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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03
One Of the Hot weather Puzzles.

From the Boston Herald, Ind.
What would it profit the republicans
to gain the whole Pacific coast and
lose New York and Massachusetts,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

SINCE the action of the late New
York convention Governor Cleveland
was mounted to first place in the
chances for the democratic national
convention at Chicago. He is a good
man, a steady, faithful democrat, and
carried his state for governor by the
largest majority ever thrown by any
state for any man. He is a strong
able, clean and patriotic man, and if
he is the nominee he will receive the
enthusiastic support of the masses
of the party all over America. After
Tilden, Senator Bayard IS the choice
of many men, but all would
support Cleveland with equal
enthusiasm. The fact is now
that in very many respects the
latter would be stronger nomination
than the former, and something is
due in this way to the consideration
of availability. The STATESMAN pre-
fers Bayard, but would be abundantly
satisfied with Cleveland or any other
good man who had New York reas-
onably safe.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

WHICH will hold the telegraph
franchise, the Daily Sunny South, or
the Sunny Daily Examiner The
advantages hang to the side of the
fence. on which the franchise falls.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

AUSTIN society is justly celebrated
all over the south for its elegance
and refinement. Indeed there are
more lovely women in the fair capt.
tai of Texas than in any other city of
similar size in all America. This is
the universal verdict of travelled OBJ
SerVerS
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

WHEN the Dallas Times and the
Fort Worth Gazette lie down together
and little child leads 'em, then the
political millennium may be looked
for, but not till then.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THE west and the south will come
nearer voting together this fall than
ever they did.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

FREE grass, free air, free water,
free lunch. free men and freedom, all
circle and wheel about the place
where the panther freely laid down a
dozen years since, to rest in the vast
silence or the primeval prairie.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

and alone from that time to thisi
That hads made obeisance to the
everlas ing hills, paid my devotion to
the mutton, milk and morals, and ex-
changed compliments with the fra
grant, salutatory, air, seemed to be
no sort of sop to Cerberus. This
event was the only ripple upon the
seasons surface. was charmed when
the day came to wipe the wet sand
OF my worldly slippers and breathe a
poetic auf wiederschen to gray rocks,
green lawns, falling waters and peo-
pie who love their neighborS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03
Rrihe Hi,n on the snot,

From the Reading Neg 5, Dem.
So many republicans have refused
to support Blaine and Logan that
Steve Elkins has issued the order:
eff any editor hauls down our colors,
bride him on the spot"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

WHEN will Judge Fleming be in
terviewed again? 1t would be very
curious noW.to note and compare his
views with those of a month since.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

IT seems that the sand lotters set
ting down upon Judge Field, of Cali
fornia, was very premature proceed
ing. The Judge comes back vigor-
ously and there is music in the air
over in Eureka.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

AUSTIN has many lovely homes,
and the number is increasing every
day. There are myriads of magnificent
sites on which glorious houses might
be built.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THE state teachers association now
in session at San Antonio, is an i'm
portant assembly of intelligent work
ers, in the highest interests of the state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

LET the new mayor see to it that
the chain gang pick up and cart off
the loose stones in the streets of Aus
tin. No better work could be done
for the city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03
Counting the Greenback Partv,

From the Providence Journal.
General Butler has taken his place
at the head of the greenback party. It
consists of himself and little boy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THE Colorado Clipper is unneces-
sarily severe upon Gen. Claiborne, the
genial chairman of the democratic
state executive committee. The gen.
eral may come up short some times in
his estimate of what constitutes safe
newspaper fight, but in the main he is
true democrat, true man and with
considerably over tn e average share
of party sagacity.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

AUSTIN is destined to become the
leading residence city of Texas, as
well as the great school center of the
state, OF rather of the southwest.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

AGAIN has the mailing clerk of the
Dallas Times relapsed into his usual
bad habit of cutting off his exchanges
to meet the increasing demands of
the subscription lists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

TEXAS is enjoying now a strange
and delightful immunity from those
shocking crimes which have so often
marred her good name. May we not
hope that the reign of law and order
has indeed set in for good and all.
What paradise we would have here
if such were really the case.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THERE is no finer natatorium in all
America than is furnished by the
Gee :, ilue, clear Colorado, at or near
til, city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

ALL New England is out of the re-
publican traces, and the dazed voters
are not rushing fir antically into the
arms of Ben Butler either.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THINGS have come to the pass
where stand must be made against
the machine which has so long stalked
over the preferences of the people.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

BETWEEN free grass and free gam
bling the several organs of Fort
Worth and Dallas are having lively
time of it, indeed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

Mr.. WALKER BLAINE will never
be able to say, "my father, the presi
dent, directs, etc."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THERE can be no serious panic in
Texas now. Our glorious crop which
is well nigh assured is a safeguard
against such calamity.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THE STATESMAN doesn't relish
crow one bit, but it foresees that there
is a mess of that bird preparing for it..
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

WHAT new development is the Ca
zette up to now? Something, or why
all this painful quiet just at this time.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

JOHNNIE LuNsFoRD. of the San
Antonio Light, makes the local page
of that excellent little evening twink
Ter glitter like a sure enough star.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03
Unwept, Unhonored and Unsung.

From the DENY Tribune.
Hayes continues 10 calmly feed his
chickens and set more eggs undsturb-
ed by the boiling os the political cal
dron.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THE Waco Examiner is having a
ugly time of it, surely. There is a
chance for some Phoenix like business
in that fair city by the Brazos.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THE city cannot do better than to
close with Driskill at once. The new
hotel is sadly needed. and it will be a
vast convenience.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THE South deserves recognition at
the hands of the national democracy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THEY'RE going to get after Glad
stone and his Egyptian policy, in the
British parliament.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THERE is peace, hollow peace, be-
tween the News and the Post now
and it viii last until it is broken, no
longer
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03
A Result of BIaine,s Nomination

From tie New York Evening Post.
There will be a +, asst quantity of silly
politics brought to market during the
next few months.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

BLAINE is already monkeying with
the ''boys of my old college," They
all do it. when they become candi-
dafoa
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THE New England republicans are
all out of the traces, and the very
devil is to pay among the respectable
east.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

ALL reports from north Texas con-
cur as to the glorious crop prospects
now gliding the outlook.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

GEN. LoeAN's grammar is improv-
ing. This is really good news.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THERE is no reason why Austin
should not be one of the very best
trade centers in the state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

The preparations as Chicago will
soon be completed, and the menagerie
will soon be on.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

The world would hardly feel the
jolt were congress really to adjourn,
as it has threatened to do.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THESE bank failures all over the
country are beginning to be monoti-
nous.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03
One Ticket That blaine Could Beat

FROM the Washington Republican, Rep
Why not "Oid Bllf' English and
young Bill English? That ticket
would sweep the country.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03
All Right Up to the Present Time

From the Trenton True American. Dem.
Even the most unfrisndly critics
will admit that the democratic party
has male no mistake yet.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

CLEANLY republieanism can not
brook the Blaine morals.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

CLEVELAND comes to III fro t
now, in good style.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

FREE grass by no mans means
free buttermilk. Does it. Mr. Gazette
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

Why not pm Joss in anyhow, no
matter il he 5 or not.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

DON'T touch the governor" is the
warning, but distressful cry of the
thick and thin organs. They can
stand anything but that. A CORES
pondent of local, but pretentious pa
per, at Houston, writing from this
city, says, oracularly, that legitimate
criticism is healthful, and, in effect,
says the governor does not object, but
rather courts that sort of treatment.
But mind you, this correspondent, in
his unripe judgment alone, assumes to
say just what is, and what is not, legit-
mate in the way of official criticism.
THE STATESMAN assumed, the
other day, to point out some
faults and errors of his
excellency, which it regarded
as glaring. 1t had no idea but what
that course was sanctioned by rule
and usage-was, in fact, legitimate
criticism, especially, as it is well
known that the STATESMAN opposes
in every legitimate and earnest way,
as is Its right, the denomination of
Governor Ireland. These charges
cannot be met, and the only way to
do is for this astute, accomplished
correspondent and political philoso-
pher, to declare them illegi.imate and
then proceed to shrivel the STATES
MAN up like burnt Gree) grass, in the
CLINT of his indignant eye. The gov
ernor has some very earnest, but ex.
ceedingly callow champions, and here
is one of them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

Ross can fling the machine, beyond
a doubt, even yet
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

'sTHE tale of a shirt" was pretty
well told by the News the other day.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03
me Public Eve on Saratoga Be

From the Washington Post.
The Democratic pa, ty Of the c0un-
try Is quietly waiting the action of
the New York Convention
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03
GROVER CLEVELAND will do.

THE News leads the journalism Of
the state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

CLICK, of Kansas, hears the click
of the machine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

Thumbs and Fingers Too Few to Count
Them.
From the Boston Transcript.
About forty newspapers classed as
rated as anti-Blaine, and the list is
daily growing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

THE mob gets in some of its work
in Indiana, strange to say.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

A Milestone Round the Party's Neck.
From the Baltimore American.
Villain Tammany is again chasing
Miss Harmony from ti.e democratic
camp
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

MACHINE democracy is no good.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

of it, because engrossed with his in
diyidual affairs, and hearing nothing !
Of moral questions, from the profess
sional politicians, he naturally con-
cludes that it is only a question of
personal preference. The nomination
being made, the moral effect is felt,
nevertheless, throughout all classes of
society.
The candidates for public position
come before the people under criti-
clsm of their opponents, and whatever
is faulty, immoral or corrupt will be
made known to the public in the
course of the canvass. They come be-
fore the people as the selection of rep
resentat1ve men of the party, and it is
fair for the people to presume, that the
lives and habits, the character and ca
pacitY of candidates, are well-know to
the parties nominating them. They
have right to expect the very best
men of the party as It's nominees.
They are justifable, therefore, in
measuring the virtue and ca
pacity OF the party, by the
morals and qualities of its candidates.
The election of a corrupt, an immoral
or an incompetent man to a position
of honor or trust, is misfortune be-
cause of the injury he may do the PEG
pie as dishonest or incapable official.
But the greater misfortune, is the eff
feet the election, or even the nomina-
ton, of such man has had upon the
moral sentiment of the people.
Success, while it may not be the cor
rect measure OF merit, is the commonly
accepted standard of worth. The sue.
cessful politician is known of all men
His character and conduct are known
The endorsement he receives in
his nomination is known tc
all the people. What is
= more natural than that the
masses of the people. should estimate
the popular idea of character, moral;
and ability, by the standard of thu
nominee?
J The effect produced upon the young
men of our country, by the success o.
demagogues, who as men, are known
i to be weak, both morally and intellec
tually, is truly deplorable. Let thu
: delegates to our state and nationa
! democratic conventions consider thi
! question and give us candidates who's
j lives and characters are above re
/ proach and whose virtue and abilit.
) will stand as an example, ft to excit'
the emulation of the noblest of gu
, youths. Let them be of such char
> acter as will elevate rather than de
a grade the moral tone OF the party ant
the people.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-03

Henry Dunn Carr, of Wisconsin, Caused
to Leap From a Car Window.
From the New York Sum 18th.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-14
An Independent Wife.

A few days ago prominent Boston
fnancier died, says the Traveller of that
city, leaving a widow hardly half bis
age, whom he married for a second wife
some fifteen years since. AT the time
of his second marriage he had several
grown-up children. who, as usually hap
pens, were very angry, and who insisted
that his new wife had accepted him on
account of his wealth. Despite the diff
ference of their ages they were in SYM
pathy and lived happily together. She
always resented the charge of merce-
nariness and now that he is dead she has
opened a boarding-house, resolved to
take care of herself. Although her late
husband was held to be worth several
millions, it is said that he had lost his
fortune in Wall street and that he had
left no will. Some of the widows
friends have urged her to insist on her
legal rights, but she stubbornly refuses
to. The dead financier, who devotedly
loved her, is thought to have provided
generously for her in his will. But even
if the will had been destroyed she would
be entitled to her dover, but she will al
low no action in her behalf.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-14
Women in Distress.

A dispatch from Crested Butte, Col.
the scene of the terrible mining disaster
says when the wives of the buried
miners began to gather around the
opening of the drift there was O babel
of polyglotic misery. There were but
few Americans employed by the COM
pany. The miners were mostly Germans,
Swedes, Danes, Cornishmen and Irish
men. The wives of these men moaned
and prayed in as many tongues. One
woman rushed frantically at the barrier
which held her husbands body from her
and began to tear at the earth and rocks
with her hands. Another became hys-
terical and laughed and cried by turns.
Brave men turned away their heads to
hide their emotion, curses mingled with
the prayers, and the scene was as wild
one of human misery as could be con-
ceived.
When the special train arrived from
Gunnison, the crowd rushed to the little
station to meet it as if deliverance was
at hand. Women threw their arms about
the necks of the men and begged them
to save their husbands. The poor crea-
lures were mad with grief and fright
The relief party consoled them as best it
could. and promised to do all that mortal
could do to save the buried miners, but
they did not delude themselves with any
such hope. They knew that the men
who were in the mine when the explo-
sion took place would never be taken out
alive.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-14
New York State Charities.
52, ,S04 Persons Cared for During the Year
at a Cost of S9,9S3,037.

The annual report of the State Board
of Charities, of New York State, shows
that the value of property in charge of
the Board is $43, 1903, ATS, of which
81, $50, 933 is personal estate. The re-
ceipts of the fiscal year ended Sept. 80,
1888, were $40, 772, ,269; expenditures,
SO, ,9S3, OBJ; number of persons under
care Oct. l, 52,S04. There were II, 343
insane persons in the various institutions
of the State on Oct. l.
The Board recommends the purchase
of the Simpson farm of 130 acres adJcin-
ing the Willard Asylum, at Ovid, at
cost not to exceed 800 per acre. The
Board criticises the care of asylums in
New York and Kings counties, and rec
ommends that the care of the insane
there be placed in each county under
separate department, entirely independ-
ent of the Departments of Charities and
Correction.
The average number of blind in State
institutions is 400. There are now six
State institutions for deaf mutes, where
$50 males and 513 females are cared for.
The five reformatories in the State con-
tain 1895 males and 1,095 females. The
earnings of these institutions were $4S,-
532 and the expenses $262, ,277. The care
of these juvenile delinquents is much be-
low the proper standard.
The total number of paupers in the
poorhouses and almshouses of the State
is 1876, of whom 1922 are females.
Their support cost during the year ST.
959, 1886. The number of persons re-
ceiving outdoor relief is go, 554; and the
amount expended S579,987 There are
1S4 orphan asylums and homes for the
friendless, and their inmates number
AZ ,643. The disbursements on their ac-
count were 81, 868. $40, and the receipts
S.. .353, ,927
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-14
A Doctors Shocking Story.

The Chicago Times declares that a
well known physician, of that city.
found the body of friend on dissect.
ing table in the Hahnemann College six
years ago, and, although he has con-
tinued to attend the family ever since,
never disclosed the facts. In the mean
time the family of the deceased continued
paying insurance premiums on a policy
OF $4,000, on the supposition that he
was still alive. In the published ac
counts of an interview, the doctor SAYS
that his deceased friend was addicted to
drink, and probably died on the street
from exposure, the body finding its
way to the Morgue. He states, in ex-
planation, that he was shocked on dis
covering the body, and intended inform.
ing the family but, he said, Gas the
boys needed a subject, 1 let them 90
along with the work" He also declares
that it might have been case of mis-
taken identity, which idea sustained him
in keeping the matter a secret.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-14
Sugar.

Among the six largest sugar-produc-
ing countries in Europe-Germany,
Austria, France, Russia, Belgium and
Holland Germany, during the cam
paign of 1S82-'83, carried off the palm
with 800, 900 tons, or 80 per cent. of the
whole. Next comes Austria with 475, 600
tons, France with 425,000 tons, Russia
with 25O,OOO tons, Belgium with 10000
tons and Holland with $4,000 tons. Not
only has Germany relatively the great
est number of refneries (357 out OF
1904, equal to 29.6 per cent?, but she
has also the largest establishments, the
annual production for each refinery
averaging 2,235 tons, while the average
ofAustria is only 2,032 tons, and that OF
France as low as 695 tons.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-14
How to Bring Up WOrn-Out Land.

Sir John Bennett Lawes has written
chapter for the new edition of Harris
"Talks on Manure" on "Restoring Fer
tility to the Soil, !" a subject that interests
all our farmers who do not cultivate vir-
gin soil. 1t is a most valuable contribu-
ton, and shows how science may be ap-
piled with a view to dollars and cents. A
relative of Mr.. Lawes, having several
thousand acres of exceedingly poor and
worn-out land, consulted him as to the
best method of treating it. The growth
of crops with the aid of artificial manures
is discussed, and it is clearly shown why
this would not be profitable on such poor
land. The plan decided upon was to
make the production of meat the basis OF
renovation; to stop all tillage, and en-
deavor to get the soil into pasturage, by
giving it the plant food to enable it to
grow good grasses. A flock OF sheep
was to be allowed to run over the land
during the day, and to be folded there
every night, and fed one pound each OF
cotton-seed cake. The use of sheep in
renovating land is not new to our farmers,
and has often been advocated in these
pages, but the practice has rarely been
presented in so systematic manner.
Sheep in fiocks of one hundred enclosed
by movable fences, or hurdles, upon
space twenty by twenty-five yards, and
folds moved daily, would in ten days
cover an acre each, and the manure OF
one thousand pounds of the cake would
be well distributed upon this amount OF
land. This quantity Of manure contains
seventy-seven pounds of nitrogen, sixty
eight pounds of phosphate lime, and
thirty-two pounds of potash. These fer
tilizers cannot be purchased in any artl-
fetal manure at so cheap rate, since the
increase in the weight of the sheep fed
in this manner goes far to offset their
original cost in the cotton-seed cake.