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

JOSEPH Z. JOHNSTON cannot he one
of the commissioners of the District
OF Columbia, because he has not been
a resident OF the city of Washington
for three wears.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

REPRESENTATIVE MCKINLEY charg-
ed that he could name dozen Demo-
Gratis in the house who would oppose
any system of tariff legislation.
When their names were demanded of
him he is said to have performed the
crawtish act. But this reminds us of
the scene in the house when Kelley
offered a resolution to take the bill
out of the committee of the whole
and pass it. The Democratic side of
house was already well worked up
over the attempt of the Republicans
to gag them on the legislative apprO-
priation bill, and at this iuncture for
Kelly to offer such y resolution was to
put them entirely out of patience.
Mr.. Carlisle was on his feet as
quick us thought, and denounced the
resolution as tyrannical and
unprecedented. Thereupou d
dozen members were on their feet
talking at the same time. Kelley
hOwled, Haskell roared, and McKin-
ley yelled, but there was no use kick
ing against the pricks. Carlisle had
sounded the keynote, and the Demo
Gratis stood by him in solid phalanX,
and the resolution of Kelley was lost.
The Republicans left the house,
swearing that the Democrats were
fillibusterers, and were determined to
defeat the tariff bill. The Democrats,
Oh the other hand, said that the Re-
publicans were afraid to have their
pet scheme discussed, but wanted to
apply the gag and rush important
legislation through the house under
whip and spur.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

The tax on cotton ties roots up
near SoO0,OOO. This is paid 10y the
planters, and they never get it hack.
Yet the iron monger is clamoring for
more taxes to be placed upon the
farmers and farm laborers of the
south.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

a DISTINGUISHED Ohio senator"
tells IA Washington correspondent that
Gov. Foster has done more to corrupt
the politics of Ohio than any man in
the state
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

AND NOW Gov. ONeil, of Alabama,
is catching fits for not being sharp
enough to know what Treasurer Vim
cent was doing with the state funds.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

THE supreme court of the United
States has decided that state statutes
against the intermarriage of whites
and negroes is not at variance with
the federal constitution.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

SENATOR-ELECT TABOR, of Cali
fornia, in 1875 was a poor man keep
ing small store at California Gulch
near Leadville. Since then he has
made S1OOOO,OOO and has been divorced
from his wife.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

SENATOR BECK's prominence in
the tariff debate is said to be part of a
concerted movement by his Kentucky
friends to bring him to the front as a
presidential candidate next year.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

Ii THE tariff bill fails to pass this
session. as it appears it will, will
President Arthur call an extra session
of congress To give the taX-burdened
people relief
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

IRELAND simply desires To be
placed ON the same footing as Scot
land; and the British government is in
duty bound TO make such concession.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

BREvITY is said to be the soul OF
wit, but the compiler of this aphorlsm
had never read Legislative commit
tees report upon state penitentiarieS.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

A BILL abolishing the Sunday law
is pending in the California legisla-
ture. Republicans oppose it and Dem
ocrats support it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

STATE repudiation,I probably, had
something to do with the conduct of
Tennessee's treasurer. The moral
effect of such thing cannot be good.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

THE discussion in the senate yes
terday on the bill providing for the
sale of school lands was interesting.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

GEN. JOHN b. GORDON was poor
until he quit public life. He was Ger
tainly an honest man.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15
TX OaOlN
Per cent

The value of the cotton crop Is very
largely enhanced by the recent dis
coveries. for such they may be called,
of the great value OF the seed for oil,
for feeding cake, and as fertilizer.
Passing this over now, we are pleased
to know that the experience Of u COM
paratiyely small number OF cotton
growers, some of them with but re-
cent practice, is demonstrating very
clearly that intelligent calture can
readily double and treble the profit
realized from this crop; that while the
great mass of cotton growers have
barely eked out poor living, and
only that by reason Of the natural
fertility of the soil and AN exception
ally favorable climate. yet in no other
of agricultural industry
does correct information, intelligence
and skill bring larger returns.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

DENNIS KEARNEY has joined the
woman suffrage band.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

THE LEGIsLATURE will be held re-
sponsible for the penitentiary leases
since its approval is provided for.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15
The Magnitude of the Cotton Crop.

The American Agriculturist con-
tains the following: VERY few have
any adequette conception of the mag
nitude of the cotton crop grown In a
small number of our states, nor of the
practical monopoly we have in this
product over all the rest of the world.
Fewer still, among the producers
themselves, appreciate how profitable
this crop may be made, simply by in
creased intelligence on the part OF the
cultivators. In no other crop Is there
so fair chance for large returns for
time, labor and capital expended. In
grain and dairy products we have
competition in nearly every other
country. Next to food, cotton IL u
prime necessity for large part Of the
human race. yet its culture is neces-
sarily confined TO a narrow belt OF the
earth's surface, below 379 OF latitude,
and only small part of this bclt will
produce good cotton. The present an
nual cotton crop of the world Is about
$4,000 bales of about 450 pounds
each, or 1896, 100000 pounds, produced
as follows:
Per cent. Per cent.
United States. .78 Egypt ..y...,. 3
East Indies. 10 Brazil ... 2
That is our country produces near
ly four-fifths of the entire worlds cot
ton crop, BIZ pounds TO 1 pound grown
elsewhere. Our four annual crops,
prior to the present year, aggregated
22,877,00 bales, of the average weight
of about 400 pounds. the average an
nual crop being 5,7l9,250 bales or
1885, 1885, $50 pounds. At the average
price in the New York market of III
cents (nearly), the annual value OK
ceeds $300,0O0,0O0. OF our own crop
not quite one-third (32 per ceDvhas
been manufactured at home, and over
two-thirds 6S per cent? has been ex-
ported to other lands, most largely to
Great Britain. (Of last years crop
we used about three-eighths, syn per
cent, and exported five-eighths). or
the worlds total production of cotton
the little territory of Great Britain
takes and manufactures almost two
fifths, or 80 per cent. The consump-
ton in manufactures by different
countries is shown approximately In
the following table:
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

\ MEMBER OF the New York senate
has introduced bill in that body ere
ating state board of labor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

THE house committee on coinage
declares it unwise and inexpedient to
stop the coinage of silver.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

CAPT. EADs wants to get up a corn
er on deep water at Galveston.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
THE DAIRY.

-Soiling cows is again becoming .
large item in the agricultural papers.
Whether it will ever pay or not in this
country is an open question. Many men
claim to have done it, and probably
they have in q small way, but we know
Of no community of dairymen who have
abandoned the pasture practice for it,
even in the face of the enormous profits
that some writers are able to figure out
In its favor. We never could see how
cows could be induced to eat enough of
the rank feed to make the extra labor
pay, but the way to prove it is to try
tt.-Erchange.
Here is straw that shows which
way the wind is blowing: Zone of the
wonders of the Iowa State Fair last
week was the production each day of
about fifty pounds of butter from milk
furnished by cows on the ground. The
milk fresh from the cows was put into
the centrifugal milk separator, the
cream spun from the milk, and from
thence put into \ churn and quickly re-
duced to butter" 1t is our candid be-
lief that this method of separating the
cream from the milk will very soon SUI
persede all other methods. The num-
Der of these separators now being pur-
chased by the owners of herds of dairy
cows is quite amazing, judging from
our own individual knowledge of late
purchases. Since these machines have
been reduced in size to the working OF
less than single horse power. there is
no reason why any dairyman with
twenty cows or more should be without
them.-Ihe Dairy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
How Many Murderers Escape.

1t appears that from 1860 to 1882 one
hundred and seventy persons were tried
in Massachusetts for murder in the first
degree. Of this number only twenty
nine were convicted and only sixteen
paid the extreme penalty of the law.
Of those convicted one committed sui
eide and twelve got their sentences
committed. Here, then, during a pc.
Rod of little more than twenty years
were one hundred and seventy murders
in one State and only sixteen execu-
tons.
In Connecticut during a period Of
thirty years, from 1850 to 1880, nine
ty-seven persons were tried for MUIR
Ger in the first degree. Of these only
thirteen were convicted of that crime.
and not more than seven were hanged
The statistics for other States would
doubtless show similar results. In New
York City there were one hundred and
eighty-five homicides during the four
years ended with 1877. This was an
average of nearly one homicide week.
During the same period there were four
executions, or just one year. The
number of persons tried for murder in
The first degree in the city is about
twenty-five every year, the number
hanged does not exceed on the average
one or two a year.
These figures are full of significance.
They show that either through the fault
Of the law itself or its administration
by juries the statute imposing the death
penalty for murder is in the vast ma
jority of cases dead letter. They fur
Their show that, while murder is conn.,
mon crime. the murderer. in great
many instances, succe eds in escaping
punishment entirely.-M 7. Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
BUTTERCCPS.

=
Jennie was watching the cows come home
Down by the meadow-bars alone,
Jennie was only farmers lass,
And she let down the bars so the cows could
pass
Dut of the waving, blue-eyed grass
With butter-cups sprinkled upon 1t.
Picking buttercup out of the lane,
stephen was strong and merry.
Jennle! sne heard her mother call.
Out lnsre AT her SIDE stood the farmer tail,
Anu ner cheeks grew as red as a cherry.
L III coming, mOtner. she turned TO so,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
HUMOROUS.

"A nipping air-The one the mos.
quito sings before he bites.-Fhladel-
phia Herald.
When hen retires for the night,
it is quite proper to speak of her as 8
rooster.-Rochester Post Express.
Colorado has no SLEEPY Hollows, {"
but has plenty of material for such a
place. Its mountains are full of Cam
yawns.
Philadelphia ladies are learning
baseball; one of them has caught her
husband out several times already
Boston Bulletin.
How is it you can tell such whop-
pers?n asked caller, addressing the
editor of the fsh-story department.
"Well, you see," replied the editor,
''our wife's name is Anna" "What
has that to do with it?'' "a great
deal. When we are writing fsh-stories
we usually have Anna nigh US to help
u.s." The caller was carried to the hos.
pital.-Chicago Times.
The old gentleman met him at the
door, almost before Hernandez hand
had left the bell-knob, and with one
courtly gesture of his paternal hand
waved the young man in the general
direction of the front gate. Hernandez
obeyed, with infinite tact and courtesy,
remarking as he moseyed down the de-
serted street, that he knew the signal
service had predicted cool wave from
the northeast, but he had no idea il
would get along so soon.-Detroit Post.
Five or SIX couples had been invited
in to play cards and listen to music,
and peaches had been passed with other
refreshments. The party was just
ready to break up when the terror of the
family entered the parlor and called
out: There, pa, what did ma tell you?'
The governor probably knew what
was coming, but before he could get the
youngster out of the way he shot off the
other barrel with: "Ma said if We
bought clingstone peaches we'd save at
least halt, and we have. Detroit Free
Press.
Little Mary, who is very much in
terested in studying ''the laws OF
health since school began, had been
asking Mr.. Rather all sorts of questions
about diseases and their remedies.
"Now, papa" she continued, IF you
neglect bad cold you lay foundation
for the consumption, don't you?"
Eyes" answered her father. "And
consumptives are thin and pale, ar'n't
thew" YES" "What other signs
are there in. well. in quick consump-
ton, papa?" Five minutes for refresh
ments, posted in railroad stations" re-
sponded r. The examination closed.
Boston Courier.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

John Cockerell, of the st. Louis
Post Dispatch, has finally settled down
as managing editor Of the New York
World.
1T is said that Charles Reade, the
English novelist, is engaged in writing
series of lives of the patriarchs OF
Scripture.
General Grants life has been pub
lished more times than that of any
other President except Washington
Chicago Herald.
MIR. B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Parting
tony is said to be much improved in
health since the beginning of the sum-
mer. He has returned home to Chel.
sea.-Boston Post.
Mr.. George w. Childs, of the Phila-
delphia Ledger, has recently added to
his already large and remarkable col.
lection of clocks one that used to be
owned by the first Napoleon, and for
which he paid $1,000.
-Ex-President Folks widow was re-
Gently made the recipient of a large,
fiat bouquet, skillfully arranged with the
figure eighty in the center, on the eight
ieth anniversary of her birth. 1t was
from her neighbors in Nashville, Tenn.
MIR. L. n Fowler. one of the origi.
nal phrenologists who could tell from
the bunions on boys head whether he
was to be hanged or to be missionary,
has arrived in this country and will
lecture during the winter.-N Y.
Herald.
Mrs. E. Lynn Linton, the English
story-writer, is pleasant-faced lady Of
sixty years, With gray hairs and specta-
cles. She spends her winters in Rome,
and is general favorite in society be-
cause of her brilliant conversational
powers.
The widow of the late Phillip Speed,
of Louisville, died recently at Coburg.
Ontario, having survived her husband
only few months. She was the daugh-
ter of George Keats, a brother of the
poet, whose name is familiar to all read
ers of Lord Houghton's Life" Mrs.
Speed herself wrote poetry, which she
refused to have published during her
lifetime, but which is to be given to the
world as memorial of her by her
family.
-lne SHlueSe MINISTER EeCeutly CtIcs
brated the event of his little daughter
reaching the age of four weeks, accord
ing to a Chinese custom, by dinner
served in American style. Covers were
laid for twelve, and all the Chinese Le-
cation in Washington were present and
toasted the youthful heroine. Miss Mi
Ju is the first Chinese child born in
Washington. She receives the name
Mi, which means America, as compli-
ment to this Government Washington
Posf
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
Some Peculiarities Of Tigers.

The quickness of hearing is in these
animals, admirably supplemented by the
| complete silence of their own move
ments. A man when walking after
game has TO stand still in order to listen
for other sounds, as his own passage
through the bushes and his football on
the ground make it impossible for him
to perceive whether fur or feather is
astir in his. neighborhood. But the
tiger though walking over dead leaves
and twigs that rustic loudly if lizard
glides across them, and which crackle
under the light step of the jungle fowl
or the fox-is absolutely noiseless. 1t
comes into sight like an apparition, and
vanishes with the same ghostly still
ness. Sometimes, therefore, in an cx-
cess of audacity, either from hunger OF
despair of other means of escape, the
great carnivora viii double back upon
their pursuers, and trust to silence in
passing to carry its conspicuous hide
unframed through the very midst of its
enemies. Thus, on one occasion, a man.
eater, which had killed an officers serv-
ant, was tracked up, and, the body be-
ing found, it was determined to punish
the murderer. A ..machan, therefore,
was prepared in convenient tree, but
while all were at work, the tiger came
back, and in spite of what was going on,
carried off the corpse!
The tiger in this wonderful quietness
of its approach shows itself true cat,
but in other respects, besides its objec-
tons to climbing, it differs from its fam
lily in its tastes. Thus 1 have seen a
tiger take to water of its own accord,
and paddle about in it with as much ap-
parent pleasure as Newfoundland dog.
Indeed, the beast has been frequently
shot when swimming, and it is supposed
to be a curious fact that the body sinks
at once and never comes to the surface.
But as there are generally crocodiles in
the neighborhood, l do not think there
is room for much surprise at the nom
appearance of the carcass. Nor in the
hatred of the wild dog for the tiger is
there anything adverse to the usual
theory of the relations between the ca
nine and feline species. But it would
hardly be believed that the tiger, in the
combats that ensue with these Jungle
packs, sometimes gets killed. Several
sportsmen, however. have found corpses
of dead tigers with the corpses of wild
dogs killed in the battle scattered
around it. Nor do other animals hest
tate to meet the Raja of the Jungles in
fair fight-notably the wild boar. A
case is in my recollection where party,
being out in the jungles after miscel-
laneous game, came upon huge boar
lying dead, and tracking up the blood
which led from the scene of the strug-
gle, found fine full-grown tiger with
a score of wounds, ripped up and life
less. 1t must have been grand sight
to have watched that woodland duello.
Bears also will sometimes dispute the
path with the tiger, but they have no
chance, and the tiger generally ends by
eating up as much of the bear as it
wants.-L0ndon Telegraph.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
Old Butter.

1t is live question, just at this time,
what success the holders of summer.
made butter will meet in disposing Of
their stock. At present the demand is
almost entirely for fresh made goods,
and mostly of the kind known among
the trade in this city as extra cream.
cries." extra firsts selling better as a
rule than any dairy makes. Owing to
the scarcity of these grades, a little OF
the best grades of butter which has
been held for short time has found
purchasers; but the majority of that
sold was for speculative purposes. The
sales of such held stock may continue
for short time, when the cooler
weather will bring large amount OF
butterine on the market, which will sell
at much lower prices than holders are
willing to take for their held dairy and
creamery butter, and the result will be
that the butterine, being of fine quality
and fresh made, will sell in preference
to any old butter.
1t may not be well known, except
among the sellers of butter, but it is
nevertheless fact, that butterine was
sold in this city last winter so fine thai
many consumers could not tell it from
creamery butter. Consequently we may
expect avery lively competition between
the makers of fine butterine and the
holders of old butter during the
present fall and winter. That an in.
creased amount of butterine will be
made and sold there is no doubt; and
that it will take the place of any old,
favored butter that may be sent here to
sell, whether dairy or creamery, is be-
yond question.
Consumers of butter have now be,
come so much opposed to anything moi
fresh-favored that they will use largely
of product that is always fresh, though
it may not always have the fine, deli.
cate favors of fresh-made butter,
'.But," say you, 'this is talking up
adulterated butter" No; on the con.
trary, we are merely stating the fact,
as all dealers in the commodity well
know.
When man manufactures an article
for any particular market it would be
common sense to expect him to pro.
duce goods which he is sure will find
favor in that market. When he goe.
contrary to this plain business rule he
must expect, and surely deserves, fail
ure. So, too, with this question: The
amount of butter held this year is prob
ably as large, or larger than ever be
fore. and with the experience OF last
winter to base judgement on, very
little old butter can be sold at profit,
as it does not suit the consumers, and
holders are very likely to fail to see a.
many dollars for their goods as they in.
vested in them. That the surplus will
sell at some price at some time before
another season opens there is no doubt,
But that butter, held after the first OF
October (summer-made), will sell fol
as much as it cost, there is serious rea.
son to doubt. Old-favored butter will
not now, or at any time in the future,
be wanted by the great centers of trade
distribution. and the quality that al.
ways suits, always pleases the market,
and is most likely to produce profit to
the maker, is fresh-made extra cream.
cry butter.-American Daiyynaan.