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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23

this city day cr two since ard sought
an interview, bu could not obt-in il.
To-day she Went 70 the Barnet house
and sent up her card, iDploring him to
come and see her. He replied that he
could not. She sent back word that If
be did not see her she would follow him
to Chicago. He then Came down to-
the parlur. A moment later q pietol
shot was heard, followed by smother
ard another. The first struck Hickey
behind the ear and feile1 him to Tire
q )or. He began to crawl towards the
door aud second shot was sent after
him, but missed its msTk. The third
entered the temple OF the unfortunate
girl, killing her almost instant =. She
bad come well prepared for her work.
Ia her bosom was found q bottle of
leudanum, ard carefully concealed IN
her stocking was bowiC-knife. She left
a request that Der body be given to 8
medical college. Her diary is filed
with expressions showing that her love
for Hickey was the absorbing thought
Of Der life. While in a convent at
Buffalo she wrote: Ny proud darling
whose heart thought no other wcmar
could ever touch has learned to love
at last, srd it is not ] who have taugl t
him. This actress has every hing tha;
heart could wish and he WAS my all.
Yet she took b m from me-" Toe lss'
entry in her diary was made to day. l.
reads: she has scorned me after all
that l have done for him aud he shall!
di1
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The following property for sa.e, to-wi.:

FARM FOR SALE, i've miles north OF Aus
In, Oa the Geor4etUwl road. containing forty
sc!es, all enclosed, and about Al acres in culti-
Nstion, in cotton and corn; good dwelling and
duihouscs, cisteru, and gooO orchard. The crops
Hil go with the place, II sold IN the next eight
cr ten d9ys, A pair 81 good mules will be taken
In part pay; hal cash, balance In one, two and
three years, with interest. II. b. SWEENEY,
us Congress Avenue
FARa FOR sALE 10 acres all enclosed;
house with three roone, nne land, good spring
ing sites, on tns s. nth eide OF the Colorado
river. The place is about ~ miles from the
city OF Austin You would do wsl 20 call AID
rs Congress Avenue.
FARM FOR SALE in Hays county, 8 miles
north OF Dipping Springs, containinI 3S2 acrvs,
and IN cultivation; dive ling house with Elk
rooms. kitchen, smoke house, stable, splendid
spring with rock house over It. and plenty OF
veTy ,oW and on easy iern.; possession give
at any time. Call coon II You want good place.
Apply to NJ. B SWEENEY, Land Agen-. rs
Congress Avenue.
FARM FOR SALE-2SO acres in HAYS eeuniy
80 m les from Austin. on the Blanco road from
to miles west OF Dripping Springs 20 aero
ont houses, wood and water; South Onion creek
passes through the farm. a bargain can be bad
and terms easy. Apply to II B. SWEENEY,
Land agent, us Congress Avenue.
FOR SALh-5O acres. all enclosed, with the
improvements; mile. northeast from Auslin,
on the Manor road; fos sale or trade for city
| property. Apply to NJ. B. SWEENEY, IT'S Cel-
gross Avenue.
Also the 6nest market garden and fruit faryl
IN the State, with all the improvements. mics
east OF the city.
Also, acres, with all the improvements, about
one mile northwest Of the city. The place is
well improved. Dwelling house and outhouses
in good order.
A farm 8 miles east Of Austin; VIII sell 60
acres, or the whole place containing no acres,
A farm OF 20 scSss with improvements, on the
south side, ahont milo from the Colorado rtver
A beautiful view Of the surrounding country.
l950 ecre farm, well Improved, all enclosed
ock building, ane pastures AID fine land. IL
Burnet county, abont ono mile from the town
Burnet. Terms easy.
$500 acres Of lsnd In Bell county, below Bat
DO; splendid prairie land; water running through
thep VIII sell any part OF the land
74S acres Of land in Grayson county; 3. o
PAttie survey; IA miles southwest from Sher-
man and Q miles Of the Central railroad.
l40o acres In Fsnnin county, In hree tracts
titles perfect or no sale.
The above propaFty viii be sold on easy tern.n.
with large ssn0ant Of property not mentioned
in this LIS, both of city and county propx<tv
Thoae Wishing to buy Win do well to car On or
address II. B. SWEENEY.
Agent and Collector. MS Congress- Avenue.
Austin. Texas.
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DR.. sAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY
EDUCATION
Austin C0nGQiatH Female Institute

The twenty-eirh.h year divided into two ses-
sione OF i've months each. begins September I,
1879. and ends June s. $50
This is established school. with expert
enced educators. located at Austin q city famed
fCI health and reAoed society.
Ths course 81 Eiudses IL up 70 the vines, prac-
teal, snd thorough and is in en-ed 10 meet al
ne demands OF thus era. for the higher educa-
tion Of women"
Il l. dssignsd 20 teach Young lsdies to main
tsin the dignity and fuldl the responsibility u
toetr poel Jon In Sociesy. This can only ne done
oy lndividu.l >nlture and individual dis -inlIne
The course comp ises Latin, Greek French,
6ermsn, Suanssk. English. Nathenat,e-. Hls'
try, 6ecgf1phT, Bofa1y. Astronomy, Philoso-
ply Nus Drawing. Pzlnrng. ete.
Young lad &c co npleting the eniiFe oourse are
Board. tuition. Lights and fuel. per sss-
e1o1 o. ave mo1ihs $50 %
Music with Use Of Instrument. ..... ~ 20
For particulars. sddres.
REv. y. J. SMITH.
HsesEe0s hse<a sgEsst. Asssin. Ts4sG
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FsTATE OF EsTEBAN FERNAN.
IL DEE. DECEASED.

Adn'nistrs;ton psndlng In Travis coanfy. Ttx
A1elaims for non-y against the estate Of -
teoan Eerne1drE. deceased. RnE Be pressnse1
1gt1. Tor Allowance, or paynenf Of thS as1a
VIII - postp-Ded until the cis.ns presented
w1tnAn TIT time are pId-
Wifnpes ny hand ~ AuBs1p. Tens, WhHfD I
reid. this thsrd day q octDbeg. D. tGlll
e1D1tt CHA5. 4 6oKERI6, AcntrisssnSn&
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23

Toe Guadalupe Times says that Johl
Willett in writing of the wealth o
the Sierra Mojada mines, says that b
and his servant worked one day ant
took out three and a half pounds o
silver. Why man would remain any
body's servant when silver 10 SO plen
tiful, ia what puzzles en- editor livin:
on ten cents a day.
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LAMB As.RacalO
Read and Examine for Ioarsell

NJ. D. SWEENEY, Land Agent. who has On
hAnd for sale from $4,000 70 S0O, 900 acres OF
isnG IN different counties in the stale OF Tex-s,
the n0est improved farms. small and large; wild
iSnos and stock rsnchcs; large amount OF prop
erty Ia the city Of Austin. improved and amin
proved Buyers Will find IL 10 their intsres; 10
call en- or address NJ. b. SWEENEY, us Con-
gees Ayendr, Austin, Texas.
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r AND FOR SALE.

vil rdl. On liberal toms, oue-fsurth eash,
Lae salanes "a three or more annual ps7ments
oLs SlnG tea pr cent later u, one a. the rich
I ssty mol peodocfive snd best imp Owed farms
~ feystts eoanty. IL IL sIfusfed on the eaft
re q Ne Colcrado river, fear mii-s below
MincnesteE. twelve miles noCVe IassrnnRa aud
fourteen Hoes fron 0iddInes- The rrses coz
tatns loo sefss, toois high sfs Of cuitiystion
lbs inpeogeDenes sfe psw AMI eoo1-- Q isrge,
nern an4 On bonso. Tbefe are at a Hr1f
houses. - the Dlao.ss ons an1 o1s-hif milo a
lerze oee1 q ths ny.x. Ths yieh q crn md
cotton ca thfs farm this ssrv dry year h-s hssr
- nas,re q ecn al go hais q e0ton per
Ses1e. - eU1 80 oDe e1te o. COTTON per aers
y. - -. VII proR@ ealtlvntton- No plsos
2: g 50 1ssi . p,.es g .dsrss: ss
L.e.s,es, ortsss 4. isls. oelsSstsi
1853 8.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-04-10
Mrs. DoveturtIe's Diary.

january 2. What charming people
the Coobiddys are! I do hope we shall
meet them again at the TOodys' ball.
February Those dear Coobiddys
have been to dinner. What a delight
full woman she is, and what a well-in-
formed man he is, and how charming
are the girlsl so unaffected-so nice
March 3-We have been to the Coo
biddys' What duck OF a house it is,
and how sad to think their lease is up!
April 1.-The house next door to us
is to let, and the Coobiddys have taken
it. How delightful to have such nice
neighborsl
May 1.-The Coobiddys have dined
with us twelve times during the last
month, and we have dined with them
thirteen times. We owe them dinner
June 3d. Mr.. Doveturtle says that
our Henry is almost too young to marry
dear Rose Coobiddy, and that dear Fred
Coobiddy ought to be a year or two
older before ne marries our Marion /;
but l cannot say that 1 agree with him.
July 31.-Thank goodness, at last Mr..
Doveturtle has given his consent, and
the day has been fixed for both mar
riages.
August 81. What delightful month
we have spent with the dear Coobiddys
at Newport What pity the holiday is
Overl
September Mr. Doveturtle's tenn
per is very uncertain sometimes. Suppos-
ing he did invest in those wretched
shares on Mn. CoObiddy's advice, he
need not be ride to our friend and
neighbor.
October 10-If what Mrs. Toody says
is correct, Mrs. Coobiddy is a false, hol-
low-hearted woman.
November Sour Henry and Marion
have returned all the publishing pres
ents. If the Coobiddys had any sense
of honor they would see that their child
rem did the same, and not stick to all
that was of any value.
Christmas Day.-Somehow I always
Thought there was something wrong
with the Coobiddys, and now they are
sold ont at ar,otiDn
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Self.M Made Literary Men.

Mr.. James 7. Fields writes an inter
esting letter describing Bayard Taylor's
first appearance in Boston. It reminds
us of how many there are distinguished
IN American literature who have OBJ
tanned this position without the aid of
a college education. Bayard Taylor was
a poor printers boy, and he became the
most versatile of our authors, with a
reputation in both continents, and a
position of the highest rank, both In
public estimation and in that of his
associates. When he came to Boston,
thirty-four years ago, after emerging
from obscurity into favor through his
own efforts, the two men who were most
active in taking him by the hand were
Mr.. James L. Fields, himself then only
a booksellers apprentice, and Mr.. Ed
win P. Whipple, who was superintend-
emit of a Boston newsroom. Many
other examples, both earlier and later,
viii doubtless occur to your readers
The whole array of eminent women
who have done so much for our national
reputation would, of course, be in
cluded in our list. Maria Brooks
('Maria del Occidente"), VINO was so
praised by Southey, and whose reputa-
GzjBe by z. B. Mana
Brooks was the wife of q Boston tailor.
From her, down to Mrs. Stowe, and her
later sisters, the list is strong one.
Take, too, the younger writers of Bos-
ton to-day. Mr.. William D. Howells,
ike Bayard Taylor, began life in a
printing Office, and never had the adj
vantages of a university. Mr.. 7. B.
Aldrich got his education only in the
schools and in trade, except what he
obtained by sef-culture, and Mr.. G.. P.
Lathrop is not a colege-educated man.
Mr.. f. II. Underwood, the protector
and one of the first editors of the 1t
Ia13tjc Monthly, and a very scholarly
man, both in taste and achievement,
ought to be added to this list of those
who are not dependent upon a college
STANDARDIZATION, j7s Hartford
Go9gq.r93f
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-04-10
The Yineear.Ing Puzzle.

The Interior tells of q smart boy who
was an adept In measuring liquids:
You remember the eight-quart Jug
was full of vinegar. The grocer had an or
der for four quarts, but had only three
quart and a fve-quart measure in his
store. The boy was not allowed to pour
out and waste any OF the vinegar, and
he had no other vessel.
So the first thing he did was to pour
the three-quart measure full, and then
empty it into the fve-quart measure.
Then he poured his three-quart measure
full again, and filed the five-quart meas
ure out of it.
Then his vinegar stood thus: Five
quarts in the fve-quart measure, one IN
the three-quart measure, and two IN the
eight-quart jug.
He scratched his head moment, and
then emptied the five-quart measure
back into the eight-quart jug.
Then he poured the one quart which
he had in the three-quart measure into
the five-quart measure. Next he poured
his three-quart measure full again out
of the eight-quart jug and emptied it
into the fve-quart measure, which had,
as we have said. one quart in it.
This made four quarts in the jug, and
four in the fve-quart measure.
Next, our smart boy offered to do all
the measuring with the two measures
and the jug.
As will be seen in the above, he had
measured one quart, two quarts, three
quarts, four quarts, five quarts, six
quarts, seven quarts, eight quarts, all
with nothing but his three, five, and
eight-quart measures to do it with.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-04-10
A Tspdsr husband.

When the news of the Adelphi's ex-
plosion reached Danbury, a citizen,
whose wife had sailed from New York
that morning by way of the boat, took
the first train for Norwslk. They had
never at the best bern a very loving
couple, but they were eminently re-
spectacle. He had pursued his way and
she had gone hers, each finding pleasure
In characteristic channels. But now,
with the presence of her death upon
him, the old tenderness with which he
had won her came back to him, and dur
ing that long and dreary ride to the ses-
side his thoughts were busy with the
past. He could recall with painful dis
tinctness every help he had refused
her, every cross word he had given her,
every coldness he had shown her. All
the little acts governed by petty selfish
ness of which he had been guilty, and
which had passed from his memory IN
the doing, now rose up before him as
deeds of monstrosity at whose presence
his heart sank trembling away.
As the last train reached Norwalk. he
hurried out on his wretched search, ask
ing here and there for intelligence of
her, his white lips and trembling frame
testifying most eloquently to his anx-
iety. At last his search was rewarded,
and he found her. Not dead and mu-
tilated, but alive and unframed. It was
a happy meeting-not demOnstratlves
because both were sorely out of practice
In that, but he was relieved of terrible
weight on finding her as he did.
$50 you are all right?" he said.
Eyes" she answered; II amt hurt
bit. but was terribly frightened"
"You must have been-houibly so.
It was terribly narrow escape. Where's
your sachel?"
aI don't know. think it must have
blown overheard"
Didn't you have it with your"
"No; I left it on a bench, and had
gone to the front of the boat to look
out on the water when the explosion
came"
aThat was dreadfuIly careless. I
don't see what you could have been
thinking of to have gone off and left
your sachel ike that"
why I never had thought the boat
was going to blow up, did I?"
It don't make any difference" he
persisted. Some one would have
stolen it, as likely as not, if the boat
hadn't blown up. There was no sense
in it, anyway, and it was foolish thing
to do. don't suppose there's any use
to go looking for it now"
81 know there amt" she answered,
because was sitting right where the
boat blowed out, because it was warm
there"
Well, it can't be helped, I suppose
but it is too bad. The next time you
go away you'll show more sense, I hope
than to go gallivanting all over boat
without your sachel "7Ddg6 bury NsJ0s
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-04-10

There were three passengers on Dy-
ersburg stage, and they we're entertain
ing each other with yarns of travel
that is, two of them were doing the talk
ing. The third, clergyman, was rather
quiet, and had little to say. I he takers
had been pouring out marvellous stories
of gigantic fish, enormous snakes, huge
mosquitoes, ETC., each trying to Guido the
other IN lying-an of which was evil
IDENTIFY for the delectation of the inno-
cent and gulhble-lookng parson. One
had just finished a big frog tale, and
the twain were winking at each
other and watching its effect upon the
preacher, when that individual aroused
himself, and observed:
Pardon me, gentlemen; do you
see that cOtton-gin ON the right there ?"
Yes, they saw cottOn-gin.
You notice that IS run by an old
horsepower"
Yes, they noticed it,
Well that gin was once the property
Of old Jason Sanders. a great hunter
and trapper in his day. One autumn,
right in the midst of the ginning
season, an epidemic broke out amongst
the stock in this section. Sanders lost
everything he had that could pull his
power, and he was forced to stop his gin
with most of his cotton in the seed.
Neither horses, mules nor steers could
be buy; and-well, sirs, he took to the
woods and caught four immense, live red
foxes OIL they were giants nothing
like them ever seen before in this coun-
Ty-and the very next day, gentlemen,
he"
"Oh, yes, he made them foxes run
bis gin. Well, that is a whopperl"
Tell that to the marines, cid man -
" l was going to say, gentlemen, that
the very next day he took those foxes
to town and got big notice in the pa
pers. I never heard of his running his
gin with them"
And then the two travellers looked at
each other wistfudy, and one of them
proposed that they get out and walk up
the hill.-LOttisUjLIe Co1LTier-JolGrqlal.
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Extraordinary Memory.

A story of q wonderful memory
comes from Sydney, Australia a
prisoner set up in his defense an alibi,
claiming that, at the time of the robbery,
he was at home listening to the recital
of a novel, "The Old Baron" by man
named Lane, who had committed it,
with other works, to memory. Lanes
recitation, he said, took two hours and
a half. The Attorney General holding
this to be incredible, Lane began: I'm
the time of King Henry, when the good
Duke Humphrey returned from the
wars in the Holy Land, where he had
been sojourning for d number of years,
there lived" After the witness had
recited several pages, the Attorney Gen
eral told him to stop, as lac was satisfied.
But the defense insisted that, as the
veracity of the witness had been ones
toned, he should be allowed to go on.
Finally a compromise was effected,
Lane gave a chapter from the middle of
the story and its conclusion, and the ac-
cused was found not guilty.
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Snow in Giles.

More than eight years ago the city
authorities of London offered prize for
any invention which would enable them
TO get rid of snow in the streets. Seven.
teen schemes were submitted. The sue
cessful apparatus was at once erected
and has been in operation every year
since. It consists simply of an inclined
Dlste of iron, fixed below a manhOle
leading to the main sewer. Upon this
plate are ranged gas-burneTs. The snow
carted from the adjoining thOroughfsres
is shoveled down the manhole grating,
tails on the heated plate, is reduced 70
water and passes away down the sewer.
The consumption of gas is very moderate,
that incurred by carting away the snow
on the old system
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-04-10
Two Brothers.

There was an affecting and dramatic
scene at a wedding among colored peo-
pie in Pittsburgh last week, when two
brothers whom slavery had divided
were suddenly brought together after
long separation. They had been born
in Maryland, and the planter, whose
property they were, becoming embar-
raised in business, was obliged to part
with some of his slaves, and the two
boys were among those whom he sold.
One of them was taken to Texas, the
other to Virginia. They had grown to
be men before the war came, and never
expected to see each other again. After
emancipation they both went North
and engaged in business, but they never
met. Each supposed the other to be
dead. To this wedding went many col
ored people from the South and West
emong them the brothers. As they ap
peared to be strangers, some one intro
duced them. Before the day was over
94aa11y discovered their relationship and
each had told the story of his life.
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Postage stamps.

The Washington correspondent Of
tho Cincinnati Commercial has been
coIlating some statistics from the Post
Office Department that have a bearing
upon the material and intellectual
growth of the country. The entire
number of stamps issued since June 80,
1S47, amounts to g, us, 3O8, 527, enough"
the calculator informs Us, to reach six
times around the earth If placed end to
end" Their aggregate value reaches
$3.50 327, 363.09. At the opening of the
war they had reached 216,870, $50, and
represented a face value of 50, 500, 939.
There was slight falling off in 1861,
but that was promptly recovered, and
since then the issue of stamps has in
creased on the average about 100000 a
day or more than 30.00O,00 yearly. In
the fiscal year ending last summer the
number of stamps amounted to 744,-
OIL ,5I8, and their value aggregated
500, 562, 1853 During the fifteen years in
which stamped envelopes have been is
sued, the Government has sold to the
public ], 1888, 601 ,625, of which SO, 239, 300
have been request envelopes. The
number issued IN 1858 was 100000;
issued last year, 183, $50, $50. Postal
cards were first issued In May, 1873, the
design now in use having been adopted
in 1875. The total number issued is
751 ,249, 800, of which nearly one-third
(200,680,000) were used last year
Stamps of special design have been is
sued for the use of each department in
preparing official mail matter. Such
stamps were issued and still remain in
use, covering forty-nine varieties. the
largest denomination, $40, being used
by the State Department. Under the
act of June %, 1872, stamps of special
design were provided for the prepay
ment of postage on newspapers and pc
riodicals. The issue was begun on the
18th of December previous and still
continues. The denominations are
from cents to $50. If the sales of
stamps increase in the future as in the
past, within ten years it viii reach $40,-
100000 annually.
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The History Of a Family.

A Paris correspondent, in writing of
persons who became distinguished or
noteworthy during the French Revolu
ton of 1889, says the youngest daugh-
ter of the lawyer who defended Char
lotte Corday, in 1893, died recently in a
garnet at Darmstadt, in abject poverty
After Charlotte Corday had assassinated
Marat, none of the Paris lawyers had
courage enough to defend her. N. Lux,
q lawyer of Mayence, volunteered to de-
fend her, and did with great ability.
His courageous act, however, cost him
his life. He was guillotined shortly af-
ter the execution of his fair client. He
left two daughters, the eldest of whom
drowned herself in the Rhine, on &C
count of unreciprocated affection, IN
1907. The youngest married a mer-
chant of Havre, who soon after became
bankrupt, and who also committed sui
eide. The widow lived over thirty-hve
years in a garnet, supporting herself by
literary toll and drudgery.