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THE STATESMAN.
WEEKLY DEMOCRATIC
TESMAI
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CAUBWUL nOUBIX
Aaaila Texaa
VOL. VI.
AUSTIN TEXAS THURSDAY JUNE 7 1S77.
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iniments.
LtlUr from a fotlnuutrr.
Aktuxbj I IX. lMaibc 1 1S74.
Mrar. J. B. Rum m Co. I
My wire ku for. leas ttau km a terrible
-ffrer fron Ubeamallam. ton baa tried many
lihyalrlane and many reaiadlee. TM only lalnf
wliirli haa idven See relief la Ceo tear Liniment.
I am rli-d tu aay tbla baa cured her. Jan
dolug at bat I can to extend 11 ale.
W. n. RING.
Tbla la ample of many thonaand teatlmoal
all rno Iva-d of wonderful cure effected by the
IVntaur I.lnlaieat. Tne lugredleaiaof tbla aril-
rle are uiilillahed aruaad each bo' lie. ltcoulalna
Wttrli IU..-I Mentha Arnica Kock Oil Car-
ImiIIc aud InKredlanla hitherto little known. It
la an lndliuille fact that tba t'eataor Ual-
inent la performing more curee of ttwcIllfiKft
htlH Jolm Ktlptloaa Hlwanutlam MeuralKim
Je ellra faked fereaala Lockjaw etc. tban any
oltmr ilnlnuate embrocation cztracu ealvca
-olotmirnte and plaateranow In nee.
Cor Tootliacba Earache Weak. Hack Itcb and
'ulanetra Kroptloaa it ia admirable. It enrea
4iurna and acalda wtteoat a acar aatracta poUua
from hltaa and atlaga aad heele fruat-bltea and
chilblain la a abort Una. No family can afford
to bi wliboul tba Centaur Liniment white wrap-
Yba (antaar Llnlneeat Yellow
W rapper la adapted to Ike Wiaxhekln ma-
clr and fleib of Ibe animal creation ita effi ct
iinm anvere raeea of rJpavin Swneny. Wind
(all but Head and Poll vil are little lee tban
marvrloaa.
Meaara. J. McOlnre & Co. Dratriflai" corner
of Kim and front itreeta.Olnelnnail. Obio. aaya:
"In onr neighborhood a number of Teamatera
are ueinif tba Centaur Unlneut. They prooounre
It u peril t anything tbey have ever nned. We
aell aa blub aa four to Ave doaen bottle per
uionth to tbeee teamatera."
We bave thouaamla of almllar teetlmonlal .
ror Wounda alla bcralcbea Klnib(ne etc.
wild for Screw Worm In ahrep It baa no rival
taruiera Liverymen and Bluckxaiaera bave in
tlve l.tulmcnt a remedy whlcb la worth a hun-
dred Uiuce In coat.
Laboratory of J. B. ROBE & CO. .
.. 4n I)ey Hi. New York.
Pitcher's
Castoria.
Mother way liave rett am! thalr blie mat
hive health if they will line Caatoria for Wind
V. Colic Worm Ketrerlahneee Bore Mouth Croup
re rUomaeh Complallila. It la entirely a vegeta-
ble preparation and contain neither mineral
morphine uor alcohol. It is aa pleaaaat to tako
a buuey and neither gage nor gripe
l)r K. IXinorh of ttapont Ohio aaya:
"I am ueintc Caatoria in my practice with th
'moat alKual benellta and happy raault."
Tbla X what everyone aaya. Moat none In
New York City na lb Caatoria. It I prepared
I. Meaar. J. B Koaa at Co .ati Oey Ktrcet New
York auceeaaor to riamuel Pitcher M D.
tlAw lyUlaw tllJeW
If you feel dull
droway debilitated
have frequent head-
ache mouth taatea
badly poor appetite
and tongue coaled
you aie (uttering
from torpid liver; or
"biliouaneaa" and
nothlnKWlll cure you
o speedily and per-
manently aa to take
rtuumooi Llv.r
Ki'guletor.
ASK l ha remvored dvaueutlc. Bil.oua anffi-r
era vlrtima of Kcver and Attue mercurial dia-
aeed paliuMianowineyrecuvexuu enw.-
ful aiilrlta aad kooiI aiipetito -thuy will tell jou
by taking Hianoxs'a Livaa Bmuuiua.
BAD BREATH. :
Noth'ng la o nnpleaaant nothing so common
at had breath and lu nearly every caae it e-rne
from Iheetouiarh and can heao eeail) orrecied
Jf y.-n will take Kimmona'a Liver Krenbttor. De
not neglett ao iure a rmedy fiw thia repaltive
dtaorder. It will alo Impnive jeur appetite
complexion aad geaeral health.
PILES.
Tlww mnyffer torture day after day iak-
anKlfaa burden aud robbing axiatence ef all
IrtVenrer owlnv lo thr aeeret coffering from
tiua.' Vat relief I ready to the hand of a) moat
... who will aea avatematirallr the remedy
that haa perm aneutly eured thoaaanda. ! No
diaatie violent purge) bot a gentle aaeUtaut of
nature.
CONSTIPATION
Should not be regarded a a trifling
tlment In fact naiure di'uutnda Ihe
ulm-t regularity of the bowel and .
auy devial iue f torn Ibia demand pave
me way orien o aerioua eauai-r.
la uult aa neceaaary to remove Im-
unm aeeMniulauoaa fn
pure aeearuulaUoaa from th bowel
a U I lu eat or deep and no behh i
can be rzpecw-d where a costive
JiabU of body urevali.
SICK HEADACHE.
nn.i. diatreaatna: amictloa occur ntoet fre
.queu y. Th diatttrhance of the atomach aria-
lnK fro tb Imperfectly dlgeated content.
4-aiiae a aevere pain in the bead accompanied
with a dlaaareeanla nausea aad tnlarolltatu
what I uowulaxty knowa aa Sick Ueadach.
. J. U. ZKIUX di CO. '
Sole proprietur Slmmooa Liver Regulator
A a ffrenediln
HAI.AKIOUft
rnvBrUl HUWiii
COM
I'UIVTK IlTKPKPlllA.
MENTAL DKPHKS-
KWTI.KrlNltH! Jtl NUICK. NAV-
; A. MICK UHADAfUM COUC CO.NSTU'A
TtUN AMU itIUUlBNH.
IT HAS HO QUAX.
Oaution.
A latere are a namTSer f Imitation offered
tai the irubllc we would caution tbe comiann-
My lit hay no Powder or prepared rUMMONH'H
1 Ivicr HKiiUI.ATuR nnk- la oar emtravrd
wrapt- with Trade Mark (tamp and ilgnatur
.uuroa"- J V KILhr CO.
BnedeodawlVr Macuo. Oa.. and PhUadelphla
rO" J33ESI3
uium or
Howlnir Maohlna
c
la faei Tt7talBg' parUaniof to aU kind of
aewlcg machloaa AtOrea . ' j
Jf. . BbMATTOS '
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:foccBoxt9t'.. (oelSlI Awtw. Taxaa.
JUfcT I'CBLISIIED. .
ImUUIm f Co ioi amd Sltt
.... . . . jjaaw - .
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rrofeeaor of Cocanaoei aad BUlata tw la th
-a iTluikiawlorh Relate to the RrrvoaL
. VI lL-TaM wkkoh Meant to Heal frop-
"'"JL-j liuJL lii'daaaalart of the Law
Tableau ihaaaeata aaai ! aaaa. aad Coaapkea
' V. by "ITOIINSTON CO.
b bookaWlere geaerally. Addreee (P. I al-
ktokaaliec aad fnhliaaer. . api wtA
ltialaa"aBiiitw"-ii'-'
V orle h WKaT. Jtlli NS W.H CO. I
$7OOOiHG01.D.
Fuurteeittli Annual I
SIFT OF PREMIUM8
To the haoecnoer or in
Cstroit Ccantfrcialiirertisc
- . MlCtar.Heedin.M61-.
Vi St. St. and receive la return a Flrat
Claa Family aad New pap tor all moatna.
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Te.as AwaraM Wefave4.y JTsis
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rovuKKSH.TIAII CCLBKBZSO! AND
UOTKHPIOK Hl'BBAilD-WUlT
BOE IT HKAN f
We have often ladulged a linccra
admiration for th euiai and Iazineu
and TlKor of Mr. CulLerson. Di de-
fen 0r hi conduct in tba State
Senate when he ardently supported tbe
proportion to subsidize tbe Interna-
tional IUilwaj waa characterized by
distinguished ability and eloquence.
But when Mr. Culberson walks out
from the place of a lawgiver and
statesman and becomes tbe hired ad-
vocate and special pleader and country
barrister he loses many of those ad-
mirable qualities that in the Legislature
and in Congress have given him an
enviable reputation. lie leaves the
garb of greatness when be leaves tbe
conspicuous ponition and descends
with infinite ease and naturalness to the
arts of tbe demagogue. What bis pur-
pose may be we canuot ascertain but
it little became the distinguished gen-
tleman when there is no reason appar-
ent to tbe country for sueb conduct to
pronounce a fierce crltlclaui upon the
conduct of Governor Hubbard llis
Excellency has transcended in nothing
tbe plain requirements of duty and
why Col. Cul'jerson should say as he
did when defending Ilothschild the
supposed murderer at Jefferson that
"Governor Hubbard had descended
from his high station to ap-
point counsel to prosecute my
client for which action bis Excel-
lency can find no precedent" why
Mr. Culberson makes this assertion it
is difficult to discover. May we in-
quire for the motive! Culberson may.
be ambitious. He may not be content
with modest honors he has won. Per-
haps he contemplates a loftier place
and brighter crown of laurel and bay
and by bare possibility Governor Hub-
bird may be the lion in his path. The
suggestion embodied in these facts
may do Mr. Culberson grievous wrong
but bis criticism upon tbe Governor's
conduct is so baseless and so irrational
and wsa so violent tbat be cannot com-
plain if we inquire what motives
shaped his conduct and barbed bis elo-
quence. Mr. Culberson when be as-
saulted bis Excellency was not ad -dressing
a jury but the court. He
was not uttering ad captandum appeals
to tbe sympathies of twelve country
bumpkin but was talking to an ex-
cellent judge Estes who could not be
influenced by such rbodomontade and
the purpose was since there was no
jury and no judsre would be affected
by such an address simply to excite
tbe prejudices of the country and array
popular ignorance against the Governor.
Mr.Culberson should have known when
he asserted the contrary tbat there
were precedents for Governor Hub
bard's action in this case. Governor
Coke in several instances in two tbat
we recall at the moment the prosecu-
tion of those who burned a negro in
Milam county and tbe DeWitt county
outrages sent a lawyer of this city to
assist tbe local prosecutor. In civil
suits in which the State ia a party
special counsel for the State are almost
always employed by the Governor.
Tbe reason is much stronger lor the
Governor's intervention when a horri
ble crime shockiug the sensibilities of
mankind has been perpetrated. Tbe
act creating the office of Awiatant At-
torney General and defining bis pow
ers authorizes the Governor to send
this officer wherever his services may
be required. This terrible deed at Jef
ferson waa th gravest State case that
has occurred for years. A helpless
woman bad been betrayed ruined and
then brutally put to death. Did it
not become th duty of Governor Hub-
bard to have th devilish crime surely
punished. The Governor's publiahed
letter shows that his purpose was to
"punish the murderer whoever he may
le." These are the very words of his
Excellency. Mr. Culberson adverts to
the fact tbat Rothschild charged with
the Sense is a Hebrew -and the Hon
Mr. "Culberson would have it appear
that the Governor would have the Jew
hanged rather tban the murderer of
tb - wretched girL Mr. Culberson
shamefully enough appeals to the He
brews and cries out "persecution!
crucifixion 1 Rothschild the defendant
hires Culberson and all the leading
lawjers of Jt Hereon. Rothschild has
money. His name is tbe synonym of
gold and it is gold tbat makes Mr.
Culberson deaf when tbe blood of the
outraged woman cries to heaven for
vengeance.
Ob spirit of Christian purity and
fairness and blessed is this charity ex
pounded by this modern apostle. It
gives Rothschild th supposed mur
derer a dozen lawyers and demands
that the murdered woman shall be
represented by a youthful county bar
rister alone. He could hardly cope
itb all this mighty array of genius
which Mr. Culberson leads first against
his Excellency to be projected at last
with overwhelming force against the
yonng county attorney.
This aasanlt npoa the Governor over
leaps honest seal for th client. There
was a purpose In thia froth and fustian
and needless assault upon the Govern
or which future facts may develop.
was not Rothschild's gold tbat pro
voked th Congressman. There is
meaning In it because the assault was
wholly needless and wholly indefensi
ble. Th lawyers selected to aid tb
prosecution serve ' without fee or re
ward and not that Rothschild bet
that the murderer whoever b be may
be hanged.
Mr. Raxsau. never forgot to sup
port th Iron-mongers' tariffs and every
local scheme of money-getting pro
posal ia behalf of a Northern Stat or
city sad has always voted aad practiced
aati-tanff and anti-internal improve
ment when th South asked favors.
Bat Mr. Randall write very nicely
now about th South. He wants th
Tote ot th Congressmen from Texas.
Cox's orations ia th Golf State hv
scared the PeaasyWaalaa.
Taom all quarter of the South come
acooaaU el restored indartry aad cee
Dilaac aad aeoaritv. and th people
have roa to work with a degrw of
aaal aavar kaowa before. Hayes haa
JIOHTO. DOCBLE E.1DKB.
Tbey call Senator Morten's letter in
which be slashes Blaine and the Presi-
dent and finally falls between tbe two
a "double ender." Tbe letter consti-
tutes a first class growl at everything
and everybody. Tbe Indiana Senator's
term expires at an early day and be
must have the President's countenance
or fail of re-election. Morton there-
fore ''fights sly" blaming tbe Federal
government for refusing armed support
to Packard and Chamberlain ; but con-
fessing that if Mr. Hayes had so sup-
ported them be would bave proceeded
to inevitable defeat. It was clearly
tbe right of the President says the In-
diana Senator to recognize tbe Pack
ard government and uphold it by
military power but the undertaking
would have been futile and tbe failure
disastrous. With a divided public
opinion in bis own party and both
houses of Congress against him Presi-
dent Hayes would bave failed in the
ecd. Threfore in Senator Mnrr-'-view
it wouiu nave been ruinous to do
whit ought to have been done; and
the Republican party would not bave
sustained Mr. Hayes in what Senator
Morton declares to be requisite to the
well-being and safety of the party.
Senator Morton is on one side and the
bulk of the Republican party is on the
other side. The obstinate eleven jury-
men will not be convinced by the argu-
ments of the sagacious twelfth juror.
Senator Morton sees this and having
indicated the errors of those who dif-
fered from him and having made ex
cuses for them by demonstrating t&t
tbey could rot safely have done other
than they did do he makes a profes-
sion of faith in the patriotism and
beneficent purposes of Mr. Hayes and
opens his batteries on the South.
The favorite cry last fall was that
the election of Mr. Tilden would en-
tail upon tbe country the payment of
Southern wr claims amounting to hun-
dreds n( millions of dollars. Mr. Mor-
ton argues that the Southern Demo
crats require that compensation shall
be given for "rebel property taken or
destroyed by our armies ;" and in proof
of this he declares that when Mr. Til
den just before the election wrote
his letter against those claims he lost
is hold on tbe South. The Indiana
Senator ia apparently intellectually as
well as morally blind. Mr. Tilden'a
letter was published everywhere in
tbe South. Not a word was written
or said against it; and when election
day came every Southern State ex
cept South Carolina elected tbe Dem-
ocratic candidates. The Democracy
by their votes ratified tbe letter of
Mr. Tilden. Not a State was lost.
On the contrary with tbat letter con
fronting the people the Democrats
were more successful in the South
tban they bad expected to be. This
is
sufficient answer to Mr. Morton's
barge tbat the main plank in the
Southern platform is payment of South
ern claims for property destroyed dur-
ing the war.
The considerations doubtless had
great weight with Mr. Morton when
be was casting about for a text for his
letter. One is that bis term of office
expires on March 4 1879 and there is
a scant Republican majority in the In
diana Legislature on joint ballot; tbe
other is tbat the electoral vote of the
South cast and counted for the Demo
cratic candidates ensures the defeat of
the Republican candidates in 1880 un
less the whole of the North including
New York be carried by the Republi
cans. Tbe letter is an attempt to ooi-
ster np tbe chop-fallen Republican par
ty in Indiana and to unify the Repub
lican party in the North and West. It
is rather late in the day to begin this
work with no better materials than the
bugbear of Southern war claims. Mr.
Tilden was elected upon an anti-claims
platform aud the truth outweighs Mr
Morton's assertions and predictions.
Moreover the nsxt Democratic candi
date for president will in all probabil
ity be taken from the West and the
candidate for vice president from the
South; and the Southern Democrats
and Western Democrats have so many
interests in common that they will
wotk harmoniously together even if it
be necessary in doing so to give New
Enciand a back seat and eradicate
New England bigotry and intolerance
Mr. Morton will not find any profit in
standing as he does on a New England
platform. It would be better for him
and worse for us if he adopted the
broader and larger political ideas that
wa look f jr. and shall find in the
West.
Mr. Morton need not take tLe trou
ble to advise the Republicans against
forming a new political organization
"into which old Confederates may en
ter without wounding their' suscepti
bilities." It would be the old party
ith a new name; and it is not tbe
name but tbe character composition
and aims of th Republican party
Mch make it hateful in the South
When such persons as Morton Blaine
B. F. Butler Logan and Chandler are
scourged out of the Republican party
and that party has no other purpose
than tbe maintenance of the republican
institutions and has no higher law
than the Constitution it will then be
time enough to invite tbe Southern
people to abandon their present parti-
san affiliations and allow themselves to
be absorbed by a new party. Until
then it Is Idle to Ulk ot new parties
into which Southern whites can enter.
Home rule by and through tbe Hayes
aad local conservatism satisfies th
Sooth aad th Southern people neither
desire nor will accept aay combination
or alliance on any terms with a party
lad tv those whose acts and words
hare ba aa gall and wormwood to
the South and injurious and dangerous
to every section ot tbe country.
Thx IUyitUr adverts to the "length
of editorials ia eVaa of Hayes
there not a mistake somewhere about
ail tkiat Haves haa aever been at
tacked or assailed in th South. There
haa been so reason for it aad of coarse
there could be no deftnt. A column
or tw of the 8TATsxAjr are now aad
the devoted to recital of Hajea'a
I - .a aaaartions
of Baraoee that
I eoastitate their own praise ecd there-
A CAN ASIAN Ql'iKBR IN TEXAS
A godly man said to be a Quaker
and president of a Dominion railway
named Gilbert Moore writes queer
stories from Austin. He says that our
judges always give negroes long terns
in tbe penitentiary because tbe whites
by this means practically reproduce
African slavery. Oa the contrary
white jurymen object and evade the
necessity for the conviction of negroes
on all occasions. Individuals when
the negro is free secure tbe advantages
accruing from his toil ; when be is en-
slaved in the penitentiary the State's
lessees are profited. Tbe Canadian
Quaker has been victimized by every-
body but his stories will be printed
everywhere beyond the great lakes
and correction is impossible. For
some years after emancipation it was
difficult to make a white jury believe
that it was a crime for a negro to steal
and recently . these juries are averse
to convictions for pettv offnn lw
k me peculiar skill of negroes in
gathering cotton and in making sugar
is in great demand. This Canadian
idiot was made to believe that tbe
South now hates carpet-baggers more
than ever before and because as this
veracious writer states "these adven-
turers cheated us out of TiHen's tri-
umph." Tbe Canadian Quaker recites
these facts (?) when every sane man
in the South who did not expect of-
fice under Tilden is forced to confess
that the triumph of Hayes was most
fortunate for the South. Ia fact the
President has done more to obliterate
sectional prejudices and make the peo-
ple forget aversion to adventurers and
carpet-baggers in the South than was
deemed possible. The restoration of
the carpet-bagger to respectability is
most fortunate for the negro since it
was this "institution" tbat ignorantly
clothed the carpet-bagger with office
and power enabling him to rob tbe
rich and the poor and desolate
the South. An ignorant Quaker
if honest and truthful and
averse in his heart to wrong-doing
would hardly undertake to make the
recklessly untruthful assertions distin-
guishing this letter. He met a squad
of State troops and because these were
most rudely cladr rudely in his Eng-
lish eyes he pronounced them worse
than Italian brigands. He says they
devote themselves to capturing and re-
enslaving negroes and that they did
incarcerate one white man when
anxious to secure fresh supplies of food
and clothing. Rarely do these State
troops arrest a negro. The daring cat-
tle thieves of the Weat are not blacks.
They are exiles from all tbe old States
and even desperadoes from Canada
have been attracted by wild adven-
turous modes of life that delight these
Bedouins of the desert the cattle
thieves of the border. A Quaker's pre
judices and training in the midst of
British civilization and modes of life
discover many 3trange people and en
counter many striking peculiarities of
dress and language in a community
even like this of Austin. He should
hardly write of a state of society and
mode of civilization necessarily most
cosmopolitan and - consisting of
elements of good and evil from every
quarter of the globe. The leathern
overalls broad sombreros and hunting
shirts and gleaming arms of the State
troops reminded the Canadian quaker
of brigands he once encountered in
Northern Italy and yet there are North
era and Southern men enrolled of this
State force who were graduated at
Yale and Harvard and adopt this mode
of life that they may be surely relieved
of pulmonary disease. There is no
such cure for the disorder of the West
and lungs of men as soldier's life in the
plains of Texaf and if the Canadian
Quaker would have bis ideas of men
and morals liberalized and give his
countrymen proper conceptions of
Texan facts and character be will re
visit and remain longer in tbe capital
of tbe commonwealth.
THE
PKESaNr AND
OS? AUSTIN.
FUTURE
In Santa Clara valley California
they raise strawberries every month in
the year. The crops sometimes are
enormous. Oae farmer sells on an
average 2000 pounds they sell nearly
everything in California by weight
per day. One day last week his ship
ments amounted to 5000 pounds
hich at five cents per pound yielded
f 250. If the gardens and valleys about
Austin were irrigated at will as are
those in Santa Clara valley we too
might bave the same succession of
crops on the same spot. We bave
never measured the resources of tbe
valley of the Colorado. In coming
years it will be densely populated as the
banks of the Po or Rhine and every
square foot will be tilled. Those rug-
ged mountain sides west of the capital
will glow as bestrewn with rubies in
the summer sunshine ; tbe plains below
ill be green when grain has not
ripened or gleaming in yellow golden
light when harvests invite the reaper
or wbite as snow ciaa aiui oi new
... S - T
England in winter when cotton ripens
to clothe these sunny Southern fields
with brilliant sheen and then the
myriads of onr race with civibzation.
rcople talk of tbe death of Austin of
tb cessation of its growth of th pos -
.iW- a.trrwy.i of the caoitaL It
. r
is sneer nonsense. uiauuu
merchants axd property-owners may be
mean selfish and Incapable of aay task
ot public beneficence except the fe
ho bave given ns gas and water
works and a respectable bridge across
the Colorado. We may lose tbe trade
of every district of the State except
Travis conaty ; bnt this of itself in
fatore years will sustain a splendid
capital. Here most be gathered be
cause of the physical charms of the
city and country aad because Austin
is the capital of mighty common
wealth the wealth and taste and
genius or the imperial state. it is
strange that people ia the very presence
of indestrnctibls facta before oar very
faces because a temporary paralysis
annerves enterprise and business
activitv erervwhere. Idee confidence
sven ia tbe future renowa and beaaty
aad iMcnificenca of the capital of Tex-
as. It is ealy to be rsxtaUed and even
with tearful eyes- should we content
plate the fact that while retrogression
is impossible wc cannot induce the
people to take advantage of the natural
incidents of indestructible good for-
tune that God and nature vouchsafe
and make this the most progressive and
prosperous as it must ever be the most
attractive interior city on tbe conti-
nent. TIBJI THEJ1
The murder of Mr.
LOOSE.
Brown by the
fellow Griasom a bully and brute as
shown by tbe testimony before the
coroner at Houston was wholly with -oat
cause. Grisaom it seem? is a vul-
gar ignorant adventurer of that class
who deem themselves perfectly blest if
they can excite tbe admiration of illit-
erate fools. Tley are always heroic
and chivalric sullies and dlight in
noisy quarrels ji public places when
their valor maybe illustrated by lofty
words and a vulvar stage strut. Gris--uoouiiiereaa
mo-i-- uirufpt!
sentleman in a i..i dining-room. He
saw that Brown was not a coarse bull
terrier tbat be was not inclined te
fight and was unarmed. Then be
sought a quarrel and then he talked
loudly and savsgely and then gapiDg
idiots admired the violent actor in the
prelude to the tragedy. ' Grissoru grew
excited. - A coward in his very heart
as such blusterers always are he grew
desperati rapidly and more and more
excited and at length thrusting bis
pistol in the. very bosom of the unfor
tunate gentleman killed him instantly
Then Grissom's vile associates seein
how he had blundered' sought to
bribe two hotel servants. It was
sought to make a negro swear
that Brown drew a pistol
Tbey sought after murdering one man
to stain with perjury the souls of oth
ers. They too with Grissom should
be hanged and the negro waiter who
rejected proffered bribes should be re
warded by the State
But it all signifies nothing. The
venue will be changed ; there will be
mistrials; witness :s will disappear
and continuances be multiplied and
then acquittal becomes absolutely cer
tain. If there be no other recourse
all the lawyers in the place of trial will
be hired by the defendant's pals and
if the Governor come to the aid of tbe
State Congressmen will denounce his
folly and then at last as in the Roth
schild case at Jefferson Grissom loo
will prove an alibi aud Brown's blood
unavenged still grows black on the
floors and tables of the Houston tav
ern; and blacker wi'.l be t ie damti.ig
stain left upon the fame of Texas un
til men when tin State is mentioned
mav turn away in horror and disgust
as when gossiping old women tell in
suppressed whispers of unpunished in
famies doile in Kemper county Missis'
sip pi.
The architects ot tne country seem
to be catching abuse and legislative
antagonism on all sides.- Scarcely bad
the falling of the roof of the United
States court house at New York been
announced when the fall of the dome
of the Rock ford court house in Illinois
occurred and a terrible loss of life
followed. Then came the fall of a
three-story block at Gedar Rapids
Iowa and others at points not now re
membered .until people arc afraid of a
bouse more than two stories high. In
vest gations bave sbown tbat tne ar-
chitects failed or were incompetent to
determine mathematically the safety of
the structures which proved so inade
quate in strength i and impcricct in
workmanship. Of course uo one is to
blame or rather as shown by the re
ports of investigation so many are to
blame that none will be reached by the
proper punishments. Calculations
made on the strength and attachments
of the trusses in the New York court
house show such defects in capacity
and carelessness in supervision and by
analogy such ignorance that the pub
lie demand for punishment seems only
reasonable. In the Rockford court
house and others the arrangement was
first improper and criminally weak
to which is added such imperfect ma
terials and workmanship that those
criminally involved have fled. . Secre
tary Sherman is so dissatisfied with re
ports on the New York court house
that be has ordered three engineers to
investigate' the facts and inquire as to
the stability and safety ot the public
buildings in charge of his department
How many public and private build
ings and bridges in Texas nave oeea
built in accordance with plans and
I specifications for which careful and
I perfect mathematical calculations as to
8afety and sufficiency were first mad
bj capable and learned architects! Let
I ui bare no more of this sort construct
ed) or churches or halls without doors
I opening outwardly and such' othe
provisions for popular security as bia-
I tones! and terrible calamities suggest
The Marshal JItrald say that
Thirty-five counties have voted for
prohibition and twenty-nine against
it. in a lew menus me . emeacy ui
nrohibiticn will be fullv tested. From
some counties there are favorable re
oorts. while in others it is pronounced
a failure. In our opinion it is entirely
too soon to form a correct judgment as
to its effect. We are not mucb oi
believer in prohibitory or sumptuary
1 laws but if experience should prove
"at laws regui.uug ilc .... . u.
aniriia will bave tba cMect to dimmiin
draakenness sad improve stciety we
I think: the verdict of public opiaioa will
favor such regulations.
All this is ery well ; bat is this pro
hibition of the retail traffic in whitky
a "sumptuary" law! Laws denomi-
nated "sumptuary" are designed to
re cm lata the "expenditure" of the
people te limit the "expenses of cit
o
izens "ia food clothing and the like.
The people have" a prejudice against
"sumptuary" regulations and properly
enough- But the term i not applica
ble to tbe prohibition of the retail sale
of whisky or arsenic or prnssic acid.
It is not' except as an incident the
"expense involved la whisky guz
zling which the law would regulate or
prohibit but Tic aad demonism and
saarder and madness. It ia-aot ezpea-
! penditnre of money bnt of life and
1 the term "sumptuary" is not applica-
i ble .to the prohibitory . whisky .code.
I The old code ui Sen England defia-
in the number of yards of dimity to
be used in a weman's gwn was &rt
of a sumptuary code and to such a law
Loughery may well object and though
be jay not -be accustomed to draw
nice distinctions he will confess the
difference between a jug of whisky and
a neat petticoaf. He used to prefer
the whisky; but notv since our tem-
perance lectures have bfotten reform
he takes naturally enough to the other
institution. But we deny that the pro-
hibition act is a sumptuary law or
even akin to such legislation.
DIAZ THE JItXICAS CO ft HE-
arvxBEVT OF THE M E W YOIIK
" II Ell A LD."
It is strange beyond comprehension
mat Eastern papers give credence to
stories involving the participation of 1
uens. Mexia Eicobedo and others in
an American scheme of filibustering
The invasion of Mexico by a hostile
solidatft the whole country in behalf
of the perpetuity of Diaz's supremacy
and we cannot help believing that tbe
author of those sensational dispatches
from New Orleans that appear in
the New Yoik IliraU ns "relia
ble" news from Vera Ciuz and
lroui tne .Mexican capital is a
hired agent of Diaz. It is Diaz who
sends the story abroad that Escobedo
and Mexia are at the head of 3000 ad-
venturers in Texas preparing to invade
Tainaulipas and Chihuahua. These
two gentlemen are here aud many of
their country meu have homes in differ-
ent portions of Southern Texas. 1' is
atural that they should be here. Here
their own language is very commonly
poken and here climatic facts are
those to which tbey have been accus-
tomed aud here Gen. Mexia is a large
land owner. Moreover revolutions in
Mexico are often very violent and very
udden and while Gens. Mexia and
Escobedo have no followers or arms or
munitions of war they do not know
how Ions the lawless absolutism of
Diaz may be maintained and they
would return to Mexico whenever
temptingly invited by any promising
revolt. Beyond this the whole story
about the projected invasion of Mex
ico by lawless adventurers is utterly
false. No such movement is even con
templated in Texas and no prepara
tions whatever have been made for its
consummation. Diaz directly or in
directly is the Mexican correspondent
of the New York Herald.
THE
Fit ESI DENT AM) THE
KESIiVTEUIAKS.
Tht Northern Prcsbyteriaus have
done right at last and exhausted moral
courage and Christian fraternal spirit
n giving expression to the fact. The
resolution presented by the committee
is surely broad and generous enough
and if the Southern church demand
more ' human weakness however
strengthened and elevated 1 y Chris
tianity could hardly concede it. They
say justly that their denunciatory re
solves wen; part of tbe iusauity of the
war period and wholly unbecoming
the church and the Augustan age of
Haves. They "regret that the terms
schism heresy and blasphemy were
applied to their Southern brethren
The conduct of thcac Northern enthusi
asts aud church people shows that the
political teachings of the President and
his generous policy have been recog
nized even in the church and in tba'
church which has been much more in
accessible .to partisan aud sectional
passions than the Northern wing of
the Methodist organization. May
we not hope since the influence Of
the President has been thus benign
among Christians that its power for
good must be confessed even among
partisans? If it reach the iron clad
Culvinists and Calvanistic priests even
of Chicago may it not lessen the rage
of Blaine and Butler and Phillips down
East and of Mills and Martin away
down South in Texas. Doc.sa t it
seem possible that while the fields of
Europe are blackened with battle
those of America may be blest with
the sunshine of joy and lasting peace.
The conduct of those Prisbytcriaus
is significant of the tendency of the
times and of political as well as reh
gious thinking in America. '
When a landowner suffers his-prop-
crty to be sold" for taxes he must pay
when he redeems it even if within the
hour of sale two dollars for onr. If
the land be sold for a greater sum than
the amount due for taxes this excess
paid by the purchaser must be re-
funded. The loss to the landowner is
heavy and the prompt payment of
taxes becomes an imperative necessity.
In relation to the redemption of land
sold for taxes section 19 pace 2G3
General Laws provides i
The owner of real estate sold for the
payment of taxes or his heirs or as
signs or kgal representatives may.
within two years from the date of sale
redeem the estate sold by paying or
tendering to the purchaser bis heirs
assigns Or legalrepresentatives do'ibie
the amount of money paid for the land
together with all subsequent taxes that
tne purenaaer ua. i.u uu .uC
from the dav of purchase to the dav of
redemption. The collector
of tuxes
shall tive in said deed such description
of the land as is given on tbe taxrolls
in his bands and such other descrip-
tion as may be necessary to the better
identification of the same.
Thk recent meeting of the. Louisville
Jockey Club has dene more to elevate
the turf than any similar event that has
transpired for many years 'Not only
has the club done most valuable service
to the racing interests of the country
but "under its auspices was run the
most wonderful race on record. The
horse TenBroeck ran a mile in 1 U59 3-4
being two seconds faster tban the best
time for that -distance previously ac-
complished. ' Ten Broeck is tbe prop-
erty of Mr. Frank Harper of Ken-
tucky and is five years old. He was
sired by imported rha;tondam Fanny
Uoltou.- 4. . -
SoiiEBODr salted an artesian well with
a little gold dust and the owner of the
spot in Searcy Arkansas is about to
sell out to innocent gudgeons. That's
tbe aspect the facts present to one who
knows the bll soldier" who owns the
"mine"(T). - .
The New York Herald says that "the
country begins to be aware that it has
to deal with a lot of politicians who
are utterly regardless of its interests
aad zealous only for their own advan-
tages. These fellows would make a
Mexico of the United States if tbey
had their way. Their policy is rule or
rum aad they are now abusing Presi-
dent' Hayes because they see very
plainly that be is not in sympathy with
them. We trust he will go on in his
chosen way without the least wavering.
He need not be afraid of the Bourbons;
henced not conciliate them. He is
sure of a majority of honest men in
both houses when Congress meets and
wc trust he will not suffer himself to
be coerced or bullied by anybody but
that he will go ahead and serve the
country whose interests he seems to
us to understand very well."
Hirley's GalvestAn.
route and find its terminus at Colum
bia on the Brazos. Mr. Hurley says
that Galveston will not give bim
ecovigh to pay freight on a keg of
spikes and he is forced to go to Colum
bia. The owners of the International
are now coming to Texas and are going
down to the mouth of the Brazos
where they own everything to ascer
tain what can be done to perfect the
harbor and make the river accessible
from the sea. Hurley and Dodge and
the narrow gauge and the International
may yet make Yelasco the great em
porium of Texas trade and the navies
of the r at ions may ride at anchor on
the broad deep bosom of the Brazos.
The Dallas UeruLl wants to know
why it is that a large number of Texas
clergymen go North to spend the sum
mer mouths regarding the souls of
parishioners less precious during the
heated term than in other seasons. Do
these ministers only regard duty as
binding when it is pleasantly perform-
ed or is it a consequence of the lay ob-
tuseness of the Herald that it regards
administration to men's souls as much
of a necessity during the heated and
sickly season as during the most
pleasant and healthy portions of the
year. When the flock is in danger the
shepherd should be vigilant ; otherwise
he becomes unfit for his responsibility
and would do well to leave his charge
to some other who more effectively
serves the Master. The Statesman
like the Herald would have these mat
ters reflected upon both by the clergy
and the laity.
GoviiRNon Uubbahd has'so far suf
fered no land certificates to be issued
upon the Bernard and Caney creek
swindles. For this he is entitled to
praise and the people oi xexas win
sustain bim for bis protection of their
interests. Texas has not a ycry great I
amount of public land left and it is
the duty of its Executive to see that
this is used for public benefits instead
of for private gain. The scheme for
the so-called cleaning of these-crecks
is not surpassed in the history of land
grabs and the Statesman being in
possession of its closest history to this
date and of its private objects will not
allow its exposure to pass. In fact ex
posure has been made from time to
lime but other important facts bearing
upon the scheme will be at our disposal
and will be used should the public
emergency demand them.' '
Hon. Gustave Sculeichek if prop
erly quoted quoted the Statesman
with almost -verbal accuracy when he
said that everyone must confess when
contemplating calmly without parti
san prejudice the present condition of
oar politics that "it is wiser for us
first to digest the incongruous ele
ments already introduced before pro-
posing to engraft upon our society any
additional antagonistic one." Let us
dispose of Africa before we. Bwallow
Mexico.
The dissatisfied elements of the Re
publican party and there are not a few
are gathering their forces in Washing-
ton and orcanizing a party in opposi
tion to that led by the President. Mar
tin has not yet left Sherman to "jine
the cavalry" but will depart as soon
as he is dead-beaded. .Whether Mr.
Mills will stand off by himself a party
of one or go in with Martin and Wca-
dell Phillips we are not advised.
The St. Louis Time say that Re
publicans make a great deal of - idle
chatter concerning the split in their
party' but are unable to conceal the
facts while the simple truth is that
two-thirds of the Republican party
would sit down upon Mr. Hayes most
emphatically if they did ' not know
that be is upheld by "the solid De
mocracy.
The announcement of the suspen
sion of the San Antonio Herald was
without authority. In any event our
excellent contemporary continues to
visit us. . It can no more die than its
owner and editor and should be
immortal as the humor and wit and
fancies of its local contributor
I vi"-v .
A sabrow gauge (three-foot) rail
way is slowly extended from Ripley
in Northern Mississippi its present ter
minus sixty miles from Memphis to
Mississippi City on the Golf coast. It
will be'the best paying railroad prop
erty in tbe United fltatej. It costs
t7000 per mile fully equipped.
Thomas Coitnollt of tbe London
Timet is in the city. He says he bas
seen no such attractive country in Eu
rope or America as this about Austin.
Pkesidext Hates baa instructed
Gen. Ord to follow lawless incursion-
ists from Mexico across the Rio Grande.
This is good news for Texas.
The Princess Bismarck is said to be
radiant over her husband's retirement.
She considers bis health aad doesn't
want to bear anybody talk of bis tax
inr nn aciv" political Kfe affain. At
a dmner (riven bf the prince recently.
on tbe occasion of her birthday one of
bis guests proposed a toast on tbe early
mum ui mw r
tbe cnanceuor to pomaca.
Bismarck rose and touching glasses
with bia guests .said: "To my oeii -
erance."
Tk Old Warld.
The Duchess of Edinburgh will visit
Russia for a few months and wait for
matters to eventuate.
The two Bourbon Pretenders. Don
Carlos of Spain and Couut de Charn-
lord of France are said to have
lormed an alliance.
The private contributions frnm Ran
Francisco as an offering to the Pope
uuuic 111 iwuw oi in approaching
jubilee exceed it is said $75000.
Mr. Valentin Baker has been at-
tached to the staff of the Generalis-
simo or the Turkish forces Abdul
Kerim Pasha with the rank of gen-
eral of brigade.
A notification has been published by
the Japunese government to the effect
tbat any woman of foreign extraction
who shall marry a Japauese shall be
looked upon as a naturalized Japanese
and be subject to all the laws of the
empire.
The bill has at last got through Tar
liament to free the ti K-V 5
'.be counties keep them in repair and
t'le metro; ol tan board of works takea
charge of them. '
Parliament now requires all gas com
panies in Great Britain to oiler new
shares at public auction whenever in
crease of capital is invited and only
permits tneui to increase tneir divi
dends on the reduction of the price of
gas an equal per cent.
Jennie June writes i- "There are two
points in . regard to my going abroad
wjich I wish to have clearly under
stood. I am not going to stay long
(that will be sad news to some) and I
am not going to write a book (that will
oe good news to all).
The mamago between Mr. Farjton
md Mis Jefferson is to take place in
June. Tbo young lady has tliey say
a fortune of a million dollars. She fell
in love with tbe author through hi
book?. They will spend their honey-
moon in Switzerland where Mr. Far-
jeon will finish his story for uexi
Christmas. In the fall they will go to
America with old "Rip" himself.
A telegram has been received by the
Porte from a leading man among tic
Moslems of India. In the message it
is stated that any money the Sultan
may want to carry on tbe war with
Russia shall be forthcoming at oice
and that tbe poorest follower of the
Prophet in Hindostan as well as the
wealthiest of that creed will subscribe
to the fund for putting down the ter
rible Kuss.
The Turkish . paper money called
euime has depreciated more than 100
per cent. Bread costs more than it
rfid during the Crimean war. l'etro-
leum which is in general use is im
ported from the United States refined
while the native oil of which there is
an abundance in Roumania the Crimea
and oi the Caspian Sea is marketed
in the crude state. It has risen from
twenty to fifty cents an "oke."
It is stated that a great and anony
mous liter. ry gmiu is about to bur t
upon the world in a book called "A
Modern Minister several months ago
the Blackwoods received the Ms. of a
novel to be brought out in monthly
parts from an author who declined to
communicate his (or her) name or sex.
In all the negotiations which have since
passed between them this incognito has
been strictly preserved. 1 his whim has
precedents. Not until long after they
had published her lirst work wen
.Messrs. Blackwood acquainted with the
identity of George kliot.
The war bids fair to interfere th.'
season with the usual programme ot
social civilities between the beads of
tbe houses of Uoheuzolleru and Ro
manoff. Bismarck may cnutinue to
cultivate by letter from Varzin the
sympathetic recollection of "revered
incnd" Gortscbakoll but William and
Alexander will scarcely have leisure
for those personal meetings or greet
mes which have from year to year been
such pleasant incidents of their friend
thip. Nor is it likely that there will
be such an imperial representation at
Ki singen or tins as is wont to relieve
the enuui of those resorts.
The ex-Empress of the French re
ceived a most cordial welcome at Muiu
from aU classes from the govcrm r
downwards. In fact the olhcials Mal
tese as well as English treated her
Mttj-Hty more as if she were in the
posiu n she beld a few years ago
tban as 11 sbe bad undergone any re
version of circumstances. A review of
all tbe troops in the garrison wai held
in honor of her visit and the guurds
had orders to turn out and pay her the
honors of royalty whenever she passed
along the streets. Some few French
Uupubhcans who live on the island
were greitly atinyed at tLi an
one occasion when the i-m press was
pasting from her carriage in to o le of the
churches these gentlemen of the pave
ment kept their bats on aad behaved
in tbe rudest manner. Some French
naval officers who happened to be pres
ent knocked their hats off and threat-
ened to throw the wearers into the sea
if the affront to tbe illustrious lady
was repeated.
The managers of the French Exposi
tion of 1878 have informed our govern
ment that if the United States is to
participate in tbat exhibition it will
be necessary to take immediate steps
for representation in the American sec-
tion. The Cabinet has had the matter
under consideration and will
decide this week as to what action shall
be taken by ourgove nment. Secretary
Evarts s position is understood to be
tbat an American commission should
be appointed provisionally upon tbe
understanding tbat the commission
shall bot bave any compensation unless
Coneress shall ratify their appointment
Unon careful inquiry it is stated that
there is no constitutional impediment
to such a course and in tbe case of the
Vienna Exposition the invitation to
participate in it was accepted by tbe
Department of State before action was
taken by Congress. Tbe Secretary of
State has been notified through our
Secretary of Legation at Paris tbat the
space reserved for tbe United btates is
still available. The minimum expense
supposed to be necessary is $300000.
A romantic story is being tolchabout
a Scotch doctor. There was until lately
living a Miss Mscphrrson Grant one of
the wealtbest heiresses in Scotland.
Originally only tbe daughter of a
Scotch country doctor she became by
a singular train of eyents sole beirets
to her uncle an Indian nabob who bad
made a large fortone in India last cen-
tury. Sbe formed a great friecdahip for
another lady and the two agreed tbat
tbey would live together for the rest of
tbeir lives aai never marry ; and Miss
Grant named ber friend as heiress. Tbe
compact was observed for many years;
but Cupid proved stronger tbsnPlutus
and tbe companion fcave herself up to
the tempter man and married. From
that time Miss Grant refused to speak
to ber and though tbey bad lived to-
gether ia the same house and slept in
the same bed for many years. Miss
Grant revoked ber will and left not a
penny to ber old friend and died in-
teetate. The result is tb4 Miss Grant's
cousin. Dr. Proctor ber next of kin
has come into one of tbe most beautiful
estaUr in Scotland and money to be-
tween 1300000 and $400000. Four
otbes relatives who were in poor or-
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ttVTuc abov rale are specie
Xeu-$ describe tho Cossack as a very
unsavory gentleman. Bat Galats la a
fine place he adds for taking the edge
off one's sensibilities regarding smells:
and one can get to windward of the
Cossack which is more than one can
do in regard to the Galatz drains. The
Cossack is a little chap about five feet
five even on bis high heels but at
once sturdy and "wiry. His weather-
beaten face is shrewd knowing and
merry. His eyes are small but keen;
his mouth large and between it and
his pug nose rather redder than the
rest ol bis face is a tuft or wisp ot
straw-colored mustache. His Ion?.
thick straight hair matches his mus
tache in color aud is cut sheer round
by the nape of his neck. Below the
neck the Cossack is all boots and ereat-
coat. He is more armed than any man
of his inches in Europe and could -afford
to lose a weapon or two and yet'
bo an average dangerous customer.
Weapon number one is the lone black.
flaglesa lance with its venomous bead
tkL ec iavtn.loi.u cbverT on bis"
bick. the stock downward. In his belt '
is a long and well-made revolver in a
leather case and from the belt hangs a
curved sword with no guard over its
hilt. His whip completes bis personal
appurtenances; be wears no spurs lie
rides cocked up on a high saddle with
a leathern band strapped over it a wiry
little rat of a pony.
Peraenal.
The Xew York Herald wants Mrs.
Hayes to issue a manifesto against pies.
Grace Greenwood and Gail Hamilton
are sewing on buttons for the Biaimt
party. t
Stanley was last beard of in Jzjrjtjz-
j'. jzjz on the southern shore ol iaae
Nyiyiyiyiyiyi.
Mme. MacMahon sent her own car
riage to fetch Mile. Albani to a ball at
the Elysee.
President Hayes rises at 6 A. M. This
is a new phase of $ix heure-itm in the
V lute House.
Linguists are urging tha people stop
saying "depot" and use the more proper
word "station."
Mr. Bonnett has been entertaining
Lord and Lady Mandeville at bis new
residence in Paris.
Edwin C. Thayer aged fifty-two
years city attorney in 1858 and 1859
died iu Bulla lolately.
Mr. Littlepage who has been con
demned for forgery in Richmond Vir-
ginia wants to turn over a new leaf.
.Tohann Strauss bas been created an
officer of the Legion d'Uonneur by the
President of the French Republic. .
Mr. Ritchie the husband of the late
Anna Cora Mowatt the actress and
writer has just died iu Virginia.
People complain of tax being too
high everywhere except along the
edge of the carpet nouse-eleaning
time.
President Hayes declines tbe iavita-
tion of the Boston Board of Trade to
visit that city during the present
uionth.
The President bas commissiond Owen
N. Denny of Portland Oregeon to be
consul at Tien-Tsin China to fill a
vacancy.
A threc-jear-old who noted his father
saying grace held out bis own pme
with the remark: "Please papa pray
on my plate too."
Nast has a caricature of himself in
Harper's llftiy advising himself to
keep cool and see how the President's
policy turns out.
Robert G. Blaine brother of Senator
Blaine has been appointed Assistant
Superintendent of tho Senate Docu
ment Koom.
Henry Sawyer United States Consul
at Surinam died last week at Hudgar.
lie was formerly a resident at Charles-
town Massachusetts.
Cant. Hamilton aid-de-camo to Gov
ernor-General Lord Dufferln has been
ordered to join his regiment and pro-
ceeds to England at once.
President Hayes is expected in Phila
delphia as the guest of the Hon. John
Welsh on his way to meet the Cham
ber of Commerce in New York.
An oil painting of Governor Hamp
ton has iust been sent to Germany to
be lithographed. More than 0000
copies have already been ordered.
It is rumored that Dr. Hans yon
Bulow having recovered from bis
severe indisposition will pay a third
visit to London this season and give
further recitals.
Contributions to the proposed monu
ment to Dr. Louis lapohr at Cassel
can be forwarded to the Chairman ol
the Committee of the "Spohr Monu
ment" Cassel Germany.
Major George L. Gillespie of tbe
Engineer Corp and an officer of Gen.
Sheridan's staff left Chicago a fear
days ago with one year's leave of ab-
sence to visit the scat of war in Europe.
Henry Wattcrson editor of tbe
Louisville Courier-Journal bss ac
cepted an invitation to deliver aa ad
dress on the occasion of the decoration
of tbe graves of Union soldiers at Nash
ville.
Bull Run Russell declines on account
of age to go to tbe wars and chrocicl -t
the present struggle for tbe Ixindon
Time. The hard work during the
Franco-German campaign used bim up
sorely.
Tbe great sea-serpent was strsnded
at Oban Scotland on April 26. The
boatmen beaded bim off the riflemen
fired at bim and tbe natives stood on
tbe beach and gazed. Finally he ran
aeround in front of a hotel and aa his
tail swept tbe beach and slang gchhUs
iu an uireviiuua aiuaauing wiiogwi
snd puncturing heads the natives re-
treated inland. Finally a brsve man
waded through tbe surf aad threw a
rope around tbe monster's hesd so that
seventy stroog men could drstr him
ashore above bigb-water mark. The
sea-serpent was tben measured. - He
was one hundred and one feet long and
eleven feet in circumference at tb
thickest part ; hsd a pair of fins four
feet long by seven across at tbe sides
and a dorsal fin twelve or thirteen feet
in length ; bad small elongated eyes
and gills two and one-half feet behind
and consisted mainly of tail. This is
a most edifying recital for tbe British
marines.
A large establishment has been
opened in St. Louis for drying eggs.
It is in full operation and hundreds of
thousands of dozens are going into Its
insatiable maw. Tbe eggs are carefully
"candled" by band tbat is examined
by light to ascertain whether good or
not and are tben tbrowa into an im-
mense receptacle where tbey are
broken aad by a centrifugal operation
tbe wbite and yolk are separated from
tbe shell very much as liquid honey is
separated from the comb. Tbe liquid
is tben dried by beat by patent pro-
cess and the dried article is left re-
sembling sugar and is put in barrels
and is ready for transportation any-
where. Tbe Turkish minister of police cave
orders tbat all Turkish women must
discard European attire and get back
into tbe Turkish formula of fashion'
Tbe Turkish women by way of show.'
utg tbeir contempt for tbe minister
police straightway out-Parised Paris 4
be anti-Turkish character of their a
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