Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1881 Page: 1 of 4
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AUSTIN TEXAS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24 1881.
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Miscellaneous Advertisements.
Meme Well Anger Company
MjkXCrOTCtt or
Pttaat WiU lusri 121 Ext Drliilni MacMasi
COMBINED.
Prospcctinff anil Artesian Well Borimr
MACHINERY
CATALOGUES SENT FREE.
Adrtre all order to
420 North 10th St.. ST. LOUIS MO.
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t. t ti!iK Ofm.it liiH.irV-n- M .(at l.lii 1'Ou; k
"a. b . JVilO VTa"-' I
Xf Annual
of VectAbl and
Ilatrer 8ed for 18Slricti in UKrviui from
paetograplu ot th original will ba tout FItiCE
to U who apply ilj old cuatomor need not
writ tor U. I offtr on of tti larsett collvc-
tlon ef vcgctabl xm1 ever wot out by any e4
tuoa u Aoianca a larg proportion or wnicn
btowd oa tar
y aix im rarma. t ail aireo-
0u Tor tulUvatlua on ith oackas. All aoed
Wanaotad to b both frb. and tra to nam; ao
r Uiat ahonld It Jro otnorwt I IU rttlll
9 ordar gU. Tn origlual lutrodncr of tli
Sabbard tquaab Tbinnty' Melon Marblehead
Oabbausa alaxlcan t ore and cor of other
Tayeiablea. 1 lovlt th patronag of all who
Miia'ou to hav thalr ad directly from th
ftovar fraah tru and of th wry bat (train.
m TEOETlBLEliJf QHLIT. ir
JJLKS J. IL UKSUO&T Mir bl.h sr 4 Si m.
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TORSy. HA'RHIgOlT CO.. Painwlltg 0
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Omr DMarfptli IUaatraM rrle
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aaw4 aboot MareH 1. 1881. FrleM
juta4 la Maw will ramaln Cod U1
Aaias M ywwrwaa ly lb
aap at Mo. aa- Tn ant aldTa.
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fll Wabaa Avaw. Cnloaara. Ilk
"DIAMOND DESSIE"
fasysfliuEBaniiuRDHiEii
U Jarraaaow Tkxa. ar Full UlaatratM.
i th only aathantio Ukaaa
i of
BZSSIC MOOREABE ROTHSCHILD
aoaaUMT with th now historic ecvn of bar uiur-
m aod a rull and (rapbla aecount of tbla th
Boat arondarful mardar-ulai on record. Xb
Full and Frank Confession
of bar al exed tcardererU knowledf of tbla
urUInf aod myatarloua crime. 6nt poat-pald
on reevlpa of ai.oo Th Natrvt rllln oook In
tbe w1d. AtT W A WT:l. Lllwml term.
Writ at one. WltTim ItWt CDnCIICIMATtl.
TKE D1HQEE&C0JIAHD CdJS'
KJ IJnJi
NedeUwrTKOVO WT RlUM for Vint-i
I I. om and Fall Flantinr. miiw f at a
- iK-offim. Fire gpletidid Vawtfe. yxtrehoist
n labeled. v l M frr $4 t ftit 3 KO f.-.
4So for aa T for 10 100 8r 913. ' &n:
for our Sew Gwiela Roea tultnr aur.
rtooar from gear O0 Flaj 1 Borta. Oar Great
nvclaitr la fmwlrf and d'rthnting Bosra
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Miscellaneous Advertisements.
o 1 ears before the Public
THE CENUIMg
OR. C.McLANE'S
LIVER PILLS
are not recommended as a remedy " for
nil the ills that flesh is heir to" but in
ntl'ectioru of the Liver and in all Billon
Complaint Dyspepsia and Sick Head
ache or diseases of that charactex the
itmd without a rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used pre
punitory to or after taking quinine. At
ii. simple purgative they ar hnequaled.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. .
The gennlne are never infrar-coated.
Each b' has a red-wax seal on tbe lid
with the impression McLAKE'S LIVER
PILL. Eiuii wrapper bears the signa-
tures of C McLame and FuMitia Bbos.
Ina'st upon harin the genniua
Da. C. McLAJSE a LIVER PILL3 pre-
pared by
FLEJIIXfJ BROS. Pittsburgh Tsu
tlie tnnrket lx-ing fid of imitations oi
the name XcLnns selled differentiy
but Dame xronuncution.
s the Best and Most
Agreeable Preparation
in the World.
T or- Constipation Biliousness
Headache Torpid Liver Hem-
orrhoids Indisposition and all
Disorders arising- from an ob-
structed state of le system..
l.alle nnd children aial lle who dislike
tnklliu 1)1114 anil uhusmim mnlHiiM art. mm
dully pli-used with lis agreeable quailtle. .
TKOI'IC-FRUIT LAXATIVE may be U3ed
in :iU cuaa that need tbe alii of a purkaile.
itubxrllc or aperient nitillcina and while It pro-
liicen tbe Hame rssnlt Ait I h .mntii nihmMl It l
entirely free from tbe Dual objHCtton. cummOD
totbvtn. rcfcliairiMailUw bmw ataly.
Price as cts. Large boxes 6oc.
Sold by all first-class Druggists.
HOW TO CTJR&
Consumption Coughs.
COLDS ASTHMA.' CROUP. '
All Dleeaaea of th Throat- Lunga and Pol'
uonary ur)ana.
CSK ACCORDING TO DIEBCTIONS.
ALLEN'S LUNO' BALSAM.
tar raeaa
ire
E2S
J. & C. Iilaguire's
Expectorant
COUGHS . COLDS
ASTHMA
Splttlnsr of Blood Hoarse-
ness Night Sweats Pains
lu the Back - Difficult
Breathing- Expectoration
and all Affections of the
Lungs.
It Is prepared from Tsgstable enb
Ktanoea is paJaUhls to the taste
acta gently and It aflhets may be
relied upon. . '
J. & C. MAGUIRE'S
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TlKGCL ATES the Bowels eorreots Ddne
iH-ritiiniuonta Cleunao the Blood and ro-
tuovoe r'ecal Matter from the btomach.
.Mi ctn --Juliita auoh as BUionaneae Head
iK-lie I -ivttvenoea IndlfraaUon Pala In tba
fide ack or Cheat Languid nee ptzai
Sour Stomach Eto. are pe)dUy out
id by this Wonderful Remady. .
From Ror. Dr. MoAjaally editor of th St.
Louie Cbibtliun Advooato
'I have trlod J. A O. Mag-alre Cnndn-
vn. ou mveolf and other and it la my
lmim tbnt ti produce a healtbr and aafe
iit'iiou on the Liver Kidney and secretion
- ; lu'Viilly ttiwa la not a bettor inediiinu
'.nmvt.. eiwl for persona of BUloua or Coe-
; hnblta lis action is moat effective nnd
Hiulury." I. a. ilCXNALLV.-
V Teallmnnl.l froat a well knew Actors
kit the Arkaaaas traralar.
V'ixts. J. A C. Maounts: '. i .
J our CunUurauro and Banns riant now
two Juntly celebrated meetlclnea hava
pt-oroil auch invaluable remedies in my
.'xpeiit'oro that I oan condsntly rsoom-
r nU theju. Their success is troi; rsmfik-
iiiio. LuapeutfiUiy. '
r. fa. cuxsruAV.
fUloala '."alraralty. -
St Louis May ft tsn.
-Mrs. J. ft 0. Maoqiks:
..ur celebrated CundumnfO having
i tmcceoefuily uaed for a lentn of tlma
i .! luUrmary of our Inetlaution. we can
immend it us a vwlnefrle-epeolnov
Br. WOODWARD tattrmarian.
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ixonurroRa. ;V ' Vt.l0lill
rum. eabl!l?aTiwImawkUS
MM. IJB pTCm f 7mTWm
m4m amiriii. atook oomprieeaaiwia.
eruwi. Onlir aware pUnta Oar saw
' Illtaratai Head . Hook aaat flee eaaaaiaa
aa andd. pduo at eaou iJiaa. wf toetraeUaie
ieeenil eafawaton. iWipiiret
Jtser. a. an jxr
Ifttf boM of afcon1 9 if I ttiaaji
ar Muiia I mini
Qoet vtiitiMivrw pd t
I an a wvw paw
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BtJISTS:
GARDEN
SEEDS
Bam wart WSrrantaoTbefBeTCranaTye-IV or
IWB Jn-OWIB. Daw TOB TBI VABDSBaai JtSBV
FOB TBS liSBOHAHTl BSOACBB. RSUABLS I
They never oil to prodao the Itneat vegetable
ana are planted in ail pans Of th world.' TO
ani iaeratiM anat ear i air fro IX
ever a jMrtool a aapr Uaat km 'j
aar. havw broagM BvTat' 8eda to a Stat of
PZw-L aaa ra iouuy aateaaT
BL'IST'a OARUEV yiurii vA-d ae "
.tamp. Wholeeaja rrire Current for Merchant
oa i application. ROBSBT BCIST JrT
lnaTw aeaaVaaawaa. AUadasyaA. fa.
3 Prepared lroofTl' trdpleal 3
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Cokkxiko has not replied to the
attacks of Senator Butler who de-
fended the people of South Carolina
against the charge of fraud in the
late census and who fastened the
frauds upon the Republican agents
who operated there in 1870.
Thk simplest way ' to settle thi 9
temperance agitation is to' put the
temperance question for adoption
or rejection before the people of
Texas. Such a decision will be ac-
cepted by the liquor men as a final
ity. Local option has been a failure
and they have no respect for the
measure so enforced.
The Union Pacific and the Oa-
tral Pacific railways fail to pay in
the percentage npon their net earn
ings which the law requires. From
1870 to 1879 inclusive the -fcross
earnings operating expenses and
the net earnings of. tbe two roads
have been: Union Pacific average
miles operated 1030: gross earnings.
$108541793 ; operating expenses
$4928390; net earnings $59257903.
Central Pacific: Average miles op
erated 1486; gross earnings" $188-
745303; operating expenses $7968'V
681; net earnings $59071622i -
The other day Alex.Stepb.ena; was
In his .wheel -chair in the loose
making a speech on the acceptance
ofpthe Cpllamer' statue. Members
gathered around him with bended
postures and solemn visage as Jf
the thought of death was on every
mind. Entire silence -prevailed and
now and then when Mr. Stephens
would endeavor to lift up his voice
it had a shrieking sound as .though
of dying agony. The great' Geor-
gian's presence in Congress is an. oc-
ular demonstration that there is.
after all but little truth in mens nana
in carport tana.
Sejtatob Houston objects to th
bill requiring the advertising of ju-
dicial sales bacause it. would pay
the newspapers. "Why does he not
oppose all legislation that permits
the lawyer to makeaiee? The Sen-
ator does not make bis living in the
newspaper businessbut he has done
96 it is said remarkably well in th'e
practice of law. We too' wotdd ojh
pose the bill were it alone iu the in-
terest of newspapers but since it is
in the interest of securing competi-
tion in purchaseaadthereforebetter
results both for the creditor and the
debtor we would have the bill be
ccme alaw. It is Justthough beneficial
in some degree to that agency which
public men use without stint when
permitted to do so. . .
. Mr. Fbtkier's bill in favor of en-
Urging the Blind Asylum secure 4 a
favorable report from the House'
Committee on Asylums. It pro-
vides that not only may the blind ba
taught in the literary and scientific
branches; but that ' they shall be
taught when desired useful trades.
It says in words: ..
"That in addition to . those blind
persons who are allowed to enter
the Blind Asylum for the purpose of
being educated others who. are
older and totally blind who wish to
be admitted for the purpose of
learnihg some useful trade may have
tbe privilege under proprr restric-
tions. Also that persona who are
not totally blind bat.' whoa-blind'
ness is of such a nature that -they are
incapacitated for reading "ordinary
books and newspapers or transact-
ing ordinary business but Whose si ght
may be restored' by an operation
may be admitted and subjected to
an operation by the state oculist'-
The Post in considering the
emotional insanity bill says : The
country reeks with the blood of
men and women butohered by in-
sane drunkards. That blood not
only calls from-the ground for ven-
geance but it lies as a terrible threat
in continuance of a reign of terror
and outlawry. The people's lives
are endangerexLand they will con-
tinue to be so as lont 'as the plea
of emotional and drunken insanity
are permitted to excuse the murder-
er. The tact engages the attention
of the people. They .desire to be rid
of it; ot its danger of it criminal!-1
ty and of ita disgrace. When law-
yers then qtiibble over. the necessi-
ty of previous intent and present
malice Jo .constitute the crime of
murder the people- become 'impa-
tient for they know full well that!
this is a practical pfaylng into the '
hands of the quick hater or ! the
cowardly malice-bearer who. under
cover of such legal - rulings deliber-
toly drinks himself into - so-called
insanity and with this cloak thrown
over his sin murders his .victim.
The people wish a atop to bo pue to
the fact. .
Thb complaints which reach "usi
from Brazoria county eeenx well
founded. It is a well-known fact
that Mr. Underwood a highly intel-
ligent citizen of that county and a
gentleman long identified with the
interests of that section the regular
nominee of 4u Democratic flotorial
convention hold at Galveston was
defeated by so-colled Democrats' of.
Galvestou who elected Major PlunL-
ley a citizen of Galvestonand a
well-known Republican'.' to t the
place he now occupies in the
House. The Statesman's damocra-.
oy is of that boi fe-nhivu coudemas
such practices and it appears but
juat and reasonable that (he petition
of the people of Brazoria and Mat-
or da shsll sa rasnsctfally con
sidered. Though affecting' the char-a
acter of Democrats and their morn
inoes yet hla. appeal-may "nolbe
eonaidared In the light of . party ism."
These people would be. pleastdto
have representaUoa and if any peo-
ple in Texas deserve It theee- eer
ULalj do.
ADVERTISING LEGAL SALES.
Attention is called to tbe conimu
nieation touching tho bill now be
fore the Senate in regard to the
publication of judicial 6ales. It is
written by a gentleman who hkt
given careful thought to the subject
and who has witnessed the wrongs
that have been committed ihrouh
this meserable system which per
mits a defendant's property to be
sold by the plaintiff merely causing
three written notices to be posted
in probably out of the way places in
the county' where the sale is to be
made. With all the advancement
that Texas has made in looking
after the legal rights of widows and
minors and other poorly protected
people it is wonderful indeed that
this law . has been allowed so
long to encumber its statute books.
All the advanced nations and states
of the world have done the poor
piece of justice to protect the debtor
to the extent that his property
when sold shall not be sacrificed in
consequence of insufficient notice.
Some of tbe more liberal go so far
as to prescribe that property un
der judicial sale shall bring two-
thirds of its appraised value and
Texas stands almost alone in per-
mitting this outrageously unjust law
to' encumber the list of its stat
ntes.- Touching this question the
Dallas Herald in an elaborate arti-
cle says:
Suppose that when the notices in
question are posted in three public
place in tho countv or a dozen pub
lic places for that matter they re
main up. now many people ever see
them?- And of those seeing them
how many read them ? It is per
fectly safe to say that not one per-
son in ten visV.iDj? these public
places see them and equally nafe to
say that not one in ten who do no-
tice them ever read them. They arc
generally stuck with tacks at the
courthouse of tho county at the post-
office in the countv site and nt one
or more places. Xotv. people living
In the country come to the county
Site but seldom especially if they
live any distance - away and when
they do come they have business to
attend to which prevents them from
wastinsr time in reading notices
stuck op here and there. People
living in towns and t itles acquire
such a habit of rushiiftr and attend
ing exclusively . to their own busi
ness affuirs that they never notice
such things. So of what benefit is
this manner of advertising? But
then it is a fact that these notices
three-fourths of the time do not
remain posted up. The wind tears
the tacks loose and blows them off:
or the rain beats them down: or in
terested parties seeking to profit by
a sale and wanting as little coinpeti-
tltion as possible pull them down
and destroy them: What is tho re
sult of this? "A's" land is adver-
tised for sale under execution or for
taxes or the property of minors Is
to be sold to raise money for their
support or to pay debts of their es-
tate and when the day of sale comes
around probably not half a dozen
persons wnow of it and property
really valuable and t hat would have
brought its worth had its sale been
generally known goes for a song
and-. A" is largely loser or the
minor heirs are indirectly swindled
being powerless to help themselves.
Snpposo this legal advertising were
done through the medium of a news-
fiaper? -The merchant in his count-
ug room; the farmer by his fireside;
tne mechanics at their work benches;
tbe professional man in his office
all classes of people read the paper
and become acquainted with its
contents.
COMPETING PLANS FOR HHE NEW
CAPITOL. -
At heretofore Btatcd the work of
competition in plans for tho . new
Texas capitol is fairly under way.
There are thirteen plans prese-ited
several of them having many points
to recommend .them and out of these
the plan for a capitol commensurate
with requirements can certainly
be selected. '- There" was ti com-
mission appointed whoso duty it
was understood was to look info the
merits of plans presented and then
to decide"; but the Governor always
cautious arid looking well to the
public interest desired to make no
mistake and he has asked the- legis-
lature to give hira power'to employ "
an architect or architects of such
character as to give him perfect con-
fidence in the decision. This desire
it is said is indulged by the entire
board on public bpildings
and by . the Capitol Com
missioners and they all concur
with the -Governor in his laud
able care. ."-The forethought which
characterizes the suggestion of this
step wjli further commend. itself in
the selection of competent and pro-
per persons now contemplated by
the resolution which was so quickly
adopted by the legislature on exec
utive suggestion. It was intended
that the commission appointed" to
select a plan and to carry on the
building should be composed of a
provisional or advisory and finally
of an executive branch. This com-
mission will now. be fully made
np so; soon as the Governor has
mado his 'setpstion - of the advi-
sory member or members c"on
templated by this fluid resolution.
There is an-umjenal display and va-
riety in the designs or plans submit-
ted for the building. The best styles
or forms -of" architecture are shown
by the drawings hoth'in the dispoai
tion of the general floor plans and
in the decoration of -the facades in
Instances sufficiently meritorious to
tcure a capitol contemplated by law-
of which ?exaa may be proud. The
selection ol the best plan' irrespec-
tive of any particular person or
place Urn or combination of per-
sons is also contemplated by lawaud
the advisory nature of the business
to be performed by experts makes
it especially necessary that their ap-
pointment and selection; shall be
mado with impartiality and with
great caution. Such person or per
sons shall be totally unbiased; nor
shall they be in favor pf any par
ticular person or contracting firms
plans or designs. Such experts must
have a practical knowledge of the
building art in its most advanced
and modern sense and they
should thoroughly understand
the special construction of each
building as suggested and
contemplated by -each particular
design in all its parts. They must
be acquainted with the strength and
durable nature of tht proposed ma
tenal to be employed in the struc
ture and in the analyzation and cal
culation of tho various strains to
which each part will be subjected;
also as to the amount the erection
of the building may bo reasonably
expected to cost when contracted
for. These are matters which both
the experts and the' commissioners
will be- expected to advise upon.
In the range and practice of the art
of building these qualifications it is
known are rarely found combined
in a single individual aud therefore
to select such a person from the same
community in part of this state or
anv part of the country in which
a competitor has influence and has
practiced his profession miirht pro-
bably prejudice the. judgment for
some special style of design or plan.
The designs submitted are presumed
to bo over unknown signatures but
it appears to bo well known whence
and from whom they all come for
the characteristic work of an archi-
tect like that of a literary author
tells its own tale. The thirteen sets
of plans submitted excepting that
noted one from Hog-Eye which oc-
cupies the honored place over the
great fire-place in the hall of justice
are all known by visitors and the
merits of the plans . of "Texan"
"Tuobor" "San Jacinto'' "Pay as you
go" or "Architect" 'are knowii of
most persons at all informed many
possessing no doubt an individual
ity strongly marked;- for no two
competitors present their' ideas in a
similar manner. . In these prelimi-
nary drawings for they must all be
considered as such tho idea rather
than the reality is sought.' Xo "build-
ing will be painted or highly colored;
no building will be lightly-tinted or
deeply shaded except by i.he pure
white limestone of thesehills about
Austin and by the 6hades and
shadows of the day and night time.
The experienced and practiced ar-
chitect and builder versed in the
details and work of hi3 business
will be required to develop out of
these masses of ideas a practical
form; to build up a structure which
will blond with harmony the utilV .
tariau elements contained in the dis-
position of the general plans with
he beauties of that particular archi
tectural form ana. decorative
element which will. be- found
most suitable beautiful and abid-
abiding. Tho designs 'now under
consideration have been received
from Michigan. Illipoie Kentucky
and Tennessee as well as from sev-
eral places in our own states The
election of an expert.or'.eltpeTts can
therefore because oflhis knowledge
of plaee.-be'conduetee with care'
and the Governor will 'as' he' always
does keep clear of any undue influx
ences. Whether' he selects advice
from among the master minds of the
great Eastern chies.oi'fr.bra out -of
young and vigorous and growing
Texas or from bothj we' may feel
sure hat the decision ia secured by
no undue influence -'6f sinister sug
gestion; and yet the Statesman does
not intend to Convey the idea that
such inflnencesrdirectly or indirect
ly may not be attempted '-'-
A POOR TRIBCTB. '
In committee of the whole yes-
terdaythe House gave elaborate con-
sideration to the bill providing foe
supplying maimed Confederate sol-'
diers with artificial limbs. To the
merits of the bill fhejr W3but lit-
tle opposition but many opposed It
on the groundof unconstitutionality
while there were learnedf lawyers
favoring it who' are. certainly wise
enough to judge whether. .-the .prop-
osition is in the nature of a! consti-
tutional infringement. We-'hope
it. is not .and. desire" that
the bill may become -.a law. The
act of secession on the part of Texas
placed these' "maimefl soldiers in a
position of dependence upon the
-state. Some of them may have be'en
opposed to the act ;- they Tmay have
been opposedjtrrwav. butj swept into
the bloody line they became willing
defenders of.theBtute-' adhering to
its sovereignty' to die ll"- he'jd be in
defense of its action.-. Some did die;
thousands indeed fill ---soldier's
graves and. -these livitrjr and
bearing along wfth-- hem" evidence
of their demotion to country-should
not ber ignored. We -had-just - as
jrell -admit; the truth And act upon
it and the world will respect us the
more. ? It was - love . of country :n
both sides" that caused - that' pro;
longed and bloodywar aud he wjio
died as did Johnston andPolk ami
Jackson deserve eueh-reiaemhraBco
in the South as' is acedrSed patriot-
ism in all "parts1 of - the" world.
A generation hence' wheiAhe last
vestige of hate arising from war
shall have subsided when the Union
shall be made stronger than ever
when South and North vie in its
love and defense these Northern
people will revere these dead as
they do their own. Since a cause
failed is it ignoble ? Had the South
succeeded the nations of the earth
would have respected its existance
and a proud government as the
federal government has done for
Union solders would have
pensioned every living Con
federate soldier and every
widow of a Confederate. Because
the South did not succeed and be-
cause her sons obeyed when Texas
called to arms and since Texas is
umply able to supply these limbs is
it not right that she should relieve
to this extent at least the maimed
who . obeyed her? The men
who came out of the war with whole
bodies and more especially those
who have stepped npon the scene
since those awful days that filled the
old . homes with mourning should
do this little act of relief.. It is said
to be sweet to die for one's country
but the Confederate died for a lost
cause the aovereighty of states
and this little provision now pro
posed for a few men. would be but
a tribute to the honesty of the peo
ple who advocated that cause. If
they were not honest then they de
served more by tar than" was 'ever
heaped upon them by the ' con
queror ll they were not honest tney
deserve not even political associa-
tions in the form of states and Texas
should be unknown upon the map
of the Union. But It is all 1 over
long ago. - These Southern people
regret the terrible period that is fast
receding itito the past as a dream
and they would not dare repeat their
act:- They would now defend the
Union as they then defended the
South and Texas; they would see
the graves ot both confederates and
federals strewn with flowers and
the green grass growing upon them
indicative of a hew life and a
new period and of peace and love;
and we especially would see Texas
out. of her great bounty provide
poor artificial legs or arms for those
members which at her command
were left eighteen years ago . npon
bloody fields. .
HOW TO
SURRENDER
TERS.
C1TT CHAR-
Col.-FJnlay's bill specifying how
city charters may be surreqderedand
how counties may be made succes
sors to all the rights and privileges
(mainly debt paying) of cities that
give up their corporate rights has
been reported favorably from the
committee on towns and cities of
the House. The bill provides that
whenever one-tenth of the qualified
voters of any incorporated city or
town of tho state shall make a writ-
ten application to the mayor for
such purpose he' shall call an elec-
tion to deoide whether such city or
town shall give up its incorporation.
8hould a mayor refuse to ' order
ad election then tbe county judge
shall act in the premises with all au-
thority delegated ti a mayor. Tha
charter shall thus be dissolved aud
Surrendered but If not.no other elee
tion may be ordered for the same pur-
pose in less than three years. . .Upon
surrender of oharter the county I
commissioners shall succeed to the.
administration of the affairs of the de-
funct corporation: and they shalHn
this capacity become entitled to all
the assets of such defunct corpora
tion and they shall proceed to liqui
date its affairs and to pay deQts in-
curred by it and to levy and collect
taxes for' this purpdse npon prop
erty sitpated" withln the linjits
of what 'was. the living coppqra'-
tion. The bill empowers the com-
missioners'' courts to issue : 6 per'
cent bonds not exceeding-thirty
years to. run to pay ( corporate
debts the .revenue- for their pay-
ment to be raised aa above specified-
No property situated without the
limits of tlae defunct corporation
hall bQ. required to pay any tax to
wards such purposes. The commie
siorier's court succeeds to all: the
rights of a city council and the
same duties of maintaining the com
munity : that was a corporation .
devolve upon it as once ' belonged
to the council. In other. Vends
the oity remains in tact' 'except
that it relieves itself of .the ': ex-
pense of a purely city government
the' governing right ; descen'ingi
from the mayor and board of coun-
cilmen to the county judge and the
commissioners' court. There is no
reason why this bill should not be-
coie'alaw. City .governments are
often most expensive -things as has
been the case in Houston and prob
ably in Galveston; in the latter case
mainly from the fact that the city of
Galveston is .virtually Galves on
county and tbe machinery pf a dual
sroviVnment is useless and too ex
pensive.' - ' -" 1 : .-?
William- E. -Dodee and others. I
oi .new zorK nave mea articles in-
corporating "the New York Ma
delra'and West' Coast - of Africa
Steamship 'Company with a-capital
of $100000-'with a previse-that.it
can be increased to $4000000." ilr.
Dodge aays the company has been
formed to provide a steamer for
carYythg -emigrants tvxiberia .in
W 1 - Jl 1 . -- . . "1
place OI tne present uew-saiMig
vessels. The organizers of the com-
any-are those who have Deen in-
vested in the colonization' move
ment. The first steamer -will 'be
built-without delay and 'its esti-
frosted coat is $100000. . ii -j
the sciEsrrmo at aver.
The recommendation . of the gov-
ernor that an appropriation be made
for a geological and agricultural re-
connoissance of the state suggests
an important feature in tho early
development of ita vast resouroes.
By means of such a survey we may
know its minerals and where we
may expect to find them our best
building rocks the extent of the'
true carboniferous or coal forma-
tion of the north and northwest the
boundaries and thickness of the
rooks of the various geological pe-
riods the soils of tbe slate the na-
ture and amount of their agricul-
tural products the various trees and
extent of the timbered regions the
grasses the useful plants and where
fouud; nor should the climate and
rainfall of the different portions of
the state bo. neglected.. In doiuy-
this useful ork specimens will be
collected for a state museum that
visitors .to the capital may at .oiice
see what Texas yields. The" gover-
nor in recommending that Droviaion
be made for this work lias done a
good thing denoting progress u tV.e
right direction. When this shall be
rdone and the results are published
there will be a larger immigration of
capitalists and-of men. in moderate
circumstances the one to invest
money profitablythe other-to have a
better climate and more pleasant
homes and paying employment '
CHERISH UOOU BOOKS AXD
BE-
JTSCT BAD ONES. '
Touching what -it is proper 'to
read Talmage says: .. . . ' "'
Abstain from all those books
which while they have some good
things about ihem have also an ad-
mixture of evil. 'You have read
books that have had the two ele-
ments in them the good ; and the
bad..
. WHICH STUCK TO YOU ?
The bad ! The heart of most peo-'
pie is liEO a sieve wnicn lets tho
small particles of gold fall through
bnt keeps the great cinders. -Once
S I il. 11 I - 1
iu a wuiie in wo is a miua lite a loau
stone which plunared amid
Bteej-r
and brass filings gathers up the steel
ana repeis ttie brass nut it is gen-
erally just the opposite. If you at
tempt to plunge .through aJiedge of
burs to get one blackberry you will
get more burs than blackberries.
You ran not: afford to reod.abbd
book however good you are. You
say: The influence is. insignifi-
cant." I tell you that the scratch of
a pin has sometimes produced lock
jaw. -Alas 1 if through curiosity' as
many do you pry into an evil book.
your curiosity is aa dangerous as
that of the man who should take a
torch into a runpowder mill merely
to see whether it really would blow
UPV..- - -. ...
borne years ago in a menagerie in
New.. York a . man put bis hand
through the bars of a black leopard's
cage the animal's side looked so
sleek and bright and- beautiful He
just stroked it once. The monster
seized turn ana he arew tortntbe
hand torn and mangled and bleed-
ing. Oh touch not evil even with
the gentlest stroke; though it may
be glossy and beautiful touch it not
lest you pll forth your soul torn
and bleeding under the clutch of
the black leopard. . "Bnt" you sav.
how can i una oat whether a boot
i good or bad. without reading it?"
There Is always something-. auspi
cious- about- a b id book. I never
knew an exception. Something sus
picious in the index or style.of llltii.
almost' always carries a warning
ttle.'
Again I charge you to stand off
from all those books which corrupt
tbe Imagination and inflame the pu-
sions. 1 do not .refer now to that
kind of a book .which ihtJ villain hiis
under his coat Waiting for the school
-to be out and-1 then looking both
ways to aee that there Is no police
man .round the block oners the
book tovyour son on his way borne.
I do not speak ot that. kind of liter?
ature but of that which evades tbe
.aw ana coulee out In polished stylf
and with acute plot soOida the Ujcr
sin that rouses np all the baser par -sions
' of the. soul. Years ago a
French lady came forth as' an au-
thoress under tbe assumed name -ot
George Sand. She smoked cigars.
She wore g-en4lemen'e- apparel. She
stepped off the bounds of decency.
She .wrote with a style ardept elo-
quent mighty in its gloom horrible
iu its uuchastity glowing in 'its-
verbiage vivid In its portraiture"1'
AMNIXO IX ITS EFFECTS
transi sipg-into- the .bbraxiw-s and
homes of tlie world an ev;i .that has
notvet eviu be un' to relent; autl
6lTe Iia8 her e 'pyists in-all lattd. To-
day" under the nostrils of your ci'y-
is a i'cetidi re .king'unwaBl:u iitt'r:i-
ture enough to poison all the umor
tains of public virtue and 'srijiii
your sons and daughters a vitb tin-
wing of a: deet roving angel ru I it is
time that 'the. ministers ol the .got-
pel blew the trumpet find rallied the
forces of righteousness ali armed to
the teeth in this great battle agaiad
depraved literature. - .
Agajn.abbtaia irom tnohe.riooKf-
which are apologetic of crime. It
is a sad thing that soine'of the -best
and most beautiful bookbinding and
some f the finest rhetoric have been
brought to hjuko siu attractive.
Vice is a horrible thing anyhow. It
U born 1n shame ana dies. in the
darkness. In this world it is scourg-
ed with whin of scorpions bnt af-
rward the thunacrs oi -ooa a
wrath pursue it across a boundfc'i-s
dessert beating it with ruin
woo. :When you come to paiut cur-
naiity ao. not paint li-as hjokibl' i
from bemnc; eraoroiaerea cunaitu
- m ..- -a a 1
or through lattice of royal seraglio'
but as writhing in the' agonies of 'a"j
city hospital. - (Jursed be the 1)0013-
that try to. make-impurity decent
and. crime attractive and 1lypo
risy noblel v Cursed be ' the book
that swarm with ijbertinesjinil des
peradoes who make. he brain.of the J
young people wnin witn yiiianjT j
Ys authoja who. write tbem.'ye-
pnblishers who print them re reokv
sellers who-distribute them AhaJl
be cut to pieces if not by an arous?
ed. community then at last by the
aid of divine vengeance; which '-' J
SHAXL BWETP-TD THB LOWEST PIT"
of perdition all y'oUcaurden of SdUla.
t.
form bends
Over a romanna. Tim
.eyes flash fire. The bre.th is Quick
and-
irregular. Occasionally tho
color dashe to the cheek and then
nes out. ine bands trerublo a
though a guardian spirit were try-
lag to shake the deadly book out of
the grasp. Hot tears fall. She
laughs with a shrill voice that drops
dead at Its own sound. The sweat
of her brow ii the spray dashed op
from'the river of death. The elock
strikes J" and the rosy dawn soon
after boglns to look through tbe
lattice npon the palo form that looks
like a detained spectator of the night.
Soon in a mad-house she will mis-
take her ringlets for curling ser-
pents and thrust her white hands
through the bars of tha prison and
smite her head rubbing Jt back as
though to push the scalp from the
akull. shrickiug "My brain! inv
brain!" Oh stand off from' that.
Why will you go sounding your way
amidst the reefs aud warning buoys
u uere inerc.ia sucn a vast ocean in
wbieh-you may vovage all sails set?
Tlicre is "oj)o othr thing 1 shall
say this morning before I leave you;
whether you.want to hear.it or not
and that i4bat I consider the
C-NCLEA?! PICTORIAL LITERATURE
of the day as most tremeudous for
ruin. Tln re is no one who ran Mke
good p- ure-bet e than I do. The
quickest- aud inot-t coudcused way
otlinprcfsiniT the public mind Is by
picture. .What the painter doos by
his brush for a tew iavorites the en-
graver does by his kuife for the mil-
lion. What the author accompliahed
by fifty pages the artist does by a
flush. 'The best part Of a painting
that cost $10000. vou mav buv for
ten cents. -Fine paintings belong to
the aristocracy of art engravings
belong to the democracy of art. You
do well to gather good plot ores Iu
your home. Spread them btforu
your children when the to hour is
past and tho evening circle s gath-
ered. Throw tjiem on the invalid's
couch. Strew thotn through toe
railway train to chew the traveler
on his journey. Tack thorn on tho
walls -of the-tiursery. Gather them
in albums and portfolios. God speed
the good pictures ou their way wiiu
ministries of knowledge aud mercy.
But .what shall I say of tho prosti-
tution of this art to purposes of in-
iquity i .-. i.
Tine7Teath'-M'afram9 of tho soul
are1 at eveV'' street corner. Thev
smite the vision of tho youag with
pumuuii.-u.auy b ywuug'iuan uyying
a copy has bought bis ternal dis-
comfiture. There may be euough
poison in one bad picture to p'oiugn
one soul and that soul may. poison
tcu and the ten .flftv. and' the hun-
dreds thousands until nothing bnt
the measuring-line of-olernity can
tell tbe height. and .depth of gbaei li-
nes and horror of tho great undo-
ing. The .work of death that the
wicked author does in a whole book
the. bad engraver may do on half a
side of a 'pictorial. 'Under the dls-
curse of pure mirth the voire; man
buys one ol .toese'.sheets. lie un-
rolls it before his romrades amidst
roaraof Jau?lxterj but long"' after
the paper is gone the result may
perhaps be seen In the blasted Imagi-
nations oi those who saw It. Ine
Queen of Death every night beldsa
banquet and these periodicals are
the printed invitation to the guests.
Alas 1 that the fair brow of Ameri-
can art should bo blotchod with this
plague spotj and that philanthrop-
ists bothering themselves' about
smaller evils should lift op too united-
and vehemeat voice against this
great ' calamity -'Young manj buy
not tbia moral strychnine for your
soul I Pick not up this' nest of
coiled adders for yourdeketr Pat-
ronize" no" news stand that keeps
them t" Have. ydur room! bright wi tit
good engravings bet for these out-
rageoua pictorials hare not on a wall
not one rureau net one- pocket. A
in m is no-better than the pictures
he love's to look at.' if yonr'eyes are
not pure your heart can ftot be. By
a hews stand one can gucts the char-
acter 'ofa man by the kind Of picto-
rial hi purchases. When .the. devil
finis to. get a-marj to .-read a bad
book be aouieibnes surreed In get-
ting fiim to look at a bad picture.
When Satan goes u fishing be docs
not care whether it is alenglino or
a 'slmrt ltnfrit- lie oury draws his
victim m. Beware 'of nndean pic-
torials young man ia thoasme of
Almity God I- charge you. lflhave
this ravning successfully laid down
a'uv principle by which you may
jbdge lu regard to books and new s-
paperS'tbea I have done something
ol-wliich-iehali Be-be ashamed on
he'day which ehalL try every man's
work ol what sort:it is;
CUEBIfiH GOOD BOOKS VM3 KKWB-
' PAPEBS.' J'
Bcf.rebf rhe'bud our. One col-
timn may save your'sont; ue para.-
srraph may rfliu it Btaja-Jn Fxanka
im said that the reading of Cotton
Malhec'slssay tp do good" 'molded
his. entire Jii'e.( The assassin of Lord
Ruesl-11 declared that ho was led
into-cHme by reading" no .vicious
romance. -'The ' conecrateit .John
Angel James than w)iom ; England
never produced a hotter man de-
clared in Lii old days hesovcr yet
"ot over 'the evil euectaof 'having
fob fif'een minutes -once ..readua baa
book . m "' t ; . .tTJ i -i .
Go lioau to-day.axuiiook through
y9ur ulbr8r-aad then tiaymg looked
tlif ough ;our library look on tho
fctai d where you keep your pictori-
als oid newiiapcfs' and -apply the
Clrifction priu copies L ihavo laid
dtrwd tbisauorniug'. If there is any-i?ii-;clu
your home.. that." cannot
btnpd the tcjtdo not 'givell away
for It might Bpoih an immoTtal soul;
do not Sell it tor tbe monay Vou get
M ill be the price of blood; but rather
k.iiille a-fire on your-kitchen hearth
or in your back yard and then drop
iho p!i3pu. in It and keep stirring -theJrlaze
until irotn "prefkVe- to ap-
jssndjx tlif rersliall 'not bo single
paragraDltleJ'U V7
- .i...: ;r.-.k..'J
r - ' ;r-. w....
. . UaUUirC saves V W ar -
'lis "'' k"r i"nH ar e Ihe but reaort of PhyMctans
and ueople wtio koo - so better medicine to era
ploy lor thi.41r.Lnm.Infc compiaW. Thc'eflaets
of either CMhrse draKi'ara. deatractlTe to the
yfra. pnla'fnf headarbe. iutartTa.J dfaer-
nrs.verOfo ojaine4 rlncrDa: of the ar bbS
dep eanrm ot tie coutH' utkn-a- health. A van 'a
Aatu (.nia-l acuibia dlrornrry.-eotitajBlaf
(HMietn- qu!tlniiuHuo aor a" aaleteiiuua la-eT.a-.rii
rnd to an rrjiiblr audiepio- cur for
erarr turn of -rer au4 A.u . It 3oCt are
eru.aii.-u and reruuo. and w u-TT cas reaait
-4ra it ihu. BoaUlat Oian ft poeMiv car for
toss) and Ague In all ita lum U ia eo a -p
jrior Vmedj fT Liver- Ueu.s!amta. - It is ax
xeUetit-onM and tvuiiuv aa wen aa care
of all coaiilUIL pecullttf u maiaruiaa" marahy
ssd aaatn- It Sisnocu By d tract aeUob on ths
laver UiA bijary apparatna. n aastUantatiss; the
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