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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22

MEXICO acknowledges an indebted
ness, principal and interest. to Eng
lish bondholders of 916,000,OOO. Last
April a private agent of Mexico, with
out full authority, made an agreement
with the bondholders, by which Mex
leo was to replace the outstanding
bonds with new issue for e20, ,0O0, 900
aG three per cent interest. The addi-
tional 100000 was for the purpose
of paying the first years interest and
reimbursing the expenses of the bond
holders committee. Subsequently
congress authorized the president to
settle the debt on the given bases.
When the text ofthe agreement arrived
from London the president refused
to approve the additional $4,000, 900.
Negotiations for a new agreement
were then begun, but failed. Now
the president has instructed Carlos
Rivas, the Mexican agent in London,
to offer e1S,OO0,OOO in bonds instead OF
100000. The offer was refused
and Rivas was instructed to suspend
negotiations. The government is anx.
ious to settle, but considers the de
mand of the bondholders exorbitant
These Mexican leaders should take 8
lesson from Malone, and decide to pay
in full what the country owes. Coco
faith is the policy that wins lasting
Endorsement even among the worst
| people.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22
The Church and the Stage.
TDemorest,s Monthly.I

While orthodox Christians in this
country very generally frown on the
stage and al | its belongings, it is not
to be disgu. sed that the prejudice
against actors md theaters is not SO
marked as it was, say, twenty years
ago. One OF the most beautiful and
successful theatres in New York is
owned by couple of clergyman who
are also proprietors of the Churchman,
the official organ of the Episcopal de-
nomination. The Rev. Robert Colyer
and other liberal, as well as Episcopal,
clergymen openly visit the New York
theaters and no scandal is caused
thereby. In England the bishop and
clergymen of the national church at
tend operas and theatres the same as
other people; but more remarkable
than all, the Christian World, the
leading London organ of the Noncon-
formists, recently contained a leading
editorial, giving Mr.. Henry Irving a
"God Speed" apropo9 of his departure
to America. Mr.. George Mcdonald
the English novelist, is clergyman
yet he frequently appears as an anna
teur actor on semi-public occasions
The theater is growing in popularity
in this country. A large space is
given to dramatic news in all oul
Journals. 1t is for Christian people tt
say what course they shall pursue il
| the future. It is idle to ignore tht
stage or condemn 1t by wholesale
After all, why not try and moraliz'
and free it from Objectionable associa
| tiOnSp i.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22

of which has been fully and clearly
explained in my report to the depart
ment. Taking the precedents 1 have
named, where salary and per diem was
allowed and paid in full (Which 1 did
not claim or CHARGE, and compare
with my case, who, l ask, was most
rightfully entitled to charge and re-
ceive "per diem?" In my lengthy re-
port to the department l made full
statements, relative to everything;
for my acts, be they correct
or erroneous, are matters of
record, and L have nothing
to conceal or evade; and l further
stated that if it was decided from the
actual state Of facts as they existed
and were shown by my explanatory
report, that 1 had wrongfully con-
strued the law, and by such construc-
ton had received what did not right
fully or legally belong to me, taking
into consideration the precedents set
and the double labor l had performed,
that was ready and willing at any
time to refund the same; for l did not
desire to possess one dollar OF money,
public or private, to which l was not
lawfully entitled, and such in brief is
the case against me. Very respect
fully, AMOS p. FOSTER.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22
The Art of Advertising.
[San Francisco CALI

The newspaper has become the leg
itimate inheritor of the patronage of
advertisers. 1t offers advantages tt at
no other vehicle possesses, and it costs
less than most others. 1t can not be
assumed that the advertising pages of
a paper are so carefully read as the
news portions, but it has gradually
educated the reader to look for what
he or she wants in the advertising
columns, and those who read the pa
per quietly at home are far more in
clined to 60 over their wants and look
where to supply them, than the man
in the street who is PROBABLY thinking
more of selling his own goods than of
buying his neighbOr's. Then the
scope of this method of advertising is
almost endless. 1t takes in business
cards or two line notices, or it may
cover an entire page, and there is a
chance for literary display. Many
large business houses keep a gentle
man of education and skill in literary
matters to superintend this depart
ment of their business, and it is won.
derful how much he can find to say Oh
what would seem to be hackneyed
subject. Indeed, the art of advertis-
| ing is to be always fresh and new, yet
clear and concise, to be humorou:
when hunor will tell. but to be plaiI
and direct. The nearer an advertise
ment harmonizes with the genera
drift of the paper the more likely it il
to be read and make an impression.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22
THE municipaI board oftrustees for

THE municipal board of trustees for
the city public schools are before the
public asking for an increase of the
city school tax from two mills on the
dollar to three and one third mills.
This is 33115 cents on the hundred dol
lars valuation, and $685. on the
thousand dollars. Besides the city
tax our schools come in for their
proportion of the state tax, which is
one-third of the states revenue, with
numerous additions arising from poll
taxes and from interest on special
funds. 1t is impossible to tell what
the state contribution will be from
what it has been. The constant sale
of school lands is adding to the
school revenue every year, and
before long it will be a very
large sum. The special municipal
school tax asked may or may not be
exhorbitant; this fact can be set
tied only by close insight into the
employment in the city schools, and
by this we mean the amounts paid for
service and the propriety of the ex-
penditures. The tax asked for
is three and one-third cents
more than the present state tax
for all state expenditures, including
that for the public schools, of which
Austin gets its part. 1t will be proper
to look into the manner in which the
schools are conducted by the trustees,
their obligations and tendency to Gre
ate debt, before an intelligent conclu
sion can be reached as to the justice
of this increased demand for money to
be raised through taxation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22
WASHINGTON.
News Gathered About the Capital
City.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Command-
er WildeS resumed his testimony be-
fore the Proteus court to-day, sand
Gen. HaZen questioned him. WildeS
adhered to the statement made yes
terday, concerning the crew of the
Proteus and the lack of information,
as shown by officials of the signal
service, in regard to equipment and
general wants of the expedition. Gen.
HaZen made a statement to the effect
that the Proteus and her crew, which
had been hired after very deliberate
and careful consideration, was con-
tracted to be furnished properly in
every possible way. He asked that
Pike Syms, agent of the Proteus, and
United States Consul Mallory,
through whom the contract was made,
be called as witnesses. He considered
the Proteus one of the best ships OBJ
tainable for the purpose. The court
then went into secret session, and
soon adjourned.
The annual report of Admiral
Porter is notable for a criticism of the
new armored steel cruisers designed
by the naval advisory board as being
deficient in canvas and so constructed
etSo AOb W WOlh u1ucI Sail. LIS III
time may be fatal defect, as all coal
ing stations would be closed against
it, and in time of peace naval vessels
should cruise under sail for the sake
of economy. The admiral believes in
the immediate construction of large
number OF swift vessels with power
full guns and thinks we could build
twenty large ships in two years.
Prompt attention to the lake defenses
he considers of prime Importance, and
he sees no reason why we should
not commence to build on the lake
shore two heavy iron-clads with
powerful guns and great speed. The
admiral says there is every facility
for constructing such vessels on Lake
Erie, and one of such ships stationed
near Buffalo could in any case of
threatened hostility drop down to
the mouth of Welland canal and de-
molish the entrance, docks, ETC., and
rendering work useless for naval or
military. purposes, even should the
vessel succeed in passing the canal she
would be destroyed. He recommends
that the proposed iron clads be built on
Lake Ontario and kept on stocks ready
for launching in case of necessity.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22
How to Train Children.

There is no one question upon which
there is such diversity of opinion as
to the treatment of children. That
noble old Quaker, William Penn, had
some most excellent ideas on this
question. He says: IF God give you
children, love them with wisdom, cor
rect them with affection; never strike
in passion, and suit the correction to
their age as well as fault. Convince
them of their error before you chas-
tise them, and try them; if they show
remorse before severity, never use
that but in case of obstinacy or inn
penitency. Punish them more
by their understandings than the
rod, and show them the folly,
shame, and undutifulness of their
faults, rather with a grieved than
with an angry countenance, and you
will sooner affect their natures, and
with a nobler sense, than servile
chastisement can produce. l know
the methods of some are severe cor
rections for faults, and artificial praise
when they do well, and sometimes
rewards; bat this course awakens pas
sions worse than their faults; for one
begets base fear, if not hatred, the
other pride and vain glory, both OF
which should be avoided in the edu-
cation of youth. There should be the
greatest care imaginable, what i'm
impressi Jns are given to children; that
method which earliest awakens their
understanding of love, duty, sobriety,
just and honorable things, is to be pre-
ferred."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22
I'roOfs of the DeIuge.


The Duke of Argyll, in a recent lee
ture at Glasgow, said till about Etwen-
ty years ago he had been rather in
doubt whether deluge really occur
red. The fact that old sea-levels
could be clearly traced in the British
Isles afforded no proof of deluge.
By the deluge was meant a sudden
and transitory submergence of land,
not such permanent submergence as
would lead to the sea forming bed.
He thought, however, that the huge
bowldersifound on high Scotch m oun-
tains, the rocks and strata of which
were entirely different, could only
have been brought by immense gla-
ciers, such as at present existed
in the Arctic regions. In his
opinion, the opinion with which these
powders indicated was coincident and
connected with the deluge period.
Again, the heaps of gravel found upon
Snowdon, which was not volcanic
mountain, indicated that transitory
and tumultuous waters had covered
those heights. The first action of the
water was the washing away of fine
earth and the depositing of gravel.
Similar masses of gravel were found
at Macclesfeld. and, indeed, all over
the country. They were found, at
such a height above sea leavelEhat
the water at that height .wouldfhTve
covered almost the whole of Europe.
The duke expressed an opinion that
there was a great submergence of
land to the depth of at least 1000 feet
in Scotland, and that this catastrophe
was coiIcident with what was known
as the deluge.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22
RING DOWN THE CURTAIN.
Closing Act Of the Drama in which
Mary Played the Heroine.
Missouri Republican Nov. IL

| :.
After an DSence of over eleven
with her parents. She left.Indianapo-
lis with her father at IL o'clock Sun
day night and arrived here at 8 o'clock
yesterday morning. Col. Churchill
was afraid a crowd might be in wait
ing at the Union depot to catch a
glimpse of his daughter, so he ordered
a carriage to be in waiting at the
Main street depot. There he and his
daughter left the cars and entered
| the vehicle. Miss Churchill was
very heavily yelled, and the few peo-
pie who were at the depot at the
time little suspected her identity.
The carriage drove direct out to the
Churchill residence, and the truant
daughter was soon in the arms of her
mother and they wept together. The
scene was quite affecting. The young
lady soon recovered her composure.
however, and retained it the remain
der of the day. She feels proud of
having established her ability to earn
her own living and take care of her
self. She is very touchy, however, on
some matters connected with her trip
Her reasons for leaving home she
still refuses to state. Any reference
to Mr.. Caldwell, with whom her
name was for awhile. connected
during her absence, brings fire to
her eyes. Her jewelry. she says, she
paWned in some paWn-shop on Fourth
street, across from the court house.
and her opera glasses at place on
Franklin avenue, but she does not
know what name she gave at either
place, nor does she know the names
of the pawn-brokers. She realized
$14 on the articles, out of which she
purchased ready-made dress for $1.50
| and hat for so cents. She told the
conductor of the train on which she
left st. Louis that she wanted to go to
indianapolis. 1t was a Wabash train
and he informed her that it did not go
to Indianapolis. She left the cars at
Decatur and took the Indiana,
Bloomington s. Western road for
Indianapolis, never leaving the depot
during her stay in Decatur. In the
hotel where she worked as chamber
maid for two weeks, she was paid off
at the rate of $8 per month. AT the
Insane Asylum she received $12
month, and had just been promoted.
She was given charge of ward at $14
a month, and was to have gone to
work yesterday in her new position.
When she was leaving, DIR. Fletcher,
the superintendent of the institution,
told her he would keep the position
open for her for three months if she
desired to return.
The girl was a general favorite at
the asylum. She acted the part of
servant well, and while not affiliating
much with the other help, treated
them all as equals. When her identity
had been learned, and the concealment
was no longer possible. she threw off
her disguise and rushed, weeping, into
the arms of Mrs. Fletcher. She be-
came lady, and from that time acted
and was treated as the equal of the
members of the superintendent's fam
lily. At times, while working in the
laundry, DR.. Fletcher says, Mary
would be ready to drop from fatigue,
but when he asked how she liked the
work, she would straighten up and
say:
"Oh, it's splendid"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22

AN economical writer says, dull
times are saving times. There is
never more money in the coHnmunity
than when men are keeping it; there
is never less when they are spending
it. The margin of expenditure is
never wider than when low prices re-
duce fixed charges. Fortunes, big and
little, are made, not in the booms, but
in the Gibbs. The man who buys on
the flood is stranded some day; the
man who invests on the ebb is floated
to fortune. Any man can sell goods
in flush years; the man who sells them
in lean years ends millionaire. 1t is
not what we make but what we save
that makes us rich. Those who make
money in farming are those who have
the greatest faith in the farm. A.
thousand dollars invested in a good
farm will return better interest than
the same investment in a savings
hank
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22

A WASHINGTON dispatch to the st.
Louis Republican says there is good
foundation for the belief that Con-
gresham Wellborn will vote for Mr..
Carlisle, and at the same time it is
said nine Texas congressman will
vote for this gentleman. 1t is possi-
BILE that Congressman Stewart will
vote for Mr.. Randall. 1t is said the
railway companies are working for
the election of Mr.. Randall, but GER
tainly the railway influence, centered
at Houston, could not induce Mr.
Stewart to vote against the will OF
his real constituency. The railway
magnates who own these railways
live in New York and Brooklyn and
other Eastern cities.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22
About Sunday UOurting.
Savannah News. ]

A Brooklyn Baptist clergyman,
Rev. Emory j. Haynes, has been
preaching against a custom that has
become so fixed on American youths
and maidens that a general upheaVal
in social affairs would probably result
from its discontinuance. Sunday
courting" is his theme, and he touches
every patriots heart on tender
chord. 1t may be, literally speaking,
very wicked to go cOurting on Sun
days, but the habit has become SO in
timately connected with our religious
and domestic life that it will not be
easily broken up. It has been trans
mitted down from generations of the
past, and in very many communities
courting is worship and worship
is courting-so far as the
young people are concerned. Few
men, ministers, deacons or whatever
they be, who do not look back on their
Sunday courting scenes as among the
faireSt pages in all the golden memo
ries of their youth. In fact, with a
large part of the busy human race it
there were no Sunday courting there
would be no courting at all, and if no
courting ino marrying, and who is
fonder of weddings than preachers :?
And if no weddings, civilization, re-
would be in vain. No, Brother
Haynes, there are many things in this
life worse than Sunday courting. 1t
likely to be abused than any other
customs so general in its extent. To
put it stronger-it is the best thing a
great many of our young people can
DO on Sundays. 1t keeps them out OF
bad company, brings them to church
and under good influences, and leads
to marriage, which is, as limited above,
one of the almost invaTiable perqui-
sites of good citizenship, as well as of
good church membership.
Look at the greatest men in our his
tory-George Washington, Andrew
Jackson, Henry Clay, and thousands
of others we could name. They all
started out in life as Sunday courters.
And in modern days, there is the pres
ident himself, the late general of the
army, all our bright and shining lights
at the pulpit, on the forum, or in the
field, they all belong to that class, and
many of them keep the habit up in
their declining years, they so sacredly
regard the halcyon days gone by.
Be cautious how you lay iconoclas-
tic hands on the sacred memories OF
our past. Not till our right hand for
gets its cunning, not till our tongue
cleaves to the roof of our mouth, not
till our heart ceases to go pit-a-pat at
the sight of youth and beauty and in
nocence, will we tamely submit to see
Sunday counting abolished.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

The adventurer, looking for a Job.
naturally drifts into politics.
The best man at a wedding does not
always make the best husband.
Parting is such sweet sorrow that
man with bald head never touches
comb.
Money will buy more social distinc-
tlon In England than in America, says
Mr.. Archibald Forbes.
a merchant In Jacksonville, Fla,
has sold sixty pianofortes and organs
to colored families this year-the buy
ers pay in monthly installments.
a Chinese peddler in Oregon being
offered an English shilling observed
that it did not bear the effigy of the
American eagle, and refused to accept
it, saying: mo good. Me heap sabe
no chicken on him r.
Gus Williams admits having written
the idiotic song, "See That NV Grave
is Kept Green" Confession is good
for the soul. If Gus's repentance is
genuine and hearty, and he gives evil
dence of a aradical reform, perhaps he
may hope for future forgiveness.
If the ropo,ed Palestine canal
should be dug, the whole Jordan val
ley will become a lake 1000 feet deep
in places, and three to five miles wide.
1t is thought that when the scheme is
carried out Jordan will not be such
hard road to travel, especially in a
boat.
"My son." asked q Sunday-school
teacher, "what do you know of the
proverb regarding people who reside
in glass 6ouses?" Il don't know
nothIn'," was the response, "about
the proverb; but know that people
who live in glass houses Aortent to lay
abed in the morning unless they pull
down the blinds"
do you preach .extemporaneously
or by note 2" inquired q church trustee
OF an applicant for a vacant pulpit.
"Well, SIR was the frank reply. 81
have been preaching extemporaneous-
ly the last two years for notes, and as
they are all passed due and worthless
concluded to seek new fields ahd pas
lures green"
A number of Boston capitalists
have required a lease of the gutta
percha forest of Dutch Guiana for a
term of thirty-three years, and have
already begun operations there upon
an extensive scale. This lease covers
i 100000 acres, and the quality OF the
gum is said to be equal to that of the
best East India product.
New Orleans takes the lead with
regard to criminal statistics. During
the month of October $3.50 prisoners
were maintained in Jail. of these,
2548 were males and 1902 females,
2649 whites and 1902 were colored.
During the same month 305 new pris-
oners were received, 157 males and 143
females. 1856 whites and 1863 colored.
The bill for keeping the prisoners of
that city amounts to a considerable
sum. .
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22

The Gould mausoleum, in Wood
haven cemetery is nearly finished.
The structure is impressive by reason
of its simplicity, harmony of design
and massiVeneSs. Its form is that of
an Ionic temple, raised on platform
three steps above the level OF the
sward surrounding it. The workmen
say that the foundation of the plat
form is mass of concrete that makes
it practically single stone eight feet
in thickness by thirty-six or more in
length and twenty-eight in width.
The structure is wholly of finely ham,
mered Westerly granite, without a
single band or panel or other surface
that is polished. Thirty graceful col
umns, eleven feet high by thirteen
inches in diameter, surround the maui
soleum and add to the support of its
massive roof. Space for twenty bodies
is afforded within. In the front OF
the tomb will be brenze door Of
Grecian design, pierced so as to afford
view of the interior. A window
representing a choir of angels viii
occupy the space now left in the real
wall. 1t is understood that the innel
walls will be of delicately shaded mar
bles arranged so rs 10 present simple
and pleasing effects. No brick o.
metal is employed in the construction
of the tomb, excepting the bronz'
door and the necessary lead in th'
window. 1t stands in the center of ;
circular plot of three or foar acres OF
the highest ground in the cemetery
in Lawn avenue, near Central avennf
and is surrounded only by grass, not
single tree OF shrub as yet rising Of
the ground.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22

THE efforts of the Democratic
house of the Pennsylvania legislature
to secure just apportionment VIII
be defeated by the obstinacy of the
Republican senate. The extra ses-
sion was made necessary by the fail
ure of the regular session to redistrict
the state according to the laws of
congress and the state of Pennsyl-
vania. The present apportionment is
extremely unjust and partisan. 1t
was confessed abuse of power
when it was made, and is wrong on
the people of the state as long as it
exists. Its advantages, however. in
ure to the Republican party and the
Republican senate, therefore, refuses
to reform it. The present session
will adjourn without action simply
because a partisan advantage may be
gained for the Republicans by refusing
to do right.