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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18

will be FORMED. and that cur friends
scross the water Will be treated to such
considerations as can be shown by a
Lord Chancellor. gold stick, maids
of honor, yeomen of the guard, beef
eaters and the other accessories of roy
atty. or course, as the Cknadians are
tn foot the bills for an es tablishment Of
this kind, It is their business, rather
than ours, TO comment upon at; but we
should imagine ihst, with the S mewhat
democratic idess thas they have insen-
sibly borrowed from us, they would
very soon ccme 10 the conclusion that,
in this iCstance, tie gsme was not
worthy candle. This new method is
said to be a suggestion o! L I'd B .seons
field, who euteItNns the opinion that,
by a system Of this kind, the Canadians
Can be brought into closer union with
The mother country. Il may be that
ia ;his the Euelish premier has not
ken sufficiently into account the snti-
conventional nabits thst are brought
about by settling in new and sparseiy-
habi,ed couutTy. Canada has but few
large towns to give what Is known as
tone 10 society, while the great MAORI
ty of her people are as little prepared
by their habits for court shows as our
own Pike county farmers.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
A Gentle stimulus.

Is impaired 10 the kidneys and bIad-
der by Hostetters Bitters which Is most
useful in Overcoming tnrpidity OF those
organs. Besides infusiDg more al witty
i 40 them this excellent tonic eodows
them with additional vigor and ensbl, s
them the better to undergo the wear
and tear of the discharging function
imposed upon them by nature. Nor :
over, as they are the channel for the
escape Of certain impurities from
the blood, it increases their use
fulness by st-epgthe Ming aud health
fully stimulating them. 10 certain
morbid conditions of these important
organs, they fall into sluggish state,
which is the ususl precursor of disease.
What then can be of gre.te, service
thsn medicine which impels them to
greater activity when slothfu!2 No
msladIes are more perilous than those
which affect the kidneys; and q medi-
C ne which sverts the peril should be
highly esteemed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
The New Greenbacx Platform.

The platform of the Greenback party
has been reconstructed a great maDy
times. Now Mr.. De La Ma'yr, the
Greenback Representative from H.
diana, builds 1t over again. Our neigh
Dor, the Graphic, reports him as decIai-
ing that the main desire OF himself and
his associates hencefoIth Is 'te fix the
circulating medium" unsltersblY, no
matter what it may consist Of.
would rather have only one dollar per
head fixed" says Mr.. De La Matyr,
"than an Irregular circulation" II
this principle is good for the currency
it must be good for general application
to all the needs OF society. Apply
ing it, therefore, to the supply of cloth
ing to the people, we infer that Mr. De-
La Matyr would rather have Only one
shirt and one pair of trousers per head
fixed for the entire population of the
United States than an irregular ward
robe, fluctuating in quantity aud ma
terlal according to the uses of the
wearer. I'VE alAo want a nnn-interest
bearing debt" Mr.. De Ii Matyr adds,
''if we are to have any debt at all u
But this is very common want, and
we doubt whether it is peculiar to the
Greenbackers. Probably both Repub-
licaDs and Democrats would like TO Dor
row money on these terms. The trouble
is to find lender on those terms.
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NEW York. December i6-
L. 5. and Nj. G. Rlilrosd C5mp4aies
day declared the semi-apnu4l 5ivl-
demo OF 4 per cent payable Febsuarv /.
PKTERsBURe. Va, December i6
Oae huadred negroes from Gold
boro, n. c.. arrived here to-iar. 81
route for Washington, from wheacA
they go 20 Indiana. TheY appear 20
kaow nothing of the climate OF fhe
country which they are going to- ana
, Slso. seem 80 be ignorant IS 70 what
their condition viii be in their rev
home. Another large party will arrive
here tomorrow.
DIS MONS, December 16.-An en-
CINE ON the Chicago, Rock Island ana
Pacific railroad exploded IT'S boiler 1t
Newton this morning, killing the en-
gineer, VIM. Gibbons, and badly
scslding the firemsn, Alex. Jones.
The explosion is believed to have bsen
caused by a defective boiler.
PHILADELPAIA, Pa, December 16.-
General Grant arrived here at $40,
and Mayor Ssokely and others enterfd
the car and formally welcomed ths
General II the city.
WASHINGTON. December ia siq-
nal station l5S miles south OF Pert
mouth, n. c., reports the ship Jacob
TFumpy total wreck. The crew sue
ceeded in taking ous all 4 Q peoviso 8
and private property.
PORTLAND, December 16 IA SPECIAL
to the Democrat says that the eouncil
has not completed the canvass and
few districts remain unsettled. It 10
expected the result will be reached hg
Wednesday. The Democratic, as well
as the Republicans returns have been
thrown out. lis thought the House
will stand II Fusion, SO Republicans.
with 10 vacancies; Senate, 10 Fasion
Il Republicans.
BosToN, December 16.-Dispatchcs
from Augusta assert that a count has
been made by the governor and conu-
ell which will result in the delivery OF
the certificates to sufficient number
jority in both branches OF the legisla-
ture. Great feeling among the
Republicans, owing to the oondl-
OF affairs. The Adarissr's spe-
cial from Augusta says thst
the Republican majority in both
branches has been counted ont. The
Republican members counted down
from ninety to tifty-eight. The Bem-
ocFats counted mp from sixly-one 10
seventy-eight. Il is claimed that tkia
is done on technicalities and informai-
tiles in the returns. The Senate, IN
der count, will have Democratic ins-
j'rty of nine. The governor aud
council count out three Senator'S
from Cumberland, one each from
York, Lincoln and Washiogton, and
two from Audrascsggin. The Dsmo-
Gratis will have maj irity large enough
in the Heus, to give quorum II none
OF the Regdblieans take reets. They
have thrown our Republican, represen-
fatves from Portland, B1th, Sacp.
Rocklaud aud Lewiston and 9th er'
towns, enough to make vacAnoiel In
fourteen representative distffeSs.-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
ROckdale Items,

Mr.. Mundine's brick building, cor
ner Main and Milan streets, is begin
ming to assume handsome pIopoiti ons.
1t is to be three stories high and will,
when completed, be the handsomest
building in town.
Cotton is coming in rapidly, and SELL
ing on the streets easily at II IA to II
3-4c. Ginners are turning out unusu-
ally heavy bales, and it is now no un-
common thing for one bale of cotton
to bring from $50 to sos.
Farmers generally complain of the
protracted drouth, but it has certainly
been productive of one good result,
viz: The development of good top
crop of cotton, without which many
farmers and the town of Rockdale
would be like the little boat-a long
way astern.
We are pleased to see the genial face
of State Senator w. M. Brown in our
town, who is here filling orders for cot
ton firms in the East. Mr.. Brown has
already made several shipments from
Rockdsle to New York direct and will
probably remain some time longer.
Our good mayor, who used to weigh
exclusively with the scales of Justice,
finding business in that line very dull,
owing to the painfully good behavior of
Rockdalians, is al present umpiring the
avoirdupois of cotton with a different
kind of scales. Messrs. Burck & Garry,
as public weighers, haYe, by fair deal
ing and attention to business, given
universal satisfaction.
Charlie Lockhart has gone and done
it"-that is married. Bat he is much
to be congratulated, for his bride In
grace and beauty certainly has no su-
periOr, and her addition to the social
circles of Rockdsle Is an event which
affords your correspondent much pleas
ure to announce.
Considerable excitement was occs-
stoned on Cameron street on Tuesday
morning by the arrest of Wm. Robinson
by the sheriff of Lee county. Robinson,
with his brother, Bud Robinson, and
his brother-iD-lsw, Skipwortb, are said
to be implicated in the late robbery st
Dean & Wamble's store, in Burleson
county. There appears to have been a
regular gang of thieves, of which the
above named men are accused of beng
members. Sheriff Brown, of Lee coun-
ty, got upon their trail and has sue
ceeded thus far in capturing the three
above mentioned and two others.
Referring to the foregoing, it may be
well to state that Sheriff Browns
grounds for the arrests made arc not
~ ~
has not, ss. yet, sufficient evidence to
condemn those arrested. The Robin
sons are members of one of the old
est and most highly respected antilles
in Milan county. ]. E. L.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
Difficulties of an I.rhmIan Canal.

Some idea msy he fo-med of the diff
ficulties that would have to be met
with in constructing a canal across the
Isthmus Of Panama by the effect pro-
duced by the storm which occurred
there during the latter part of last
month. This was one of the northers
which not unfrequently blow in the
Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean ses,
and from which the port of Aspinwsll.
where the Atlantic end of the canal
would be, is but poorly defended.
But difficulties of this kind might, pos
sibly, be overcome by building an i'm
mense break water, about a mile or
more of the entrance OF the canal.
The trouble which would seem
to cause the most doubt as
to the success of the undertaking is
found in the damage done by the rain
fall. Those who have ever witnessed
tropical tempest must be aware that,
in volume OF descending water, our
storms are, by comparison, hardly more
than showers. In this instance the
rain poured down in such quantities
that in fourteen hours the track bed of
the Panama railroad was covered with
water to the depth of eleven feet. As
there was nothing in the construction
of this work to hold the water it is
fair to presume that in the adj n
cent country, formed by the valley
of the Chagress river, the food
as oqu lily high. Now, as the
engineer at the Paris convention on the
subject of the Panama canal pointed
out, an artificial water way of this kind
would form drain toward which all
of this surplus water would run. In a
stern like this it would be covered en-
tirely by the fl >od, and, where the tun-
nels ran through the mountains, the
tide, in search Of free access, might
rise to the height of eighty or one hun
bred feet. Not only would this bring
about the destruction of any vessel that
was unfortunate enough to be caught
in the canal, but it would damage that
work to such an extent as to practically
II qulre its rebuilding.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18

BROUGHT TO GRIEF.-On Sunday
40 ut IL o'clock the store of X. II.
Smith was entered by negro thief
named Jim Polk, but he was captured
before he succeeded in getting away
with anything. THIS is the same fel-
low that has been committing the many
robberies that have occurred in our city
for the past four or five months. City
Marshal Ed Creary has succeeded in re-
covering large portion of the things
taken from the store of r. H. Smith
about month since; also a number OF
the articles taken from the shoe store OF
Mat DeWire, on Pecan street. He is
the same fellow sent to the county jail
IN August last for theft OF pistol from
the gunsmith Assman. This time he
will likely get his dues ana rest in the
prison cells at Huntsville.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
Texas Politics.

San Antonio Express: The Austin
STATESMAN congresses great deal into
small compass when it declares that
there n 8 refinement and elegance about
Bsysrd that is incompatible with Coke's
feelings Coke has never vet recovered
nom the conplete overshadowing he
got BY Bayard wien the two Senators
appeared Emong the Texas people IS
esocrt 70 he rsGnains Of the late Gus
tage schleieAeF from Washington TO
San Antonio. EFerybody wanted to
see fkpd greet BaEArd, ard Coke felt
that he held second piace 50 sironrlv
that he isiled 70 concesl his cSaerin 81
disappointment = the tine. We BE-
lieve this in : measure accountf loi hin
present hostility To the Senator frcn
Delaware.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
The Grain Producing Power of tho
United States.

An article written for MacmilLdn's
Magazine, an English publication, by
L. B. Subway, of Chicago, contains the
following aggregation of the grain lands
of the United States. 1t will be seen
by the comparison between the present
cultivated land and that TO be brought
under the pillow, our enormous capabil-
ties for food production:
Ia the States OF Ohio, Indiana, Mich
igan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and
Missouri, there are 220 0O0 600 acres of
land, from which if We deduct 20, 000 =
600 as uncultivated for different rea-
sons, there rem in $50, 600, 0C0 acres,
of which 90 600, 900 are at present un-
der cultivation, and $4,000, 900 more
may be cultivated profitab!y.
Minnesota. Kansas abd Nebraska
contain 100, 600, 900 acres, 40, 900. 900 Of
which are to be reckored as good for
grazing only, while of the remaining
100, 600, 900 it is believed that 80 900, =
600 acres are adapted to profi,a able cul-
tiyation. Only ~ 900, 900 are now cul
tivated, however, leaving 1890 900
acres of uncuitivaied land OF good
sides this, there is In the territories Of
Dakota, Montana and Wyoming large
tracts of fertile prairie, very productive
in wheat and small grain bu, foI obvi-
Gus reasons no extensive settlements
have yet been made upon them. The
precise area of really fertile land in these
territories il is difficult TO ascertain.
Texas contains $50, 900, coo acres, the
most of which Is at present used for
grtzing. Much of it will be devoted
to cotton and Southern productions,
but 1t may be estimated that Texas will
furnish go, 200, 600 as good grain land,
besides the cotton and grazing land.
Indian Territory, directly north OF
Texas, contains about so, 900, 900 acres,
most of it good and much of It superior
land. 1t is safe to estimate that it CON
tains at least 80, 900, 600 acres of grain
lands, to come into cultivation when
ever the present Indian occupants give
way to the whites.
The State of Texas and the northern
territories are estimated to furnish for
gram growing fully 80, 000, 600 acres.
California grain lands do not lie 10 u
body, and it is difficult to determine
the number of acres. Bat the yield is
st all times enormous. 0regon's wheat
lands are limited as yet, but they are
rapidly increasing in area. The Pacific
slope is expected to steadily increase Its
supply of wheat.
In the ten States already named east
OF the Rocky Mountains, there are l07,-
600. 900 acres In grain cultivation and
138, 600 600 yet to be added. To these
are to be added the 90 900, 900 zcres of
grain land in Texas and the Indian ter
rItory, probably 60, 900 600 more in
Dakota, Wyoming and Montana; max
ing q total Of 2SS, 900, 900 acres OF grain
land to be added, as an aggregate, to
the 107, 900, 900 sores now in cultivation
in the great gram provision producing
centre, not Including California and
Oregon, or the fertile valleys Of New
Mexico, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Wyo-
ming and Montana. which will sggre-
gate very large area