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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
BURNETT.
Discovery OF Vein Of Gold-Inter.
terestIng Items Of improvement.

DlScOForf OIL q vein OF G0Iu-lntef.
terestIns Items Of Improvement.
Special Telegram to The Statesman
BURNETT, Feb. 27.-The weather is
springlike. Stockmen are beginning
to stir. Farmers are busy and have
fine prospects.
Gu college building is to cost ST, 800
About $500 is already subscribed.
w. II. StreeruwitZ, of the Houston
mining company, twelve miles from
this place, has struck the finest face of
gold. There is some excitement over
this unexpected and valuable dis
covery.
The new hotel, under the manage
ment of Mr.. l. n. Jackson, of Llano,
will open about the 10th of March.
The commissioners have ordered
the building of a $4,000 court house.
A brick yard is just starting here.
Colonel w. F. Moore and Hon
W. F. Walters, of Llano, will start in
a few days for Mexico.
Business is improving.
Our county votes on local option
March 9Th. 1t is believed that it will
carry.
Town mad county quiet.
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A Murderer Arrested-A Meteo r.

Special TO The Statesman.
BRENNAN, Feb. 25.-The negro, Lee
Dawson, who shot and killed Thad.
Conner. of whom mention was made
in Sundays STATESMAN, was cap
tured Saturday by some farmers and
lodged safely in jail. He will prob
ably have hearing to-day.
A large meteor fell in the outskirts
of town last night.
The Saxons were again victorious
in the game of ball yesterday. Making
the second time they have defeated
the Red Stockings this season.
DR.. M. Salm, of Austin, was in our
city yesterday.
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SAN SABA.
The Sheriff Seeking to Stop Cattle
Stealing.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
SAN SABA, Feb. 27.-A very strong
north wind has been blowing all day,
though not very cold.
Sheriff Miller, OF McCulloch county,
has issued the following circular and
distributed same among the stockmen
of the adjoining counties: "All per-
sons are notified that the brands that
have been used indicating and chang
ing the brands of the citizens of this
and adjoining counties viii not be
recognized, and all are 1oti6ed not to
use, control ar drive away any stock
having these brands or 10 pen except
those that have Been Identified and
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miscellaneous.

DRUGS AND DYEsTUFFs-lndigo,. best, sos
LILO; salts, 5a6c; bluestone, 12c; alum, 5a6c
cochineal 4Oa5Oc; magnesia earb, 0a65c; hoM
sulphur, 4a5c; roll do, ea4c; camphor, 4Oc;
copperas, 4a5e; assafGtida 35aI5lc.
MEDICINES-Opium, 600; quinine, 1.76;
cinchonidis. 1.25al.35; iodide OF potash, 2.25a
$50; rhubarb, 1.00a1.50; alOes, 25a75c; calomel
80a1.25; blue mass, 50a6oc; morphine, 4.25a4.5O
chloroform, Local. rs castor oil 150a1 10; ipecac
l.5O; inseed oil, boiled, soc; raw, 75e y gallon
turpentine, 70a75c.
GLAss-Sx1O, 75o; 1Ox12 $50; 1ou4, 7.5o.
10x16, $50; 12x14, $50; 12x1> $50. Discount,
~ per cent
PAINTS, ErC.--White lead. strictly pure, 81;
furniture varnish, 1.50a2.00; coach varnish,
2.Ooa3. so; furniture glue, 16aSoc; concentrated
I've, 3.00a3.60 % case,
OILs-Pratt's Astral, $50 q case; EupioH
400 q case: Brilliant, 2.60 D case. Insurance
40c per gallon.
Liquors, WINES, ETC.-Common rectified,
lilo; Robertson county, 2.00a3.00; Lincoln
county, 200a3.0O; Sour Mash, 1.75a4oo; sweet
mash, 1.50a3.0o; O'Donnell'S o. X. Bourbon.
2.5oa2.75; OconOm0woe rye, 1.75a25s; join
Gibson, 2 0Oa3.50; Glencoe rye, 2.G0a35O; II. q
R. handmade sour mash, 2.25a3.oo, Wines
Port 1.OOa5.00: sherry. 1.0Oa6.0o. Alcohol. 1B0
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Mr.. Huffman, wealthy wholesale
merchant of Terre Haute, Ind, has
made a noble presentation to the Sis
tiers Of st. Francis of a hospital IN
that city, with the express wish that
all, whether Protestant or Catholic,
black or white, should find here a hos
pisal home. Mr.. Huffman purchaseda
large building, formerly female COLI
lege. for $4,000, and spent $4,000
more to convert it into model hos
pifal.
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LIVERPOOL, Feb. 27.-Cotton-3pos clos ed
firm and unchanged. Sales, 1900 bales; Amer
iSan, 90O0.' ExpOrts speculation, 1000 bales;
imports. 1000 bales; ALA merican, Quota
lions unchanged.
Futures clio ed firm and to points hi CHER
NEW YORK, February 17.-Cotton-Spot clos
ed steady and lie higher; sales $50 bales; or
binary 81; good ordinary 10 1-S, low Iliddiing
10 81; mddling II Is; good middiing ii 3-s:
middling fair ~.
Futures closed barely steady
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such Excessive Delieht.

The appointment of DIR. Yandall
president Of the press assoc alton. to
the commissionership to New Orleans
would be hailed with delight by the
press of the state. We hope Gov. Ire
land may appoint the dostsr.
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The Mythical Time.

OOurler-JOuTnaI.
Mr.. Rutherford b. Hayes is reported
by an interviewer to have used, the
other day, the expression, when /
was elected president" This is prob
ably Mr.. Hayes mild way of referring
to that mythical time when the lower
regions "froze over"
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OR ANY
IRREGULARITY OF THE BOWELS,

! THIS is A COMBINATION of
Saline and Vegetable materials. and
contains no Mercury OF any drastic
vegetable cathartic, such as Mandrake
and Aloes, and is far superior in it's
action, as it never debilitates or pro-
duces any unpleasant effects. It win
remove all diseases incidental to dis
ordered state of the liver, and is there
fore recommended in all Liver Com
plants. 1t will act thoroughly on the
liver in from two to four hours time
aud does not produce nausea OF gripping
pains in the bowels.
DIR. Tobin having suffered for years
with liver disease, and after trying
every known remedy without success.
has succeeded in preparing this remedy
and by its use alone restoring his
health-now offers it to the public for
the cure of all liver troubles, and sells
1t under a guarantee that after taking
three or four doses of the medicine and
satisfaction is not given, you can have
your money refunded by returning the
bottle and wrapper.
HEPATOZONE has since its intro
ductlon, proved one of the most valua-
bic medicines discovered. Its merits
and success has been as gratifying to
the proprietors as its effects have
proved beneficial to those using it; al
most daily testimonials are received.
speaking in the highest terms of its
efficacy in its action on diseases for
which it is recommended. There is no
doubt OF the value of Hepatozone. 1t
IS efficacious, mild and thorough in its
action, and there is not to-day q medi-
cine which can equal it as a regulator
OF the liver and corrector of the bow
els AS an indication of its worth. we
will state that though every bottle Is
guaranteed to give satisfaction, yet out
of over 10000 bottles sold, we have had
only two bottles returned to us. We
append few unsolicited testimonials
of its value:
From DR.. Callahan, formerly of this
place:
LULING, Tex, Nov. 90, 1883.
Drs. j. j. s. W. Fl. Tobin. Austin:
Gentlemen-I desire to give Won nv
unsolicited testimonial to the yfrtue Of
your great medicine, Hepatozone. NV
mother, who lives at Lafayette, Ala.
has been great sufferer from liver
trouble for four years, physicians ALSO
lutely failing to give her relief. Hay-
ing heard of the cures effected by your
medicine, l procured four bottles and
sent them for her to try, urging her to
give them fair trial, and now she
writes me as follows: Thanks to that
wonderful medicine you sent me, nv
health is greatly improved; the pain in
my side, which the doctors here could
not relieve, has entirely disappeared.
and | feel like / had new lease on
life" l have heard from my mother
since the above was written, and she
regards the cure as complete. Many of
my friends at this place use Hepato-
zone with great satisfaction, and pro-
nounce it one of the very best of liver
medicines. Respectfully,
p. II. CALLAHAN,
Dentist, Luling, Texas.
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From Z. T. Fulmore County Judge:

Il IOIII II Il It uIIIIOIN1 DVt111Fy q t1tI75C
AUSTIN, Tex, June, 20, 1882.
DR.. W II. Tob:z. AuSti-
I have tried your Hepatozone as a
sort of last resort to prevent the fire.
quently recurring headaches to which
| have been subjected for eight or ten
years, and unhesitatingly pronounce it
more beneficial than any medicine I
have ever tried. Its results upon nv
system are all and more than is claimed
for it. Yours, etc,
IT. FuLMoRE.
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Hard


AXKs-S8.J0tI9.0 300 q dozen.
BAR LEAD-yc per n.
BLACKSMITH TOoLs-Hammers. i66S0c Y
D Anvils, y. W, lie q n. Bellows, 80 inch
70 40 inch, extra long, 8 9GI16.
HAMES-S4O0a425 u dozen pair.
COLIARS-S4.50El
RsEsHoEs-Burden's, $50; Muleshoes.
$6.5O. Horseshoe nails, S47596.50 y box.
lRoN-Pittsburg, merchant bnr, S4OO Az
advance on small sizes.
NAILs-i0ds u keg, $780, and Csc additional
for diminishing grades TO Ads.
SHoT-Patent S2.1o; buck. $2.3 q sack
WIRE-Fencing, No. 8. cents per pound
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OFFICE OF PosToFFIcE INSPECTOR. }
AUSTIN, Tex, May IL, 1882.

40 WHO'LL IL MAY cOnccru.
l hereby take great pleasure in at
testing the worth of Drs. j. j. & W.
H. Tobin's Hepatozone. l suffered for
several months, during the past winter
and spring, from dull, heavy head
ache, severe pain IN my eyes upon
awakening in the morning, pain in my
sides and small of my back, and tongue
heavily coated, all of which, / am con-
fident, was produced by deranged
and torpid state of my liver. At the
request of DR.. Tobin, l used few
doses of his medicine, and, to my grat1-
fication, found myself entirely free
from the ills above enumerated and
my whole system in q healthy condi-
ton. To all who are thus afflicted /
earnestly recommend a trial of Hepato-
zone. Very respectfully,
AMOS p. FosTEf.
o. S. Inspector in charge Div. Of Tex.
Price. .........,... 800 per Bottle.
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INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND,
AUSTIN. Nav 10. 1893.

DIR. Tobin:
Your Hepatozone as a gentle purga,
tive has no equal. 1t moves the bow
els without making the patient feel
sick, weak or languid. 1t is often the
case that we feel little bilious, have
some headache perhaps, and are feeling
mwen generally, and only need an
easy purgative to relieve us; your
Hepatozope is the medicine for that
condition. relieved a case of ydysen-
terry with it in very short time. We
use it largely in this institution.
FRANK RAINEY,
Supt. Institution.
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Building Material,

OENEEr-Portland, $50; Rossdals, pc s.6c
barrel.
LIME-1.00 per barrel.
PLAsTER-3.75 per barrel.
Special rates are given on carload lots OF
cement, lime and plaster.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

If the United States could afford to
build the eighty or ahundred new war
ships and boats which Admiral Porter
thinks so necessary, it could afford to
pay the bills of repairs and storage in
private ship yards which would be
presented. There is no doubt that
some additions ought to be made to the
navy, but it is not likely to be demand.
by public opinion until the affairs of
the department are placed in compe-
tent, honest and economical hands.
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From the Rev. Dr. Whipple:

From The Rev. DR.. Whipple;
AUSTIN, Tex, Nov, 10, 1879.
Drs. j. j. & w. II. Tobin:
Dear Sirs-I take pleasure in recon-
mending your great liver medicine.
HepatoZone, and from experience think
it would be well for no family to be
without it. 1t is so efficient, mild, and
yet certain to accomplish what Is PRO-
posed by its use. J.W. WHIPPLB.
Southern Express Co.. AsheviIle,
n. G..
Drs. j. ]. & W. Fl. Tobln:
Gents-Please ship me at once. by
express, G. o. d., one-half dozen bottles
OF your medicine, Hephtozone, as 1
think it has made man out of me.
f. STICKELEATHER.
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BRENNAN. Tex. Dec. 1883.

DR.. j. j. Tobin:
Your Hepatozone cured me of liver
disease, headache, nervous debility.
sleeplessness, and many other ailments.
| consider it the best medicine ever
used. You are at liberty to use my
testimony. Mrs. S. n. THOMPSON.
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Mr.. Scudamore, the correspondent
Of the London Times, came near being
bagged during the stampede of Ba-
ker's Egyptian sheep from TQkar.
The sDeciarla es S.5cc-..1amore seudding
from the field of strife, riding behind
a skedaddling English officer, was al.
most az aweinspiring as Mr.. Russells
abrupt retiracy from the field of Bull
Run.
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BAD TIoK-Ameskeag, A O A, lie; Thorn
dyke &c.
fCRAsH-Cotton l6 inches 6Kc, linen 7Ha.1e.
DOMRsTICS-Harrisburg A n TIC, Indian
Head ~ sMc, Lonsdale a &c. Knight 90
inch SC, Fruit Of the Loom "A Zoe,
DRuLING-Appleton &C..
TaliHc.
DoEsKIE-An wool 35a40c
DRESS GooDs-Ginghams; Niagara, &c;
Malay 12c, Scotch 14c, Manhattan 10c.
DUCK-Stark Mills or. 121zc, Western Star
or. 12i<c, Boston brown 1Hc.
FLANNELs-Red Is TO 26 inches 1Sa27C; bite,
20 to "a inches 22a25c. Shaker 15a22c.
JEANs-15a16c. according to quality.
Observation-Disclosures i0c, Independence
l5c. Madrid Ice.
on CLorH-wood and Mosaics zoo, Marble
33O.
PLAIDs = Toledo Sc, Alabama SC, Augusta
&C.
PBIyTs- ShissiHgs 41la5c. hair line &c. Checks
Hamilton &C. Dress prints 5a8c. solids SC
blacks SIC, OIL colOrs 8aiic per yard.
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The Markets.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Freight Rates.

report.
GALVESTON, Feb. 17.-Cotton-net receipts,
1926. Exports none. Stock &c. 40. Spot closed
steady, lilo higher. Sales. FPS. Ordinary,
81; good ordinary, 11-l6; low mddling, 10 =
l6; middling, 101I good middling. 10 Z mid
ding fair, 10 1916 Futures closed easy: sales
1880. February, 104701o4s; March, IO-44a1O-
q; April, 1860 0-e5; May. 10-s49lo-s5; June,
IL 02111-04; July, 11-15611-16: August Il-O9dII-
o5; September, l0-i5G10-4s; October, 1920 bid;
November. 1915 bid; December. 1918 bid.
GALVESTON. Feb. 2I.--Cotton-Spots closed
quiet, steady and unchanged. at these quota.
lions: Ordinary, 1l-16c; good ordin ry, csc:
ow middling, lose; middling. 10 7-16c; good
middling, 10 l1-l6c; middling fair, 10Sc. Re-
eeipts, net $50 bales; exports, Great Britain
27I0 bales; stock on hand, 80, l54 bales. Sales,
543 bales.
Futures closed very steady, at the following
quotations:
January 10000 bid May ..1o.s501o.ss
February. 10.44@10.4S June. ...... II. 02911.04
March. 10.4S010.47 July. 11.15@1l.1S
April. :. 10.65010.66 August. .11.O4
Sales 1880 bales.
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AUSTIN PRICES CURRENT.

Exports this week: To Great Britain, 80 40.
TO the continent. II 1877. Stock this day. 955 All
yesterday, 954,77s, this day last year $40 PIG,
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fixars aaa rohacea.

CHEWING ToBAcco-Plug, SsQsSe; twist
$4,000; Old Oaken Bucket doe.
SNoKIT0 TohACco-40c.
erskHs'-s25 per II and upwards.
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Hides ana Leather.
HDEs-Dry flint prime 20 u and over, Ia
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GALVESTON COTTON MARKET.

NEW ORLEANS, February 27.-Cottoa-spot
closed 4 m and unchanged. Sales Is. 30 bales
bales. Futures closed barely steady, Sales
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-09-18
What we Want.

1t is evident that there are many
thousand intelligent, conscientious
men who will not vote for either of the
three prominent candidates. Cleve-
land is out of the question. Butler was
never in the question. As for Blaine,
there are three things; his past relation
to Civil Service reform, his position as
the choice of the INSCRIPTIONS gang of
which Gould and the Star Reuters are
representatives, and his letters.
1t is my deliberate conviction that if
any leading public man in England,
Mr.. Gladstone, Mr.. Brand (the late
Speaker of the House of CommOns),
Lord Cairns, late Chancellor, or Lord
Selborne. the present Chancellor, were
accused of things which are certified
over the signature of Mr.. Blaine, and
if the charges were not repelled be-
yond the possibility of a suspicion, he
would never again raise his head in
public, and would die in an agony OF
grief and shame.
There are other men, who, If they
vote for either of these candidates, will
do SO under protest, choosing one EVIL
rather than "a greater. They will vote
for Blaine, not because they like
Blaine, but because they dislike Cleve
land still more or conversely.
1t is also evident that the lndepen
dent Conference was a failure, botl
because it put up a man now seen u
be unworthy and because 1t was mega
tive in its utterance, opposing Blaln
land that on single issue) rathe
than laying down a positive platforr
of principles on which to found a Po
litical movement i am told tina
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-09-18
An Indian Genius.

An Indian boy at Acambaro, on the
Mexican National road, recently asked
an emplOye of the road how he could
calculate the difference in diameter
between the inside of a cylinder and
its exterior. The boy was scarcely Is
years of age, and the railroad man was
thunderstruck at Il question he could
not solve. Going with the boy to his
hut he found that he had actually con-
structed two miniature engines. One
of them was a stationary engine with
annex the second was a tiny Baldwin
engine, both in running order. The
Mexican Edison had constructed the
machines with file and knife. The
railroad man informed Mr.. Gonzales,
who Immediately took the boy aud
sent him to the Baldwin locomotive
works at Philadelphia for Il term OF
five years at his own cost to complete
the education of the talents with
which nature has so wonderfully en-
dOwed him
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-09-18
State Blocks in the Washington
Monument.

The blocks sent by states for the
Washington monument have usually
state coat-of-arms upon them with
some appropriate inscription. Some,
however, have only the name of the
state cut in large letters. This is the
case with Maine, Minnesota and South
Carolina. Maine's block is of granite,
4x2 feet, bearing the single word
s'Maine." South Carolina has only the
name of the state with the state coat
of arms. The block was defaced by
some vandal hands after it arrived, but
has been repaired. Most of the South
eru states were rather demOnstratlve
in their expressions of sentiment, and
some of their inscriptions read rather
curiously in the light of events which
have transpired since they were pre-
sented. LOuisiana's block, which was
sent before the war, bears '"The state
of Louisiana. Ever Faithful to the
Constitution and the Union" 1t is a
curious fact that the stone thus sent
and inscibed crumbled away after
Louisiana violated the pledge she had
placed upon it. 1t has since been re-
placed by large block of Louisiana
marble bearing the same inscription.
Georgia has inscribed upon the stone
which she sent, "The Union as it was
| the Constitution as it is" Alabama 5
| block, which is of native marble, bears
| the words, IA Union of equality rs
adjusted by the Constitution" Florida
sends IA stone bearing her cOat-of- arms
| inscribed "FlOrida sees in all his
councils safety, in his life an example
| fnrnntnal hnnH a
! Union" Tennessee sends a beautiful
block of native marble, bearing thu
words, ''The Federal Union ; it mus
be preserved" The block sent by
Kentucky has the figures of Clay ano
Crittenden, with hands clasped, and il
the face of the block, "Under the
auspices of Heaven and the precept'
of Washington, Kentucky will be thu
last to give up the Union" MissOur
has inscribed upon her offering, 9Th
tribute of Missouri to the memory o
Washington, a pledge of her fidelity t
, the Union of the states" Illinois
Estate Sovereignty and NatiOna
Union," which one might expect t
see coming from a Southern STATE
: Indiana furnishes the following
"Indiana knows no North, no Soutl
nothing but Union" Ohio's limeston
/. block has "The State of Ohio; tn
, memory of Washington and the Unio
of the States. Sunto perpetual" Wis
D Cousins block is 4x2 feet, bearing til
5 words, wisconsin admitted May =
D l541.n Minnesota is represented by
: small block of her famous pipe clay st
r in handsome block of marble, an
r bearing the single word minnesota
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-09-18
Can Our Boys be Bad Boys {!

1t is a most ungracious task to speak
to one of our neighbOrs about even
troublesome dog which worries us in
our impetuous nights; it has always
appeared kind and friendly to him, and
certainly it has a wholesome bark
which, on the whole, might be pro-
nounced musical by one who was not
iritably disposed. That is all we
should get for our protest. Even in
really affectionate interests, it requires
some bravery and much delicate man
agement of words to hint to any man
that he is himself under an exposure to
which his attention ought to be sober
ly called.
So we all murmur, when we see
wrong coming on, "It is not my bus
mess" And, in moment more, we
are passing by on the other side, like
so many priests and Levites on the
way to Jericho. A more undesirable
or perilous errand, no sensitive public
teacher was ever sent upon, than that
of intimating to fond father or a
doting mother, both easy-going and
unsuspiciOus, that their own children
are in any dangerous moral position
/ For this assumes that blood does no.
tell on virtue. 1t gives hint thai
those whom they love, and are trying
to rear, are no better or securer than
the rest of the human race.
Let an honest teacher visit the pa
rents of her scholars she will have Il
move delicately; she must be careful
lest they draw the inference that she i
more concerned for their children thai
they are. 1t is very hard to hint tha
boys and girls are not sedulousl.
watched and guarded as they ought t
: be. Any one can test this point to hi
= perfect satisfaction; let him clip fror
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-09-18
The Late Mary CIcnIner.


Elizabeth Staurt Phelps, in recent
Independent, pays tribute to the late
Mary Clemmer, in which she classes
her as the representative of "woman-
hood i'll politics." and says among other
things: "She may have been liable to
an over intense judgment now and
then, like all ardent natures but she
judged under the pressure of ideals
that never lowered those of her read
ers, which never lowered her calling,
which never lowered her work. She
aimed to purify, rather than to please.
She never manoeuvred. She did not
dodge she did not coquet. No one
who read her letters from Washington,
week by week and year by year, could
have helped feeling that this woman
meant to do the womanly thing by the
public veal not the timid thing, not
the time serving thing, not the slip
perry thing, but the straightforward,
brave, uplifting thing"