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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

OUR special from Washington
tells that the claim of Texas and
other states, and some of the terri
tories, for frontier defense passed
the house yesterday by an over
whelming majority. All the claim
ants made common cause, and thus
at last it looks as though Texas will
secure what has been so long denied
her. The claim aggregates $1,027,-
1857 for Texas, nice little sum
which, it is hoped, will soon be added
to the cash balance.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

THE New York stock exchange
could not do less than what it has
Just done i'll expelling one of its men,
bers for swindling. He had the bad
luck to be caught at it, and was
weak enough to admit his guilt by
refunding a part of his stealings.
There is reason to believe that the
unfortunate brothers practices are
everyday affairs in Wall street; but
they are not usually exposed, and
the uneXposed had to be protected.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

PENNSYLVANIA politics seem to
be beset with troubles on every
hand. The Democrats who have
been facilitating themselves upon
the Republican split and the pros
pect of victory it opened to them.
are now startled by the report of a
deep-lald scheme on the part of the
railway and other large corpora
tions 10 capture the coming Demo-
cratic convention and run it in the
interest of monopolies. And bread,
cast upon the waters in Pennsyl-
vania, may be picked up in Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

IT is LONG since there has appear
ed a story so shocking as that of
Colonel RockwelPs attempt to OBJ
tain from the dying president his
commission for high Office. The
story. however, has appeared more
than once, and it is positively assert
ed that the half dozen little minded
men that formed Garfield's "chum
cabinet" were actually conspiring
about his sick bed to seize the oppor-
tunlty his lucid moments offered to
secure advancement for themselves.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

THE Evening CAL, of Galveston,
after making few feeble calls upon
its readers and several desperate
calls for filthy lucre, which is most
necessary adjunct to the life OF a
newspaper, called in its checks and
it's gentle voice will be heard never
more again. 1t was started to fill
a long felt want"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

The Examiner says that Colonel
Lang, while in Europe, will make
his headquarters at Liverpool. He
s general immigration agent for the
Gould system of railways in Texas
He will be absent two years, unless
Ptruck by congressional lightning
his fall, which is hardly probable.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

THE crop of so-called Democrats
who write to Republican and indie
pendent papers abusing their own
party and all in it, are not so great
this year as two years ago. The
way to correct abuses in the party is
for honest Democrats to attack them
inside their own lines.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

ENGLISH gold coin is on the aver
age half of one per cent short-a
serious loss in keeping a metallic
currency in circulation which Eng
fish economists properly claim the
state should share. Therefore the
issue of gold and silver certificates
has another favorable argument.
Every one should have the right to
procure the coinage of gold and sill
yer, receiving therefor these certifi-
Gates.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

THE Age makes Mr.. Hutchinson
the oldest war-horse of them ALL
He has fought, died and bled for a
cause, and therefore is the man for
congress. 1t is supposable that at
Washington he would do more than
die for Texas, and hence he ought
to be sent there, just to see how
far he would go in his patriotism
and ValOr,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

IT is now said that the Democrats
base their hope of securing control
of the next senate, on success in OBJ
tanning joint majority in New Jer-
sey. of which the prospects are favor
able
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

THE compulsory retirement of
army officers at the age of sixty-four
will become a law with the approval
by the president of the pending army
appropriation bill. No exceptions
can be made to this enforced retire
ment under law.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

most trusty governors. The full
measure of ability among Texans
may even be reached in the here
after, though the Alcalde has been
uOvarnnr
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

THE GAINESVILLE Register W ould
be eminently satisfied with Judge
John Hancock as governor. Such a
conclusion of the canvass would in
no wise, as we have stated before,
be Objectionable to the STATESMAN.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

THE members of the tariff COM
mission sre promised an excellent
time-ten dollars per diem and
travelling free. They will dead
head" it all over the United States
and spend the seasons at the most
fashionable resorts. In the mean-
time the tariff will remain about as
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

GENERAL WEAVER will be met
pot only by Hon. John Ireland, but
by Ex-Governor Hubbard, and other
distinguished Texans, who are not
|atisfied to see poorly masked
emissary of the Republican party
|eEt into Texas to mold sentiment.
Il possible, in opposition to the in
|elligent popular sentiment.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

AS means OF prevention and cure
of chicken cholera. take one tea
spoonful of baking soda TO two
quarts of milk, and give it to the
birds to drink; or take one ounce of
glycerine, halt an ounce of carbolic
acid, one quart of water, mix, and
give two ounces in each gallon of
water given to the birds to drink.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

THE indications are good for a
first-ciass radical row in New York.
Cornell, if nominated, will hardly
be elected, and if shelved his friends
will not be enthusiastic in support OF
his successful rival.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

A Montreal paper mixed up an ac-
count of mission progress in Africa
and a receipt to make tomato catsup,
VIZ: @They (the missionaries) are
accustomed to begin their work by
buying heather children and edu-
eating them. The easiest and best
way to prepare them is to first wipe
them with clean towel, then place
them in dripping pans and bake
them till they are tender"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

THE Paper World rep orts that the
cactus plant, which abounds in west
ern Texas and in Mexico, makes a
magnIficent paper stock, and it may
be expected that trade in the plant
will soon begin.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

AND now Hon. I. l.. Nugent, of
|Stephesonville, Is in the field for a
domination to the court of appeals.
Judge Nugent is known as an ac-
|complished lawyer and fine jurist.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

SENATOR r. M.WYNNE's following
for the attorney generalship is strong
in eastern Texas. lie has friends as
well In many other portions of the
state.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

40. BACON opposes Alexander
ii. Stephens for the gubernatorial
domination in Georgia. General
Gsrtrell is in the field as an indepen-
dent.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

Hon. JOHN d. TENIPLEToN, iudg-
ing from the spirit OF the press, is in
a pretty fair way TO be made attor-
new general.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

AMONG the applicants for position
on the Utah commission were Web.
Flanagan, Phoebe Cozzins and Mrs.
Belva A. Lockwood.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

1T is said Colonel ID. g. Giddings
is disposed to tackle Colonel Mills,
and contest his rights to the con-
gressional nomination.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

THERE is not much doubt that
the Europeans will take care OF
Egypt. The late assassinations make
1t necessary.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

ELLIS, of Louisiana, is another of
the sweet-scented gang who want to
turn the south over to its bitterest
enemies.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

The Marshall Herald stakes it's
reputation on the point that Judge
Ireland will be nominated for gov
ernor on the first ballot.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

SOME of the editors are still en-
gagged in writing up that trip to San
Francisco.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

BILLIo is regarded as the most
learned of cardinals, and it is quite
possible he may be the next Pope.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

MAJOR STEDwELL, of Marshall, is
q candidate for nomination to the
supreme bench.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

The Herald-Nelos of Denison
comes boldly to the front in favor of
a tariff for revenue only.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

Derangement of the liver, with consti-
patton, Injuries the complexion, induces
cause by using Carter's Little Liver Pills.
One dose. Sold by Morley Bros.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

The New York papers announce
an important discovery in the max
ing of artificial ice, in which ammo
MIA may be liquefied at low pres
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

Invalids suffering from sluggishness of
the liver, feeble action of the heart, =
feeling OF suffocation and debility arising
from various causes, find sure relief in
Browns Iron Bitters.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

The STATEsMAE job Office is prepared
to print briefs on short notice and at the
very lowest prices. Satisfaction guaran
teed. AZ
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

THE star reuters continue to play
the dilatory dodge.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22

Bakers Pain Panacea cures pain In
man and beast
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22
PUBLIC LANDS.

There are no public lands now of
any consequence. If any are lett of
any value, they should be husbauded
for the purpose of educating the
youth of the country. The lands
belonging to the school fund and
university fund-indeed, no lands
belonging to the state or controlled
by the state, ought to be sold, except
to the highest bidder, after due no.
tice OF the sale by advertisement,
aud after having fixed a minimum
price. The present system is pre-
posterous folly,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22
RAILROADS.
THE JUDICIARY

Our judiciary is radically de-
fcctiVe, and it certainly ought to be
so remodeled as to enable the courts
of the country to transact the bust
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22
FRONTIER PROTECTION.

Our frontier people should be
protected. We should, of course,
demand of the federal government
the fulfiliment of its constitutional
obligations to protect our frontier
in the first place, and this not being
accorded, it becomes the duty of the
state fO furnish nrOtpctiOn
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22
TIE UNIVERSITY.

1 have been misrepresented in re-
gard to the university. 1t stands
upon the same footing in the organic
law as the public schools. The same
provisions have been made in all
the constitutions. L believe it ought
to be organized and put in opera
ton as soon as possible; but of
course the manner of endowing it,
and the time when it shall be
put in operation, are questions about
which men may differ.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22
CRIMINAL MATTERS.

certainly think the state ought
not to purchase bonds, not due for
twenty years, at the enormous pre-
MUM of $1.40.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-07
A Oueer Burglar Alarm,

The little house formerly occupied by
Stephen Valentine. who committed sui
eide by hanging at West Chester on
Wednesday,, was broken into by the
Coroner yesterday. It stands alone
about quarter of mile from the vii
lage of West Chester. He had lived
there alone.
Upon entering Stephens dwelling, it
was found that the doors and windows
were not only locked and bolted in the
ordinary way, but were tied with pieces
of cord wherever hold could be obtain
ed One long, stout cord, one end of
which was tied to the front door, was
found to lead up stairs to Mr.. Valen-
tines bedroom. His neighbors say that
every night, before going to bed, he
tied the upper end of this cord to the
great toe of one of his feet, so that in
case any one broke open the door in the
night it would give his toe such tug as
to awaken him. Beneath the bed
clothes were found several heavy clubs,
a bar of iron, and a large Colts revol-
yer, every chamber of which was loaded
-Nea0 York San.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-07
Pulling to the Photographer.

A very mysterious and unaccountahle
occurrence is stated to have taken
place day or two ago at one of the
photograph galleries in Eau Claire, Wis.
1t was neither more nor less than the
unintentional production, three times in
succession, by the unwilling photograph
er, of a tin type corresponding very
nearly to the regulation spirit PICTURE >
that is, there was, according to the
statement, another figure in the picture
besides those of the two who sat for it.
That there was no one in the gallery at
the time except the photographer and
the persons who sat for the picture the
photographer is said to be willing to as
sert by the most solemn asseveration.
Still it is certain that when the first pic
ture was taken blur appeared between
the two heads in the photograph; a Sec
ond trial resulted in the same way, and
the third trial made photograph with
an appraised hand and arm distinctly
portrayed between the shoulders of the
two persons in the photograph. Eau
CLAIRE Free Press.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-07
The People of Alaska.

Few realize what a terrible condition
of savagery exists within the domains
of this nation, or, to locate it more deli
nitely, in our recently acquired territory
of Alaska,-that is. if the report Of Miss
Maggie j. Dunbar, Presbyterian mis-
sionary at present stationed at Fort
Wrangell, may be credited. In q letter
to the Woman's Board of Missions in
St Louis this lady describes the terrible
sufferings of several families, old men
and young children, recently tortured
to death for the alleged crime of witch
craft. The people of Alaska, says the
writer, have believed in witchcrafts as
far back into the past as their traditions
carry them. When an epidemic or any
other calamity prevails. all the old
women and defenceless children that
can be caught before they have time TO
take to the woods are murdered accord
ing to the regular forms approved by
the Evolutionary ler non scaapta OF the
God-forsaken country. Some slckenlRg
tales of barbarism of this kind have been
told by persons who have with the ut
most difficulty saved themselves from
similar fate by fight to Fort Wran-
CELL, where they knew they would be
safe in the presence of United States
man-of-war.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-07

DR.. Temple S. Hoyne. DIR. Lyman Ware.
DIR. Charles w. Hemstead, DIR. William J..
Hawkes., DIR. T. G. Duncan, DIR. William
r. Griswold, DR.. Lyman Bedford, DR.. A.
B. Westcott. DIR. r. B. Bell, DIR. Charles d..
Clark, DR.. w. H. Woodbury., DIR. Allied III.
Hiatt, DR. Herman Hahn, DR.. Calvin M.
Fitch and DIR. John d. M. Carr.
The theory OF the doctors as above ex-
planned, finds it's continuation in the fact
that when the kidneys have been cured,
rheumatism is completely removed. This
is not, of course, always accomplished in
stantiy, for in disease SO subtle the cure
is often very slow, but under no other plan
can any hope of permanent relief be found.
There are hundred of cases on record dur
ing the present winter of persons afflicted
with rheumatic troubles of the worst order
who have been entirely cured by following
the theory above stated and used the REM
edy mentioned. Many of these persons
had the very worst possible symptoms.
Vague aches in different portions of the
body were followed by agonies the most
intense in some particular spot. Acute and
throbbing pains succeeded each other, and
the coursing poisonous acid inflamed all
the veins. Troubles, which began with
slight disorders increased to arrangements
the most serious 1t is sad to think that
all this suffering was endured when 1t could
have been so easily relieved. Acting upon
the theory and using the remedy above
mentioned the kidneys could have been re-
stored to their usual vigor, the uric poison
expelled from the system, the inflammation
removed and the pain entirely banished.
These are some of the real and scientific
facts regarding rheumatism, attested by
the highest authority, and they are, beyond
question, the only correct ones ever brought
forth. We are aware they are advanced
ideas, but ten years hence they will be the
accepted belief and practice of the world
If people suffer from rheumatic troubles in
the future and with these plain truths be-
fore them, they certainly can blame no one
but themselves.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-07
Making Acuuaintances.

Two gentlemen of business lived on
the same street. They were not ac-
quainted. The formal process of intro
duction had not taken place, and of
course they could not speak, for that
would be forward and improper, you
know. The men passed each other three
times a day usually forse years with
out a look of recognition. One Winter
day they met suddenly on slippery
corner. The feet of one went astray
suddenly, tripped the others, and their
owners rolled over and over down hill
until checked by the gutter. Apologies
were exchanged, hands were shook, and
the two men became acquainted. The
reader may help himself to the moral.
Another story points in the same direc-
ton. A pocket-book was found and
left where it could be obtained by the
owner, who said, when he was told who
found it: Il know who he is very well;
I've seen him great many times, and
if | were acquainted with him would
thank him. London (Coasn.) I'ele-
07'[I1H.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-07
An English Opinion on Oscars Trip.

The verdict passed upon Oscar Wilde
by the Americans, that he is no fool. is
not, on the face of it, complimentary,
though it was meant to be SO. 1t is
certainly true. People may have their
laugh, but Oscar is having not only a
good time, hut is making good deal of
money. His present expedition was
undertaken at the suggestion Of the
shrewd head and kindly heart covered
by the hat and waistcoat of Mr. George
Lewis, of Ely place. Oscar was in very
low circumstances, beginning to suffer,
with Mrs. Langtry, from the caprice of
London society, which was getting tired
of both He discovered that man can
not live by lilies alone, and was, in short,
faced by the grim and wholly inmsthetic
necessity of earning his daily bread. Mr..
Lewis thought that something could be
done in America, and preached the mat
ter to D'Oyly Carte, who took it up with
the cheerful results of which we get
some inkling in the kilograms from the
United States. In London people laugh
at Oscar, and certainly would not pay
to see him. In America they laugh.
but pay, and all is well. There is, by
the way, q good conundrum current
about Oscar. / don't know that it has
reached yon, but it will bear repetition.
s.Who was the first asthetic?n was the
question, and the answer, |'Balaam's
ass. because the Lord made him to (o)
utter '-Lo7adOaa Citizen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-07
New York's Broadway of To-Day


The elevated railroads have worked
curious changes with us, and one is a
matter of custom, says New York let
ter in Boston advertiser. 1t is so easy
and pleasant to go down town by them
that comparatively few men make that
trip or its return one their daily consti-
tutional. A walk down Broadway has
now all the pleasures of novelty, and yet
the Broadway of twenty years ago has
<'gone where the woodbine twineth.n
One need not be old, or even middle
aged, to remember it as the street par
excellence of New York. What crowds
one saw and met! How gay and full of
life it all was! Now let one start from
Union Square and notice the difference.
Until he passes Stewards he still sees
crowds, but near the junction of Aston
Place they begin to thin out. Just here
was one of the very gayest parts of the
fine street, when old Hiram Cranston
kept the New York Hotel, and the win
dows were filed with the faces of old
Knickerbockers in winter, and we'll
known Southerners in summer. From
hence to Canal street travel is nothing
to what it was of old. The Grand Gen.
trail, Metropolitan, and st. Nicholas ho-
tells stand as of old, but one cannot help
regarding them as ancient landmarks.
Canal street passed, the pedestrian en-
tiers the wholesale dry goods district,
and now he meets more and more peo-
pie, until the increase eliminates in the
iestling assemblage at the corner of
Fulton. Here is feast of numbers,
busy, anxious, and struggling, but for
many blocks not long passed there was
a famine.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-07
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