The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.

IL Gall NOW bt SttH why CtldlOT
Morgan, of Alabama, wished to eX-
clude dealers in futures from the ben
etit of the ensuing bankrupt law. He /
knew that futures" would get the |
boys sooner or later, as reference to /
Vincents course will confirm.
Nearly S4I,OO0,OOO are invested in
in Maine-largely in /
and Auburn-and about |
S3,OO0,OOO in wooden manufactures. |
For every Sl.0OO,OOO invested 100000 |
yards of cloth are manufactured an
100 hands employed, and !
$4,000 disbursed for labor every |
year. The 81. 10000 invested in that |
state, therefore. produces 100000 |
yards of cloth annually, gives employ |
ment to 100 hands, who are paid
81. $4,000 for their labor.
England is the most fortunate gov
eminent in all history in her foreign
affairs. With vast interests in every
quarter of the globe, she has no trou-
Die from other powers. In winding
up her brief but brilliant campaign
in Egypt she has now the endorse
ment of Russia, Germany. Austria
and Italy. When these are for her
there is. but little use in any other
power kicking about the matter. Her
diplomats and her invincible iron-clad
navy are the means by which she
makes such powerful impression on
surrounding and contemporary peo-
pies.
The royal palace of the king OF
Greece, at Athens, was built by King
Otto, predecessor of the present mon
arch and son of Louis of Bavaria.
When he was elected king in 1882 by
the national assembly he found that
Athens had been left by the Turks in
such state of dilapidation that it re-
Sembled heap of ruins rather than
city. A German architect was sent
for to repair things generally and to
plan the construction of a palace.
The neighborhood of the Temple of
Theseus was chosen for the site. At
ter awhile King Louis of Bavaria paid
visit to his son. why" said Louis.
1.-The architect has chosen the most I'M
healthy part of the whole city. Now,
have taken note of ii better site,
| which possesses all the advantages
this one lacks" But, father, | as
sure you that" Never mind; l will
prove what l say" And King Louis
at once ordered two pieces of fresh
meat to he placed one on each of the
two sites. Sentinels were posted to
prevent the meat being stolen. Twelve
hours later the piece of meat left upon
the site chosen by the German archi-
tect was found to lie purified; while
the other piece, placed upon the site
of the present palace, was found to he
perfectly fresh and sweet. Louis of
Bavaria was student of the science
of hygiene.
The late Mr.. james T. Fields, while
| conducting the Atlantic Monthly,
once remarked that he could make his
magazine SO good that nobody would
read it. This statement involved no
paradox. Almost any author, who
| has attained eminence, will, though
perhaps reluctantly, acknowledge that
| in order to produce books that will
sell" he has been under the necessity
of writing down" to the level of the
appreciative capacities of the great
majority of the reading public. y
magazine whose every number may
be relied upon for containing two Oh
three popular stories enters large
circle of buyers who would never be al
the pains to cut the leaves of an arti.
Gle devoted to literary criticism or alb
struse questions of science, or to alb
Stract political diSquiSitiOnS. Let two
or three pages of wit and humor" be
added, still larger becomes the circle
of reading patrons, for few are the ca.
pacities below the appreciation of d
joke. In addition, let but comic and
miscellaneous illustrations be intro
duced, and all that prevents the uni.
versal circulation of such magazine
is the competition of rival magazines
of the same sort. Everybody, from
the elegant lady in the parlOr to the
scullery-girl in the kitchen, looks at
pictures. For this not even a knowl-
edge of the alphabet is required.
A bill has been introduced in the
Florida legislature to incorporate the
international Railroad and Steam
boat company of Florida with cap
ital stock not to exceed $15,OO0,O0O, to
construct a railroad from point on
the Georgia line to Key West AND
Tampa, Florida. Among the incor.
porators are Gen. John b. Gordon, OF
Georgia; William Watson and Ma.
thaniel Green, of England; DIR. Ed
ward Warren, of France; Hugh j
Jewett, of New York, and Maj
Robert w. Hunter, of Virginia. The
length of the contemplated road is es-
timated at 400 miles, and the bill pro.
vides that the state of Florida
shall grant the company 1906
acres of land for each mile OF
road completed, in return for the
large amount of traffic and trade
through the entire length of the state
to and from the West Indies, Mexico
and Central and South America,
which it is claimed the construction
of the road would secure. 1t is under.
stood that Gen. Gordon expects also
to receive government aid in the pub
lie lands belonging to the United
States, along the line of his contem
plated road. Under the bill the com
pany is also granted the privilege of
holding, owning, and hiring such yes
sells, propelled by sails or steam, as
may be requisite to connect with the
proposed railroad for the purpose OF
conveying mails, freight or passen
gers.
The gold product of California
from the discovery of the precious
metal by james w. Marshall, in the
y
184S, to June ~, 1881, amounted tC
Isl, 100000. OF this sum 100000,
1000 is estimated to have been extract.
ed from the auriferous placers. The
remainder represents the yield of gold.
quartz mines, of which the state con.
tains many. The yearly product OF
gold in California is from $16,00Q0OC
to $20O00,OC0. From the date of dis
covery to 1861 inclusive, the gold pro.
duct of California aggregated $780,
100000, derived chiefly from the mod
ern river beds and shallow placers
A large proportion of the remain
ing S200,O0000o has been OBJ
tanned in the deep gravel de-
posits by the hydraulic meth
cd. Strange as it may appear,
an industry which has contributed so
largely to the wealth of the world,
and has been the means of the settle
ment and development of California,
has reached period in its history
when it is claimed by large portion
of the community to be a greater evil
than blessing, and the question of sup
pressing the hydraulic method of
gold-mining has been the subject of
the subject of earnest discussion in
and out of the halls of legislation.
The law has been invoked to sup
press or control it. Even the state,
through its attorney-general, has
commenced suit to suppress it. The
trouble grows out of the immense
amount of debris which the hydraulic
miners are discharging constantly into
tho mot or oOnrcQo of fha ~ IA