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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13
GOVERNMENT CLERKS.
Interesting Account of the Every
Day Life OF the Ten Thousand
Government Employees I'm
Warrington.
washington Star.1

The government and its employees
bear a relation to our city somewhat
similar to that of a college and its
students to the little New England
village where it is located. There
are enough office-holders who are
residents of Washington to make a
good sized city of themselves.
In the various departments
the work goes ON the same
from one years end to another and
one would scarcely realize how
great the number of employees in
the various departments is. The
number is about 10000. This is ex-
elusive of the capitol, city postoffice
and district government Offices.
This body of government employees
forms not only large but very
intelligent and agreeable ele-
ment of the population of Washing
ton. A large proportion of them
are people of thought, education and
refinement, and their presence would
be an acquisition TO any commu-
nifty.
The remuneration of the employees
in the departments varies somewhat,
but generally the salaries range
from 5000 to $4,000 for clerical work,
the latter being given to those
who occupy responsible or par
ticularly important positions, and
the first generally to copyists, q
great many of whom are ladies.
The latter are hard worked
they work well and receive the
smallest remuneration, but the wolf
is kept from the door ofmany fam
lily by their earnest endeavors. A
great many of them once belonged
to families of wealth, but reyerses
came and they are glad to be able to
work for a living. IN the treasury
department there are over 500 lady
clerks, and in the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing as many more.
In the treasury and interior depart
ments changes are most fire.
quent, and ii is in these
mostly that women are employed,
and every now and then there are
rumors of pending charges which
set their hearts fluttering with dread
until the danger is over.
A position in the state depart
ment is considered a permanent
thing. 1t is run on plan
similar to our army and navy
When some one dies promotion
takes place, and there is a
chance for an appointment. In the
war and navy departments, also,
changes do not often occur, and
many a clerk whose hair is now
white entered the service when q
young man. Employees perform their
iabors in a remarkably satisfactory
manner. In fact, it is apparent that
the government clerk, taken on the
average, has greatly improved in
many respects within the past dozen
wears
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13
To faentia n Hnr.a.

A new and very simple method of
training vicious horses was exhibit
ed at West Philadelphia recently,
and the manner in which some of
the widest horses were subdued was
astonishing. The first trial was that
of a kicking or "bucking" mare,
which her owner said had allowed
no rider on her back for a period of
at least five years. She became
tame in about as many minutes, and
allowed herself to be ridden about
without sign of her former Wild
ness. The means by which the re-
suit was accomplished was by q
piece of light rope which was passed
around the front of the jaw of the
mare just above the upper teeth,
crossed in her mouth, and thence
secured back of her neck. 1t
was claimed, that no horse will
kick or jump when thus
secured, and that q horse, after re-
celving the treatment few times,
will abandon his vicious ways for
ever. A very simple method was
also shown by which a kicking horse
could be shod. 1t consisted in con-
Meeting the animals head and tail by
means of a rope fastened to the tail
and then to the bit, and then drawn
tightly enough to incline the AMI
mails head to one side. This, it Is
claimed, makes it absolutely impos-
sIble for the horse to kick on the side
of the rope. AT the same exhibition
horse which tor many years had
to be bound on the ground TO be
shod, suffered the blacksmith to OPP
crate on him without attempting to
kick, while secured in the manner
described.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13
A Cabin i'm Ireland.

lOl6uO DlaQe.l
The idea that human beings, made
in Gods image, having the power to
think. to reason and to act, could
live, even exist, in such hovel, was
incredible. Wading through mud
and slush, coming over the shoe
tops, l bent my head and entered.
The room, If so it could be called
by any stretch of Imagination, was
so low that L could not stand erect.
The cold, bare earth that constituted
the floor was damp and slippery, as
the rain came trickling down
through the open thatch and formed
little pools upon the ground.
Near a suggestion of a fire were
huddled a woman and four children,
the eldest not more than eight years
of age. AS l entered they all arose.
L was Mortified TO see that they were
without stockings or shoes, and
their clothing was so torn and rag
ged that it afforded no warmth
whatever.
The mother and her little girls
were blue with cold. Their features
we're pinched with hunger. Their
whole appearance indicated the
want and suffering they had been
enduring for years. In zone corner
of the room was what they called a
bed. 1t consisted of four posts
driven into the ground. On string
ers were laid four rough boards, and
on these boards were dried leaves and
heather, covered with a few old
potato sacks. There is where the
family of six persons slept.
There was no window in the
house, the only light and ventilation
beng furnished by the door and the
crack in the thatched roof.
AS for meat, that is something
they never dreamed of eating. Only
once year do they dare hope to
taste it. On Christmas day they
manage, if they can, to boil the half
of pigs face, and they mix their
stirabout with buttermilk 10 make
a gorgeous feast. That is the only
meal they ever have, and the pleas
ure of this indulgence is destroyed
by the terrible remorse that follows
extravaganza. Two meals of pota-
toes day-that is the diet they are
born to. live upon and die upon. AS
to their clothing, that is something
too terrible to talk about. In ride
Of five miles-fIom the door of the
hotel in Cork to Blarney castle
l counted over 500 women bare.
footed, whose feet had never known
q stocking or shoe.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13
Baptizing Scene In Georgia.


One of the most important events
in the history of the colored church
in this section was the big baptizing
at Watkinsville, Georgia, recently,
when 103 persons were immersed.
Nearly every darkey for miles
around witnessed the ceremony, be-
sides a good sprinkling of whites.
A pond had been damned up in a
branch, over a muddy bottom, and
after few penitents had stirred up
the soil the water was perfect lob
lolly and needed straining to render
it even partially clear. Converts who
went in robed in spotless white
came out dripping with mud and
slime. All sizes and ages were
immersed, ranging from the picka-
ninny knee-high to the gray-haired
old man tottering on the brink OF
the grave. The remarks of
the converts were ludicrously
amusing, as every one went under
the water shouting and exhorting.
One old woman yelled out: "Pse
wadin' now through the gate of
heaben. You sinful niggers out dar
can go to hell eff you want to!" One
discovered his employer looking on,
when he sang out: "Mass Rube,
helps your portion, but l is sabed
for a crown of glory" A negro
woman, as she was being led into
the water, noticed some white ladies
on the bank, when she yelled out:
''Dar am de white folks wild all de
spangles and silks and golden slip
pers, but dey am gwine to de debbil,
while me, poor dirty nigger, is safe
in heaben." One of the last con-
verts, seeing the condition of the
mudhOle, refused to go in, but a del
egation of church members ran him
down, and he was dragged into the
pond and baptised by force.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13
How a Hill Took a Walk.

Just below Saverton, Rails county,
Missouri, is very high, steep hill.
Between the foot of this hill and the
Mississippi river is a very narrow
space-only few feet. Along this
space runs the Long Line railroad
track. About week ago some tre-
mendous power tore the hill loose
from the balance of the range and
the whole hill, comprising
several acres of ground, began
to move slowly into the
river, pushing seven-five yards
of railroad ahead of it. This tore
the track up for several hundred
wards on each side. The whole
earth seemeatktrem and strange
noises were H5I " in the bowels of
the earth. The Spectacle is said to
have been a grand one and hundreds
of persons focked to see it. The
hill moved at the rate of ten feet
every twenty-four hours. Occasion
ally small piece would break of
and float down the river with large
trees standing erect on it,presenting
the strange spectacle of miniature
floating island going down the river.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13
FROM CABIN TO CAPITOL.
Onc-Legged Judge Berry's Re-
markabIe Leaps Through Lie.
[Morrilton Headlight

MOETllIOu nehullBul.l
The nomination of Judge j. III.
Berry for governor, by the Arkansas
state Democratic convention, has
caused us to look up his past history.
Our country cannot furnish a paral-
lei case, and perhaps there is not q
living man that has risen as rapidly
as this ilustrious son of Arkansas.
Like the majority of the young men
of the south, when the war came up
James FL. Berry shouldered his mus
ket and went to the front, with the
gallant sixteenth Arkansas infantry.
He was elected second lieutenant of
his company. AT the battle of
Corinth he was wounded aud his
leg had to be amputated just below
the hip. In 1864, at the age of twen-
ty-tour years, with one leg, on
crutches, without money, education
or financial friends, and no means
of support. he found himself at
Ozark. While here he, by some
means, met Miss Quales and a mu-
tual attachment grew up between
them they we're engaged to be mar
ried, but SO gloomy were Berry's fu-
ture prospects that her parents for
bid her even to see him. To show
how bitter was her fathers opposi-
ton, we will state that he has never
spoken to Judge Berry since his mar
riage, and only spoke to Mrs. Berry
about two weeks ago.
As "love laughs at locksmiths," so
a one-legged man is not to be out
done in such matters when "Barkis
is willin'." Young Berry got his
lady-love from a two-story win
dow and they were married.
They went to Carroll cOuu
ty and secured log cabin
and furnished very scanty. Young
Berry commenced studying and Sc
cured little country school. While
teaching he commenced reading law
and by his indomitable Will and per-
severance he mastered the science
and was admitted to practice. From
this his success in life seem to date.
In 1868 he was elected to the legisla-
county and practiced his profession
with great ability and success. In
1872 he was elected to the legislature
from Benton comfy and was elected
speaker of the house at the extra
session called by Governor Baxter
in 1873. In 1876 he was delegate to
the state convention and was elected
chairman by acclamation. His pop
ularity throughout the state dates
from this time. In 1873 he made the
race in the first judicial district for
judge against the most popular man
in the district and was elected.
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Il Governor Roberts n Candidate
rSharman Cnnrier1


1t will be noticed in Governor
Roberts recent letter to the Aus in
STATESMAN there is nothing show
ing that he will not be candidate
for reelection to the Office of gov
ernor. So far from this, a care al
perusal of the arttully framed and
sdroitly worded document, will con-
vince the reader that nothing would
be more pleasing to the Old
Alcalde's heart than nomina-
tion for a third term. Nowhere
does he positively decline to run !;
nowhere does he strenuously insist
that his friends shall not use his
name in connection with the COVER
nor's office. He mildly protests that
his coming before the people as a
candidate at so late a day might
bring discord in the Democratic
ranks, and equally as mildly ex-
presses the hope that partial friends
need not urge his claims to further
gubernatorial honors. That his let
ter may not be misconstrued, that
its meaning, though hidden, may
be easily found out, he
closes it with the intimation so
broad that it amounts almost to an
absolute declaration, that if there
is unanimity enough on the part of
the delegates to nominate him there
Will be magnanimity enough on his
part for him to forego his resolution
of retiring from public life and
to again accept the duties and re.
sponsibilities of the gOvernorship.
We remember General Grant and
what he said about running for a
third term, and the utterances of
Governor Roberts have much
of the ring of the utter
ances of that other man who
has ever been ready to
answer the call of the people with a
Here, Lord, am l." Governor
Roberts letter, boiled down, means
this and nothing more: That if his
"partial friends" think there is
unanimity of sentiment enough to
secure his nomination at the Calves
ton convention TO count him in; if
there Is not that unanimity, then
count him out. His attack upon the
Galveston NeacS is but a political
makeshitt, to raise the cry of news
paper persecution and make him
stronger with the people.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13

THE New York Times prints a
special dispatch from Columbus,
Ohio, which represents the situation
as alarming to Republicans. 1t de-
clares that they find themselves con-
fronted by a united Democracy and
annoyed by dissatisfaction in their
own ranks, which threatens to lose
them the votes of the Germans and
Irish, who two years ago gave them
support. Going more into details,
it is declared that the disaffection in
Cincinnati alone is likely to cost the
Republicans 5000 votes, and that if
similar disaffection is shown in
Cleveland, Toledo, Dayton, Colum-
bus and other cities, it will require
no expert in mathematics to figure
out the result. This is merely con-
firmatory of Democratic advices
concerning the situation in "the
United states of Ohio"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13
Learing 10 swim.

There really is no mystery in
learing to swim-an accomplishment
which is possessed in perfection by
the most stupid of frogs. The trunk,
less the arms, Is heavier than water:
with the arms it is lighter; all,
therefore, that person has TO do Is
to acquire the habit of drawing in
the breath when he is preparing to
make a stroke, and expelling the
breath while he is making 1t. Let
any one do this and keep calm, and
he will find that he can swim. But,
perhaps it is better TO acquire con-
fidence by a preliminary course of
floating. To do this IL is only neces-
sary to lie fat on the water, stretch
out the arms with the palm Of the
hand downward, throw back the
head, and when ever the body sinks
low, slowly fill the lungs with air.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13

THE spirit of Nihilism is not al
layed. 1t cannot be exorcised by
the church or suppressed by the
state. Neither the ban of excom-
munication nor the fear of arrest
and death can restrain the conspira-
tors against the life of the car. His
removal is foregone conclusion,
unless he yield to the demand for a
constitutional government. Igna-
tieff, it is alleged, resigned his posi-
ton as minister of the interior be-
cause he could no longer guarantee
the emperor's safety, and Count
Tolstoi, who succeeded that minister,
is not the man best adapted to advise
his royal master to a policy of con-
ciliation. A thousand persons. many
of them of noble birth, are now in
carcerated and awaiting trial ON the
charge of high treason. Should
they all be executed, as many more
will arise as the avengers of blood
shed in cause that is already pop
ularized by the death ofits martyrs.
Each additional one win strengthen
the spirit of resistance to imperial
DEGREES of determination, despite
the vigilance OF the police. Mill
istic plots and Vaccinations will
gain greater force until the czar is
taken off or coerced by fear into
submission to the win of his SUBJ
jects.
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Mrs. IngersolI, mother of Mr.. E

Mrs. Ingersoll, mother of Mr.. r
G. Ingersoll, the well-known Wash
ington lawyer, who was recently
taken to an asylum TO be treated for
insanity, attributes her sons mental
alteration TO the habitual use Of
quinine. In letter to the National
Republican, Mrs. Ingersoll says;
thinking it safe thing TO do, my
son has been in the habit for months
of taking quinine in his pocket, and
taking 1t In small but frequent doses,
and the result is an elated, sanguino
state Of mind, quito beyond the
bounds of reason. His memory u
not yet impaired, and the marked
Improvement already consequent
upon being deprived Of the drug
gives his friends reason 10 expect
Complete restoration In a short time.
Meanwhile let this case be one Of
many others to teach us all that ex-
cellent as quiniDe may be in many
cases, IL is, like chloral, or opium. or
alcohol, exceedingly dangerous 10
trife with"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13

Stomach staggers is caused by in
digestion and inaction of the stom-
ach, the circulation in that organ is
lessened and that of the brain is
increased, with the result of causing
giddiness and sort of coma or par
tial lnsensibility. In the horse this
trouble is akin to the sick Headache,
temporary blindness or affection of
the sight, giddiness, languor and
sometimes fainting, which are caused
by Indigestion and disorder of the
functions of the liver. The treat
ment is, first to change the food, SO
as to relieve the stomach to free the
bowels by laxative medicine, and
then to use tonics to aid the stom-
ach. Give oats stepped in hot water,
bran mashes and a little good hay.
Feed quite lightly for week. Give
pint of hnseed oil every third day
for three times, and then add to the
food one quart of scalded linseed
meal aud the same of powdered
geutian root daily for two or three
weeks. Give water fifteen minutes
before the animal is fed, and none
for sometime atterward.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13

Families frequently die out in real
life in a manner which would be
thought an extravs9ant reach of the
Imagination in a fiction. There is
an English squire at this moment
whose father was the youngest son
of the youngest of seven brothers /;
the present squire has been mar
RED twenty years, but is childless {;
so is his next brother, and his
youngest brother died unmarried at
twenty-seven. A baronet who died
some years ago lost sons by boat
ing accident. He sent the one sur
vivor to Harrow instead of Elton, as
there is no river at the former
place, but the boy was drowned in a
small pond known as duck-puddle.
The family is extinct,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13
California "InsuIted,, Again.


If we are not long-suffering we
are nothing. To-day we have the
honor OF swallowing a direct insult
to California in the appointment of
tariff commission. New York,
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Illinois, Missouri, the District of
Columbia, Georgia and Louisiana
aressall represented, and California
is utterly neglected. And our pro-
ducts, interests and contributions TO
the general prosperity of the nation
are in effect larger than any of the
states and district above named. A
contemporary says Justly: "We have
a number of products which need
just as much protection as those of the
east, some of which promise more
for the whole country in the long
run. There are particular brands of
wine, olive oil and raisins, barley,
oranges and lemons, silk and other
articles which are just as much de-
serving of protection as iron or coal
or calico. So long as we have not
an equal share of it the eastern peo-
pie have an advantage over US that
Is very serious. They make us pay
more relatively for the articles we
purchase from them than they pay
for the articles they buy from us.
They have their hands in our pockets
and give us little or no return" 1t
is, of course, possible that
the members of the tariff
commission may understand
the wants of California, but it is not
likely that they do. Indeed it is
most improbable that they will con-
slider her needs at all. The only
members from whom California has
anything to hope are Garland and
Amber, but even if they work in
our interest they can only help us
from what they have heard and be-
lieve, not from what they know.
When the president appointed the
tariff commission, he appears to have
studlously left out California, an act
which he will probably, or rather
certainly, have to regret at no dis
tant date.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13
The People to Blame.
Brenham Banner

A new legislature is to be elected
this year. 1t should not be over
looked that the legislature is the law
making power of the state. The
best men should be elected. By far
two little attention has been paid to
the selection of candidates for the
legislature, and after each session of
that body adjourns the people, al
most as one man, rise up in their
majesty and hurl curses on the heads
of the legislators and Ieras Sittangs
publishes their portraits. The Sc
lection of a legislature is in the
hands of the people and they alone
are to blame if incompetent men are
elected.
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wise WORD. OF n southern senator.

J.R. Randall, in one of his latest
letters from Washington to the Au-
glsta Chronicle and Constitutional
ist, says:
1 enquired of the southern senator
what he considered the prime weak
ness of his party. He replied sub
stantially as follows: "The Demo.
cratic party is a phenomenon in
political history. 1t survives all at
tacks of the outside enemy and the
folly of the inside adherent. When
we consider what the war left for it
and what it gained, IN spite of recon-
struction and Greeley, it has had
marvellous success. Who would
have believed, fifteen years, ago that
it would gain the senate. the
house and even the presidency, out
of which it was cheated? Who
could have believed then that con-
spicuous rebels would be leaders in
congress ? Wonderful as this is, it
would have been still more so had
some of our public men in high
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13

GENERAL WEAVER Is not a new
hand in the Republican harness. He
was an internal revenue collector
under Grant, aud If he now succeed
IN securing the election of a few con-
gressional candidates, opposing the
Democrats, he will be rewarded by
the Republicans in whatever manner
may please him best.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-13
A Cake That Takes the Cake.

A novelty to many cooks is called
white fruit cake. The recipe calls
for one cup of butter, two cups of
sugar, two cups and q half Of flour,
the whites of seven eggs, two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder mot
heaping, but evenly full, one pound
each of raisins, figs, dates aud
blanched almonds, quarter of a
pound of citron; cut, or better still,
chop these all fine, sIft -four over
and through them, and after mixing
the cake put the fruit in last. This
makes large cake and it requires a
long time to bake it it should be
baked slowly, SO that the center may
be as we'll done as the outside.
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The uettIe that Is In Him.

John Hancock showed the mettle
of which he was made when he was
invited to meet General Weaver in
joint discussion. He told the COM
mittee some plain and wholesome
truths, and admonished them that as
they had renounced him and his
Democracy, they should meet Wea-
yer themselves. The more we see
and know of John Hancock, the
more we admire him, and the more
we think the Democracy of Texas
have made mistake in rejecting his
counsels and ostracising him from
the political councils of the party.