Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1877 Page: 2 of 4
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M-utataiiii lia-maxarasa
mmX STATESMAN.
TIICTIBDAY MAKCII
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llauecriplion for viz uio;i'ih 1 to
PATAAI K IJI ADVAItr-x.
PI1KSIDKMT It A IKS AS1 TaiK
SOL'TII.
&imc days Brro the STATF-SirA" eai.1
that President Hayes would be the
greatest benefactor known in American
annals If he ciuscd the political
"South" and the political 'North" to
disappear. Parties baed on geograph-
ical lines the New York llrruhl ay
are the potent weapons of demagogues ;
instruments which in their bunds have
for man j years btrvtd to l.iiry the real
issues to embarrass the real interests
ol the country and to make the people
of the different sections suspicious of
each other and rea'ly to sacrifice their
own interests because of suspicions.
The politics of the country however
have never before been in a condition
when even the wisest management of
statesmen was able to eliminate sec-
tionalism from the political issues nnd
contests. AVe have at laht come to a
period and condition of things when
it requires really but a moderate de-
gree of wisdom to accouiplibh this end.
The spirit of tho country and espe-
cially of the Southern States is ripe
for such a change. Mr. Hayes will
enter on the presidential cilice in a
very peculiur manner bound to heal
up the old wounds; to create harmony
between tho sections; to bo an unpar-
tlsan president. The manner in which
he was chosen the tYolr
majority which is claimed for him even
by the most zealous Republicans ad-
monish h'rn if lie needs the admoni
tion that ho is not the president of a
party but of the whole people. In
fact all tho c'.rcumstanccs attending
bis elevation place him necessarily
above tho control of party influences
and lead of the country to expect of
him in an uncommon decree independ-
ence of party trammels or traditions.
He comos into his great office as much
through tho patriotic moderation of
the Democrats and notably of the
Southern Democrats as by tho action
of his supporters. It can be fairly
said that no president iu recent ycitrs
no president perhaps sinco Wash
ington hat entered on the oflico bo
little bound to party so greatly and
solemnly bound to take into his judg
ment and his confidence the whole
country.
Fortunately tho cotirso of events
since last November has prepared the
way and the mind of th6 country for
such a harmony of political interests
as we havo in mind when we propose
the disappearance of. the "political
South." After a canvass of unprece
dented ferocity cumo a disputed elec-
tion rousing party feeling to the cx-
trcmcst pitch and threatening the
country with civil war. The greatest
wisdom patience and moderation have
been required to savo us from so terri-
ble a calamity and tho country has
seen with surprised admiration that
in thin crave emcrgeucy tho Southern
Democrats in Congress have been fore-
most and conspicuous for their patriot-
ism their wiso and statesmanlike mod-
eration and desiro for a peaceable so
lution. 1 hey had very much at stake
for in two of their States misrule had
reached a height which was no longer
endurable and tlmy wero assured of
remedy at Mr. Tilden's hands and
might readily havo been excused if
under the circumstances they had re
maincd quiescent and allowed the
Northern men to settle tlm dispute
even by arms. Hut thev planted them
selves firmly on the side of peace. La
mar lien Hill Gordon lbtmpton
Nichollfl lUndall Gibson Hancock
all the Southern lender. declared for
a pcaceablo solution supported every
measure looking to tins end dis
countenanced the counseli of rush and
violent men and aro to-day opposing
the attempt of mischief makers to do
lay tho electoral count and pluuire the
country iuto confusion.
Itccent events havo in fact brought
the North and tho South face to face
and shown us of tho North that we
may and ouirht to trust tnese Southern
men; that they are sincerely patriotic
and eminently wise and statesmanlike
We speak hero what is openly said
everywhere in the North; and we he
lievo President Haves will find no act
of his so surely and universally popu
Iar so readily approved by all excci
perhaps by self-seeking politicians as
k frank cordial acknowledgment by
him of this sentiment of new born re
card for and confidence iu the patriot
ism and statesmanship of Southern
men men who now call themselves
Democrats but who have shown them
selves to possess a spirit far abov
party.
Ne do not know whether Presiden
Hayes means to ask any of tho South
cru leaders to tako oflico in the Cabi
net. Wo should suppose ho would
but we can imagine such men replyin
to him that they prefer to wmt to give
him fair and independent support til
his policy has becomo known to thei
people; ana wo snouia consider sue
an answer wise. Hut we think hi in
bound as the first stop in his adminis
tration to settle tho condition of South
Carolina and Louisiana; and fortu
nately the way is clear for him there
He has only to get tho uiidcrinkin
from Governors Hampton and Nicholt
that they are ablo to maintain peaco
their States and to do equtl justice t
all if he withdraws tho troops.
needs no positive net of las to return
those States to peace order aud pros-
perity. "
As to his Cabinet and other appoint-
ments he can hardly do so ungracious
a thing or one so unwise as to call
into high places men who have made
themselves justly odious to Southern
Bicn by taking part with thoao sham
Republicans who have misruled in the
South. He could make no more serious
mistake for he is bound to make his
sd ministration fairly acceptable to all
stations and we believe that such is
his honest desire. Givo them a fair
chance and tho old tho present
hatreds will quickly die cut as the
country wants them to. Hut to give
them a fair chance to die out it is
necessary that extreme men cf both
aides shall for a while take back scats;
that mere paitbaas shall givo way to
men on both tides who iu this bitter
and dangerous struggle have proved
themselves patriots and not partisans.
The men wuh whom President Hayes
heuld advise in the South must be real
Southern men not shams or ghost.
They only can help him to reform the
Federal civil service there and make it
respected. They alone cau show him
the way and themselves lead the way
to breaking the mischievous color line
in Southern politics.. If he has the
firmness the tact and the wis .lent re-
. quired for the task he is in a few days
to assume he cau very quickly brin?
the country to that happy ci;ditiou
where neither color iiue nor sectional
issues will any longer tnublr U. cause
the South relieved of the strain which
Las so long been tit upon it will hod
ia its diveise industries new political
tendencies and ties and there will re-
main no political S utb as there is no
Jonger a political North or West.
AcCLOBKDTOTKBlineTpr.bull-dOZCl
by" a whift man till the Utter is whisky-dosed.
JUI.XE AND TEXAS.
The people of Maine are confess-
edly as selfish wise well educated and
politic as any in Arncr'.ca. However
bleak their climate they have a perfect
syiteui of public schools ond colleges.
hey have no drunken roughs defying
the cflicers of the law and riding
through the streets of towns and vil-
lages defying decency firing pistols
aad threatening alike public and per
sonal security. Thtie are no drunken
madmen swearing about the streets of
illacs aw.iy down E:tst in Jl iine and
there is no child of lliine that docs not
read an 1 write. HsrMi as the climate my
be the people of Maine have learned
to dispense with alcohol aod that its
f even in Maine is ruinous to nir-u
aud women an 1 to society. M line bin
ested Ihc virtues i f just tuch laws us
this proposed to be made operative
ere in Austin. So beneficent have
been its rcsulU that Maine is induced
to make them more and more incisive.
Penalties for the crime of dispensing
whisky become more and more terri
ble aud the condition of society
is steadily progressive. They who were
born reared and educated and have
pent all their lives in the Gulf States
having seen towns and villages of
Maine must confess that the civiliza-
tion and codes which bc'at the social
ystcm and modes of life and intelli
gence and morals and pretty homes nnd
bright villages and churches and school
houses and industry and sobriety of
Maine ore infinitely to be preferred to
conditions of social life which wo wit
ness even' in Austin. It was only Sat-
urday ti-.. jiuukeu euviige a white
man went roeling out 01 town ou horse
back brandishing a pistol and shouting
anil howlin" like a Comanche. Women
n carnages shuddered and drew back
when he passed aud men gave the mad
devil with gleaming bloodshot eyes a
wide berth. We suffer speculation in
public morals to make men fiends and
the pay we receive is calculated in dol-
lars and cents. It is $40000 per annum
that Austin and Travis county receive
for such "licensed" shows as this.
There may be people who know of noth
ing better and are therefore willing
that these incidents should be
of perpetual recurrence but those who
read and think or travel and know
what has been achieved of reform and
prosperity aud progress in Maine and
see the hourly miseries and progressive
povtriy and wretchedness and shame
wrought in Austin by whisky will
htrdly fail to adopt measures which
Maine makes more and more violently
repressive. Witu the money-wasting
whisky-guzzling habits of this city prev
alent in an Austin in Maine where
dreary winter closes eyery avenue to in-
dustry six months each year Austin
would starve while Baugor or Augusta
relieved wholly of burdens imposed by
dramshops are beautiful in art in
taste in wealth aud churches and
schools and factories and railways.
Tho wisest soldiers of ancient and
modern times have confessed that they
wero taught most valuable lessons by
their direst and most dangerous foes.
When an ignoramus tells us that the
expulsion of whisky and arsenic from
Texas is a suggestion undo by Maine
and Massachusetts and therefore to be
despised wo have only to say that
these arc the wisest of American States.
They grew rich while we were devoted
to the delectable business of cutting
throuta and doooltiting Otatea. Tliey
built churches and school houses on
every hillside and railways along every
valley. They devote tho proceeds of
toil to tho adornment of homes and
erection of mills and endowment of col-
leges while we drink tho whole wealth
of the Stute once in eatih eight or ten
years. Aud yet there are those who
assert our folly when wo point to the
codes of Maine Massachusetts Ken
tucky and New Jersey and to plain
results of enforced universal sobriety
Men talk too of moral suasion who
havo r.o moral sense. They might as
well rely upon moral suasion to pre-
vent murder or theft or insanity. But
tho State "licensca" dram-shops and
taxes them enormously. The policy of
prohibition is thus confessed not only
in Texas but in every State and we only
propose to go a Btep further and make
this partial prohibition final and abso
lute. And if there be those who doubt
the wisdom of this purpose as it may
nfTect this county and capital they
need only contrast the physical and
intellectual fortunes of sober Maiuc
with those of drunken States and
communities or the luck of a besotted
farmer or mill-owner with that of his
plodding toiling sober neighbor.
A TEXVS XiHESNnA FKil'It'
1.U ON FRIDAY NIU11T.
It was an extraordinary if not dis
graceful scene in the House of Itcpre
tentative when Blrckburn of Ken-
tucky late Fridsy nicht rose in his
place and said
That Friday hangman's day had
been ushered in a fit day to witness
the consummation of the villainy aud
scandal of this proceeding and Mr.
O'Brien designated Mr. Wood as the
High Priest of the Republican party
and was himself designated by Mr
Harrison (111.1 as tho Low Priest of
the nTibustcrers.
Mr. Wood then declared that if his
proposition were not assented to he
would never leave the hall unjil the
count was finished.
The press dispatches proceed witu
the story and tell us that
Mr. Mills made a speech in favor of
his resolution in which he character-
ized the representatives of the Ameri-
can people as cowering in the dust.
The people he said dare maintain their
rights but the people's representatives
dare not do s.t. Their father if they
could lok down on them from heaven
would be ashamed loste them so bow-
ing before a despot who only com-
manded an army vf about eighteen
thousand men half of whom sympa-
thized with the Democratic party.
Wc can hardly believe that the dis-
tinguished gentleman frcm Navasot
indulged ia such a vein ot absurd think-
ing. Ho has been grossly misrepre-
sented. That sort of rhodomontade
and Bit-shaking might become the tittle
pothouse politician of the court house
green bat would be intolerable in the
midst Jot a sane body of lawgivers.
And jet the Associated Frefa dis-
patches havo injected all this wild
twaddle about war and blood and thun-
der and blood-drinking into the mid-
nighCfpecch of the admirable repre-
sentative of Texas. Mr. Mills made no
such speech. He is a man of brain
like Wade Hampton and of those
who when the next war comes would
have the scene of conflict located be-
yond the Ohio. The New York TttrU
only a few days ago when Graut in-
terposed to prevent a militia parade in
Charleston was exceedingly indignant
that Hirnptoa did not fight or force
Graat to begin the w.-.r in South Caro-
lina. Hampton was wise and brave
brave enough to save his people and
brave enough to disappoint Northern
Democratic selfishness. Hampton s ad
substantially as the Statesman has
again and again declared that it might
be well enough to fight at the proper
time and place and while the occasion
was all that could be desired the
place was chosen by Grant and
by the World and therefore most
unfortunately chosen for the South.
The Sjuth cannot afford to fight in the
South for f.udi a government as we
have or for our lights under it. There-
fore the stupendous absurdity of the
speech ascribed to Congressman Mi'ls.
He is neither a zvalut nor madman nor
given to rant or fury or empty rhodo-
montade. lie is a clear-headed cool
rational thinker and Eafe reprcenta-
tive of a great commonwealth at Wash-
ington and declared by many of our
exchanges to be a proper man for the
Governor's place or for the Uuiicd
States Senate. Mr. Mills has been
grossly wronged by these reporters for
the Associated Pics? and we look
anxiously for a revised copy or con
densation of his alleged Friday night's
harangue.
'111K n.ll'Ul'lUL.
If words be not uttered to conceal
one's purposes President Hayes's ad-
ministration will justify all the noise
mid jjiinpowdcr explosions of list night
in this and every city of the Union.
The words of the President are full of
hope as of promiss for the country's
well-being and if tho reforms be
achieved which he contemplates there
is no degree of prosperity and perfect
peace for which the South prays that
will not be vouchsafed. He promises
local self-government and reform in
the administration of offices and de
clares that hi9 leading purpose will
be the reproduction of perfect order
and prosperity ia these States. If the
acts of Mr. Hayes bo coincident with
his declared purposes tho South will
have the least possible reason to deplore
his election. He cm surely do more
to reform his own party than Tilden
in his place could have done and when
this ll.-publican party is purified the
greater volume of partisan and politi-
cal vice is extinguished and those in-
tolerable evils in the conduct of
public alf-iira which have made
the many believe a constitution-
al uuion impossible will be no
longer operative. Tho inaugural is
mainly devoted to a discus3ion of tho
fortunes of the South aud it is a singu
lar peculiarity of this State paper that
it sets at naught ths whole theory on
which t'ae iate campaign was con
ducted by Hayes's adherents and re-
verts for its philosophy to Mr. Hayes's
letters and utterances and to those in
cidents of partisan policy in which the
declarations of the Republicans dif
fered ia nothing from those of the
Democrats. Very certainly Mr. Hayes's
inaugural is well calculated to give the
country every assurance of peace re
pose order good government and the
reproduction of solid gold and silver
industry and activity. Good men if
Mr. Hayes's official acts and messages
correspond with his promises of yes
terday will be loth to do aurht to ob
struct his purposes or defeat measures
which he now commends. We will
know more when we have seen how
and by whom Federal otliccj in the
South are administered.
The recent city election in Galves
ton as well as that which was lately
held in Houston is indicative of great
and growing public benefits. Galves
ton has been for years under the domi-
nation of roughs but now by an al-
most uuanimous'voto Stone is elected
mayor of that city and decency is
once more in the ascendant lue
moral effect is felt even here in Austin
and the time comes when we too are to
be relieved from a similar domination.
Good people of both colors and of all
classes are uniting to raise our city out
of the political qusgmire into which
it has fallen and they are going to
succeed. The vote on local option
which comes in a few days will tell a
joyous tale for Texas one that will re-
flect brilliantly upon its Capital City.
This comes soon and every other good
will follow.
r HOOKED PUIItTltS'G.
The Illinois Legislature is having a
nice time looking into what the Chica-
go Times denominates "a sample steal"
the job of tho State commission con-
trolling public printing. This commis
sion is composed of the Secretary of
State the State Auditor the State
Treasurer and the Attorney General.
Tho " printer expert" has been before
a legislative committee and the cork-
screw having been applied he has told
a wonderful tale which ranst ruia the
members of the commission and lead
the expert to seek other employment.
We are told that the national brew-
ers' association have had an agent in
Austin and effected an organization
of which an excellent merchant on
the Avenue is president. His purpose
is to defeat the "local optionists''
and for this money will be freely used.
The moral effect of the exclusion of
whisky from the capital of Texas will
bo a terrible blow leveled at the whis-
ky trade everywhere and however
promotive of the prosperity of the cap-
ital and of the country it not to he
borne by those whoso fortunes are
identified with the whisky tr.ide.
A corps of engiueers are at work
locating the line cf the Austin and
Pacific Short Line (Larcpasas) Rail-
road and althougb we do not know
by what routi the road will enter the
city we are assured that the point of
intersection with the International has
been determined and the line perma-
nently located for several miles beyond
that point. The people will rejoice to
learn these facts and gladly assist in
pushing on the good work.
Tuk Supreme Court of South Caro-
lina failed to decide who is the legal
governor of that State. There were
three justices. One ran away Moses
another is dead and this leaves one
judge who cannot alone decido who
shall fill vacancies createa on the
bench. The taxpayers of the State
and Haye's passive policy together
will decide all these truths and Hamp-
ton will be governor.
Sam. J. Tildes when of the Tam-
many ring is hardly good authority
on the whisky question. Tammany
and whisky aad Tweed were converti-
ble terms. But Tilden charged his
tack and put on another coat and
kicked Tammany even into perdition
and never more argued that "anti-
whisky legislation involved a miscon-
ception of the purposes of govern-
ment." Texas has always legislated
ajrunst whisky.
" Hard times!" " poor trade!"
"high taxes!" We hear these excla-
mations in all quarters. Why are they
uttered ? What causes this stagnation
of all the productive industries of the
land ? The whisky trafiic. Austin
to-day would be prosperous and happy
if the 300000 per annum which she
sinks in her whisky shops were distrib-
uted into the branches of needful
trade.
As average of ten dollars per day
passes over each rumseller's counter in
Austin for liquor. Thre are one hun-
dred and twenty-six persons who pay
United States license as retailers of
whisky. One thousand two hundred
and fifty dollars per day is Austin's
bar bill. No wonder that butchers
bakers merchants tailors and uiechan-
ics have but little pay.
Capt. J. W. Fisiibl'rx of thcMexla
Ledger has bought tho interest of Col.
Bartow in the Corsican Index and is
now editor and proprietor of that ex-
cellent paper. Col. Bartow has pur-
chased the Dallas Herald and will de
vote his genius and great capacity for
labor to the task of making tho Herald
the choicest organ of Democracy in
Texas.
Gen. Geo. A. Sheridan is a sup
porter of the Nicholls government aud
toils for his recognition at Washing
ton. Is George to be the Nicholls
United States Senator ? He would get
all the nicklcs of the graybcards hav
ing a weakness for poker.
At the auction sale of suburban lots
yesterday the prices realized wero
certainly twice greater than speculators
supposed would be given. While the
sale progressed people were heard to
say that the bidding was based upon
the conservatism nnd the justice and
good sense of Hayes's inaugural.
The Colorado Citizen referring to
the rant of blatherskites in and out of
Congress wisely remarks that "were
we to resort to open resistance North
ern Democrats would soon be found
in the front ranks of Federal armies
as they were-in 1861."
The Limestoue Neio JUra says : "Mr
Mills can now be elected to any office
within the gift of the people of Texas
Congressman Governor Senator
anything just name tho office and
take it Roger Q."
The Tall Sycamore of the Wabash
Dan Voorhccs scored a ten strike in
the bowling alley of truth when he
said: "The Republican party having
stolen everything else now steal tho
presidency."
The Kansas Legislature is coming to
Texas. Governor Hubbard is expected
to welcome the illustrious body when
it reaches Austin.
Mile. Aimce has lost her dog. ne
was a black and tan terrier with long
ears the joy and pride of his mistress.
Wherever she went there he went also
While she sang the immortal strains of
Offenbach Didi for that was the poo-
dl's name dozed m the most capa
cious pocket of her sealskin sacque in
her dressing-room and when she took
her daily walk he frisked at her heels
Mile. Aimce saw him about six months
ago at Montreal when she purchased
him for $100. Since then as Mr.
Maurice Grau her manager relates
Didi's arrival has preceded everywhere
the advent of the company. It was a
beautiful black and tan with a very
animated tail which on good dog
authority can be described as delicate
ly thin and beautifully tapering towaid
the end ; with silker. ears a plump
satin breast as smooth and shiny as
silver armor and the tiniest daintiest
legs ever seen. "V by Mile. Aimee
would not have taken $500 for the
dog" Mr. Grau said. He wore a beau
tiful coat of blue cloth trimmed with
red velvet and his collar with its
tinkling bell was of th prettiest At
sign. Mile. Aimee has spent great
care and considerable money on Didi
Mr. Grnu says and although his wara
robe was not provided by Worth from
Paris it may be safely said that Did
was one of the best dressed as he was
one of the best beloved favorites of
his species about town. When Mile
Aimce took him out for his daily airing
the other black and tans wagged their
tails with envy as he proudly capered
by them. A heavy reward has been
offered for the poodle's recovery and
meanwhile the queen of opera bouffe
is sick with grief and her physician
has positively forbidden her to sing for
the next three davs. N. li. lbc lOa'
is found.
A New York letter says: "One
the sensations of the season has grown
out of the infatuation of a your
woman with Coughlan the leading ac
tor of the t ilth Avenue 1 neater bh
is heiress to oue of the largest fortunes
in the city and unfortunately is th
wife of a German nobleman who met
and won her while serving his country
here in a diplomatic capacity. She is
a superb blonde; her rosy complexion
and golden hair set cH by sparkling
black eves. In a proscenium box she
can usually be seen when the theater
is accessible apparently unconscious
f everybody except the handsome ac
tor whom she devours with eager and
greedy attention. She leans from this
box to sec hi in and. when he seems
for the moment to forget her presence.
she utters & little appealing cough
Altogether is is too much far too
much for the gravity of a respectab!
New York audience and people have
begun toihrong the theater to see
play lint r ut down on the bill. It i3
said that the handsome actor receives
numerous billet-doux from his ckarm
ing persecutor with bouquets and
O'her present' all of wb:cb like a
model hushacd and virtu us actor he
of course hands over to bis wife. But
one would like to have the German
huband's Terioa of the nU iir trans-
lated into idiomatic Enelish."
The correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph took tea lately with an
old Turk who told him that he needn't
despair of seeing the ftz give place to
the round bat and Tuikish women gj-
ing abont unveiled inasmuch as it is
expressly stated in the Kori that Is-
lamism will change according to cir-
cumstance. The grave banes every error covers
every defect extinguishes every re-
sentment. From its peaceful bosom
springs none but fond regrets and
tender recollections. Who can t$ok
down on the grave of an enemy and
not feel compunctious throb that he
should have warred before himl
In ing
-Facts and Fanclc.
Seldcn Irwin is doing Denisoa.
Madame Rentz is shocking the mod
esty of Calvert.
The Dallas H.iil and the Waco Ex
aminer are for Mills for Governor.
Denison too has a Kentucky Ti ip'ist
preacher aad local option cowes next.
The Denison Xevc says R. Q. Mills
has made many friccds ia Texas Ly
his "bold stand."
W. B. Greenlaw say3 that the first
business of eacb stranger in Dallas is
to make French John "shell out."
The Stockton Telegraph man has a
baby and is blissful about t. His
paper doesn't look like it was more
hnn a week old.
The Corpus Timet hearing that the
fair author had become a wif ' r-p-
iuce the admirable p-wm entiikd
A Woman's Love Dream."
Under the heading " Texas C;;ip.-"
the Sherman RegUter is down vii the
statesman which frequently gets
away with the Iteg'uter thus toted i H.
It is said that gold has been discov
ered in Brown county. A gectk-mau
digging in a cistern when twelve feet
under the surface struck a vein of gold.
Poor Gresenback! Ho hn-J a wife
and twelve children and was penni-
less and went to Denison from Dallas
starving and hungry and unable to get
employment shot himself fatally.
Two civil districts of Burleson coun
ty have knocked whisky on the bend.
Farmers going thither with boys and
girls to rear and educate will please
take notice
David Willington while drunk fell
from bis horse into Elm creek near
Gainesville and was drowned. It was
the first time ho ever had anything to
do with water and it killed him.
Capt. C. F. White an acroba is a
candidate for the mayoralty of Galves
ton. In any event the Ualtestaman sas
he has turned several summersaults in
his active political life.
The white stone embankment of the
International railway west of the city
is covered and blackened with young
grasshoppers. They crawl upon the
stones to enjoy the sun's warmth.
Grasshoppers are coming up about
Ennis the Itcview says and doing much
damage to the wheat crop. It is said
that they average 10000 to the square
inch but we do not vouch for this
story.
Howard Sawyer is coming to Austin.
He has been doing Galveston. The
little 1 vol. 12 mo. edition just oil'
makes a great noise in the world and
the publishers are awful proud of the
work.
Prof. Johnson is lecturing on gram
mar at Castroville. He is tho precur-
sor of the famous J. N. Morris who
finishes up the job and makes even
Comanches talk as Goldsmith and
Sterne wrote.
Rot. G. W. Graves Methodist min
ister late of Salado has been appoint
ed to Round Rock and Georgetown
work vice Rev. Fisher who resigned
rather than wrestle longer with Hen-
derson Nat. Q.
Major Horton's dry goods house at
Jacksboro was broken into and robbed
of fine saddles and other goods. The
money drawer was also r:ned of its
contents. The robbers took off all
they could cany.
Jix-Attorney (jenerai uiarK says ;t
costs $1000 instead of $500 to scud a
person to the penitentiary. So these
pets of the land our grogshops
make us pay $ 1800000 instead of
$900000 as we stated before.
Dallas has been mightily flattened
out and bull-dczed nnd boomcranged
by the Texas and Pacific which has
transferred to Fort Worth much of the
energy and activity of the onco irre
pressible pugnacious hole in the ground.
darner wno killed cneriH Kkarks of
Rockwall last summer has been taken
thither from Dallas for trial. There is
groat excitement in Rockwall and law-
and-order men win nave mucii aiui-
culty in restraining popular violence.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Ledger says
that J. M. Hubbard Esq. formerly of
the Bolivar Bulletin and a most excel-
lent and highly respectable gentleman
has become editor and proprietor oi
the Ennis Tribune of Eiiis county
Texas.
They are putting np lamp posts
around the Democrat office in Fort
Worth for Paddock to lean against
while considering questions of public
policy involved iu whisky prohibition;
but Paddock cannot see it by those
lamps.
The Sherman Gas Company after
March 1 will reduce tho p"rice of gas
to $4.26 $4.03 and $3.83 per thousand
feet according to amount used and
payment made. Sherman can then
boast of having the cheapest and best
gas in the State.
A commercial traveler named Roths-
child appears to have been the murder-
er of the girl at Jefferson. Her name
was Bessie Moore aad she was the mis-
tress of Rothschild. He has been ar-
rested in St. Louis and will bo brought
to Jefferson for trial.
Forty criminals a day the year round
are confined in the Travis county j iil.
These at forty cents a piece cost the
county $10 per diem. Ninety percent.
are sent there by whisky. Travis pavs
nearly $0000 a year to board the crimi
nals her licensed wbisky shops make.
"Eggs at ten cents and prolific seed
corn for sale at the office of the Texas
New Era." Hens must be as prolific
as the corn to supply fruit at tnos
rates: but it's a sood country for
hungry editors and we print the para
graph in behalf of immigration.
The Sherman ratnot maa is in an
awful fix. ilo has published a picture
of the new court house and of the
cupola on it and there sticks up Mar-
tin's stato. Most people think it is
the lightning rod drairn like a line up
ward towards the clouds; but its aiar-
tin thin vapory invisible.
An affray occurred in Austin coucty
between two negro boys Wright Jack
son and "Andrew Koschan resulting in
the almost instant death of the lit.er.
Moecban dragged Jackson from his
mule and being nuc'a the more pow
erful beat him severely. Jackson
drew a knife and cut his assailant's
throat.
Can a community afford to count
dollars and cents where character and
morals and good order and happiness
are concerned T bat is a community
profited if it gain all money and other
wealth appertaining to the liquor traf-
fic and lose thereby good order vir-
tue intelligence aad sound morality of
its people !
Anderson county ships early vegeta-
bles to the St. Louis market and
Autin is supplied from Houston and
a "soup bunch" just now costs ten
cents and the grasshoppers may pre-
vent a decline in the market. Turnips
don't intend however to be turned
down and Ratabagaism is irrepressi-
ble. The Gonzales Enquirer tells that the
survey of the Morgan road extension
was completed to that place several
days ago and to that point the road
will be certainly extended. Why do
not the mayor and aldermen of Austin
learn something of the possibilities of
its extension to Austin! For what
does a city government exst ?
The Bryan Appeal says "the local
option law will be presented to the
voters of Brazos county for tbeir adop-
tion or rejection on the tenth." We
have to aay to the peop'e of Bryan that
If they would promote the prosperity
ot the excellent university at that
TeXl
place they will expel whifky from the
town atd county now and forever.
Eggs are at tea cents in Aunia but
much chc.-.per in Sun Sba. Tbey
throw thcin by the peck at cero min-
tre'.s oer there and though tho
:us:ci:ns don't seem to hanker ezz-
actly after them the people keoo
shcllic-- them out nntil cverv bhir'k
face is tinzed with the "Taller" and
b!uck wool is glistening white.
The Gor zilcs Inquirer says that "the
opinion obtains that tiie Morgan road
wll be completed to Gonzslcs by Au-
gust. The preparations beiug "made
leave but little dount on the public
mind that the wor's. of extension will
be commenced within the next thirty
dav nnd that the rad will be rushed
through as rapidly as possible."
The German editor and publishers
next denr to the Statesman ofilce are
good mci! but made a s.td mistake
ttbeu they printed an anti local option
cireuiiir lur tlie Sxvedcs. The laifer
beer piople found it out and tbey are
giving Ilans tho priuter much cuss-
ing. It's a pity that the very imper-
sonation of lager should thus get in-
voluntary into "hot water."
Naglfi has llarpcr'i VTteHy contain
ing the picture of Heury Watterson of
the Lourier-Journal tfith hss first
small detachment of those "100.000
in. "u iu arms." The generosity of the
artist is illustrated in tho fact that the
baby is the least possible like unto its
daddy. Nt st must live even as it is.
iu lifelong terror of Watterson's wife.
Gis costs $1 per 1000 feet in Gal
veston wuh water transportation for
coal brought in as ballast and here in
Austin with all rail transportation for
coal we only pay $3 per 1000 feet. It
is tec cheapest and best means of illu-
mination and safest for the wife and
children who are never cooked aud
fricaseed 6ave with coal oil non-ex- I
plosive of course.
Mr. Estep who was shot some weeks
ago at Lampasas because he had killed
Taylor's dog lingered until a few days
ago when he was relieved of his suffer-
ings by death. We know nothing of
the parties but it seems that very iri-
ial causes bring about very momentous
results. Man bad better take less
whisky and submit to an insult than
to stain his haads in his brother's
blood.
The JVt'w Era says that the county
of Limestone is one of the wealthiest
in the State of Texas. She has to day
within her borders over $3000000
worth of taxable property. Her scrip
is at par and she has money In her
treasury. Her educational facilities are
unrivaled by any county in the State.
Her prestige in these respects has been
gained through a series of tho most
trying adversities.
The Sherman Register says the
Statesman "cannot contemplate the
'bare facts' in relation to whisky guz-
zling. They make its 'head swim.' "
tven wuen tneso "naked facts" are
clothed most artistically by the Renz
who reuds the Register we still shud-
der when contemplating them and
while "bare facts" and theories make
our bead swim it is whisky that makes
Martin s lloat down to perdition.
The San Antonio Herald man was
last seen toting the street railway from
Palestine and dropping it in front of
the Mengcr Hotel. We are curious to
know what will become of that wooden
wheeled Mexican wagon freighted with
hides drawn by ten oxen driven by
three Mexicans followed by a fourth
who led a yaller dog what will be
come of this peculiar civilization it a
street car rattle from the Monger to tuc
railway station?
Myriads of grasshoppers are to be
seen ell over the country from the
size of a Ilea upwards. lhey 8re
beginning to work on tho tender vege
tables and we fear that garden truck
will be late in nuoing its way ro our
tables. The farmers are afraid to
plant thinking they would most likely
have to plant over a?in. Tho Di-
jtuuh suys we trust thiy will grow fast
and soon take their departure never
to return again.
The Caldwell Etgle says that "the
Austin Statesman is doing herculean
work for prohibition. Its arguments
based ou actual facts aud figures can
not be answered. P ipers published in
cities wlicro tue wnisky miluencc is
powerful nnd wealthy arc too often
bull-dozed by that influence. Not so
with the Statesman; it works for the
good of the people with a zeal and in
dependence most gratifying to every
friend of peace and order."
The Lampasas Dispatch says that a
man was picked up on last Monday by
Deputy Sheriff McKecver under suspi-
cious circumstances and is now in our
jail. He was riding a gray horse and
leading a gray mare (both unbranded)
carried a needle gun nvd both he and
the horses sermert jaded. lie was
a-dced if he had not a pistol which he
denied but upon examination a fine
ivory-handled six-shooter was found
upon his person. lie claimed to be
one of the Wesley Uardins.
The Austin county correspondent of
the Brenham fietcs says: "I find grass
hopper eggs which contrary to our
preconceived idea after being exposed
to the air for the space of a minute or
so hopped off as briskly as a maiden
of 'sweet sixteen' and equally as well
prepared and ns anxious to create mis
chief. This will cause considerable dc.
lay in corn-phiuting as from the as
certaiued habits of the insect they
will linger five or six weeks before mi
grating lakeu altogetlnr the pros-
pect is not so encouraging as it might
be.'
The Bimet Bulletin says: "The
Galveston 2eic has a daily circulation
of nearly 4000 copies." As Austin'
railway system is perfected and the
people along the roads learn tht the
latest news is accessible throu2h the
Statesman's telegraphic pages ou
circulation will -rival that of the Sews
It grows apace and for the reason
i hat the Statesman is fresh and vi
vacious and goes far the right and
never bends to a vulgar prejudice
of ignorance or succumbs to the die
rates of corporations or alliances among
unworthy party leaders.
innis county contains 1000 square
miles. As to the popnlation there are
no cflicial ligures since IBiO. Then
it was 7500 aud it has more than dou
bled since that time. At the last elec
tion for governor ar-uut a year ago
very nearly 3000 votes were cast. In
other States the ratio of voters to the
number of inhabitants is as on- to six
out so many single men come to Texas
that here it may be reckoned as one to
Gvr. This would give a population of
13000 for last year; and hitherto the
increase has been estimated at fifteen
to twenty per cent a year.
W. II. Crain is going to wade into
business at Corpus Christi. Though
be be of the plantigrade family among
birds his course is np grade among
men and though often in hot he pre-
fers deep water and from bis move-
ment towards the ea shore he is a
"local optionist;" but we would if We
had our option about it select some
other roosting place. It is proper to
add that crane-iologicslly speaking
Mr. Crain does not belong to the goose
family and though endowed with in-
finite genius for repartee be ia not of
the genu anter.
Martin says that the quantity of
whisky we have used would make nice
little laies wherein our immense body
might swim very conveniently. On
the contrary there is in the little cavity
of the hoilow cranium that Martin totes
aronnd a small pool of the quintes-
sence of whisky. It went thither
when M-ekicg a vacuum and found it
snd became a beautiful lakelet like
those that sparkle in Alpine height.
It is this that i known as the well-
spring of Martin's intellect. It is not
deep enough to float a good idea and
too shallow to drown a mean one.
0e Hewitt of Mjotague county
and two of his friends tho L&bonn
resisted the sheriff who sought to ar-
rest Hewitt. The sheritl suxmoned
a posse and found Hewitt in tiio north-
east corner cf Montague couuty. Ti;e
sheriff ordered the party to surrender
but they refused and opened tire upon
the p"se. The fire was promptly re-
turned and firing was kept up for
some time by both parties. Ben La-
bom of the Hewitt party was killed
outright and Rod Labcm and Capt.
Hewitt were mortally wounded. Of
the sheriffs posse two were killed but
their names are not known.
The Luling Rtpsrter whose town
was once almost infamous because of
the devilish deeds perpetually done by
drunken mcD says that under the po-
tent irflueiiej of local optiou "a bar-
room is metamorphosed iii:oa'drug
store' and a market int a 'ouUpcn.' "
The facts ::re that drug stores sell littTe
more whbky after than before the
prohibitory law is enforce I. Men can-
not afford to p.ty for prescriptions by
doctors and then for whisky. Such
pople will keep a keg at home and
their habits will only ailect themselves.
When they die their iutlueuco is for-
gotten with their names and deeds.
A lamp llired up threateningly in
the Baptist C'iiurch at Lougview and
scared ihe sUteriu-j who don't like ex-
plosions of that sort. A bravo brother
picked it up. aud beariug it down the
aisle to the door threw it away. The
explosion that ensued sealed the horses
and buggies aud carriages aud drowsy
negroes and all these fljd iu all direc-
tions. The alarm spread aud over the
country went the story that the town
was ou fire and that the end of all
things had come and not until thu next
day was quiet restored. Coal oil isn't
hculthv uad now Lougview is discus
sing the cost of gas.
The Houston Age tells that "on Sun
day a dirty and extremely obscene lit-
tle sheet called The Street Gazette ap
peared l i town aud was sold st a lively
rate bv four or five newsboys. It was
personal and assaulted private charac
ter in a most reckless manner. On
Monday Judge Martin directed the po
lice to arrest the newsboys who at once
gave up the names of the printer and
publisher. I hey were brought before
him yesterday morning aud the priu
ter fined $10 aud publisher $20. The
newsboys were discharged. The com-
munity owe Judge Martin a vote of
thanks for promptly suppressing the
vile thing."
Jefferson has a murder mystery. On
the nineteenth ot January a man about
twenty-hve or thirty years old accom-
panied by a young lady about twenty
years old fair complexion and blu
eyes registered at thu Brooks House as
A. Monroe and wife St. Louis. On
his trunk was the name of A. Moore
New Orleans. The woman was well
dressed and wore several diamond
rings. Ou the twenty-first of January
she was fouud dead with a bullet hole
in her temple. There was no clue to
her identity. 7 he cm-imso which she
wore when murdered bore the mark
M. 127 ib indelible ink. The man
disappeared.
Five victims of municipal law were
fined by tho mayor. The costs to the
people of Austin is not less than $50
taken from the pockets of popular in
dusty by the popular vice of drunken
ness. As the law exists and operates
city jurymen and policemen and mayor
are paid by taxpayers and not by these
drunken tramps. They miy "work
out" their fiues but their "services''(?)
are paid for by the people who pay
in addition their board bills and the
"cests" are all taken out of the treas-
ury which is filled by emptying the
pockets of taxpayers. Tho system is
infamous even as the vices aud follies
punished are developed and made oper-
ative by whisky mills.
Navasota h .s eight aud Galveston
only seven candidates for the mayoral-
ty and these seven havo tapered off on
lager to three White Fulton and
Stone and the last may be first. Kop-
perl the Netcs's preferred candidate
was beaten for the nomination. Kop-
pcrl is u man of finance and the A'eics
too has a weakness for finance and
Kopperl would have ben a good man
for the place better than tho other
aspirant Dick Nelson belter known
as "holy Dick" because he sits down
muchly nnd edits the Spectator and
makes a spectacle of himself when his
breeches wear out. But Dick's clothes
last longer now since he don't go row-
ing any more.
A telegram from Houston to the
News which stated that the Governor's
stall attended the can-can when en route
from San Antonio to Austin was a
joke. Tho writer of this and three
employees of the State witnessed the
achievements of Madame Rfntz's min-
strels but they did not attempt the
can-can on the felicitous occasion re-
ferred to and the Christian. Advocate
weeps idly. Wc are of the fixed opin-
ion that if these thoughtless young
men of the Capitol grounds had known
that Madame Rectz's people ever in-
dulged in the grotesque attitudes and
genuflexions of the cau-can they could
not have been forced to the Thespian
hall at Houston into which they
were innocently bcti ayed.
The Denison Kem says that "Gover-
nor Hubbard and Hon. O. N. Ilollings-
worth secretary of the department of
public instruction are to accompany
Dr. Burleson when the latter visits Den-
ison to attend the examination of our
public school at the close of the ses-
sion. Let them find not only the
school but the building and every-
thing connected with it in the most
satisfactory condition. Denison will
receive $809 from the Peabody fund
this year and if we arc found to be as
progressive as we ought to be a much
larger douation may be expected next
year. Dr. Scars said he would aid the
best schools most liberally that he
would help tho e most who helped
themselves."
Tho Ddilus Mail says "that a signifi-
cant editorial appeared in Mr. Throck-
morton's home organ the Herald a few
morninss since in which it was pre-
dicted that the inauguration of Mr.
Hayes would cau:e the early resump-
tion of work upon the Texas aud Pa-
cific. This can probably in a measure
account for Throckmorton's defection
to the Radical camp aud but corrobo-
rates the prophecy of the Mail that
when the interest of the people and the
interest of the Texas and Pacific Rail-
road came in conflict James W.
Throckmorton wruld not hesitate to
sacrifice the people for the benefit and
aggrandizement of his master Col Tom
Scott."
The woman Bessie Moore who was
murdered in Jefferson Texas by Abe
Rothschild of Cincinnati lived for
many years at Watertown New York.
Her father was a shoemaker who came
there from Burrville four miles distant
and lived for many years on Factory
street. Her true name was Annie
Stone. She was handsome of a charm-
ing figure aod of great vivacity. She
.fell from grace while there and bad
many friends. She was arrested and
locked np several times in hopes to re-
form her but in vain. She left there
eight years ago and went to Syracuse
where ail tracks of her was lost until
the horrible tragedy ia Texas brought
her to mind.
S. W. Hammond Texas and South-
ern agent of the Continental Life In-
surance Company in 1874 1975 and
1870 bought in the company's pol-
icies - testified that the reason the
company did this was becanse it was
not able to meet its obligations. He
said it was represented in the West
aad Sjuth that tUe company was in-
solvent and policy-holders were
frightened into selling on easy terms.
Care however was taken to conceal
these facts from the people ia New
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money made hy these purchases with
L. u. riost iircsiin nt ana anl it was
paid over to too Southern Life Insur-
ance Company correspondent of the
Continental. The latter company
played aolvcnt in New York and in
solvent in the South and Wc-t. Peo
ple never asked for any explanation
as they were ausiuus to get out of tho
cctnpany.
Mrs. Laura II. Jack ro'.ic of Hon.
Wm. II. Jack of Galveston is dead.
She was born in South Carolina in
1312; was a daughter of llou. laham
Harrison and a iti.ster of Dr. Jium-s
Harrison; of Col. llichanlson Harri-
son who died at Waco last year; of
Col. laham Harrison who wan killed
at Tupelo during the lute war and of
Gen. Thomas n.irrison who still lives
at 'Waco. Her grandmother was tho
sUter of Gen. Wado Hampton of rev-
olutionary fame and she was connected
in various ways with many people
whose talents virtues nnd public ser-
vices have made them widely known.
She was married iu 1827 to Hon. Wm.
U. Jack in Alabama and emigrated
to Texas in lS'JO. Mr. Jack aud his
brothers. Spencer Jack and Hon. Pat-
rick Jack were prominent in the strug-
gles of the colonists of Texas against
the tyrannical acts of Moxico and their
services are still fresh in thu memories
of the s.urvivors of that trying period.
Her eldest daughter is the wife of
Judge W. P. Ballinger and Col. Thoa.
M. Jack the brilliant lawyer of Gal-
veston is her son. The wife of Hon.
Gjy M. Bryan who died some years
since was another of her daughters.
Christmas week a body of drunken
scoundrels and roughs rode into Button
at night broke open tho jail and took
out two men nnd hung them till they
were dead. These same lawless devila
went to the postollico nnd tore down
the rlnf above it and substituted 0110
! as black ns their deeds nnd infnmv.
They left tho village and meeting a
negro in the road shot him dead. '1 he
murderer was arrested ami a drunken
judge released him on bail. Wo did
not care to speak of these things when
partisanship might have misinterpreted
the facts and given them undue im-
portance. But tho wbolo people of
Texas condemn such outrages aud the
whisky-born vices of society which
they present. The courts and
sheriff of Bell county must do their du-
ty and the press of Bolton should not
be silent. ie give the facts as given
by a trustworthy correspondent. Now
that Bell county has prohibited us it
should the sale of whisky in thu town
and couuty aud devoted itself to rail-
way const Miction we bops to hear no
more of such disgraceful facts. The
perpetrators of these outrages should
still be punished aud if local officers be
impotent or incapable Federal mar-
shals should intervene.
The Effect ef Alcoliol
Economy.
011 Unman
In speakincr of tho elTccts of alcohol
I shall consider it first as a medicine
and second ns a poison. In its pure
state alcohol acts as n powerful irritant
and caustic poison. To whatever part
of the body it is applied it causes con-
traction aud condensation of the tissue
and gives rise to all the symptoms of
local infUimnalion paiu heat redness
ana swelling in its uitutea lorms as
in wine brandy etc. when taken into
the stomach it produces a stimulating
effect upon the part to which it is ap-
plied creates warmth aud promotes a
more rapid flow of blood. A tempora-
ry excitement is thus produced iu the
organ the appetite is increased and
the general power augmented. Sue
ceeding this local impression the gen
eral sytttm is affected the action of
the heart and arteries is increased the
brain and nervous systems are stimula-
ted and there is a general feeling of
increased mental power and muf.cular
energy; animal heat is developer) and
tbe various secretions are promoted.
These aro the 1 fleets when used in
moderation and when it operates
kindly. By a law of the animal econ
omy excitement a always succeeded
by collapse and depression. The ef-
fects ot alcohol are proportioned to
the excitability of the system. Hence
in young person in female nervous
and lunguinc temperaments they arc
always the most decided. The pygietn
becomes gradually accustomed to ttw
impression made by this agent and to
produce the same cllect requires larger
and larger quantities. In consequence
ol agreeable excitement and the sub-
sequent collapse a desire is created
for the repetition of the dote. This
if not peculiar to iutoxicnting drinks
is not the cane with any other medi-
cine except perhaps opium. As a
medicine alcohol in its various forms
is an agreeable and powerful stimulant
and may be resorted to in all car-es
where it Is necetsiry to support the
powers of the system.
In consequence of th? great abuse of
this article it baa becoiuc a question
whether it was justifiable in a physi-
cian to prescribe it iu the practice of
til profeaaion. As to tbe question
whether wc could get along without
alcoho'ic stimulants it i cot worth
diecusiing. We might as well ak
could we get along without cpium or
quinine.
ARDENT EPIBITS AS A I'OISOS.
The first of these is intoxication.
This is an effect pecu;iar to alcohol.
There are it is true other agents
which produce sort of inebriation
such as opium stramonium camphor
nitrous oxide the inhalation of sul
phuric ether chloroform ttc bu. this
is umerent iroru mat produced Dy al
cohol both in its general phenomena
and in its results.
A paroxysm of intoxication may be
divided into three stages. During the
first the system is only pleasurably ex
cited. Such being the Crt effects of
this kind cf excitement it is not to be
wondered at that it ha been so univer-
sally coveted by matkind. Go where
yon will traverse the g!ole from pole
to pole and you will not find a people
so savage a not to possess tome sab-
stance capable of yielding this plett-
are. Could the effects of alcohol be
limited here we should not have so
much regret in relation to iu use.- In
the second stage the brain gradually
loses iu power aad a sense of giddi
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l!:. Sri)'.unl Ui-i-.i J..I111. a -ji't.-r H i :ii-n-i:i tho Lord
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wry fou m'v .tn.ri. o;S" jro-u;M ! j r '-ol)'- It I'T
A j.-::.: i- or oil- ro.. ArT-n--Oin.'Mt. h.iV l.t-n Ina.to. lltldor
ii'i - orv lwtrun 01 tln nui..-r a :tli a la rlix t coly ol Uli
K.r 1
Ins. aud alt unlara uiuat
ness is tot. Tho sciH' ! r. t
verted tho vision is disordered ob
jects cbaugo their color and becomo
multiplied volition ia now impaired
or lost. Tho druukard imagines a
thousand things which have no exist
ence. It no attempts now to walk or
use bis muscles ho finds they have
lost their power ho falls to the ground
and finds a home in the jail.
And now comes the third stage the
third scene in this disgusting drama.
If cont-ciousuess bo still retained
everything is confusion and chaos and
then comes sleep. Such briefly do-
tailed are the phenomena attending a
fit of intoxication or rather of poison-
ing. Now it is very evident that it is
not possible for tho system to go
through all this convulsive excitement
without leaving its traces behind. Ac-
cordingly when tho patient awakes
from his slumber tin is in no very cn-
viablo condition. Nor is this all. A
person who has been once intoxicated
will probably become so attain. Every
succeeding fit will increase his desire
fur the accustomed stimulus whilo it
undermines and destroys the power of
resistance. Every case of intoxication
does not terminate in this way. Some-
times apoplexy and death are tbe ro-
suits. Then the druuknrd's deep
dreamless sleep ''knows no waking."
Mort anon. D. M. Kkaoan.
Prohibition ln Text.
from th rorlland Maine Transcript
Ai'stin Tkxas Fob. 10 1877.
Editor Tranteript For the first time
we are in thirty days to vote in Texan
on the question of the prohibition of
the sale of strong drink. The friends
of temperance are rallying nobly to the
work. Will you please inform u
through the columns of the Tranteript
whether the prohibition laws of Maine
have worked permanent good in your
State and if so how much?
Yours truly D. W. C. Bakkk.
The prohibitory laws of Maine have
now been in uninterrupted operation
fr moro than twenty years. It is safe
to say that they have greatly diminkhed
the consumption of itpirituous liquors
and assisted in traiuing up a compara-
tively sober generation. Wo think
statistics will bear us out in the asser-
tion that thero is less of spirituous
liquors drank in Maine than in auy
other State of equal population.
Drunkenness a vice which may be (
almost said to be inherent in human
nature still exists but to a much less
oxtent than in the "good old times."
Reformatory associations like the Sons
of Temperance tho Good Templars
and the Reform Clubs have done muc h
to rescue the fallen aud train tho young
in habits of sobriety and their work is
not to bo dispensed with but behind
all stands the law protecting society
from tbe evils wh'ch flow from the un-
restricted or the "regulated" sale of
ardent spirits. It has wholly tup-
pressed the trafiic in the rural districts.
Liquors are no longer sold in country
stores where the farmers go to mako
their purchase and rarely in country
taverns. In the a gu villigcs and tho
cities the sale though not wholly sup-
pressed is greatly restricted put under
ban and removed from open contact
with the people. Only thoso find
liquors who seek them. The law on
the whole is ss well enforced as most
laws are. So beneficial have been its
results that the opposition it at first en-
countered has largely died out. Pro-
bibition has become the settled policy
of tbe State. It is supported by mem-
bers of both parties and no party
would now think of taking a stand
against it. There are differences of
opinion as to the degree of severity
which should exist in the penalties in-
flicted but public opinion sustains the
policy of prohibition holding the sale
of spirituous liquors as a beverage to
be an unmitigated evil against which
society has the right to protect itself
by the strong arm of tho law.
The Crown Prince of Prussia the
other day invested his eldest son.
Prince William with his own hand
with tbe star and blue ribbon of the
Order of the Garter; sent to the boy by
his grandmother Victoria. Tbe Crown
Prince and his wife were deeply
movod and were apparently grout ly
delighted at this unexpected distinction
bestowed upon their son at so tender
an age. His Royal ITighness remarked
that this was the first time in the his-
tory of the order that three members
of the same family were wearing the
distinguished badge at tbe same time.
A Scotch youth named MscalUtar bas
just accomplished the unprecedented
feat of winning at Cambridge all the
chief prizes at one sweep and becorn-
c . r . . I . .1.1.
ing senior v rangier iuu uui um
youth began bis stndies at tho London
University College and left it because
tbe work was toe bard.
PJEMT IDVBHTISEnK.tTS.
AS
flwi
GENTS' REPORTER. ..rsss:
aivai.r roa oatfT. Actually overfloniuE
with solid informal t"H Ir.di.'wi rahle to r-
errAtrcat. II takea ariib CTrrytMMljr ami errrj-
where. It Is It's bright a try snd nn.fal or
good ibinica. r-hows up fraada. Kt-a bum!
buga. laf..mallon from ticaliji:a-tel that ill
be a a. urc of weal'b to any or otit of tn-
p o)mml. Articles oa the Art of Monry-Mak-Inv
Hcieoee of CauTamttii;. how 10 i-ct rich and
InatruclloDs to Aseats m each number. No ad-
Teniaenimta ln-rtd f jr any pariira who wid
not da.l honorably wlih oar vanrciibrni. Ada.
Iioa all bOBurabla jiartlea solicited hone otn-
rs need apply
1 111s nrbciiL iirrLi. m
every new aobacribe- we will
end by wall port pld free
Hipr miaia. foe biidiat
J'Wetry comiitnalian our. CTiai'linr 01 emcins
irnld-piated Wa'rb Chain Ualr Jel unwns.
Jet Kar lro J'air dc-f ant ld Moo Ulcere
Bulimia Lady's heavy Wedding Hinr Pet (')
Spiral Blade Dew style Collar hiad.lient s Fena-
nui Dltroond Pia. Tin price la only 7 erita a
year post paid with shore valuable premium
free t an yoa afford to do wltaoot " Tub Ka-
roBTKB" for ibb tnfle wa sakl i'or as rriare
Itemit 73 tenia at onee lo
The Tr-aanre pabliabuic Company 49 fedar BU
New York- PrtwlJt
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OP
TBCSTKK.
Greene fe Crmltly.
All peroDa are hereby tieen notirs that W
F. Green and Cob. Caseidy doing baelneea in
Aaella Trsrte eoaoty. Texaa. aa ureene Caa-.
sidy bata this day mads aa saaigkment lo ttw "
BBder.igned aa trustee for I be benefit or all
tbet erevii"re. u all priperty of every dVeenp-
tiua tbea or bow hesd by Ihesi except each aa
may he exempt aodrr the laws of In lulled
Mate or of lb Mist of Texaa. He will be
f &an$ si tbe oft boelaeM place of said Oreeaa
a. . nntil fnrfhM . . ... .11 wl. fif
aid tna will be sold out St cost for eaoii.
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