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Republicans and Chinese.

The republicans make the
most specious platforms, prom
ising great things, but when put
to the test their promises are
meaningless and the platforms
prove to have been adopted
solely for the purpose of court
ing popular favor. The repub-
lican national platform, adopt
at Chicago, says: THE au-
thority to regulate immigration
and intercourse between the
United States and foreign ma
tons rests with the congress OF
the United States and the
treaty making power, the re-
, publican party, regarding the
unrestricted immigration of
Chinese as a matter of grave
concernment under the eXer-
else of both these powers,
would limit and restrict that
immigration by the enact
ment of such just, humane and
reasonable laws and treaties as
will produce that result" This
plank in the platform was adopt
ed for the special purpose OF
showing the laboring classes
and artisans that the republi-
can party was mindful of their
interests and had a strong de-
sire to protect the poor work
ing men, but when the Chinese
bill, or rather the bill restrict
ing Chinese immigration, came
up in congress, the republican
members attempted to shirk
the responsibility of passing it.
Excepting the members from
the Pacific slope and the noun
tain states, it was like pulling
eye teeth to get republican sup
port for the bill. The vote in
the house was I67 for, the
democrats supporting it almost
unanimously, and 65 against
nearly all republicans. If they
could have divided the respon-
sibility of rejecting it with the
democrats, the anti Chinese bill
would have been left to sleep
that sleep that knows no wax
ing. The pledge of the party
was given at Chicago for the
purpose of catching the vote Of
the people of the Pacific states,
and having got their votes and
got into power, they had &C
complished all they ever IN
tended to do. The republican
party is one of magnificent
promises and a miserable fail
IRE as TO performance.
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The Dallas Herald says that
its city has been slandered and
misrepresented more than any
other town, city or locality in
Texas. Dallas has been made
the subject of jibes and jokes by
newspapers in and out of Texas,
yet she has held her own in a
remarkable degree, and her en-
terprise and progress is an am
pie refutation of any joke, or,
for that matter, ISLANDERS that
may be perpetrated at her ex-
pense.
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IT seems that Weatherford
! has a democratic nominee for
mayor, but he has neither an
nounced nor has the CONNER
cial Herald been informed Off
cially that the democratic nomi-
nee was a candidate. 1t says
if the gentleman desires his
name announced its columns
are open at the usual price. 1t
purposes to conduct its paper
on pure business principles.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-03-30

GuITEAU has one cell to sleep
in and another for his Office.
He keeps busy selling photo
graphs and autographs. A
contemporary expresses the
opinion that it is about time
old Nick was heating up a
special grid-iron for Guiteau.
Old Nick has been in business
for a long time and knows how
to prepare for the reception of
his friends and patrons without
any special instructions from
this part of the moral VINEYARD:
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Mr.. GoULD's enormous pos

Mr.. GoULD's enormous pos
sessions in the way of securities
and stocks, estimated by him to
be worth s53,ooo.ooo, has
been investigated by critics
who regard it as an over
estimate they claim that the
stocks are all watered that it is
fictitious valuation placed upon
them. One item of So. ooo. 900
in the Western Union Tele-
graph stock is figured down to
a net cash value of S2,875,ooo
and other securities are re-
duced in like proportion.
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I've Houston Post says the
Brennan BANNER artfully ad-
ministers little taffy to the
Dallas Herald, and that paper
gulphs it down at a single
mouthful. Editors, as well as
Congressman, are after all, only
human. The Post is as fond of
tafy as any Gifts neighbors and
it takes it just as readily and as
freely.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-03-30

GARFIELD's illness has an in
side history which, when fully
disclosed, is going to show up
somebody in a very bad light.
is claimed that the true con-
dition Of Garfield was communi-
Gated by those, or some Of
them in charge of him, to
spectators in Wall street, and
that the information thus OBJ
tanned was used for speculative
purposes.
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The Tyler Courier says it is
understood that the governor
favors the purchase of state
bonds at the fancy premium OF
forty cents; it is disposed to be-
lieve that the governor has Civ
en- the subject due considera-
ton and that it is best to buy
the bonds at that price.
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THE Dallas Herald, in a
lengthy editorial, calls attention
to the gross subject of the fish
and game laws of the state, and
it cites the fact that the
law is violated day after day
and year alter year, but yet no
cases are reported wherein par
ties have been prosecuted. A
portion of the press of the state
has persistently called attention
to the matter, but. so far, with
out success. 1t rests with the
people themselves to see that
the, law is strictly enforced.
There is no finer climate in the
world for the propagation of
fish than Texas, and with prop
er care a very few years would
suffice to restock the now de-
pleted streams. An observance
of the law concerning game
would soon make it abundant
again.
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MOVING the capitol of the
United States to some central
point in the Mississippi Valley
is again being agitated: The
public buildings at Washington
have cost a great deal of money
and with the railway facilities
now enjoyed, distance is almost
annihilated. The probability
is that the capitol will re-
main at Washington for long
years to come.
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The Dallas Herald has a few

The Dallas Herald has a few
remarks on the duties ola re-
porter and says: "The legiti-
mate function of the reporter.
be he a local of the place, or
representative acting for some
other paper at a distance. is.
solely to obtain the precise data
on all subjects of general inter-
est. His personal feeling, pre-
JUDGES or opinion should play
no part in a report, facts and
facts alone are what he should
deal in.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-03-30

The Gainesville Register has
something to say about the COW
boy. On his native plains he is
a very different boy from what
he is when surrounded with the
allurements and temptations Of
the city; it is only when expos
ed to these vices and tempta-
tons that he shows to disadyau-
tage. The cowboy is good
when his surroundings do not
admit Of his being bad.
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A couNrRY editor lives a life

A COUNTRY editor lives a life
of sunshine and shadow; when a
delinquent subscriber drops in
and pays his subscription it is
sunshine, when a creditor drops
in and demands money IT is
shadow. What makes it uncom-
Portable with many country ed
itors-publishers of weekly pa
pers-is, a plethora of shadow
and a dearth of sunshine.
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STATISTICS showing the dis
tribution of wealth in Great
Britain prove that the poor are
growing richer and the rich
poorer. In IS4o the average
property of the rich was SI44,-
100, Of the middle class S7,I95;
of the working people S24o. In
1877 the wealthy had an aver
age of SI2o,oI5; the middle
classes s5o45 and the working
people $3.50.
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- - 1N>hSNs 90
The Dallas Times is CIV
ing gratuitous advice to weak
minded citizens whom it dubs
Independents.
- The Bellville Times re-
ports the farmers of Austin
county as jubilant and hard at
work in their fields.
"A Burleson county man has
already announced as a candi-
date for county treasurer at the
November election.
Clean up is the cry of the
Dallas Herald. Every spring
the same thing is said, but no
cleaning up is done.
Young man named VIII
liam Pack died at Lampasas
lately. Nothing was known
concerning his antecedents.
: Several young ladies have
promised to edit the Caldwell
Register while the editor,
brother Lemons, is gone to
"Californy."
: DR.. F. c. Lawrence suicid-
ed near Kerville on the 22d
inst. by taking IS grains of
morphine within the space of
halt an hour.
= A whole host of drum
mers are out in San Angela,
Tom Green county. There is
no place too remote for the av-
erage drummer to reach.
= A Fort Worth paper is
now run wholly by gas. The
engine that furnishes the power
for the presses ofthe Live Stock
Journal is regular gas engine.
Beef cattle are so scarce
in the vicinity of Huntsville that
it takes the beef contractor for
the penitentiary about seven
days in the week to fulfill his
contract.
"A negro calling himself
Andrew Thompson, alias Jack
son, alias Cotter, has been ar
rested at Bellville by sheriff
Lewis. He is a sort Of Nor
man and had two women with
him.
= Temple is now having a
regular boom; the coming of the
Missouri Pacific road has put
new lie in the town real estate
is IN demand and new buildings
are being put up. General bust
ness is brisk. A
The report that Giddir
is to have a new paperjS,
previous" We are i
that no paper will be
there for the present,
dings offers a fine field
one who wishes to pu
paper for glory.
The case of Henry
convicted and sentenG
prisonment for life fos
der of Reuben Nd
Hampstead, about
ago, and tried in AIN r1u
has been approved B
Of Appeals.
= A dead beat
self DR.. Scott,
Kansas, landed "a
Christmas and b,
OF tafy succes
into debt to the
He skipped am
zorians mournan
he is.
James Bur!
in BRENNAN, hay
the mayors
for misbehaivo "a
Bolton last Fri E.
Brunei, propf Fice
factory, fGS had
SoOOO hon
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No Reduction in TaxatiOn-Millions
for Plumber.

New York Sum-
The republican majority in
congress appear to have firmly
resolved that the taxes of the
people shall not be diminished.
Though far in excess of the
actual necessities of the govern
ment, they are to be maintained
at the same exhorbitant figures.
The millions to be drawn
from the people are to be ap-
piled to enormous projects.
Thus the opportunities of pub
lie plumber are to surpass all
previous experience, and the
days of Tweedism and Grant
ism are to be put in the shade.
But perhaps the people will
haye something to say to this
vast programme of plumber
when their turn comes in the
year 1884.
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The Fort Worth Republican,
a republican paper, is of the
opinion that the federal appoint
ments in Texas are by no means
as good as they might have
been, and it hopes the present
administration will make an inn
provement.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-03-30

The success of St. Jacobs
Oil throughout the civilized
world, is without a parallel
Richmond (Va.). Southern
Planter & Farmer.
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Bee Hives for Sale /!

The undersigned has a num-
Der of American Bee Hives"
for sale cheap for cash. APP
ply early. ]. w. WERE.
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An exchange says that the
present session of. congress has
appropriated S55,ooo,ooo for
maintaining the Indians. And
1t might have added that over
half of that sum will be stolen
by the Indian ring and its
agents and suffers.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-03-30

THERE is a disposition in
some quarters to tamper with
the homestead law of the state.
1t is true that the present law
might be to some extent modi-
fed, but it should not be abol-
ished. A homestead law is un-
questionably a good thing.
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Xellnw Fever.

lhmons Liver Regular will couuieract the
ct of alcoholic poisoning. BY its use the
9id liver Is aroused, the nerves quieted,
gastric disturbance corrected and intern
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. sixteen
performed

sixteen
performed
4, of Berlin.
applications,
Emit baths" are
ally valuable in
p observed by
bld at the win
The Vega in lati-
.rees 5 minutes
ostly feeble and
like formation so
eristic of these
simple lumi-
She sky, was
this distin-
S theory is
portion of
1JinnuC rrnWr
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4 Children suffering with collie soon expe-
rience relief when Simmons Liver Regulator
is administered according to the directions.
Adults as well as children derive great bene-
III frnm thi. me1icine
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.lcoholic Poisoning,

J. at hand for those who suffer day
y with Piles. Simmons Liver Regu-
IS cured hundreds, and it will cure
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ChiIls and Fever.

There is no need of suffering any longer
with chills and fever-Simmons Liver Regu-
latOr soon breaks the chills and carries the
fever out of the system. 1t cures when all 9TH
or remedies fail.
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Collie.

The Regulator has proven its great value as
rsmedial agent during the prevalence of
at terrible scOurge. Simmons Liver Regu-
1tor never fails to do all that claimed for II i.
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Piles.

regarded as q trifling ailment.
T. lds the II most regularity of the
5erelOre assist nature by taking
Ever Regulator, it is so mild and
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Dyspepsia.

This medicine will positively cure you of
this terrible disease. 1t is no vain boast, but
We assert emphatically what we know to he
true, Simmons Liver Regulator win cure Won
CAUTION
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J. II, ZEILIN & co.
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As there are number of limitations offered
10 the public, we would caution the cOmnirl-
nifty to buy no simmons Liver Regulator aI
Medicine unless in our engraved wrapper,
with Red ~ trade mark. stamp and sigma
ture unhroken. None other genuine.
NJ uDUHHA O nn
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NIX Headache.

Summons Liver Regulator soon erajici
this disease from the system, leaving the S
clear and free rom all impurities.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-09

The reason men often glve for not
insuring their lives is that they "haye
to die to win" Here is something on
that order from Monroe, La, taken
from the Times-Dcmocrat
Since the death of Mr.. Maurice
Bergen, which occurred here last week,
. strange incident has come to light in
connection Herewith, which may prop
erly be given 10 your readers. In the
early part of the year, feeling . premo-
Dition that bis end was drawing near,
be so stated-to friend Of bis, q prom
mont young attorney Of this place, say
ing that be would be dead man be-
fore Deeemberl. HIS friend replied
that he hoped not, wbereupon Ar.
Bergen, who was tailor, offered to
bet ST5 suit Of clothes against q
coffin Of equal value that he weuld.
The bet was made, aud Mr.. Bergen
won aud was buried ip a handsome
casket, supplied BY bis friend.
TIE death Of Gen. Daniel Tyler, at
New York, on the latipst,, is announc-
ed He WAS born 1893, resigned from
the army ip 1858; Fs-e1tersd during
the late war and was second II cont
m4ad Il tbe battle ef BeF Raa.
sinee ihe gsr ~ hss Rep epeagsd -
aSrqaa hli
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-09

A Texas exchange says that twenty
years ago JEFF Davis issned q proc
lamation outlawing Gen. Benjamin
i. Butler and putting price Of $685.
600 on his head. This was for the
murder of young Mumford, in New
Orleans, and Buffers order in refer.
ence to the women of New Orleans.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor, then in the
Confederate army, Hstill-hunted T"
for Butler long time, but never
caught him, as we all know. After
the war General Pryor removed to
New York, where he has lived ever
since, practicing law, and last fall,
at Buffers request, he went down
into Massachusetts and stumpcd the
state for the Beast" and outlaw of
1882. Verify, times change and men
change with them, and politics
make strange bedfellows,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-09

FRANK FRAYEE, an actor OF cousId-
cradle note, while attempting to shoot
an apple off Of the head of Miss Won
Behren, in the play of Isl SIoeum,"
at Cincinnati, Dec. lst., shot the lady
through the brain. 1t was purely ac-
cidental, as he had been doing the
same thing for several years. They
were soon to be married and the grief
of the actor was uncomfortable.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-09

TIE Richmond (Ya,) State says:
"The Louisiana State Press association
has had it's yearly meeting, and Col.
Bob Rivers, Of the St. Charles hotel,
gave them grand banquet, iu which
be brought ont bis magnificent service
of gold, which is only used on extra
ordinary occasions. What do you
think of that, Bohemians Of Yirgieia
Gold piaFe, READ gold plate for press
dinner"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-09

SUNSET Cox says he is candidate
for speaker of the next house, and
that the friends of Randall and Car.
Isle are little previous" in i'm
sgining that the contest will simply
be between those two gentlemen.
Mr.. Cox says Pennsylvania has only
twelve Democratic votes in the next
house and Kentucky only eight, while
New York has twenty.one.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-09
nloNE srAEl asRaEFN.

A $IoO, 900 oil mill has just becn
completed at Jefferson.
A Chinainan for whom a reward q
$500 was offered III Chicago, was
caught at Laredo last week.
Between Austin and San Antonio
hundreds Of acres Of cotton have
gone to waste On account Of scarcity
of labor.
The Oldest daughter Of Governor
elect Ireland, Miss Mary, is % BE-
married on the 18th inst. to AIr. ].
w. Graves, at Seguin.
The election. returns are not all IN
yet. Ireland is over 10000 ahead
and several counties aee yet 70 be
heard from which are known 10 have
given him q majority.
A Mexican, at Laredo. put his hand
in his pocket to get q bottle Of
whisky and was bitten by cent?
pede which was lying in conceal.
ment there. The whisky and prompt
medical treatment saved his life.
That dyed-in-the-wool Democrat,
John NJ. Claiborne, of Galvestcn,
chairman of the Democratic execu-
tive committee Of Texas. II eandi-
date for door,keeper Of the house Of
representatives when the new con-
gress meets.
Gov. Ireland received one pleasant
letter last week, but it was sand
wiched in between about forty APP
plying for office. 1t was from
tailor in Kansas City, and said that
his friends at that place requested
his measure for a suit of clothes.
Silver veins have been found in
the Palo Pinto mountains, in tho
western portion Of the state. The
ore has been assayed At III ounces
to the ton. Negotiations are now
being carried on with two mining
companies--one Of New Mexico and
the other of Arizona to open up
these mines,
A dispatch from Clcburne to the
News gives an account Of q da. ing
attempt to rob train on the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa 70 railway,
Twelve miles from Blum. On tho
rain were several guards who were
expecting the attack, Aboutseventy-
i've shots we're fred and the robbers
two or three Of them being
None Of the guards were
lurt.
The lessees of the Tennessee peni-
entiary were leased the Rusk peniten-
iary, and Cunningham a Ellis tho
huntsville penitentiary for fifteen
years, the convicts to be satisfactorily
liVided, on the 80th ult, The stale
nrns over to the lcssees all contracts
made with farmers and others, which
he lessees bind themselves TO carry out
The lesseos pay the state
10000 per annum for each peuiten-
larry, bear all the expenses, and trans
oFt all prisoners from the county jails
0 the penitentiaries.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-09

In 1875 Robt. Mayo, negro, mar
ried woman thought to be a mulatto
and two children have been born to
them. The negro now wants divorce
on the ground that his wife has no
negro blood in her veins and by con-
tinuing to live with her be is violating
the law.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-09

TIE Corpus Christi Free Press men
tions the fact that great deal of Ium-
Der is being shipped from that point
to Monterey, Mexico. This matter
Of interest to our mill men, who are
destined to be drawn upon pretty
heavily for lumber, in the near future,
to supply the rapidly increasing de-
mand of Mexican markets.