The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 4, 1874 Page: 2 of 4
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THOMAS C. OAIN*
liitafr, Fabluber and FropricUr.
Butny. April 4, I74.
Hoa. Jobu Uano.>rb bits our tuauk*
for appreoietod Coi grt-*iK)j i duoa-
[oOMIIl'ffK'AW. 1
KAMTEH.
Nl (U CKILDKIM.
A. U. WiUu-, M. C , w.lJ
i (or alot of valuable b'to 6t seods,
(ran Um Agriooltural Departaeat,
Iwm
Lalmtakecm*how eaapa
who have UUm ob Ufa's laid. Help
Um «p ; do Bot beep • oro apos Una.
Wa do Bot M Uw conflict. Wa do BOt
tbo wound.
▲ oountry editor, uui| eioqaaat is
the description of a saw organ, aye;
" Tba awall died away ib dslimoas srffo-
ealioa, like one singing a awaal aoog uu
(!«r the bed clothe* "
A Vieaoe joumel recently contained
aa advertisement offering the eervioee of
"Anus Agrikoi, tuck nurse. watebadead
bodice, rcpairn etrew obaiia, applies
leeoLoe, en J makes pastry, deeerte, end
delicocies."
All veterans who deetre to visit tho
State Fair will be transported over the
International and Qreat Northern Bail-
road, the Houston and Texas Central
Railroad and the U. H. A Harrisburg
Railroad free of charge.
Tba following yrocee* is aaid to be a
aare way to prevc&t oil lamps from smok-
iog : Take any quantity of onions, bruute
them, put all into a retort and distill :
poor a little of thia liquor into tho bottom
of Uie lamp and it will not smoke.
A eehoolnufttcr naked oue of bis boy,
ob a sharp, wintry morning, whet was
Latifl for oold. Tho boy hesitated a lit-
tle. " Wbat ?" aaid the teacher " can-
not you tell t' " Ye*, yes," replied the
bey, " I bare it at my finger ends."
A Daavllie (Va.) muiJerL-r, who lately
had hia death euuteuco ooiam' d to im
■I for life, we* di£giug out of
jail, and bad pot a hole through tbe floor,
wbea bia eommntatiou came. He ex
prasaad himaoif sat it tied, nd gave np a
boife which '-v bad roncoalod.
An Iowa editor recently elopod with
the wife of one of hit. -nbscribera, and
Waa frightened half to u<utU by the ap-
pearance of tho luju. 'd man at the Lotel
of a neigh' oricg town, j which be bad
i.k«n flight. Hut the busband only
waistad bn paper **"oped—that waa all.
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A N. tivilio uewapaper suggest* that
tba litter c ileu may have tht. revenge
ob the women cruiudera by orgasizing
■ale prnyioct 1 it Is to beseige tbc miili-
r.ory stopsaud in jdore flick- -pers there-
of i - gi « op their r:ii::uti.-h and vein-
gior.'o'j* eatlinp.
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Wh-ju lovely woman stoops t o oBse
hotdiug, abe taay be eaepoBtad tba same
aa any otber pablio sorvaat Mia Bella
If amy, who baa been acting aa Deputy
OUrk of the Circuit Court of McLean
CMtaty, Iiliao.s, is obarged with embes-
atamoat, and bar trial la la progress at
Blooaiagton.
A man in a mill in t lumen, California.
Ml a tag at bis oast-tail. He looked
Bfoaad Bad saw tbat it was being drawn
Ib by oog wheel*. He grabl**! a post
aad bald ob with all his might, while the
•lowly bM bia, Tba
na a hard ooa, bat tba
Tba lady who tapped ha)
Caatly with a faa at a party tba other
alfht, aad aaid, "Lova, it's growing law,
I Ibiak wa had battar go home," ia tba
aUM ooa who after getting home, aboob
tba rolling pio Bnder In* noae and aaid,
•* Yoa iofarnal old aoonndral yoa, if you
•m look at that mean, nssty calioo faced,
aaaarel-eyed thing that you looked at to-
aigthurst ynor hewl wide open."
i Lore ia aotbmg funnier in cockney
veraaoalar than Joamr«' Utter, when ba
ia ia donht wbiob to prefer of bia two la-
dy-love*, Mary Hann or Hengelina. He
writea: " Tbare they stood together,
than two young women. Idoo'tbnow
wblab is the 'andsomust. I oooda help
aoaiparing them ; and 1 coodn balp com-
paring myself to a certain hannimle I've
I of, tbat found it difB -klt to mabe a
i betwigst 2 Bandlee of A."
Wa baar groat * tonus of the mammotb
fraita aad vegaUbl«a of California, but
•bay will bide their diminished
I at a yam wblab grew near Tonga
toba, Saadwicb Islaoda. This vegetable
moaatar waa twelve years ia growing.and
wbau ripa weighed a toa. It «rew ob a
apot oallod Talmd, from a chief of that
aaaa who waa billad thara. The oaptnin
ol a wbala ahip obtained permission to
takaltaa board of bia ship, but being
Irom breaking it np on tbe
In laavr it
Tba approach of tbia ssaaon ia bnowa
ta all clssaas, and ita oomiug ia annoualy
i aatioipatad by the planter, for he knows
1 that£a<tf( being eafi-ly pasaed, Mia young
seedliugs have but little to tear from
howhog wiuds or blighting frosts.
Tbe moet uncultivated bus .ndiuau
can tali preciaaly when £ later f alia—via,
on tbe first .Sunday after the fourteenth
day of toe Calendar moon, after tba illat
of March; bat how law avaa of tba
wiaar oaaa, baow tba lull import of tba
ward Easter, aad ita applicative to the
wall-baiag of maakiad. how few reflect
that oo tba Jim Emur Jay, tbe moat
preaioua booo ever reoeived by maa, Waa
thaa baa towed f
Tbia faetival, on wbiob all tbe otber
movable foaau of tbe Caleuilar depend,
oorresponOa to tbe Patcha or Paaeover of
tbe Jews, a day kept by
memoroiiou of their wouderful eecape
from the terroi of Egyptiau bondage.
The Paaaover waa but a type or prophecy
of our peeetge out of the darkuusa of
sin and death into the bleasml light of
bow yon aquiri
oa the toot hook of bar
aeaa. " Know thyi eii" ia bar saotto. It
ia her oara to probe all tba iatrtaariai of
your nature, nod show ita profoaadaat
depth* oot ouly to yoa, bm to all tbe
world. Dissinulatiou i>> ootooeof ber
! foiblee. Oil: uo ; ehe ia not afraid to
! tell you what sho thinks of yon. I beard
1 her tell Mies C once that ber b^ir waa
! " horrid" and she ought to dye it. Well,
it waa a little thing, perbapa. It waa bar
opioiou and aba wouldn't bold it back.
Now MiaaC had been paiafaliy ooaaoioas oalj
all bar daya tbat bar hair waa " awfally
red," although aovaral of bar "laaiacara"
friends had aasarad bar that whea well
oiled it might ba oallod aabara, wblab
was very eoothing to Miaa C, ia i>p;ta of
bar mirror. We are unfortunately not
so often pleaaed. We ere as wbat we
suppose other people UuuK we are, henoe
tbe wideepread iutl leuo* of flattarry.
i'erbaps ueitber d.d right tu tbia particu-
themTu TOm^' ^*ua w# uot commend
j eitl>er. Mm. U's otB iiojs caudor waa oil
ou tire— eugeadored disjouleot, may
tie a spice of an,|er, tu tfisi C'e baart.
it mado her lorgjt that she bad a t*eet
mouth wheu she sunled, and altogether
the Goipel through the swndoe of tbe hMlU°la'J ^ ,W^ 1hno•, ,but
was a bit spiteful all day, aud scolded
Lamb of God, and His rising aga n from
the dead.
*iie term Ei*t«r aiguilles, literally,
ruing, and has, since tbe earliest ages of
Chrutiauity, been applied to the glorious
resurrection ci Christ from the grsve, a
circumstance more memorable, aud bet-
ter calculated to till the human heart
with joy, than even the day of His na-
tivity, siuce His being U>rn iu the dealt
could not (i/i ne have availed to procure
for ustbeiuestimablegiftof our redemp-
tion. He must needs have die I and ri$en
again. Ou (tool Friday He hung on
the Cross, m in cruct/wl; on Eister-day
behold him, OUll lUtJEN LOUD !!
On Eas* r day we strew oar churobas
with ; tba Cross is wreathed with
the rarest of floral geuis; its bloody
staius and pricking nails are hidden be-
neath ite robe of pure while lilies and
leaves of gre«n, and a beautiful aud dt-
tiog custom it is—tbc incense of the soul
thus typiiied by the fragrance of dowen
—a crown of thorns supplanted by s
chaplet of lilies.
LiUla children, think of this—tbe
gloom of winUr is past, and Spring, tbe
harbinger of tbe S immsr's feast of fruits
has oome.
" Christ is risen," tho long Lent of
bondage to sin i over. E inter Biiuligiit
breaks at last— nnst is risen." Hear
it tbe chanting of birds, the babbling
of brooka, tbe bursting of buds, aud in
all tha "nnwritten music of it' :'.ure,"
and join your voicea to the universal
shoot, " Christ is risen I" C C. H.
|co v au*ioATai>. j
INUINCl HII'Y.
"Tba World is full of it 1" So it is.
To soma axt.fnt it is a social nec a.ity.
It may ha one of tba " crying aina" of
tbe day ■, it oertaiulv is a distinctive fea-
ture of polite soeioty. It has two pbssrr,
ona aopprawas a bat it ia harmful to at-
praaa, and tha othar axprasa.* wbat ia
aotraa ia faot aad proportion Tbe for-
mer is oommaodable, tbe latter repra>
henaibla. Tha first ia a mark of good
braading and genuine kindheartednes*;
tha latter ia groaa deceit, both nnwar-
rautable and pernicious. Wbat kind of
people do we describe as insincro r I
have generally found it to bo those who
refrain from " wearing tbe heart u on
the sleeve," or in other words, do not
allow their private opinions and preji-
dioea to bocome too apparent. I do oot
asaaa thoaa aUkaa, velvety people who
aoacaal tliair feline propensities baaaetb
a aoft estarior, bot para, true, k< d-
baartad paraoaa wbo abnok from giviog
pais bacanae it ia pain—and their hearts
are lander enough to feel for otber'a
np
Touiuie an I slajipal Sine. Ah! *
say Mrs. U is uot responsible for Miasm's
actions. " Liy not thnflattering uuctiou
to your siiil my friauj." You ure re-
tpoiitiblefor i,7 lh'' irroitj we wiu or force
others to commit. Now Mrs. A the in-
aincere friend, simply ignor" Miss C's
hair, aud ucvar by word, lo h or gestare
betrays the kuowledgo that Miaa C poa
saases hair at all, much leas doea she
show a conk oousneas that it is vtior I.
She seta herself t< bring out all ber more
amiable and lovable >j lalitiea, conse-
quently Miss C's better • ware la always
predomiuent when abe is asso .a. d aith
Mrs. A, and every hour that wa are >.ot
bad ia a gem in tbe circlet of our livos
tbat aarvea to make the a aula beautiful.
So you see tbat kind of paaaive insin-
cerity tbat aimply ignore what it is kind-
ost not to see, or suppreas>as thoughta or
feelings which it would be hurtful to
expreaa. Tuat kind of inHiuo#rity which
springs from apuro heart aud true christ-
ian charity, which covoreth \ ir failings i
ike a friendly cloik, is cjuiinuudabio.
Heaven save m-. iroui yo.- "candid"
people. Tb y will treud ou your corns.
Ttiey delight iu nuking serious faults of
harmless ccceutriciMes; they have no
respect for what we hold s,tared ; tbey
ample our tluust souMbilitie* ; they tor-
I lure aud etasperatu us uuii. almost
| forgot -iat we are christians or ought to
AIM* wtthla a apaM a«aal la — twa
haadrad aad aiaa|y Ml partv aa
iaoh ia width, or a apaaa parhapa aqaal
la tha M in thia lattar i. The photo-
graphgivaa by Dr. Woodwardabows^bia
dot of writfag enlargad ao aa to oooupy a
" a of about two iacbaa long by oaa
•ad a half iaobaa broal All tba words
are brought lagibly oot on the photo-
graph, tha total aambar of letters being
227 ; aad aacb ia tba ascaadtng ttueueas
of tha angiaal wriUag tbat 29,431,458
letters writtaa ia the aama way would
war aaa aqaara iaeh at giaaa aar
Tha aaaabtaad Bible aad Maw
Tastamsat aoataia iaaa«.8M,«M letters;
heaee it woald ba pMikb far Mr. Webb
to write tbe eatire ooataato ol mora thaa
eight btblea within tba apaoa of ooa
aquare iaoh. Two apemmeo platua ooa
UiaiBg tbe mioroacopic writing above
aliad'o to have beea aapplied by Mr.
Webb lor the Dotted HU ea Museum at
Waabiagtoa. Their coat waa fifty dollars
Tha Webb macbioe, however, doaa not
equal, ia tbe Aoeeaae of ita writing or
perfection, tbe prior iaatrument of Mr.
N. Patera, a wealthy beaker of Loadoa.
wbo, as loog ago aa 1885, waa aide to
write aearly three timae Aaertbaa Webb.
So perfect waa tbe Patera maobine tbat it
waa oompeteat to engrave the eutire ooa-
teste of the Bible aad New TesUmaat
tweaty-two Umea over witUiu tba spaoe
of a singl'i aqrare ineh.
THE ALDINE.
Tba AUiiu for April opaas with a mar
valoascollaotioD ol beautiful illuatrations,
some of wbiob are the flaeat yet seea in
Tbe Amerieaa Art Journal, while all re-
fleet great oredit upon tbe eater- rising
publisher*. American eeenery, aa here-
tofore, forms a riking f < ture of this
nnc.brr of the AM* J. D Woodward
oontribatea a leader aad beautiful full
page spring lima view, whicH it printed
iu tinta, aad baa all tbe fine • of a steel
eagraviag, tbe block coming <m tbe
banda of 0. Mourned, tba eminent en-
graver. Five great aud remarkable pic
turea of Ltko George aod iu glortona
aoenery embellish this nnmbsr, in which
tbe well-known artiat, Thomas Morgan,
and tbe eugravera, have vied witb each
otber to put npon p..per faithful pictures
of t'. - moet exquisite eoenery in the New
Wwi. A full page picture shows L1
Ge re, looking from Caldwell tnd -
rear of t famous Fort William Henry
Hotel; oiotber fioa picture is "Pour-
teeu Mile Island," and th-* rest, all large
and beantif .', are ''Views from Fourteeu
Mi'o I.-land," "Long laland," and "Cat
Mountain." The moonlight, rainbow.
be. I despise caudid people in heir kaoligLt cflecta in tbeee pictures, are
aelfsnfllcieut ugliness. Tb«y are a aind
f eosial hedge hog, aui wound you
whenever you oome inoontact with tL -a
—always bustliug in battle array, aad
always on t. e qui r ' >e iui a salient point
tbat tbey may give a telling tnrust.
particularly pleeaiag. A Gault givea a
fall-page picture of "Knicberbouker
Days," wbieb faithfully represents rural
life ia Hew Ameterdam, in tbe middle of
ibe eevee'-eoth oeotnry, when New York
bat a village. The most spirited
Tbere are two kinds of candor, tba > picture wbiob has beea aaaa on pansr for
Mrs. A, for instanoa, is insinoere,
bold aad atartUng, aud tbe aly « !
vert Oua pute iU finger in your eye
openly aod above board aud laugba at
your discomfiture, .he otber given you %
malicious punou in the aide . nd sailae
aordoBic«l'v ia yo tr fee . Both are aa-
bearable aud exasperating to the laat de-
cree, and yet you will lani tnem to tbe
akiea. Yom will aay Mrs. — is ac !i
admirable wouiau. so "candid and
ainccre," one alwu^s kuows where to find
ber. Well, you will Amart for your good
opinion. If you have a foible or a weak-
ness (and you are human my friend) you
will oome under tbe laah of ber facetious
oandor.
If I obampion a wroag, Goil forgive
ae I But I oever aaw a truly weU-btei,
refined, oourteoua ohriatiau lady or gea-
tlemaa whom tbe world ealle candid. I
do not commend tbe bind of inaiaoarity
tbat amounts to fl tttery, which I grant
pernicious in all its ind<ieno a. liut I do
think when tbe truth tahsrmful it should
be suppreaeed. It is better tbat a good
propot I remember I oelied oo ber once ! tbiugshould remain unsaid than that a
aad found ner witb a aevere nervous
bead ache (as I learned afterward,) which
ye all (at least all ' we women') know eo
a long time, ia a full page bat tie _oene,
draws bv Juliaa O. Davtdeou, r< present
lag a v '.diet at eve betwwa an Ameneea
and Engliab ship >f war, daring tbe B#e-
olutlon. Tbe detail* of the ehip are a4
mirably drawn. Foor other large t>eau
tiful pictarea re- 'eeeatr eeeoa. of tb«
(Hd World. On i of theae, "Marble Mills
an on tbe Lutersberg," by R. Puttnor, is a
ao 1 pir.t"- j is view in the woods, on tbe
Alps, aautber, "Tbe Fishwife of Mar-
ken," abowa oa tbe interior of a cttage
.i tba "laland of Widowa," in tbe Zuy-
der Zee ; tbe third, "la tbe Cloister Cel-
lar," by Edward Oratsaor, ia a picture of
a perplexed abbott contemplating tbe
groaa dai ietioa of aa la toxica trd broth-
er wbo baa fallaa ia a draakea aleep by
tbe aide of a beer caek ; tba las' of thia
aenee ia called "Getting Around Hub,"
by F. Wmdmaon, a pretty aciu.t of a
man asleep eoroea tbe pathway in the
wooda. A atnkiog p.eture to aJd to uue
long liet ic a aoeoe from " L>d Aatray,"
by T. Beer'i wbtoB givea tbe portrait* of
aeriously unfits one >r sonial duties.
Now if Mrs. A had to; 1 " tbe truth, tbe
whole truth, and nothing but tbe truth,"
abe would have said (aud may be she did
in ber heart, poor tbingj: " I am not
pleased to ane you by any means, and
you will oblige me by going home aad
choosing soue more oppr.rtuue moment
for.yonr visit, and if yon win*/ come, oome
Rose Eytiugj aad Mr. Thorn A flue
bad thing should be sa 1. It is letter to 0f Theodore Tbomaa, the ami-
win a frieud to think well of himself BeDt mBsi«iaB, U givea. A little w<wd.
tbat lie -nay try to act welltban to wound |,0<] „eW( "Watching for tbe Flowers,''
bia atnjiir pn, • until bu is too angry to i oomplotee tbia remarkable liat of illus
If any social evil is ad- j trations. Tbe literary oonteats of tue
April Atdlne are of a high order, varied
care to do w>-ll.
mieaable it ia inaiuo<-rity.
MHS LI I'KKUtY.
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1HE MAKVEL4 OK MECHANICS.
During the laat n«ign of Paris, tbe in
babiUnts from timu to time effected com-
munication with their friends beyond tbe
wben I want to see vou. " liut she knew German inventing linos by means of osr-
tbat my viait was prompted by the kind-' rier pigeons. In fact, a regular pigeon
eat motives and tbat I was truly hi r post waa organized, having one of ita ra-
friend aad bad aunoyed ber quite inno j ceiving statfous in London. I' re the
oently. Ho abe did not wound me by | written message for Paris were re-
expreaaiona of the simple truth, such as ceived, and, by photography, red toed to
" I am notatall equal to tbe task of eater- mioroacopic sue, each letter being re-
taining you,"in short, "I prefer your room ; duced ao small as to be invisible to tbe
to your company." This would have : eye exeept as a spuck Some two thou-
been strictly true, but abe kuew that it sand of these apecks were tUe.i
world wound me, ao from sheer kind- on bits of tissue paper atio.it i nob and
beartedneaaabeauppresaedallexpreeaiona a half square, which was rolled an , o
if, ia fui raing friend
ooear witb plcsurs
part of human gratiflns
la aearly to v'-:«, that few iumncere.
Ik* delight of otbera their rule
aaa avoid diaiageaaai com
; yet, asrlaialy, be tbat suffers
drivaa or allurel from virt lie,
hi* OWB iBteruet, sines bo geioe
of ber feelings oiuoeaied ber torture aa
b t abe eoulh, .nd raaeived me witb ber
aeoal cordiality, thereby oemeutiBg tbe
friendship which was pleaaaat aad im-
proving to me, and wbicb she vetoed if
ooly on tbe principle tbat it Is " better
to have tbe good will of a dog tbeu tbe
ill will." Mre. A ia certainly a cbrietiau
aod ebriatiaoa would do well to emulate
ber virtaaB. Yet Mrs, A might be oallod
Er<jo, " Insincerity is a christ-
ian virtue." Let us see.
Mrs. B platans herself npon being one
of your straight forward "candid" peo
pie. Her spectacles are Catholic in their
fsr-sigbledBcae. Sbe is cfaurch warden,
for which Lis friend, if oity constable and t .' of the p<ilioe.
bia ; Ibe is nnlinebiog in tbe performauoe of
•t last, lit gws! Mun 1 ber duty, her integrity knows bo soft
i gide , abe will tell yoa the wbole tr< >
i
aad interesting. Mrs. Margaret J. Pros
ton opens tba number with a flue poem
of considerable length, called "Tlie It ar-
« Daughter;" B. P. Avary writea in-
telligently of "Art ia California," W. W.
Bailey baa a timely eaaay oo "Buds," tbe
editor furnishes a loug deaeriptive article
about "Lake (J >rge ;" John Wortbing-
tuubaaa poem called "The Answer ;"
Mary A P. Stanabury telle a thriving
tele of life in New England, nnder tbe
title of "Tbe Story of Jock Williaton ;"
thia ia followed by a pleasant article ou
' Knickerbocker Dey'e;" aad a grap' i
deaoription of M . Davidson's greit pic-
prmted | tura, "An Old Time .-tsa-Pigh ," M. Des-
oard ba- a peculiar poem, "Overture to
fatly ettaobed to oue of the tail featbera
of tbe pigeoa. Oa tbe arri val of the bird
in Paris, tha postal officials placed tbe
paper uader the microacope, which en-
largad tba aeveral speeks int-> readable
communications, wbich wire duly copied
in writiag and <2elivere<l to the persons to
wbom tbey were addressed. The total
postage reoeived for the transmission of
one of tboee tiny bits of paper fr««| utntly
amounted to two thous md dollars.
Small aa this photo ntiug r a«, it
haa been surpass*- ! by meohaiiistn. In a
r- :ent number of tho /.■■>n, Dr. J, J.
Woodward, U. S. A , givus an enlarged
photograph of microscopic writing done
by r i -ohiaery ou glees, oy rnoaiiH of a
diaaoad, executc 1 by Mr. Mdliau, V- 'h,
of Loadoa. The writiag oousista of tha
LnJ's Prayer, wbicb ie writlvu apoa' liehtra, hh Maidea L«ae, New York city.
SpriogMary F. Thaober tells in e
ooobiag way tbe etory of "Cor -^io's
Laat Aagel; ' aad there are vain « aud
deeply iotereeliag articles oa "B jwautie
Indostnee of the Alps;" "Tbe Island of
Widows;" la tbe Cloieler Cellar;" by B.
H. Stoddard, iaatadiag a poem; aad
"Tbe Forart Path." B. J. Taylor bss a
fioesaaeyoa "Tbi Frsasst Prnemt,"
aud ia Ibe regular depertmuata of tbe
Aldlnt there are artaciasuu "Churuh Mu
eio end ^li oirs;" a eketob of Theodore
Tboataa; aa aaaay oa "laed Astray" tbe
play wli ill baa producsd such a asosation
in New York niaooountof Um "Artiste'
Fund Exbibiliou," aad tbe naoal literary
notioea, tbe whole fonaiag a rare oolleo
lion of good Ibitiga Bobaariptiou price,
$A; iucl-i'liog cbrorroe "The Eset" aad
"ib« Weat. Jamee Satton A Co., pub
FROM HOUSTON.
mania oi tbi
[Af/N>ciul tu At N«irs. |
Hocsiom, March 'W.
Tbe temperance maaa meeting came off
at the Opera Bouee to-aigbt. The ne*
theater was peeked. Tue m>«etiug waa
called toord - by Iter. B. T. Kavsuaugh.
Hon. A. MoGowea wet oallel to tbe
obaii aad Jaa. T. Dumbla Secretary.
Meaara. Wat. J 'latcbioa, Cornelius
Euaia and Ire H. Bveaa ooc ipiel seats
oa taa atege as vioe previdiata. Oa tbe
stage were aUo septet Rsr. J. T. Zaely
aad J. T. Mt'cban. A memorial aigaed
by many laiiea of H iu«toa, tu tbe Lag-
ieleture, prayiag for tue passage of tbi
Ohio L joor Ltw, wa read end aioptel
by tue meeting w.t^at a single diaaen
tiBgVMos. It jv, VjK«« Young, tempar
aaoe lecturer, a'ale an ad Irees lu l irsiug
tbe crusaders aoi tu favor of atoppiug
tbe liquor tradlo by the eivil damage la*.
He aaid tbera were 10,030 teetotalers in
Texas, an ! he went for chuck heeded bar
beepers a i p^us liquor dealers, as he
aaid, ia heavy style. He wea bar J ou
" Unit head."
Tba meetii" * s furtbaf addreaaed by
Col. Hao.b!in, of Houvtou, aad others,
CjI. Hamblin indorsing tbe crusaders.
A memorial to tbe liquor dealers of
Houaton fa*d besn proposed aad preaen
ted to tbe committee of lediee forthoi'
signatures, but they refused to sig i and
it waa aot rrueeutod. before the meeting.
——
SECOND DISPATCIL
[Spteftl to th Gitlretlon Seiri ]
Hoc*ton, March 30.
The following memorial was prepared
for tlie Ltdies' Commi'tee, to be pr«t*n
tad by them to; it liquor dealers of Inm
city, but toey b •• r a far withheld
their aigoatarea. A copy was obta iued
at a lata hour :
GBsn.8MBX— We <x ae to yoa in no
apiritof c-oaure or deuuaciatioa. Our
mission is ons of solicitation and vntreetv.
We come to Heed in tbe intaresta of
j public aud private virtue, i tbe intereeu
of ege end of youth, of m >ther s and
wivee, of son* and daughters, sod help
lees mlency. < so doing, we know .Uat
we have the sympathy aad approval of
your calmer judgua jt aud ai! the >t<r
impulses ol tour nature. Not uo of
< yoc wi!l indorse t-.e buaineas iu whic i
, yon are «ug ged. or give it your uuq a all
, tied approval. Even tbe pl a that it i
i not your design to mike druuksr l*, or
' that ,"oa are not res|>ousibls for every ex
eras of men. is oot sufH nent to <| net
] oonscieiue. You aud tnose pitronum 4
yon hsvs led on multitudes of victim'.,
woo never droamed of tieiug in ore than
at •derate driakers ; who never would
beve been, but for your open d > >r and
lavlting oup.
Tbe evil ten leucine aad effects ere msa-
ifflkt. Yoa sbndder at tbe r uu that is
dose. Tbe ghocts ol ruined laaoceooe,
fallen you'll, ''tasted iut«ll«cta, waiting
widowhood, weeptag orphsa ;s, bsuut
"oar tbougbtlal hours aud fire the brain
ritb f re nay. 01 Ail ths oup of life with
bitte'ues* and pois
lour avocation has but one srtenus-
tion, 1. «., it ia protiitable. Pardon us if
we ask, haa not tbe highway robtw the
1 same warrauts for his >lee<ls of blood 1
We iustituto no comparison, gonUeuinu.
beiwon you sod tbe highwaymen We
know tbere is r ie , only in the etcuse
and reason of your employment, and tbe
feerful ruin o' your worb—lives cat short
aad prooious livea, poverty, ladescnbaole
aufferiag b'acted bopea, brokea hearts.
To tabs obv. ilfe, erasn ons heart, dsmn
oae sool—jnly oue —is s fuarful risk for
yoa to uks • sad yet tneir number is le-
gion.
Let us name a tew of Houston whom
; yon have a >'■ all wreokel aad ruinel to
, tbe derty abysa. Bit bo ; wa will not
name|bem ; toey are ia tba drankerd'e
grave, or slaggeuug thitherward with
moatuustealy stop. T he shriek of tbe
heart broken widow ; tbe plaintive cry of
' 10 lonely, destitute daughter , or the
loog wail of fa'i <'iing infaory in orphan
sgs, bring to j our ears aud eyes and
hearts the names of tboae whoae untimely
| aud dos| erat« end baa beea censed by
your fearful trsffiil.
Conoede your rigbt to do tbe thing you
do—is tbst enough, gentleman T The
law enacted and upon tba atetata books
of men ia a poor defence against aatioaal
aad divine law violataiL Has pity ao
claim ? Public virtue aoae T Ag«, waut,
helpless i a fancy aoae f Tha waate of
preoious time, wealth, ialellaot aoae?
liy tbeee aad a tbousaad tougued voice
of pleading, we <me to yoa, gontlemen,
ae your neighbors and frteude, to beeecnli
yon to give up st onoe *nd forever your
: avocation, and help us to stay tba tide of
i bamaa woo.
-
OEltMAN WOMEN' • ONVENTICN
Oa tbe 17tb of Ootober, tbe womea of
Oarmaoy were to bold a l iaveation st
iitutgsrd, for the par pose of discussing
tbe potuta of the followiag programras ;
1. To find oat the beet ways a ad mesas
to teach youag mothers how b st to reg-
alata tbe pbysioal aduoatioa of their obil-
dreo.
2. Tbe sslabli <Vu*at of email mitaa-
naas of literatare, art, aad iaduatry.—
""h" museum would not meroly oontam
oast work of literature aod art aap < >-
tally adapted for womsa, but tliey woulil
priooipslly be e kind of schools or acad-
emic*. Place* for maatinga, lecture,and
the lika^ ia wbiob topica, aaob a* the n.l
noation of obildrea and mattera of domee
Uo Iutarest, should be treated by oompe-
teat women and aaa, if these osn ba pro-
There wuubl also be Sunday eoboola for
' woaaa aad girls of all slaases, aavioga
banks, supply associaiioBS, offlcss tor
those that wsuU i places, etc.
8. Tbe oouiuieuoem >ai of a reform ia
dre.s, chiotly directed against the vags-
riss of iashion, aud ths best ways aud
I uieaus to carry out this reform effectually.
As a basis for this reform tbe followiag
' points have begu aooepted :
a. That aothing be declared ' oldfaah-
loaed' whiah haa oaaa fouad itaalf aaefal.
k Thai aothiag aaw
M baa prevad HaaU la ha bath la the par-
poea aad aaaweriag tha deea .5da of good
teste.
c. Tbat all garaeata aad objects of
toilet tbst ars hurtful to health be pat
away.
J To inquire whether a large s, ring
might uot ba iff site 1 iu things of u --as
.0 tbst ths expensai aigbt ba made mors
appropriate to tbo 100 >a t.
4. Tue transformation of I- •uevolent
1 female lustituUous luto eelf supporting
, and earniug female institution*.
It ie refreehing to see a move aade ia
I the right direotioa. towarde a battar un-
| dnrstau ling aud perforiaaoee of tbe •tu-
| ties tbat already rat upon woaen. If
tbuir work were well done, tbere would
be little left to do for tbe regeneration of
the world.
MIT Froa a special to the Qelvaeton
Seif, from Urysn, uuder data oi March
:U*L we learn that a posse of uegroea
weutt i tue st "o of E A. Lmk, alxiut
six miles west A tins pleo . last nigtit,
aud .leuiatide<l eutraici, so l when a I
muted priced several srtiolns, and seeiug
a g iu bnuiud ' . couuter, obe of 'em told
Vli. 1. isk ttlsl ue *inte>i to buy It, ar.d
asjt d to eisu it. Mr, Link Uan
lil ni'u the g.iu, aui itiereupm he p>iu
rssrssaji.
There was a yenag girl ia
Who said. II tun doa't
\o*r eyes I will scraieh
And yuur hair i wrilt
And .wnil> I'll asks every elaw
NEW ADVEHTlSEMElil^
^iCULriAai.
Tha Mtawiag la sbeut tae
ef regtg the Maa Altaraey.g^,,,, J*
ache Ie aaaa laian«aauii_ "
" iie-ls aaswft i« T0*va or ^a „ ,
f have the beaarte ay that ita j/jj1*.
la. IST1, reqsira prnctiu'
eine 10 present Ie the clerk ef ii/j
oourl either a dtplnaaa of «
eine or a ceruArai* (roni a b..,| 0|UL^1*'
,"'"7 ^er 7*
masUeo ol seea huaid ; to it,, ,-1!
i-.ns to be ne ncejitUn Xks -.^T *"•
nrce**ary tu obtaia si.cb g*rtl«r.lr*y*
Ke .Iit-b asm satis'v th- bo*u lh.'?4
pneiy of sranUbtf It If 14. ,pp, "*
old itraeil.loecr kenw. •„ th.",^;
be learne* ami skillful IbenaMi...,,'T*
be mrr'l; loimal." ®|h
NOTICE
The II talrop county M< <ilc«| li,^
Reaid having 4uly srgssiseU. bsrsby ^
1®* ie sll regular grsduatas ef
In 1'ie isly, 10 hsv* ih«t, dlplos^n-t
terrd is the district Herb s e^es.ccltilj,,,,
tiuonsrs of medietas withent dipluaai tsa^.
pear before lbs beard for s seiMcais g
<)v ilitlcauon.
Tlie Uoard will eonvear ae lbs na ^
ami ennllnue 4va days, al 'arty 4 Mai
drug -tore. j
P. IA VMS, g. D
P M.ggAtiKN.hA
H I* bOCKRTT. -
T P. ElHI.Y, g.B
llaslrnia. April I. 3.v.
p'K SA^K.
1'y W^Hle .'ael t.o«, Store baoss, I
•mliti -Hop. *e+He tlbo; aid f Iomsm m I
1.. Mr. 1.... .«„«4.
1 give up, " aud tlriug at th-> eems time ;
' Out Mr. Liak litre v up to-> gun with bis
iiau I au i tlie loal took effoat iu tbs rail
I soove his head, upon whioh they com
meu <el tiring from e'l sides, is shot ta-
ku./ "tlr". in bis broi suJ ou* in bis
tbigti. r.iey, supptsmg him d-« I, took
wust goods tbey .wsute I aui threw tbe
other g >ods < t of the bouse, eultboo
went tot j ins w..Va ron .ultoik ber
out an I brutally oulrag >d her several
tini -s f ef ire Mr L< k Hsreral negr >es
have bean arr st«l oa suspicion o' >siug
iaiplmtod in tbs horrible dead Mr
lj -ik is in irtally w <Q idn 1. au i is capeo
led to die.
From tbe JV ie of th-* 2 I iust , wo clip
Ue </ fi'im • / of the atnive
lt*r«s, April I.
A mob of white men 1 night called
ou tlie Sheriff su I do jisuded the j all beys
but th" jail >r beppsotd to have than «u I
o >uld not b« fouu I , wh«r>ap >n s^ey
went to tbo jail aud broke it open by
form, aod took out four of tbe aegroea
1 who had b «-<n arrested ou tbe ebarge of
t>eing implicated in tb>i ijeak oatrage,
J ook them about a quarter a mile
1 from town and baag two of them aaaed
lliggins sud ProWB to a tree.
*' ey both 0 feasod tbst tbey wer> Tur%/iy, Jfoy Hr /, |8?4
gn.,ly, sn I s,i I lbs' tbe other two were ami iti# ufrM-tlief <|t ,, if n.
Kr I li es, Hasteo^w>umy fsias %|
I gweiliag a •atabu ibreatarge I
| r ...n snJ kitchen, wlih a goul bara. |ZI
| im ikr'iti'i., ai,.| ris'srn, n lie" pla
I A o— t I'arm of I Ml acres i-^imag lltal
I . .. on VV'alae! .rt-el, .bis ;ar«^||
r id Jeellinj booae, laab and >4,11
arr*« in enUirsilon
Ai tiOarres of ssimpio**d Issl.ia|
''jafv'in- M-allljr
Apl>lj ..• I'. A. hloas. R«*r. I Rn«t VI|
llaCK" . rountr Tvaaa. or tu *' A -uav
Basirtip, Tela* V A. 810.1''
Will tv|| for C APH, or sa es.ss kui
l'tn«-
llwmp, A|• I! |. 4e
1>l in.t • NOTtOg OP t.ts
In |> IMUaSO I an of l< " ■ ' ^
>1 I MtN af t! I'ulficl Oog'i •( Hwsl
co-iBt', in.vU al I tie U.rrli leu
I wi, •ell ai p'iblk al na Sfbtr/fu
ni'iiiih,, al ths (tie rraidense «ai C
rtussn C'linniagbam deevaer-j. um , 1
s r.-s 'f siliabie f'nlura<li rn r
MrlJi.be < t uneinjibaa • old •:s-.t.s
f,,al leadiOf In l.a (arange. fnxn IU ksi
llastrep. rail it .lev,, *>oih i'-< e e
l.ulr. K being s fiblte sua I
I wtfl -e'l Ibu laed ua * n«l
aioi.igh t s highest aad b-si t
rlia-s Dt'.n.f u-tured by vifs -• les a
lead and note* eilb persnas: . my
'eft aere aurvpys surveyed i>! in'
tror* t In 8U 1, eill tie a tiiie
sralrl* ir tats aa aeer *• tu b,
to siul ibe purehaaet* ibermT Tl •
• alnable prepert;, lyt«g OO L*>
rtver betvea* I wo 0,' lbs p-i p td
cf *ti • flstr This saie eill iUi f
Unue the «ale .tele us-Ie i, m iMl
sn* aenle the ealele accoriUof Ui iss Mil
1 zi'ler «*! sn l
JOHN IMJIi.tMi*
A 1 iti'ttr «lor ./ 1 hie ,, ... . l' .u<
J. . an.l . t i,.it.>r er.b em i.| tin I
JCunonuhim
llailmp, April 4 4w
j^ivBisKr ani it.t< i .tiior
A. r D. BtZMR.
Main alrect, belew Poei m ' urssi. I
' Ha on bead sells Isilrwa Kruil
rvaai,
Wardmbre Tsn'rs I's'.kf
Tsbtes Cbsi>s rtr
Will order *nj si;Is or rls< •' fstaail
desired
AM. KIS. ■
OK IX'KKITI MK um MBKDul j
bllOKT MM It K.
Also.
WAiMN UtKINt; er I.KI' tUti.e#.^
' SIOV PA 1X1 INt; pis • 'k
snd XHsl'.t 11 II
iBnoc^nt of tlj" rrm- snd sis> tol I tbe
whereabouts <>t the otuers
Hr 1*11 snl Hig^ms wer i also id nti
fled tiy ,vlr aal Mrs. 1,-ik as beiug t*o
of the party.
It ia r v irted that four <n >ro were buog
iu tbe Itrsz m It >tUim lest night.
Kigot or li"i liugrooa are implicated iu
tho . .-nbte deed M*u are la caarab of
tbe balaooa, aad if foaad thaj will all
have tbe pleasure ol juiaing in tbe fate of
their dead frioads
FroA the Si i/-«ia i« of March .'list, we
get tue following .
We learn from the 'ioton* Advocate of
a m <*t lieu lull outrage p*rpetrated re-
ooutly ou Mr*. Tippet, e vsuarabla Coris-
ii.su la ly. about seventy live years of ag
aud Her ouly dsugutnr, who live about
t*o mile* au ive Vmtoria. fn* brnto*
flrst pluuderel b <r oi <st bouse 'hen
trtiuplod dowu ber g n l a sud desli ./ed
ber vei(ot*ble*. Agaiu tbey rsturustl, s
few uighte after, abused tbe lady and
daughter, using tbe m ist oOaoene and
disgu*tiog lauguago. Mo terriflail ws*
sbe by tbi* mvasion of diagaised men
tuet she and ber daughter attempted to
fly to the bouse of ber neighbor Mr.
• ■< for sseiataBoa. Before ehe got half
wsy a .rose the street they canght aad
beat bar, dragging her bxly ab >ul ia tbe
most brute' manner, tier deugter reach •
ed Mr. lleuk's liouM, end bsi went to ber
I .sssistancs, but tbey did not daetst for a
! good winle after Ik <t there. Htie was
aarried to tb« b lUStalmo ' <bsd, around
wbinh tho doinon* (v. .tinned f t' flv„
noun, uling tbe m'*t *lnxitiog language.
N i on ' <v mid g > . . * physioisn, on so
court uf their tbr- ■ rtut the neBi
mormug I>r Tborniou wa called la, '■ 11
aud rem uued forty oiglu noma, until | M,,sabad the rljht nl ' '
a ue , e«<ol tbe crisie Hhe is r.a d to be 1,5J (1(PW„e.l t"
s Isdy whose whole lifo li^i be jB aa at
emplillcttioi, of tho ui >t etilWl Chris-
tian virtues, sud no oue bss ..«/ oipss to
i, ™ he*
Cal' *iaimee my t" '*
gise II a Irlal A K
Haairup, April I *m
,B'I S-*l
H tU,r
ill
^OHi;g —TIIK Kill' riON
tha Kii Klul Cotton I'faas. n aa ol
upon toy petani. granted i.i i®
aed r<*.l««iii-J March H.'>ib. I *' ss^'1*
Ina.e.l.i, fur Improtmsn1 In '.'oti"
, The K'1 Kin Cotb n Press.
( Cotton I'ress, I- bertb, lortiHl Is* lk>'
the Kr stiun (lesr, un let p'lisiij ' f
] tl-m. W M *
„ Iti-irnp Ipril 4
lUVlNtf
iK1
TRNC'IL I'llTKH
oberiab malice or revenge agtvtp r bar.
A Iat ; i reward abould be offered for
tbc sppreiiensiou ol the gang, oae or all;
and a vigdsuoo eot\jmines aboald bs
fi.rmel with Ibe distiuct understanding
'that tbey will aere, disltsud 'Otil ths
i utiaurablu orealurM, tbe disgiaco of bu
man nature, the offsnotring of arsation,
i are srrostod and brought to snutmsrv
justice. Tbe nitixan* owe it to tbeus
solve*, their community snd to the {ood
name of Texas, to make every effort for
their apprehension. Never let sucb a
orlm* Im forgotten till tlie perpetrators
are oiado to (sal tbe tarrors of tha law.
«Vr Hteaoil I'lata < f *"> l1^'111
fiTTLK. We e«|>eel s.ie-i I"
visiting vsrlous towns sml rtf* '
State, snd p*'<on dssirim*
of
pistes will do well to
rlibboU
ifflW '
Ui**y rtn our
We guarantee to use fin " l"'t
rial, aod assure astl«l*'',l"n w
, jl
Our headquarters sre s' atn>f
r hen Id bs addressed us tbere.
Ml'h'AV
lisstrop, April I -*«*>•
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