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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-11
NO. II

Mr.. Mechi, the English agrlculiuT-
VI led in river pollunop, aud recalls
the words of Liebiff: "The sewers Of
Rome engulfed in the course of centu-
ries the prosperity of the Roman farm
er; and, when the fields of the latter
would no longer yield the means of
feeding her population, the same sew
ers devoured the wealth Of Sicily, Sar-
Ginia and the fertile lands on the coast
of Africa" He adds: Large towns,
like boitomless pits, gradually swal-
low up the conditions OF fertility Of
the greatest countries" Mr.. Mschi es.
tImases that il takes the annual produce
of 90, 900 acres TO feed London one
day.
Baron Nathaniel RDthschild, of Vi
emma, procures the serYsnts for his resi-
dence through his head cook, whom be
pays at the rate of SIX flprins per diem
for esch domestic engaged. The Roths-
child naendge employs at less. thirty
servants, VINO cost on an average one
tiorin per day each, so that the cooks
commission amounts t. five Il lins per
head, or $50 aorins GID per day, 9
very reat sum, especially when incress-
ed by the yearly salary as cook of $500.
No wonder that Monsieur lie Gordon
5leu" occupies first floor IN fashion.
able quarter and drives up to the PalaiE
Rothschild in his satin lined "coupe dc
msitre."
Scotland owes her greatness, net tc
territory, or population, nor yet to sd.
vsntsges of situation or climate, but tC
the energy and character of her pee
pie. TIE greatest thing abous Scot
land is her people. No country in the
word furnishes q more striking illus.
tration OF the power OF mans thrift,
energy and enterprise. There man has
risen surerior to the advantages of ma
ture. Perhaps the very struggle,
brought about by this cor6ition of ST.
fairs, has been one of the important
factors In the development of the Scot
,ish people. l; helped to make then
the race they are.
Mrs. Ann Harris, of Syracuse, N. Y,
French lady and widow of an officei
OF the British army, has fallen heir t
81 600, 900, lef: her toy her uncle, SameI
M0tz, lawyer of Quebec.
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Pay of french Legi.ia tors.

AS the French Chambers are about
to return to Paris, it may not be unin-
tsresting to give a glance at the situa-
ton of the different dehberative As
semblies which have succeeded ea,h
other in this country since 1889. 10
that yesr the NUMBER OF represents
tives was 774-nine per department
and three extra. Eich member receiv-
ed IS francs day, aud thus the As
sembly cost l3. $50 francs daily, or
331, 963 francs month for 24 sit
tings. The whole session Of nine months,
therefore, r. qured 2 9s7, 6,2 francs. In
addition, 81, 300 IrsbcB Was allowed
for the bureau, Masking total of
3,036, 922 francs. Tue members of the
Corps Legislatif, which came after the
representatives of the people, had 10. 600
francs each per session, with the obi
CATION Of having carriage for two
legislators. Under the Restoration
the Deputies received no pay. The
President alone had 100, 900 francs t.
meet the expenses of receptions. Un-
der Louis Philippe the members did
cot have any salary, but the President
had 100 900 franco. In 1S4S the Dep
u:Ies OF the Second Republic, whe
were 800 in number, received 25
francs q day, or $40, COO france
q M nth. Tue session lasted nine
mouths aad coat 4, 905. 600 francs, in
cluding the President and the Q iestors.
Uader the Empire, that Is 10 sag from
1852 to 1870, there were 2e3 ID puties.
They received 81 first 1000 frsncs
month during the time of the session.
Afterward taey had fixed salary Of
IL, 500 francs. TEe =. .esideDt OF the
Legislative CDsps had fixed allowsuce
o. 1O0. 900 franco, and 80. 600 rance for
costs Of receptl ms. he seis % Il the
Second Empire absorbed 3 $50 900 |
Francs. In 1871 the sstmbly NJ B r.
deaux was composed of 80
members, who were paid $50
francs q month, or 5000 fr1scs
a year. They had their salaries even
during the months they did not sit.
The allowances Of the PresideUt WAS re-
iuced at this penod 70 20, 900 francs,
and that of the Questors to IS coo
lraucs. 6irce 1876 the Chamber IL
Of 546 members, Including
he representatives, Of the French colo
lies. Each member has fixed allow
nee of ESQ francs Q month. The
Presidents salary is 10000 frsDcs and
hat Of the Qaestors IS, 600 francs. In
Of their salaries, these
hree functionaries have numerous
'rivileges. such - lodging. firing,
IghrinR, ettenda1cs, etc. GallgHcr5s
Messenger.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-11

SECRETARY SHKRAIAN's temper has
been very much ruffled at the theft and
publication in advance of his annual
report. he is boiling over with rage,
and has the secret service at work to
learn how the document got out, and
his anger oyer the matter is very re-
freshing to those who know his efforts
at establishing q news bureau of his
own. The secretaries at the White
House have been chucklinR over his
mishap, because, when the Presidents
messages have been captured by enter
prising newspaper correspondents Mr..
Sherman has complained Of the loose
management at the White House which
permitted such leaks. Ga the very day
that his report was being used he read
the Cabinet . lecture on the subject of
allowing official news to get to the pub
lie in advance, and told how careful
he was in controlling his report. Atthe
time he was doing this the report was
beng sold to three correspondents for
$500. The report makes about 25, 900
words. or ten or eleven columns and
was telegraphed in full to New York,
Chicago and Cincinnati.
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TINS is the latest in regard to the
Eads jettIes, and as it comes from the
Cincinnati Commercial. which has al
ways shown q cold shoulder TO the
South pass improvements, must be
taken With considerable allowance:
ga wetk or more ago ihe Secretary
OF War referred TO Gen Park, acting
chief Of engineers, the latest dispute
oser the Eids jetty channel, asking
him TO report whether In the mainte-
nance of the maximum depth dredge-
boats could be used. II is understood
that Gen. Park has reported that un-
der the Law Capt. Esds should con-
struct his channel SO that IL should
maintain itself without constant dredg-
ing, ard that the annual payments
which Congress has authorized to be
made to him, if his chanuel is kept in
order, can not be paid him legally as
long as the channel will not scour itself
without the aid OF 6redge boats."
Ia there cot bare possibility that
congressman, representing the large
commercial cities, North and East,
would vot. more money to ciose the
South pass thaa to open 1t for the CON-
mcrce of the worl' Legislators de-
pendent on votes OF their immediate
const tnency for reelection would be
spt to hesitate long before they vote to
make New Orleans the great rival
OF Bpff ilo and other cities in the
rausfer OF grain from the West to the
cities of Europe. Though millions
have been expended on Esds' jetties,
It is the set led opinion of many very
distinguished engineers that the shoal-
lug process will fGrtver render the ust
of the dredge boat Indispensably nee
essary TO an open outlet 10 the Gull
through the mouth Of the Mississippi
river. The Barataria canal will ulii.
mateIy be found the only reliable out
le. for the transfer of the vast produc
tons of The great Northwest to Eu
rope.
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PARNEIA declares that the sgitstors
will carry Gu the work begun by them,
and he accuses the English govern
ment with putting into force a process
of law in making arrests, simply to
give itself political advantage. No
greater wro' g could be commits ed
he asserts, thel for govein-
ment t) use any form of
law for political advantage. Lord
Beaconsfsld ,hirks the governm mt
has committed the gr,vest error In its
attack upon the liberty Of Icish citiz 4ns
1t was his purpose, he 4aims, to Oh
tain a reform of the land laws in Ire
land, and the agitation airing from the
proposition has been dealt with IN e
too arbitrary manner. Baconsfi, cid
is satisfied that the Ifiah peope, fully
comprehendipg their power uder the
Constitution, will stand by the move.
ment until landlordism as an intitu-
ton is forever abolished. The goArn-
ment is condemned too, because wsle
misery snd famine are unIelIeved Z
home, unnecessary and frivolous wars
costing vast sums of money have bee
prosecuted agsinst the Zalus and AT
ghans.
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Ed,foiill Ho,es.


:. .rbe high st tel graph sta ion in the
" II d IS on P'ks's Peak il the II ,cky
NJ 'G1'sns. Il is II, 600 feet shove the
level Of the sea
The msn Mccarthy, who eloped with
the daughter OF Ger. S:ckles, s!resdy
had two wives before he met Miss
) ckl=s in Psris.
The winter wheat crop in Central L.
inois 8 reported as being in excellent
condition, and without Hessisn fly,
ch'ncn bug IT other insect pest.
1t turns out that Ger. Joe ] J1hnstor, d,
who is member OF Congress, is the
maiuspring of the proposition to make
Grant csptain-genersl, with a salary #
titV thousand dollars.
Hemp is recommended to be caltivat-
ed in vineyards, orchards, etc, for the
enlistment of or destruction of nox-
ious insects, 1t is said noxious insects
are not found in hemp-felds.
In closing an article reviewing a
statement OF V'c.or D.ummond, Secre-
ary Of the British Lfgat Oh st Wash
iDgton, on the cost of agricultural pro-
iuction in America, the L)ndon Agri
cultural Gazette makes use of these la
clnic and significant sentences: sour
monopoly of the me4t market has been
forever broken. Meat is to be ohesp
IS well as corn"
Admiral Ammen has received az
other letter from Gen. Grant, in which
the latter mentions that the parties rep
reseuting the French capitalists have
sent him Communications in reference
to the NicsrAGusn Canal. The AdDI,-
al says that Grant will have an inter
view few days before his departure
for Cuba, with representatives of both
French and American capitalists.
Mrs. E izabeth A. Colt, widow of
Col. Samuel Colt, the revolver man,
gave a grand party at Hartford las
Monday evening in honor of the twen-
'y-fEss birthday of her only son and
child, Caldwell Colt. Young Cols will
come in to immediate possession of about
SO, 900, 900. He is nne very much like
his father, being rather fond of good
dogs, boating and such ,liugs.
Prof. K inkerfues, the director oi
the Gottiogen Observatory, has taken
out pa ..for new invention in tele.
grsphy. The professor has discovered
method by which up to eight d ffer
ent messages may be sent simuitaue.
ously by the same wire, an apparatus at
the receiving end printing the message!
separately and all at the same time
The importance of this invention tc
telegrsphy generally needs no com
ment.
La the manufacture of Bessemer stee
rails, Cook ccunty, ILL.,, has already
distanced Allegheny county, Pa. Las
gear that great center of the iron trade
according to William P. ShinD, E q .
manufactured 70, 246 tons of B.sseme
steel rails. Chicago, during the SAM
time, turned Gu: 1913, 900 tons, and i
the ueighboripg county Will is counted
in, the amount is increased to 17S, 00t
tons, or 33 COS tons more thsn twic,
the entire production of AIleghen!
county. Last year the State OF Iliinoi
produced nearly one-third OF all th,
Bessemer steel rails produced in th'
United States.
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scIsntinc y onaers.

MAGNETIC CLOCK AND WATCH. =
When the Grand Duke Of Tuscany. ID
1869, visited the Royal Society s1
Arundel House, be was ehown "a clock
whose movements are derived fIold
the vicinity of Ioadstone; and u 81
adjusted as to discover the distance bf
countries at sea by the Longitude. =
The analogy between this clock and
the electrical clock Of the present day
Is not little remarkable. The Jour
nsl-book Of the society for the above
year cortains many allunons 10
'Hooke's magnetic watch, going sisW.
er or faster according TO the greater 81
less distance Of the loadstone, aud 80
moving regularly In every posture.
WONDERFUL JEwELRY. "A Partisan
jeweler makes brooches aud other of-
nsments IN which mechanical move.
ments are introduced and set in actio1
BY very small galvanic batteries, which
are concealed IN some part OF the wear
ei's dress. The moving object may 81
rabbit, which is made to strike be|I
with drumsticks ths head Of g. Izeif
ton with rolling eyes. and mouth fift
opens and shuts; 3 grebsdier beating 8
drum; monkey playing the fiddle; u
bird moving its wings as II IA the Sc.
OF flying. The batteries are constTncl<
ed Of minute slips Of zinc and pisiI-
mum, or zinc and carbon. which set Fl
the same manner as the larger arrah1es
ments OF the same kind used for ofdI
nary purposes.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-11

SENATOR BAYARD has introduced
JOINT resolution in the Senate, providing
that all treasury notes shall be rtcelYa-
bic for all dues to the United States
except import dues, and that they
shall not otherwise be legal tender.
Senator Beck introduced bill to au-
thonze the payment of custom dues in
legal tender notes, and Senator Ingalls,
a bill to leaYe the United States notes
alone. 1t Is SAID that majority in beth
parties believe in letting these ques-
tions alone, but debates upon them are
inevitable, and probably after all they
are we'll enough. Ia tines like these
especially, the people desire to know
where the public men of the country
stand. 1t is thought, however, that
the question will be postponed until
after the holidays. This will
best suit those who desire to
avoid position as long as possible,
indulging the hope that at last they
may escape public notice. There is no
sectionalism involved in this ques-
tion. It affects money alone, and the
country has been clamorous upon
the subject. Senator Blyard's bill
draws the line between paper money
andj hard money where it off ,cts con-
tracts b,tween individuals. The gov
ernment under its provisions would
honor even deprecated psper cur
rency, but it would leave the real value
of notes, as affecting individual con-
tracts, a matter to be settled by the IN
evitable law of values. But the cur
rency of the country for some time
has been taking very good care of
itself, aud it were certainly wiseat
just now not to enter into monetary
legislation.
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ALL the Democratic senators aud
representatives. are trying to wash from
their hands the responsibility for the
bluuders of the extra session. Even
Speaker Randall does not understand
how they were brought about, and
Potter and Tilden have about con-
cluded that they never heard of it.
Senator Coke has not yet been
heard from, but he should charge
his share in the fun to Blaine,
who led him on to reputation, and
made of him the country's observed of
all observers. But Senator Coke, it
may be hoped, Is cured, as are the rest,
and, unless he especially wish to again
rival Col. FitzAugh in newspaper noto-
riety, he will never again present him
self as caricature In follies for the
whole country. He has the ability to
do his State and the South good serv-
ice, and we do hope he is well cured.
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What the Papers say about the se-
called A. and M. College.

The Bidsos Patriot says that Prof.
Cole, of the new faculty, is premi-
nent Granger, and that politics are
controlling the acts Of the board.
Victoria Adpocate: The State is run
ming a school enterprise at Bryan under
the deceptive and dishonest title OF an
A. and NJ. College. There is absolute-
ly no mechanics and less aguculture
about 1t.
Rockdale Messenger: The stubborn
fact is presented that this institution
has been used by politicians for tho
education of their children at public
expense. Such bubbles will burnt, and
the sooner politicians learn thgt tsssu
people are not their legitimate prey the.
better.
Hempstead Courier. To win the
confidence of the people OF Texas. an
educational enterprise must be real
one. 1t must have no political preai-
dents or professors. 1t must reward
no friends and punish no enemies.
This has been the bane of the Bryan
College.
Williamson County San Opinions
in regard to the Agricultural and Me-
| chanical College at Bryan, and the
! manner in which 1t has been conducted.
are being freely expressed throughout
the State. Some papers are in favor
of smashing the concern, and the Sun
is one of the number.
Galveston journal Of Commerce. II
this cannot be done, then future sppfo-
priations on the part Of the Legis.etuia
will be cut of and ''to letp will be
placed over the college door-sor the
people are heartily sick, not to say dia.
gusted, with numerous revelations that
have come suddenly to light from time
to time in connection with this "a. and
NJ. College,"
Colorado Citizen: Up till the prcs-
ent time the agricultural and mechani-
cal textures have only been IN name.
no practical labor having ever been
engaged in by the pupils. The slate
should either provide the school with
The necessary implements for agsicii ~.
raj experiments aud maeiine 81 "a
and make it in reality what lie name
implies or else quit squsndcring the
peoples money on the concern.
Dangerfeld Bdnneri Tie gfand d
humbug known as the State A. 7aad
NJ. College, at Bryan, Texas, has re-
vealed Its true character, its bumbur-
gerry, at last. The State has alFeed ]
spent nearly 5000, 900 OF the people'I
money on tie institution, without thu
slightest benefit TO anybody. Agrcul.
ture has never been taughtv-ecd fhl
charges for board and tuition have
been so high that none but the rich
could attend the college, yet the tax
payers Of the State have had the billa
to foot.
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Boo Tooms. On eran, md Rmplre.


met the general the other day and
asked him who would be the next Pfesi-
dent.
.sGrant," Z" he replied promptly. 'sHe
will be the next PresideHt and the last
President"
"After Graut-whatan
"The empire, by g -di am ready
for it. L is part Of the inevitsole
When tbs North. y the fourtetElh 1
fifteenth amendments, mi csed 500, :
600 sAvages into the belly OF the con-
stitution, they made popular govern
ment impossible. Grant is q man OF
power. Alex Stephens thinks he Is the
greatest man, probably, IN public life
to-day. like him well enough my
self; id sight better than do any
of his crowd. He has, to pre-eminent
degree, what will command the irresc-
luton of these times. Aud that is
dauntless courage
''Is there no Democrat who has the
same qualityi"
'None-unless it is Bayard. he
comes of the purest and bravest strain
of blood that ever flowed through
American veins. II he has the nerve
of the old Bayard, who turned his back
on Burr, and his party, because be sad
Burr had left the party where no clean
handed gentlemen could follow il, he
will do. suspect the blood ia not los
ing its temper. Tom Bayard's father
gave US hint of the old spirit when he
left the Senate in 1860. because be
would not swear that he did not sympa-
thize with the South. But il Grant
wants the presidency, and think ho
does, it will require man that can meet
the lightning open-eyed, to stay his
steps to the White House. Once In
there you might as well try to tear the
lightning from its seat in the cloud, Is
to get him out. But let 1t come--Grant
and the empire. That is the prophecy
Of an unrepentant rebel.
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Ok the thirueth nit. Jay Gould
slipped the N>rrow Gauge railway from
Kansas City to Lexington in his pock-
ct, snd every morning it is expected
be viii pocket another. The late
purchases of this man have been mar
velous, and there seems to be no limit
to his power and ability to absorb. It is
said Of him, when he was closing his
trade with Mr.. Garrison, that Mr.. Gould
wro.e his individual check for the
amount, but the Commodore demand
ed the gold. Gould took his check
over to the sub-:ressury ofiice and had
it csshed. The delivery weighed ten
tons and seven hundred pounds, all in
double eagles. which were carted over
to GArrison's vaults and corded up
where neither moth nor rust doth cor
rupt and only the james boys could
break through and steal.
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THE Farmers Recielo tells ua that
the conduct of the Agricultural ard
Mechanical colleges Of the different
States. Tsxas of course, being excepted,
is doirg much for the farming interests
of the country. These Institutions are
TOO numerous snd too we'll endorsed,
and in many cases too we'll fur
nished with the means OF
practically Illustrating their work
on the large farms tached to
them, says the paper, to be sil=nt fac
tors in our vast agricultural interests.
These properly conducted tend 10 de
ve.op the 'cieDce OF farming, aid t.
place farming more prominently before
the educated classes of the country II
its true light as a profession of the
highest calling for the exercise in
a great degree of intelligence and
scientific educstIon. Above all, these
agricultural colleges send out every
year number, constantly Increasing,
of capable young farmers, who wll
bring to their work, in addition tc
familiarity with the practical duties oi
the farm, valuable supply of scientific
information on all the principal features
of agricultural work, with we'll di ci
plined minds and the capacity to think
and act for the best interest Of who!G
communities. But, says the same pG'
per, these institutions may be made
worse than useless for agricultural pu:.
poses. and here, no doubt, the editor
had in his minds eye the one at Bryan,
and they may fail of all the purposes
Intended, aud do sgricu!turesn injury
instead of benefit. Surely ''cadet'
passed through all the branches at the
Bryan college weuld play Sad havoc
upon "a experimental or any other
sort of farm
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Ranrosd No.ss.


The British steamer MsSlbofouth
from London is en- route for GaIydsfon
with cargo OF 1900 tons 0f raiIfond
iron consigned 10 the Gulf. Colorado D
and SAINTS Fe railroad.
There Is talk Of changing the eant1
OF the Chicago, ST. Louis and NeW Or
leans railroad 70 four feet eight ana
half inches, to make IL conform % TIA
standard Of Northern roads.
The Grand Trunk receipts Tor the lss.
week were $13, 900 In excess of the cor
responding week last year. TIE In-
crosse for the past twenty weeks IS
ss72. 000 over the same period 10 1875.
All Of the Pennsyiyania compenl,
lines west Of PITTSBURGH and Ede I1f
the ten months Of 1879 shoa q def
cheney OF meeting all liabihfiee d
$500, SOC, being q gain over the r4r,@
period IN 1878 Of Sse7, 900.
The following were the eesnInes e
the Iron Aountain railroad f8r me
third week in NoTembfI, 1873. a11
siso for the corresponding week in No
Fember, 1873: Approximate earnlteS
Ior third week in NoEembe1. 1879.
f1el. .569 52s for the same period II
1878 S124. 5es 90; iBcreaas, 81. 100
- Earnings for the ffst three week.
q NoVember. 1879. e5i5 ESQ; foi tte
.me period IN 1878. f4e1 4lo inclss.E.
80, 2si.