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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
HOG AND HOMINY.
A Mixture of Fun and wisdom for
Farmers.
ATLANTA Constitutional

According to the best information
at hand there is now standing in the
grain fields OF Georgia the largest
corn crop that has been rails
ed in Georgia since the war
A change of policy was her
aided in the unusually large era de-
voted to the small grain crops, and
it is emphasized by the large acre
age of corn. The oats and wheat,
pushed to their utmost by propitiOus
seasons, have been safely harvested,
aud now an immense corn crop Is
almost ready to gather. The acre
age in corn is not only larger, but
the crop itself has been fed and sus-
tanned by the most beneficent season
ever experienced in Georgia within
the memory of the oldest iDhabitant.
Upland corn is as rank, as vigorous,
ana as prolific IS that grown on
river bottoms. Supplementing the
wheat and oats already gathered,
the corn and fodder go long way
toward solving the problem of farm
economy. ,....
And; then there Is the sweet pOta-
to. Wherever this delicious tuber
has ]een planted it is responding
beautSthlly to the invitations of the
seaso4k Unfortunately, the 'possum
cann6ahe raised in the same patch
with the sweet potato; no such COLI
juncture of good fortune is possible
ON these sterile shores !; but we may
hope, nevertheless, that the same
seasons which fetch the cereals to
perfection are also engaged in pro-
pagating and fattening the 'possum.
Howbeit, the 'pOssum is a luxury
which self-denial may teach us to do
without. and the sweet potato is
worthy of attention, 'possum or no
'possum. We do not propose TO be
led astray by the accidental intru-
sion of the sweet-boned marsupial
into a sweet potato patch.
An abundance of oats and wheat
and corn by no means settles the
whole economic problem of the
farm, and we trust our planters will
bear this fact in mind. The west is
still shipping immense quantities of
salt pork and bacon. Now when
the corn crop is gathered and safely
housed it will hardly diminish the
surplus fo- each farmer to fatten his
own pork. There is no experiment
about this. There was a time when
the majority of our farmers raised
their own meat. They have oppor-
tunity now to renew experiments in
that direction. Instead of selling
their surplus grain for thirty and
fifty cents a bushel, they can econo-
mize by putting at least a small
portion of that surplus in pork.
Pork is very nice with turnip
greens. 1t is very nice if you are
acquainted with its history and
know it to be free from all taint of
disease. We want to see the days
when we can eat Georgia hams that
have been cured with the smoke of
hickory chips and packed in black
pepper to keep it clean and sweet.
Better even than Georgia cured
hams would be a knowledge of the
fact that our people, especially our
farmers, are taking scrupulOus ad-
vantage of the extraordinary oppOr-
tunities that Providence has placed
within their reach. There is no
more sinister fact connected with
our history during the past fifteen
years than that we have had few
barbecues. The times call loudly for
reform.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

Gen. ALEXANDER p. STEWART,
chancellor of the University of Mis-
siss ippl, who is at present i'll Austin
gives as an interesting account of the
condition of the institution of learn
ing over which he presides. 1t was
founded in 1913, being endowed
with public lands granted by the
federal government. The war play
ed sad havoc with its prospects, as
1t did with all institutions of learning
in the south, but it has been gradual
ly rccuperating during the last ten
years, until il now occupies a most
creditable place in the edu-
cational world. 1t employs ten
professors, maintains law
school and a preparatory school, and
at the last meeting of the board OF
regents, TO their credit, the PROPOSE
ton to open the university to both
sexes was adopted. Students arc
charged a matriculation fee, each
year, of $3.50, which admits stu
dents to all the schools. The uni
versity Is located at Oxford, in north
Mississippi, in healthy region, and
it is rapidly attaining favor, espe
cially under the chancellorship, az
the STATESMAN has heretofore
learned, of Gen. Stewart. This gen
tleman graduated at West Point
Military Academy in 1912, two
years after becoming an as
sistant professor in that school
in which capacity he remained fol
two years, when he resigned his po
sition in the army. He was tutor
in the academy of Stonewall Jack
SON and Senator Maxey. He at once
became professor of mathematics
and natural philosophy in Cumber.
land university, remaining there
until he resigned the chair to enter
the Confederate service. In 1874
Gen. Stewart was elected chancellor
of the university of Mississippi.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
A "Reminiscences of Bull Run.
New York Tribune.I

Among the northern men who
wenv down to Gen. McDowell's
headquarters shortly before the
battle of Bull Run "just to see the
fun," was Mr.. Kennedy Marshall, of
Butler, Pennsylvania, then member
of the Pennsylvania legislature, and
one of his "reminiscences of the stam-
pede and wild flight to the north
after the defeat relates to the late
Judge McGuffin, of Newcastle. "He
had been one of the 'On to Rich
mOnP crowd" says Mr.. Marshall,
"had come down to stifep up the
presidents spine, and was loud
in advocating a vigorous prose-
cution of the war. He was a
large man and wore a long linen
duster. When the rush to the rear
began be ran with the rest. He was
fat, and as the crowd gradually
swept past him he at last began to
think the rebels must BE almost
within grasp of his flying duster
tails. Blind with sweat and dust,
he tripped on log and fell flat on
his stomach. A Zouave, who was
hard at his heels, came down with
emphasis on top. Mr.. McGuffin was
certain that the Philistines were
upon him, and with weak endeavur
to roll his eyes around, that he might
see his foeman's face, exclaimed ::
Great God, gentlemen, can't this
thing be comprOmised~
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
Left to the Assistants.


Tie vicious and costly practice
which Gen. Grant first introduced
of abandoning the seat of govern
ment during the summer, and OF
turning over the public business to
subordinates, was continued by the
fraudulent president, and is now
adopted by Gen. Arthur. All the
heads of departments except Mr..
Lincoln, who was detained by the
new appointments under him, and
who will Immediately follow in the
footsteps of his predecessors, are
absent from the capital. So are
most of the assistant secretaries and
many of the chiefs of bureaus. For
the time beng the administrator is
carried on by irresponsible clerks,
according to the usage Of the last ten
or twelve years. The conduct OF
the great interests of the country is
left in inferior hands, or is suspended
entirely until the executive officers,
who are paid large salaries, may find
it convenient to resume their
neglected duties.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

THE Austin STATESMAN calls Gov.
Davis the "high priest in Voodoo-
ism," and says that he came over to
San Antonio "on the heels of fac
ton of disorganizers." The STATES
MAN has raised the bloody shirt, in
voked all the bitterness of the past,
hurled Its anathemas at the heads
of the friends of Judge Upson, but
in vain. We now give that sheet
fair warning that if it does not
stop it's unfair, untruthful viturpera-
ton of Gov. Davis, we shall ventilate
its would-be negro brigadier, until
there shall not be man in the tenth
district who will not be ashamed OF
such candidate.-Sdn AntoniO
Light.
The Light will be apt to ventilate
anything affecting Judge Hancock.
The editor of the Laght was the edi-
tor of the State Journal, which died
just death at Austin many years
ago, and when Hancock was can
didate for congress, in 1871, it venti-
lated what the Light now threatens
to ventilate. The charge was then
proven to be false by the record of
the war department, as well as by
individual proof. The Journal made
the charge repeatedly, and never
sustained it, though it had hirelings
who repeated it even after it was
proven false. The STATES
MAN is perfectly willing to
engage in any sort of a
contest in the interest of Democracy,
and does not back down from it
even when the Light is backed by
the Express. II knows there is all
the bitterness of old in e. j. Davis
and his supporters, and il asks no
qsarter from them. The Light
makes the first appeal to awar issue,
and this on false charge. Why
did it not admit the truth of what
we have said about Davis voodoo
practices when fraudulent governor
of Texas? The Light denys truth,
and asserts falsehood, and is defiant
in the belief that Democrats are
sneaking beneath its folds.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

THE Supreme Lodge of the World,
Knights of Pythias. which has been
in session at Detroit, Michigan, has
elected the following officers for the
ensuing two years: Supreme chan
.cellor, John P. Linton, of Pennsyl'
vania; supreme vice chancellor, John
Van Valkenburg; supreme prelate,
L. B. Allen, Of Virginia; supreme
master of the exchequer, John b
Stamph, of Indiana supreme keeper
of the records and seal, John j
Ward, of Maryland; supreme mas
ter-at-arms, George b. Shaw, o.
Wisconsin; supreme inner guard
G.. G. Manlove, of Mississippi; SUI
preme outer guard, John w. Thomp'
son, of the District of Columbia.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

Ex-GovERNoR SPRAGUE, of Rhode
Island, said to special correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Enquirer that
in making the stand at Canonchet
by force of arms, as reported,
in all respects he has been acting
under the advice of his counsel, and
that he would continue to defend
the place until Mr.. Chaffee's title, or
whatever he may call it, is adjudi-
Gated by the court, and he is shown
to have power to sell the property
Mr.. Chafiee will probably take coun-
sci with ex-senator Conkling as to
how he should continue to prowl
around Canonchet.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
mr. Barnum's Burglar Alarm.
rBridgeport Standard

Mr.. P. T. Barnum suggests that all
burglar-fearing households or occu :
piers of isolated buildings shall adopt
the latest protective measure ad-
vised by himself. In addition to all
the ordinary apparatus of offense
and defense, such as firearms, burg
lar alarm, telephone connections
with other building and the police
station, electric bells that reach the
houses of employees in the neighbor-
hood, etc., be has had placed on the
outside Of his house several large
pongs artfully concealed among the
Ornaments. To these gongs are at
tached stout ropes which fall into
various bedrooms, both up and
down stairs, so that any OF the in
mates hearing q suspicious noise can
alarm the entire neighborhood with
out leaving his or her room.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

A WASHINGTON special says that
Representative Young, of Ohio, has
written letter in which he refers
gloomily to the outlook in his dis
trict for his reelection. He says
that the prohibition question is
working harm to the Republican
party in Ohio, and especially so in
the large cities, which contain many
German Republicans who bitterly
oppose all legislation looking to the
prohibition of either the manufac-
ture or traffic in distilled and malt
liquors. A ellposted Ohio Repub-
lican says that he fully concurs in
the view Mr.. Young takes Of the
political outlook in the Buckeye
state, and believes that the compli-
cations and dissatisfaction result
ing from the prohibition question
will lose the Republicans two, and
possibly three, members in congress
from the state.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

The United States, Germany, Hol.
land and Denmark are the only ma.
tions of the world VIII ose care seems
to be to reduce their present indebt-
edness. The world has a great
many big debts, most of which can
be traced to wars as their cause.
The aggregate public Indebtedness
of the world in ~1848 amounted to
$7,627, ,692,215. This had risen in
1860 to $40, ,399, ,341 ,688, an increase OF
Sc per cent in twelve years. During
the next decade the figures swelled
to $17,117 ,640, 0,428, or 55 per cent ad-
vance, During the decade from 1870
telRS0 the total was still further
sweaed to s23,2S6, ,414,753, a fur
advance of sc per cent. This makes
the average annual increase for the
period between 184S and 1880 $780,
535.079. These are pretty large
figures, but the Boston Post thinks
the world is big enough to owe it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
Those FemaIeTramps.

The six young ladies who started
out not long since, unattended, to
tramp over the mountain districts OF
North Carolina, ended their Jour-
ney on Saturday last at Lauring-
burg, in that state. They walked in
all about 400 miles, and during the
long march have crossed mountains
and rivers and penetrated some OF
the widest portions of the state.
Much OF the time they have slept in
the open air, on hammocks swung
from the trees, the hammocks having
canvass spread over them in order
to protect the fair occupants from
the dew and rain. One night they
slept in a graveyard, and on
another occasion were greatly
startled by a bear walking into
their camp in the mountains. The
most difficult part of their tramp
was the ascent and exploration OF
the famous Bald mountain, whose
mysterious rumbling created so
much excitement some years ago.
The members of the party allege the
only annoyance they had during the
journey was from certain officious
parties of their own sex, who under
took to deter them from their pro-
ject, and called it an immodest pro-
ceeding. They are all enthusiastic
at the success of their undertaking,
and announce their determination
to spend their next vacation in the
same way. The novel journey has
attracted much talk, some favorable
and other unfavorable, to the fair
pedestriennes.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
the Bexar delegation,

to the Bexar delegation,
as though the former held the will
of the Democrats of Travis and other
counties in their hands. The con-
gressional canvass did not enter into
the Galveston convention in any
manner, for the congressional prima-
ries were called after the Galveston
convention. The Travis county
primaries instructed for Han
cock, and the week before the con-
gressional convention Mr.. Upson
spent in Williamson county, while
Judge Hancock was III New York,
and still that county sent a solid
Hancock delegation to Austin. Mr..
Upson was certainly disappointed,
but he and his friends, instead
of presenting themselves as
they did at Austin, should
have acted like true men, not as
abettors of the cause of Mr.. Davis.
Members of the Bexar delegation
may have wanted to trade, but they
did not, and the imputation presents
a depravity which we would moi
lay to any set of men, but which the
Express asserts. Truly, the Er-
press, in attempting to destroy
Judge Hancock, destroys people
nearer home. The course of these
men is really mortitying to true
Democrats, and therefore the true
Democrats of the tenth district
will rally around the nominee, and
they will elect him to congress i'll
spite of the Light and the ETpreSs,
or of any factiopist' who may hold
the field against him in the interest
of Mr.. Davis.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

The National Republican a stall
wart organ in Washington, is mad
about the condition OF the postoffices
in the south. 1t says: at is safe 10
say that nine-tenths of the postof.
fees in the late Confederate States
are filed by either unrelenting, in
.corrigible Bourbon Democrats or
by sycophantic, time-serving Re-
!publiccns, who so conduct them
selves politically as never to dis
please their Bourbon surroundings" ;"
What's the matter now? Has Hub
bell, asks the Mobile Register, been
sending his circulars to southern
post9fiices, and have the boys failed
to respond?
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
A NAr1vE American partv

A NATIVE American party has
been started in Baltimore. The OBJ
iects of the new party, as stated in
the circular sent out, are: .'This or
ganization shall consist of white
voters only, and shall be divested of
all sectarian and religious proscrip-
ton; the protection of American
institutions from foreign influence,
and American industry from foreign
competition, as well as convict
labor ; to check foreign emigration,
and to ultimately stop the indis-
eriminate influx ofpauper labor into
the country by the imposition of q
heavy per capita tax on all foreign
ers arriving in this country; to ad-
vocate the passage of such laws as
will reserve public lands for the
benefit of actual settlers only; to
make such changes in the naturali-
zation laws as will require twenty
one years. actual residence before
being entitled to the elective fran.
chise; the election and appointment
of Americans to office.n
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
The Whole Truth About Politics
Tnanuar

lDCufCL
"Julia" wants to know "What a
party platform is" "Well, a plat
form, Julia, is one preamble and
twenty resolutions; strong in non
essentials, vague in essentials; round
the bush on tariff and rough as thun-
der on the Mormons; clamorous for
civil service reform, with a reserved
definition of civil service reform
down on corruption, loud in its
praise of purity, and determined to
have if it takes every cent the panty
can raise. The platform, you 1n-
derstand, Julia, is a legitimate and
necessary part of the campaign pomp
and circumstance; it goes along
with the banners, transparencies and
torches, aud when the campaign is
over-well, it is stored away in the
cellar or garret, along with the rest
Of the uniforms and torches. A
campaign platform is very much
like the campaign torch, indeed it
gives out a great deal of smell and
smoke with a very uncertain flicker
ING light"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

A CORRESPONDENT of the ST. Louis
Globe Democrat writes that Emma
Abbott acknowledged to him that
she had been speculatiug in stocks
in Wall street and had been so sue
cessful that she has been christened
"The Mascotte." The correspondent
adds that he afterward learned that
she had made 100000 by her ven-
lures during the summer and had
been aided by Messrs. G. p. Hunting
ton, Oakes, Russell Sage, Jay Gould
and other Wall street magnates'
Miss Abbott says, however, that her
prosperity will not part her from her
art
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
A Bit From n Sermon by Brother
Rarnaa
[Cincinnatl Commercial. !


"Now, Paul and Silas, when they
were taken to Jail, looked like two
tramps. If you ever saw a man who
has passed through the hands of a
mob you can imagine what they
looked like. SO we can't wonder
that the jailer should expect them to
escape. This is nature up to the
hub--up to the hub L say. You
need not cough in that way,
lady, when | say up to the hub.
L propose to talk to these
people just as l please. 1t was
natural for the jailer to expect the
two prisoners to escape, but when
Paul treasured him they were all
there his gratitude knew no bounds,
for the escape of his prisoners meant
death to him. The jailor was con-
verted at once. Did he know what
he was doing? The Lord don't care
whether you know what you are
doing or not; all he wants is a will
ing mind. Now, dear friends, for the
last time, let me ask you to accept
this Saviour who raises no question
of sin with you"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

CHOLERA seems to be slowly but
surely coming. For three years it
has been travelling westward from
its home in Asia, and now it is in
eastern Europe, and the public is
beginning to feel alarmed about it.
Not many days ago the London
board of health decided to enforce
at once the strictest quarantine regu-
lations against vessels from Borneo,
the PHILIPPINE Islands and other
Asiatic points. The appearance OF
the disease in western Europe will
be certainly followed by its intro
duction into this country. There
seems to be no escape from it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

The British soldiers who consti-
tute the rifle team that will shoot
against the American team in the
international military match at
Creedmoor on Semtember IA and
15, have sailed from Liverpool and
are expected in New York on Sep
tcmber 8 or 4. The match will take
place on the 14th and 18th of Sep
famhar
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
Conkling's Candidate.

cincinnati Commercial Special.]
Mr.. Conk!Ing's candidate for gov
ernUr is said to be Clarence A. Sew
ard, son of the late secretary OF
state, and a prominent lawyer OF
New York. Mr.. Conkling is of the
opinion that the name of Seward
would fire the Republican heart as il
did twenty-five years ago. 1t is said
that Mr.. Conkling's own heart might
subsequently be fired by receiving a
share of the large law practice that
Mr.. Seward would be compelled to
abandon if he should be elected gov
ernOr.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

the ocean out of his throat and nose
and trying with his knuckles TO clear
his eyes of brine-one of the most
distinguished of American states
men, a man whom Oscar Wilde men,
toned by name to Sam Ward as the
finest specimen of manly beauty 10
be found outside the Caucasus.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
African Burlesqae on European
Loyalty.
GLOndon World l

The airs that the fellow Cetewayo
gives himself are tremendous. lie
would not receive the governor OF
Madeira, but sent word that "the
king sleeps" and on awakening the
first morning at Melbury road, he
expressed a wish that the people
should be thanked for the way in
which they had cheered him." This
really only wants the insertion OF
"was graciously pleased to express"
etc., to read like bit of our own
court circular.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

THE Chinese bill, according to
Senator Miller, of California, has
found much favor on the Pacific
coast, and has formed no issue be-
tween the dominant political parties.
Mr.. Miller says even the Chinese on
the Pacific slope like it, being shrewd
enough to understand the labor
nrnhlam
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
Helping Chalmers.
[Washington Post. Dem ]

Perhaps no other act of Mr.. Hub
bell and his associates on the Repub-
lican campaign committee has ere.
ated so much discomfort and elected
so much complaint as his sending
money to Mississippi to help elect to
congress "the man who stole the
Shoestring district"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

The figures show that the impetus
of the wonderful agricultural de-
velopment of the south indicated by
the census of 1880 is not yet exhaust.
ed. 1t is probable that the eleventh
census will show a steady growth
during the whole of the present de-
cade, and before it is taken the
government lands in the south will
probably all be in private hands.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

A PROMINENT railroad man pre-
diets that in very few years, every
fast mail train will carry pilot
whose sole duty 1t will be TO watch
the road ahead, sigaal switches,
bridges, functions, crossings, etc.,
and signal the engineer. The mys-
terry is why il is not done at once
The engineer has plenty to do in
managing his engine.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07

Near Fort Valley, Georgia, lives a
man who has named his children
after animals, having a belief that
they will in consequnce live to an
old age. There are four children
and they are named respectively
Rabbit, Coon, Fox and 'Possum.