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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20
THE UNIVERSITY REMEMBERED.

TO the modest and generous donor
of ten thousand dollars to the State
University THE STATESMAN doffs its
cap this morning. The condition of
the gift-the absolute secrecy Of his
name until his death-adds Il new
charm to his generosity. And the
beauty of his gift is that it is to be
placed where it will do the most good
to the young men availing themselves
of University education. 1t is for the
construction of mess hall, which
every year will result in materially
lessening the expenses of the students.
II is with great pleasure The STATES.
MAN notes this indication of genuine
interest in our great State institution.
1t has always been hampered in its
work for want of sufficient funds to
enlarge its accommodations and in
crease its faculty, for, though amply
endowed with lands, its income from
them and all other sources has been
comparatively small. This cash do
nation is then doubly agreeable. If
it but point the way for other and
even larger endowments it will have
not only served its present worthy
purpose but have accomplished even
greater good than was at first in
tended or hoped for. The moncyed
men OF the State cannot build to their
memory better monument than by
placing within the University walls a
tablet inscribed with their names as
the endowers of some new chair or as
in some other way proving themselves
noble benefactors of this institution.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20
NEW CODE OF RULES.

1t is not without reason the Demo-
Gratis of the house have made such
vigorous and determined resistance to
the rules forced upon them by the
majority. They are on the ground.
None so clearly as they perceive the
full scope Of the effect Of the new code
upon legislation and the interests OF
the people at large which lie behind it.
Our Representatives in the house know
as well as we do here at home that
the revolutionary changes made by
the Republicans in the government OF
the popular branch has deep laid
purpose. The majority have not acted
on mere sentiment. Money, the emolu-
ments of power, the plumber OF the
treasury, and its redundant millions,
by applying the gag to the opposition,
are at the bottom of this whole danger
Gus innovation. The conspiratOrs want
to bind the Democracy in congress
hand and foot, that being the lion IN
their path to the money vaults OF
the government. TO do this and pro-
vide against any malcontents in their
own party, the seventeen Democrats,
whose seats are contested, must be
cotton rid of. This done. the one
man power of an INSCRIPTIONS parti-
san in the speakers chair may be re-
lied upon to give the plotters full
swing.
The Republicans can then go ahead
and do what they intend to. They
want to fasten on the country the
stupendous fraud of refunding the ma.
tional debt, making it payable cen
fury hence, thus saddljng on the peo-
pie a continuance of the interest
They wish to stave off the payment
OF the $150000,000 due the govern
ment by the Pacific railroads, and run
up the annual pension appropriation
to S200,000000. This is to say moth
ing of the policy of vindictive repres-
sion which the dominant party eN-
IDENTIFY design applying to the South
ern States. The conspirators want
money, and it is likely, as stated by
Mr.. Dockery on the floor of the house
a few days ago, that the big surplus
will have vanished by the end of the
present session. This is what the new
Cesarian set of rules is for.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20
INGALLS, PRESENT.

1t is always in the midst of a seri-
GUS occasion that some loving
though indiscreet individual rises up
with his little joke to cause q smile
TO fit over the faces of the crowd.
Such seems the case in the matter of
the Kansas senator's buckshot cart
ridge present from Jackson, Miss.
The election pill" as the sender
called the cartridge, was evidently a
harmless piece of fun, which the per-
petrator never meant to have the
effect of striking terror to the soul"
of the distinguished senatorial incen-
diary. The Mississippi jokist may
discover, if he reads the papers, that
Ingalls-judging from his last years
controversy with Voorhees,, of Indiana
was never remarkable for courage,
and like all craven natures has a
sprinkling of the tyrant in his dispo-
sition if he had the power. But
the Jackson jokist was hardly pre-
pared to witness such abject and ludi-
crous alarm as that exhibited by In
gals over the reception of this curious
and unexpected gift.
ingalls, may calm his rufiled nerves
While every Southern white man or
negro of any sense in this section has
a real and hearty contempt for the
pusillanimous Kansan, nobody wants
to hurt him. Even if the sender of
the cartridge had meant business
ingalls, could hardly blame the Mis-
sissippian for doing to him what he
has publicly suggested ought to be
done by the negroes to the white peo-
pie of the South. 1t is a poor rule
that don't work both ways. ingalls,,
in his late speech, recommended dyna-
mite. He should have had nothing
to soy when he imagined himself in
the presence of dynamite.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20
The Negro and Divorce.
From the Memphis Avalanche.

From the Memphis Avalanche.
One of the most dangerous pro-
cesses of distintegration that can be-
fall any people is the undermining of
the domestic relation. Once admit
rottenness there and the. whole fabric
of civilization totters to its fall. How
much more disastrous than the ne
groes, struggling in the very leading
strings of civilization, must prove
this eating cancer than to the intel
ligent and cultured whites with CEN
turtles of progress behind them. 1t
is unfortunate, therefore, that
the supplemented blacks, prone
as all semi-civilized people are to
adopt the vices rather than the
virtues of their superior neighbors,
should have SO quickly become famil-
lar with the easy facilities of the di-
vorce courts. The practice has be-
come excessive in this community,
and recent count showed that So
per cent of all the petitions for di-
vorces filed were by the colored people
Wearying Of the burdens imposed by
domestic relations, or angry because
of some frivolous misunderstanding
they HE themselves to the court house,
where the shyster lawyer ever stands
ready to file the simple petition. and
they are free. 1t is at most d matter
of $40 fee to the attorney. AS for
the costs, the convenient paupers' oath
will save them all unnecessary trouble
in that regard.
These proceedings are never con-
tested. All idea seems to obtain among
them that they Can give to each other
divorce. Frequently the willing
wife goes by the direction of the nus.
band to the divorce procuring attor-
ney, furnished by him with the neces-
sary $40 with which to set the wheels
of the law in motion. And in many
instances both parties have procured
licenses and remarked before the de-
cree of separation had been entered on
the minutes of the court.
This fatal facility of divorce is work
ing great evil among the blacks. 1t
destroys their respect for the sanctity
of the marriage relation, thus easily
thrown off, and leaves hundreds of
helpless children to the cold charities
Of the world or the colder charities of
the new husband or wife. In word,
it causes these unfortunate people to
recede in the scale of civilization at a
rapid rate. Whatever the policy of
the legislature in future, in restrict
ing or relaxing the facilities for OBJ
tanning divorce, something should be
done to check the colored people
in their headlong downward career to
moral ruin. They have no idea of
the protective features of the statutes
Of divorce, nor do they care about re-
suits. The court proceedings afford
them amusement and law suit, ever
dear to their untutOred mind, and they
at the same time get rid of the
troublesome husband or wife. Thus
the evil daily increases, and will con-
tinue to increase until checked in
some way 10y appropriate legislation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20

You read OF terrific wordy encounter
between ingalls, and voorhees,, ana
some papers talk about a proposed
duel; when, as a matter OF tact, as
soon as these professional politicians
have acted their parts they become
good friends and drink wine together
in the senate restaurant. "N hat
fools these mortals bel" The sena-
tors and representatives are actors IN
the drama of life; and none OF them
arc fit for high tragedy. They never
kill each other. 1t is their business
simply to appear well on the stage OF
:. and act their parts so that they
will read we'll IN the newspapers, and
then they will be reelected. See?
OF all the chief justices OF the SUI
preme court Melville w. Fuller Is one
Of the most able. His appointment
was well considered, and President
Cleveland never did an official act
which was more demonstrably supe-
rior than in making this appointment.
The supreme bench contains none but
Gllt dplCSU vi COISplOuIlOiiNA A'' N'
yet the chief justice is recognized by
all of them as competent to preside
over that high tribunal, the grandest
judicial tribunal on earth. The home
and social life of the chief justice
should be mentioned. Chief Justice
Fuller is the father of a large family,
and while it is happy family there is
nothing jollier in Washington than
that household when its honored head
enters the door. He leaves all judi
clal and business cares behind him
and enters his home only to be cheer
full, entertaining and happy with his
family and to make them happy. lie
is very pleasant conversationallSt,
and there is not more popular man
socially than the chief justice in this
city full of popular people. Bob.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20
WASHINGTON LETTER,
Short Sketches Of Three Very Distinguished
Democrats

WASHINGTON, d. c., February ID.
Special correspondence to THE STATESMAN.
The most conservative, as well as
the ablest, democratic senator's are
| Vest and Cockrell, of Missouri. Sen
ator Cockrell is typical Brother
Jonathan, and often his face and
figure appear in illustrated newspa-
pers, in that character. He is tall,
thin, with sharp features, and is as
keen as he looks. He is the best
posted man, concerning the executive
departments, in the senate. He has
investigated the workings of all of
them, and knows the inside and de-
tails of them all. Hence, whenever
he speaks concerning appropriations
for any department of the govern
ment, he is listened to with respectful
attention by republicans as well as
democrats.
Senator Vest is the orator par ex-
cellence on the Democratic side OF the
senate. He is a finished elocutionist,
scholarly, broadguaged and wise. He
fierce bristling moustache, and his
hair is just light enough to be called
auburn aud escape the appellation
which calls forth white horses. He is
nervous and hasty in his movements,
but conservatively careful III his
speeches.
You probably have not noticed it,
but it is fact that these two Mis-
souri, senators have not made speeches
concerning the race problem. The
fact is both of them are studying the
matter, giving it the thought and
careful con liberation which so great a
subject deserves, and it is understood
that Senator Vest has partially pre-
pared a speech for delivery next week.
But from my acquaintance with the
man and knowledge of his business
methods / should say that he will not
speak for month, if at all. 1t is more
than likely he will permit the subject
to become forgotten and not stir it up
unless some of the Republicans say
things requiring immediate answer, in
which case Senator Vest will be on
his feet instantly to speak learnedly, |
and with rasp!ng invec-
tives. He is an ADLER manipulation of
invective than Ingalls,, and ingalls,
knows it.
One of the most distinguished gem
tlemen now in Washington is Chief
Justice Melville w. Fuller. He is the
first democrat to be called to the pO-
sitiOn of chief Justice OF the supreme
court, in quarter of a century. He
is the last democrat left in prominent
Office. Justice Fuller is small man.
about the size of Senator Spooner, of
1t is a singular thing that
these eminent lawyers and strong par
tisirs should meet here in Washing
ton upon such terms as exist between
them. Spooner and Fuller were law
yer practicing before western courts.
aid often antagOnizing each other,
: puonei came to the senate from Wis
and he had hardly gotten
warm in lis seat when President
Cleveland appointed Mr.. Fuller to be
,hiei Justice. They are warm friends,
are Spooner and Fuller; but excepting
that they are both very small men
they are totally different
N their leas and political affiliations.
BY the way, speaking of the differ
,nces existing between this eminent
Democrat and equally eminent Re
publican, leads me to say that the av-
srace reader does not understand the
relations of public men in this city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20

Myer and Schiller. They are too
well known to call for description
here, and it will be good cotton that
will supplant them.
The Peterkin has suddenly leapt to
the front as a candidate for public IA
vor and has many staunch friends. /
planted two acres last year as an
experiment, and will give it a further
trial. 1t gives better turn out
at the gin than any cotton l have
tried. Though in bad condition for
ginning, 1880 p ounds OF seed cotton
produced a bale weighing $40 pounds.
1t is slow to mature, limbs long, bolls
small but numerous, seed very small,
easily picked and easily blown out.
The lint is short and poor compared
with some other kinds, but that does
not matter to the farmer, who is after
bales not fancy staple. The cotton
raiser, of Travis county at least, has
long since discovered that he is not
paid for the quality Of his staple. The
cotton crop calls for greater care in
the selection of seed than any other
i'll the south, being our mainstay and
involving more labor and expense in
its production than any other. Con-
slider this and carefully select your
seed.
HE USED MANURE.
| know a man who lives not very
far from me, who raised nine bushels
of wheat per acre on field OF 14acres
in 1888. He broke and sOWed the
same field in the fall of that year and
then began to haul manure upon it.
He was told that the manure was too
green, too fresh, too hewitt would kill
the wheat roots sure. But he hauled
on just the same. Again he was be-
seiged by lawyer who was hunting
quail in the field and was cautioned
not to put the manure on the ground
after the wheat was sown. His hair
began to turn gray, but he went to
another livery stable and bought all
the manure they had. His minister
told him to pile it up in piles, his doc
tor told him to give it in broken doses
and a section boss on railroad said
he was wasting time, that he had
better feed it to the "praties."
But he hauled ON in all sorts OF
weather, on all sorts of occasions and
under all sorts of circumstances, de-
spite all opposition. At last his thresh-
ing season came on, and when his
crop was measured from that field it
yielded thirty-hve bushels per acre.
Then there were more men "who
knew it all the time" than you could
count.-Country Gentleman.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20

"nen l5abV "-s Sick, wc rev- .. rae,,r..
"hen She was Child, sac cried Tor ca. tort,
"hen she became Miss, she ciuu.; to Caa,oris
when she had chiidron, zhs % o them cas,,rta
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20
FARM NOTES.
FARMERS INTERESTED IN THE ROAD
QUESTION AND SHOULD
STUDY 1T.
Fast Work Horses Will Pay-Seed For
Planting and Other Subjects
Treated.

Edited by John C. Edgar, Duval, Texas,
70 whom all communications relating to
this column should be addressed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20
THE COUNTRY OF THE CONGO.

The terms of the Butler bill as well
as the Anglo Portuguese dispute
have recently called attention to the
Free State of Congo guaranteed by
the European powers at the Berlin
conference in 1884. A graphic sketch
of the Valley of the Congo by the
United States commissioner appointed
in the same year to examine and re-
port upon the country has just been
published. Accc riding to this writer
the region contiguous to the lower
Congo as high as the Cataracts of
Vivi, over hundred miles from the
sea, is destitute of trees except along
the river, the growth being tropical
grass, ten to fifteen feet high, and a
soil so thin and poor that the commits
sioner expresses the opinion that will
never support any number of people.
But the possibilities of the Free State
of Congo, larger than the state of
Texas and including the vast territory
watered by the tributaries of the river,
the Amazon of Africa, lie beyond and
above Stanley Pool, many hundreds of
miles from the ocean. Especially the
region already populous contiguous to
the nine hundred and forty miles
of navigable river above the first
cataracts.
The largest ocean steamers ascend
to Bona, seventy miles, destined one
day to be the Philadelphia of Congo
state, while q railway has already
been commenced by Europeans from
the first falls, which terminates navi-
cation from the sea, along the Congo
for many hundreds of miles, and to
cost $5,00O,00O. Regular lines of
steamships are now running from
Liverpool and Lisbon to the Congo,
and when the railway is finished no |
doubt the colonization OF the Free |
State, whose government is backed
and guaranteed 10y European nations,
will begin on large scale. One i'm
portant fact is stated by the United
States commissioner. 1t is that the
African fever is so virulent on the
Lower Congo that II white man can
scarcely exist there at all. The State
is evidently destined to be the con-
trolling power in Central Africa and |
absolute free trade with all nations is |
guaranteed.
WHAT OF the Democratic corven-
ton? Does Austin want it or not? |
She certainly is the best equipped
city in the State for it. She has the
lrgest and best public halls, the |
amplest hotel accommo lations and
is the coolest city in the State. She
is centrally located and has the most |
attractive surroundings, where dele
gates, charmed with the view, nay
cool their ieverish brows after the toll |
and tumult of the day. Does Austin
want the convention? If so let us
push in to secure it. The time OF the |
selection of the city draws near at
1 ,.I
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-03-19
KILLED HIS MOTHER.
A Little Boy Accidentally Shot OFF a
Pistol.
ICOr. Charlotte Chronicle

News reached here Sunday morning,
on the early western train, Of an acci-
dent at Paint Rock, in which a Mrs
Chambers was killed by her little son.
The fatal occurrence took place Saturday
night before the train left Paint Rock,
from which place it is due to leave be
tween 10 and II O'Clock p. u. During
the day Mr.. Chambers went to Sunday
Bottom, where he was formerly depot
agent, returning again later with a
little nephew. On entering his house
he put down his valise, having in it a
loaded pistol His son, boy Of four
teen summers, ran to the yalise, opened
it, took out the pistol, and ran to his
mother, who was preparing supper il
the kitchen, saying mamma, see what
papa brought me-" At the same time
he pointed the weapon at his mother,
when it shot off, the ball striking bis
mother near the breast, and corning out
near the shoulder.
The little nephew or kinsman OF Cham
bers was the only witness to the tragedy
Mrs. Chambers died in few moment.
after being shot.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-03-19
4 PUBLIC EXECUTION.
Such Executions Have Hardening
and BrutaliZing Effect.

Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLE.)
PITTsBOROUGH, March 1Sth.-On last
Saturday Doctors O'Kelley, Cotton and
Young exhumed the body of John Hor-
ton, and made thorough examination
of the skull. They express themselves
as thoroughly convinced that the blows
that inflicted the wounds were made
by the hatchet and not by the boot jack.
A large crowd was present and saw the
examination, and all seemed to agree
that Davis was lying about the boot
jack. This development has lessened
and almost destroyed the doubt with
regard to the killing. 1t now seems to
be doubtful whether the petition for a
communication Of Davis's sentence to i'm
prisonment for life will be sent up to
the Governor. We confidently expect
that the sentence of the law will be
carried out and that Davis will be
hanged on the 2Sth.
We regret that the commissioners have
ordered the execution to be public. The
! law says emphatically, that ''the ends
OF justice, public morals, and the pres
ervaton of order, demand that the exc
cution Of all capital offenders should be
made IN private" The law is right; but
it is followed by a proviso that "fol
reasons which may be deemed good and
sufficient, the county commissioners may
order otherwise"
Is it good and sufficient" reason
that there are persons who wish to see
the terrible and CHASTITY sight of hu
man being launched into eternity at the
end of rope? Do not such sights have
a hardening and brutalizing tendency?
We hope to see the press of the State
that mighty power for correcting abuses
speak out on this subject. Let extcu
tions be made according to law, and lei
not the county commissioners take ad
vantage of the proviso to crafty NOR
bid and hurtful curiosity.
Some officers of the law passed through
our town a .ttew days ago in pursuit of ;
morse thief. The> horse was obtained
from stable in Dufn7s1a to go a few
miles into the country. The owner o
the horse did not apprehend foul play
until the rogue had made his escape
The officers were on his track ard ma.
yet overtake and capture the rascal
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-03-19
Rev. p. II. HOge's Y. NJ. G.. A. Ad-
dress.

\ correspondent who heard the ad-
dress of Rev. p 81. Hoge, ID. d., of
Wilmington, at the Y. NJ. G. A. Con-
vention, writes about it as follows: The
subject was "The Young Manhood Of
Jesus" and it was the chief feature of
the day. DR.. Hoge's manner was abso-
lutely unpretentious, but smooth and
confident, such as one would expect to
mark the delivery Of a SCHOLARLY speak
er. From the meagre data, given US in
the Bible concerning the youth of our
Savior, he gathered rich and varied sug-
gestions concerning the moulding of
the man Of to-day. His development of
the truth that every youth is a poten-
tial man, his illustrations being drawn
from the life of Christ, was mastery.
It is very seldom that one hears upon
any occasion, whether In a sermon or d
by lecturers, an exposition of such 6
subject so tasteful SO thoughtful ant
! so complete.