The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-11
Editorial Notes.
No. 40


We learn from the London Spectator
that the New England town ''derivs
It's charter from the Legislature Of che
State. and is usually represented a.
Washington"
In Nsw Hampshire good deal Of
opposition has shown itself to the re-
cent State Law taxing church property
on all snms above SO, 600. Ia some
csses the Law has been denounced from
The pRlpit.
Oar exports Of agricultural ,mple-
sRsnts In 1878 were OF total valu,' II
% 6SS. eco, against 81, 7si, ,0s2 in 1877.
The amount sent abroad this year will
be still greater, as the demand from
Russia and South America is rapidly
increasing.
Senator Garland OF ArkAnsas hos re-
tired 10 his country seat, fifteen niles
from Lattle Rock, which bears the
homelY name Of ''Hominy Hull" Be
will remain there hunting and fishing
and reading until time to return 10
Washington.
America raises wheat two thousand
miles from her ports Of export, conveys
- By rail to the points Of shipmrn',
transports it oyer three thousand miles
Of ocean to Great Britain, aud sells II
at shilling bushel less than it cos;
tho English to grow it.
Indian corn was flrst groSn by Eu-
ropeans In this Country at the James
River settlement, In VirginiA, in 1908.
and history informs us that the increasc
was immense, moro than Q thousand
fold. In 1909 more than forty acres
were grown by the Virginia planters
With meeFschaums, as with great
men, The limitations far outnumber the
ge' uins; that 10 70 say, IN Ruhls, Ger
many, she center Of this brsach Of th,.
pipe trade. the annual produLt of the
past few years has been $40, 600 genu-
Inc meerschaum bowls, and exactly
ten times that number Of limitations.
Prominent citizens. with lofty aspir.
atoms, are sometimes inclined TO con-
slider the Office of Vice President Of the
United States as beneath themselvee-.
sors OF tail to the presidential kite
forgetting that the position has been
filled by no less eminent men than
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Georgo
Clintoa, Ei6fidge Gerry, Daniel ID
Tompkius, John G. Caiboun and Martin
Van RSIcD, statesmen whose. fame is
uadyRg
TIT hoted Dslrymple farm, on the
Northern Pacific Railroad, employs
400 Slhen 4kfing he present harvest, /,
and would NE 800 more but for self
oinders VI hss lis self-bindlng resp
ers ana twenty s'eam threshers. The
farm contains 5,0C0 more acres IL
space than the Original D strict of Co.
lunbla- Toe ground was first broken
in 1875. This year more than go 600
acres ara IN crops. The owner will
ship 500, 600 bushels Of wheat this
year TO New York at profit of $3.50. :
600 Ia reaping, each machine take
Al eight-foot sweep and cuts fifteen
scres day. Twenty-one mschiuea
work simultaneously on q ,Qasre mi e
patch, running one after the other.
OF the Empress Eugeuie the Paris
GGuios1s says: "The Empress is still IN
tue same state of depression. she 70
celves nobody and dimes in her own
apartment. 9he only leaves her room TO
go into that Of her son. On the fret
day che entered IL since his burial che
nearly faipted on beholding the faEsi
saddle which cost the Prince Imperia.
his life. The Empress supports her
stlf with the consultations OF religion.
When she is not praying enc gets her
companion TO read pious works to her,
such as those OF St. Augustin and Mas-
sil,on. Her Msjesty is still obliged TO
take ehloral ~ obtain sleep. Her
friends have tried in vain to inducs her
70 change her residence aud go to
bpsin. She insists on remaining at
Chiselhurst f3r the time"
The English newspaper are COM
mentiDg on the peculis, action of cer-
tain Americans who are largo pufchss-
efs Of rails. II seems that, in conse-
queace Of recent improvements, steel
rails are selling In Great Britain at a
triHs less than iron ones, or, 70 give
market quotations, iron rails are sell
ing at "a l0s. per ton, while sceel rails
may be bought for "a IS. Every one
knows that for ordinary uses the steel
rails are much superior TO the
iron ones, and. therefore, on the face
OF 1t, she choice of on, countrymen,
Who pay more for iron than they
would have to pay for steel, seems ex
ceedingly foolish. An explanation,
however, can DO found by comparing
tho prices when the article purchased
10 landed IN this country. BIZ import
ing iron instead of steel, 9 saving in
duty Of 412 80 por ton Is made, which
is thought 20 be sufficient to moro than
Offset the greater durability OF the lat
ter. This IL one of the ways In which
our protective tariff, while 1t does no
prevent importation, forces rs to pur-
chase ct . high price "a inferior arti-
Gle.
The public debt statement for Jnlv /
Is ~ follows: Total debt, &2, $40, ,567,
l28; debt less cash. in the Treasury,
o., ,027, s07, 258; increase Of debt dur
ing June, 14 7e6; total reduction oi
debt ip fiscal year ending June 30 $6.-
$50, ,57k. Greenbscks outstanding June
10, $34e, ,601, ,0t6; total fractional cur
tooNJ SobotNaoAbHg YASsoNoiVoog SDSoA v
per cent bonds, 43l0. 922, 500; Q per
cent. 1ei6 eo5. 900; 4 Ia per cent.
fe50, 000. 900; per cent, t667. 029. 900
svsiIable cash in Treasur'. 1929 $780, :
$50. The coinage Of the United S-e,s.
minis tor June ~ss: eoid. t57. $50
pieccs. vsi1ed at e. sis 60 silver. ? :
81. 40 piec-a. val'I.'ss e., 3iJ. 0C2 80 ,
miaor c3lpagr, 2. 1%0 75o picc.s-, yAlr d
~ e5f. .6o4 SO; 6 an ard SILVER dollIss
cc;red 10 dste. $2j, SOL, 3G0 Co,ns4e
.iurI1g ;ss yerr ending Juus 20 vas;
CT. 2.756, 42i ptsce-. Va ue u $40.
9ss 9ie; silver, q. 21e 40 pieces, ss.-
de ; Ss7 2 g .433 90; minsr coiu.re
9 020,2O0 pieces ssiued ~ sg7, 795
Tee Eotll receipts for he n c. ~ ,
ron oil sources, were S57G $50 3z7
expenses, sH1sDt interest On psbI.1
.ie5., fl64. 59S. Ss5.
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