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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

TITS said there is reign of terror
in St. Petersburg, which causes al
most every heart to beat anxiously,
and the one who feels, no doubt the
keenest anxiety and dread is he who
was recently crowned autocrat of
all the R1ssias. The same mystic
rious warnings which followed the
Cars late father. into his most Sc
cret retreats reach Alexander III. by
inexplicable means. His person is
continually guarded by the most
trusted of his officers and troops,
and his palace is surrounded by
soldiers believed to be loyal ;
yet there must be, traitors
among those nearest to him.
The political condition is such that
he cannot tell whom to trust. In
spite of the most rigid measures
that can be devised, the conspira-
tors daily furnish evidence of their
continued and dangerous plottings.
The very candles which were in
tended to surround the coffin of the
late Gar at his interment were, by
an accident, found to be filled with
death-dealing explosive. The Nj
hilists have given evidence of an or
ganization and discipline that is al
most wonderful. Members of the
order detailed for the bloody work
of assassination, go to the perform
ance fthat work as lift were duty,
and when captured, die, refusing to
expose the secrets of their order.
The secret order which confronts
the Gar demands a constitutional
form of government, and this de-
mand may have to be complied with,
in order to restore peace to Russia;
but if the Nihilits are directed by
men of high Intelligence they ought
to comprehend that the Gar might
yield to petition and request what
he could not 10 demands and threats;
that in the present state .of affairs
any concession of the govern
ment would have the appear
ance of being the. result of fear.
But the solidity of an empire, it
really..does appear, can only be main
tanned by restoring to the people
that liberty which no king and no
emperor should have the power to
destroy. .'..r.t .'.i 81 r-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28
THE San Antonio Express says:

THE San Antonio Express says:
"Dobson's plans for the state capt.
tol are not as gaudily polished as
the designs of some others, but it is
really believed that it will be adopt
,ed.' Its novelty and originality are
very much admired" t...' 'is7
This opinion might be somewhat
,corroborated by, the statement of
the Austin correspondent of the
Galveston Necs, who states what
was stated by the STATESMAN,
some time ago, that the com
missiopers had decided upon a
plan. This statement might have
been denied, but truth appears
10 be, mighty and it will assert
ITSELF Some time ago it seemed to
be a settled question, that an
Austin architect was going to. win
the prize, but magnificent looking
architect of Detroit put in his APP
pearancea few days ago, and it is said
The commissioners have changed
their decision, and have found inst
the thing in the plan of ''Tuebor.D
The Nei0s correspondent is right, the
Erpfess wrong! The decision is all
one way now. = l'7'-' ',.s -, = i I,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28
POLITICAL NOTES.

1t is alleged that 112 Republi-
can newspapers in New York state
are iii favor of Judge Rohertson's
confirmation and only nine opposed
to it. ......
-"Strayed-From the Democratic
party a little toy mule, readjusted
on repudiated springs and saddled
with a Virginia senatorship," is the
way an exchange puts the Malone
matter.
A man from Yirginia-Mahone-
Och, hOnel .t'' -''
Who was raised on its famous corn pone-
Och, honel
$50. Has thought it the best
To feather his nest, -.. ....,.-
And is now of contention the bone
Och, hone! "'ia Bob. '
And for this he can never atone. -a'
The Republicans nominated q
coIored lawyer named Lott for police
prosecutor in Toledo, and he was
beaten 3,275 votes by the Democratic
candidate, hundreds of Republicans
scratching what they called the "nig-
ger" The darkey makes a good vO-
ter, but as a Republican office-holder
he is dead failure. 8
Senator Anthony, during the
last sessioniof Congress, charged
that Massachusetts DISTINGUISHED, by
her tax and educational qualifica'
tions, not less than 100000 of her
citizens. Anthony Is good author
ity, as he lives in an adjoining Re-
publican state which DISTINGUISHES
by tax and property qualifications
not less than 10000 of her citizens.
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AT one time the late Car was pre-

At one time the late Gar was pre-
vailed upon to wear q chain, breast
plate under his tunic, but though one
of the highest kind was made for
him he could not bear the weight, SO
the expedlent was adopted of caus-
ing his TUNES to be padded with
cotton or wool stepped in prepara-
'tion which hardened it, and render
ed II, If not bullet-proof, at least
knife-proof, and diff1cultifor even a
bullet to pierce at a long shot, An
attempt was made some time ago to
poison the Gar by sending him a
petition covered with some noxious
powder, since which he ceased to
receive letters, papers, or petitions.
For similar reason he gave up
smoking, though he used to like a
cigar, and he drank no wine but
from bottles uncorked in his pres
ence. In the Imperial kitchen the
Cars food was prepared by a French
cook, who piled all his avocations
under the eyes of twopolice guards
not that the cook himself could in
cur any suspicion, but because some
conspirator might have got at the
ingredients he was preparing. The
food was always cooked in the sim
plest way, without causes, and it
was tasted by two officials before it
was served at the Cars table.
Everything that Alexander III. ate or
drank was tasted in his presence,
and all the attendance IN the dining
room was performed by servants Of
tried fidelity. ans bih -l9sI' - u
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What European Titles are Good For.

Speaking about the titles of nobil
ity abroad dprOpOs of M. Jouberts
project proposed in the French as
sembly to tax all such titles, the
Paris correspondent of the London
Truth writes that French nobility
is simply trap for American heir
esses, who, however, latterly are not
so easily caught by it as they used
TO be, They have ascertained that
since monarchy has disappeared
from this country titles are OF small
value, and they prefer taking their
dollars to the English matrimonial
market. In England the peerage
still retains its ancient proud posi-
ton, both as regards the liturgy, the
court, Mayfair, and st. Stephens.
Rome is also favorite haunt of the
American heiress; Vienna, no doubt,
would be, also, if the gulf were
bridged over which divides the Aus
trian aGistocracy from the plutocra-
cy. When Countess of Jersey, with
the rank Of British ambassadress,
was, because child by birth, snub-
bed by the. former caste, with what
respect could Miss MacShoddy
hope to be treatedP Roman aristoc.
racy, to express myself in phrase
coined by st. Simon, has extensively
manured its strawberry plants
through American marriages. Ifit
were not for this manuring process
the queen of Italy would, with diff
Guilty. be able to compose house
hold at the. quirinal. Her majesty
is obliged to surround herself with
the noble ladies of the city in which
she happens to sOjourn. The patri-
clan dame of Rome would sc0rn to
accept q position which would ex-
pose her to be treated as a mental,
albeit by aqueen. Although Ameri-
can heiresses look down upon mean
Europeans, which is their generic
name for the lon,illustrious or unit
tied, they do not object to service in
royal households. Their idea is that
in accepting it they become upper
servants, with immense privileges.
and in that position they can afford
to look down on the rest of the aris-
tocracy, which is made up of nom
privileged servants. The royal iy-
cry is the box ticket which secures
access to every part of the house, and
enables those who wear it to travel
in luxurious saloon carriages and to
to enter ball rooms by the UNI
crowded doors. Boston ladies, /
must say, recoil from servitude in
qneenly households and southern
ones are satisfied with the dignity of
womanhood in its fairest NANTES
tation.nqts 9di Il tte i ~
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28
The SulphurSprings Gazette says


"The state ought to see to it that
the very best medical talent is Sc
cured to take charge of her lunatics,
so that all durable patients may be
restored back to reason and to home
and friends with the least possible
delay, and all others treated in
manner the best adapted to their re-
spective conditions. Cheap doctors
will never do this, and it will require
liberal salary TO secure the SER
vices of physicians whose acquire
ments are such as will enable them
to successfully treat the man or.
woman who is SO unfortunate as to
be bereft of reason. 1t requires as
much talent aud study and time and
money to be a thorough physician as
ii does to be thorough lawyer, and
yet the state pays her supreme
judges $500 per annum, and a
learned physician is expected to
serve the state in the lunatic asylum,
the most disagreeable of all places,
for the sum of $1,000" ...
But the cases between the doctors
and the judges are by no means par
allel. The judge receives $500, and
he is required to trot all around the
state at great expense. He is never
with his family, unless it be that he
is rich enough to keep up three or
four establishments. Any Supreme
Court judge with a family, though
practicing the greatest economy,
will have his savings on salary
reduced to, $1,000, The super
intendent gets $4,000, and has
an elegant home and all that
himself and family desire without
cost. The family is fed and to some
extent clothed by the state, for the
clothes making and laundry estab-
lishment may be used by the family
in charge. Carriage and harness
are supplied by the state and even
private horses may be kept at pub
lie expense. Then, too, superinten-
dents provide places for diff
ferent members. of their FAM
lily, and thus the position is
sometimes most profitable. To sum
it up, the superintendent and family
are provided with everything at the
expense of the state There is no
expense, even for luxuries, and the
two thousand dollars are clear
profit. il1,.n4 iH.. 1'tHlss .r '.s'.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

IT is real nice TO be on hand when
an Emperor is subjected to the effects
of dynamite, provided you are. not
handling the stuff Alexander III,
has promoted TO a eaptaincy the
young lieutenant who wrapped his
own mantle around the wounded
Car just after the explosion. 1t
was in this mantle thatthe murdered
man was taken to the Winter Pal
ace. 81 have bought you new
cloak" said the young Gar to the
soldier. Il shall keep the other. .
He has also given the youth pres
emit of 1900 r0ubles.. a
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

THE rumor that there is an anti
American feeling growing in Next
co, which will result in violence, is
certainly not well founded. 1t is
stated rs sensational rumor, that
any attempt to bridge the Rio
Grande will be productive OF revo-
lufinn
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

IT is said 100000 negroes have
settled in Kansas, and it is estimated
that the sum total of the exodus to-
wards Northern states amounts to
100000. The movement will con-
tinue, so the managers say, but while
Texas is losing a few thousands of
its black population, the pure Anglo
Saxon, full of vigor and intelligence,
is moving in by hundreds of thou
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

IN Texas cities the railroad COM
panies do about as they please
They build their tracks to suit
themselves. and leave the streets in
wretched and often in dangerous
condition. The city government of
New Orleans has required the street
railways TO pay the city $500, 600 for
the right to use the streets, and the
companies are placed under bond to
keep such streets in first-class con-
dition, from sidewalk to sidewalk,
for twenty-gve years. y
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

WHITAKER's ears, it is sand, have
cost the federal government $780,
900, This luxury is quite like the
expensive one Texas had in the
shape of CRISP little cadet at
the Bryan so-called Agricultural and
Mechanical College. He virtually
broke up stateinstitutiOn which
has cost the state hundreds of thou
sands of dollars, and it is yet to be
seen whether the new board of
trustees will be able to extricate
the institution from the state of de-
bris in which it was left when the
old political board turned the entire
faculty out to satisfy the insulted ca
Diet. Some of these old trustees
have verify been "chief sinners
against the state. 1t will take more
than a Whitaker, however, to
break up the West Point Academy.
His presence there has done the
institution, but the Secretary of
War had the wisdom to refer the
case to "a court affecting Whitaker
alone. Had the insult to the darkey
been regarded as was the in
suit to Crisp, there would have
been caSsus 6eHi against the
entire faculty and West Point
Academy, like the A. & M. College,
would have become a gllttering
generality, signifying least what it
was intended to be. But we are
rejecting upon things that whereby
the state has been sinned against,
The A. & M. G. now possesses under a
new dispensation, under which it
may be hoped one cadet may not
plot and effect the downfall of an
institution backed by the great state
of Texas. i.A b. 80
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

Is hereby given that the Regular Annual Meeting
of the Directors and Of the Stockholders of the
HOUSTON q TEXAS CENTRAL RAILWAY
COMPANY will be held at the Company's
once, In the city Of Houston, on Monday, May
I'd, 1881, at which time, among other thing, win
be submitted TO the Stockholders' meeting, a
proposition to change Section S, of Article 3, OF
read as follows, viz:
Section 5. The Board of Directors shall hold
monthly meetings at the Office of the Company
on the first Monday in each month.
A. s. RICHARDSON, Secretary.
HOUSTON, March ~. 1881. mara wtomay2
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

A BERLIN pipe manufacturer. re-
Gently presented Bismarck with a
superb meerschaum pipe, bearing
the princes arms. The latter re-
turned il, with note from his sec
rotary, saying that when he wanted
n pipe he could afford to buy one.
And yet Bismarck was somewhat
compelled not long ago to go
through the form of paying some
little respect to the great American
man-slayer, Gen. Grant.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

THE irresistible course of trade
with deep water at New Orleans, is
shown in the fact that one tow of
barges passed down the Mississippi
river the other day with $4,000
bushels of grain, aggregating 9125
tons. To transport the same by sail
would have required thirty locomo-
tives and six hundred cars.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

THE prohibitionists in Lamar
county are moving in the matter OF
having u state convention to fur
Their the temperance cause in this
state. One should have been held
during the late sitting of the legis-
lature, and representative men from
all over the state should have been
sent to it. The trouble about all
these meetings is that the mercena-
ry lecturers push their way in and
run things.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

LIEUTENANT BERRY, the young
Kentucky naval officer, who has
been commissioned to look after the
Jeanette, will be prepared to move
the HELEN and Mary, about the first
of June. She will sail from San
Francisco, and orders are that the
vessel shall not remain in polar re-
giohs more than one winter.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

THE people of Columbus contem-
plate building tap line from the
East h West Texas Narrow Gauge
railway to their town. After this
tap is completed, it is contemplated
to extend the line southwest to Hal
lettsville, Cuero, Helena and to q
connection with some similar line
sn the Mexican border. 1t will be
another link in the grand narrow
gauge system, with which Texas
will be marked as the chequer.board
is with IFS lines. III
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

An old feud between the Baylors
and Gilchrists resulted in fight at
Uvalde, between Gen. Baylor and
his son on one side, and old man
Gilchrist and his two sons on the
pther. Old man Gilchrist was
killed, one SON was fatally wounded
and the other son was filed with
email shot. Gen, Baylor was not
hurt and his son was slightly wound
ed. The Gilchrists made the attack
and fred first - #o4 -
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MELVILLE ID. LANDoN, better
known as Eli Perkins, will lecture in
several Texas towns during the
coming month. Then will BIO the
time To learn truth.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

FRENCH capitalists are going to
build a railway across the Sahara
Desert to the center of Africa. II
is to cost SSO,OOO,OOO, and will have
water connection on the Atlantic as
well as the MEDITERRANEAN cost.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

HENRY AYERS, negro, was ar
rested by the city marshal of Hearne
for murder committed in Alabama
There was reward offered by the
governor of that state of $500 for
his apprehension,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

A MEDICAL journal of Munich
says that diphtheria caught by kiss
ing is likely to assume a much sever
err form than when impaired in any
other way. But this does not refer
to luxurious kissing,which is health
producing under all circumstances.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

The North Texas horticultural
Society has held meeting, and the
conclusion of the, association, was,
that, in spite of the frost there
would be a halt crop of peaches.
full crop of plums, ,blackberries
and strawberries, and nearly a full
crop of apples and grapes. The late
frost did serious damage to peaches
north, OF Red River, killing all the
peaches that escaped the freeze the
first Of the month - f,g vG5tqs-
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OK April %, the conjunction of
the sun and the large planets pro-
duce the strongest attraction upon
the earth that has occurred for 700
wears.
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JEwETT. a Kentucky colt, with a
record outstripping anything of his
age in the United States, has been
sold to Peter Schatz, of Pittsburg
tor S1b,OOO.
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THURSDAY. APRIL. %, 1881

New ORLEANS is to be severed,
the council having adopted the
Warning system, already introduced
at Memphis.
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A ststistican discoyers that only
10000 pounds or one-fonrth of ] per
cent Of the coffee imported into this
country Is Mocha. Where is the
man then who has the courage to
say that he drank cup Of Mocha
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A saw fish has been captured at
Galveston, thirteen feet long. foiiii

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PRICE OF fHE WEEKLY REDUCED.

In view of the hard times the price OF
the WEEKLY STATESMAN will hereafter
be only 81 a year; 81 % for six months.
Now is the time TO subscribe.
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LOST.

Houston, East West Texss Railway Com
pany certificate No. cog isssea y the Com
her an. 1879 Notice is hereby given that I'm
iess heard from within 90 days, application VIII
he made for duplicate thereof
MADDOX BROS, -
mriSa Agents for Owner.
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