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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-07
JAMES BOUHLAND, TnE HANG
MAN.

The Denton Monitor adverts to the
that james Bourland is dying. 1t
ns that this frightful person is now
enty-eight years old. He is imbe-
He recognizes no one, and doubt
for the reason that his little in
sct Is fastened upon foul memories
bloody deeds he has done. The
at Gainesville, it's strongest branch
ID and of the proper height for a
u horseback to ride beneath 1t,
Q gallows, and Bourland's
discovered its fitness for q
ans devilish uses. To this tree,
should be guarded and draped
forever as lasting monument
An depravity, and that Bour-
name and memory may be for
ecrated, still stands in the sub
Gainesville. People visit it
rom all the States, and none
have ever listened to recitals OF terri
Ole deeds done beneath its widespread
az branches that they have not shud-
tered ever afterward when the name of
this archfend, Bourland, was uttered.
He'll meyer spewed up worse, more
terrible monster, and history never
.seamed Of criIGes comparable in enorH
~ with those perpetrated by this
.chless murderer. We have shud-
red when Santa Anna, in conformity
b laws ofwar, put to death the de-
iers of stronghold which the
leans were forced to storm and
81 by assault. For this act Santa
has name is held accursed by all
Texansapd by the civilized world. But
shis dying, dspented dotard and demon
Rptured unreslstipg youth and age of
,.z5,,,Sses zand eeate and country,
that rage excited in SOL
when he assaults q be-
lemy, fighting desperately
walls giving the assailant
this man, Bourland, hanged
ictims of his personal hatred
ore. He hanged inoifensive
cold blood, and with all the
cution Of hooking, red tape,
executions. He cursed and
that asked for mercy.
10y was shocked. People of
a Texas told the story even five
20, with bated breath and shud-
when they pronounced the name
land. When modest, kindly cit
the village hard by the spot
ich Bourland's victims became
, of eagles told the history OF
Irdy sycamore, they looked about
furtively, fearing that some one
Alaing with Bourland, political
as man, might oyerhear
als of deeds more damning than
uof crazed mobs from the vilest
imbruted and wronged and
Id sans csillottes of revolutionary
&. It becomes every honest Texan
nfse the name and repudiate the
Of Bourland that the fame of the
le and people may not be blackened
his deeds and memory. The Noni-
says Of him:
the old settlers of Texas can
remember him kindly. II the
1an's time has about come, then
Ieril will at last get his due. 1.-THE
o. the gods grind slowly but they
~ exceedingly iine.n
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THE Telegraph nodestly calls Gov
ernor Roberts .'our B2lasm." and the
Governor may call the Telegraph ''our
ss.n
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The following letter, in view OF the
retrogrea. m Of he Legislature towards
the morals ard facts of the days of
Connecticut B.gc Laws, will excite not
little interest even IN Texas. 1t has
just been brought 70 light after sleeping
century aud is 10 the possession of the
New Haven COLONY Historical Society.
The letter was written by Dr.. Benjamin
franklin to Jared Iugersoll of New
Haven in 1862, and - interesting not
only by reason OF its antiquity, but a.
so by reason OF the manner in which
Sunday ia New England ia compared
by the writer with that of another part
of the woIl1. The following Is An ex-
act copy of the letter:
PHlLADs, Dec II, 1862.
Dear Sir: thank you for your
kind Congratulations. 1t gives me
pleasure to hear from an old friend it
will give me much more
pleasure to see him. hope
Will prevent
the Journey you propose for next Sum
mer and the Favor you intend me of a
Visit. I believe must make Jour
ney early in the Spring to Virginia, but
purpose being back again before the
hot weather. You will be kind enough
I to let me know beforehand what time
you expect to be here. that may not
bs out of the way, for that woul i
mortify me exceedingly. l should be
glad to know what it is that distir-
cuisines Connecticut Religion from
common Religion-communicate, if
you please, come of these particular s
that you think will amuse me as vir-
| tuoso. When travelled in Flanders l
thought of your excessively strict OBJ
servance of Sunday, AMI that man
could hardly travel on that day among
you upon his lawful occasions, without
Hazard or Punishment, while where l
was every one travelled, if he pleased,
or diverted himself in any other way,
and in the afternoon both high and low
went to the Play of the Opera, where
there was plenty of Singing, Fiddling
and Dancing. | looked round for
| OOh Ouu BhChG Dul odH uO olSuS VI
them. The Cities were well built and
full of Inhabitants, the Markets filled
with Plenty, the People we'll favored
and we'll clothed 4; the Fields well titled
the Cattle fat and strong; the Fences
Houses and Windows all in Repair;
and no Old Tenor anywhere in the
Country; which would almost make one
suspect that the Deity is not so angry
at that offence as New England JUS
tice.
/ left our Friend McJackson we'll.
And l had the great Happiness of find
ing my little family well when came
home; and my friends as cordial and
more numerous than ever. May ever
Prosperity attend you and yours.-I am
Dear Friend
Yours affectlonately
g. FRANKLIN.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE Z
Texas State keFiste- and Bafke's Texas alr11-
nee haye bern coDs0lidafed. Tho palIfe sfinn
u the combined works VII herr sfttr be 10 the
hands 81 J. Bafkf, IT., hf H61ffOn. fexaa A.
Hanfofd viii eoniinne ~ Fepfszenf DE AIm1ksf
IN New York. and his eoniraeis nzi1 reeeipfs
van . ss ssssi T. !. s sShsen p
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TIM Memphis papers say that those
who rely upon yellow fever and upon
the Howaras ard upon the sick of this
season for money add idlsEsss and
champagne are doomed to woetul dis
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THOMAS o. SHKAENAN,
JoBS W. STIRLING,
or Counsel.
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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02
The NorrIstown Man,s OninIon.

We learn that the original Of Dick
cas- Mrs. Havisham' is still olive at
Ventour. Her mother broke of O love
affair for her, and the young lady said
she would go to bod and never get up
again. For twenty years the house has
not been swept, and the lady still lies
abed. So the story ruas-but who be
lieve5 it? The idea of q young lady
lying in bed twenty years, when each
recurring fall and spring brings out one
hundred and forty different styles of
bonnets for the feminine headl And
besides, a mother who has the courage
to break eff q love affair, would be apt
to break her daughters neck before she
had lain in bed two weeks. Such In
cidents look well enough in novels, but,
like the sea serpent, and the live toad
buried in a rock forty thousand years.
and the wild man Of the woods, and the
girl who exuded seven hundred needles
from various portions of her body, and
her sister who lived six years without
food, they are hard to swallow when
they ere presented to us as facts
Herald,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02
Horses In Mexico.

Horses are bred in great numbers at
the various haciendas in the provinces,
some of the largest estates having eighty
or a hundred thousand cattle and fifteen
or twenty thousand mules and horses.
The pasturage is green all the year
round, and the animals receive no other
food. They multiply rs the birds do,
and with as little profit to their owners.
Generally speaking, they run wild until
wanted, when they are caught with a
lasso, hoodwinked, and Immediately
mounted. For the first fifteen or twenty
minutes they exert their whole strength
to throw their rider, but finding their
efforts unavailing patiently submit, and
generally give but little trouble after
ward. Owing to their immense num-
bers, horses are sold very cheap, the
average price for an unbroken herd be-
ing eight or ten dollars a head, with but
little demand at that. II sometimes
occurs that the government purchases a
few hundred for the army, but, gener-
ally speaking, there are very few occa-
sions when they can be sold. Mexican
horses, as a rule, are not handsome, and
are seldom more than fourteen hands
high;still, they have nothing of the pecu-
liar build Of the pony about them, Fed
entirely upon grass, they yet endure
more fatigue and are capable of main
tanning o rapid gate for a longer time
that the granted horses OF other lands.
In the towns and cities they receive the
scantiest of care and the meagerest
allowance OF food. Tied up the whole
day in the sitting courtyards, they
stand patiently awaiting their evening
meal. frequently they are turned loose
together, when it requires the use of q
lasso to catch them. 50 familiar with
this instrument do they become that the
moment the animal feels the rope about
its neck it stands stock still, when with
out it it would not suffer itself to be
saddled or bridled.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02
Personal Appearance Of the Pope.

Pope Leo is said 10 look taller than
he really is because OF his extreme elem
dernes'; his figure, LoEcvsr, is elegant,
in spite Of his leanness. He has a splen-
didly shaped head, iriuged with silver
hair, and a KINDLY face, healthy in col.
oring. His mouth, chin and jaw eG-
press strength and iirmness, aud there
is said 10 be III his expression a beauti-
iul light OF inward joy He wears a
soutane or close redingote Of soft, white
wooden cloth, taking the form Of the
figure at the waist and held there with
a band Of embroidered silk, aud but
toned quite down in front, showing the
slippers Of rcd siik, embroidered with a
gold cross. A cape Of the SAM color
and material falls from the shoulders
TO the elbows, similarly buttoned 10 the
coat in front, with some soft substance,
like down or ermine, edging the cape
around the neck, but not closely, and
down the front, a golden cord hangs
around tho neok, resting on the sholl.
ders, and depending in front is a golden
and ieweled cross. His white hands are
narrow, and the fingers long and beau
tiiully rounded, and the nails are per-
foctly nlmon3-shaped and ~pink.tinted.
On his head he wears g white skull cap.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02
The Champion Beard.

Edwin Smith, of Adrian, Mich, wears
what is generally acknowledged to be
the longest beard in the world. A cor
respondent who called upon him tells
the story of the hirsute appendage -
During Mr.. Smiths early life he went
to the gold region OF California. 1t was
the fashion among miners in those days
to allow their boards to grow. 1t was
agreed among several of them, Mr..
Smith among the number, that they
would allow their boards to grow for
six months, and see which could at the
end of that time boast of the longest.
Mr.. Smith outstripped all rivals, and
allowed his beard to grow from then on.
The nature Of the miners work made it
convenient to tie or fasten the beard
under the chin. In this way Mr.. Smith
first became accustomed to wearing it
long, with the superAuous length tied
up out of the way. And now said he,
you see what it has grown TO- And as
your correspondent looked from the
smiling face of the man, aud then turn
ed to go on q search for the other end
of the beard, he thought Of the story of
the steeple which was so tall that you
had to look twice to zee the top OF if.
There could DO no mistake about it.
Each individual hair stretched its silken,
wavy length from face to floor. Nov l
will show you how long it u.s. said Mr..
Smith, and he stepped upon a chair and
stood erect. Still its length was SO
great that the foot could be placed on
the ends, which touched the floor. The
beard has been carefully trimmed, 80
that it is Of wen weight and size to the
very end. Unrolling q little paper
which was laid away in a drawer, he
said, "That's its length last winter, and
unwound a seemingly endless hair.
When measured it was found to be seven
feet four inches long. Now we will
measure the beard as it is to-day said
he, and looked for the yard.stick.
Seven feet six inches and a half was the
length.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02
For the LAdles.

Martha Washington lace cOlIarettes
are in vogue.
Beaded galloOn Is used again for bind.
ing hat brims, and there are iringes and
pompons made Of bits Of jet, like
~spangles.
One OF the prettiest ornaments for
black bonnets is a set Of large faceted Jet
blttons used for studding the ribbon
trimming at intervals.
Steel and gilt are together in orns.
ments Of antique design, showing birds
heads, claws, battle-axes, also daggers,
clasps and brooches.
Buttoned boots are worn only on the
street or for the promenade. Fancy col.
ored kid slippers and sandals are worn
with elegant evening or dinner toilettes.
Several loops Of satin ribbon about an
inch wide, formed into n half r%osette,
will make a pretty bow for the top of the
head. II may be black, or else colored,
to match the dress or its trimmings.
Tiger velvet is a novelty to be used
for trimming both bonnets and dresses.
II has satin ground, with irregularly-
shaped spots in long raised velvet pile.
1t is especially we'll named when the
ground is OF cream or ecru shades, and
the raised spots Of darker brown.
A fabric for trimming bonnets SCALED
satin sublime by the milliners. This is
soft, like the foulard satins used in the
spring, but is OF much heavier quality,
is thickly twilled, and has all the fine
luster OF satin. II comes in all the plain
colors, and is also shown in changenble
colors.
There is 0 new crackle vel vet, in which
the pile is fattened in streaks as irregu.
lar and without design as the crackle
lines on old porcelain. This will be
handsome for plastrons and borders of
dresses, for the plain, large crowns OF
dressy bonnets, and for the rosettes and
fa~n-plaitings with which they are to be
trimmed.
The red bonnets that we're 80 fashion
able last year will be considered stylish
next season. These are shown in small
shapes with close velvet brim,. no face
trimming and large full rosette crown;
three ostrich plumes Of the same shade
Of amaranth red are made TO ned toward
the front, and the strings are OF satin
antique ribbon, which also trims the
bonnet.
Harper's Bdsar says that shot silks
are imported for dress goods, for parts
of costumes and for bonnet trimmings
for the fall and winter. These silks are
known as glaoe by the French msnufac'
tuners, and are familiar here under the
name of changeable silks. The leading
modistes introduced them last sc ason
but they are not 30 effective in light
colors as in darker shades, and did not
meet with the favor which is now anti
cipated for them. They are shown in
plain surfaces that display a prominent
color in one light and its contrasting hue
in another view; there are also striped
shot silks with a half-inch satin stripe
Of solid color alternating with a change.
able stripe. They HAYES quaint antique
effect when the two materials are used
in the same costume. All the fashion,
able shades are blended in these silks.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02
MY Hearts Best Love.

She is fslrer than q Eummer-mom,
When hrst the bright SUI flashes
Upon the cresta Of yonder hills,
Aud down among the rushes;
She 10 purer than the mountaineering
That bubbles by the willows,
Where wee wild flowers lift their heads
Up from their NOISY pillows.
She IL fresher than the carly dow
That beads the scented flowers,
Where golden bees the honey sip
Through all the woodlAWn bowers
She is desrer TO this heart OF mine
han costly gems, and rarer-
Than all beside she's sweeter far,
Aud fresher, purer, fairer.
The mufio OF her voice TO me
Than song OF birds is sweeter,
Aud when | see her tender face
My soul goes out TO meet her
She Is my all in all, my queen
or mine own life the life, sir
You're mad with lovel Whom do you mean
why bless your soul! My wife, sir =
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02
SOWING Oats and Wheat Together.

Sowing Oats aud Wheat Together.
The experiment has been made Of
sowing oats and wheat together with a
view to obtaining a winter covering for
the wheat. The seed, in the proportions
Of n part Of oats to two parts OF wheat,
was sown in the fall and the oats sprang
up quickly and were killed by the early
frost the stalks and leaves lying on the
ground all winter, keeping the snow
from blowing away and preventing the
sun from thawing the frozen ground
In the spring the'dead oats made a good
top dressing for the growing wheat
The crop OF wheat secured on the fol.
loving season was reported to be excel
lent, while wheat on adjoining land
planted in the usual manner was of no
value.
Poor Farming.
The trouble is in the men; not in The
business. When 1 learn that only one
farm in twenty-five is paid for when
bought, the wonder to me is, not that SO
many fail, but that 30 many succeed
When Richard Roe buys John Does
farm for $1,000, pays $1,000 down, and
gives a mortgage for 81. 500 at eight per
cent, expecting to make a living for
himself and family, pay Mr.. Doe $50 q
month interest, and have a net three OF
four per cent. at the end OF the year on
$1,000, it brings no surprise to me
that Mr.. Roe finds such farming don't
pay. What does the man own in facti
Just 5000. That figure represents his
capital. There is no kind Of business to
be found to-day, other than farming, in
which $1,000 a bo made to yield any
kind of a living TO a family without
drawing on tho principal. Any gain in
interest is not TO be thought of. Those
farmers who had 80 little foresight as tc
buy more land than they could hapdle,
are simply doing what numbers of mer
in other callings have done, and will dc
for all time: giving way to men who
know how to handle money. That's the
rub. Men undertake TOO much on toe
little capital, and inevitsS'y fail. 1t il
not for the general good that farmers o.
this class should parade their misfor
tunes at every opportunity, misleading
public opinion on a matter that lies a
the very foundation Of our nationa
prosperity. Farming does pay, and pay
well on the capital actually invested.
with such general intelligent manage
ment as would be necessary in any othel
business. There is no other business
which offers as good security for the in
vestment; there is no other business
which brings more contentment and lest
wearying anxiety Of mind. The MAJ
who OlVRs his farm and has three or foul
per cent. at the end of a year on tn,
paid up capital, after supporting hi
family, is actually in better condition
than nine tenths of the men in any othe:
calling,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02
"Manners,, In the Olden Time.

A writer discussing the claim which
is frequently heard, that we of this gen.
Grafton are not as refined as our fore
fathers, declares that the conversation
of the Good QVeen Bess,' who was sup.
posed to be the model Of what was re-
finement at that time, would not be
permitted among the fshwives Of to-
day; and has raked up a book on ETH
quette Of one hundred years ago, which
reads queerly now, as instancethe deport.
mont for the diningtable: Do not nudge
your neighbofs with your elbows, do
not scratch yourself; do not betray by
any gesture that you gre hungry; and do
not look eagerly at the food as though
you could devour the whole of it. Do
not crunch bones, nor break the stones
of fruit with your teeth. Do not suck
the bones to get ont the marrow. Be
careful not TO dip your portion in the
dish, o what you are eating in the
saltcell@'. Do not offer to others what
you have already tasted, and take it as
a general rule that what has once been
on your plate must never be put back
in the dish. Carefully avoid talking with
the mouth full. II is uncivil to pick
ones teeth during tho repast either with
a knife or fork. In placing yourself az
table have the head uncovered.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02
Opeuinr New Trade in Africa.

Stanley, the explorer, is again in
Africa, un Ter the auspices of the king
of the Belgians, who is anxious to open
trade with the natives on the great
Congo river. About the middle Of July
last he sailed from Gibraltar for the
West Coast of Africa in a steam
err. A steamer laden with goods
has also been sent from Antwerp, which
will remain at the Congo till Stanley's
arrival. The steamer has on board two
or three steam barges in sections, in
which to ascend the Congo, carrying
these sections piece meal around the
Gellaia Falls. The king Of the Belgians
has manifested great interest and great
energy in thus being the first to gain a
foot.hold among the natives,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02
A Strange Cattle Disease.

The owners Of the thoroughbreds and
grades in Pennington, Conn.,, have dis.
covered a mysterious disease prevailing
among their herds, which, having prov
ed fatal in two or three cases, is causing
considerable alarm. The epidemic thus
fur has shown itself exclusively among
the milk COWS, appearing at first with a
serious lameness in the hind legs. Grad
ually the disorder increases, the animal
meanwhile being reduced to a skeleton.
The disease, whatever may be the cause
or nature, battles oil treatment for its
removal, and the animals have to be
killed to get them, out of their misery,
The secretary Of the State board OF
agriculture, Mr.. 7. s, Gold, Of West
Cornwall, has visited the town, but las
not been able to decide yet what the
disorder can be.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02
Fungi in Man,

The human ear is sometimes attacked
by o disease which shows itself in the
form OF a running sore; in many cases
the tympanum is destroyed and hearing
lost before the nature of the malady is
discovered. The disease is due to the
growth Of a microscopic plant or fungus.
1t especially thrives when, from any
cause, the secretion of wax in the ear
is stopped or hindered. The micro
scope is a valuable assistant in the dis
covery OF this fungus. Consumption,
the most disastrous malady that af1icts
humanity, is now said to be caused by a
yeast plant that Aourishes in the blood.
The presence OF this fungus in the blood
is readily shown by a microscope, and
now forms the subject of careful study
among physicians.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02

DIR. Il. B. Foote'S Health Monthly
AYERS that 1T is now possible to repre-.
duce the voice and the handwriting at a
great distance by means of an electric
wire and suitable apparatus, and an in
strument is being perfected which will
make a photograph in Boston Of q per-
son sitting before q camera in New
York
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02
Florida is now shipping 6.OOO head OF

FIorlda IS now shipping B,UUU head OF
cattle monthly to Ouba, with the pros
pect fer an increase in tho demand. The
shipments Of Texas cattle TO Cuba are
also large, giving regular occupation to
several of the Morgan steamships, and
not q case OF fever among them.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02

Never promise more than can DO done. Dr..
Bulls Bal imore Pills have been successfully
run on this principle. For sale by all druggists.
Price rs cents.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-02

To Mothers Should the baby be suffering
with any OF the disorders of babybood Use DR.,
Bulls Baby Syrup at once for the trouble.
Price 25 cents.