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iignst 7th, 1883. f
DBb Standard : flave been at this
pMccpve (lays, a 1.4nay hare to stay a
day or two more', though I would much
rather be moving. Came here from Beau-
Mobely, August 8th, 1883.
Editoe stahdaed: I see in your last
iafcoe a communication from Union in re-
gard to the cotirt honse and other im-
provements. So far as good accomino-
! dations for the conrt and officers and
CLARKHVILLE.
FRIDAY,1 AUGUST.17,1883.
is to say, takiug seven hours and twenty-
five minutes to get over fifty five miles.
— This beats the sugar road only a little. A
0. W. Walker, postmaster of Walker Station in ]Argc part 0f the county is valuable Only
for its timber, tboagb tbe creek bortoms
cepted at this office. are numerous and productive. The.-eoun*
Hon. Amos MoEEiLL, Judge of the UJ * is weH w,atered' but,1 °^y ™0?"
S., Diettict Court for Eastern Texas has j eratel-v Le*ltn3"' though sa!d to be fairly
sent in his resignation, on account ot ill s0' abont thia to™ x ™be*1 8ot be^
health and an affliction of the eyes.
Forty-two towns and cities in Texas
have assumed control of their public tree
Reboots and a majority of them have vo-
ted a special tax for the pnrpose ol main
taining the schools for from eight to ten
months in the year.
We clip the above item from an ex-
change, as serving to show that wherev-
er there is a live business town it be-
comes tbe intellectual aud educational
centre of its district of country. The ad-
vantages offered by such cities attract
tbe better class ot emigrants, and peo-
ple of means who desire to secure these
advantages tor their children.
The city council could not do a better
thing tor the general health of the city
than to order all the rauk weeds, this
ties, etc., growing along the walks and in
vacant lots to be cut cleanly down and
burned. Too great care canuot be taken
in this matter at this time of the year.
A movement should be made at once.
So says a live editor iu a city near by,
and we judge he is level headed, and
doesu't want to make acquaintance with
cholera or yellow fever.
We clip tbe following from tbe North
Texan, hoping that more ot our property
owners will follow the example of Capt.
Donoho, whose fine young trees planted
in front of the Douoho House show bow
easily the square might be beantified:
"Nothing would add so much to the
beauty of Paris as to have all our streets
and avenues liued with beautiful shade
trees. Persons who have visited north-
ern cities have noticed how easily large
trees are taken troin the forests and
transplanted whenever wauted by means
ot mechanical appliances made for that
purpose. People do not want to wait a
third of a life time for trees to grow.
Cow Boys an 4 Wire Fences.
uiotit, through an uninteresting flat pine safety tor tbe records we shall not differ,
county, the train, in conseqneuce of fre- j but when he comes down to bis own
queiif stoppages at the saw mills by the j judgment that the great want of the city
wayiide, making very slow progress, that j and county is an unfailing-supply of wa-
ter. This he says could be had by means
of large cisterns, implied by his commu-
nication to be on the square, and also to
be paid for by the county. Now on this
we cannot agree. Lo! and behold first
move the court house away from the
square at the inconvenieuce ot the peo-
ple ot the county, and then for the bene-
fit of the town make four cisterns to ena-
ble the citizens to give us a good drink,
all paid for by the citizens of tbe county.
Great liberality ot the citizens of Clarks-
ville to furnish us water after having the
county to pay for it, and from his own
standpoint those cisterns would be bene-
fitted largely more than the county. Tell
Uuion to just ask the people to pay mon-
ey to build the citizens of Clarksville
each and every one a cistern for his or
her benefit, and any other improvements
that they would like to have. If the
comity pays for cisterns to hold water to
extinguish fires we want them out of
town m company with the conrt house
right by on hand to save tbe conrt bouse
in case of fire if necessary.
Oh! how generous Uniou is to permit
us to take a drink of water it we will
furnish the town plenty. Ob! yes, Coun-
try Jake, we the citizens of Clarksville
will give you a drink of water after you
have furnished it As for making good
roads, we iu our part ot tbe county are
in favor of good roads and bridges, and
are williug to play an assisting hand, but
when Union wants four large cisterns on
tbe Bquare for the benefit ot the mer-
chants and citizcns of Clarksville, we say
pass, if yon go it alone and make four
times, we shall not wish jou any bad
lnck bnt rejoice in your prosperity. We
are having plenty ot rain in this part of
the county—too late to assist corn, but
will make cotton undoubtedly a firm
yield. Old Ironsides.
"Union'' agrees with the writer ot the
above article, that for all special improve-
ments made for the benefit of private
property of the citizeus ot Clarksville,
that the owners ot said property should
pay, which we believe, they now do.
When tbe property improved belongs or
is under tbe authority of the Couuty,then
every property owner in tbe county, is
bound by law to {My bis proportion ot the
expense of such improvement, as is now
done. We have no doubt that tbe coun-
ty Commissioners will provide a cistern
coine in, to make a start. Found hero,1 to bold the rainfall from the roof of the
Rev. Mr. Stovall, formerly in Red River, new Court House when it is built; and
and came up tbe hill upofi which the
court house stauds I felt a fine breeze,
and the elevation seemed pleasant. Since
that however, the breeze has disappeared,
and it has been very sultry and weaken-
ing. A nice rain yesterday improved
the temperature, and this morning, I
have been riding over the suburbs of the
place, in a buggy and looking at the fine
springs. Tbe burroundings are pleasant
looking, and tbe timber is attractive.
The beech grows plentifully here, and ot
large size. Large maguolias stand by
tbe road-side, and in the streets of the
town, and the large white blooms fully
expanded upon some of these are attract-
ive to me. Tbe mimosa, though not a na-
tive, grows to a large size—one in the
yard ot the honse I am stopping at being
near eighteen inches in diameter. Rib-
bon cane grows well, and the county
makes its own syiup, and some few plant-
ers make sugar tor their own use; but
the cane is usually in small patches. It
should certainly pay much better than
cotton, but I suppose the trouble of man-
ufacture and tbe cost ot appliances, and
the unreliableness of labor are tbe excus-
es jor pursuing a profitless production,
instead of a profitable one. The corn
and cotton crops of this county are good.
Learned a day or two siuce, that Billy
Campbell, formerly of Bowie count}', aud
more lately of Fort Worth aud Sherman,
is near Beaumont, engaged in the culture
of oranges and Japanese persimmons.
An insurance agent who was on his place
last week told me that be had an orange
grove of seven or eight acres, in bearing,
and three acres of tbe persimmons about
to come in bearing this year. This place
has perhaps 1000 population spread over
a good deal of grouud, and pleasantly
situated. Tbe houses look comfortable
but many ot them lack paint. There are
three hotels here and more than a due
proportion of saloons. There is a uew
college building, a Masonic hall, two
churches', aud an Episcopal Pastor has
a start. Found
IN ORDER to. reduce'
our extensive stock we offer
the same for the ne
days
Progress of Texas.
j moat NliaMc, carefully prviMMd
; best purgative of the present «M£e U
BRAIRBTH'8 PILLS.
There is a good deal of sympathy with
the cow boys, and many of the more liber-
al "live and let live" cattle owners, arc com-
ing to the opinion that this hardy, daring
race of Texns pioneers, who have driven the
Indians and Mexicans from our territory,
and taken possession of the land,often risk-
ing their lives to establish this great btisi- and at present in tbe sewing machine
agency here. The court house is a frame
ot two stories, substantial and commodi-
ous, and answers all the requirements ot
the situation. From Judge West, the
county judge, and bis son a leading at-
torney here, I have received much atten-
tion and kinduess. Find here some old
citizeus, resident here since 1815, which
was about the beginning of the town.
Gen. Van Vliet a well known Masonic
lecturer who settled in Southeast Texas
in '38 or '40, has been resident here many
years. He has traveled much over the
State, but seems satisfied with this local-
ity. My hotel keeper Mr. Rock, a Vir-
ginian by birth, is properly a resident of
Waco, and has a farm near there. He
seems to be temporarily fastened here,
aud I commend his house for good plaiu
accommodations, to all aavellers who
may have occasion to visit Woodville.
The jail, in uiy sight, is empty, which
speaks well for the county.
The commercial business of this coun-
ness of feeding the world on good Texas 1
beef, arc justly entitled to a living out of
the business for themselves and their fami-
lies.
Wire is a good thing if you don't have
too much'of it, but a good live-horse with a
man on it, is not a bad thing.
But better than all the wire fences in the
world, is it, to have the brave cow boys'
with their families, settled down here and
there, on our broad prairies; the true guar-
dians of the great cattle interests of the
State; rearing up a race of stalwart Texans
of more value to the State than mere mon-
ey-
Corporations and syndicates of specula-
tors, have their uses in opening new souces
of wealth: but we do not believe they should
have power to prevent the spread of popu-
lation, or pile up great wealth for the few
at the expense of human happinass and hu-
man lives.
We believe with Goldsmith—
"111 fares the land to festering ills a prey.
Where wealth accumulates and men decay."
we hope tbe property owners ou the pub-
lic square will turnish a water supply ad
equate to the needs of themselves and
the public. _
Why Preachers Lack Force-
(Interview with Robert Collyer.)
"Why do you have so few ministers of
originality and force—men who make their
mark as great preachers ?" I asked Dr.
Collyer.
"Too little life and too much learning,
sir; too little blood and too much educa-
tion. A man makes a great mistake when
he sacrifices life's force for books. Gener-
ous life increases the power of thought and
good health, keeps it fresh,and creates orig-
inality," was the quick and earnest res-
ponse.
"Does Europe have the greatest minis-
ters?
"America, by all odds. It has several
superior to the best there is in Englan. The
old world has not one that can compare with
Henry Ward Beecher. He is the greatest
pseacher on the planet. If his superior
ever lived I have not heard or read of him."
j "Does Spurgeon approach him?"
I "No, sir. In no particular if I can un-
derstand what a great minister is. He lacks
STRICTLY
AT COST.
SILBERBERG BROS.
July 19th, 1888.
The papers are just now quite compli- j
mentary in their articles about the pro- >
areas of Texas. Many of tbe old ene- j
miea ot the State are s.lent and the more ; Herb# and
liberal-minded cive ns unstinted praise.; ^
Itau to gr...n rioh.nnJU ercing
richer by the hour. It is wonderful how p]aint( Rheumatism,
much good there is always discovered in • blood of all imparities —acting on the UvmT
a mail or a people with plenty of money. : Kidneys and other important organs rentov'
Since Texas has advanced to tbe posi- ins the waste tisane, and adding years to the
tion of the third railroad State iu the j 'lT®s °f *11 w,,o use them.
Union and the ninth iu population, and j t„,?i ,,',ave ,,een U8Bd bJ" the
AWlt.illb. fc* in both by 1895, ,!
wonderlul amount ot virtues ar<j beiug - l'l>reciate«i.
* no" Jenjing wpom. Up to | A PerfKt """fc « DweMM.
the t""« when Texas sent to market the T , Ashkield mass.
largest niiuiber of bales ot cottou pro I....1. years, aud deem it
duced in any State, and torced even the
agricultural department at Washington
to acknowledge she produced more corn
to tbe acre than Ohio, Illinois or Indiana,
Texas was, according to the same au-
thorities, as dry a country as Central
America.
The actual progress of Texas is truly
gratifying. Iu 1850 its population did
not exceed
my duty to suffering humanity to sav that mv
long life is due to Brandretli's fills which
have beeu my sole medicine for half a centu-
ry. 1 know the last forty yeais of my life is
woing solely to their use. Your Pills saved
me many times after the best medical skill in
several States had given me up as hopeless,
j I have hail many converts to pnrgation with
i Brandreth s Fills, aud have seen them perform
almost miracles of cone. For children, a few
The store now occupied by us is
rent, possession given in September.
for
The days when a race of Land Barons ty is divided betweeu Woodville, To«n the very elements that make Mr. Beecher
could own the bulk of the soil, and dole out Blufif on tbe Neches, and Calmesnil, greaL^
a bare subsistence to the serfs who are la- j above here on tbe railroad. Galveston
boring for them, are forever gone by. Cor- j is the general source of supply.
porations eannot be substituted fr r the rank county is the residence of Dr. W. W. gets near the people rather than above them
Whitehead formerly one of the represen- His generous bodily force keeps his great
tatives of Southeastern Texas in the' ™nd bright and makes him fearless. No
" ' . . ... . „„ man will, or perhaps can, express himself
State Convention, and this to u has ^ s;mpiicityi originality, eloquence
been until lately, tbe residence ot Juilge an(| courage that Mr. Beecher docs. The
Hobby, a gentleman of some political struggles of his early life may have had
prominence, and is the residence ot Sena- much to do with this and his later success.
and file of the hardy sons of the Lone Star,
who have helped to make Texas what she is.
The Oldest Tree in the World-
. 'In the first place Henry Ward Beecher
is the most human man I ever knew. He
The oldest tree in the world, so far as any
any one knows, is. says Knowledge, the Bo j president tiro tern of' They may have made him the natural man
tree, of the sacred city of Amarapoora, in j * Coope e P ! oe is. Great as he is, I love him for his
Burmay. It was planted 288 B. C., and is i tbe Senate at the last session.
therefore now 2,170 years old. Sir James |
Kmerson Tennent gives reasons for believ- j
ing that the tree is really of this wonderfui
age, and refers to historic doccment in
which it is mentioned at different dates, as
128 A. 1)., and soon to the present day.
C. DE M.
The Indnrin" Violin.
simple tastes and his courage. I admire
a man who never gets great enough to re-
fuse to give his opinion upon small subjects.
There is a great deal in the simple fact that
Mr. Beecher will say in great company: -I
love apple pie and like to farm during the
()f all the musical instruments me violin j suminer months, by lying under an apple
is the most enduring. Pianos wear out; j tn „
"To it," savs Sir James, "kings have even tne most enauring. ywuo wear ««.,. tree and ■ tosleep.
dedicated their dominions, in testimony of wind instruments get batter^ aud old-fash-( —
a belief that it is a branch of the identical wmed. All kiuds of novelties are introduc-1 jf the Treasurer's'e
lig tree under which Buddha reclined at ed into flutes, but the sturdy violm stands
Cmmelaya when he underwent his apotheo- own merits. Age and use only improve
4s." Its leaves are carried away as stream- and instead of new ones commanding the
ers by pilgrims, but it is too sacred to touch > gl est prices as in the ease with other in-
with a knife, and therefore they are only i struments, it is the violin of the few Italian
•fathered when thev fall. The King Oak in makers of the last three centuries that corn-
Windsor Forest, Kngland. is one thousand mands the fabulous prices. It is nnpossi-
vears old ! ble to liandle an ol(* vlolln without a feeling
' m ! of veneration, when one reflects on the num-
A Tcwn almost Destroyed by a Water- ber or people who have probably played on
aav aa4"W5W J it, the weary hours it has beguiled.—[Sun
spout.
Ream.
A Bequest-
After .a heavy rain and thunder storm last-
ing neariy all night a suburb of London,
Ontario, was on the morning of July 11. al-
most destroyed by a sudden flood caused hy A sensible youug lady made tb# follow-
ihe burstinc of a waterspout, or by a "cloud ing request to ber friends: *I)o not lay 190
lwrst," several miles up the valley of the' dewn bv the rippling brook'ssidP, lest bab-
Thames. The heavy storm had passed: Wing lovers wake me from my dreams, nor
..way and all was still, when the roar of the! in the beautiful cemeteries in the valleys,
waier was heard by those who remained j h'st sight-seers, conning oyer epitaphs, dis-
awake at aliout two o'clock in the morning. | tract me; but let my last sleep be under the
Alarms were taade and most of the people | counter of the merchant ana business man
escaped. but the water rose so rapidly that generally
I he overflow of more than twelve feet above' the peace which passetli all understanding,
tbg spring floods swept away or uodermind- i and a deed sleep on which neither the buoy-
4tl two hundred dwellings and other build-! ant footfall of youth nor the weary shuttle
ingsand destroyed about fifty persons. The and drag of ojtf age will eyey intrude
1 estimated at
damage to property is
4MHV
Lamar county ranks tilth among the
counties of the State in scholastic popu-
lation. Grayson county is first—,'ts pop-
ulation being 7,540.
Every one in this world baa bis oi-
lier share of troubles and trial. Lei us
then, try as much as we are able not to
increase the burden of auy by as much
as the weight of a straw.
estimate shall prove
correct, viz: That the value of assess-
ed property in the State for the present
year will reach $470,000,000, a very
remarkable advance will be shown in
the material wealth of Texas, since the
returns last year amounted to but $419,-
000,000. The increase of $51,000,000
within a twelvemonth js sufficient to
show the enormous vitality of the State
and the rapid manner in which not only
population but property is rolling in.
From the Statesman we learn that
Austin is greatly excited over the ap-
pearance upon the streets of a real live
highwayman, mounted upon a real
thoroughbred steed, with silver mount-
ed revolver and Winchester rifle. He
relieved several of the citizens of their
valuables and at last ccounts had not
been captured. _
Horses that drink fifthy, stagnant wa-
ter are just as liable to pet lever lroin it
as a man who drinks filthy water. Some
farmers don't seem to realise that horse®
and cattle are subject to lever, pneunio-
colds, ejc\ just the same as human beiugs
are, btf t it is a fact nevertheless.
The pro raia sba^ of tlje school fund
for the city of Paris for th,e ensuing term!
commencing September 1st is $6,120- For
Ihe county, $25,48*.
CLA.KKSV1LLK, August 17tb 1883.
Ed. Standard : As I have been for
tbe past few days riding about over the
county, especially the westeru portiou, I
thought piobably it would be ot some in-
terest to your readers to relate the scenes
aud happenings that came within my ob-
servation.
First, I went to the little city of Beu-
uett, which was as usual still on the in-
crease, it is ouly a question of time when
ic will be classed as a very prominent
commercial point, more enterprise though
would not be objected to. but in its pres-
ent state, is far superior to its sister city
Bagwell. Crops in the vicinity ot Ben-
nett very good, corn had suffered some-
what on account of the drouth, but cotton
wa9 not suffering so inncb and is expect
ed yield more than the average of last
season, provided the boll worm should
not make his appearance. It surely must
be encourageing to the farmers', some
ot whom, was so delighted with tbe show-
ers that lately fell, that they would no*
seek shelter under their.- roofs, would
stay out aud take the rain, aud^since, you
would meet a good old farmer coming
from the field, and such a smile 011 his
face, yon would think he had discovered a
gold mine in some remote corner of his
pasture, but then we all like to look ats
the prospects when our own interest
are at stake.
On Blossom Piairie,crops arc good also,
but as far as I saw, Guest's Prairie was
a little ahead as tar as the corn crop was
concerned, a* tor cotton 1 did not exam-
ine it, further up ou the prairie, I under-
stood, that our friend Tom Parks had
eixty-five acres from which he expccted
to get seventy bales. From the prauie
went to the little village ot Kosalie,which
consists of three or four stores,two church-
es, a school house and a large steam gin
aud mill, which has lately been recou
structed and will soon be able to give bet-
ter satislaction thau . ever. Rosalie is
kuown throughout this county for its
fruit raising capacities, and this year,wa-
ter melons in an abuudaucu.
From this place I went w> Maple
Springs, it also seemed to be ou the boom
has three stores, all seemed to be doing a
good business, anu Air. Kirksy is putting
up auother handsome store house,which I
believe he proposes to rent. Reverends Mr.
Hendrick and Day were carrying on a pro-
tracted meeting, but alter laboring dili-
gently for a week,they closed the meeting
without much success, after which the
Baptists took up the meeting,but whether
success has attended tl.em in their efforts
to convert, I did not learn.
I understood that. Captain Rice ot De
port, formerly of Halesboro, was ex|iected
to take up a school at Maple Springs 011
the first of September, it they should tie
so tortunate as to get the Captain, they
will most assuredly get an excellent teach-
er, aud one who has had a great deal ot
experience iu leaching, it was he wbo
learned the writei of this article, the
Alphabet, and will Heartily endorse hiui
as a gentleman and a scholar. Many ot
the citizens of the Springs, who intended
sending their children off to school, has
concluded to send thein at home since
they can get.just a9 good a school.
For fear of beiug accused, like our for-
mer correspondent ♦•Looker On," ot
"blowing up too much about nothing,1
I had bett-r bring this c-omnmiiicatioti to
a close. Bopecttully,
Tvi* >.
Goal to be Superseded.
It is not impossible that before our
coal fields are exhausted wc shall have
some means of doing many things with-
out that presnt invaluable fuel—at least
in regions where the sun shines. Wc
hava previously given an account of M.
Solar engine, but that extraordinary
method of utilizing the heat of the sun
ha? been eclipsed by an improvment
devised by M. Pifre. It is stated that
the latter has gone so far as to utilize
eighty per cent. Of the available heat
of the sun's rays at Paris, and has act-
ually constructed an apparatus with
which he pumped water to a height of
ten feet at the rate of over twenty gal-
lons per minute. As in Mouthot's so-
lar engine, a reflector receives the light
and concentrates it upon a boilor—in
this case containing nearly ninety gal-
lons of water—which, under a clear
Paris sky, begins to boil in about forty
minutes, and in a few minutes longer
bus a sufficient preasure to drive the
engine worging the pump. In the not
distant future', then, tropfbal countries
will be the place where motive power
can be had for next to nothing.
■Mi
A Noble Act-
Yesterday a little girl on the street
accosted Mr. Nat Henderson, of the
Georgetown Record, and enquired the
way to the police station. When asked
what she wanted the little one said her
mother and family were on their way
to the west, and, having to stop over
here and having no money, desired to
crave the hospitality of the police office
for the night. Nat. immediately sought
out the- poor woman, who had four small
children, carried them to a hotel and
paid the bills for their sujfper and
breafast and lodging. This was noble
which leads to the conclusion irresisti-
bly that a generous heart is often hid
by a very ugly exterior,—Austin News.
We reprint the above simply to show
that the newspaper men are powerful
some times. Mr. Henderson is one of
the most noble and generous hearted
editors in the State, and we feel sure
he will be rewarded ten-fold for the
above kind and charitable
naut.
act.—Argo-
The South for Farmers-
It is beginning to lie known now that
the lauds ot South Carolina, Georgie.
Florida and other Southern States can,
with less lalM>r, be made to yield a larger
return tier acre thau the lauds ot Kansas
aud other VYesteru States, which have
had snch a phenomenal growth in wealth
and population. The early vegetables and
fruits ot this section of the Sou.lt, which
find such a ready market in Northern cit-
ies, have awakened the Northern farmer,
who is looking tor a new location, to the
fact that here he can find a cheaper home,
with better promises lor the future, than
any where else. The tame ot the Souths
resources is being spread abroad through
the medium of her exposition, and asa
result uew farm are railways are being
built to reach them and carry their pro-
ducts to market.
The Western Union telegraphers" strike
having caused a decline in the stock of
that company, and all other stocks bav
ing tumbled dowu to some extent with it.
London, August 4.—Bebiel, the pro-
fessional swimmer, and rival of Capt.
Webb, announces his intention of at-
tempting to swim the Niagara Falls
whirlpool. lie says he believes he can
safely breast the pool, and he believes
that Webb could have done it if he had
gone about it properly. Bebiel has
witnessed nearly every successful great
swim made by webb, and believes him-
self to be a stronger man in the water
than Webb was. He is practicing in
the Thames daily, and intends to test
the most dangerous pools and tides and
the strongest waves before departing
for the United States. On his arrival
at Niagara Bebiel will locate himself
upon the shore of the rapids, for the
purpose of studying and testing them
by daily plunges. He will make dum-
mies of a weight equal to his own and
throw them into the rapids at all the
dangerous points for the purpose of as-
certaining the precise tendencies and
actions of the waves and currents.
When he has completed his observa-
tions and practice he will set. apart a
day for his attempt to make the swim
in which Capt. Webb lost his life, and
he states his firm belief that he will do
so without becoming much exhausted,
claiming the undertaking will deiiend
for more ujion actual knowledge of the
water, presence of mind and careful
management of the body than upon any
exercise of strength, for which he ar-
gues there will be but little use.
OQBld and fee gtrjksra,
Mr. Gould has never yet lieen driveu
from the field by an ..ntagoiiist, even
though, like himself, wielding tbe |K>wer
of millions. It tbe telegraphers can beat
him it will iudeed be like a miracle, anil
an exception to the rule that seems to
have hiiherto governed the foitunes ol
this remarkable man. llence it is that
the country holds its breath, so to speak,
awaiting the outcome of the coii|1ici|W|t jlo
the popular sympathy 1* evidently and
avowedly with "the under dug iu the
tight."—-Galveston News.
"400 (MKI III 1880 it w i"* 1 I '!ave t'ur*jd measles, scarlet fever, aud
300,000. In 1SSO it was 1, looping CI,U!,|.. i„ au tellla)e alul
700,000. According to the ratio of^ 111- J weakness I have uever kuovru them to fail
crease from 1870 to 18S0, which was just; In adult males I have known them to cure the
double, we to-day have 2,300,000 people, j worst cases of dyspepsia, rheum itisui, kidney
aud iu 18SM) will have over 3,400,000. It j diseases, dysentery and diarriuea; even drop-
will, ill all human probability, reach 3,- j 83' paralysis, and apoplexy have yielded to a
500,000. Ten years later, or ill 1000, the J.,elf!8!cl'1 "win* „f Hraudneth's Pills. In
Imputation of Texas will be between 7,- j J'"'*1 J"*'1"jUJjJST. tfUe L,fe .E,i*jr-
000,000 and 8,000,000. It will then lead j efft^s«H UmTdi^anTffi. agan,8ttLe
New York. It is bound to take the lead j
within the next seventeen years. There I
is uo question that Texas is the best State '
in tbe Union for farmers to find land, for
young men aud wouieu to get a start iu
lite.
When tbe war closed, in 1865, Texas
bad 100 miles ot railway iu operation. It
now has 6,500, and will have 10.000 by
the next census. There is no State
which can Itegiu to make such a showing
as this. But this is only in proportion
to the advance made iu every other re-
spect.
Last year, 1S82, our txports footed
$100,000,000. This year the figure will
undoubtedly go to $125,000,000. For our
crops are simply magnificent. Our cot-
ton crop aloue will sell foi $75 000,000.
Twenty years from now, when the cot-
ton raised iu Texas will sell for $400,000,-
000, this sum will be laughed at by those
who choose to look back aud lemeiulter.
It is going to that figure just as certaiu
as the populatoin will eventually reach
25,000,000 souls during the lite time ot
children now living.
Manufacturing in Texas is just bud-
ding. There is 110 intelligent man in the
State who does not concede their impor-
tance and absolute necessity. Not one
who is not willing to help their develop-
ment according to. his means. They are
the subject of daily discussion, and we
have yet to hear tbe first man say he was
opposed to making here everything we
need. Up to this time all onr surplus
capital has been converted into homes
and general improvement ot farms—into
railways and other things whi<-h come be-
fore factories. But the hour is at hand
when these will lie taken up.
Nor have we as yet had time to devel-
op the coal aud mineral fields ot Texas,
known to exist as abundantly as in :tuy
division ot the Union. We have just to
march up to these points and will attack
them within the next f."<i years.
There is no denying the fathomless
natural wealth ot Texas—uo quest ion
about its ultimate destiny. None what-
ever that it will take the lead and event-
ually march at tbe head of American civ-1
ilizatiou.—[Dallas Planter aud Farmer.
A Present to Senator Uazey.
Sergeant-at-arms Bright, of the Senate,
will ship to-ni ht to Senator Maxey. of
Texas, the head of a iu;iuiiiiotli Texas
steer, magnificently mounted nt'd orna-
mented by YV. M. Gait Hro.. tf- Co. The
he d is one ot the hu-gest ever seen It
is tour feet between the horns, and was
superbly mounted by ordei of Hichard
King, the Texas cattle king, wbo pre-
set! ts it to Senator Maxey.—[Washing-
ton Special.
F ranee is contracting a new loan for
$60,000,000. She owes nearly $5,-
000,000,000, and it is becoming rather
a serious question as to whether thr
amount has not become too large to be
controlled. Her governmental expen-
diture, including tliit of the immense
standing army and the payment of in-
terest, reached 11st year the sum of
about $1,000,000, or four times that of
the United States. If there were no
other cause of discontent in France,
this boiu'deu would be sufficient to cause
disquietude.
John A. Mann.
Lxtra good, light running, Hand Print-
ing Press, make of Isaac & Seth Adams
ot Boston, Platen 24x36. Also small
Adams baud job press 14x18. Sold only
because we have uo use lor them. Ap
P'y to Sta.nd.vrd Offick.
A week mailt- at htuuc* by the iuiliiHtriouH.
Best uiMiiirw liuw
Capitul not infill d. We will ntsrt ywu.
SL 7 ^Best miriiueKH nun- before the public
nk ■ Capital uot mtilid. We will Htsrt y«
Men, women, Ikiv* and girls wauted every where
to work for . Now in (he tiiue. You cau work
in spare liuie, or give your whole time to tbe
bnsiuesM No other business will pay you near as
well. No one cau fail to make eiionuouj* }>av, by
engaging at once. CoHly outfit aud tennnVrre.
Money maile last, easily and honorably A<tdre«s
Thdk Si Co., Augusta, Maine.
FIRST
NATIONAL BANK.
CASH OA PITA I..
50,000,000,000 DRINKS
POSITIVELY CASH
NO CKKDIT, . — Vice Presidett
C. O. HODGES, Casliie r
CORRESPONDENTS :
UNITED STATES, Bourbon *nd Rye Whisky.
L0ND0K, lNGLAND, - - -- English At*.
IRELAND, - ----- Belfast Ginger Ale.
SCOTLAND, Scotch Whisky.
JAMAICA, - Jamaica Rum.
GERMANY, Weit Beor.
FRANCE, Bordeaux Wine
Deposits Solicited from the people of Olarks
villeand Bed Biver Oountv
bros. & smith:
To improve coal oil light.—Add one
eighth to one-fourth amount of common
salt. Makes light more brillia.it. pre-
vents smoking and keeps wick clean.
The French Government has insisted
upon the withdrawal of the 35,000,
troops which have been massed by Chi-'
Polishing the Wrong End-
Many 1111-11 daily |i*li>li tlu-ir hoots whomever
give a tlioiiulit to tin" nmilitioti «>l tl.eir hair, ex-
eept to harrow it msinilly with brush ami i-omb,
or submit itto the paralyzing attentions of the
average liarlier. What happens * Why. tl-is:
From neglect, mental anxiety, or any of a wore
of caunes, the hair turns prematnrel y gray anil be-
gins to fall out. Porker's Hair Balsam will at
once stop the latter;:roees an-l rest ire the origi
nut color. All elegant dressing, t'ie«' from greaw
PARKER'S
HAW
BALSAM.
Aperfrctdress"
ling, elegant'y per-
fumed and harm-
less. Removes
dandruff, restores
natur.il color and
prevent* baldness
90 rmts r.d $1
«iza* t drufrguu.
rLOBXSTQH
COLOGNE.
An fxqvlituly Irft-
irsat j^rfume witl
catrf.iooally !Ml g
I Kiodtt c*aU.
PARKER'S
CINCER TONIC
•almifwatlH MWm thai Maw latKkalts
This delicious combination of Ginger. Buchu,
Mandrake. StilHngia. and many other of the beit
vegetable remedies known, cure-, all disorders ©f
the bowels, stomach, liver, kidneys and lungs, $ u
Tfca tal aai liiwt Gaajb Car* tv (had,
|f you suffering from Female Cora plaints.
Nervousness, Wakefulness, Rheumatism I>yspep-
ia, age or any disease or infirmity, take Parker's
Ginger Tonic. ]| will strengthen brain and body
and give you new lifcymd vigor,
109 POLS^AHS
Paid for anything Injurious found iu Ginger Tonic
for a failure |q help or cure.
Vv. sa4 fl liM 1 dealers la«|n«{r>. L MrlsrWng
91 > *. for tin alar to Him. ox k Co., ltd Wbi.m.,N.T.
DEALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES,
csrecTioxAuiKs,
L yUORS
WINES.
CIGAK8, UBilCO
Oreen Finits, Dried Fruits.
CANNED GOOD;? of every kind
aud a great variety of «1 limit
not to be found elsewhere.
New Brick row east Side Square.
Clarksville. Tex.. Jan. 30th
RESTS
not, life is swei pii.g by, aud
dare before you die, wkiethiug
mighty aud Niihliwe leave behind
to t-ou<|uer time. WC a week in your own town-
?T outfit free. No rink. Everything uew. Cap
ital not required. We will furuUlt
thing. Many are making fortuneM.
you every-
I.adiea make
a« uiui-h a* men, and buy* and girln make great
pay. Reader, it you want tiuniuess at whieh you
ean make jjteat pay all the tinn-, write for i.nr-
tirulai-H to It. HAIXKTr & Co., Portland, Maine
NO MORE EYE-GLASSES.
Woak
Moi-c
F.yofi!
MITCHELL'S
BYE-SALVE
A Pertain, 8af«- and effective Rem.-dt for
SORE, WEAK AMI IWLAKEII EVES,
I'rodiii-iug i<iing-Sightediie i« and Krxtor-
ing tin' Sijjht of tin- Old.
Cures Tear Drops, Granulation
Tumors, Red Eyes, Matted Bye Y
ee, and Produces quick Belief and
Permanent Cure,
Ann, equally ,-|tirai-i iiM w h< U uw-d iu ttV-I
iiiala«li< M, Stic*}) an i KfV T SuriK, Tuum i*.
Salt Khenm, Burns, riles, ur w lier.-ver inflame,
turn exititu, MITC HKI.I/S SALVK uiav be uswl t
advantag**.
Sold by all Pniiijiirt* at 2fi renin.
Btya
no.l ly
RIOJ KIVEH COUNTY
BANK.
Established L874,
Mi. Jay Gould has lo tloubt made six or,na in Yunan. It is believed that China
eight milling by thift time. Onglit 1m> not peremptorily refuse to notice the
to be content with that and let the boys demand The demand has been fol-
go to work on the just and reasonable lowed by a demonstration off the Chi-
terma they aukt
apse enaat hy the French fleet-
LYON & HE AUY,
|SM* mt Hmm Sit.. CkicaM.
' Will send prepaid to anj address thtlr
.•and Catalogue for 1883
page*. '<tlut-it*r \2u|puf Itwtrumrutu,
Cu|«*. l * i: s ruui{>ub*.£j«au]r! ,i;<ip-
k Uiupc Stuiulft, Uruid Majors' £tatT* and
rh*u,>un*!ry U&ixl Outfttii-lirjiitiriag Materials;
■alio Include* ln-«ructlun and J^Xf-rciirB for
and a Catahjgue pf CMo Uaai*
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL)100,000
OlHceri*.
M. L. SIMS,.. 1'reaideut
Jos. H. Ui-kks View l're iilt'!,i
L>. \V. CHKATHAil, Canhiei
S H. TtEL,' ..ANNlbtant Caahij
Directors.
J. II. HUltKS, J. T. FLEMING.
R. It. UAIXES, L>. W. CHEATHAM
M. L. SIMS.
J. T. FLEMING, Swittury
CotTCspondeut:
Don*EU.. Lawsox & Simhbuk, New Yo k
Vaukv National Bank, Rt. Louie.
vo.50-lf.
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