davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
A REIGN OF TERROR.
The Alarming Increase OF Heart Disease and The
symptoms which PIeeedG II.
Leadin to Scientific Investigation and al
Attempt TO Check Its Increase.
The wonderful Properties Of 'Sedatlne- India,
and How 10 Properly Use II.
Facts OF Importance for All REGARDING
New Discovery.

The mortality statistics of this country
show that great proportion of deaths
arise from Heart Disease. But aside from
the fatality which attends it. the inc"u
venience am suffering which even the
first stages bring make IL necessary to
take prompt measures for relief. Un-
dOubtedly the greatest remedy of mod
ern times for curing diseases of the Heart
Is "Sedatine-de-India," which is accom-
plIshing such wonderful results and at
tracting so much attention. This great
remedy possesses ingredients specially
designed tor all the numerous troubles OF
the heart. The combination is the re-
suit OF long and careful experiment, aud
IL can be safely asserted that when taken
In time it wili'cure In every case. Oyou
ever have Nightmare, oppressed feeling
in the side or breast, Irregular Action,
Throbhing, Jumping, tEiuttering, Mo-
mentary Stopping, sslow CIRCULATION of
the hood These are all symptoms of
Heart Disease. Ffhose who are suffering
and have never tried IL, should do so ut
once those who have ever tried il dol not
need TO be.urged TO DO so again. III your
Druggist has not got II, send one dollar
and Iifly cents to our address and il will
he mailed to you. Sole agents in Amer
lea, LObdell Chemical Co., st. Louis, Mo.
For sale in Austin by j. W. Graham.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12
Among fashionable people the

Among fashionable people the
dressing during last winter was
enormously expensive. The season
was unusually gay-that is, there
evening entertainments on grand
scale in constant succession and the
demand for wardrobes of various
and original designs was great be-
yond precedent. The costumes, in
deed, were too expensive, and the
whole business of society has been
pushed to such an extreme of costly
magnificence that there must be a
reaction Already the current has
begun to set toward simplicity The
rage for house decoration, for brio, a.
brac, and for elegant furniture, has
gone so far that people are getting
tired. of it, and new we find them
stripping their drawing-rooms ofsn-
pertiuous articles, once highly
priced, lowering the tones OF their
colors, and relieving them of cum
bersome hangings. There is always
the danger that you may make the
frame of your picture SO gorgeous
that will distract attention from the
the printing itself. You can so crowd
your,rOoms with strong aud brilliant
colors that, dress them ever SO beau
tifnlly, your guests will seem mean
by comparison. -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12
Fashion Notes.

La Giaofie is the name of new
shade of brown. ., ..a ..
Black Chantilly lace is coming
again into vogue.
The poke bonnet in it's modified
shape is a decided favorite. r
Pulled short sleeves are fashion
able again Tor evening wear.
Dotted and lowered Swiss mus
lin dresses will again be worn. -'.
The changeable Levantine. silk
is among the new importations. -.
For children's hats the flowers
most in vogue are daises in clusters.
-Bavadere stripes, small checks,
and lengthwise stripes are fashion
able. a. ..4 d
See that the fiutings of lace you
wear at the neck and wrists arc
double. ..eA
The Johnhard handkerchiefco cos
tunes are among the most stylish
suits for the little people.
Block Spanish lace, woven with
gold or steel threads, is very beauti-
full trimming for black grenadines.
Beautiful toilets for the summer
will be made of black velvet grena-
dine over underskirts OF black
Surah. .lL ...1.t
-Wreathes of delicate roses, end
ing in fine sprays of rose leaves and
moss buds, are worn under the oddly
curved brims of the stylish and pic
turesque Spanish round hats.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12
LEGAL OPINIONS.

To prove the sales of goods to q
family, the entries upon the books of
the merchant, made in the hand
writing of a clerk who has since
died, may be put in evidence. if they
were made at the time of the safe,
and i'll the course of his duty. But
these entries are not evidence
whether or not the goods sold were
necessary and suitable to the eontli-
ton in life of the purchaser and
his family those facts must be shown
by other evidence. In Davis v. JAR
yer, the Supreme Court of Alabama,
at the present term, so determined
these questions, Judge Brickell de-
livering the opinion
Money advanced to wife who
has been wilfully deserted by her
husband, to be expended for her
necessary support, can be recovered
from her husband, as though the
necessaries themselves were sup
piled. The Supreme Court of Con-
necticut, recently, in Kenyon v. Far
ris, through Judge Pardee, said !:
eve willingly follow the lead of the
English authorities, because we
think the line of separation between
necessaries and money loaned for
the purpose of purchasing them. may
well be obliterated. SO far as the
husband is concerned, they are prac-
tically convertible terms. His bur-
den will not be increased if he is
made liable for money the scope of
the word necessaries will not there
by be broadened; the lender will be
compelled to prove an actual ex-
penditure for them; the law has dis
charged its duty to the husband in
protecting him from liability for
anything beyond them, and it only
discharges its duty to the wife by
making it impossible for him to es-
cape liability for these, irrespective
of the method by which he forces
her to obtain them"
The right of a partner to bind
the partnership, or to dispose oftheir
property for his own purposes, was
considered in johnson v. Pitt, in the
Maryland Court of Appeals, in
March. The case was an action by
the plaintiffs, as partners, against the
defendant OH an open account, and
the defense made raised the ques-
ton of the right of the defendant to
charge the firm with certain debts
growing out of separate. individual,
transactions between him and p,
one of the partners, which it was
agreed between them should be
charged to the firm and be allowed
on defendants account with them.
Judge Alvey, in the opinion, said
ait is q fundamental principle IN the
law of partnership that the authority
of each partner to dispose of the
partnership funds and effects strict
ly and rightfully extends only to the
partnership business. If, therefore,
partnership securities, funds, cred
its or effects, are taken from one
partner without the previous knowl-
edge and consent of the others, for a
debt which the creditor knew at the
time was the private debt of the par.
Licular partner-whether that deb
be created at the time or has an an.
tecedent existence-ali the authori.
ties concur in holding such a transac.
ton to be fraudulent, and, therefore
clearly void in respect TO the part.
nership." -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

.MIss BoDLEY, a professor in the
Woman's Medical College, of Penn
sylvana, reported that 276 women
have graduated from the institution.
OF these thirty-twO are dead, and of
fifty-five nothing is reported. Twen-
ty-three have retired from practice.
OF the 166 now in active practice,
twenty-four are receiving as much
as $1,000 and less than $1,000 a year !;
twenty as much as $1,000 and less
than $1,000; ten as much as
$4,000 and less than $4,000: three as
much as $5OOO and less than $15, 600 /;
four between $15, 900 and 10000; of
the seventy-six reporting, only ten
received less than $1,000. The aver
age income is $2907.30. Three of the
,alumn@l had accumulated sums
sufficient to permit them to retire
from active practice. f.i.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12
[Special to the Statesman

GEoRoETowN. Nav 7-ItLss raiil,.
cd .I,nost ,ncessan,Iv n,;s waet
al ,,.o roads .ra In : ,r.i;,,la Ion
d;,ion
The fss,,,s, snol, on or = = law d.vs
.ao w.s a Grand s,,cccaa..,e. =
90 On ,Fop,ls .re yary ,,on.,,,I ,ho,
Tho M;SIo,,r; pac,,;e ,o,d wilI tam
.,,,. ~ ,',.,.o - ~. ~ =
Wiley Adams convicted ar ,tbc
!, - :, ~, 81 49, ~, i,., -, a1, H.
.aH' :. :, ~" u or' VIZ =, 'Iu'' = a .n'
,rho .,,,o,Io.. 80, com, ,avor.cd tho
ihe appe.'"'e co'' 'ey0,s e .,.no ,ne
case ph 'pe eioglu ' 49, M ,S
%S Santt W. = : sa !. Ts'sused I fam i,iIa A"r AG.
TIa rona;rs .,., en- ,,,,r iail win SION
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

THE Indiana legislature adopted
a prohibition amendment and the
brewers have organized a pro-liquor
party, and will spend large amount
of money in attempting to defeat
its adoption at the election this fall.
The Republicans have been urging
them not to bring up the liquor
question in the Indianapolis election
and other local contests, but they
declare their purpose to make the
fight on the entire line and to the
bitter end.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12
THE NEW YORK, TEXAS & MEXICAN
RAILROAD,

And now comes the Post and
admits that its report of the collapse
of the New York, Texas 81 Mexican
railway needs confirmation. The
STATESMAN has displayed especial
interest in the building of this Pail-
way, and is pleased to know, as has
already been told in these columns
by Gen. McCulloch, that its location
and construction have not been sus-
pended. Col. Hungerford is man
aging affairs in Texas, while the
capital is being supplied by Count
Telfner, a Frenchman, who
has made much reputation In
South America as an engineer, and
by other capitalists of Paris and
Rome The plan has been to run a
railway from Richmond, on the
Brazos, in a southwesterly direc-
ton, the course of which has more
than once been given by the STATES
MAN, towards Brownsville, with
several connections with the Gulf
The Post now tells that it has been q
further purpose of these railway
builders to extend their line
down the Mexican coast re-
gion, even as far as the
Isthmus of Panama, and thence
into Colombia with branches run
ming down the South American con.
tientn one, especially, to Rio de ia
neiro. Touching the reported conflict
purposes on the part of these men
and the Palmer-Sullivan party, out
of which the report of suspension
arose, the Post says:
"It is said that the Telfner Compa.
ny was in the dark as to the Palmer
Sullivan intention until it was con
sumniated, and that its diyulgement
caused an instant throwing up oi
the sponge. This seems to us almos
incredible. The management has
the reputation of ability, and the
fact of working so completely in thu
dark, with the fact of Mr.. Bre
mond's undeveloped franchise as
threat before their eyes, Seems
strange indeed.
II is to be supposed that as good
business men they would have been
on their guard against the opening
of this road, whether by Mr.. .Bre,
mond or any other party. Again
upon inspection. it will be seen tina
the collision of these enterprise
would be only through few coun
ties, the roads entering Mexico res
pectively at Brownsville and Lare
do. The Palmer-Sullivan road, {
narrow gauge, which climb the hill
and run upon the table lands t(
meet the trunk line dropped by tn
Atchison & Topeka company TO tn
City of Mexico, while the Telfne
line would hug the coast and avoi,
the City ofMexico altogether, reach
ing after the long connections o
the 1sthmus and South America
We cannot believe this latte
company has been scared OF
the field by the recent develop
ments of what should be to then
only a local rivalry, and that if tn,
company is in earnest in its CRANE
intentions, it will proceed to carr.
them out, whether its Texas trad
is interfered with or not. AT All,
rate it is good thing for Houston
that Messrs. Palmer & Sullivan hav
succeeded in making terms witt
Mr.. Bremond, and that they will
at once go to work to connect thei
Mexican system through Houston
with -the Houston, East & Yves
narrow guage to the East, and will
most probably aid Mr.. Bremond t.
push it rapidly on to safe connec
ton with the narrow gauge system
that enters the state in the north
east"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12
SPECIAL to the statesmnn.l

SAN MARCOS, May GA wedding
in high life occurred yesterday at
Stringtown, near this placc-A. c.
Hunter, Esq, to Miss Pope Pitts
Malone. They lett Immediately on
visit TO San Antonio and Gal
weston.
No doubt the many friends, in
Austin, of Mr. d. p. Hopkins will
regret to hear that he is very sick.
Heavy rain again this morning
and the streets are almost impassi.
BILE.
Business of all kinds ut a stand.
still, and the cry is, nothing but
mudi
The citizens of San Marcos are
pleased to see the laurels which Mr.
Thomas II. Franklin is winning fol
himself as the newly-appOinted dis
trict attorney. He is an honOred
son of San Marcos, and is now dis
charging his duties, Tor the frs
time in that capacity, at Bastrop.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

ANOTHER effort is beingmade in
Kentucky to secure anew constitu-
tion. This is no partisan movement,
being joined in by both parties. The
present constitution, which ante
datesfhe war, containg number of
illusions in it to slavery, andfs com
pletely out of date TO secure'it, it
is necessary for a. bin to. pass two
successive legislatures, and to be
twice adopted by majority of the
votes of the state.J Here is the
hitch. Few of the voters care to
come out to vote on question like
this, and, therefore, while the cali
for convention may secure q ma
jority of 100000 or more it does not
receive that requisite majority of
all the electors. fafhe experiment
has been tried several times, but it
was always metwith failure. 40
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

The Art Amateur for May has for FROM
tispiece a fine view of the alcOve dining
room in the new Union League Club
House. In the "Art Gallery" there are
nearly thirty illustrations of pictures
shown this spring in New York and
Philadelphia. An engraving of the Sari
cOphagus of AthienO, In the Metropolitan
Museum, with an article by CASTOR l..
Feuardent, affords new and striking'evi-
dence of the peculiar restoration" of
the Di Cesnola Cypriote antiquities. Ad-
mirable illustrations of furniture, Japan
ese decoration, painted windows, and
ROuen faience are given, together with
valuable letter-press on ceramics,
needle-work, and -other decorative
art topics, including the first. OF
series of practical papers for
china-painting novices. "How TO build a
Choir" is sn article of special interest to
music-lovers, and the Correspondence
columns are fall of suggestive infOrma-
ton for amateurs in all branches of art
The supplement contains numerous de-
signs for embroidery and wood-carving,
and two large plaque designs beautiful
female figures, one Sin the greenwood"
and the other playinga harp. The May
number completes the second year of The
Art AnrGteur, which has fairly deserved
success by the number and excellence of
its illustrations and the freshness and
value of its articles. For the new vol
ume special attractions are promised be-
sides those that have already made the
magazine welcome visitant in thousands
of cultivated households. Price, 81 a
year; 30 cents a number. Montague
Marks, publisher, % Union Square, New
York. r .- .r-...f..f
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

ORIGIN OF THE. FIvE-POINTED
STAR.-In 1843, gentleman Of the
long-ago met al the house Of Mr..
Policy, in Bailey's Prairie, BrazorIa
county, old Gov. Smith. Mr.. Smith
was Provisional Governor of the en-
bryo Republic, or state, or territory
of Texas. In conversation about
the Texas emblem, the five-pointed
star, he gave its Texas origin lie
stated that while Provisional Gov
ernor it became necessary to send
some official document to New Or
leans. The gentleman who was to
take the document insisted that it
should have some kind of a seal.
The Provisional Government had
adopted none. Just then some one
observed five-pointed brass button
ON the Governors old oyercoat. 1t
was cut off Instantly and used as
state seal Arrived in New Orleans,
the newspaper reporters, seeing the
brass button on the
wax, made it an emblem for the Lone
Star State.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

THE turning of the key off the
deadlock is well enough, provided
il goes no further than to allow con-
firmations to be effected. Should
the attempt be made to carry out
any such trade as the Mahone-Rid-
dlebargain. we hope the bolt will
at once be turned on again. These
political bargains are the curse of
this country, and the Democrats
have done wise in putting check
npon them.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12
Frances Lost Provinces,

The Germanizatiou of Alsace-Lol
raine does not appear TO have sue.
ceeded to the satisfaction of the
German provincial authorities, Re
cent decrees aim still at suppressip;
the French connection. OF these.
two have been much commented
upon. The first has for its object to
close fifty-four French insurance Of
fees, whose united business is esti-
mated at nearly 100000, ,000f, for the
benefit of German insurance COM
pany under government patronage.
The second decree insists that the
discussions in the provincial assem-
blies shall take place in German
only, the effect of this measure be-
ing to render two-thirds OF the men,
bers incapable of sitting in these as
semblies. The recent conscription
returns also showed that two-thirds
of the young Alsace-Lorrainers,
from whom military service was
due, had left the country.-American
Regigfer.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

"UNEAsY lies the head that wears
a crown" is certainly verified in the
life of the present Gar of Russia.
Not long ago he retired to the Cas-
tie of Gatschina, thirty miles distant
from st. Petersburg. which was es-
peeially prepared for his safety.
Several hundred artisans were taken
from a trusty military command,
and before they were placed at work
to make changes upon the palace,
they were solemnly sworn by a
priest of the Greek church, in
church, to secresy in regard to
the work that would be entrusted
to them. The plans were all carried
out at night, and with the next day
the labor was not only finished, but
the Nihillsts had perfect plan of
the entire change in the castle,
though the workmen were told
exposure would lead them to
death or Siberia. A London
Telegraph dispatch tells. that a
subterranean passage leads from
the Cars room to the stables, where
a number of horses are kept sad
died and bridled day and night.
Sentinels are posted at intervals of
twenty yards all around the build
ing. The imperial bedroom has two
windows, protected at night by mas
sive iron shutters, which can only
be reached from the outside by
passing through three spacious ante
chambers, in which are posted eighty
Cossacks, armed to the teeth. They
are allowed to speak and to move
about in the two outer rooms, but
in the hall adjoining the Cars bed
room perfect silence is maintained
all night. The general on duty for
the day sits in an easy chair, his Cos
sacks sitting on the divan which
runs around the whole room. AT
the generals right hand is the knob
of an electric apparatus, which rings
bell in every guard house within
the palace grounds. When the En-
peror is about to retire to rest, be-
fore shutting the door, he removes
the outer handle, SO thatno entrance
can be effected until he himself per-
sonally opens the door from the in
side. Unlike his father he can not
endure the presence of an armed
soldier in his bed-chamber.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12
Especial to the statesman.l :

SAN ANTONIO, May 8.-The STERN
of yesterday continued up to IL A.
M. to-day, doing much damage. The
streets are in q fearful condition,
and wagons sink to their hubs in
the mud. ....... .. I'D
Owing to the storm, the Ell Paso
stage did not arrive with the wit
nesses in the mail robbery case in
time, and the examination has been
postponed until tomorrow. a
1t Is all a mistake, that those mys-
terious stage robbers, known as the
long and. the short man, had been
arrested. ... ..- .....
An excursion party from Anstin
arrived to-day. In the party we
noticed Mr.. James. H. Bell, Jr., Mr.,
Rufus Whitis, Misses Lucy and Jen-
ME Bell and Miss Caldwell of Phlla-
delphia. They will remain several
days sightseeing.
The International has erected an
elegant depot for the accommoda-
ton of their passengers. -.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

THERE is some talk of dividing
the country into two military divis-
ions, one east of the Rocky Noun
tains under Sheridan, and the other
comprising the Pacific. slope, under
Hancock. These divisions will be
cut up into departments so as TO
give the numerous major generals
something TO do and stop the jeal-
ousy and pickering which prevail in
the army.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

A CABLEGRAM says that several
mines have lately been discovered
at st. Petersburg. A quantity of
dynamite was seized just after it
had been introduced into the court
yard of the Palace of Gatschina, con-
cealed in load of hay. The
Czarina is seriously ill, being subject
to severe nervous. attacks and
strange halluciations. Hessy Helf-
mann's illness is expected to be
brought to close in very short
time, and it lis feared that this viii
be the signal for her execution. The
htransigeant deelaresthat she has
been ruthlessly tortured since she
has been a prisoner, but this state
ment must be taken nrcnna' gedno sails.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

NERVOUS DEBILITY. Vital Weak
ness, Prostration from OyerwOrk or in
discretion, is radically and promptly
cured by "St. James Vitalic Pills." They
renew the vigor of youth and are posi-
tive cure for Spematorrhea, mpotency,
Sexual debility, etc. Price one dollar and
fifty cents per box, sent by mail by the
sole agents, Lobdell Chemical Co., st,
Louis, Mo. For sale in Austin by j. w.
Graham. ja28 dhw1y
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

The line given to Chidester was
between Fort Worth and Fort YOU
ma. The building of the Southern
Pacific railroad was constantly
shortening it, and yet the increased
pay was given.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12
THE Fort Worth Democrot had

q THE Fort Worth Democrat had a
modest notice of the fact that the
Democratic party is always neglect
ing to support the papers that serve
it best, and that Democrats sustain
the opposition, when the staunch
Democratic press has to go begging
1t referred particularly to the giving
of advertising by county officers to
the Dallas Herald and not to the
Times. The Herald replies in over
column article, and defends the ac-
ton of the officers in giving the ad-
iyertising to the paper having, the
greatest circulation. - (
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

The Missouri Pacific and the
Central and the Texas & Pacific
railways combine to put up a union
depot at Dallas. Why do not the
Dallasites drive them out of the town
for such purpose, as railways at
Austin are treated? a.0
The employees of the Texas &
Pacific railroad company have raised
fund and telegraphed to ST..
Louis house for full set of table
silverware, including a costly SER
vice, to be presented to Colonel
George Noble, the retiring superin-
tendent. -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-12

PosTMAsTER-GENERAL JAMES
directs that all letters shall be ad-
dressed with the use of the full
name of the state. Authorizations
cause many mistakes, and between
Col. and CAL, Va. and VT, Me. and
Mo. and other similarities it becomes
impossible to tell where letter
should be sent. 1t takes but a mo-
ment to write the name of the state
in full, and many do so from prefer
ehce. H..