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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-27
HEAR WHAT THE DEAF SAY
PROPOSALS FOR BIDS

For leasing the Texas State Penitentiaries, en-
tire, or for the labor Of Convicts confined there
in, by shops.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by
the undersigned up to IL O'Clock M, Friday,
September 10, 1882 for leasing the Texas State
Penitentlaries, and all property thereto be-
longing, the buildings, machinery, and labor of
from 500 to 700 convicts in each penitentiary,
For a period Of Is years from January |, 1883
Proposals will also be received up to same
time for the labor of convicts, by shops, from
50 upwards, on like plan as contracted for in
Northern Prisons, for periods OF from five to
ten years from January !, 1888.
Both prisons well supplied with commodious
shops.
The Rusk Penitentiary is situated near town
of Rusk, fourteen miles from i. 81 q. N. r. R.,
and will be connected Herewith by narrow
gauge railroad, now nearly completed. 1t is
surrounded by an abundance of iron ore of fine
quality. Will have connected with it a fine
blast furnace with capacity of twenty five tons
of pig iron per day. TimUer for coal easily Sc
cured. About $4,000 at disposal of the Board
to place machinery in said penitentiary.
The Huntsville Penitentfary, on the line of
the l. IL G. N. r. r. 1t is supplied with con-
siderable amount of machinery and tools, for
making wagons, furLiture, chairs, shoes and
additional machinery.
Bids will also be received until Tuesday, Au-
gust 49, 1882, for Lease OF about 800 convicts, to
be worked on farms on the outside, in forces of
not less than sixty
All bids to be directed to the Governor, at
Austin, Texas, and must be accompanied by a
good and sufficient bond, in sum of SIC, 600 in
case of bid for lease of entire penieentiary, and
bond of $1,000 for each 100 convicts, or frac-
ton thereof proposed to be contracted for,
whether on outside or inside, conditioned that
contract and bond will be entered into and axe
cuted If proposal be accepted.
Bids for outside labor will be opened by the
Board at the office of the Governor of the State,
in the city of Austin, Texas, at IL o clock NJ,
on August Is, 1892 and contracts awarded.
Bids for lease of Penitentiaries or inside la
Dor will be opened at the Office of the Governor
at IL M, on Friday, fifteenth day Of September,
1882, when the Board will determine whether
each Penltentiary shall be leased entire, or the
labor by shops in limited numbers, after which
contracts will be awarded to the highest and
best responsible bidders.
The Board reserves the right to reject any and
all bids offered.
For full particulars, address T. J. GOREE,
Superintendent of PenItentiaries, Huntsville.
Texas, who will send circular with full infor-
nation.
O. M. ROBERTS,
Governor.
FIR LUBBOCK D.. pua
Treasurer. VII D'Ni"'
THOS. j. GOREE,
Supt. Penny.
Austin, July /, 1882. jy1oawsw
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-27

Twenty-four tarantulas were killed in
one night at The deaf and dumb asylum.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15
In an editorial on JeWett Adams the

In an editorial on Jewett Adams the
APPEAL has been fair enough to adj
nit some of his good traits, and now
the Democratic papers hold up our
opinion before their readers as if an
oracle had spoken. If they will print
all we have to say about Adams this
Fall we will guarantee to give them
plenty of good digestable reading mat
ter for some time to come.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15
THE SCHOOL QUESTION

The most important issue in this cam
paign and one which the Democrats
are persistently endeavoring to ignore
is the education of the children now
growing up in Nevada. There is scarce.
~ man, however partisan in his po-
iitical views, who would not rather see
his sons and daughters enter their fight
with the world, well equipped from all
educational standpoint, than to see the
party of which he is an advocate be in
power for ever. How can a man, the
cherished hope of whose heart is the
mental accomplishments of his offspring,
stand idle while the public school inter-
ests are being jeopardized ? The men
who formulated the Eureka platform
laid cunning plan to catch votes by
leaving out the educational plank, in
the hopes that they could assure their
friends during the campai gn that there
W. uld te great reduction in taxes
consequent upon the little interest to
he taken in school matters. The lead
ers of the Democratic party look upon
the rank and file as ignoront and I'M
thinking men, who do not want educa-
tional advantages for their children.
They hive made 4 grave mistake in
trying to fasten this brand upon Ne
vada Democrats. There is not a Dem
ocrat in the State who does not take
pride in the education Of his children
and any attempt to deprive the rising
generation of the best facilities of that
description calls forth a roaring protest
from every miners cabin and every
workshop. To show how little the
Democratic party cares for this leading
principle Of prosperity and progress
we have but to point to the fact that d.
r. Sessions, their State Superintendent
of Public instruction, who holds ran
office where vast amount Of good
can be done for the public schools, has
been for the past year away from his
post of duty, editing Democratic news
paper in Eureka, and at the same time
drawing salary from the State.
While the law does not compel him to |
reside at the capital, it contemplates
that his time will be employed the |
State at least. The school houses now
standing in Nevada are over crowded,
and instead of destroying those already
built, there should be more. Every |
thousand dollars spent for school houses !
saves the State five times as much in |
the future. 1t is the ignorant who are |
the vicious and err minal, and many a |
man who has cost the State tens of
thousands for criminal trials might have !
been turned into an hone st citizen if, |
when he was il boy, he had learned to |
read and write. Calling people vulgar |
and trying to laugh away the
Issue will do no good. The Democratic
press must give some good and suf-
ficient reason for its attitude on educa-
ton or ack knowledge the truth.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15

Catarrh cured, health and sweet
breath secured by Shiloh's Catarrh
Remedy. Price. 80 cents. Nasal In
jector free. For sale at ThaXter's.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15

Sleepless nights, made miserable by
that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is
the remedy for you. For sale at Thax-
ter'S
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15

Why will you cough when Shiloh's
Cure will give immediate relief. Price
10 cents, 80 cents and 81.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15

Senator Jones will arrive here in
time to take an active part in, the
political campaign.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15

The Democrats are busy raking up
Mr.. Powning's hoyhood. If Cassidy
wants to make fight on that issue all
well and good.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15

At Cagwin & Neteware's fishing
tackle, croquet sets, bycicIes, baby car
riages, etc. a3e
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15

The highest medical authority is pro
nounced in denouncing the use of ice
made from other than pure running
water. The old theory that freezing
purified water in stagnant ponds and
destroyed impurities, has been explod-
eel, aud it is now settled fact that no
ice is fit for use but that frozen in run
ming streams. Doc Benton has an
abundance on hanc, cut from the c. r.
son river, and delivers the same to ali
parts Of the city. Orders left at the
livery stable will receive prompt atten-
lion. ..... If
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

Yesterday afternoon the Republican
State Central Committee met at Vir-
ginia City and appointed an Executive
Committee. The candidates are we'll
pleased with the assessments levied,
and considering the fact that their cleo
ton is almost foregone conclusion,
they ought to be. The newspaper rep
resentatives and the Committee held a
consultation and mapped out plan of
campaign which will result in vigorous
and effective work this Fall. A start
has been made by which there will be
concert Of action all through the con-
test, which means victory to the
whole ticket.
After Cassidy was elected to Con-
gress he spent an entire session of the
Legislature lobbying little bills through
the Senate and fixing little tricks for
Jim Fair, our slippery Senator from
Ne yada. This strikes US as nice
business for a Congressman to be in
volved in but as he went to Congress
on Fairs money, [See Eureka election
returns, when Fair fell as far behind
his ticket as Cassidy went ahead he
felt in duty bound to go into partner
ship with Dick Dye. Cassidy makes
splendid Man Friday for his master.
The Democrats are busy raking up
Mr. Powning's boyhood. If Cassidy
wants to make fight on that issue all
well and good.
Senator Jones will arrive here in
time to take an active part in. the
political campaign.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15

Lost, last Saturday, at the Miners
Union picnic, an order book. The
same is of no benefit to any one but
the owner. The finder will confer a
favor by leaving it at this office.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15

Shiloh's Cure will Immediately re-
lieve Group, whooping cough and bron-
chitIs.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-15

Shiloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure is sold by US on a guarantee. 1t
cures consu n otion. For sale at Thax-
ter'S.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24
AN ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO THE IRISH In
AMERICA.

| During the delivery of the eulogies on
the late Congressman o'Connor, of South
| Carolina, in the Senate, few days ago,
Mr. Bayard took occasion to pay a very
high tribute to the Irish race. In the
course of his remarks he said:
Mr.. O'Connor, although>a native-born
citizen of South Carolina. possessed in q
marked decree the characteristics OF the
| race from which he sprang. His name and
parentage were Irish, and he was one of
the almost countless illustrations of worth
and character, eloqpence and wit, courage
and capacity, which that Island of song
Ireland-has contributed to build up and
strengthen the government of the United
States and the advancement of its people.
Mr. President, if the names of men OF
Irish birth and Irish blood, who have deco
rated and dignified the annals of American
history, were to be erased from the record,
very much of the glory of our country
would be subtracted. In the list of Amer
lean statesmen and patriots, theologians
and poets, soldiers and sailors, jurists and
ora tors, what names shine with greater
lustre. CT are mentioned with more respect,
than those of the men, past and present,
who were from Ireland? On that imper-
ishable roll of honor, the Declaration of
Independence, we find their names; in the
prolonged struggle that followed there was
no battle field from the St. Lawrence to
the Savannah, but what was enriched with
Irish blood, shed in the cause of civil and
religious liberty. To-day We find them in
our midst honored and beloved by their
associates. and valued, not by their consti-
tuents alone, but by the entire country"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE 4 ST. PAUL.

(RAcIEE AND SOUTHWESTERN DIyINoN.)
Leave for Racine and Milwaukee 25 a. H. and
HOO p. m.
Leave for Dubuque, Wirssna. St. Paul and Minneap-
oils, $50 a.. m.
Leave for McGregor. Portvilie Calmas Sioux City
and Yankton IL 100 p. m
Arrive from Racine and Milwaukee, 4:35 a. na.. and
6:25 p.
buque. 100 p. m.
Arrive from Ysnkton, Sioux City, Portville and Nc
Oregon, 515 8. m.
Through sleeping cars all night trains.
The Night Express leaving Rock Island every Sun
day night at II 100 p connects with the train ST
irving in chicago early Monday morning. No lay
over checks given on through tickets from Rock L.
land TO Chicago. Through tickets only Hsod on this
train
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24

and summoned for the protection Of his
.stock against enemies which may scatter
the herd and reduce him to poverty. All
this makes the mountain Laplandsr one Of
the hardest of men, and his physical struc-
ture shows at once that he is equal to the
demands Of his life. He Is Of short stat
ure.. compactly but slightly built, with
strong limbs, has light weight allowing him
to climb, jump, and run quickly.
0phthelmia il quite prevalent, on &C
count of the cold winds and, the glare OF
the snow; in the spring great care has to
be taken with the eyes, as the reflection OF
the sun is very bright in April, May, and
the beginning of June; without blue or
green goggles one easily becomes snow
blind. The men and women are active to
great age. Their life in the open air
and constant wandering on foot preserve
the elasticity of the muscles; their simple
habits, the keen, invigorating dry air, and
the pure water. (which is without lime) all
contribute to secure longevity to those who
have been able to pass the severe ordeal OF
childhood. Many attain very great age,
some more than hundred years. Although
the Lapps live chiefly on animal food, bar
ley flour is almost always found in the
kata, to be used for mush, unleavened
bread, or blood pudding. They often mix
their milk with sorrel grass Qsumex.)
They are great drinkers of coffee, invet-
crate smokers and snuff takers The vice
of drunkenness, once SO prevalent, has now
almost entirely disappeared at home; but
whenever they go to a town, and can pro-
cure spirituous liquors, they generally
have. frolic for day or two.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24
THE MOUNTAIN LApLANDER.

The Laplander {says Du Chaillu, in his
Land Of the Midnight SUM- by the severe
training he undergoes from childhood.
sleeping on the bare ground or resting
against stone, suffering hunger, and be-
ing exposed to great changes in the wealth
er, has very great powers of endurance.
In summer he has constantly to follow his
herd, which is for the greater part of the
day on the march, as they are not then
obliged to dig to get to the moss. He is
also compelled to go through swamps and
boys, or to cross patches of soft deep
snow, to swim or pass rivers swollen by
snow or the flow from glaciers, as nave
frequently done; often hungry, and obliged
to milk a reindeer for subsistence, when
he comes to the kata he is overcome
with fatigue, and, changing his wet clothes,
falls into sleep brought on By sheer ex-
haustion. Frequently he wanders over q
tract Of nearly one hundred miles, remain
ing three or four days in district. then
moving six or seven miles farther. In win
ter he travels over weary wastes, during
violent storms, suffering from hunger and
cold. On the watch night and day for
bears, wolves and gluttons, perhaps he is
suddenly awakened after sleeping an hour.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24
Friday February "a. 1882
THE PANAMA CANAL.

| The building of the Panama canal hos
pital at Asplnwall is an ominous sign; but
| in view Of the fact that rs canal officers
| and over 1 200 men have died there up to
| date, it would seem that not only a hos
pital, but large cemetery, a gang of sex
tons, corps Of ministers, and well-ap-
pointed coffin factory were needed. The
laborers does not appear to distress the
company seriously, but it denies the loss
of 70 officers. However, DR.. Corovalles,
surgeon of the foreign hospital, swears to
the truth of the figures, and q consular
certificate, with date sworn to, corrobo-
rates them. Not q shovelful OF dirt has
yet been taken from the canal proper; and,
since so many men have died in the pre-
liminary work, the estimate By man on
the spot that &c, 600 will be killed before
the canal is finished. does not seem to be
extravagant. The French excavating ma
chimes have proven even less efficient than
the Jamaica negroes and their shovels, who,
working for France and ten cents
8D aIOuI, HdYO SuCn tA
ing way of dropping off. So the canal
company has contracted with an American
firm to excavate 100000 cubic meters
through the swamps from Aspinwa,1 to
Gatun, at the rate of thirty cents meter.
It will take six months to build the first
excayator, and digging can hardly begin
until late in the year. Tfis Aspin
wall country, where more than 1 800 lives
were lost when the Panama railroad was
being built is the delightful resort for in
valids to which De Lesseps would send his
family if they were ILL., In the face of his
tory and doctors he has always maintained
that Panama was beautiful, and has shown
considerable indignation and scorn when
any one yentured to call up fact about
Panama feyer-yellow fever under another
name Hundreds of men have landed at
in vigorous health, only to fall
within few weeks, victims of the dread
ed fever. Two months ago thirty Belgian
mechanics went there to set the French ex-
cavators at work. but eighteen of them
have died, and the others are leaving as
fast as they can Most OF the workmen.
1t is reported, would turn their backs on
De Lessep's beginning if they had the
means, but they came without money and
cannot get away.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24

disease. His little life has l,een q brief
misery. Nature has wrought 20 repair the
the breach in her works. The foul fluid
/ from rotting bone has been sent to the sur
face through. whichopens half way
to the knee and win not heal. The mother
is pale as her child, wan and pinched with
years of vigil and heartache. How she
has given her health, her bloom, her prime,
to ease the gnGwing misery of her child. is
told in few words by the Dean, words
that transfigure him. He is no longer
ambushed behind the kindly crtlelties OF
his profession, and, as he tells the simple
story his heart is ON the bloody sleeve OF
his black gown, and many hardened
student takes quiet pull for his pocket
handkerchief and clears the mist from his
eye lashes. The parents go out, the
mother casting many a look behind just as
you have seen mothers who are taken
away from the grave of child
Just buried-More ether The
wasted little body is unclothed. Down
goes the merciful knife to the rotting
bone, through almost bloodless flesh that
has been robbed of its nutrition by the
unnatural drain. The boy has never
rompcd in rude sport like other lads. He
repeats no shouts and laughs, no rugged
Iaugh--but in the sleep that is on him, he
prattles of the few play things that have
soothed his wretched hours, and sees again
the occasional spring of green leaves and
bloom that bis mamma has put by his pill
low. and while the chain saw is crushing
through his bone and gouge and forceps
are clearing away the wreck, he murmurs
childish pet names to his mother Where
eyes were misting before there is rain
now. The prattle dies away, There is a
long interval with no breath in the little
body The Dean stops and listens,
finds the pulse in the thin an
kle-goes on. The last piece of bone is
brought away. The class is called to look
1t Natures attempt to separate the dead
bone from the living. But Nature has no
chain saw and her little patient would die
before she could finish her surgery. The
cash is filled with oakum and the baby is
sent back to his waiting mother There
are other operations, crooked spines to
be supported and old men to be repaired,
but this baby has made surgery to be seen
with a changed vision and the surgeon to
stand clothed on with the white garment
of mercy, while the black robed Sisters
who serve in the hospital, stand sentry to
its daily cares and hear all night the
groans and complaints and signs in which
stricken human flesh weeps out its pain,
are the good angels of q world in which
our infirmities may bring US all to be
healed by the knife snd sheltered by the
hospital.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24

The declaration was made to the English
parliament yesterday that the United States
had reached the summit of agricultural
prosperity. and that the English farmers
had seen the worst of the competition with
American grain
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24

OF 81 members added o the house since
the apportionment of 1854 the states of
which Chicago is the CT Gle and CONNER
cial metropolis have called for 45.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-24
THE NEW DISTRIBUTION.

The distribution of seats in the house
under the proposed congressional appor-
tionment affords the following comparative
result, by geographical sections, with for
mer aDportiOnmeHts: