their protection, by treaty stipulstions.
to any other practicable communica-
tions, whether by canal or railway,
across the isthmus which connects
North and South America, and espe-
cially to the inter.oceanic communica-
tions should the same prove to be prac-
ticable, whether by canal or railway,
which are now proposed to be estab-
Kshed by the way Of Tehuantepec or
Panama.
In granting, however, their joint
protection to any such canals or rail-
ways as are by this article specified, Il
is always understood by the United
States and Great Britain that the par
ties owning or constructing the same
shall impose no other charges or con-
ditions OF traffic thereupon than the
Aforesaid gove-anents shall approve Of
as just and equitable; aud that the
same canals or railways, being open to
the citizens and subjects Of the United
States and Great Britain on equal terms,
shall also be open on like terms 10 the
citizens and subjects Of every other
State which is willing to grant thereto
such protection - the United States
and Great Britain engage to afford.
The United States ID expressly de-
priyed Of the right TO claim exclusive
privileges in Central America. Protec-
ton il guaranteed to any capitalists
who may construct an inter-oceanic ca
nal in this locality and make no dis
examinations a to tolls. That ID just
what Ferdinand de Lesssps is after,
and, in addition to the GUARANTEES Of
protectioa By our government and that
| Of Great Britsln. he expects 20 st SIM
| llsr dsclsrssionl from ne EuV0Psan
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

r. E. BURKE, the good county
Judge of Dallas, in published card
expresses the hope that the ridiculous
Stree school fund will be expended for
the benefit Of children and not OF ped
agogues, and that the schools will be
open this year when children can at
tend.n It will be observed that the
only schools the children of Texas will
ever have while our deficient" free
school system exists are worse than no
schools, and Jet there can be none but
free schools. Civilization is hired by
the State TO 90 backwards.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31
WE were writing some days sgc

We were writing some days ago
about the vices of ce-holding and
office-seekipg in Washington. Surely
the evil shorld be inveighed against
and extirpated, and the way to reform
IN this behalf is to be discovered final
ly In the reduction of the number
of Offices and sinecures. I'M
periallsm and despotisn aud re-
slstless strength of the central pow
er spring from the terrible patronage
administered by the capital of tbs
Union. The cohesion of desperate,
ruinous, reckless parties is not in
principles and purposes they advocate,
but in offices they distribute. When
Tom Corwln, the philosopher, orator
and wit, was appealed to for soft
place, he said:
My young friend, go west, buy 100
acres of government land, or il you
have not the money to buy, squat on
it; get you an ak and a maitock, put
up e log cabin for your hsbitation and
raise little coin aud potatoes ksAp
your conscience free ana 1--we like q
freeman, your own master, with none
to give you orders and without de-
pendence upon anybody. Do that and
you will be honored, respected, iptlu-
ential and rich. But accept clerk
ship here and you sink at once all IN
dependence, your energies become re-
laxed and you are untitled in 8 few
years for any other and more indepen-
dent place. l may give you place
to-day and turn you out again to.mor.
row; and there's another man over
there at the White House who car
turn me out, and the people, bye and
bye, can turn him out, and so we GO
But If you own an acre of land 1T il
your kingdom, and your cabin Is you
castle, you are q sovereign and yor
feel it in every throbbing of your life
this will assure me of your thanks fo
having thus advised you.
A presidential election approaches
and true as this fact is the other ths
partisans are such simply with the view
of gaining offices. The people hav
little respect for their mad devOtiol
to party since this is to be paid for
and when paid for the WHINE
is the greatest loser. Habits o
dependence upon Office and utte
want of self-rellance and incapacity
care for ones self and for dependent
are sure results of this mad hunt fc
Office, and they are wisest of men who
in this corrupt age, prefer that perfet
I personal iifcsh Independence n only to be di'
covered in honest toif-and eSo.asne
of ensIavement to party and part,
: leaders. The rewards these give q
heaviest curses TO those who win then
and the best advice dying father coul
give his son is that embodied in Il
philosophy of the Ohio wagner al
popular orator, Tom Corwin.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

We had thought that such theories
as this that is given by the Courier
Journal, as teiegrsphed to that paper
from Washington, were proven base
less by facts developed last year. II
the story here reeited be true, Austin
is safe because Of its elevation above
the sea. The Washington writer says:
''The history OF yellow fever in this
country shows that 1t has never pre-
vailed in an Epidemic form in any To-
cality with an elevation of 500 feet
above the sea. Df. Drake, in his
work, fixes lint to the fever at 400
feet in the United States. Fort Smith,
Arkansas, 400 ieet above the sea, is
the highest poin at which there has
been an epidemic. This was In 1928.
Csses were reported at Winchester,
Virginia, 700 feet above the sea, In
1902, but in this instance it is not
well authenticated epidemic. A chart
giving the. points s. which yellow fe-
yer has been treated, with altitude OF
the localities, showi that it has been
at ST. nVuisss475 fesl; Lnnisyille. ahn;;
Cincinnati. $50; Gsipolis, Ohio, $50;
and Bald Eagle valey. Pa, $50 feet
above the sea. Thse, with Winches-
ter, are the highestpoints it has ever
reached, yet the htory of the fever
at these places pro,s that it did not
obtain as an epideic and that no new
cases were developd, the ones record
ed being those broght from lower ell
evations. Menphs is $50 and Vicks-
burg 175 feet Doyet the sea. During
the last hundrd ysrs there have been
! epidemics alog thu Atlantic seaboard
as far north 10 Ibrtsmouth, N. H.,
but all the potts which it has ap-
peared, on th'cost and back in the
country, are lss han 200 feet above
the sea level.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

THE effect of the eminently pious
Sunday law upon the countenances of
our citizsns will be watched to-day
with keen interest. Whisky vendors,
we believe, do not propose to regard
it; Hebrew merchants will hardly re-
spect it; the ice factories will still
keep their customers cool, and we do
not see that our sncieut habits will be
subjected to any striking or violent re-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

HoS. ALsN II. STEPHENS, IL a ie.-
ter TO the Augusta Ne,cs. declares that
the issue before the country as to the
appropriation bills IS "uat one of
State rights. but one involving the
right and duty of Congress to control
its own appropriations. snd TO specify
the uses TO which the public money
sll be spplied. This is great issue,
but not involving the question of State
rights or State sovereignty at all, but a
great quett'on between the relatiy e
powers of two coordinate departments
of the Federal government" The par
amount question, according 10 NJ.
Stephens, Is that Of financial relief
which concerns the great body of the
producing masses of the country"
The friends of Mr.. Stephens will be
glad thus to learn that he has been
g:ievously misinterpreted and misrep-
resented. 1t wss alleged that he had
recently been cooperating with Ran
dali and those who sought to consOh-
date the North against the South and
provide for T,lden's nomination by
evading practical questions affecting
banks, tariff and currency. But this
letter from the distinguished Georgian
is final.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

THEilding added to those Of
Columulege. New York city,
costs es Il Is wholly fre-proof
and is 1 after plans devised by
Presidehsrd, who is utterly OPP
posed tdormitory system and
would hdeats constitute integral
parts of.s in cities. He would
not hayege become q walled-in
distinct With 9 peculiar public
opinion de Of morals. Instead
Of The meeFvstiye. Columbia Col
lsge bscoe most progressive IN
stltntion alag in America. The
president,ates the admission of
women toe rights and immuni.
ties Of thsed college and would
have the1ted for practical life as
are men. ~ from all the States
will repaiiW York that they may
there snpele thorough and honor
able and 81 education Of their
dAughters many graduated
girls" Of 1t boarding schools
could end freshman class u
Columbia (R
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31
M,ss HARp1Er EAToN {

MIts dAhHIEf EAfuN ~ UTANT
daughter Of Elizabeth cady Stanton,
viii mako her debut the coming season
on the lyceum platform. Miss Stanton
was graduated ct Vasssr College With
honors in 1878, and has been one year
in the Boston School OF Oratory. Her
themes will be edmund Burke" and
"a Solid South" engagements can
be made for her through Slayton's Ly-
ceum Bureau, l2a Lake street, Chi
caQo, Illinois. Miss Stanton is one of
the handsomest and most graceful
women, the papers say, that ever ap-
peared before the footlights.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

powers. Our government vii! also, by
this treaty, extend protection to any
company of either American or foreign
capitalists who will construct a canal
by way of Like Niearagus. or at any
other convenient point. As for pre-
venting foreign capitalists from dig
ging any number of canals from the At
lantic to the Paeilc, that is ult,a oires,
so far as our government is concerned.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

IT does not follow because the
masses of the people have been i'm.
poverished and reduced to poverty by
contraction that now, when the pur-
pose OF contraction is accomplished,
we should reverse the process and again
flood the country with paper money.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31


The VicksbnFg Hsrold tle's
leading Democratic oraen - hss lnff
says: s.Tne moment it's ccsi iElff
the North gilI not interfere u tas iaf
affairs Of the South, there VII -
healthy parties IN each s1usser4 -
aud the nights Of ah viii be prttcftf
Northern people complsin o. buildezaf
and ballot-stuhing. II taey wiii letf
the Southern people alone theg val =
longer haze any canse 70 c0Iealsin fe.'.it
these things, for the better cias4 g.
people here will put n stop 70 tllel4 8
once. The very evila they pk
will cause each State 10 sHpprt Is The
There will be as fair an election in
sissippi this fan IS IN aUy Nef.t
State, and be - prophet tndeea
can tell how the Stale wOa 20 e
Presidential election II the Repub g
party nexs year would take guch 4 p
s,tron thAt L would be 70 the initf
OF the State and tue safety Of tic p
pie 70 side with il. IN other Tof1
the Republican pzTty vii eeFff
connection once and f9Ee4eT VIII
scoundrcls Who called 1ef4f
Southern Republicans fe fye
own ends, the Southern pseHf Vs.'
stantly divide and she solid 9ontp VII
be thing Of The pAet. Nest nnnltfIl
OF Southern people aiIeed5 btiicFe on
alliance with the Eetlbern Dsmecr1l, I,
is greatly to cur disadTaEffge ard 8 e.
nous impedimens 10 cur saasfsiel a4|
veiopment. TbeY arc cfftain - -
will come Of haying Eesrig ~ the -
people of the North arfasea azl,
South OF tais the Eeg York a
savs It cnntains tbs material io1 e1Ht
deal o. solid lbipxing
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31
mn. woorkN IN sCnuRNkR FoR
AUGUST.

Scri1nsr for Angust contains q most
ingenious and tasteful article By Dud-
ley G. Wooten Of this city, in which
the relative excenenciss and vices Of
Northern and Southern civilizations
are clearly presented, defined and con-
trasted. Which Of the two sections
may be the more vicious Is = problem
the SrATEsNAS now and then has
sought to solve. and Mr.. Wooten has
brought to its consideration patient
thonghtfulness and rare faculties OF
acute discrimination. The article Il
ths more admirable for its disp&ssion-
ats discussion Of = question apt 10 en-
cite sectional prejudice snd pppsalinG
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

Psnel has an imaginary conversation
with Cetewsyo in which that dusky
warrior appears to good advantage.
''If you have" says be, missionaries
left at home, why do they not teach
you the same things they teach me.
They tell ne Imust not invade Eogiish-
mans country. RDglishman invade
mine. They forbid me 70 wAsh my
spears in Boers' blood. Englishmsn
wash his bayonets in Zasus'. They
teach me must not keep up my army
of young men. Englishman keep mp
his army OF younger men than nine.
They say must not kill z1lu. English
man kill ZnIa. ] must not take youi
cattle. You take mine ! must not
settle on Englishnan's or Beers land.
EnRlishmsn and 6oers settle on my
young msn's.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

A GLOOMY outlook for England.
Crops ruined by protracted rains /;
short crops in France and Germany,
and Southern Russia and America the
only sources of supply. 1t begins to
look as though the only possible relief
for England would be found in the
wholesale emigration of laborers to
this country.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

SUNSET Cox ia the father OF the
scheme that establishes life-saving sta-
tions along the Atlantic, Gull and Pa
ciic coasts. There is one OF Babine
Pass, another at Galveston, Caballo,
Aransas and Brazos Santiago.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

THE ever-blessed free school system
of the Davis regime has been operating
splendi3ly in Texas for sixteen or sew
enteen years, and yet the Express and
QafH are weeping on one sn0ther's
necks, as if their hearts we're broken,
because about four-fourths of the re-
Gently grown up children of Medina
county can neither read nor write.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

THE Christian Union, obiiyi0us no
doubt of the blessed free school mania,
says: "Beware of processes that dwarf
the conscience and affections in de-
veloptng the intellect. The school
ought to be religious even if it be not
denominatlonsl."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

DRoUTH meyer lnterferes with the
wool crop and sheep produce food
and clothing aud q crop of sheep is
therefore to be preferred to one of cot
ton.' When grain and cotton fields are
parched to emptiness by brazen skies
and hot winds, the shepherd is still
blest in his h0cks and rich in his in
dependence.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

EVERYWHERE IN Southern Texas the
farmers are anxious to secure enough
Nicaragua wheat to plant. Why do
not those having advertise liz 1t
makes the best possible -four; may
be shipped safely around the globe
and the Chambers mills here will buy
every bushel produced in Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

ONE Iuskip, preacher and editor Of
the Christian STANDARD, proposes with
tent sheltering three thousand to
traverse England, Europe, Asia, Aus
trslia, and then with the circus to take
In Grant, San Francisco and all sim
ners. It's good thing because it would
be big show.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

THIRTY-FIvE civilians have been
made second lieutenants, three only
from the South. 1t is said that the
President declared he was afraid that
another rebellion might occur and he
feared Southern men in command of
the army. If Hayes said this and be-
lieved it he is simply insane.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

The Presbyterians. who are doing so
much for popular education in Texas,
having private schools in every neigh
borhood in which they are dominsnt
and two or three prosperous colleges in
this State, have four and half mil
lions invested in colleges in the North.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

knrlc1R ~ Il orulsias ~ ta< Cits Cosn-
CIto1 ~ clfe Al Aa<tla. That the mayor and
colSniliso q Ire department be and they are
n1.Tb9 Authorized 20 contract with the Ctty
o. r0Innsny fer ten (iol more hydrants on
[1Th terms a. shall. In their discretion. oe most
ats1nfsReons TO the civ provided thai sAie
k9iranf6 ahan Be do1ole-nceded hydrants and
n5on,le1 hon elx lreh mains and At cost nOt
- Sxceed eighty lxSO dollars each per annnm,
10 Be nald b. 4 warrant drawn On the ciiy treaa-
arcfl and provided further, that The city coan-
cll t19n have The privilege OF tAsing sseSt
fe1l1er, thal said hydrants aud stock fountains
s1aN - tcc1le1 a. directed hy the mayor ana
co1Aliiec o. nre department.
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TIE Bank of Rranoa hold :

THE Bank Of France .holda $500, 00O.-
\, 600, that of Germany, Sl25. 900, ,0oa;
and that Of England $3.50, ,00O. 900 in
COIN os.ch W. .,,.. -
held by th0kss~s - I'm "e's
They indicate stagnstion of trade. ''u''Ons'
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A TExFsE Of go degrees is Is
fatal to Yssck - that Of 10 de-
Rrsss below We rather think We
have got \ ons horn OF the d.
lsula sna = bot one IN Austin,
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LosaIvER and Ben Jones, stage rob-
bers tried at Dallas, went up for five
years, and the Jury sent up Longiver
for ninety. nine years on another count.