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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

sec 0alf the CniiQren IN MS own tOND
tdru to the Others, but when in tire
pulpit be ought to remember that he Is
expected to preach the religion of
Christ, which is religion of mercy
and 1--we. No communications of par
ions have been made but for the best
of reasons, sn1 they have been wise
and s-lutary. 1t is utterly false to as
sert that crime has been increased
thereby, and no one but shallow
p4ted simpleton could assert it or be-
lieve it Not single criminal in the
state ever contemplated pardon il
convicted. before committing the
fTense. Burleson has evidently hard
and cruel heart and no doubt there
are mspy better men st heart in the
penitentisry than he Is"
Says the Express: "There sppesrs
20 be no doubt of the President spprov-
iEg the bill sppropristing 5000. 900 TO
the construction OF new military posts
in Western Texas, and it is a question
of some interest as TO where the work
is to be performed. We are as yet I'M
able 20 give any definite information
on the subject further than can be
found in the report Of Gen. Ord, de-
partrHent commander. made to the sd
jatant general of toe army under q
resolution Of the House Of Representa-
tives. June IS. 1873. relative TO certain
Information connected with this de-
par.ment and the security and protec-
ton Of the Texas frontier. In this re-
port Gen. Ord reported as necessary
the establishment az four new posts, IS
tollSWss One txo-company past st OF
near Guadalupe Peak. on the route Of
the Texss and Pacific railroad; one
sUo-cnmpany post ~ or near Pfesidio
dol Norre; one two company post on
the new road 10 Preside del Norte,
between the Pecos river snd Fort Da-
Vie; and one four eompsny post at San
Felipe, on the same road. For the
construction Of these posts, Gen. Ord
recommended an appropriation Of
s200. 900, sud IS that is the sun passed
upon by Congress. the rev posis WI
doubtless be e>iab.ished e OF near the
localities named sbove.r
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23
A Water Telescope.

To anglers and persons who are
fond of subaqueous investigations the
water telescope, much used in some
parts of Europe, is very useful instru-
ment. 1t is designed to obviate the
difficulty which ripples on the surface
of the water make for the eye which
would pierce its depths. There are
three forms of water-glass, namely, an
ordinary bucket or barrel with the bot
tom knocked out; secondly, piece of
tin of funnel shape about three feet
long and nine inches in diameter at the
broad or bottom end, and large enough
at the top to accommodate the observ-
er's eve-into the broad end should be
inserted a plate of strong glass and
some weight to weigh it down; thirdly,
the simplest way is to get a tin or zinc
tube like a map case. This should be
about three and half feet long and
three inches in diameter. The bottom
of this also should have glass and be
weighted. When the water is clear this
instrument will enable the observer to
see from three to twenty fathOms on
calm. bright days. OF course when the
water is thick the glass is useless The
Norwegian fishermen are constantly IN
the habit of using the instrument and
often discover by its aid shoals of fish
which would otherwise escape them.
In searching for wrecks, bodies Of
drowned persons or lost objects of any
kind the water telescope is invaluable.
By it naturalists are enabled to observe
the habits of fish and the growth of
subaqueous vegetation. To water par
ties who picnic on rivers or lakes it
would offer a new enjoyment in reveal
ing the subaqueous scenery. Every
reader used to the water will imagine
uses to which water telescopes can be
put, and as they are cheap of construc-
ton they will probably come into gen.
eral use on rivers and Unsatisfactory
Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23
An Invention That May Prevent Numer-
GUS Divorces.

A man living near Bloomfield, n. j..
has contrived an arrangement by the
use of which he is enabled to get an
hour or more of extra sleep in the morn
inc, and in other ways he finds it of
great benefit. In many ways it takes
The place of domestic servant. The
gentleman has thought out and put into
practical working ar idea that occurred
to him about a year ago. He is awak-
ened in the morning by shrill whistle.
He at once gets out of bed, for he knows
what that whistle means. 1t tells him
that all is ready for him to get break
fast He dresses and goes into the
kitchen, and there he finds bright,
fresh fire, a teakettle full of boiling
water and other conveniences for pre-
pairing his morning meal. All this is
accomplished by means of an alarm
clock with weights, a piece of wire,
sheet of sandpaper and some matches.
Paper, wood and coal are put into the
crate of his cooking stove, and tea
kettle filed with water, and having a
tiny whistle fitted into the nozzle of the
kettle, is placed on the stove. By set
ting the alarm in the clock he can have
fire at any time he wishes. When the
alarm in the clock goes off a weight falls
and hits the wire; the wire moves and
scrapes the matches fastened to it on
the sandpaper; the matches light the
paper in the stove, the paper fires the
wood and coal and soon fire is under
way. In a little while the water in the
teakettle boils and then the tiny whistle
gives the note of warning that every
thing is ready and it is time to get up.
Simple thing and yet what COM
fort it is" the inventor says. There
is no getting up for me now an hour be-
fore breakfast, losing that amount OF
sleep, and then waiting around for
breakfast. The arrangement costs next
to nothing, and it is as trustworthy as
anything in this world. l have not had
it patented yet. Some persons advise
me to, and perhaps 1 may. | haven't
any for sale; got it up entirely for my
own comfort and convenience, and it
has more than repaid me already. But
Just think, if it were in general use it
would save many hard words and do
away with considerable domestic I'M
happiness among poor people. Doubt
less it might have tendency to make
a better feeling between some men and
their wives, by settling the vexed ques-
ton as to who should get up in the
morning and build the fire. Out of this
question alone many divorce suits grow,
and this arrangement would prevent
them ,-NelC York Sun.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23
PUyqEyr PARAGRAPHS.

If YOU intend to buy dog buy one
that is big enough to 90 through hard
winter without a plaid overcoat.-Nel0
HaUeR Register.
Jones thinks man is fortunate who
has his will contested after death only.
He saws his will has been contested ever
since he welded Mrs. J.-BoStOn Tran
script.
Linruist reroir is s con-
traction of the familiar phrase Z" over
the river" which is synonymous with
:" so-long." ta-ta," - see you later,
and take care of yourself, old boy"
Chicago Times.
Sc Well, l bought horse to-day"
saidayoungmarried man yesterday to an
intimate male acquaintance "A horse!
What in the world are you going to do
with horse?" was the inquiry. o.
my wife said she'd have to have one"
said the Benedict. - Clothes-horse"
" Yes. "-Detroit Free Press.
He was a ragged orphan boy
lie did not own a cent
But still whene'er he tore his clothes,
He'd gather in his rent.
And when his rent was gathered in,
With all his might and main,
He'd go off on another tear,
And spend the hole again.
- Yn0co6 Strauss.
"A Galveston man went to a doctor
and told him: doctor, there is some
thing the matter with my brain. After
any severe mental exertion Ihave head
ache. What is the remedy for it?"
1.-The best remedy is to get yourself
elected to the Legislature, where you
will have no occasion to think" The
patient replied if it wasn't for the sake
of his children he would make the ex-
pertinent. He didn't want them to go
through life with stigma attached to
their names.-GalUeSt0B NeIOs.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23
Sixty Yards Of Rattlesnakes.

Commodore Joseph de Stephenson,
well-known all over the Western Con-
tinent and now a resident of Antelope
Creek, in this county, informs us that
during the summer he has been incessant-
ly prospecting in his section, having the
faith in finding great fortune and that
at one time he lived on roasted barley
for seventeen days, without other food
save two doves and an occasional rat
tlesnake. He has killed, since his adj
vent to Antelope, rattlesnakes whose
skin he has retained, which, when
stretched out, will measure sixty yards.
The Commodore has long stick with
a crotch on one end, between which he
has fixed thong, with which he capt
ures these little pets by pushing the
fork over the neck, holding the snake
secure until he decapitates them. He
tells us that after ski1ning the snake he
cuts the meat up into slices three to
four inches long, puts it into salt water
for few hours, when he takes it out
and fries it in hot lard until it turns to
brown color, when it is ready for the
table and is unsurpassed by any meat
in the worId.-Prescott (Ark. Miner.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

MORE recent advices from Ireland:
A tenant-right meeting was held at Lough-
gall, County Armagh, on the 18th. Those
present were principally Orangemen. A
mob of fifty persons took possess on Of the
platform, which they destroyed. A meet
ing was then held in an adjoining field.
Resolutions were then passed in favor Of
peasant proprietary. 1t is reported that
Michael Davitt's ticket leave is about to
be cancelled, and Davitt will be arrested.
The officer commanding at Birr, Kings
County, has been ordered to patrol his dis
trict nightly with forty soldiers. The pO-
lice patrol has also been doubled. William
Bence Jones, the victim Of ''Boycotting,"
writes: 81 am getting some resolute men
from distance, well armed, to replace the
laborers who left me. Two policemen sleep
in the house and four others are stationednear
my farm. 1 have applied for more protee-
ton and troops are promised me on Friday"
A Cork dispatch says: There is great want
of employment throughout the country, ow-
ing to the Discrimination OF the landlords to
lay out money. At several meetings recently
held farmers were summoned to give en-
ployment to laborers. The agent Of the Earl
of Cork was requested to provide labor on
the EarI's estate, near Gainesville, County
Cork, and he has just intimated he will open
works in that locality and give employment
until March, 1881.
DIR. REID and Henry Page, whose
families live in the same house near Bastrop,
Tex, had an impromptu duel with reyolv-
ers, growing out of family difficulties. Page
was shot in two places and probably fatally
wounded. The Doctor received only slight
flesh wound.
JOHN CHEW and John Mead, cOlOred
men, attempted to cross the railroad tracks
at Fulton Station, near Baltimore, when
they were struck by train and both in
stantly killed.
JOSEPH SMITHERs, prisoner in the
Columbus (O.) Jail awaiting sentence for
arson, committed suicide by cutting his
throat
Ed. MCLAUGHLIN, a farmer living
near Troy, Doniphan County, Hans, is ia
tally afflicted with trichinosis. His physician
says he is being literally eaten up alive.
THE residence of Mrs. Amarillo
Mitchell, at Newton, Iowa, burned the other
night and Mrs. Mitchell was consumed in
the building. The cause is supposed to be
the upsetting of kerosene lamp. She was
So years old.
Two brothers named Muller were
killed by Albert and Alfred Quackenbush,
also brothers, at the Kellogg ranch, about
ten miles from Santa Rosa, CAL, in diili-
Guilty about some lands. 1t is claimed The
shooting was done in self-defense.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23
The Mnllein in England.

The common mullen, regarded as
but common coarse weed in this
country, and so common in fields as to
often prove a nuisance, is cultivated in
England for its beauty. A writer in the
Gardeners Chronicle saws that it " is
well worth the attention of both anna
teur and professional gardeners. 1t
seems that it is known in England by
the common name of 4" Aarcn's Rod. "
" There are two reasons" SAYS this
writer, "why it should be called by
this name: First. the Romans dipped
the stems in tallow and burnt them at
funerals Secondly. the simple spike is
long, cylindrical, and on it is a quantity
of densely packed, very large, hand
some golden-yellow flowers. The stem
is five feet high. The flowers, when
dried in the sun, give out fatty matter,
which is used in Alsace as cataplasm
in the hemorrhodial complaints. For
merly the plant was called barbascum,
from barba, meaning beard, an allu-
sion either to the shaggy nature OF its
foliage, or else to two of the five sta
mems. which are hairy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23
HOmeSickneSS.

Perhaps there is no sensation so dis
heartening or so demoralizing to the
mental and physical system as home
sickness. 1t is not necessary that one
should be in foreign land in order to
experience the sensation. In fact, one
may feel at home in the Arabian desert,
or among the ruins of Baalbec. 1t is
the uncongeniality of the surroundings
which predisposes US to the malady
rather than removal from familiar
scenes and faces. The disease has no
respect for persons; it more often seizes
the idle than the busy. The king on
the throne suffers, perhaps, from its
qualms when he remembers the haley
on DAYS before the cares of state be-
leagured him; the poOr-house tenant
may feel sickening yearning for the
home she has never known, which has
never existed for her; the little child
droops away from his mother; the with
cred crone has moments of unutterable
pain when she recalls the hearth-stOne
where the embers have been ashes for
half a century; the old are homesick for
their youth, the days of their strength
and their prime, when the " world was
all before them where to choose" when
success was not so assured, or failure
not so certain-the days when children
hung about their knees, and daily anxi-
cites environed them; homesick, per-
haps, for the very worries which they
have outgrown, for the little trials which
belonged to the hours of their activity,
for the hopes that time has dispelled,
for the caresses of dear dead hands,
I" the sound of voice that is still"
To-day seems alien and sunless to the
homesick heart which lives in the yes
terdays. But if age is sometimes smitten,
neither is youth exempt. The young
sicken for what the future may bring
for the fame that is so long in coming;
for the recognition, the happiness, the
romance. it promises. That longing.
baffled feeling which haunts us when
some good that has been promised or
paid is squandered or withheld is a
form of the disease familiar to most of
US, which comes to US upon some
strain of music which the incense of
"the meanest flower that blows may
revive. Who has not been touched by
it in re-visiting scenes that were once a
pdTG VI OuI ONCIl -ut( lOOh-Oub- ShO OAe
homestead that has passed to strangers,
the orchard where we learned the
sweetness of stolen fruit, the church
where we repeated our little prayers,
the school-house where we made ac-
quaintance with fractions and the fer
ule, or the garden gate where we
parted with our first lover? 1t may be
that the masculine mind is less suscepti-
BILE than the feminine to this sentiment
of inconsistencies. Man is oftener mas
ter of the situation. If his conditions
displease him, he has the power to re-
arrange them-to give the kaleidoscope
of life another turn; if the a. madding
crowd offends him, he can pack his
valise, and go on ranch. where "the
sound of the church going bell the val
leys and rocks never heard;" and if
country lire grows distasteful, he may
seek his fortune abroad and medicine
inconsistencies with the infinite variety
of the universe. -Harper'S B0zGr.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23
DetrOiters No Business Out There.

Somewhere between Leadville and
Gunnison City wanders a Detroiter who
is penniless, ragged, hungry and dis
courged. Four weeks ago he met a
Michigan man out there and sent his
love to all, inquiring friends at home,
and also explained why he was in that
hard up condition. He was too honest
and too particular for that country.
He reached Gunnison City without a
dollar in his pocket but with lots OF
ambition in his soul, and soon met a
man who explained:
Il can give you the softest kind of a
snap at 81 day. l want you to run
one of my faro tables"
But | don't know the game"
"You don't say, stranger. You must
have had queer bringing up. Out
here and don't know faro! Pass on
no time to bother with your
The second man applied to for a
situation squinted his eyes and took a
long look at the Detroiter and quietly
asked:
"Whar' from?''
Detroit
No use-that's too far East. My
para run off with the company funds
last night and l kalkerlated on payin'
somebody about 800 to overtake him
and bring me back his skulp. You d
look sweet takin' his trail, you would!
You'd better inquire on the next cor
ner."
The next corner was the site of a
saloon about to be opened. The pro-
prietor was a a six-footer with a revOlv-
er on each hip and in response to the
inquiry he said:
81 s'pose you know how to pour
whisky and weigh dust?"
Yes"
"Suppose that one of the tough ones
comes in after his nip and refuses to
hand over?'
"Tll call the police"
"Police be hanged! Every mans
his own policeman out there! You must
open on him with shooter and keep
pulling the trigger until he falls! The
sits open at 50 a day and found"
IL guess | won't take it!n
"Then git No place for milksops
around here! Might a-knowed you
hadn't any narve by lookin' at YER
The Detroiter made one more effort
This time it was man who explained:
"Glad to see ye-sot down bit
Ye see, there's bad blood between me
an teller called Sandy Tom. We've
agreed to drop each other on sight, and
we mean business. want you to get
the bulge on him, and bein' you're q
stranger you can help me. Put this
derringer in your pocket and go anc
shoot Sandy Tom and I've got $500 fol
YEP
Why, that would be murdern'
"What of it? Do you expect to
hang out around here over a day with
out dom any shootin'P Whar was ye
raised?"
"In Detroit"
"Gitl You haven't any spinal column
You'd better run home to your ma, you
had. Outye go-so long."-Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

1t is said that there are 500 China
men who have become Roman Catholic
priests.
OF the 1865, 600 appropriated by the
MethOdists to missionary work, $780,
600 is for the benefit of English speak
ing nations.
Miss Ellen Finn has been appointed
one of the Board of School Directors in
the Parish of VIM, La, the first ap-
pointment of the kind ever made in
Louisiana.
One half of the necessary endow-
ment of $50, 900 for the Southern Pres
byterian Theological Seminary, at Col
umbia, S. c., has been provided for.
1t is said that Mr.. Moody's meet
ines in Salt Lake City carried cOnster-
nation into the ranks of the Mormons,
and were very influential for good.
Conferences of Southern and North
ern Methodists have been in session at
Dallas, Tex, and both bodies passed
resolutions looking to fraternal rela-
tons and a coalition.
The managers of the New York
Cooking School. under the presidency
of Mrs. Robert ID. Stuart, have this sea-
son extended their scheme OF training
to cover all branches of housework.
"A class of young men and women
has been organized in Boston by Rev.
Edward Everett Hale, to study the sci
ence of Civil Government, under the
tuition of Theodore Tyndale.
DIR. William Sharswood, of Phila-
delphia, is giving his time and efforts
toward founding a great museum OF
practical art and and applied science in
connection with the University of the
South at Sewanne, Tenn, owned and
controlled by the dioeeses of the Epis-
copal Church comprehended in the ten
States living south and southwest OF
Virginia and Kentucky.
"A colored girl, who is pupil in
Clark University, in Atlanta, Ga, has
Just fallen heiress to fortune of $780,
900. Clark's University was finished
and dedicated last summer. 1t is for
colored pupils alone. Christman Hall,
the main auditorium, was built and
furnished in accordance with bequest
of Mrs. Christman, wealthy lady OF
Boston. The young girl who has Just
become the fortunate heiress of $4,000
has determined to fit up an elegant par
lor in the University for the use of the
colored school girls. Her generosity is
highly appreciated by her schoolmates
and the Professors in the University.
The Second Presbyterian Church Of
Chicago has called the Rev. John Mac
Intosh, of Belfast, Ireland, at a salary
of $4,000 year. The committee who
chose him think it necessary to offer the
following explanation: 1--WE canvassed
the country thoroughly to find an Amer
ican-born and American-educated nm
lister to present as the candidate for the
pastoral office of the church, and on
whom the church could unite, but have
not been able to find the suitable person
for the place who would or could be
moved. Mr.. Macintosh, whom we re-
commend to you, is native-Dorn Amer
lean, of Scotch parentage and Irish ed
ucation, and this means thoroughness
of education that qualities him to I'LL
any pulpit in the land"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23

The NeU England Farmer says that
everywhere else, even in small towns,
and in the family of city mechanics, one
will find the children especially break
fasting on oatmeal and fruits, eschew-
ing pies and sweets at dinners, and
making the last meal light one, while
the New England farmer yet compels
his wife to keep him supplied with pies
al EbitEm, and, worse than that, to
make pork the principal meat diet, and
to bring up their children on the same
rigid fare, which," as the Farmer
saws. 81 fits them in adult life to be apt
candidates for treason, stratagems
and spoils. ,"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

DEC. 1S.-In the Senate, the bill for tho
relief of Fitz John Porter was taken up and
discussed at considerable length, but no ac-
ton was taken. Upon motion OF Mr. Vest, the
Committee on Military Affairs was instructed
to inquire into the matter of filling Nacancies
in the Signal Corps. Among the biz intro
duced was one by Mr.. Plumb, mixing the
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23

The Republicans and Low-taxers OF
Tennessee are said to be maturing combi-
nation to place Governor Hawkins, Repub-
lican, in the United States Senate, and a
Low-taxer in the gubernatorial chair,
through the res lgnation Of the Lieutenant
Governor.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23

A LONDON dispatch of the 18th says:
The Government has definitely agreed upon
a programme regarding special powers for
the maintenance of law in Ireland. The
suspension Of the habeas corpus constitutes
an important part thereof, and this will be
proclaimed Immediately upon the conven-
tion of Parliament
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23

GENERAL GRANT visited Washington
on the 18th, to remain few days. A dele
cation Of the Boys in Blue" escorted him
from the railway station to the residence Of
General Beale, who entertained him during
his STAY in the city.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23

THE fate of young Jackson, the
freighter, has finally been ascertained by the
finding Of portion Of his remains near the
place where he was captured by the Indi-
ans. He was shot and killed. The body Of
the Indian johnson has been exhumed and
shows that he was shot, as stated by his COM
panions.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23

THE November report of the Mem
phis Cotton Exchange says the gathering of
the crop has been greatly retarded by the
cold and wet weather, not over So per cent.
on an average having been picked to date.
The average yield is % per cent. less than
last year. About one-half the crop has been
marketed