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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08
Editorial NoteA

Mr.. Leon Chotteau, the energetic
friend OF Franco-American com
merce. has telegraphed President
Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, To the effect that Gambet-
ta's cabinet are in favor of the re-
peal of the laws prohibiting the i'm
pOrtation OF American pork and
lard.
The Southern Pacific railroad is
now building, at its works in Sacra-
mento, California, several hundred
combination immigrant and wheat
cars, TO be used in CARRYING wheat
from California to New Orleans, and
on the return trip westward TO bring
emigrants to Arizona and the Pa
cilic coast. Leland Stanford is now
in Europe arranging for line of
steamers TO run to New Orleans in
connection with the road.
LEtincelle is the name given to
new petroleum motor invented by
NM. Eteve and Lallemont. II is
like an ordinary steam engine. A
hydrocarbon vapor is injected into
the cylinder, and there igniied by n
spark from small dynamo ma
chine. The explosion of the gas
drives forward the piston, and the
same process at the other end drives
il back. The consumption of the
petroleum from which the vapor is
produced is said to be very small.
Porter Rhodes is creating a sensa-
ton in London with wonderful
diamond from the Cape of Good
Hope, which is said TO rival the IA
nous kOh-i-noor, or "mountain of
light belonging To the Queen of
England, both in size and brillian-
cy. Ii weighs $50 carats. and is de-
scribed to be "as large as a walnut,
like hailstone in sunlight, of a be
witching transparency, and brilliant
whiteness no other precious crvs-
tai can compare with IT." Its owner
has been offered 81, 500,000, and il is
said that il will not be likely TO
change hands for less than $1,000
600.
Good news for railway travellers
was told nj a meeting of railway
officers, locomotive builders and en-.
gineers gathered at Atlantic City
lately, TO see the workings of the
SHAW locomotive. 1t was said
that, after thorough trial, Mr.. Rufus
Hills arrangement of the smoke.
box of locomotives. designed e
effect a better consumption of fuel
and to-serve as spark arresters, had
proved effective, and that the Bald
win locomotive works had bought
1.-The right TO use the device with tn,
purpose TO apply ito all locomotive
hereafter built ut that great estab
lishment- Its use on new locomo
tiyee, II may be hoped, viii lead Il
iis adoption on old ones, and thus |,
great nuisance and source of dan
ger be removed from railway travel
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

SHEEP HUSBANDRY, WITH Cor
TON SEED FOR WINTER FEED.-My
experience and observation for
twenty-five years have Taught me
that good, clean cotton seed. with
what pickings the sheep can get
from the fields and pastures, will
winter sheep in As good condition
as any food that can be given them.
and on cotton plantations this iced
is cheaper than any other known
feed My experience dates from
1854, when l purchased in Kentucky
lot of well-graded merino ewes,
aud fed them during the winter
entirely on cotton seed, together
with what they could CLEAN
in the Gotten fields; and that the
feed was sufficient | am satisfied,
from the fact that | never knew a
plenty Of milk to sustain il. My
flock increased until | had about
1000 head, which was as many as |
could well handle at that time. /
had no shelter. and eed the seed on
the ground, as / had plenty, and
generally fed where l wished to
manure. About one pint of seed
twice day is sufficient. If more
is given them they will eat too
much, and then for a day or two
they will not relish the seed so
well. | bought, since the war, a lot
of very common ewes, and have fed
them entirely on cotton seed dur
ing the winter. 1t had thirty-one
ewes that dropped tifty-three
lambs, and raised forty-tive of
them, some of the lambs dressing
sixty pounds in the month of June.
One great advantage of sheep-rais-
ing to the cotton planter is the fact
that it will enable him to so rapidly
and cheaply manure his fields. In
stead of putting the cotton seed OH
the land, he can feed 1t to his sheep
and get profit on them, and at the
same time enrich his fields. The
cost OF wintering sheep will vary
slightly in different sections, as seed
sell for more near the river trans
portation. About 100 pounds will
be sufficient for each sheep during a
very hard winter. and one half that
amount during u mild winter.-J.
FL. Moore, an journal 81 The Ameri-
can Horticultural association.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08
Southern States.

Judge f.. ii. Worrill is dead at
TalbottOn, Georgia.
Louisiana farmers are experiment.
ing with jute planting.
WatermelOns are offered for sale
i'll the Chattanooga markets.
The pecan crop in Pointc COupee
parish, La, is valued at $4,000.
There is Il wild pigeon roOst in
Benton county, Tenn, four miles
square.
Hot Springs. Arkansas, is TO have
waterwOrks, Il $4,000 opera house
and II $4,000 hotel.
The Edwards iron works, of Geor-
gia, have discarded the convict
labor system and employed free
wOrkmen.
The superintendent Of public ed
ucatiOn for the county has organ
lied a colOred teachers institute ut
Charleston, Mississippi, for the con-
Vcnience of the cOlOred people who
desire to quality themselves as
teachers.
Mr.. Ben Hillard, of Washington
county, Georgia, is. perhaps, the
greatest sufferer in the world. He
has been thirty years in his bed, en-
during the most eXcruciating agony
from rheumatism, unable 10 move
any part Of his body, except his
lower jaw. and to slightly shrug his
shoulders. For all those long years
Of suffering ms joints have been as
stiff as if grown together solid.
Washington Georgia. gazette ::
within the last week or two a
very large vein Of pure lead has
been found in the Magruder mine.
The first large piece taken out
weighed 269 pounds, and was sent
TO the cotton exposition rs fine
specimen. But a day or two allcr
another solid piece was takcn out
which weighed 35G pound-. This
was shipped 80 Augusta 10 the pres
ident of the company. Since then
another large piece, which will
weigh not less than 500 pounds,
has been dug out, but has not been
raised 10 the surface of the ground.
This is pure lead, without rocks or
any foreign substance, aud is ready
for use rs il comes out of the
ground"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08
Fashion Notes.

Cordiug il great rage.
Feather head dresses are adopted
by fashionable matrons.
China plates are getting to he the
rage for wedding gifts.
Short basqnes are even all around,
but those pointed out in front are
longer.
Brown and green is one OF the
very newest combinations seen i'll
winter costumes.
Any and every kind of bonnet
this year comes under the strictly
fashionable head.
President Arthur is said TO be
very much annoyed at the intlma-
tions that he is responsible for the
failure of the star route cases.
Velvet stripes are exhibited in
black, and very dark shades OF
ruby, olive, plum, or seal brown, al
ternating with those OF white MORE
y very amusing definition of an
excessively narrow skirt is the jupOn
bOycottr. which really doesn't isO-
late the body from surroundings.
Embroidery will be in great favor:
it is sold by the yard, and, used with
intelligence, produces the effect of
being wrought on the dress itself.
Satin slashings are, and will be,
much used for trimmings, not only
with lusterless silks, but with wooden
fabrics, for epaulets and for the
fronts of waists and sleeves.
"Restauration" sleeves are rapidly
gaining favor, and II dress Is not i'll
the latest style If 1t has not tight fit
ting sleeves, with rounded leg of
mutton puffings on the shoulders.
New chatelaine bags are made Of
fine imported feathers. In the cen
ire OF the bag is set the tiny head of
Il bright bird. They are suspended
from the belt by slender chain of
old silver coins.
Jet and beaded Spanish lace bon
nets are finished with Il Spanish
mantilla thrown over on small pro-
portions. 1t is warm and chez-SOr
looking. Immense ball pins of
bright shades keep allthe drapery
III lpdtS-
The not over nice fashion of dis
carding gloves at evening entertain
ments, which has prevailed among
gentlemen for the last two seasons,
and hcnceforth kids, it is declared,
shall be worn.
Old valenciennes lace, outlined
with gold thread. is just now quite
rs fashionable dress trimming as
gold wrought Spanish lace, many
ladies preferring the valenciennese
patterns to those of the large Span
ish designs.
Black jet pokcs are worn by ma
irons and elderly ladies. a hand
some poke has n border of small
beads and jetted crown covered
with pendant beads. a hand run
Spanish lace scarf is draped across
the top and ends in strings: II clus-
ter of plumes trim the hat ut one
side.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

The latest gold discoveries have
been made along the DeloiFe river.
a tributary Of The Great Mackenzie
river of the north The Deloire is
said TO be navieable for II distance
of 500 miles, but il is full of dam
gerOus Canons, rocks. sharp
bends. and whirlpools, in which
timber OF large diameter and
fifty feet in length has been seen to
disappear end foremost. Cinnamon
have made their way their in large
numbers. They can get along
where white men fail, and their are
few places where they make less
than ten 10 twenty dollars u
day per man out of their
rockers. They plant potatoes
and cabbage on the banks OF
the river, and i'm other useful ways
spend that time that white miners
would be more likely To spend in
drinking whisky. Trappers say
that it gets SO cold IN winter in this
region that quicksilver freezes hard
enough to be made into bullets, but
they experience no i'll effects from
the intensity of the cold.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08
DIRECTOR BURcHARD has just Is

DIRECTOR BURCHARB has Just Is
sued his annual report:
The gold and silver issued and
operated upon by all minis and as
say offices during the year ending
June so, 1881, eSceedUng by more
than fifty millions receipts any pre-
vious year, amounted TO $236,225,
522, of which $l93,37I. 102 was gold,
and $50, S54,42l silver. This larg e
increase was due to the continued
influx Of gold from abroad over
S95, 100000 deposited being from
that source alone. The coinage IA
cilities of minis have been tested 10
the full extent in converting this
bullion into coin. The gold coinage
amounted TO $78.733,S 64 of which
S15,345, 500 was in double eagles
the remainder in coins of les
ser denominations. The coinage
of silver was confined TO the mini
mum value of The silver bullion re-
quired To he coined by the law au-
thoriZing the coinage of the stand
ard silver dollar, 1927. 637 $50 of W hich
were struck or subsidiary coin only
Sl2,Oll were coined and of base
metal or minor coins S405, l09 The
total coinage of silver since the pas
sage of the act for their coinage up
to November /, Sl0O,672, 705, of
which S34, 096, 1927 are in circulation
and $5S,S33,770 are held by the
treasury for payment of Outstand-
ing silver certificates leaving 81, 49,
COS for the disbursements by the
treasury in ordinary payments.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

LUNURY IN New GoRK.-The lux
ury and perfection of detail in New
York dwellings is passing into Il
proverb. Nowhere i'll the world,
probably, is so much time and
money expended upon the furnish
ing and ornamentinS of the homes
Of the rich rs in this city The drap-
ing of curtains has become II distinct
branch of art, and every decorator
and uphOlsterer has one or more
employees. whose sole business is to
arrange in graceful folds the draper
les. which are now indispensable, at
doors. windows, and fireplace. Even
the bauistcrs must now be stuffed
and tul'tcd and draped on either
side with heavy fringe. Ceilings
are f'rescoed and painted in the stu
dioS of distinguished artists. and
then transferred to the houses
that they are to embcllish. Hum
drcdS of women are employed, at
an expense of thousands of dollars,
upon embroidery and art needle
work, which are to adorn the sump-
tuOus palaces in which our rich men
live. Paintings, statuary. carvings
in stone and wood, the richest fab
rics of French and India lOOms-in-
deed all that is beautiful in art and
nature-are brought to bear upon
the decoration of these republican
palaces. Even the stables in which
the horses. cOachmen and grOOms
are to be housed are far more luXu-
riOus than the simple homes in
which the fathers of our race
passed their lives. The newly fin
ished stables of Mr.. Cornelius Van
derbilt, in Fifty-eighth street, iar
outshine those of the Roman EN-.
perOr, whose sumptuOus appoint
ments have become matter of his.
tory.-New York SIN.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

ANCIENT EXTRAVAGANCE AND
MoDERN.-Some startling instances
Of extravaganza aud prOdigality are
given in an article on Ancient and
Modern Luxury" From the days
when Lucullus spent El4G0 OH a
supper. and Caligula swallowed
jewels, to modern times, when n GER
tain Chinese lady is said To have
rented an island for the special sup
ply Of birds nests for her soup, the
story is the same. Alcibiades gave
$3.50 for dog; and Augustus states,
as little gratitude, that he had ex-
hibited 5000 gladiators and given
$500 beasts to be killed. LOllina
Paulina wore n set of jewels valued
at 100000, and NcrO's diadem cost
500 gOld.crOwns. a chateau for
Nine. de MOntespam was only
erected for 1851 ,72S lives. The
Due de la Torres gave 3D.
900 crowns for horse. The
household expenses of Louis XVI
were enormous. His sisters were
said to have burned candles costing
215,068 livrcs in II year The outfit
for an eight days visit to the
COmpiegne court of Napoleon Ill.
was 10000 iarthin@s. In England,
the writer thinks, there is u grow
ing sense of moderation. Ii is true
that $4,000 may he spent on flowers
Tor dinner, but still their exhibit
ton gratifies taste. The conclusion
at which the writer arrives is that,
if the fancy and sense of beauty are
never TO be advanced, the higher
faculties will become torpid. Race
without wants, race without ideas.
Who thinks of Sparta when we
speak OF Greece? A thing of
beauty is JOY forever, and The
creations of the age Of rerIcles are
| a lasting boon TO mankind"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

WOUNDS OF THE HEARTH Is
generally supposed that wounds of
the heart kill Immediately, and Il
correspondent has sent us Il stag's
heart with the left auricle practical
Is annihilated, and the upper half of
the left vcntriclc torn completely
through by a bullet, so that three
fingers can be readilypassed through
the wound into the cavity. Not
outstanding the extent of the in
jury, "the stag ran about sixty yards.
the first ten yards up II hill" The
fact is. that wounds ol the heart are
seldom Immediately fatal, fever so.
We know of no case of absolutely in
Simultaneous death from a wound of
the heart, in any part or however
extensive. The experience in the bat
tlelield corresponds with that of the
sportsman,who never saw deer shot
through the heart that did not run
some distance. Wounds of the apex
kill comparatively slower, in from
one hour upward ; and III one ease
mentioned by John Bell, in which
the apex was completely severed
from the rest of the organ by a
sword cut, the man lived ~ hours.
Indeed. out Of 20 collected cases of
injury ia the heart, only two were
fatal within ~ hours, and in the
others death resulted in periods va
rying from to % days. Recovery
may take place even when the
wound is extensive, for 81 bullet has
been found imbedded in the sub
stance of the heart after a lapse of
six years from the date of the injury,
the patient having died OF II disease
of an organ in no way connected
with the lesion. Some little time
elapsed before the blood wholly es-
capped from or tmis To enter the cav
tiles, and the walls continue 10 con-
tract and propel some of it into the
vessels for II much longer period
than is usually thought To be the
caSe.-Jhe Lancet.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

Dallas Times. The Austin STATES
MAN says il is authorized by Gov
ernor Roberts Ia deny that he ever
called on the board OF regents to
endorse his manner of counting in
the university race. We have said
something about this thing-have
insinuated in gentle style and deli
cate expression. that the governor
hat been guilty of a great piece of
weakness. We are glad to hear that
we did him a great wrong in giving
circulation To the report, We have
only To offer as ali excuse, that the
newspaper men who fit around the
capital, telegraphed the bit of news
all over the state, and no member of
the board OF regents or the COVER
nor denounced the report as false.
Knowing the newspaper correspond
ents 10 be truthful and correct, we
thought we spoke by the card
when we said the governor had
made himself ridiculous in this in
stance. as his attorney did when he
wanted an investigation on his abili-
ties as man qualified to put up q
stovepipe."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

Director Burchard estimates the
production of gold for the calendar
year 1880 ut Sl07,O0O.000 The con-
SUMPTION Of the world i'll ornamen.
tation, manufactures and arts is esti-
mated for the same period at $75,-
O00,O00 gold and $Sj,000,000 silver {;
the estimated circulation of the
principal countries of the world is
placed at gold, 1927, 100000; full
legal-teadcr. $2,155, 100000; limited
tenders, $423,000,00O; total specie,
S4,579,000,000; paper, $3,644, 900
making the total circulation, includ-
ing the amount held in government
treasures, banks, and in active circu-
lation, 50, 403, 100000.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08
During the pest fortnight an ex

During the pest fortnight an ex-
animation of several Virginia estates
has been made by Mr.. Finlay Dun,
Mr.. George Hunt and Mr.. James
Black, of London, England. who
pronounce themselves well satisfied
with their appearance and varied
resources. 1t is understood that
these gentlemen. who have been in
Washington recently, are negotiat-
ing to purchase 100000 acres in
West Virginia for colonizing pur-
poses.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

In reference to the election for
speaker of the house, the New York
Herald says:
One of the forthcoming agonies of
the year will be the contest for the
speakership of the house of repre-
sentatives. Indeed, il we have no
earthquakes and no other conynl-
sion of nature 10 divide our atten-
ton, it may be the greatest event of
the wear.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

A youth, under the pretense of
urgent state business. obtained nm
audience at the Russian minister of
the interior with Gen. Tcherevihe,
presiding over the commission for
mitigating the pretences Of exiles.
As soon as admitted he fired a re-
vOlycr AT the general, but the bali
passed harmlessly between his arm
and side. The general secured and
disarmed the youth, who said he
was merely the instrument Of an
other person.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

Mr.. Phillips, an accountant OF the
land league, was arrested under the
coercion act. He recently had a
fainting fit in the street, and while
Unconscious the papers IN his pockets
were distracted. II j. believed that
these papers were forwarded To the
castle officials, hence his arrest, al
though he is not member of
the league. 1t is stated that DIR.
Phillips has acted rs i,aymnster since
DR.. Kenney's arrest.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08
The FIRST MORMON MARRIAGE

The FIRST MORMON MARRIAGE
The first celestial marriage" occur
red by stealth on the banks of the
Mississippi river. near NauvoO. ILL
nois- Joseph Smith "sealed" to
James Noble a second wife. No
ble's first wife soon died of broken
heart, and the second wife went in
sane and also died. When Smith
married Noble the latter also mar
| ried Smith to second wife. The
first Mrs. Smith chung to the prophet
until n mob killed him, and then
married a Gentle, and at last ac-
counts was still living at Nauvoo.
In defense of polygany the exam
piles of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Mo-
ses, Joshua, David and Solomon
are cited. in confederation of
the Book of Mormon we arc
pointed TO the buried cities of Pal
cnvue and UXmal in Central Amer
lea; TO the mounds in the Missis-
sippi valley, and to other we'll
known vestiges OF Il prehistoric
race. When good Mormon dies.
who has lived up TO his religion"
and has had a dozen or two wives
and fifty or sixty children. he does
not become mere angel, like an or
liuary christian; he becomes a god,
with Il world of his own to reign
over. a Mormon wife wko opposes
the polygamous marriage other hus-
band goes To hell, and is "dc-
strOyed." y Mormon who obeys the
mandates of the church in most re-
spects, but neglects to go into polyg-
amy, becomes mere angel, who
must be kind of celestial servant
To the gods of other angels. His
wife must share the same humiliat-
lug fate. The doctrine of blood
atonemcnt is simply this: That if
an apostate's throat is cut, the spill
ing of his blood upon the ground
will save his soul. If he is left to
die natural death, his soul will go
To hell. X great many apOstate
souls have been saved in Utah.
This. in substance. is Mormon relig-
ion.-.SUH francisco Chronicle.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

The Las Vegas Optic is RESPONSE
BILE for the following: "It is told OF
"a Las Vegas girl: While sitting I'M
der a tree at Mineral City, waiting
for n lover, cinnamon bear came
along, and, approaching from be-
hind, began to hug her. She
thought it was her king ofmen, and
so leaned back and enjoyed il
hugely, murmuring Fighter" II
broke the bear all up, and he re.
treated to the hill and hid in the
forest three days to get over his
modification"
1t is said citizens of Fort Davis
sympathize with Flipper, the cause
being that he has in times past sup.
piled many of them with commits.
sionsry stores at prices less thar
cost
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

The Russian amba sador at Con-
stantinople, short lime ago, pro-
posed to the porte territorial ar
rsngement by which the payment
of the war indemniiy might be ex-
tinguished, but the altan was un-
willing to give tl.c proposition a
favorable consider: on.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

ABOUT EARLY RIsING.-There is
not one man in ten thousan d who
can afford to do without seven or
eigh; hours sleep. All the stuff
written about great men who slept
only three or four hours at
night is apochryphal. They have
been put upon such small allowance
occasionally and prospered; but no
man ever kept healthy in body and
mind for a number of years with
less than seven hours sleep. If you
can get to bed early, then rise early.
If you cannot get to bed until late,
then rise late.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

Rev. Edison Jam an evangelist
from London, Englsad, carried on 3
protracted meeting { Tyler q short
time back.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-08

A NY person wishing TO rent fine farm on
"A the Colorado river, or purchase some hne
mules, will address MRS. A. B. HEMPHILL,
Georgetown, Texas. wit.