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Year: 1874




The Esamiaer in its course Of falsehood
stated that the STATESMAN and the Calves
ten 7rrrs made opposition to Coke's fnan-
cial scheme ofretiring old warrants. II
an article upon the financial failure Of the
Governor, in the Galveston Ne,rs Of the
twenty-third inst, we find reference to
its position, proving the Eramiaer's utter
destituiion of reliability It cannot
be claimed that this position of the
Neps was not well known, for the
support of the Nelcs at the time was used
by the Governors friends, and the friends
of the scheme as strong point on
their side. They were much glorifed at
the time at the course of that leading paper,
and Ne'cs stock was then quite high in their
estimation. But here is what the Ne'os
says under date referred to:


"The Nes0s, in its anxiety to prevent a
mischievous division of counsel at the State
capital regarding the State finances, and to
promote a speedy restoration of those
finances to the cash basis avowed as the OBJ
jective point of the Governors financial
policy, supported that policy in no uncer-
tain manner of speech
Year: 1874

revenue is now indebted to the school fund
over one hundred thousand dollars, and the
immediate danger presents itself, under the
appropriation Of five hundred thousand dol
dollars to be paid out Of the school fund,
that all the money is not there to meet the
demand. If money does not come in i'm
mediately, and the counties make their re-
guisitions at the same rate as they are now
making them, the school money viii give
out before four hundred thousand dollars Of
it is distributed. We dislike to review so
unpleasant an affair, but it is one in which
the public is deeply interested, and it be-
comes our duty as public Journalist to
speak plainly about the matter.
Year: 1874

WE wish it to be specially understood
that we stand ready at any time to give the
name of the gentleman who invited one of
the proprietors Of the STATESMAN to a con-
ference with Mr.. Downs of the Waco Er-
aminer. 1t was not known, however, to us
until the meeting took place, for what pur-
pose it had been brought about. Mr..
Downs was in room No. at the Fitzhugh
House, and he and, the gentleman referred
to received us together, and the object Of
our being invited to conference was
broached before this gentleman left the
room. The Examiner has denied that Mr..
Downs ever made propositions to US for a
combination to secure the printing and to
obtain an interest in the STATEsLANi but
we can prove that its utterances are basely


false, and win do it if necessary.
Year: 1874




There is a prospect that several of the
Southern Legislatures, including that of Lou
isiana in particular, will take steps looking
to the Reputation Of their State debts. The
experience of Mississippi should show them
the unfortunate results certain to follow
such dishonest course. If considerations
of integrity and honor have no weight with
them, they cannot be Indifferent to the fact
that reputation, even to partial extent,
will render it impossible for their States in
future to negotiate a loan, however great
the exigency which may demand it or high
the rate of interest offered. The reckless
manner In which some Of the Southern car
pet-bag governments have borrowed money
and squandered it, without giving to the peo-
pie any adequate return, may seem to fur
nish a good excuse for reputation, but,
rather than bear the odium and the practi-
cal consequences of the latter, the wronged
taxpayers should resolve honestly to pay
the debts for which they are responsible,
and then see to it that hereafter they are
REPRESENTED by more honest and prudent
men. Heavy taxation and accumu,ating
burdens of debt are the penalties which
voters justly pay for neglecting to look
closely after their political machinery or for
permitting themselves to be dragooned by
partisan leaders into the support of corrupt
or incompetent candidates. -I'1eitG. Press.


The above remarks from FOrney's Press
show us in what light the business men Of
the North look upon any act of the legisla
lures or courts of the South which denies
the right of companies or corporations tc
collect the amounts due upon bonds, ever
when issued by authority of notoriously cor
rupt legislation. They hold that the actor
of the legislature is binding upon the State


ard that fepudialionoi such csntTactl, how
ever fraudulently obtained, win utterly de
strov the credit of the state. It win not d
flor us to. shut our eyes to such opinions
however much we may feel that the peopb
have been foully dealt with. $50 u
Year: 1874

From full survey ofzthe field it appears
that there is a split in the Republican party
In this district. Burgess and Chandler are
violently opposed to Smith, and Smith no
doubt reciprocates, and the feeling between
the factions is SO bitter that peace confer.
ence y cannot extinguish it.. Unless some
thing to prevent it is done Tomorrow, there
will be a convention on the 10th instant and
another on the 7th of October, and it would
be maryellously strange thing for them to
ceatre upon the same man as candidate foi
Congress.
Year: 1874

see fit to deal ont TO them from the
iithing office. Verify religion is a
strange thing, and there is marc Of it
To the square acre here than in any
other place outside Of haly. But.
however Enoch busted. The veal.
thy men OF this city refused to see it,
and the poor dupes began to see it
as they never saw il before, and the
young mormons rose up against il
and are stIl rising and the end is not
yet. SpICER.
Year: 1874

But it is not mines nor grasshop-
pers that you care most about IN
Utah. 1t is to hear of the people,
the mormons, of polygamy, of Enoch
and Brigham, but most Of polygamy,
for although your s'aid old folks in
Cedar are good and pious, yet I'll
bet when they take up newspaper
the first thing every last one Of them
looks for is the Beecher-Tilton scan
dal. So too in letter from Utah
they will instinctively look for and
read that part of it that is headed
Year: 1874

Why are we so impatient Of delay


Longing forever for the time to be ?
For this we live tomorrow in TO-DAY


Yea, sad tomorrow we may never see.
We are too hasty; are not reconciied


To let kind nature do her work alone:
We plant our seed, and like 8 foolish child


We dig it Up to see if it has grown,
The good that is to be we covet now


We can not wait for the appointed hour.
Before the fruit is ripe we shake the bouoh


And seize the bud that folds away the flower
When midnight darkness reigns we do not see.
That the sad night is mother of the morn ;
We can not think our own sharp agony


May be the birth-pang Of joy unborn.
Into the dust we see our idols cast


And cry that death has triumphed, life is void
We do not trust the promise, that the last


OF all our enemies shall be destroyed
With rest almost in sight the spirit faints,


And heart and flesh grow weary at the last;
Our feet would walk the city Of the saints


Even before the silent gate is passed.
Teach us to wait until Thou shall appear
To know that all Thy ways and times are lust
Thou seest that we do believe, and fear,


Lord, make US also to believe and trust!
Year: 1874

that all had been done that could bj


done for Walter and Mary, and tn
people, except a few, who remained a,
watchers and helpers, dispersed to theil
| homes.


The three days that followed were
| bright, sunny days. A strange stiffness
| and unusual hush reigned in the neigh


borhood of the cottage The harsh,
| grating sound of the saw mill was stop
| ped in token of respect for the real sor.
row. Only the softly flowing stream
was heard, mingling SlESUTrtts with the
hum of the bees IN the garden.


Now and then groups OF children,
dressed in their Sunday attire, would
| come down the bank, and with hushed
voices and fearful looks steal up toward
the cottage door. Then kind Joe would
see them, and would come out and take
them in TO see Willie and after a few
moments they would issue forth again
and walk sadly homeward, and as they
went the sunlight dried Their tears.


And farmers and hunters came from
many miles away "to see the little boy
that was killed by a sheep" Some of
the rough men manifested their sympa-
thy by exhibiting vindictive feelings
toward the ram. After going in and
viewing the bruised corpse, they would
come out with dark, determined looks,
and grasping again the long rifles which
they had brought with them and stood
up' by the door, they would inquire of any
by standGr, with fierce emphasis, wheth-
er the ram that "did that" was dead.
On being informed of his execution,
they would say, "That will do" with
an air that implied how much they
would have enjoyed it to have shot at
him. Indeed, itappeared thatif the poor
brute had been possessed of fifty or
hundred lives so that each irate hunter
might have taken one, it would have
been a great relief and satisfaction.


On the fourth day Willie was buried.
Mary continued inconsOlable. All of
the social influences which the neigh
bOrhood could command were put in
operation from the time of the funeral
onward, in order to cheer her and bind
her wounded spirit. Social meetings
were held and pleasant little gatherings
made for her. Wherever there was en-
joyment Mary must be. She gracefully
submitted herself to all their kindness,
and tried to please her friends. But it
seemed to do her little good. She re-
mained pale, weak, and dispirited.


After few months Walter and Mary
discovered that somehow they were not
suited with their farm. They sold the
place at the first opportunity, and re-
turned to their former home in New
England, the remains of little Willie
having been forwarded in advance to a
cemetery there, with which they in their
early days had been familiar. "A tld7ltic
tor ,11El7I
Year: 1874

One of those people with whom ''see-
ing is believing" and the deductions OF
logic and mathematics go for nothing
an EnglishmRn bearing the immortal
name of Hampden-recently risked
five hundred pounds on the assertion
that the earth could not be proved to
him by ocular demonstration to be
round-Or, more precisely, that the sur
face of a sheet of quiet water was fiat,
not curved. The bet was accepted by q
Mr.. A. r. Wallace presumably the
eminent naturalist of that nameD, and
the experiment was tried on the "Bed-
ford Level" w.ere a line of six miles
could be obtained. Three disks were
placed, one at each end of this line and
one at the center, each disk being ex-
actly 40 feet above the surface of the
water Immediately under it. The
three were then observed through a
selected and improved telescope, and
the central one was found to be about
five feet above the line Joining the two
others. That rise of five feet forced
Mr.. Hampden to come down with five
hundred pounds. It is to be be hoped
that he paid his water money. Any
surveyor could have told him that in
running levels over any considerable
distance it is necessary to make correc-
tions for the curvature of the earth,
as well as for refraction. These cOrrec-
tions become very important when it is
desired to survey a line for the con-
struction of ditch or canal. A man
sighting through a telescope at an OBJ
ject ten miles distant, aud apparently
on level, would be really looking at a
point nearly ffty-se7en feet higher in
altitude than his eye; and if he made
no allowance for this fact, it might hap
pen to him, as it happened to rude sur
veyors and contractors before now, that
when his ditch was done, the water
could not run in it. At this distance the
positive error in curvature is nearly
sixt-seven feet but there is partial
Offset in the opposite or negative error
of refraction.
Year: 1874

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thusl mean that your SUBJ
scription Is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure In extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF e1ch s
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


81 We enter no new names on our
books witheut the money IN advance.
Year: 1874

A delegation Of four hundred
Geergians are coming to the Texas
State Fair, at Houston on the 10th o,
May. They propose to spend some
weeks looking at the interior of the
State. They will meet warm wei,
come wherever they may 60. We
trust they will pay this city a visit,
and we promise them, In advance,
hospitable reception.
Year: 1874

The News Of the 25th says the religious
excitement in that city is increasing. We
doubt if Brother Hammond, with all his
power, can smooth the rough places in the
narrow way leading from Galveston to
the stbetter world"
Year: 1874

|


The crackers are Il class by them
selves, and to considerable extent are
governed by their own well understood
but unwritten laws To some extent
they resemble the patriarchs of old, in
asmuch as their property consists main
" in their stock, and no country has
any attractions for them which does
not afford a good range for their cat.
tie. They squat down in the pine
woods without stopping to inquire
whether the land belongs to the gen
eral Government, the State, or to indi-
viduals, and erect a log cabin which is
not more than pen made Of pine poles
matched together at the corners and
covered with unshavcn shingles from
the pine tree. A few acres are fenced
in for ''pen," or yard, to enclose their
cattle, which are herded at night dur
ing the summer, and allowed to range
through the woods during the day, and
to secure their return TO the pen the
calves are retained in the enclosure
The trees in the enclosure have been
girdlcd, and when the land has been
sufficiently enriched by the droppings
of the cattle, another pen is fenced in
and the first planted in sweet potatoes,
which fill the place of bread and vege-
tables in the family.


A few hogs, long nosed and sharp
backed, which livein the woods, and deer
and wild turkeys furnish the family
with meat. OF course they have no
schools and no education--even the
itincrant Methodist preacher does not
find them but still they are kindly,
inoffcnsiyc people, who would share
corner Of their cabin with stranger
and give him the best the house afforded.
They cook, cat, drink and sleep in the
one common room-mcn, women, chill
dren and strangers, and still unchaste
conduct or bastardy is seldom known.
The cattle are penned from April to
August, when the calves are branded
and the whole turned out to shirk for
themselves until the mex: April. While
being penned enough milk is taken to
supply the family, but when turned
out milk is dish unknown to the
house, The steers are sold for beef at
three to four years old, and command
from s12 to s14 cash and the cows
are allowed to live until accident or
old age terminates their existence
They are never fed, in fact will not
taste hay, corn or oats if laid before
them.


There are different grades of wealth
and standing among them as with 9th
er people. Many of them are very
poor, while some own from thirty to
forty thousand head of cattle.--From
a Florida correspondent Of the Hartford
CoWdnt.
Year: 1874




The Poughkcepsie Eagle, in an ar
ticle on How mistakes happen in
newspapers" figures up the number Of
types used in newspaper the size o.
the Eagle at GOO, 900, the actual mum
Der of bits of metal arranged and 70
arranged every day in preparing q
newspaper the size of the Eagle for the
proso. We suppose fow people think
of the printing trade as the most exact
and particular, but it is. In making
type, variations that might be allowed
in the machinery of the finest watch
would render the type useless. 1t i
very rarely that type furnished by two
separate foundries can bcused together
without a good deal of trouble, though
they try TO make il after the same
standard. We read once in the while
of wonderful piece of cabinet work
or mosaic work containing ten, TWEEN
ty or fifty thousand pieces, the maker
Of which has spent months or even
years of labor in producing it, and
people go to see it as great curiousity,
but the most elaborate and carefully
fittec piece Of work of this kind ever
made does not compare with that
which the printer does every day. The
man who does the first is looked
upon as an artist--a marvel of skill,
and if a hundred of his pieces are put
in wrong side up, or turned the wrong
way, it is not observed in the general
eiiect--but if the printer, in fitting
ten times as many pieces together in
the same day, puts one where another
should be, or turns one the wrong way
everybody sees it, and is amazed at
"thc stupid carelessness of those stupid
printers
Year: 1874




A writer thus undertakes to convey
some idea of the greatness ofthc popula


ton of China: "The mind cannot
grasp the real import of so vast num-
Der. -Four hundred millionsi What
does il mean? Count il. Night and
day without rest, or food, or sleep, you
continue. the weary work; yet eleven
days have passed before you have count
ed the first million, and more than as
many years before the end Of the tedi-
ous task can be reached lie also
supposes this mighty multitude to take
up its line OF march in grand process
sion, placed in single file OF six feet
apart, and marching at the rate OF
thirty miles day except on the Sab
bath, which is given to rest "Day
after day the moving column advances,
the head pushing on far towards the
the rising sun, now bridge the faciiic,
now bridge the Atlantic Ana now


the faclhc Is crossed, put sun the long
procession marches on, stretching
Year: 1874




How TO PuT CHILDREN TO Bed
Not with a reproof for any Of that days
sins of omission or commission. Take
any other time bla bedtime for that.
If you ever heard a little creature sigh
ing or sobbing in its sleep, you could
never do this. Seal their closing eye
lids with u kiss and blessing. The
time will como, all too soon, when they
will lay their heads upon their pillows
lacking both. Let them then at least
have this sweet memory of happy
childhood, Of which no future sorrow
or trouble can rob them. Give them
their rosy youth. Nor need this in
volve wild license. The judicious par.
ent win not so mistake my meaning. II
you have ever mot the man, or the
woman, whose eyes have s uddenly fill
cd when little held has crept trust
ingly to its mothers breast, you may
have seen one in whose childhood's
home Dignity" and Severity" stood
where Love and Pity should have been.
Too much indulgence has ruined thou.
sands Of children too much Lore, not
one. Fanny Fern
Year: 1874

LIKE THE HUMAN HEART.-The jug
is a most singular uteneil A pail


tumblcr or decantor may be rinsed, and
you may satisfy yourself by optical
proof that II is clean but the jug has o
a little hole in the top and the interior
is all darkness. No eye pcnetratcs it,
no hand moves over the surface. You
may clean il only by putting in water
shaking II and pouring il out. If tn,
water comes out clean you judge yor
have succeeded in cleaning the Jug
and rice rersd. Hence the Jug is lik,
the human heart. No mortal eye car
look into its rcccsscs, and you can only
Judge of its purity by what comes ou'
fit. a ftl
Year: 1874




Probably this tree subserves more
purposes of usefulness than any Other
in the whole range of nature. The
Indian obtains from il part of his
food many Of his household utensils


and a wood at once lighter and capable
of bearing greater strains than heavier
timber Of the same size. Besides, in
expeditions in the tropics under the
rays of n vertical sun, bamboo trunks
have more than once been used as bar


rels, in which water, much purcr than
could be preserved in vessels of any
other kind is fresh for the crow. On
the western coast Of Southern Asia,
the bamboo furnishes all the materials
for the construction of houses, at once
pleasant, substantial, and preferable
TO that of stone, which the frequently
recurring earthquakes bring down up
on the heads Of the owners. The fact
that the bamboo is hollow has made il
eminently useful for variety of pur.
poscs-it serves as measure forliquids,
and If fitted with lid and bottom,
trunks and barrels are quite frequently
made of Il. Even small boats very
often arc made of the largest trunks
by strengthening them with strips Of
other wood where needed. In one
day they obtain the height of several
feet, and with microscope their de
velopement can be easily watched


But the most remarkable feature about
the bamboo is notwithstanding. With
all It's marvellous rapidity of growth
they bloom only twice in q century,
the flower appearing ut the end of fifty
years Like other grasses, they die
after having bornc seed. The highest
Of the bamboo is the Sdmmot. In tracts
where II grows in the greatest pcfec-
ton, IL sometimes rises to the height Of
one hundred feet, with a stem only
eighteen inches in diameter at the base
The wood itself Is only an inch in
thickness
Year: 1874

SUPERFICIAL AoQUIREMENTs.--A writ
err says: "The boy or girl who can give
the name of every river and the height
of every mountain in Asia, the age Of
every reigning sovereign in Europe, the
date of every battle in America, can
hardly be as well off for all this burden
some knowledge as one who knows the
elements of human physiology and an.
atomy, who is taught more of the
knowledge useful in after life, and can
tell how to help himself or another in
case of accident or emergency. The
boy who is to 20 into active life and
the girl who is TO become head of a
household, will have little occasion and
less opportunity TO use the greater
part Of the "crammcd" lessons 50 in
dustriously accumulated during their
school years A fair knowledge of the
rules that are at the bottom Of all
healthful activity, general acquaint-
ancc with anatomy and well ground.
cd taste for natural sciences, will all
grow into and become part of their
daily lives, and such things are fhr loss
likely TO make prctentcntious men or
women than that kind Of smattering
memorized' facts and dates and words,
which is too often the penalty of super
fetal study"
Year: 1874

WE are in receipt of communication from M. Collins, of Phenix, explaining his share in the difficulty between himself and John Larsen on the 9th of June. THE CITIZEN made no editorial comment on the affair and our dispatches not only do not represent MT. Collins as a desperado but make no aIlusion to his character land leave an impression that Larsen was the blamable party and was to be officially ex- amined for an assault. What the result Of the examination was, has not been report cd to us. If MT. Collins can show that anything in our dispatches did him an in jury, we will cheerfully give place to the letter in hand or anyother respectful one he may address us for print.
Year: 1874

WE are informed that quite a number of the soldiers at camp Lowell have made application to Gen. Crook for an order of transfer to the regiments which are about to relieve the Twenty-third Infantry and Fifth Cavalry. We presume the transfer can only be given by War Department order and, under the circumstances, we hope it will be granted. Aside from the attachment shown for Arizona in making the application, the applicants have be- come familiar with nearly every nook and corner of the Apache haunts and would certainly be of very great value in the coming regiments.
Year: 1874

JOHN P. CLUM passed Carlin June Is, bound westward. He is the new Indian agent for San Carlos. His appointment is one made in pursuance of a recommends tion by the Dutch Reformed Church, and was wholly unknown to any officer in the Interior department until his appointment was asked. It is to be hoped that he will be able to fill the place in useful and creditable way.
Year: 1874

A square mile is laid off at an eligible point
on the tract, with lots 25xl40; avenue 100 feet
and streets 80 feet wide.


A stream of water can be brought in so as
to supply every lot with crystal, cool, sweet
water.


Provision will be made for a College and
Farm School.


A large lot will be set apart for each relig-
ious denomination. A block will also be
given for the erection of a large hall by the
different Fraternal, Grange and Temperance
Societies.