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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-06-30

TIE STATE OF TEXAS,
HAN, SECRETARY Of STATE for the State Of Texas,
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LOST.

Land certificate No. 1907, issued by w. G.
Walsh, Commissioner of General Land Office
for $40 acres of land, to the Houston, East and
West Texas Railway Company, on the 18th day
OF January, 1881. If not heard of in ninety dayf,
application will be made to the Commissioner of
the General Land Office for duplicate.
MADDOX BROTHERS,
myls w9t Agents for Thos. o. Murphy.
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ESTRAY NOTICE.

Estrayed by +. q. Thomp son, before j. 4 .
Wright, j. P. T. c., June II, 1881, one gray
horse, about II years old, brand, about rs
hands high, and appraised at SIS.
FRANK BROWN,
je29 w3tf lerlI q. C., II. C.
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OF re STATE Of Terds. That sections 9, 3, 5, q, 8
ana "a, article > of the Constitution OF the State
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man for governor who entertains the
same views as Gov. Roberts"
The Houston Age contains the fol-
lowing item, which is evidently
meant as premonitory reminder to
Galveston: "Just about the height
of the cotton season there is a
chance that the chief seaport of
Texas will be startled from her
equilibrium, and that the momentum
of her boom may be checked. The
Age learns from the highest author
ity that the heaviest cargo ofcOtton,
early in the season, will leave Sabine
Pass that has ever sailed from a
Texas port without lighterage. The
East Texas has let the contract, and
now a large force is at work grading
from Sabine Pass to that harbor.
Our informant says that the cost of
lighterage to the producer will then
be made manifest to the people of
the state and the commercial world"
Several papers have been accus
ing Judge Reagan of looking up the
political stairs, as it were, and the
Palestine AdUOcdte has this to say ON
the subject: "Some little papers
say that Hon. John H. Reagan is be-
ing 'groomed' for a more important
race than a member of the lower
house of congress. Hon. John III.
Reagan has been spoken of for i'm
portant positions during his whole
public life, but if there is or ever has
been any especial grooming we do
not know of it. The fact is that
good racers never need grooming
like the common scrub stock. We
advise several horses across the !
Neches to keep at least four stable |
boys constantly on hand"
In closing an extended editorial
on the educational policy of the
the Waco Telephone says:
There is something involuntarily |
repugnant in the Texas system of |
free schools, and until they are
placed on the true basis dissatisfac-
ton will exist. But of this Gov
ernor Roberts knows little, and |
seems to care less. He is thorough |
ly bent upon carrying out this sys-
tenn simply because it is part and |
parcel OF his administration and the |
glory for himself as the executive
of that administration. He does not |
care to listen to amendments, be-
cause they did not first originate I
with him. In this sense, and in this
only, can blame attach to Governor
Roberts. His intense individuality
and self-will make him selfish
enough to ignore public interests
and demands. To carry out his pet
theories he is erecting a fabric
ON an insecure foundation and de-
aging still longer a much needed
almost an imperative change in
the fundamental principles of the
Tree school system of Texas"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07
A Beautiful incident.

On board the ill-fated steamer
Seawanhaka was one of the Fisk
singers. Before leaving the burn
ing Steamer and committing him.
self to the merciless waves, he care
fully fastened upon himself and
wife, life preservers. Some one
cruelty dragged away that of the
wife, leaving her without hope ex-
cept as she could cling to her hus-
band. This che did, placing her
hand firmly on his shoulders aud
resting there until her strength be-
coming exhausted, she said, Il can
hold on no longer" "Try little
longer" was the response of the
wearied and agonized husband.
'Let us sing Rock of Ages" And
as the sweet strains foated over
those troubled waters, reaching the
ears of the sinking and dying, lit
tie did they know, those sweet
singers of Israel, whom they COM
forted.
But 10! as they sang, one after
another of the exhausted ones
were seen raising their heads above
the overwhelming waves, joining
with last effort in this sweet, and
dying, pleading prayer:
Rock of Ages cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee,
With The song seemed to come
strength; another and yet another
was encouraged to renewed effort.
Soon in the distance a boat was
seen approaching. Could they hold
OF. little little longer? Singing
still, they tried, and soon with su
perhuman strength laid hold of the
life-boat, upon which they were
borne in safety to land. This is no
fiction; it was related by the sing
er himself, who said he "believed
Toplady's sweet Rock of Ages
saved many another besides him
self and wife,"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07
Fashion Notes.

Gowns trimmed in onc-sided fash
ion lead one to think that the
wearer's figure may be like the
gown.
The prettiest 'kerchief to wear in
the street with black silk dress is
of black and white checked silk.
The children's hats of coarse
white straw trimmed with wreaths
of wild flowers, are called Clyde.
The SAKE glove has no opening at
the wrist; the mosquetarie has. yet
both mould the arm perfectly.
"Tally-ho" is the name OF the
short frocks which young girls are
to wear in the country this Sum
mer.
Real roses are worn on rough-and
ready straw bonnets which are. 9TH
erwise very simply trimmed.
Pineapple cloth is made up into
neckties with four bands of hem
stitching and embroidery on the
ends.
Embroidery done over padding Is
used on undergarments. 1t is very
heavy, and is spoiled by washing
A new sleeve pattern is tucked al
the top instead of shirred, and
caught up on the inside of the arm
by a bow.
Stripes Of shaded silk and wool in
Algerian effects make up one mate
rial used for evening wraps thlt
Summer.
Some of the Summer mantles art
worked all over in small interlinkeo
ovals of short bugles and seed
beads.
Three yards is considered quit,
long enough for an American brida
train. Those of five yards are left
TO royal ladies.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07
Fert,lizing Orchards.

Prof. Beal, who has been expert
menting with an orchard situated
ON rolling land of black, Ioamy ha-
ture since 1873, reports the follow
ing results: Around some trees
small circles were kept cultivated;
but these trees do no better than
those which grow in sod. A circle
of grass extending nearly out to the
ends of the overshadowing lines is
of little or no damage to the tree
after it has grown fifteen or more
years and has become well estab-
fshed.
Trees of this age left in grass
without manure, in our orchards,
grow more slowly, produce less fruit
Of smaller size and poorer quality
than trees which have been we'll
cultivated; the fruit is generally in
our cxperimentssof brighter color
when grown on trees left in grass.
When spread broadcast about a
tree, barnyard manure produces a
good effect about two years sooner
than when the manure is placed
close to the tree. Some trees were
kept heavily mulched, to Others
ashes were applied at the rate of one
wagon-load of leached, or two or
three bushels of unleached per
tree, others were given wagon
load of barnyard manure; these ap-
plications were made four years
ago, and perhaps it is too soon to
arrive at conclusions, but as yet
the trees appear about the same, no
difference being visible in favor of
either of the above modes of manur-
ING. Where clear cultivation has
been practiced without fertilizer or
mulch, the fruit seemed to be just as
abundant and Of as good quality as
in the three last cases enumerated !.
Thorough tilling of the land has
been one Of the best experiments,
and has apparently produced the
best results. / have experimental
in thinning apples while they are
small and find it very profitable,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07
: 4 YOUNG HERO.

In June, 1860, the brig Polly
Deems, Capt. Job Payson, sailed
from Boston for part of Turkey,
laden with cotton and goods. She
was a new, taut little vessel, with
plenty of storage room, and had ac-
commodation for two passengers.
The crew consisted of the Cap
tain, mate, four sailors, black
cook and a cabin boy.
Capt. Payson was a conscientious,
Just man, who treated his crew
neither to jokes nor grog, but who
lodged and fed them better than
would five out of six of the masters
sailing from New England ports.
"Old job" the mate, who was
from the Vest, used to say he was
"a hard man but one you could tie
to, in fair weather or foul"
His crew were picked men, and,
with the exception of Dan the cabin
bov. had been with him tor years.
This was Dams first voyage, and he
felt that Captain and crew eyed him
with suspicion. He was on proba-
ton, and he felt that not grain of
favor would be allowed him.
Dan was farm boy, who knew
nothing of the world beyond the
village in which was his mothers
church. Shipboard, the sea, Eu-
rope, Turkey, here were bewildered
ideas to burst at once on his narrow
experience, scarcely wider than
that of the house-dog sleeping at
the barn door.
"Keep your eyes open and your
hands ready to see the work of the
moment and to do it before the mo-
ment is over" was his mothers
last advice. "For the rest, Daniel,
ask the Lords help. You'll find
Him just as near you in Turkey as
in your own home here"
Dan, in the hurry and excitement
of getting under way, and of his
new duties, repeated the advice over
and over to himself. 1t seemed to
keep his mother near him. Several
days after, while he was carrying
the dinner dishes into the cabin, he
over heard the mate say:
"That boy is clipper enough for a
raw hand, captain"
AYE" gruntcd Capt. Payson;
"turns out better than | expected.
| I took him for his mothers sake.
Widow. Old friend of NINE"
"Rather gentlemanly fellow this
passenger?" ventured the mate.
finding Captain Payson in an nn-
usually talkative mood.
ale is gentleman, sir, one OF
the Farnells, of Springfield. Ill
health. Doctor prescribed a long
sea voyage. A gentleman and q
scholar, Mr.. Briggs"
Dan, while waiting on the table
at dinner could not help noticing
the passenger. "Some of these
days." thought the true-born Yam
kee lad, 81 too, shall be a gentle
man and scholar"
DIR. Farnell was tall, lean man,
carefully dressed, with sandy hair
and moustache, but with eyebrows
and lashes almost white. His eyes,
too, were large and pale. They
met the eyes Of any other man fair
lly Once, when Dan happened &c
Hook at him, he turned quickly
away, and he glanced furtively and
suspiciously at the boy, at times
during the rest Of the meal.
.Don't like him." thought Dan
aLooks sneaky and tricky, and moi
like gentleman
But Dan, Of course, kept his opin'
lion to himself. Even Job, the cook
Isnnbbed the araw hand and tol
lerated no remarks from him.
Fortunately, the lad was not ses
lsick. He learned his new dutiel
|quickly, was alert, neat, and Away
lgood- -natured. In the course q
=
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07
Stick to the Farm.

In nv mind, one of the most
alarming evils of the times is the
tendency of the people everywhere
to leave the rural districts and flock
to the ci.ies-leave the quiet, and
happy homes the country and the
villages afford, or should afford, and
congregate in dense masses-plunge
into the life of strife and turmoil
which such situation imposes.
This tendency is draining the
farms of their young men; it is
drawing them from the country to
the towns and villages, from the
workshops and firesides in these
to the great centers of population
where thousands by thousands ride
the waves for time, and by thou
sands go under the seething cur
rent.
The great majority of young men,
it would seem, are seeking to be-
come professional men-lawyers,
doctors, preachers; or if not some
of these, middle-men of some sort
clerks, tradesmen, agents, etc., or
that far too numerous class that
cannot in any sense be ranSed
with the producers. AS conse-
quence the country is teeming with
humbug institutions to qualify
them for these positions, where un-
sophisticated young men are ''taken
in and done for;;'' and who, in forty
to sixty days, come out completely
ground over-that is, fitted for
swapping jack-knives, computing
the interest, and making living
out of the profits, or qualified tor
standing behind counters and deal
ing out ribbons and small talk to
nice young ladies.
And so, all the large cities from
Dan to Beersheba, are becoming
filled to overflowing with an ever
swelling tide of on-producers, hust-
| ling, crowding elbowing each other,
and going under! some ofthem to
come up again in the country
whence they started; Others and the
largest portion. in the alms-hoases
benevolent asylums, and penitentia-
ries-broken in fortune and broken
| in constitution. And the cry is, still
they come! An advertisement for
. clerk, book-keeper, or agent, in
any one of our large towns, will
usually bring from one hundred to
one thousand applicants for the
place; while farmer or a black
smith may call for a hand to make
his living by the sweat of his brow,
and find no response.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07
Married People Would be Happier

l
If home trials were never told to
the neighbors.
If they kissed and made up after
every quarrel.
If household expenses were pro-
portioned to receipts.
If they tried to be agreeable as in
courtship days.
If each would try to be support
and comfort to, the other.
If each remeinbered the other was
a human beins not an angel.
If women we're as kind to their
husbands as they were to their low
ers.
If feul and provisions were laid
in during the high tide of summer
work.
Ifboth parties remembered they
were married for worse as we'll as
for better.
If men were as thoughtful for
their wives as they were for their
little sweet hearts.
If there were fewer silks and vel
vet costumes for the street and more
plain, tidy house dresses.
Ifthere were fewer 'please dar
lings," in public, and more common
manners in private.
If wives and husbands would
take some pleasures as they go
along and not degenerate into me !,
toiling machines. Recreation !
necessary to keep the heart in is
place, and to get along without it is
a big mistake.
If men would remember that wo-
men can't always be smiling who
have to cock the dinner, answer the
door bell half a dozen times, and
get rid of neighbor who has drop
ped in, tend to sick baby, tie up
the cut finger of q two-year-old,
gather up the playthings of four
year old, tie up the head of a six
year old on skates, and get an eight
year-old ready for school, to say
nothing of sweeping, cleaning, etc.
A woman with all this to contend
with may claim it as a privilege to
look and feel q little tired some
times and a word of sympathy
would not be too much to expect
from the man, who, during the hon
eymoon, wouldn't let her carry as
much as a sunshade.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07

A little Cincinnati boy has been
slowly wasting away with some un-
explained disease for several
months. The German women Of
the neighborhood concluded that he
was victim of witchcraft, aud sent
a committee to inform the parents,
who did not accept the explanation,
but permitted an examination of the
bed. There is a German supersti-
ton that witches cause feathers in
a bed to weave themselves into .
wreath, and that whoever sleeps on
on it will become i'll, dying when
the ends of the wreath come to-
gether. Sure enough, the women
found in the boys bed what they
declared was witch's wreath. Il
was sprinkled with salt and burned
in accordance with a traditiona
method.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07

0T0unh Me Not >,

One of your little correspondents
gets the information that, as the
high priest, after offering up sac
rifice, could not be touched, until
he had gone into the holy of holies,
so Christ, having offered himself a
sacrifice, could not be touched un
til he had gone into Heaven. But
did not the women hold him by the
feet and worship him? And did
not our Lord invite Thomas to
touch him, in order to confirm this
doubling disciples faith? Krum
macher, in his "Risen Redeemer,"
says: ."It may seem remarkable
that our Lord, on this occasion, per-
mits the women to do that which,
with his Touch me notp he had
forbidden to Mary Magdalene."
But he is the ".Searcher of hearts,"
and weighs the mind aud disposi-
tion in his own balances. The feel
ings with which the women in the
place cited from the Gospel before
us, fell before him, were different
from those by which Mary Magda-
lene was moved when she addressed
him. Theirs were feelings of
the most reverential worship dem
onstrated before the face of
the glorified Goldman; while
Mary's feelings were those of pas
sionate joy at the human reap
pearance Of her Saviour and pro-
tector. Mary needed, therefore,
an elevation to higher spiritual
views of the future relation of the
redeemed to their glorified Mediator;
whilst these needed, above every
thing, a confirmation that they
really saw in him the same Lord
and Master bodily before them
whom they had carried to the Sc
pulchre three days previously.
Again, your little correspondent
is instructed that our Lord made
his home in Heaven these forty
days between his resurrection and
ascension. This is based on the
fact that there is no mention made
in the Scriptures of his staying
here. The fact that there is no
mention made Of it, / think is
quite sufficient to prove we need
not know where he made his home.
There is certainly no proof that he
went to Heaven in the interim.
l have been moved to write these
few lines because of the great re-
spoDsibility resting upon those of
as who instruct the young, not to
ga beyond the very letter Of the
ScHptures in our Instructions
Mrs. Randolph, in Christian o.
sercor.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07
Iiterary.
Passing Away.
ny w w uoSEINS

BY W. W. HoSKINS.
This earth is waxing old and, like an angel
1t has almost run its course fulfilled its des-
tined plan.
No more the golden days of lucious youth
for it.
Around its fainting footsteps the gathering
shadows fit
No more the glorious days OF Hector and
Aeneas.
No more the dreamy days of Helen and
Theseus,
No more the laughing days of Satyr and OF
Fawn,
Tithonus and Aurora, fair Goddess Of the
Dawn,
OF Odin and of Balder, OF Imir and OF Tri-
ton,
And of all the gladsome eras Tradition
gives us light on,
For earth has grown prosaic. lis heart IS
made OF steel,
Its breast is cold, hard iron-a thing that
cannot feel
The air it breathes is steam, electricity its
blood,
While telephones and monographs COM
pose its daily food,
1t has passed the age OF Chaos, it has passed
the flush OF Youth,
When Chivalry was real, and Happiness a
truth.
1t has reached the prime of manhood. We
scarce find time to rest.
But onward in the whirl OF care our weary
feet are pressed.
1t has reached the prime OF manhood, and
soon all will be DER,
For when Lies next, last stage has come,
the earth will be no more.
Oh, God, for just one moment, roll back
the tide OF time.
And let us see that ancient world that only
lives in rhyme!
1t cannot be, my prayer is vain, and grant
ed will be never,
For that bright world that used to be has
gone from earth forever.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07
The Dog.

The dog is digitigrade carnivor-
Gus animal. This will be news to
most persons, who had always sup
posed that dog was simply dog.
1t has been bruited about that
the dog is the best friend to man
among the brute creation.
He pants after tue thief. When
once he gets hold of the thiefs
pants he makes breaches.
A barking dog never bites; that
is to say, when he begins to bite he
stops barking. Conversely, bit
ing dog never barks, and for simi-
lar reasons.
The hair of dog will cure his
bite. This is cure-ious supersti-
tion among hair-brained young
men who are fast going to the dogs.
Dogs are dentists by profession.
They insert teeth without charge.
The sea dog loves his bark. Did
you ever see a dog that didn't?
The bark of tree is unlike the
the bark of a dog. Even dog
wood know this.
Dogs are not always kind, though
there are many kinds of dogs.
Every dog has his day, although
dogdays last but few weeks in the
year.
There must be Sirius error
here.
The dogs star is the dogs planet,
They planet so that their days
come while the star is in the sky.
They do not fear it. 1t is not
Skye terrier.
When dog enters a pitched bat
tie he sees the dogs tar.
Brutus said, 81 had rather be a
dog and bay at the moon than such
a Roman"
He had seen the dogs roamin'
around on the bay.
They never get over the bay.
See?
A living dog is said to be better
than dead lion. There's no lynn
about this, but dead dog is dog
gone bad.
Tray was good dog, but trays
worse than the duce when held
against you.
Dogs were the original Argona-
tuts. They have never given over
their search for the feas.
The bull dog is a stubborn fellow.
He is not easily cowed.
Puppies are born blind. They
are not see dogs then.
There are many types of dog, in
cluding the doguerreotype.
But perhaps we had better paws
here.
Howl this do for the dog?
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07
A Merry Heart.


The rich may boast OF gold and lands'
VI goodly rents that NIL their hands
And overhil their purses;
But 10! here's one who does not care
For sparkling gems most pure and rare
If titled men look down on me,
Scorning the threadbare coat they see
With sleeve and shoulder parted,
I'll still sing on in merry measure,
Greeting alike both grief and pleasure,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07

What is the world? A dream
within a dream; as we grow older
each step is an an inward awaken
ing. The youth awakes as he thinks,
from childhood; the full-grown
man despises the pursuits of youth
as visionary; the old man looks on
manhood as a feverish dream. Is
death the last sleep? No, it is
the last final awakening.