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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03
THE STATE MILITARY SERVICE.

Adjutant- General j. b. jones' re-
port shows the operations Ofithe
frontier battalion and of the special
force for the suppression of lawless-
ness and crime for the two years,
ending December 31st, 1880, to, be
1901 scouts, fights with Indians, 81
Indian trails followed, 5 fights with
outlaws, II outlaws killed and A
wounded, 685 fugitives from justice
arrested, 67 courts attended by re-
quest ofcivil authorities. 67 jail and
other guards furnished, 180 escorts,
1872 other assistance to civil author
tiles, 1917 horses and cattle re-
covered and l Mexican child recoy-
cred. f.i. -e|
The cost for maintaining the from
tier battalion, at an average strength
of 165 men, for the year ending Feb
ruary.. 2Sth, 1879, was 1928, ,492, or
$748 per man. The force of 10Y men
for the year ending February 29th,
1880, cost the State $70,770, or 1861
per man.
The cost of the force for 1880 was
at the rate of 1926 per man, S122
per man less than it was in 1878, the
force having averaged l12 men dur
ing the year. "This saving, says
Gen. Jones in his report" is largely
due to the fact that the last lcgisla-
ture reduced the pay of the mem!
bers of this force. The law making
the reduction did not go into effect,
however, until July, 1879, conse-
quently the saving in the pay has
only accrued since that time. But
it is also due in part to the fact that
we have had money to pay for sup
plies at cash prices, instead of pay
ing for them in treasury warrants at
discount, as heretofore. estimate
the saving to the State on this ac-
count at 5000, and to the men on
their pay at $4,000, for the last two
years. The actual cost to the State
for maintaining the special force for
suppression of lawlessncss and
crfme-not counting what has been
paid out for wagons, mules and
other property which is now on
hand, from the first of August,
1879 (date of organization), to Feb
ruary 29, 1880 (seven monthsl was
$10.792, or at the rate of $685. per
annum for each man. The cost per
man for the year 1880 has been at
the rate of 1922 per annum
The force kept in that portion of the
State during the year 1873 cost the
State $1204 per man, difference OF
saving to the State, at the rate OF
$519 per man, per annum, for the
year 1879, and for the year 1880 the
cost is 1884 per man less than it was
in 1873. This difference is partly
attributable to the fact that the pay
of this force, is now about twenty
five per cent. less than twas in 1873
/ and partly to the fact that greater
economy has been exercised in the
incidental expenses of the force, bul
very largely to the fact that we have
had money to pay for supplies. ano
have purchased them from large
dealers in large quantities at whole
sale prices, instead of having to buy
on credit and give vouchers fol
the supplies, to be paid at some
future time in State warrants at ;
heavy discount a. ...a+i
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03

Mr.. STEPHEN F. AIINToN, of Bre-
mond, now in Austin, has beautiful
specimens of chinaware made from
Kalolin, found upon his land in
Robertson county. This mineral is
there in vast quantities, and The
probability is that it may encourage
the establishment of an industry
vastly creditable to the State. In
the interest of manufacturing enter
prises in Texas, the legislature ought
to submit an amendment to
the constitution, providing for at
least ten years exemption, after their
establishment of all manufacturing
properties in the State. Under
such law Mr.. Minton would GER
tainly have no trouble in inducing
capital and experience to engage in
making chinaware in Texas equal
to that made in France, an industry
now unknown in the United States.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03
A MEANS OF PROGRESSION

Cotton manufacture IN the SOutn,
is proving profitable at all points,
and the demand for more spindles
and more looms is every day in
creasing. The foreign demand for
American cotton goods is also
on the increase, having eX-
tended now as far rs China,
and Japan and Australia. where
it cannot.at present, bemet. And yet
the golden opportunity which the
people of many portions of Texas,
and especially those of Austin,
have, for reaping benefits from the
establishment if such industries is
passing. 1t is certainly amazing 10
see with what cOldness these people
contemplate measures, frau9ht with
so much profit to investors, and with
substantial blessing, to commu-
tiles. 1t may be said of them
however, that they are not manu-
featuring people, that they need
training in the arts of manufacture,
and to this effect it becomes neccs
sary for the state government TO
come in and cure defects of our con
stitution. to make exemptions
by which experienced man
ufacturers, with money, will be
induced to come into our
midst, that in the future industries
may be more diversified. and the
people thereby made more indie
pendent, and the state. in the end
possessed of greater taxable wealth.
1t has leaked out, that the wisdom
and foresight of our Gov
ernor leads him to take hold
of this subject, and that, along
with his other highly progress
sive measures, he is going TO sug-
gest that the Legislature make this
move in the line of advancement
There ought to be a cotton mill in
Texas for almost every cotton pro-
ducing county in the State,
and then, instead OF our cotton
crop being worth $60,O0O,OO0 to
the producers it would be
worth to many classes $200,000,OOO.
So it might be us to our wool and
our meats, and so with our hides and
our minerals, and timbers, and
all the varied products of these rich
and productive soils. But cotton.
manufacture is the great field for
development. 1t is said that Ameri-
can cotton goods are supplanting
those of English make because they
are found to be straight, while those
of Birmingham and Manchester are
'sized,' even to the extent of forty
ounces of clay and chalk TO twelve
of fabric. All of this trade we could
take and hold if we were raising and
milling the cotton for it here i'll the
South. All of the Southern mills
are paying ten to twenty per cent.
| dividends on even Watercd stock.
None of them have II paid-up capi-
tat Their goods are cash the
moment they are made. They
are marketable Immediately. They
never have n surplus. They
can even contract for their
product months ahead, andthe pref
erence is being given, even in sight
of the New England mills, to South
ern made fabrics. In consequence
of the, demand enormous prices are
being asked for goods and our
merchants are compelled to pay any
price, the satisfaction of which, at
Hast, finds its way to the pocket OF
1.-The consumer. These legislators
viii act wisely in encouraging q
means of relief now suggested to
| them.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03
SOME Californians who have be

SOME Californians who have been
experimenting in cotton planting in
their State, are satisfied that cotton
can be profitably grown in several
counties, and they propose to put up
a 5OO-loom mill at: San Francisco, to
cost $l5O,OOO. Ii the production OF
cotton in Southern California prove
failure, the construction of Hunt
ington's Southern Pacific railway,
penetrating the cotton fields OF
Texas, will soon give an easy means
for the supply of California spin
dies, since the distance will be no
greater than 10 the mills of New
England. 'e
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03

THE valuable mineral referred to
yesterday, as abounding in certain
locality in Robertson county, is ka-
olin, without a superfluous J. 1t is
well known in commerce, and is the
basis of vast and most profitable
industry in France, npOn which
country most OF the world depend
for a supply of china ware, made
from this valuable mineral. Its
presence in Texas gives another evil
dence of the great natural resources
of the state, awaiting capital, and
operation, to place Texas second in
no respect to any country or any
state on the globe.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03
WHAT OCCUPATION DOES FOR US.

OF penitentiary cOnvicts in this
state, there are: Architects 1, bak-
ers Z, BARRIERS 26, bar-keepers 2
blacksmiths IL, brass. tin and cop
per-smitbs 4, brick max ers and ma
sons IL, butchers "a. cabinet makers
8, carpenters %, clerks aud book
keepers Z, cigar makers 6, civil en-
gineers 3, cooks 81, dentists 2, en-
gravers A, factOrymen s, firemen 4,
gas filters l, jewellers l. lawyers 2,
liverymen 2, machinists and en-
gravers 13, merchants 3, millers and
millrights 4, ministers 3, musicians
,, painters IL, peddlers l, peniten-
tiary guards 4. printers 3, photo
graphers 2. physicians 3, railroad
men IA, real estate dealers 8, sad
dlers and harness-makers 8, sailors
4, sail makers 2, servants 26, school
teachers z, shoe-makers 40, showmen
6, soldiers II, stone cutters 9, tailors
0 a just discharged(, tanners 2, tele-
graph operators 2, turner's 2,wheel-
rights 6, miscellaneous IL, no
trade or profession 1853, making a
total of 2157. Analysis Of these tig-
ures and these occupations, shows
that we should be, careful as to what
we attempt in life, if we would avoid
arraignment before criminal courts.
II does not here appear that crime is
the product of teaching so much as
|ofaccident, arising from occupation.
For instance, the barber, used "a, the
sight and smell of blood, because
of his eternally getting beneath
the cuticle of his subjects with ed ged
tools, finds within his heart little op-
position to cntting fellows throat,
.and therefore his representation in
the ,penitsntiary is',s considerable.
Then ethereis the blacksinith, so he-
castcmed TO beating hard things
that he takes to mashing obdurate
heads, and so he finds his way to
close quarters at Huntsville. The
butcher lives a life of blood-letting,
and, therefore in a.passion he thinks
nothing Of nsing his cleaver
TO sever the cord that holds body
body and together The carpenter,
using his little hatehet with dexter
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03
MASSACHUSETTS, is the most den;

MASSACHUSETTS is the most dense
ly populated state in the Union,h ,hav-
ing 227 inhabitants to the square
mile, which is more than any cOun-
try in Europe, except Belgium the
Netherlands, Great Britain and
Italy. Rhode Island is second with
212 to the square mile, then New
jersey with 135, Connecticut with
131 and New York with los. The
average hesinty of the various sec
tions is as follows: New England
So, Middle States SO, West "a, Paeifi-
ic slope 3, South 10. 1t viii be seen
that there is plenty of room for inn
migrants in the South; indeed Texas
and Florida are less densely popu-
'lated than Siberia OF Norway
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03

on the SlUO. Inc minority makes Op-
position because the resolution pro-
poses to raise the ad valorem tax for
schools from 12t to % cents on the
500, that may be levied over
the entire State, and because
it does not confine the levy
and increase of tax to counties or
subdivisions thereof, to be levied
only upon the consent of the tax
payers, as is now provided for cities
and towns, to be used in the locality
where it is paid because it fails to
fix any specific sum which shall be
levied each year, and leaves open,
for continual agitation from year to
year, the amount which shall be de-
voted to public common schools,
and keeps their support and extent
of their support live political
issue, when it should not be so left
because it increases the power OF
the Legislature to levy taxes
from 80 cents on the 800
to IS cents ON the 800. 1t is
claimed for the minority amendment
that it fixes certain specific tax for
public schools, which cannot be in
creased or diminished by the Legis-
lature, and will supply a certain
fund which can be relied on under
all circumstances, and make perma-
nent and secure the support of the
free scqools; and that, while it fixes
the school tax at 124 cents on 800,
it limits other taxation 10 379 cents
on the 300, together aggregating
so cents on the 300, as now fixed
by law, and limits county tax at 25
cents on the 300. The minority
amendment was carried, and the
resolution has been ordered en-
crossed. g~t q
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03

. THE number of penitentiary con-
victs in this state, as shown by the
report of the commissioner, is 2157.
The number in December, 1873, was
1888. The present distribution of
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03

The Iessees pay Tor each convict
$S.O1, making for twenty-three
months a sum total of 1885,, ,321.65,
more than $4,000 per months. The
amounts paid out and to be paid out
by the State for improvements on
the prison at Huntsville and build
ing the new prison at Rusk is $780,
O76.S7. By the operation of the new
law, regarding transportation OF
convicts, the State has been saved
$3S per head. -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03

The so-called Agricultural and
Mechanical College begins its spring
term Feb. 11th.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03

@The Treasury Portfolio or fight
says the Washington Post, appears
TO be the ultimatum of Mr.. Conk-
1i00v ~.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03

The Cox bill fixes the congres-
sienar representation fer Texas at
ten. -er.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03
VOL. *.
Misce. e.Iancous Advertisements.

are not recommended as a remedy "a fo-
I'll the ills that flesh is heir to-" but in
affections of the Live-. and in all Bilious
Complaints, Dyspepsia, and Sick Head.
rche, or diseases OF that character, they
ltand without "A rival
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03

ANY Blood Disease, whether hereditary
or ofhersDiss, speedily cured by S S. S. 9
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03

The total receipts f0rtcn week
of the BernlarGj season are 0fi'
cially stated 90 have been $227, ,f50.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03

st. louis rIniversity.

St, Louis. Mays. .s5l.
NTessrs. }. & C. MAeUIRE;
Your celebrated Cundurango having
been successfully used for a length of time
,ecommend IL as a valuable specific.
lll Br. WOODWARD, mfirnarian-
WOOD MEDICINE Co.,
soLE PRoRRIEroRs, ST. LOUIS. MO
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03
FLEMING BROS, Pittsburgh, Pa,

the market being tut Of limitations oil
the name HcLdp:, spelled differently.
but same pronunciation.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03

The genuine are never sugar-cOatcd.
Each box has red wax seal on the I'D,
with the oppression, McLANE'S LIVER
PILL. itch wrapper bears the sigma
lures OF e. McLANE and FLEMING Bros.
.cfr- INSIST upon having the genuine
DR.. G. Mel. ANE'S LIVER PILLS, pre-
narad by
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03
AcUE AND FEVER.
BEWARE Of INVITATIONS.

No better cathartic can be used pre-.
lratory to, or after taxing quinine. Al
simple purgatiye they are Gnequaled.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-14
About Home.

In recent sermon in New York Rob
ert Collyer said: Wander where ~
will, our home is the center OF our ex-
iste' ce. even as the earth lie, morally
speaking. the center of the whole UNI
verse. One day 10000 OF MS lost our
houses in Chicago by the fire. The
sorrow and grief which followed thiG
event were not owing to the loss OF the
property itself, but to the fact that We
were all homeless, that our household
gods had been destroyed, and the little
objects and mementoes which lent suek
charm to our homes were no moro.
l remember seeing, while leaving the
ruins of my house, the old kettle lying
on the ground in dilapidated condi-
tion--that trusty kettle which for yearC
had sung its same old song on or
CRATE. Poor fellow" said I,pattine
it, "you little know how greatly ne
will miss you" Aud how often in aftee
years did I feel a pang on missing
those many small mementoes of our
ruined Chicago home. Another In
stance of the love for homo so natural
to the human heart is the following:
At a farm house on Nantucket Island.
where the vine twines gracefully aroun4
the rustic dwellings amid green fields
and fruit laden trees, stopped one dag
for drink OF buttermilk. How long
is it since you were ON the mainland -
! asked of a good old woman who WIS.,
knitting at her door. BLESS your
soul, sir" she replied, with 3 smile,
" I have never been on the mainland
at all. Dennis and myself, coming
from Ireland, were wrecked on Thu
coast well-nigh thirty years ago, anA
We have stayed here ever since. An
our friends are here and our childree
also. We have all the food we want
and our church is only half q mile OF
Then there's the lighthouse to look up
to at night. What should we go to IL
mainland for?" These good peopis
had made that once barren island their
home, and. being happy there, the
thought Of ever leaving it nevermors
entered their heads.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-14
Completion of the Cologne Cattle
iraI.

The present appears 10 be the fourth
cathedral possessed by the City OF
Cologne. The first is presumed TO
have been cree ed iby 81. Mtturns, A. ID.
81 i second was commenced by
Archbishop Hildcbold about the year
SO. This was destroyed by fire IN
1850; and third cathedral erected
shortly afterwards shared the same fate
III l@iN, the same year in which the
Etcsent magnificent structure was con-
m"oced by Archbishop Conrad Won
UCcsteden.
The magnificent choir was completed
and consecrated in 1922. and tho nave
and TRANSCRIPTS commenced the same
year under an architect called" Meister
Johann, who is supposed to have pro-
duced the design for the weat front,
now hanging up in the cathedral, which
has been strictly adhered to in com
pleting the building.
The erection Of the nave seems to
have been carried on pretty briskly
during the fourteenth century, but to
have fingered during the fifteenth, and
to have been abandoned at the COM
mencement of the sixteenth, probably
on account of the religious troubles
and disputes Of the times. The fol-
lowing is the condition of the cathe-
dral as left by its medieval builders.
The choir with its aisles and sacristy
were completed, half of the eastern
walls of the transept were carried to
their full height, the two northern
aisles OF the nave as high as the vault
ing, the two southern aisles were only
completed to the springing of the arches
and the great southwest tower to about
one third of its height.
The whole, except of course the
roofs, and wonderfully interesting the
old building looked in this condition.
The grand architectural effect of the
completed Cathedral was wanting, yet
this was almost made up for by the
strange, mysterious appearance of the
vast unfinished church, the intense
pict uresqueness and that wondrous
charm which real antiquity seems to
give to all buildings. AS one entered
the low-roofed nave, dark and gloomy,
with vast unfinished columns, and then
passed thru ugh the screen to the mag
uificent c, mp eted choir, with its lofty
vaulting nd superb stained glass win
dows, an imp .ession was left upon The
min quite AZ lasting as that made by
the finished building.
The work of completing the Cathe-
dral was commenced in 1912, and
brought to completion on Saturday,
August 14th, 1880, the anniversary OF
the laying Of the foundation stone 632
years before! The outlay since 1921 is
stated to have been about 81 SUI. 900
and German architectural paper has
estimated that from first to last So
100000 has been expended upon its
erection. Some idea of the size of the
vast structure may be gained from the
following figures. The entire super
iicial area is about 50. 500 feet; Whewell
gives the internal area as 81 91S, and
Westminster Abbey as 32 1879 The
length of Cologne Cathedral is 4S0 feet;
width across TRANSCRIPTS, 290; and the
height to the top of the spires. 515 feet,
being the Hottest building in the world,
and G5 feet higher than the Great Pyr-
amid.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-14
\ story of TicOnderoga.
Dean Stanley tells the follow

Dean Stanley tells the following
story III Fia,er'> Mdgaziae:
1" H. the rnailc of the last century
the chief Of the Campbells Of InveraNe
ht0 been giving in entertainment at
Tho party had broken mp NHl CI;Iubell
was iefi alone. lie VAS reused bya
violent knocking If the : .te. AMI va.
surprised At tAe appearance f s".rc one
nt his gdcs'S, with tern garments ami
disher,l He'd hair, demanding ail-i,~.oI.
lave killed man, and Am pur>u a.
hy enemies. beseech you t. 1T l.. .
it. Swear upon your dirk =, n by
Ben Cguachau that you viii mt be-
Tray me-. Campbell swore, an. placed
The fugitive in Il secret place IN the
house. rt-cntly there was a second
knocking II :!e gate. 1t was party q!
his guests, who SAID, your cousin Don
ala has been Eillcd; where is TIE muir
dcror" 1T THIS announcement Camp
bell remembered the great oath which
lie had sworn, gave an evasive answer,
and sent Oh the pUrsuers in wrong
direction. He then went to the fugitive
and sand. You have killed my cousin
Donald. | cannot keep you here The
murderer appealed to his oath, and
persuaded Campbell to let him stay for
the night. Campbell did so, and re-
tired to rest. In the visions of the night
the blood-stained Donald appeared to
him with these words: 'Inverawe, In
verawe, blood has been shed; shield
not the murderer. III tho morning
Car2pbell went to his guest, and told
him that any further shelter was i'm
possible. He took him, however, to n
cave in Ben Cruachan and there left
him. The night again closed in, and
Campbell again slept, and again the
blood stained Donald appeared. In
verawe, lnverawe, blood has been shed !;
shield not the murderer. On the morn
ing he went to the cave on the noun
tain, and the murderer had fled. Again
at night he slept, and again the blood
stained Donald rose before him. and
said InverAwe, Inverawe, blood has
been shed. We shall not meet again
until We meet at Ticon3eroga He
woke in the morning, and behold it
was dream. But the story of the
triple apparition stayed by him, and he
oIttu tolu III auOuD his hluSmeH, asking
always what the ghost could mean by
this mysterious word of their final rem
devious. In 1853 there broke out the
French and English war in America,
which, after many rebuifs ended in the
conquest of Quebec by General Wolf
Campbell OF Inverawe went out with
the Black Watch, the forty second
Highland regiment, afterwards 30 fa-
nous. There, on the eve of an engage
ment, the General came to the officers
and said: we had better not tell Camp.
bell the name of the fortress which we
are to attack tomorrow. 1t is Ticon-
deroga; let US call it Fort George
The assault took place in the morning.
Campbell was mortally wounded; these
were his last words, General, you have
deceived me; 1 have seen him again.
This is Ticonleroga.