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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09


TREASURER GILFILLAN's- report
shows $59, 81, ,505.7s increase in the
receipts of the government from GUS
toms, internal revenue and sales OF
public lands during the year over
those of the year previous. OF this.
the increase fom-customs was S49,-
272, 2,0l6.90, from internal revenue
$1O,447, ,76S.S4, and from land sales
$91, 1854. From miscellaneous
sources the receipts were Sl12,O79.26
less than in 1879. The expenditures
Of the government show an increase
of S6S5,074.25 as compared with the
previous year, Notwithstanding a
decrease of s2l, SOS, ,965.s1 in expen-
ditures In interest and premium on
the public debt and in several of the
departments. This is due TO an in
crease Of -, ,s94, ,O4O-06 in payments
on account of the Interior Depart
ment-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

On June 30th last there were 25O,-
S02 persons receiving an average
amount of s10S-S4 pensions from the
government. The amount paid out
during the year was $57, 7,O26, ,s94.12
and the commissioner estimates that
S50,OOO,OO will be required for the
current year. During the nineteen
years from June, 1861, TO July, 1880,
412, ,459 army and navy claims for in
valid pensions were fled, and 278.-
4ss claims in behalf of widows. minor
children and dependent relatives
los, 1856 of the invilids and 1913. .494 OF
the other classes were placed on the
rolls; 25,47O survivors of the war of
1912 and 29,sss widows have been
pensionrd. The total amount paid
from 1861 to 1sS0was $455, us, sos. 20
There are about 2450 pensioners at
the various branches Of the homes
for disabled soldiers, whose pensions
annually amount to about $500, 900.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09
TUE CAPITOL QUESTION

The Express thinks that the first
act of the commissioners and super
vising architect, calling for bids for
plans TO be closed January 5th,
shows that these gentlemen "are in
competent for the work In hand.r
The Express will notice that the time
has been continued twenty-five days,
and this, We honestly believe; is
still too short for the proper
conception and execution of plans.
1t lie said, however, that Texas arch
itects have been engaged for months
on plans for the building. and if this
be true, and these, happily, conform
to specifications, all the trouble
about time may be avoided. This
capitol building is grand work, as
the Express says, and the plans for a
capitol should be made without
haste. 1t would be pleasing to
know that some architectural
genius is to be exercised in
presenting something original, not
bare copies and combinations from
printed plates, published at one dol
lar each. 1t is this view of the case
that makes US think time is essen
tial in making up plans, and this
anxiety is shared in, generally. by
the people of Texas. The Express
says:
"We do not pretend to say, neither
can we believe, that the short time
allowed was intended to shut out
competition and give an advantage
to those who might have plans pre-
pared, but we do not believe many
architects of superior ability would
undertake to do the work contem-
plated in the;time proposed. We are
rather of the opinion that the com
missioners do not fully realize the
greatness or Importance of the work
entrusted to them"
The Ielephene makes similar OBJ
jections to haste, and says:
The Telephone regards this as
sound reasoning, the force of which
is not at all impaired by the fact
that the time has been extended by
additional four weeks, making an
extreme limit of eight weeks and
five days from the present writing.
We regard this limit as still too cir
cumscribed, and trust its provisions
will not be enforced. If the super
vising architect is without option
and acting under regulations beyond
his control, the legislature should
come to his relief, and TO the relief of
the state as well, and prevent undue
haste in this matter. 1t will meet
early in January, and the two houses
can very easily pass joint resolu-
tion yestipg adequate discretion in
the supervising architect and build
ing board. A million and half of
dollars is too much money to be laid
out recklessly or bunglingly, and the
building on which it is spent should
be one that will stand the test Of crit
icism and time. The state can af-
ford to act deliberately in this mat
TOR
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

SINCE the return of Hon. E. b.
Turner from Washington City, where
he was appointed and commissioned
Judge of the Western District OF
Texas, the STATESMAN has taken es-
pecial occasion to learn how public
opinion regards him. His record as
a Judge has been made in the state
service, on the district bench, where
he became largely and favorably
known. 1t appears now that among
lawyers of ability Judge Turner is
held in high estimation, and through
out the district there is generally,
among such men, outspoken satisfae-
ton that he was named for the place
so long and ably filed by the Ia
mented Duval. In Austin he has
general endorsement, and at San
Antonio there appears to be unani-
nous approval of the appointment.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

SOME of Mr.. Hayes friends in
Ohio thought it would be the appro-
pirate thing to send him to the Sem
ate, as his term as President expires
at IL o'clock noon, on the 4th of
March, at the same instant the new
Senator's term beginning. This ar
rangement was suggested to him,
but he says that under no circum-
stances would he be candidate. He
is credited. however, with letting a
remark drop which is construed as
meaning that he may be candidate
when the next vacancy comes
around. AT present his plans are to
return to Fremont at the expiration
of his term and give his attention to
his private affairs.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09
JEWISH PERSECUTION.

= The new organization against the
Jews in Germany is known as the
"Anti-Semitic League" and is the
creation of Stocker, court preacher
at Berlin. 1t was first directed
against the Socialists, and latterly
began its attack upon the Jews of
the Empire. The movement has at
last assumed open demonstration in
the German Parliament, and Bis
marck lends his sanction to the move
ment. The Jews possess great pow
er and influence in Germany, partic-
ularly in Berlin, where they consti-
tute five per cent. of the population,
and are its leading bankers, and own
the most successful papers, leading
in all matters of finance, journalism
and art. That they should have Gre
sted envy and prejudice on account
of their success and wealth is natu-
raj, but it was scarcely to be sup
POoOo III tAiio Dul
should spring into life with plat
form, the chief plank of which was
the non. admission of Hebrews to
any public Office, or to any position
of importance, public or private
in other words, AN anti-Jewish Know
Nothing party. Yet such q party
has appeared. and is now endeavor-
ing to force its peculiar and bigoted
views and doctrines ON the German
Parliament. The result will be that
vast deal of the money with which
the jews have operated in Germany
will be transferred to America.
Now is propitious time for them
to operate on this side of the At
lantic.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

UNDER inquiry, instituted by the
director of the mint, it is learned
that the amount of precious metals
used annually in the arts in the
United States is $15,OOO,OO0, or S1O,-
100000 of gold and S5,OOO,OO0 of sill
yer. This is about one-fourth Of the
production. France uses about the
same amount. Other nations use q
very much smaller proportion of
their production in this way, and
those counties which produce none
at all consume but little for this pur-
pose. The United States still pro-
duces the principal amount of gold
and silver each year, although Aus
tralia, Africa and Mexico furnish
large quantities.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

IT is given out, and upon appar-
emily good authority, too, that the
advocates of u subsidized line OF
steamers between this country and
Brazil intend to make a determined
fight for the success of a bill to that
effect this winter. New Orleans and
st. Louis papers are insisting that
the members of Congress from the
Mississippi valley shall support the
Ellis bill for the establishment and
maintenance of Brazilian lines OF
steamships.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

AT the close of the last fiscal year
there were outstanding In notes and
currency of the United States, $362,-
659,OOS.7O. The total coinage of sill
yer dollars had reached $72,S47,75O
of which 47,6O2, ,932 had been paid
out from the treasury offices and
mints, and $22, ,34S, ,2ss were returned
to the treasury. Fifty-eight nation
al banks were organized during the
year, five failed and twenty-one went
into voluntary liquidation, leaving
2lO2 in business at the close of the
year. The amount of taxes collected
from the national banks was 1851,
7SO43.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09
VALVE OF SOUTHERN YARNS.

The TegtIe Record understands
the valne of cotton manufacture in
the South, aud admits the fact that
there is grand future for those who
engage in il amid these cotton fields.
The STATESMAN has been urging the
people Of Austin 10 engage i'll such
industry. aud il they persist in not
doing so there is no reason why
those of Bastrop and of San Marcos
and of Columbus, any Of whom
could create fine water power,
should not engage in the profitable
enterprise. The Record says, before
many years this country will need
all of the 2OOO0,OOO spindles that can
be run by water power in the South,
and the first who engage in cotton
manufacture will profit by expert
ence when the great demand comes.
Touching the question of the value
of Southern yarns, writer i'll the
same paper says:
Il have often seen seed cotton
received in this way in the morning
and spun into faultless yarn before
night. This saves the trouble and
expense of baling. Even when baled
it reaches the Southern spinner i'll
the loosely-packed planters pack
age, not after compression (for ship
ment) under pressure of many hum
dred tons into bulk one-fifth that
of the planters bale, IN which it re-
mains as hard as a board for six to
distant mill. Can anyone doubt that
the Southern spinner may safely dis
pense with part of the violent and
destructive 'beating' that is neces-
sary to the Northern and for
eign spinner to restore that
life and elasticity of fibre which
have been squeezed out of it
by the gigantic cotton congresses of
the present day? So much for
Southern water power, as compared
with steam. There is much of it
north OF the Potomac, but much more
available here, at the cotton fields,
and never impeded by ice. North
ern manufacturers excel us now in
design and coloring and weaving
skill, and will long continue to do
so; but in the manufacture of the
heavier cotton cloths and of the
lower numbers of yarn we are firmly
established and perfectly successful,
as TIE extremely satisfactory divi-
dends from many Southern mills
sufficiently attest. Northern weav-
ers give up to us the heavy goods,
and buy annually hundreds of tons OF
Southern yarns. Why is this? Sim
ply because we can spain as well as
any other spinners, and more
cheaply. If 1t were not so. would
these thrifty and skillful people buy
of us? AS we increase the prOduc-
ton of yarns, more and more mills
will be started North to consume
them, and as Northern weavers
learn more and more to depend
upon us for their supplies, we will,
before long, be spinning finer NUM-
bers of yarns, and then the spinners
of the North must 60 to COS, sos
and HOS. We will soon, probably,
compete with the North in manufac-
turing print cloths, to be printed
here iuto the exquisite calicoes they
now make. Finally, we will COM
mence spinning fine yarns for expor-
tatinn to Europe"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

THE committee appointed by the
national board of trade to inquire
into the adulteration of articles OF
food entering into the commerce
of the country has performed .
labor with great care, calling in
both expert and scientific aid, and il
has been discovered that the reports
of alarmists are mostly without foun-
dation. The adulterations danger
Gus to health have been discovered
to be designed mainly to increase
the weight or bulk Of articles sold.
Il is stated that the committee, in
making Investigations discover more
reason for alarm because Of adultera-
tions of drugs than Of food, and that
any legislation for correcting one
should be applied TO both. The COM
mittee has acted under the auspices
OF the National Board Of Health.
Federal and State laws are recon-
mended, supported by the services
of competent boards of health.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

THERE is hardly a large city the
North IN which repeated and pro-
tracted lawsuits have not grown out
of the taxation of national banks
In some states the total taxes paid
by these banks amount to five per
cent ON the capital, while in others
they amount TO only half as much
To measurably equalize this taxa
ton and remove all cause for law
suits, the comptroller of the cur.
rency recommends that Congress fix
a maximum rate beyond which state
and local taxation of national banks
shall not go.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

CAPT. b. B. PADDOCK, of Fort
Worth, is mentioned as a candidate
for the speakership of tie House.
So let it be. Newspaper men have
been long enough neglected in
Texas. and in view of this fact, as
well as the ability of Capt. Paddock,
the STATESMAN seconds the nomIna-
ton. The fraternity lends energy,
time and money to the political
safety of the state. after all of which
it has been ignored in both honora-
BILE and profitable distribution.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09
TuE estimates for improvement OF

THE estimates for improvement of
Texas harbors, prepared by the en-
gineer in charge of our coast works.
are as follows: Galveston harbor,
S5O0.OO0; Neches river $SSls; Sa-
bine river, s2l0O; ship channe'i
$lI4,S26; Trinity river, s2l0O; chan
mel over bar at the mouth OF the Bra
zos river, 100000; Pass Cavalio-
$500; Aransas Pass AMI bay, $2OOc
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

The Dallas Times says: @Hon.
o. Wellborn has signified his inten-
ton to assist in getting from Con-
gress the necessary concessions for
the right Of way Of the Chicago.
Texas and Mexican Central railroad
through the Indian Territory to
Fort Smith. II is believed that the
bin can be passed through Congress
this winter. The consent OF the
council Of the Choctaws viii be OBJ
tanned without great difficulty. Com
eessions will be rendered them on
coal and fares and freight which viii
command their assent TO the right Of
way through that tribes dOmaIn.1
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

Hon. BES BuTrERwoRTH, ex-
pressing his opinion at Washington
thinks that Secretary Sherman can
have anything he wants at the hands
of Republicans in Ohio; in other
words, he can be United States Sen
ator, for which position he will Ger.
tainly have the quiet endorsement
of Mr.. Garfield, who, by such prefer
ment, would be relieved of unpleas'
ant enlargements in making up his
cabinet.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

lie Baron d'Boissy d'AngIais is
the first French minister TO Mexico
since the death of Macmillan. 1t
has taken the republic a long while
to forget the crime of the empire
against the Republic Of Mexico.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09
ESTRAYFn

~ " II HepkIns, heiorp william ,r.s,...
-, r, = u g, Ny - M brown horse' veSrs
Appraised Il 50. FRANK RRovN
no-l N9lf clerk Il n T q
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

THE announcement is made that
the proposed presentation of the
Passion Play In New York is aban-
donsd.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09
LOST.

Special act certificate No. 1874. issued 10 n.
r, alexander, April g, iS6a for 80 acres Of
,s ssa; y net teasd within 70 days, application
noes r. n THOMSON. Arons.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09
EoR SALE.

A fArn a 90 aercs. sa .~,,,. n, r,,,,..,,,,,
Two sog hons>s nlcrtr ~ s,,, ~ -
sst... 49, :. sAe ,er1 rieA bottom. and rest ir,s
21,a ss..s en- I've pe!rs god young mules,
rh. 49,, MI ~ ~ - 1kcn In part payment
Saa SahA, Texas For farthnr Ss,e,s,is,. a.. ~
Qnlro u A. GRRG0. San Sens Terss ~ ="
nnl rl1r-,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09
CURE YOURSELF! !!

Dr nahanaan yset.bis curailvs is svarrsnsea 10 Per
nanrnty cnr all orms Of spernaiiorrAsA or eenlnal
" s..trss esssrei bselils lspsssss eis md RESTORES
oss no hayl deoyed BY SEXUAL or eri rr.S-
ticc b. oin two t1scn weeks tine This remedy Mach
etlr tnlry ye.l uas never known 20 M In curing even
Ue nvltSI StseS IL gives vitality and imparts enery
~ ~ osyoad tslt ye.rA lls nygorsng propeltes
~ MI ~ oacc. 1Q1nL suffering from the conee-
qnences % that radf dcs,rucfve habit OF self Ahuss
S,a sse us nclcne VA tho OF q spccsy and
49, sere ne patient gains strength and elas-
~ ~ se..s,s q e = u acts directly he paFs sec-
49, - teallag tnnic and nnodyn TO the
1 - sees % ~ e 10 their natural s:afs dc sams
=. 80 oa-sI 111it had nerer bc(n indulrel in ne
R.sr 81 - ~ ...e rsedassioas cf nsi1re~6srks roots
- fs = <t,ei.c for The chow discases
sny s:Sss. kes -. sl ~ G A. HSsss.s ss
~, - ...ltl. t.4
oIesn slIsst - Louis No kl.1Al7k-t IA ~ -
-, = IN - - - sss... 1s. which gives
80 &C. er sfsns.,S sknisah - III =.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09
CATALOGUES SENT FREE.
-A'I'lI y Ut VI ~ 7"
42O North 10th ST., ST. LOUIS MO.
ESTRAYED

by Mitchell Ingram, before William Wallace,
j. +. IT. O., May Z, 1880, ldun mule, Spanish
brand on left shoulder, branded N, with bar
across center, on left thigh, 5years old, 10 hands
high. Appraised at SIS FRANK BR',WN,
z,no2l Clerk G. G. T. c.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09
Miscellaneous Advertisements.

are not recommended as q remedy for
all the ills that flesh is heir to-" but in
affections of the Liver, and in all Bilious
Complaints. Dyspepsia, and Sick Head
ache, or diseases of that character, they
Gfaph without rs,-.l
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09
MILLER AND HIS MIRACLES,

Doctor Who Claims to Effect Cures by
Faiih--He Visits West Virginia, and. by
Laying on of Hands. Unstops the Ears
of the Deaf and Makes the Blind to
See.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

Mat Noonan was run over and
killed BY q railway train at AilaRo.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

The genuine are never sugar-coated.
Each box has a red-wax seal on the I'D,
with the impression, McLANE'SLIVER
PILL. Each wrapper bears the sigma
turcs of G. McLANE and FLEMING Bios.
Ra5- Insist upon having the genuine
Dir. G. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS, pre-
pared by
FLEMING BROS, Pittsburgh, Pa,
the market being full Of limitations OF
the name McLd5,e, spelled differently.
but same pronunciation.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09

MARRIAGE =: 81: g; s;;': ::
N6H0ST0g.i..s 1ssisi.Ss sSssil jis:s,; NV
OEUmEU naou q cure diseasc.l unnd-
- NIred q Rreiprs. Srns n-----SS-
~ ~ ssse,sl money .. pcs,.es ssaapsl Ad7,S
N <1'cAho4AaseAA 81 y. Elsa sl1.<i. s. Leci. Ns.
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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-09
AcUE AND FEVER.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.

No better cathartic can be used pre-.
paratory to, or after taking quinine. As
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-02-12

AT the examination last week there were Is appli-
cants, only of whom received certificates, follows:
12 months-David Hunsinger and Sarah White.
6months-Charles S. Gibbons and Jesse j. Bass.
The following the questions:
oRTHOGRAPHY.
Oscate, satellite. scaene, protege orrery, bissex
tile apex aqune, colleague, contorton, desecrate,
dssonaut hypocrisy incisiOn, insidious, Mussulman,
nucleus, peroration prescient, vitiate.
ARITHMETIC.
l. bin in. long, wide, and #. in. deep,
is full of wheat. What is its value at 500 bushel?
,. The of 4 map laid down the scale of an
inch to mile is #. and So in., what number of
represented?
g. If the of $500 for yr. is worth s3O how
long, at the rate, may s21O25 he retained TO
worth S42,S9l?
L. A straight plank is 1-2 in. thick and IA in.
broad what length must be cut off to contain
II #. of timber?
s. has due him s1H payable In mo-, but the debt
agrees to pay 1-2 down, and 1-3 in in what
time should he pay the balance?
6. If s men can do the work of 3 women, and
women can do the work of boys how many men can
do the work of "a boys?
T. If pipe in bore will discharge certain guam
tity of water in 3 hours, in what time will pipes
each n bore discharge times that quantity?
s. There is an island 73 miles in circumference and
3men all start together TO travel around it in the
direction; A goes miles day, s. and c 10: when
will they all come together again?
9. circular plot of ground containing l-2 an
the area of the space within the walk.
10. mechanic is employed for yr. and no. at $50
month, payable monthly, but his wages remain
paid until the end of the whole service. w
is due allowing simple interest per cent per an
mum?
GEOGRAPHY.
l. Define cardinal points, cardinal winds, centrifugal
and centripetal forces
2. In what direction does the earth rotate? Give
proof.
3. What is the velocity Of the earths rotation, per
hour, at the equator? At the poles?
4. What is the exact time of the earths rotatiOn?
s. What gives the earth's orbit its eiptical shane
6. What dwell in the extreme northern part of
| the Scandinavian Peninsula?
! 7. Where aye storms most violent?
What is the relation in direction. of the line of
greatest length in the eastern hemisphere to that
/ the western?
9. What two important islands lie s. f. of Mass ?
! To what State do they belong?
10. What country lies between the southern part of
Italy and northern Africa? What its largest city
GRAMMAR.
/ l. How do nouns ending In o form their plural?
, How do you distinguish the masculine and fem-
! nine genders?
g. What suhstantives?
A. How do you divide word into syllables and low
| should each line end?
s. With what kind of letter do you begin word
! that describes of the Deity?
g. When does proper noun become a common noun,
and vice versa?
! :. What adjectives cannot be compared?
s. How do you decline compound relative pronouns
| Give example.
9. Name and define the Tauses which occur in every
verse.
10. If Moses was the of Pharaoh's daughter, he
was also the daughter of Pharaoh's son.
! Parse words in italics.