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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

GEN. LoNGsTREET's official career
in the federal service is not apt to
cover him W tn glory. A good many
Irregularities are known to exist in
the conduct of his Office, and several
Investigations have been ordele ed, of
which none are said to have exoner-
ated him from censure, but the gravi-
ty of his shortcomings, if any exist, is
left to conjecture. The Courier
Journal published few days ago an
abstract of a case in which Gen.
Longstreet appeared as a defendant,
being sued to recover a balance due
on a cotton speculation in cotton
His defense was the plea of gam
bling contract. 1t is suggested that
the general has, perhaps, been de
voting too much of his time to study
ing the teleg raphic 'greasers."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
Rararia,s Mnniac King.



King Louis of Bavaria does not
grow less eccentric with age. His
latest kink is a dislike to be men
toned by the newspapers, even in a
friendly way. A short time ago an
editor at Spires published some water
ing-place correspondence from Kis-
singer, in which the writer referred
to the regret experienced by the in
habitants of that place at not more
frequently being favored with visits
by his majesty. Forthwith the editor
was arrested, tried and sentenced to
prison for two months. Perhaps the
kings determination to allow no
mention of his movements was caused
by an incident which took place Just
after the Franco-German war. The
king met in the streets of Munich a
returned wounded soldier and adj
dressed him, but finding himself not
recognized expressed his surprise and
announced his identity. "But how
should / know your majesty ?" ex-
postulated the soldier. "You nevel
go to the army, and / never 60 to The
play
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
Rise in the Price of Candy.

The toothSome gum-drop and the
rubber-like marShmallion Will soon be
an expensive luxury, and all because
the False Prophet" thousands of
miles away, is stirring up rebellion
in the Soudan. Pure gum-arabic COM
poses over 30 per cent of all the best
confectionery and comes almost eX-
clusiyely from the Soudan. Khar-
toum is its great market. 1t is brought
there by the natives and bartered to
merchants from Cairo and Suakim
for guns, cartridges, trinkets and
other articles dear to the heart of Il
savage. Once a year, during October
and November, when the Nile is at
its highest, the yield is tloated down
on EargeS to Cairo, and thence shipped
to the four principal markets of the
world-Lonton, Paris, MarSeilles and
New York. y small part is taken
overland on camels to Suakim, about
a three months trip. The unit of
commerce is a bale containing 500
pounds. The European consumption
every year is 1000 Of these bales,
while America consumes half as
much.
Since FL Mahdi has been disaffect-
ing the Soudan the price of gum has
been steadily going up, and from the
usual price Of s or 10 cents a pound it
has now risen to 20, and there is little
to buy at that. No crop was brought
in this year. and unless the insurrec-
ton is quelled within the course of
three months there will be none next.
The Cairo merchants of course will
not send their money into the Soudan
in its present state, even could their
agents get there safely, Besides this,
there is very little to bring out, as
none has been gathered this year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

ATLAsT, it is said, Russia is begin
ming to awake to spirit of justice
towards the Jews. The Russian Sen
ate will attempt to obtain immediate
abrogation of the anti-JeWish laws,
the adoption of which were secured
by Ignatief. Under these laws out
RACES that have shocked the civilized
world have been perpetrated, and it is
time they were repealed. Their exist
ence has beenan insult to all civilized
peoples, and the nations of the earth
have protested against them. 1t has
been said, the cause of man is the
cause of God, and no people should
stand idly by and look calmly on
while the iron heel of tyranny is tor
turing and crushing the life out of a
distinct people. If Russia should not
repeal her odious laws; or, if after re-
peal, there be return to such perse-
cutions of the Jews as have made hu-
mainly shudder in the past, the civil
lized world should see that she is
made to repect humanity.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
p than a-year-ahead supply.

THE fourth National Agricultural
invention, under the auspices of the
merican Agricultural Association,
IL be held in New York City Feb
airy and Z. Addresses will be de-
cred and papers read by leading
mixers and writers on topics of gen.
interest, and all identified with
agriculture and kindred pursuits are
cordially invited to be present and
participate in the proceedings. Dele
gates will be present from all sections
of the country, and arrangements for
reduced rates of fare are being made
with the railroads leading into New
York. The annual meeting of the
association for the election of officers
and the transaction of other business,
including the matter of an agricul-
tural fair, to be participated in by all
the states, will be held on the first
day. These conventions, two of which
have been held in New York. and one
in Chicago, have become representa-
tive of nearly ali the states, and
should be even more largely encour-
aged.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
RingWOrn.

One of the medical names of this
ailment is herpes circinata. which is
nearly the saflie as our familiar term.
They each refer TO the way in which
it moyes-like q creeping circle, a
ring constantly enlarging itself out
ward from its center.
The disease is caused by parasitic
plant Of course-lodging
On the skin and then getting down
into its substance. 1t then propagates
its kind. Each new brood developesa
little further from the center of the
circle. The first things noticed are an
itching, a burning, a slight redness.
These are soon followed by small
number Of escicleS-minute eleva-
tons filled with watery fluid. Some
OF these VeScicles are constantly dry
ing up while others are forming.
Among other animals sheep are sub
ject to this ailment. The plant, or its
spores Seeds, may adhere to the wool
in spite of the washing, and the dis
ease may be thus communicated to
persons employed in wooden mills 1t
is now believed that many of the con-
tagiouS diseases are due to micro
SCOPE plants, but these do not take
root and grow and ripen their spores
unless they find Il congenial soil. The
congenial soil for ringWormS is low
state of the human system. Mill girls
are peculiarly exposed, because they
are seldom in vigorous health.
The ringWorm may be upon the
body or upon the head. In the latter
case its appearance is different, and it
bears a somewhat different medical
name herpes tonsurans. The latter
term is from a Latin word signifying
to save. Yet whether on the body
or head, it is the same disease,
and due to the same parasite. On the
head it works down to the hair bulb,
and there plants itself.
The hair loses its vitality, and is
easily broken off. The eyebrows and
lashes may wholly drop out. The
patches are circular They show re-
plIlsive-looking sores, with red, raw
appearance. Some have a crust-like
formation. The slight discharge from
the visicles mats the surrounding hair.
Both varieties are contagious. Chill
dren with ring worms should not be
allowed to play with other children.
DR.. Weir, professor of dermatOlogy
in the Philadelphia Medical and Chi
rurgical College, who has been long
experimenting on curative applica-
tons for the disease-we repeat it for
the benefit of the medical profession
says he has never known the oleate Of
copper to fail in a single case. The
general health usually needs invigor-
| atiDg.-I OuthS' Companion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
TIE Philadelphia Record thinks

THE Philadelphia Record thinks
the Democratic majority of the House
committee on American shipping
show their good sense in following
the lead of Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, a
Republican member of the COMMITTEES
who has given much attention to the
subject. Gen. Slocum, chairman of
the committee, has reported one of
Mr.. Dingley's bills for relieving
American shipping of some of the
most vexatious burdens imposed by
the antiquated navigation laws. In
reporting the bill Gen. Slocum shows
that up to 1852 the navigation laws of
England and the United States were
almost identical. But while the Eng
lish government has revised the navi-
cation laws for the promotion of COM
merce, our laws remain substantially
the same as when enacted near the
beginning of the present century.
Among the most important reforms
proposed in Mr.. Dingley's bill is the
repeal of the consular fees and of the
tonnage tax. In another bill provi-
sion is made for free ships and for re-
bate of all duties on ship-building ma
terialS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
Emperor Wilhelm at the Opera.

Nearly the entire court was present.
The emperor, of course, was there.
He never fails to appear when Lucca
sings. In the largest of the royal
boxes sat Prince Wilhelm, his Wife's
brother, Prince Gunther, OF Schleswig-
Holstein, and another young officer.
In the box adjoining were the Prince
and Princes Friedrich, of HohenZol-
Tern. Between acts Prince Wilhelm,
followed by his companions, entered
their box. The prince and princess
kept their seats and shook hands with
the future third emperor OF Germany
without offering to stand up. Prince
Wilhelm gallantly kissed the princess
glove and then took a seat in a
shadowy corner by her. Suddenly
the old Kaiser walked in. The party
instantly arose to greet the grizzly
monarch, who shook all cordially by
the hand and appeared in the best Of
spirits. AS ne held the princess hand
until she stood up straight. after max
ing her low courtesy, l noticed for the
first time that the Kaiser's index
finger of his right hand was entirely
gone. They all stood awhile chatting
pleasantly. until his majesty with
drew. The Prince of Hohenzollern
dropped on sofa in the back of the
box, and just as Prince Wilhelm was
starting to sit on the point of the for
mer's helmet cap, which lay beside
him, he pulled it hastily aside, and the
heir to the German throne let himself
carefully down onto the velvety
depths of the sofa beside Prince
Friedrich.
Once, in going through one of the
royal palaces, the guide told me that
the emperOr's finger had been shot off
accidentally at hunt when he was a
very young man, and before his mar
riage but that artists always painted
in the missing member.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
FAX !! Tax How il Is Proposed IL
Pile up Another Cash Balance.

To the Editor Of the statesman.
By reference to yesterdays STATES
MAN, / see Mr.. Cochran, chairman, re-
ported on the bill for revenue that
physicians, dentists, cock-pits and
other occupations are singled out to
make up the proposed deficiency that
may occur by reduction of the ad
valorem tax upon property.
Now, Mr.. Editor, is this fair or Just :?
Is it Democratic to thus make fish of
one class of citizens and fowl of
another class? The old watch word
of Democracy when it was pure and
its principles undefiled, was Free
trade and sailors rights" Equal tax
alton and burthens laid where they
could be borne with the least hard
ship. True Democracy teaches the
ad valorem system of taxation, taxing
every man according to what he is
worth. There you deal justly and fair
ly by all. Many of our citizens only
have their occupation. They have
spent their time and means in
its aQuirement and trust to
the patronage of the public for
their living and the. means to acquire
property. Do you, as Democrats, pro-
pose to still adhere to this lecherous
system of raising revenue by taxing
your professional citizens? A system
inaugurated and practiced only since
Il epublicanism has held the sway in
this free land. Does the Democratic
legislature Of Texas propose to out
Herod Herod, and go further than
even the carpet baggers of the Twelfth
and Thirteenth Legislatures did. by in.
classed at that, and by creating
state police force, each one of which
will have the right to arrest the citi-
zen and incarcerate him in prison
upon imaginary offenses? What was
said by Democrats in regard to the
action of the late Gov. Davis and his
state police, may probably be said of
the police created by the present Dem
ocratic legislature of the great Demo-
cratic state of Texas. CITIZEN.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
STATE POLICE.

The proposition to give state police
men the same power as sheriffs, if put
into effect would cause a great deal
OF trouble. A gentleman of western
Texas writes as follows, in regard to
this sub ject: "The state police, or
rangers, as the state government
would have us call them as distin-
guished to the Davis police constitL
al this time farce, and it would be
far better for Texas if the whole mill
tary system were abolished, depend
ing alone in time of emergency upon
the posse comitatus, or upon the
volunteer militia, which IS always
ready to respond for service. The
day Of the rangers usefulness is gone;
besides where there is a squad of
them in a country the sheriff
and other officers rely on
them to do their work, and the
morale of the community is injured.
Besides, the service is not always
given the sort of men who ought to
be trusted as peace officers. There is
an officer, now in the state service,
who was sent to the penitentiary
some years ago, and who the COVER
nor has lately given papers restoring
him to citizenship. The records Of
Bexar county will prove what is
stated. The legislature had better go
slow on this subject, for it is propo-
sition for peace and order that will
utterly destroy 10th in many COM
munities." The gentleman who
writes these lines is correct. Govern
ment should be of and near the peo-
pie, not dispensed by a central
power. Instead of giving the
governor the right to re-
move sheriffs, the power to remove
should be vested in the county com.
missioners' court. Gov. Roberts, four
years ago, asked that power to re-
move sheriffs be given the governor,
and some of those very people who
advocate now then bitterly opposed
it. Circumstances alter cases, but
nothing should disturb the grand
principles underlying our government
that local self government is the safe
guard to popular liberty.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

HENRY 3. PAYNE, the newly elected
Ohio senator, has always been a true
and consistent Democrat, no matter
what may be said Of his money in
fluence. He is well advanced in life,
but he is stin an active, busy man
He was a presidential elector in 1913
on the Democratic ticket; he was a
state senator in 1850; he ran for gov
ernor against Salmon Z. Chase in 1856,
and came within few votes of cleo
ton; he was prominent candidate
for United States senator in the same
year; he was a delegate to three DEM
ocratic presidential conventions, a
member OF the lower branch of the
Forty-fourth Congress and a member
Of the electoral commission. 1t will
he seen that he will not be a novice
in Democratic councils. The New
\ ork World says Of him:
The business interests"of the coun-
try will certainly not be terrified by
his election to the Senate. His oppo-
nents charge himwith being a monop-
olist, but there is no evidence what
ever to support this allegation beyond
the fact that his son, who arrived at
the age of majority about twenty-five
years ago, is identified with the Stan
dard Oil Company. Mr.. Payne's hands
haYe always been clean, and the party
that has honored him in the past can
afford to trust him now. If he had
nothing to recommend him but his
wealth it would be unfortunate for
the party in Ohio, but Mr.. Payne is
worthy in every way to succeed Mr..
Pendleton, who, after all, is still re-
membered as one of the fathers of the
rag-money heresy. Mr.. Pendleton
has regarded his seat in the Senate as
title to social distinction rather than
a diploma of craftsmanship and an
authorization to perform public SER
vice. He has offended the sense of
Democracy by his exclusiveness and
his aristocratic 'entourage.' His three
establishments - one at Cincinnati,
one at Newport and one at Washing
ton-have not endeared him to the
stalwart Democrats of his state. He
has made it possible for a newspaper
cabal in Cincinnati, actuated by per
sonal hatred, to array his party against
him and encompass his defeat, and
this tells the story of his feebIeness as
a leader
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

A MEMBER of the Massachusetts
Democratic committee is reported as
saying that Boston has little chance
to secure the presidential convention,
which is more likely to go to st. Louis
than anywhere else. This is encour-
aging, but the same politician also
declares Gov. Butler to be "the con-
Meeting link between Kelly and Til
den" If Boston can't have the con-
vention it evidently wants a cabinet
position. Henry Watterson, how
ever, will have to be consulted before
anything is done; and even then he
NAV propose to do all.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
A GENTLEMAN writing on fen,

~ GENTLEMAN writing on fence
cutting says:
There Is a class who call for free
grass, free water, free soil, free wood,
free schools, free everything. There
was never but one free thing on earth.
When God placed Adam and Eve in
Eden He gave them free use Of it,
but when they disobeyed His only
injunction He drove them from the
free land, and told them that hence
forth they should live by the sweat of
their face.
The land pirate wants to live by
the sweat CT somebody's brow besides
his own, and the fence cutter hopes to
live alone in defying organized So
cietV,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

RAILWAY construction is nearly at
a standstill, In 1888 there were COM
pleted only 660S miles of railroad,
against 1851 miles in the previous
year. Unusual development, how
ever, of the railway system is noted
in the Northern States between the
Hudson and Mississippi rivers, which
must result, eventually, in lower rates
of freight on agricultural produce
bound to the seaboaId.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

THESE grass and fence troubles are
sowing the seeds of state division.
Texas will remain one and indivisible,
in despite of the failures of any govern
ment instituted for the whole people.
The bonds that were welded SO strong
in ls79-S0-Sl-82, viii be rivited in the
years to come in everlasting bands of
brass.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

AFTER the battle of Kashgate, Sou
dan, the heads Of the staff officers
were shown to the prisoners, and then
fixed over the gates Of Ell Obeid. The
Arabs resolved to build a tomb over
Hicks Pasha in recognition of his
splendid courage. He was the last of
the staff, which all fell in one group
to die. The Mahd1 ordered that no
wounded men should be injured.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
Rome In tile Time of Her Kings.


1t is evident that in the period des-
ignated as that of the kings, when
Rome commenced her career of con-
quests, she was, for that time and
country, a great and wealthy city.
This is proved by the works OF the
kings, the capital temple, the eXcava-
ton for the Circus Maxiums, the Ser
Wan wall, and, above all, the Cloaca
MaXima. Historians have indeed I'M
dertaken to give us very disparag-
ing picture of the ancient Rome,
which they confidentially describe as
nothing more than a great village of
shingle-roofed cottages, thinly scat
tered over large area. We ask in
vain what are the materials for this
description. 1t is most probable that
the private buildings of Rome, under
the kings, were rooted with nothing
better than single, and it is very likely
they were mean and dirty, as the
private buildings of Athens appear
to have been, and as those of
most of the great cities of the middle
ages unquestionably were. But the
Cloaca Maxima is in itself conclusive
evidence of a large population, of
wealth, and of not inconsiderable
degree of civilization. Taking our
stand upon this monument, and clear
ing our vision entirely OF Romulus
and his asylum, we seem dimly to per-
ceive the existence of a prehistoric
background, richer than is commonly
supposed in the germs of civilization
"a remark which may, in all hkeli-
hood, be extended to the background
of history in general. Nothing, surely,
can be more grotesque than the idea
of set Of wolves, like the Morse
pirates before their conversion to
r.stianity, constructing in their den
the Cloaca Maxima. That Rome was
comparatively great and wealthy is
certain. We can hardly doubt that
she was seat of industry and COM
merce, and that the theory which rep
resents her industry and commerce as
having been developed subsequently
to her conquests is the reverse of the
fact. Whence, but from industry and
commerce, could the population and
wealth have come?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

ABOUT one-half of the population,
of France lives by agriculture. up
wards of 100000 of which people
own and cultivate their land, while
$4,000 of these proprietors possess
lots too small to furnis a living
hence work occasionally as laborers
on the land of others. There are
100000 farmers and taxpayers, and
100000 farm servants.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
favor does not seem to abate.

A LARGE margin of credulity is re-
Quisite to induce belief in the story
that the Egyptian government pro,
poses to eyacuate the Soudan, aban-
doning Khartoum, Berber and other
towns along the Nile to FL Mahdi and
his fanatical hordes. Egypt proper is
but narrow strip of fertile land on
either side of the Nile, flanked by vast
wastes Of drifting sand, while the
Soudan is a fertile area of large ex-
tent, from which are poured into
Cairo the richest products of a CONT
nent. Losing this region there
would remain to Egypt only an i'm
poverished peasantry, broken treas
ury and the mighty ruins which still
mark the birth place Of civilization.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

WE GIVE large amount of space
to report of Senator Terren's speech,
made yesterday in the Senate in sup
port of his bill relating to the use of
lands for grazing purposes. He pre-
sents very strong argument in its
behalf, worthy the careful perusal OF
every citizen of the state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

HERE we have been progressing
through one thousand years, until fee
simple to land is recognized among all
civilized people; and yet these twin
evils point to the destruction of such
title, and start us back by quick stages
70 harhariSm
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

WHILE the Apache Indian chiefs
were visiting the Office of the commits
sioner of internal revenue, they were
surrounded by a large number of fe-
male clerks, whose presence inspired
one of the braves to say to the COM
missioner that left no doubt of his
sincerity: 81 will give you twenty
five good ponies for one of your
SOuaWS"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

THE temper Of the Democrats in
the House is against giving the treas
urer the money required to supply the
demand for one and two dollar notes.
They want the silver dollars forced
into circulation by scarcity of small
bills. So ChairmanIBuckner thinks, at
least, and he will try to lead the DEM
ocratic forces in favor of liberating
the hnZZard dollar.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

SENATOR PLUMB suggests rather
magnificent sort of scheme. 1t is no
less than the building of levees along
the whole length of the Mississippi
river, surmounted by railroad. We
suppose it will be a double track
road, with one track on each side of
the river. 1t is grand scheme; who
is to foot the bills.