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applying By Letter, Stating his symptoms xnd age
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vital fluid passing uuobserved IN the urine, A. d
many other diseases that lead 20 nsanity and death.
DIR. A8NTIE, who Is a regular physician Cgrzd
uate Of the University Of PonnsylYania VIII ayr,
% iorieit Five tfuBdFe6 noIlnEs for casU Il
this kind the VITAL EESTOEATsFE (uuder bis
special 5dyios and treatmentl viii not cure, fer
anything impure or injurious found IN Il. OF.
hsSTIE treats al Private Diseases successfully
without mercury. Consultation free. Thof-
ough examination and advice, Including analysis n
urine, S.. Price 81 Vital Restorative, 50
bottle, or four times the quantity, Sf0s sent 20
cured from observation, and IA private nans
desired, By A. z. sssSTiz, u. p. 30.
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Seminal Weakness.


s prsciced by the youth OF both sexes to an amo st
unlimited extent, producing with unerring certainty
the following train Of morbid symptoms, unltss
combated by scientific medical measures, viz Salcw
countenance dark spots under the eyes pain In q
head ringing in the ears noise like the r'lstng Ct
leaves and rafting Of charots uneasness about Il
loins, weakness Of the limbs, confused visor,
blunted intellect, loss Of confidence, dfidenee IL
approaching strangers, dslike 70 form new &C
guaintances, disposition to ahun society, loss a
memory, hectic Pushes, pimples and various cruz
tions shout the face, furred tongue. fetid breati
coughs, consumption, night sweats, monomania Al
frequent by insanity.
CURED ST HONE.
Persons at distance may be cured az hone ~
addressing letter to DR. GIDEON, stating csse.
symptoms, length Of time the disease has continued
sad have medicines promptly forwarded, free from
damage snd curiosity, 70 any part Of the country,
with full and plain directions. By iuclosing ter
dollars II registered letter, through the Postoee,
or throu "a Wells Fargo s Co. package Of uls1icine
iil be forwarded TO any pert OF the Union. Pissse
say you sew this advertisement % IS Rgc3ED
USTos. address De. J. = GfEE0S,
is2t-4pttSsv Boz ie57- sen Frzacisco.
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PAELsF-There &. fair spot trade IN progr, IS,
but the speculative move ment seems % be checked
for the tim being. On call t. day il was hard
vgaik 70 place 800 tong Such a small record has
hardly i ever been presented before. Sinple lots
Of Feed change hands at 90a92lc foI best quality.
BE .ing still drsss at 91al OBJ though some par
ties arc asking high rates. Public sses OF No
Fesd were
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PHE GREAq ENgTISH RgngDY

Ia a never-falling coIe
Tor Nervous Debility, FL D..
hau5tod Vitality, SEN =
inal Weakness, sper-
matorrh1a, Lost Nan
n q o 4, Iun p OF enc =,
Paralysis, and all the te. :
nbie effects Ok solf-abuss ,
youthful follios and en-
cosses "a mature year.
such As Loss of Memory
Llssltude, Noctuu al
Emissions, Aversion 20
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TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DR.. GIBBONS DINPEHNAgI
62s gearny street. san Francisco.

Established 10 1855, for
the treatment Of Sexu
and Seminal diseases
such as G0n0Thes, Gleef
Structures, Syphilis in a
It's forms, Seminal Weak
ness, Impotency, Skin
Diseases, etc, perm q.
nently cured or no charge.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
Especially Political.
[SOutheast Texan.

The Austin STATESMAN is too pure
too unselfish, too generous, for any
OF the uses of this world.-IIoustoI
Age.
What is to be done about it, Uncle
Daniel?" 1t won't do to lose ii. from
this world Especially politicaD; and
the Democratic party needs all the
purity and unselfshness that can pos
sibly be gathered from every source
"Too generous !" Major, where did
you study sarcasm? TOO generous
was called forth, no doubt, by your
perusal of a recent editorial in the
STATESMAN, which, when pressed
into nutshell, virtually charges
Gov. Ireland with being actuated
more by personal feeling and preju.
dice in the discharge of his duties as
chief executive, than by proper con-
Germ for the public interest and wei
fare.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
STRANGER THAN FICTION.
A Ring Once Owned by Gen. Sedg-
wick Found In Austin.

The trite adage that "truth is.
stranger than any fiction" has just re-
ceived another curious corroboration
in Austin. Mr.. A. Tombstone, who.
lives just below Shoal creek, near the
river, ard in the suburbs of our town
while working last week in his gar
den, found gold ring in the freshly
upturned soil. The ring is apparently
of Mexican make; had evidently been
broken and mended, and once con-
tanned a stone of value, which has
disappeared. The strange feature of
follows: Mai. Gen. Sedgwick."
There was never in America but one
man bearing that title and holding
that rank. He commanded with dis
tinction an army corps, first under
Hooker and then under Grant, in the
late civil war, and was instantly killed
in action at the head of his command
in 1864 in one of Grants battles
in the Wilderness. From the
time he became a major-general, and
for many years before. if ever, he had
not been in Texas; how happens it,
then, that his lingering is now I'M
earthed at Austin?
Perhaps the most plausible theory
is that when Gen. SedgwHk fell, one
of the men who bore the body to the
rear purloined the ring; that this man
subsequently made one of the federal
force that was stationed for some time
in Austin; that he detached the stone
from the setting and probably barter
ed it for whisky, afterwards losing
the ring, where it has, after the lapse
of many years, been found. On ac-
count Of the engraved name the thief
would not not have dared to offer the
ring for sale. We gave publicity to
this curious incident, in the hope that
it will draw the notice of the relatives
Of the deceased general, who may
wish to reclaim what was once a
treasured gift of friendship, or one Of
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

THE economists and politicians of
France are growing uneasy over the
condition of the population. In 1881
there was a notable increase as COM
pared with 1880. In the former year
the population increased los, 229 souls
ds against 81 $40 in 1880. Much of
this increase was, however, due to
immigration from Belgium and Ger
many, and much curiosity is felt to
know whether this increase will be
maintained. From 1921 to 1871 the
increase in the population of France
was about two-thirds of one per cent
annually; from 1S41 to 1861 it fell
off to about one-third of one per
cent; while from 1861 to 1881 it was
only one quarter of one per cent per
annum. The Franco-Prussian war
and the commune may have influenced
the decrease to some extent, but it is
evident that the increase in popula-
ton has been steadily falling off dur
ing the last fifty years. In Germany,
on the contrary, the population has
been increasing at the rate of over one
per cent per annum, so that, in spite
of the enormous emigration from that
country to the United States, the pop
ulation will double in siXty-siX years,
while it will take three times as long
to produce a similar increase in
France.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
The Penitentiary Lease.

Fort Worth Gazette.
The people of the state of Texas
are looking with anxiety and deep
interest to the house of representa-
tives to protect them against the con-
firmation and approval of the lease of
the penitentiary entered into by the
Roberts administration on the eve of
going put of existence, and which is
now before the house for its consid-
Grafton. The manner of the lease
was itself questionable, and the effect
perniciouS in the extreme. The rati-
fication of the lease passed the senate
by the close vote of sixteen to fifteen
in a full senate. There is no question
of state policy that has received more
attention from the people than that
of combining the conVictS with, the
walls of the penitentiary and with
drawing convict labor from compe-
tition with the honest labor of the
country. Probably nearly every
member of the present house dis
cussed it in his canvass before the
people, and expressed his solemn
conviction that they should be con-
fined within the walls as soon as it
was practicable to do SO. Such at
least is the unanimous demand of the
people, and representatives who vote
for the approval of lease that pei
mits the lessees to work the convicts
outside the walls for fifteen years,
will go counter to the expressed
wishes of the people of Texas. 1t
may not be practicable at this time to
keep all convicts within the walls,
but certainly it will be perfectly fea-
sibIe to do SO in less than fifteen
years, the term of the lease under con-
sideration. The Gazette INDUCES the
hope that the house will rise superior
to the Establishments of the lobby, the
influence of the governor and ideas of
a false economy, and vote against the
lease. "A contract for fifteen years is
too long to confer upon any associa-
ton Of men, however honest, capable
or liberal. In the rapidmarch of pro-
gress that Texas is now making, ii
will be able in less than five years to
provide room and work for its con-
vfcts within the walls.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

TIE governor takes the position
that his signature is not necessary to
validate the resolution now before
the legislature, regarding the ratifica-
ton of the penitentiary leases. Article
4, section IA, of the constitution fixes
the method by which bills shall re-
ceive the approval of the governor.
Section 10 of the same article reads:
SECTION 10. Every order, resolution
or vote to which the concurrence of
both houses of the legislature may be
necessary, except on questions of adj
journment, shall be presented to the
governor, and, before it shall take
effect, shall be approved by him; OF,
being disapproved, shall be repassed
by both houses; and all the rules, pro-
visions and limitations shall apply
thereto as prescribed in the last pre-
ceding section in the case of bill.
Nothing could be palmer than this
How the governor can find excuse for
not assuming responsibility in rela-
ton to the ratification or rejection of
the leases, is not understood. He
must act officially upon this resolu-
ton, and his private declarations are
decidedly out of place under the re-
sponsibility certainly resting upon
him.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
Why Rob the State?

dallas Times.l
Mr.. House, who has contract with
the lessees for sixty convicts, favors
the ratification of the lease, because
"they make good field hands, and this
is all Chey are good for. and by putting
them at congenial work, more can be
obtained from them, and with greater
profit to the state" Where
does the "gre9ter profit to
the state" come in! Mr.. House
says he pays SIS per month each.
and furnishes them food"-that is
$l0,S00 per year. Superintendent
Goree shows in his report that the ex-
pense of maintaining one convict, in
Guiding the pro rata pay of guards,
sergeants and the expense of state
officers, is 1913 per year-that Is $3.50.
These are the figures. Now, why
should the state be deprived of the
$5120 surplus on the labor of the
sixty convicts in this instance? The
average number of convicts being
2900, the profits to the state, in case
of assumptions would be 1878, 800
this is the sum the penitentiary ring
proposes to take from the Golfers OF
the state
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

Gus other matters must be considered,
requiring a technical knowledge
which our legislators do net
possess. Then, too, what would
be just to one road would be I'M
just to another. Aside from rolling
stock, the cost of the plant for road
running one train per day is the
same as for one running twenty.
There is practically the same ex-
pense for management, superitend-
ance, agents, etc. 1t costs as much
to run train with one passenger as
with fifty. Either the small roads
must be compelled to do business at a
loss, which would put an end to rail-
way construction, or the trunk lines
must be allowed more than is Just
and more than they now charge.
The fact is, the subject of railway
legislation is most difficult problem,
which has baffled the skill of the
wisest and most experienced men in
the nation, and Texas should not
attempt its solution unless impelled
by absolute necessity, and that neces-
slty does not exist. There is not a
road in the state that has ever paid
dividend of one per cent upon the
capital invested. Sore few have had
surplus earnings, but the surplus has
been absorbed by extensions and in
creased equipments for the benefit of
the public. They all need still fur
ther equipments to meet the demands
upon them. This is sufficient evil
dence that they do not overcharge the
people. Texas owes its prosperity
largely to its railroads, and that pros
perity would be greatly increased by
further extension of its railway sys-
TEN and the improvement of those al
ready built. The peoples interests
will be best served by encouraging
rather than regulating the railroads
that can best care for themselves.
Let the system expand and the build
ing of new lines will, through compe-
tition, cure any existing evils much
more speedily than can be done
through statutory enactments.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

The public printer at Washington
has been allowed an appropriation of
S5,5OO.OOO. of which sl,402,OOO is for
congressional printing. During the
last ten days of the recent session
congress ordered the publication of
matter that will cost $4,000, but no
additional appropriation was made for
this work. 1t must he done out of
the regular appropriation, and at the
next session, when the deficiency thus
rendered necessary is asked for, there
will no doubt be congressman who
will declaim against the extravaganza
in public printing. The response
bility for this extravaganza rests
entirely with congress. Orders are
made in both houses for the printing
of matter that is entirely useless and
worthless, without seemingly giving
thought to the expense. During the
last session the committee on print
ing undertook to reduce the expendi-
ture by cutting down the number of
various publications, but in almost
every effort of this kind it was over
ruled. The tons of matter, printed at
public expense, which are annually
hauled away from the capitol and sold
as waste paper, says Washington
paper, furnish abundant proof of the
extravaganza in public printing, but
every page of that matter was printed
by order of congress.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

1T WOULD seem that the house
might be better occupied than in
motions to reconsider and calls of the
house by minorities on bills that have
been voted on several times in each
house. and always against the minor
ity. Under such circumstances, as
suredly the minority should meet the
majority in a spirit of compromise.
When the senate amendments to the
pension bill were concurred in yester-
day by the house, Mr.. Armistead
moved reconsideration, then a call
of the house was moved. This only
tends to abstruct legislation. The
gentleman should withdraw his mo-
ton to reconsider, and make no fur
ther factious opposition
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

SHOULD the Gibson bill become a
law, the pledge of the Democratic
party in relation to the regulation of
railways will have been complied
with by the legislature. There was
no promise made at Galveston to leg
islate against railways, no promise to
injurethe development of the state
by Gripping these great enterprises;
but there was promise to regulate,
and, when this bill leaves the house, it
is reasonable to presume the senate,
which has been pronounced antago-
nistic to railway legislation. will take
it up and pass it. The STATESMAN
does not pretend to guess what the
governor would do with the bill, but
it is not supposable, though he has
pronounced for more extreme railway
legislation. that he would prevent its
becoming law.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

THE gentleman referred to, yester-
day, as having approached the
STATESMAN with a proposition to
suppress the senate committees mi
nority report and to negotiate" with
the STATESMAN for a cessation of
hostilities towards the penitentiary
leases, desires us to state that he was
not acting as the "agent" of a
'penitentiary ring" but as
the friend of the lessees.
As to the proposition made for a con-
sultation with the governor. he asks
that it be stated he acted on his own
responsibility in this matter. Since
the name of the gentleman referred
to has not heretofore been used, it is
unnecessary to give it in making this
explanation for him.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
The Veteran Claims.

In report of the senate proceed
ings of Saturday we failed to make
proper mention of the speech of Sem
ator Matlock in favor of the location
of veteran scrip in Greer county. He
made an admirable appeal for the JUS
tice of the proposition. and presented
the following memorial:
To the Legislature of the State of Texas:
In order that your honorable bodies
may fully understand the questions
contained in the bill authorizing GER
tain veteran land certificates to be 10
Gated within the limits of Greer
county, your memorialist begs to
state that if the said bill becomes a
law, it win enable him to locate the
ninety-six certificates placed in his
hands for location ON lands worth
readily dollar an acre.
1t will also enable the state to come
into quiet possession of one million
six hundred and eighty thousand
acres of land without its costing the
state a single dollar, all the expenses
so far, amounting to not less than
$500. having been borne by your
memorialist.
Some of the members of your hon.
orable body, under misrepresentation
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

THE LEGISLATURES ought to have
the good sense to present constitu-
tional amendment allowing increased
pay to legislators, say ten dollars per
day, or five hundred dollars
per annum. A legislature
now sits one hundred days:
For sixty of these legislators are paid
three hundred dollars, for the other
forty only eighty dollars. The pay is
too little; it is absurd. Five hundred
dollars per annum is preferable to the
per annum. This would make one
thousand dollars for the two years
term. special and called sessions. and
it would be reasonable. OF course,
the great size of Texas would make
mileage necessary for the equalization
of pay. We are satisfied that better
pay would secure better men, and the
ablest are wanted for service in max
ing and repeating laws.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
Things Seen and Heard Around the
Offices Yesterday.

The treasurer could not recent for
over 5000 yesterday.
Four thousand dollars was the ex-
tent of the comptroller's deposit YES
terday, $1,000 of which went to the
school fund.
The governor yesterday appointed
Charles II. Stall commissioner of deeds
for Texas in Kentucky, and Edwin II.
Cunningham in Georgia.
Adjutant General King is in receipt
of letters from the Panhandle init
mating that trouble is imminent
among the cowboys up there. The
latter are going to inaugurate the
novelty of strike among themselves.
The Burkeville Cooperative Associ-
alton, Patrons of Husbandry, filed "A
charter yesterday. The capital stock
is $4,000, and the headquarters at
Burkeville, Newton county. Incor-
porators Taylor Curtis, II. Y. Hext
and Jackson Woods.
The board of education yesterday
reversed the opinion of Hon. ID. NJ.
Baker, secretary of the board, regard
ing the status of money belonging to.
the common school fund of counties
arising from the sale of school lands.
Secretary Baker had given il as his
opinion that counties could not use
either the interest or principal of
money paid on these lands until il
had been first invested in bonds. The
state school board say that counties
can use the money so obtained before
investment.
The treasurer complains of yester-
day as the dullest day, financially, of
hA 10 10
ing money to parties who have made
applications for school, university
and asylum lands, but had not ac-
CURED title prior to the repeating of
the law putting these lands on the
market. This refunding of money
is in accordance with a suggestion Of
the attorney general that parties who
had sent in their field notes and APP
plications but had not made the pay
ments as required in ninety days, did
not have vested rights; hence, their
money is refunded. This means law
suits for the future.
At the September term of the dis
trict court of Bosque county in 1879
George Lacy was sentenced TO the
penitentiary for fifteen years, on a
| charge of murder in the second de-
gree. leSterday the governor grant
ed him pardon because of his ex-
IRENE youth. and because of the fact
that the boys father, who suggested
the shooting. was tried and acquitted
of a similar charge The petition fcr
! the l.'-:,on was signed by all the Off
GERS of BOsque county and by the
judge who tried the case and the
prosecuting attorney. Young Lacy's
conduct has been uniformly good
since his imprisonment, but the par
don is to be revoked and he is to
serve the remaining eleven years of
his term out the first time he violates
the penal code of Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29

n THIRD company has been formed
in San Francisco, and the stock
eagerly subscribed, to establish an os-
trich farm in Los Angeles county
DIR. Shetchley, the enterprising ostrich
farmer of South Africa, who is in
Producing this culture in South
America so successfully, is interested
in this association. His birds are on
the way. The female ostriches al
ready taken to California. tegan lay
ing eggs on March l, every alternate
day one, and ninety is the promise for
the season. The eggs are seven by
four and one-half inches, and weigh
three and one-half pounds. 1t is in
tended to hatch them by artificial in
cubation, as in South Africa. Why
not let us have an ostrich farm in
western Texas.