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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

r. KANTERs s. Sons. formerly con-
tractors at the mouth of the Brazos
river, state they can give a channel
into the gulf out of the Brazos twen-
ty-eight feet deep; and they are will
to risk the expense of such pro-
posed Improvement upon its success.
No one who knows anything about it
viii honestly deny that at the mouth
of the Brdzos is the best place on the
Texas coast for creating deep and
well land locked harbor for great sea-
going ships. Had city been built up
at the mouth of the Brazos river it
w We been the entrepot for
the Southwest. There is no property
there to be protected by harbor i'm
provements, and this Is why nothing
has been done at the place.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

THE Globe Democrat is the devoted
organ of the most anti-Southern Re
publican sentiment; besides, it is the
bitter enemy of all that is Democratic;
whatever it does politically is for the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of radical Republican
purposes. 1t is the promoter of every
measure that may by any means re-
volutionize the South or any South
ern state. 1t viewed with unalloyed
delight the decreased Democratic vote
for governor in 1882, and hopes that
1884 may present political condition
that may break the backbone OF
Democracy in Texas. No one
can deny these declarations;
unless he be, as is the Globe-Demecrat,
the open, or worse still. the secret
enemy of every principle upon which
Democracy exists. During the last
thirty days, or during the term OF the
legislative session, this great news
paper has largely devoted its energies
toward booming the present governor
of Texas for a second term. The sue
cessful entry of the Greeks into Troy
was made after years of siege, only
through gifts offered by the Greeks
themselves. Can any one be so soft
as to suppose that the Globe-Dem
ocrat would become the advocate
of any Democrat because .of love fol
Democracy, or that any Southern state
may gain Democratic strength. 1t;
purpose is to weaken Democracy il
Texas, to build up an independent pc
litical strength, since by such means
alone may Democracy in this state b'
opposed with any show of defeat. L
viewed with delight the reduced vot'
for governor in 1882, and hopeful!
calculates that "judicious" nomina
ton in 1884 will present a barrie
over which enough Democrats
may be induced to craw
to revolutionize the political condi
ton OF the state. The CD. woulC
direct Democratic nominations il
Texas, while adroitly it devotes itsel
to sowing seeds of discord among
Democrats to destroy the strength
of such nominations as it would direct
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

LORD DUFFERIN's Egyptian policy,
which went before the world under
the brilliant colors of victory on the
Lower Nile, had not time to ripen be-
fore it was shown to be empty and
absolutely farcical. But little over
one year has passed since the English
army seemed to stamp this policy with
success, and after virtually destroying
the dual government of Egypt and
placing the khedive on an English bot,
tom, he is found incapable to protect
the land of the Pharaohs against E.
Mahdi's invasion. Cairo, not long
ago so prosperous and tranquil, is
given over to anarchy, while not only
the Soudan, but Nubia, Of which
Khartoum is the capital, has beer
abtnd oned. How the cabinet, pre-
sided over by Mr.. Gladstone, can sub
NIT to such humiliation, to SO great {
confession of weakness, is utterly
incomprehensible. The result of
the establishment of the English il
Egypt has been the collapse Of the
growth Of over half century.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
When Mr.. Popperman threw off his

When Mr.. Popperman threw off his
overcoat last evening his wife said:
"My dear, this is your birthday
Now, what kind of present would
you prefer ?"
well, money"
"That's just the kind of present
have for yoa," and Mrs. Popperman
took from beneath her apron a pie.
thoric bag and emptied upon the table
pile of jingling coins. There's
your birthday PRESENT.
The husband looked at the coins in
amazement, and then said:
"Why, my dear, the money is no
good. There is nothing here but lead
quarters and dimes with holes in 'em.
Here's a quarter with a hole in it, and
the hole is bigger than the quarter.
What confounded rascal palmed that
money off on you? o. the scoundrels
there are in the world %
"Calm yourself, my dear" said Mrs.
Popperman. "That money must all
be good. That's what you've given
me for pin money since we've been
married
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
What Siemens Did.

lHOpuldr OCl6uCO
In a paper giving an account of the
British association of 1882, of which
DR.. Siemens was president, Prof. Emf
du Raymond referred, with some
expressions of admiration, to the many
ways in which the name of S1emens is
identified with the most important
of the recent advances in technical
science. What Krupp is among Ger
man industrials in war-like arts, he
said, the collective Siemens is in the
arts of peace. Siemens telegraph
wires grid the earth, and the Siemens
cable steamer Faraday is continually
engaged in laying new ones. By the
Siemens method has been solved the
problem, by the side of which that OF
finding needle in haystack is one of
childish sy implicitly, of fishing out in a
stormy ocean from depth comparable
to that of the vale of Chamouni the
ends of a broken cable. Elec-
trical resistance is measured by
the Siemens mercury unit. Isle
mems" is written on water meters,
and Russian and German revenue Off
GERS are assisted by Siemens appara-
tus in Ievying their assessments. The
Siemens process for gliding and silver
ing and the Siemens anastatic print
ing marks stages in the development
of those branches of industry. Stem
ems differenal regulators control the
action of the steam engines that forge
English arms at Woolwich and that of
the chronographs on which the transit
of the stars are marked at Greenwich.
The Siemens cast-steel works and
glass houses, with their regenerative
furnaces, are admired by all artisans.
The Siemens electric light shines in
assembly rooms and public places, and
the Siemens gas light completes with
it; while the Siemens electro-culture
in greenhouses bids defiance to our
long winter nights. The Siemens
electric railway is destined to rule in
cities and tunnels. The Siemens cleo
trio crucible, melting three pounds Of
platinum in twenty minutes, was a
wonder of the Paris exposition. which
might well have been called an expo
sition of Siemens apparatus and pro-
auctions, so prominent were they
there.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
Anundnnhted blessing.

About thirty years ago prominent
physician by the name of DR.. William
Hall discovered or produced after long
experimental research, remedy for
diseases of the throat, chest and lungs,
which was of such wonderful efficacy
that it soon gained a wide reputation
in this country. The name of this
medicine is DIR. VIM. HALLS BAL
SAM FOR THE LUNGS, and may
be safely relied Oh as a speedy and
positive cure for coughs, colds, sore
throat, etc. Sold by all druggists.
ianI6-eod&W.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
The new English census figures Civ

The new English census figures Civ,
ing the relative proportions of the
sexes are very striking. Out of a
total population of 100000, females
are in excess of males to the extent of
nearly 100000. Yet, at birth, the
males are in a majority. Within a
year the balance turns the other way,
and so continues until the period be
tween ten and fifteen years of age
when the males are again the greater
number. But the ascendency is only
temporary; and in the next FIVE years
the strength of numbers is with the
female sex, who retain this position
until the close. In the advanced peri
DDS of life, the numerical superiority
Of the gentler sex Is special; mani
fest. AT the figure of "ninety-fve
and upwards" we had the females
more than twice as numerous as the
males; while of the 141 persons who
are recorded as having attained the
age of 400 and upwards" ninety
seven, or 68 per cent. are femsles.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

THE people of Texas must arouse
themselves and shape the destiny of
their state. If they longer leave their
affairs to designing politicians, who
use government for the individual
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of themselves and
friends, surely the material condition
of Texas must become most deplora-
BILE. But can this condition become
much worse than it has grown to be
in the last twelve months?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

The United States Senate, the body
which first grappled with civil service
reform, shows It's respect for the law
it was instrumental in creating by
permitting one of its appointees
to turn out a clerk who has
discharged his duties acceptably
for five years and giving the posi-
ton to Mahone's son. When the high
est legislative body in the land shows
such contempt for law it had a hand
in making of what use is the statute
The sooner the civil service law is re-
pealed the better it will be for the
country, for it is more honored in the
breach than the observance, and is be-
coming more unpopular every day.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

Gov. E. H. MURRAY, of Utah, the
noisy foe of Mormon polygamy, form
erly held the office of United States
marshal for the district of Kentucky,
and it is alleged that the records of
the department of justice show that
he was guilty of much financial crook
edness, in the matter of charging fees.
Congressmap-JJSsh}aa D. White, Of, Ken
tueE...8-osn5y the way is Republi-
rean, asserted, the other day, on the
floor of the House, that if he had his
deserts he would be wearing the
striped clothes of a convict, instead of
swelling around as governor of Utah.
Mr.. Springer's committee has been
looking into his case, and the chances
are that he will be given an opportu-
nifty to face an investigation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

PROPER legislation in relation to
revenue from school lands would have
produced an annual revenue of 81, ;
100000. This would have made the
tax for a most efficient school system
not necessarily more than 6 cents on
the 800. Such a tax added to the
revenues would have yielded an an
nual free school fund of $2,2OO,O0O.
Then the tax for general revenue
could have been put at figure, pre-
Guiding deficiency in revenue without
serious detriment to partisan pur-
pOSeS
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
MATHEW S. QUAY, one of the ablest

MATHEW S. QUAY, one of the ablest
Republican politicians of Pennsylva-
mia, says that while Democrats would
lose votes in manufacturing commun-
ties by coming out boldly for free
trade they would gain in the agricul-
tutal districts. He admits, too, that
American labor has been outrageously
imposed upon by the protected manu-
facturers; that tariff legislation has
been in the interest of capital, not
labor. While insisting upon high
tariff the capitalists have used every
means in their power to cheaper
labor, Not very long ago there ap-
peared in the Pennsylvania papers ac-
counts of threatened riots in the coal
regions of that state. The mine
owners had imported thousands of
Hungarians ts work the mines. They
paid +trese foreign laborers only a
small faction of what they had been
paying the native laborers. The for
eigners were not only densely ignorant
but lived in way that excited the hos
tility Of the community. If these
Hungarians had left their country to
seek a home in this country without
solicitation, the rich monopolies could
not be blamed for employing them,
but the arguments of these monopo-
lists in favor of high tariff are en-
titled to no consideration when they
become the importers of pauper labor,
They cannot defend themselyes6y urg-
ing that although theey>are protected
tho must have cheaper labor or sus-
pend business, because the statement
would not be believed. Their object
in securing cheap labor is to increase
their profits. While there should be
no obstruction put in the way of i'm
migration, there should be check
put on the importation of laborers
who are satisfied to work throughout
their lives for pauper wages.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
After Satisfaction.

The roadbed and all the appurte-
nances of the Mexican extension of
the 1. 81 G. n. R'y, was attached in
New Laredo yesterday to satisfy a
Judgment obtained in the Mexican
courts against that company by
Messrs. Hunter, Sampsell 81 Wells and
the Milmo National bank for a sum in
the neighborhood of 100000. A week
or ten days ago the executive officer
officially notified the company that he
would give them two days in which to
deposit the amount obtained in the
Judgment, but it failed to be forth
coming, and therefore the attachment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

TIE comptroller has shown very
plainly that the tax agreed upon for
purposes of general revenue will
create deficit in therevenue account.
But the legislature, as appears from
its record was called together for par
tisan political purposes, and this being
the case honest treatment of the peo-
pie was precluded.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

THE Examiner says the Terrell
bill was the only measure presented to
the legislature which recognized the
fact that grass is property. 1t pro-
vided for the gradual abolition of free
grass, protected the land owner, and,
at the same time, prevented him from
committing extortions upon the stock
men. Its adoption would have pre-
vented the over-stocking of the range,
and would thereby have eliminated
the cause of quarrels between stock
man
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

PARTISAN legislation can destroy
Texas sooner than many suppose. The
grandest individual fortunes are those
which melt away through evil man.
agement the most rapidly, to be fol-
lowed by the greatest amount of mis-
cry. AS with individuals so it may
be with the state; and fortune has
been slipping from its hands during
the last twelve months at the rate of
one hundred millions of dollars an
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
A BeantituI Pen Picture.

lNratn IN Enqulrer.l
New York is full of elegant homes,
hardly eXcelled in the world. All our
American cities abound in noble
homes, but here, where wealth has
been so bountiful, these homes are
upon scale hardly TO be found in the
world. The merchants and success
full men of New York live like verit-
able kings and princes In other
countries society is organized around
men, here the men serve the women,
not for only seven years, like Jacob to
Laban's daughter, but for seventy and
seven. This is the golden age of
women. No where else are women
without rank or quality maintained
as if they were descended from
princes. New York homes are re-
plete with everything that money can
buy. Almost every household has its
special devotion; some run TO priJA
| some To coins, some to elegant bind
ings of books, some to antique and
venerable editions of books, some to
rugs, some to plaques, some to paint
lngS. | venture to say that in this
city If the private houses could be
thrown inside out we would stand
amazed at our own treasures. Some
times the most magnificent tastes and
qualifications are found in the most
modest New Workers. Self-made men
feel like orIamenting their homes
with the treasures of their own occu-
pations, pleasures CT origins.
The recent outbreak of the destruct-
i've forces of Nihilism in Russia, is
due to the obstinacy of the Gar Alex
= ander, who steadily refuses to etfectu-
nN Of f0h hn
Used previous to the coronation. In
J one respect, at least, the cars posi-
3 ton is heroic. He has no notion of
: being compelled by threats and vio-
= lence of some of his own subjects to
i change the character of his govern
t ment or to abdicate the throne of his
: fathers. 1t is not impossible that had
: the Constitutional party in Russia
e been very much in earnest, they could
:, after the assassination of the late
o Alexander ii on March 13, 1881, have
d secured from his son the guarantee OF
e a parliament-monarchy form of gov
e eminent. They could, at least
i the national representative as
V sembly, known as the Zemsky
n Duma, previous to the reign of Peter
l. the Great, met annually at Moscow a:
n an advisory council, with consider
e, able degree of independence. Petel
If abolished this peoples assembly, ant
t, established a senate, composed O.
S. broken-down public functionaries ant
some mobiles, which has no point O
contact with bodies of that name II
constitutionally governed countries
I, The Russians generally desire the res
~ toration of the old Zemsli Duma, an,
y if they had it, there is little doub
L, u that the present political tendencie
- would soon, through that medium
re bring about a strictly representative
u and deliberative and legislative as
re sembly, elected by restricted suffrage
T. If the Russian agricultural populs
u ton can be brought to unite intelli
. gently upon such a scheme, no Rus
10 sian car could resist the pressure
u. The peasantry constitute nearly three
y fourths of the population, and the
u have long been accustomed to a kin
+ of local self-government in their vi
u u lage assemblies and communal Ian
III systems
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

The new system of ensilage feeding
should not be condemned without
trial, simply because a few farmers
have not been successful in its use.
Ninety-nine per cent of those who
have built and filled silos are enthu-
siastic in praise of ensilage when used
under proper conditions and in con-
nection with grain or oil meal. Would
you condemn the use Of flour simply
because a few housekeepers made good
bread therefrom. Because some dairy
men produce only inferior butter,
would you advice others to abandon
butter-making? AS to ensilage, the
only wonder is that there have been
so few failures in its proper preserva-
tion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

cally what the governor had recon-
mended, but the governors supporters
wholly rejected the propositions. thus
proving abandonment of his pri-
mary declarations, if not insincerity
in making them. Wehave said truths
relating to this legislative period will
not be written for many years to
come. Probably they may never be
written, for these things go to show
that much must have been effected
in such darkness as to prevent il
from ever being dragged into the
| light.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

SAYS the Galveston Print: Ii the
legislature had been as industrious III
attending to the matters which called
them to Austin as they were in liking
ND political states, something might
have heen accomplished.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

THE average price of short-horns
in 1881 was S15S; in 1882 it was $lS2.1O,
and in 1883 it was $205.56, with pros
pect for it being still higher for 1854
while the price of Jerseys has
more than doubled in the of time
and yet there is very little special
about these things, for long-horns
have more than doubled in value in
fxxyo uaoro
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

DR.. John r. Lee, who died recently
in Hartford, CT, has made the follow
ing requests: To the American Mis-
sionary association, $4,000; Oberlin
College, $500; to Berea College, KY,
$1,000; to the Hampton Normal and
Agricultural school, Va, $1,000; to
the Fisk University of Nashville,
$1,000; TO the American Congrega-
tional Union, $1,000 and stocks of the
par value of $1,000. The American
Missionary association is also made
residuary legatee. The estate amounts
to between $4,000 and $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
two year

PARsoN TALMAGE attributes the
epidemic of crime, which appears to
be sweeping the country, to the state
of the atmosphere. He sayS that
Satan is prince Of the powers of the
air, and that he employs certain states
of the atmosphere for evolving wick
edness. Mr.. Talmage advocates shut
ting off the supply of air from desper-
adoes-after ttfneyyAaaEEsealght.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

Take care of your Liver. A great
number of the diseases to which MALI
kind are liable arise from disorder d
condition of this organ. Keep it in
sound and healthy condition and you
con defy disease. PRICKLY ASH BIT
TIERS are especially adapted for this
purpose. being composed of drugs
which act on the liver. giving it tone
and strength to Withstand malaria.
fe2eod&W
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

EVIDENCES Te6e inning to present
themselves that members of the city
police for, have Ieen busying them
selves in bringing about disturbances
affecting per-ons connected with THE
STATESMAN Office. Such conspiring
in fact, after little investigation, it is
thought, will not be very hard to
nrOva
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
Unendurahle Silence.

IPhlIaueIphla HINES lIlu. DeIn.JI
The bloody shirt has been torn to
tatters long ago, and the people of all
sections are heartily sick of it; but
just as long as its rags can be used to
exhibit Southern folly at the worst,
just so long will it be serviceable in
the Republican property room. The
Democratic statesmen should initiate
the frugal clearinghouse matron,
who studied what the boarders didn't
like. and gave them plenty of it.
What theRepublican statesman doesn't
want, is silence on sectional issues.
Give them plenty of it,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
MARyI.AND Democrats nrf

MARYLAND Democrats prefer Bay
ard as the presidential nominee, while
majority of Republicans want to
see Arthur nominated. The West
and the South are ready to sustain
Mr.. Bayard with the greatest zeal.
and it is believed he may command
more strength in New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut
and Massachusetts, than any other
man in the Democratic party.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

MUTsoHITo l., Emperor of Japan,
who is now thirty-three years OF age,
is the 123d sovereign of that country.
He has relgned since the death of his
father in 1867. His is the only dynasty
that has ruled in Japan, and began
$50 b. G. There is no other monarch
in the world who can boast so I'M
broken descent from so ancient a
otOoL
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

WHEN Isaac Fisher, who was on
trial for rape at Eastland, heard the
verdict was a hung jury he lost his
mental balance and has been crazy
ever since. That reminds us of the
colored juryman, who when he heard
the foreman announce it would be a
hung jury asked to be excused and
took to the brush, to save as he sup
posed his own precious neck.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

An amusing story comes from
Washington to the effect that detec-
tiveS are to be hired to watch Con-
gr. ssman Springer, to discover where
he is getting his information about the
Republican star route and other ras-
calities that h committee proposes to
investigate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
every day

TAXES were not reduced, while it
has been demonstrated that to prevent
deficits it was necessary to increase
them. Why is mere money needed
now for running the government than
in the year past. during which taxes
were being r4p.dly decreased?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
Who to Reward.

1t is stated that Major John F.
Elliott, of the Dallas Herald, and Mr..
w. T. Hardenbrook, of the Houston
Post, are both applicants for the posi-
ton of commissioners to the New Or
leans exposition. The governor has a
very delicate duty to perform in max
ing the selection.