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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02
The MOrphIa Crave.

MOrphia, as most people know, is
one of the principal constituents of OPT
UNI, and acts on the body in very much
the same way. 1t is used for sleepless-
ness and for the relief of pain, and if
for Say other purpose, these are sufli-
cieId for our object. What n boon
these drugs have been to humanity,
only those who have been racked with
pain, and troubled with sleepless, wea-
ry nights, can tell. II was found, how
ever, that both mOrphia and opium
had most vicious effect on the stom-
ach and intestinal canal, so that their
use could not long be perseVcrcd III
without evil consequences to the gen.
eral system. No other known drug
was so efficient or powerful in the af-
fections for which these were employ
ed, and therefore the medical profess
sion had to- cast about for another
method of administration, which
would mitigate, If not altogether do
away with, their evil effects. 1t is
now q good many years since DIR. AL
exander Wood, of Edinburgh, sugges
ted the use of morphia by means of
simultaneous injection; method by
which the action of the drug is rem
dered quicker and more certain, it's
bad efTects-when to be used for q
short time-fewer, and much smaller
dose is required. The mechanical &C.
ton of mOrphia on the alimentary ca
nal were, to certain extent, got rid
of. A considerable time elapsed be-
fore the practice became anything like
general, for the profession looked as
kance at 80 dangerous method of
using a powerful drug. OF late years,
however, the administration of morphia
by means of injection through the skin
has spread very widely. No doubt, as
used in this way, morphia is truly mar
velous in its effects, and has proved a
real godsend to both medical men
and their patients. The profession
was carried away by the wonderful
power they had got hold of, and, as
they themselves confess, did not al
ways use it with the discrimination
and forethought that were necessary in
dealing with so powerful, subtle and
alluring drug. 1t is little to be Won
dered at, in these days of universal
knowledge, that patients IN time
wormed themselves into the secret, and
I'D their best to spread the fame OF
| the new mode of exhibition among
their friends and fellow sufferers. So
far little harm might have been done,
but IN the evil day medical men lent
their patients the power of relieving
their own sufTerings, real or imaginary.
AS consequence, morphia injections
are now used by many private persons
for other reasons than the relief Of
pain and the banishing OF wakefulncss.
Indeed, we have reason to believe that
among certain classes OF society it is
becoming too commonly abused, and
bids fair soon to grow into very gen.
eral vice.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02
Home and Farm.

SLEEPING PosITIoNs. = The food
passes from the stomach at the right
side, hence its passage is facilitated by
going to sleep on the right side.
Water and other fluids flow equally on
a level, and it requires less power to
propcl them on a level than upward.
The heart pro2cls the blood to every
part of the body at each successive
beat, and it is easy to see that if the
body is in a horizontal position the
blood will be sent to the various parts
of the system with greater ease, with
less expenditure of power, and more
perfectly than could possibly be done
if one portion of the body were ek-
waited above a horizontal line.
On the other hand, il one portion of
the body is too low, the blood does not
return as readily as it is carried thither;
hence, there is an accumulation and
distentlou, and pain soon follows.
If q person goes to sleep with the
head but very little lower than the
body, he win either soon wake up, or
he will die with apoplexy before the
morning, simply because the blood
could not get back from the brain as
fast as it was carried to it. 1t a'per-
son lays down on level floor to sleep,
a portion of the head at least is lower
than the heart, and discomfort is soon
induced hence, very properly, the
world over, the head is elevated dur
ing sleep. sI
The savage uses log of wood or q
bunch of leaves; the civilized, a pillow |;
and If this pillow is too thick raising
the head too high, there is not blood
enough carried to the brain, and as the
brain Is nourished, renewed and invig-
Grated by the nutriment it receives
from the blood during sleep, it is not
fed sufficiently, and the result is I'M
quiet sleep during the night, and a
waking up WEAKNESS, without re-
treatment, to be followed by day of
drowsiness, discomfort and general in
activity of miad and body.
The healthful mean is pillow which,
by the pressure of the head, keeps it
about four inches above the level of
the bed or mattress; nor should the
pillow be so soft as to allow the head
to be buried in it and excite perspira-
ton, engendering earache or cold in
the head on turning over. The pillow
should be hard enough to prevent the
head sinking more than about four
inches
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02

LAMAR says Jefferson Davis was the
father of the thought that a railway
should span the continent. The San
Antonio Express doubts Davis's friend
illness to such scheme of internal i'm
provemert by the United States. Davis
was too straight Democrat for that.
Wans't it old Tom Benton who gave
paternity to the ideaG He said nearly
forty years ago that, "buFaloes had
marked out the path for railway
across the Rocky Mountains" His
monument in Lafayette Park, st. Louis,
represents him pointing towards the
setting sun, and OF the scroll is in
scribed-''Therel Is the East-There is
India" More than one trans-conti-
mental railway was embodied In that
dream of the old prophet of hard
money
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Ton DORIAN, who killed an excel
lent and accomplished young gentle
man in 1859 in Memphis and was sue
cessfully defended by Hon. Casey
Young, N. c., some months ago killed
James Denton at Junction City and
Just before that slew a man at Fort
lark. He encountered Lewis Tenn
pie, deputy sheriff, In bar room in
Mason. They had quarreled before
and began firing when they met. Tenn
pie fell. His father fired upon Doran,
who was speedily put to death. He
was twice fatally shot and stabbed in
several places and his throat cut from
ear TO ear. Gods vengeance seems to
pursue a murderer and each man
he Stays is at last avenged, and
the killing of one man seems to induce
the necessity for another murder, even
as Longley under the gallows said he
''iust commenced killing niggers for
fun" Beware of the first bloody
deed and therefore beware of the
pocket on the hip.
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lege, to the greatest possible extent,
supplies its place. When the univer-
slty system is inaugurated the Agrcul-
tural and Mechanical College, con-
Quoted in strict accordance with the
law Of Congress endowing the institu
ton, will become the great polytechnic
and agricultural school OF Texas. In
anyeveat, the dread of yellow fever, from
which Bryan once suffered, will not
long have its effect, and the number of
undergraduates is rapidly augmented
and there was never, in view of its
brief existence, more prosperous or
useful institution of learning. Presi-
dent Gathright at least understands
how to make college grow great and
render good service to the masses Of
the people. The war made upon the
college by rival institutions, unable to
compete with it in prices or in facili-
ties for learning or in the number and
ability of professors, Is hardly justifia-
BILE and cannot be until the Stare has
founded the university of which this
Bryan institution becomes 4 part.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02

THE quantity of coal consumed will
be greatly lessened if cities may be
lighted by electricity. One-twentieth
of the coal used in England is con-
sumed by gas companies. Luckily for
these benefactors of cities, the greater
portion of all their properly, especially
the pipes and mains, will be required
IN the utilization of electric light, and
gas company stock Wal not be by
any means yalueless.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02

WHENEVER a man dies and his
widow is made manageable by life
insurance company the world hears OF
it and we are accustomed to dote on
the bent6cent institution. The, only
wealth that Baysrd Taylor left his
family was life policy of $4,000.
We are rejoiced because of their good
fortune and must commend the pru,
dence and forethought of the scholarly
and admirable Mr.. Taylor. But while
we hear of this good deed done by one
Of those corporations we should not
forget that endless and countless little
streams of money flowing in from
all directions enrich these power
full organizations of Eastern capi-
talists. They receive infinitely more
than they pay out to widows and
orphans. Their profits are such that
they can well afford to bless few hun
bred widows each year. Their pro-
cesses of money-msking, therefore, are
often benefcent to individuals, but III.
inous TO communities and States. Dues
and forfeitures nike the companies
enormously rich. Three or four Of
them within ten years have taken q
hundred millions out of the South.
They count their wealth by tens and
fifty millions. One thai began work
with 500, 600, fifteen years ago,
boasts Of forty millions Of invested re-
sources. The gieat volume of money
moves North, and now aud then We
are delighted when little policy of
$40, 600 or $50, 600 is paid in the South.
Fortunately for Texas, the number Of
life insurance companies dong busi-
ness IN tins State is reduced to two or
three. These are good companies. and,
while public policy should induce the
Legislature to promote home invest
ments OF capital. rather than in remote
Eastern cities, there can be little, il
any, objection 20 the restricted life in
surance business now done in Texas.
The homestead exemption policy Of
this State is we'll calculated to induce
men TO become patriotic and attached
to the soil and to substitute invest
meats IN fixed homes for such as this
| ,vIsnh R.x.r3 Tovl.,~ rs,.slo
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02

THE STATESMAN, while it knows that
Col. Ashbel Smith would make an ex-
cellent speaker, also recognizes the
fact that DR.. NJ. D. K. Taylor would ill
this position with as much If not great
er ability than any man in the State.
DIR. Taylor is a most accomplished par
Humanitarian and dispatches business
SIS but few presiding officers can.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02

Now that resumption is finally effect
ed and silver and paper and gold are
of equal value as nearly as possible, let
us be content. Everything will regu-
late itself in value in accordance with
these standards. Ii we make money
more abundant we only make it easier
for the debtor to pay; but debtors have
seen the worst and let US not suffer the
creditor class to go further. The worst
is past, the best is to come and from
this day forth the race in life is fair
and honest one. There should be no
more tampering with the currency.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02

TIE sterling old type foundry firm
of McKeller, Smith &c Jordon, of Phila-
delphia, makes the following wise re-
marks in an annual address to its
patrons: 1--WE wish it distinctly
understood that we Will not put up
amateurs fonts of type, nor give any
encouragement to the miserable system
of botchery that apes the name of
printing, and tends to the deteriora-
ton of the beautiful art of printing, as
well as to the development oAcareless
habits in boys engaged in the work
without systematic instruction.
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NEW ADvERTIsEnENTS.

HAIL ssVEGETABLE SIcnIAS HAIR REEEwER
is a scientific combination OF some OF the most
powerful restorative agents in tho vegetable
kingdom. 1t restores gray hair to its Original
color. 1t makes the soap white and clean. II
cures dandruT and humors, and falling out OF
hair. 1t furnishes the nntritlve principle by
which the hair Is nCurishcd and supported 1t
makes the hair moist, soft and GLOSSY, and is
unsurpassed az hair dressing. II is the most
economical preparation ever offered to the pub
lie, as It's effects remain a long time, making
only an occasional application necessary. IL Is
recommended and used by eminent medical men,
and officially endorsed by the State Assayer OF
Massachusetts. The popularity of Halle Hair
Remover has increased with the test OF many
years, both in this country and in foreign landp.
and it lie now known and used In all the civilized
countries OF the world.
FOR SALE ny ALL DRAIFHs
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02

WE WOULD not encourage our ex-
cellent firemen to kill anybody, but
the Supreme Court of Missouri holds
that hummer and outsider at fire,
when run over by an engine and al
most killed and famed for life can re-
cover no damage. The court, we in
fer, entertains the theory of the
STATESMAN, that nobody but profes-
sional firemcn have any business at
fires.
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"When | want TO enjoy . retrospect.

"When want to enjoy retrospect
fyv view Or fffsY ''---.I- 1G--O---s-y,---
he selected good seats in the gallery,
81 go to the minstrels. All the dear
old jokes that l was brought up on are
sure to be there, and laugh TILL the
teaIs come at the memory of the days
when Jimmy and played Niger in
the woodsheed with a cigar box for q
banjo, aud the old lady's best milk
pan for tamboaune."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02

my DEAR said to five-year-old
one night, as she concluded her prayer
at her mammals knees. ''you have for
gotten to pray for your little cousins,
How did that happen? Don't you
want orr Heavenly Father to care fol
themln She made motion Of agar
bending her knees, yawned sleepily
and tumbled into bed. Cant hell
it, mammat baby is too tired. Horace
and Eddie must semitic for themselves
lust this one night"
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..MarY. | do not approve {

''Mary, do not approve of your en-
tertainisg your sweetheart in the
kitchen, y said lady to her servant.
swell, ma'.sa ~ ve.J Kind Of you 10
mention it; bat hes Ion the country,
you see, ms'aln, and rm afraid he's
too shy and awkward in his manners,
ma'aus, for you 20 like him TO come
into the parlor," replied Mary.
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Subscribers

stall card, other means being
pensive, subscribers to the
S Ejll bs rendered accounts,
aue, or soon to be-
5 subscription. 1t is a
year when all may settle
3, and subscribers are request
'eceipt of statements, to remit
|REiE.t of January it is
: Outstanding mat
; and qprOmpt reply will
'rOubltip collecting bills.
regard;sg this Os bust
11sfsistpond.
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A holiday is a breathIess and awk-
ward halt for five minutes, leavin G
your business to get 80 far ahead OF
you that you can't catch mp with il
until il is time for the next one.--BEf
Jalo EzPrsss.
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Mr.. Halsted says it is no secret
among Grants intimate friends that he
would rather be made field marshal
with salary of $50, 900. and retired
on half pay, than to run for the pre'i-
dencV again.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02

A Syracuse man died after swallow :
ing = pint OF whisky. Had be been a
Jersey man be would simply have asked
the baTkeeper il be took him for =
houuop - physician,
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WEEKLY REnUCRn

the hard times and the
, interest attaching to the
State canvass, the price of
STATESMAN will hereafter
y~rs $1.25 fo- SIX months.
|e time to subscribe.
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} worthy of the people
Northern


black organization. These
e the men and agencies en-
ed by Northern partisan knaves
- the South detest the North.
kc Southerner deemed these
iers of the negroes proper rep
fatives socially and morally of the
5 of the North. The North chose
have itself represented here by the
'orst Of great body of reckless add
|nturers left rudderless when stranded
the tempest of war. But this aver
|6n to Northern party-leaders culmi-
|ted in absolute hatred when, simply
,Hnartaasa purposes, the negro was
lot to be made the master of
ties and congressional districts and
en of municipal corporations. Each
bros vote operated precisely as a
disfranchising a white man, as
sRa ia this congressional district,
here this negro vote, coupled with
at Of the recalcitrant, original seces-
Anlsts, was strong enough to defeat
ion man, Hancock, for Congress,
! send up jones, roaring rebel
! 9reenbacker. With fearful eyes,
Garfield contemplates these follies
bIkSlks, and Blaine is even moved to
s, aud therefore the senatorial COM
tee Of inquiry, which will show at
that basotted ignorance in bal
boxes begots all possible polit-
diseases. But there was an
her crime of the learned and adroit
h. Garfeld's party that begat the
Nc Of which he complains, and from
- as he justly says, Texas is COM
ssisely FEE. Mr. Jefferson Davis
not popular. At the close of hos
les he was deemed harsh and sell
and ambitious. It is thought
"a no restricted the powers of
phens, Hunter and Campbell, sent
negotiate = treaty with the good
1 S. Ahraham Lincoln, that he
fought every misfortune that after
rus hefell the country. But the
|f'rit Of Ben Butler and Thad Stevens
|seeme dominant IN the North. Rad
~ maapess eliminated in the folIies
ii esimss Of Ben Batler's and Ste.
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TnkaE- are preachers and perhaps
Others making war on the Bryan Agri-
cultural aud Mechanical College. While
shsre Is No state university this col
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sFAther, T" said a
"What is meant b
"CIose relations. M
father, ''are Felatioi
you q cent. I" The
man, then, Was tn
he'd got.
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How You should An Do IL.

The hilarious season OF New Years
is here, and it is high time our hobby
young men were cOnspiring up some-
thing new and smart to say in making
theI- New Years calls. Do not omit
to practice on stroking your moustache.
And when the young lady meets you
at the door and salutes you with,
Happy New Year," make courtesy
as low as you can without endanger-
ing the snug-ftting portion of your
trousers, and gracefully respond, "You
bet p'-unless that happens to be her
front name, and in that case you must
say, 'You Betsyl" If you are asked
to walk in, you must smile blaDdly, all
the while strokiDg your moustache (;
aud If you have no moustache-why-
finger your eyebrows gracefully. Be
sure that your gloves are at least one
size too small for your digits, and don't
remove the one on your right hand for
Fear the Young lady might fail to nc
tice how much cali ne5n can be wrap
ped up in one small piece of kid skin.
II you are asked to be seated, say
something smart; like this for in
stance: "No, my dear Miss, prefer
to ab squat-ulate," with an emphasis
on the squat. This will amuse her, and
she win ask you TO take something.
Some hen fruit punch, ors'egg bang"
for instance. Or, she may ask you TO
take a walk. 1t amt good police to
take too many Of either. BE sure to
remove your hat during the interview
(unless you part your hair in the mid
die, for in that case you might get
mixed and fail to remember which is
you), and II the very obliging young
lady offers 10 take II, sing ont, ''Whoa
Emmal" On retiring make another
courtesy, hang your tile ON your left
car, give 3 graceful wave Of the hand
and remark sweetly, 81 must skIppiol
Oyer the riveri Tai tsl7 II you are
asked to ''call again, . reply sweEtly:
Snow you're shOutin', old 20
step out, give long Whist,
ing cough, pull q cigar fro
pocket, leave your mark o
door with q match, give
Whit or two and then st1i
10 repeat the dose. II
don't carry you throu
not success IS Ne
and you had better r
---ss
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TRAVIS COUNTY DEBT sTATEMEMT,

ag Tirs,s Lsyiautse
Q Ca4hs~
5.
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NOTICE.

take pleasure In apPrising the public ~ the
fact that have admitted Mr.. ii. W. Morller, my
son-in-law, as full partner in my business. Re
turning thanks for liberal patronage in the
past, respectfully solicit continuance In the
future. X. BRRTRAM.
ialdlW wit
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Boston il trying
Eper cent.
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r WOLF AND NOT
B THAT BIUDDIED
lam.
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u "a, OF Ohio, the ex-college
% Ia confessed leader of the
party in the House, is
lay that the population and
Texas are most cosmopoli-
eral. Texas, he says, shakes
ejudices of the older South
III. He expects to hear Texas
Of as Western" rather than
lhkrn." lie says:
traditions from Sam Houston
Tiers are of a union character.
Delegation in Congress has shown
pendence and patriotism beyond
.pf any Southern State. Roger Q.
for example, on several occa-
has come forward to arrest mere
nations in Congress. lie insist
Z the President should be in
according to law and agreement.
Schleicher, the German mem
om Texas, who has been there
irty years, is a man of strong and
character, and one of the best
rats / have known. Reagan,
by postmaster general of the
government, is a slow and eau
8 nan. We have been pouring q
! humber of splendid people from
Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and
Il States into Texas. The effect
be seen quicker than in other
bern States.
j Garfield tells the simple truth
Very certainly the social rela-
bf men in this city are never af-
by their partisan history or pre-
hons Northern and Southern
Union and rebel soldiers
able friends. Here, ~
pie have learned enough
bern fellow-countrymeni
OR prejudices. How
gise9 VIII not Mr..
She worst adjuncts of
and of The freedmen's
|oiT, even here, from
fman's victorious hosts.
e then encountered few
worthy of the people
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IN the District Court IF The United
States for tie Western District Of
Icxds:
In the matter Of
Bankrupt.
Western District OF Texas, S.S.
The undersigned hereby gives notice Of his
appointment as assignee OF Frank Magic, Of San
Antonio, in the county Of Bexar, and State OF
Texas. within said district, who has been ad-
judged n bankrupt upon his cfeditors' petite on
by the district court OF sad district.
A. ID. WOODBRIDGE, Assignee.
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