The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-13
STATE NEWS REpERTORY.
Spirit of Our Texas Exchanges.

Spirit of Our Texas Exchanges.
The Ell Paso Star wants an assistant
editor for that paper. The paper is
offered for sale.
Lampasas college opened the session
yesterday with an enrolment of one
hundred and thirty scholars. A num-
Der of these were from distance, and
everything betokenS a pleasant and
prosperous year for the college. Mr..
Norton, who has been experimenting
the construction of the Llano road,
was in town Monday and says that
the work is progressing on the road
working this way from the river, at
which place they have made splen
did ford.-Lampasas Globe.
The announcement made by the
News yesterday morning that the Off
cial bonds of certain city officers are |
missing, caused something of stir,
particularly among some who are |
SuretieS on the bonds. y News re- |
porter, investigating the matter dur
ing the day, learned that nobody is !
charged especially with the loss of the |
documents, and that the mayor has
called on the several officers to make
| duplicate bonds. This some of them
will decline to do, upon the ground
that having given one bod, and it
having already been approved by the
council, to now make another would
be requiring of them double security,
which the law does not ask or con-
template.-GalveSton News.
The Nile of Time is nearing its con-
fluence with the great sea of eternity.
a poet, with the accumulated genius
of all the ages, stands upon a shelving
rock upon the bleak and barren side
OF tall mountain. Despair is in his
countenance, for he seeks Il theme of
grandeur befiiting his power of song,
and it comes not first. The glitter of
armies and the tumult of wars pass
before his mind, but he does not sing.
The rock-ribbed earth comes next and
the many voices of nature entreat
him, but he does not touch the Sleep
ing strings. Then the hoarse mono
tone of old ocean he hears, while the
winds which have been loosed from
her caves beseech him, but his harp
still hangs silent; then comes the
grand god of the sun, and all the star
lit vague of space, but his music still
is sealed. AT last, with unpretentious
mlen, comes human greatness as seen
in such men as Lee. His countenance
brlghtens, he begins to sing. Rapid,
eXhaustleSs, deep, his numbers flow
down the ages, and the waves of his
song break in rlppleS upon the strand
OF that yet undiscovered country
Texas Siftings.
1t is stated that some Of ex Comp
troller Browns sureties want to pay
up the amount of the amount of the
deficit the state claims from him and
avoid law suit. Some of his friends
oppose this course, saying it will be
an admission or concession likely to
prejudice his case in the eyes of the
public. These friends do not advise
as wisely as they might. We do not
presume anybody holds Mr.. Brown
personally responsible for misappro-
priation of this money, for he never
handled dollar of it. But techni-
cally he is responsible until he can
show where it went. And if his sure
ties pay his deficit their action will be
regarded in its technical light and
nothing more. Mr.. Brown will no
doubt find Vindication some day.
Waco Examiner.
The Bolton Journal intimates that
it is not exactly the proper caper" for
State Engineer Britton to go about
the performance of his duty in spe-
cial car with a railway superinten-
dent. 1t says he may possibly fail to
ferret out any evils that may exist.
He passed through Bell county with
the superintendent of the Missouri
Pacific railway.
The Marlin Ball discusses the chat
tel mortgage law as follows In our
last issue it was stated that the state
grange had passed a resolution to the
effect that members of the order vote
for no man for the legislature, who
! does not favor the repeal of the chat
tel mortgage law, and we notice
| that our exchanges have published
the same, but we are informed
by prominent delegate to the state
grange that such a resolution was
: not passed. They, however, passed a
resolution coademning the chattel
mortgage system, wisely leaving Off
the test Of suffrage feature. 1t is
agreed by nearly all persons in or out
side of the grange that the mortgage
system is crying evil and curse to
the state, but the manner of eradicat-
ing it is a difficult problem. The
Texas farmer who mortgages his crop
1
else, and he must be educated out of
the system by economiZing and rails
ing mole corn, oats, wheat, and less
cotton, and finally pinning himself
down to the philosophers stone of
"pay as you CO." The grange should
endeavor to inculcate in the minds of
the mortgage-ridden class a closer
study and observance of the rules of
political economy When that is done
we may look for reformation. The
mortgage system in this state is al
ready gradually growing less every
year, much of which we are prepared
to believe is due to the influence Of
the grange.
Maj. Penn made 800 conversions at
his Bolton campmeeting.
Gov. Roberts has left his ranch and
will soon be expounding Blackstone
and Roberts in the law department of
the university.-Marlin Ball.
The Bellville Times says that Texas
must celebrate the seIni-centennial
OF San Jacinto day in 1886, and right
now is the time to begin TO work it up
The Times intends to speak in time.
The year 1886 is a considerable ways
off. Nevertheless, let us celebrate.
THEY call it in Ohio, "The New
Democracy" The. old Democracy is
good enough. "New Democracy"
wherever we have seen it becomes
just a little too previous, and always
comes out of the little end of the
horn. The STATESMAN has dealt with
one or two flashes of New Democ-
racy'' in Texas, and luckily every
time the little thing has died of too
much newness. Democracy is one
and the same thinp-in the mast in