The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-03-04
THE STATE PRESS,

But says the Herald, in closing the
article: Ninety-nine years is quite
a spell of time, J Jlhn Lanhsm. You
are, for all your lies, past twenty-five
now, and If you can live to be twenty
four years more than a century old you
can listen again to bird music to the
gushing voices of life and, perhaps
"Hel he! hel no! hol hol" - H4rk,
how the demons chucke you will en-
joy life again"
The San Antonio papers take very
different view of the L4nham case from
those gentlemen and ladies, as report
ed in another column of the paper,
who appealed to the Governor for q
commutation of his sentence. The
Herald, in a long article, says: "If
the spirit of the dead lnger on earth
and watch earthly scenes, the pale and
restless shade of poor Georgia Drake
has fingered to aid the sheriff with her
goblin fingers in adjusting the rope on
that neck around which her warm arms
twined when, throbbing with love,
her heart beat the tattoo of rest against
the bosom of her destroyer. AhI la
dies, you who plead with the Governor
for mercy on that murderer Kind
hearts prompted your fingers to the
writing; but had you seen the
deed of blood hal ycu heard
her agon;zng cry, "John, don't
kill me, please snip had you known
how gentle was the nature of that poor
fallen child, you would not have signed
the paper. Poor Georgia Drakc Her
appeal, pathetic as the cry of Lavina
to the sons of Tamora, fell on ears as
deaf to the appeal of anguish as were
the ears of Demetrius and Chiron.
Beautiful, and filled with bubbling,
joyous life; unconscious of her degra-
dation; seeing nothing but sunshine;
unsmItteu by the rod, this girl stepped
from life into death; from light into
darkness; from hope and joy into thick
night, in twiukliug, slain by the
hand she looked to for protectIon;
murdered by the chosen one of her
heart"
The Caldwell Register, in noticing
the death Of DR.. j. J. O'Reilley re-
fleets as follows: "If whisky could
be personated by an Indian brave, with
stature proportioned to its destructive
power, and a scalp dangling for one in
twenty of its victlme, sight of the
monster would inspire more terror
than all the wars of history. 1t is sad
to contemplate the talents that have
been buried beneath the brutality it
engenders, the noble impulses it has
beaten down ere they had fulfilled
their promise of God TO the race, and
the destitution, disgrace and heart-sche
it has carried into numberless families.
Then by all that ls horrible
in the history of strong drink,
and by all its power for evil
in the future we appeal to the peo-
pie everywhere to give it their unqual-
flied disapproval. To young men es
pecially these and like thoughts should
address themselves with practical ef-
feet. Look not upon the wine when
it is red, when it giveth its color in
the cup, for at last it biteth like SER
pent and stingeth like sn adder This
is the warning of scripture, and how
many, disregarding, have in despair
realized It's truth, we can not tell. This
unfortunate man at Dallas, yielding up
his life among strangers, ana amid the
dismal surroundings of the calaboose,
tormented by gloomy fancies begotten
of the poison, Is no fancy sketch, but
q sad history that has been repeating
itself ever since the worm of the still
had an existence"