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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

THE grand poultry contest for pre-
miums on high class poultry comes
off at the fair to-day. The exhibit
should be seen before any of the fowls
are removed. Nothing marks our
progress more than this splendid ex-
hibit-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

A minister who had passed around
the hat unsuccessfully at country
church, in Arkansas, said: "My good
people, hog cholera has broke out in
this neighborhood and l advise you
all to leave the country"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

Is the best salve for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, letter, chap
ped hands, chilblains, corns, and all
kinds of skid eruptions, freckles and
pimples. Get Henry's Carbolic Salve,
rs all others are counterfeits. Price
% cents. eOd&W
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
WONDERS never Cease.
B0SS0'S BLESSING to MANKIND.
Extraordinary Discovery for the Prevention
and Cure of
Yellow Fever and SMALLPOX.

This celebrated medicine will cure and pre-
vent the following diseases, viz: Yellow Fee
YER, Smallpox, Bilious Fever, Typhoid Fever,
Cholera, Dyspepsia, Female Weakness, Sore
Eyes, Scrofu1a, Syphilis, Chills and Fever
Gravel. Derangement of the Bowels. and ali
Diseases OF the Blood. To any person who
does not believe the above statement refer TO
circulars of testimonials from citizens of PEN
sacola, Fla; Jacksonville, Fla: Mobile Ala
New Orleans, La, and others from ali parts OF
the United States Please call at my office or
send for pamphlet, which will send free of
charge. would request all persons afflicted
with any OF these diseases that they try my
medicine, and ii, in three hours time after
taking my medicine, you do not find it imprOv-
ing your health. will refund double the
amount you haye paid for the medicine. To
physicians who have cases of this description
under their care, would be pleased If they
give my medicine a fair trial, and i will guar
antee cure if taken according to direction.
would especially request that they try it In
cases considered as without hope. No one has
the genuine medicine for sale unless you see
MS name and place OF business in my adver-
tlsement column. The upper corners OF the Ia
DeiS have the likeneSSeS of my children as my
trade mark. Medicine for sale at my Office,
NO. 235 Canal street, New Orleans; also at Mrs.
). Sugg, 100 Orleans street, f. T. Roger No.
Annunciati0n street, and Peoples drug store
Algiers. For further particulars, address
DIR. X. BOSSO,
iy21d6m P. o. Box 5sI. Pensacola. Fla.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
Cottonseed for Feeding Cows.

no. GelIleIndu.l
That cottonseed, when fed whole, is
absolutely unfit for the production of
good milk and butter, presume no
intelligent dairyman will deny, but
that it produces abortion will be news
to many Southern stock-breedeTS.
This may he So, but it Is not in ac-
cordance with my experience. l have
fed it for years to young heifers and
dry COWS, through all the stages of
pregnancy, and have never yet known
the slightest injury to result from it
either to the COW or the calf. The
same is true of sheep. Two winters
ago my ewes began to abort badly,
and at first | was inclined to attrib-
ute this to the cOttOnSeed, but upon
investigation | found the sheep that
had been fed the seed were doing well
and that the loss by abortion was con-
fined to the flock that had been fed no
seed at all.
Cattle not in milk that have plenty
of nice bright wheat straw and cut
corn fodder for roughness, and are fed
a moderate quantity of seed, with a
little bran over it, will winter nicely,
their bowels being kept in good con-
ditiOn by the seed cOunteracting the
constituting tendency of the rough
ness. | have thus carried through the
winter about seventy-five head of
pure and grade Jerseys. and tn y have
come out with glossy coats and gen.
eral healthy look. Too much feed fed
them simply produces scours, which,
of course, if excessive, might
bring about abortion, but the same
might be said of too much green clo-
Yer and grass. If am not mistaken,
the medical authorities agree that it
is the cotton root and not the seed
that produces abortion, and it has al
ways been my understanding that the
ne TO women of the South used the
root instead of the seed for this puc-
pose. To say that the cotton seed
meal, in the hands of careless feeder
is dangerous food, producing indi-
gestion, etc, L admit, but when de-
corticated and carefully fed, in the
proportion of about one part meal to
about three parts wheat bran, there is
in my opinion. no better winter food
for COWS in milk.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

TIE New York cotton men have
resolved to erect "a new cotton ex-
change. 1t will be an eight-story
building, situated on Beaver, William
and Pearl streets. to cost $4,000
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

I Se MONTGOMERY COUNTY.-Saw mill
~ and pine lands. Newly erected saw
mill, good condition. capacity 1000 feet lum-
Der per day, tramway connecting with Gulf,
Colorado and santa Fe railway; 1000 acres
good pine lands and 400 acres partly cut of.
Entire property for sale for $iS,n00. Terms
$1,000 cash, balance taken I'm lumber at curreat
prices in stock at mill, payable quarterly; full
payment IL three years. with ten per cent In
tereSt. This Is a bargain. Five thousand
acres good pine land can be had same locality.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

There is no comfort, night or day,
When teeth are suffering from decay.
And oh! the pain that we shall feel,
When bitter hours at last reveal,
That all our woe came grim and gaunt
From our neglect of SOZODONT. eod&w
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

TIE photographers have inaugu-
rated contest for fair honors. The
true artist will get away with them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

TIE Critic, of Corpus Christi, re-
ports deep water prospects at Aran-
sas pass as good.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

TIE st. Paul Globe thinks, Mas
sachusetts and Ohio being Demo-
cratic, the Republican shop had just
as well be closed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

PRonIBIrION as a political issue is
about gone up the spout" what
will the fanatics turn their attention
to noWp
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

1h7 FOR SALE-A nicely finished house. four
1Ul rooms, pantry, dining room, Kitchen sar
wants room, stables and other out houses i'm
Guiding 80 acres of good land all in cultivation.
One,hall mil south of river, ON Fredericksburg
road. Price $500. Terms easy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

100 FOR SALE-A newly finished two-storv
lUu residence OF rooms. gallery and half:
one block northwest corner of University
cash. "
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

TIE GROWERS kept quiet yesterday.
They were afraid of being entered in
the list of donkeys.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
"Buchu-Paiba.''

Quick, complete cure, all annoying
Kidney, Bladder and Urinary di-
seaSeS. 81. Druggists. 2
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

4 Over 138.G00 people have atteD ded-
the tifty-two base ball games played
in Boston during the past season.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

The ladies' and art exhibition at the
fair is one of the best ever seen in
Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
HenrY's CarbOlfc SalYe.

The sick, worn and detected should
read the advertisement of COLDEN's
LIQUID BEEF TONIC. iy11-tf
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

1SA PRESTDIO COUNTY-3J,s $40 acres, Is
III miles from the Southern Pacific rail-
road; has a front of II milcs OH the Rio
Grande; black gramna grass and good winter
protection; would make very fine COW
ranch Price 81 % per acre.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

i6O TOM GREEN COUNTY-i53,00O acres
] 10 in solid body, western part OF the cOun-
ty, on Texas Pacific railway; good grasses and
of the tract, and water I'm good quantity can
be had at short depth anywhere on the land.
This would make an excellent stock ranch
Price S1.25 per acre net; Gi00 acres in second
tract and 5000 acres In another tract; same
class of land and same -7"e.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
TEXAS LANDS

we make no charge for advertising lands Nh
!, mo our hands for sale but owners are required
70 lurnish aoStrad or chain of title that we may
SAFE; we do not put lands on our books unless
villa, We nave control for definite period. When
M.I I concerning property advertised please
give advertising number of this column
taxes paid; lands redeemed; lands and land
eertiIcates bought and sold; patents obtained;
StnuS surveyed and subdiyided; lands inspect.
we make specially of buying and selling
ealtle and sheep ranches. Correspondence so
n nc with land owners, and parties desiring
MADDOX BROS. & ANDERSON,
900 Congress Avenue. Austin. Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
"Msther Swans Worm Syrup"

MIUHOI oHHH WI III DJI UP'
Infallible, tasteless, harmless, ca
thartic; for feYerishness, reStlessness,
worms, constipation. 25c, 2.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
SCHOOL APPORTIONMENT ALB.
SURDITIES.

Section of article of the state
constitution, as amended, reads:
"Section 3. One-fourth of the rev.
enue derived from the state occupa-
ton taxes, and poll tax of $1.00 on
every male inhabitant of this state
between the ages of twenty-one and
sixty years, shall be set apart annu-
ally for the benefit of the public free
schools; and, in addition thereto,
there shall be levied and collected an
annual ad valorem state tax of such
an amount, not to exceed 20 cents
on the 800 valuation, as with the
available school fund arising from all
other sources, will be sufficient to
maintain and support the public free
schools of this state for period of
not less than six months in each
year." x X *
The extra session of the legislature,
to meet in January, must legiSlate in
accordance with the requirements of
this amendment, and in doing SO, will
be brought face to face with
some facts in the history of our
school system not familiar
to many of them when they voted to
submit it to the people for their rati-
fication.
The clause ''there shall be levied
anu collected an annual ad valorem
tax" makes it mandatory, and they
must levy, and the question to be con-
sidered is how much in addition to
the available fund and other sources.
Experience has demonstrated, and
official reports have shown, almost be-
You'd question, that one months
tuition will cost not less than one
dollar, hence it will require six dollars
apiece to give the scholastic popula-
ton of this state six months tuition,
or 1856, 498 to give us six months
tuition over the state, the scholastic
population being 81, 0S3.
The available fund exclusive of the
ad valorem tax according to an Off
cial statement from the comptroller'S
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

1870 TRAVIS COUNTY-Eighty acres Of
1OO land, including the residence OF Alfred
Groom, Joining the corporate limits and
gallery and basement room, stables. cribs
sheds, etc. Street on north and east sides
clstern at house and well for stock water
contains number OF beautiful building sites.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

100 BASTROP COUNTY.-257h acres I'm
lUZ tract, three-fOurths mile from Elgin.
100 acres in fine state OF cultivation, black
sandy loan soil, house OF four rooms, Kitchen
and servants room, barn, stable and All neces-
sary OuthOuses, good orchard and small vine
yard, abundance Of fine water.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

100 SAN SABA COUNTY,. Pointevent,
w 80 acres, survey No. 953, northwest
corner OF county near Metburn, on Duck
creek, price 81. 80 per acre, u cash, balance
year. with 10 per cent interest.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

1L7 TOM GREEN COUNTY-Nine $40 acre
y surveys, In block Y, situated 80 miles
south and miles from Cantralia station.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

no MENARD COUNTY-B. q. and f. sur
" veys ], 3, 8, z, o. II, 10, Is, II. 10, 81 and
%, and A. b. and M. Surveys 25, q, 20, 81 80,
all; good land and the very best grasses wa
ter can he had at short depth In good quaint
ty. Price 1925 per acre.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

az PALO PINTO COUNTY-Reynoid Clark
w l2z4 acres; fronts Braz0s river; 800 acres
OF this Is good river bottom land, with some
timber on the margin of the river; balance
good upland; everlasting spring. Price 1890.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

INK 16 acres Is miles northwest from Aus
! - tin, fronts on Colorado river. GO acres
under fence, 30 acres In cultivation. Black
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

Te FIFTY ACRES, miles from Elgfn; house
~ of rooms and gallery. smoke house and
barn; % acres In cultivation, and balance
heavily timbered. For sale; terms easy; price
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07
Literal Answers.

Literal answers are sometimes quite
witty.
Will you kindly put my fork into a
potato p asked a young lady OF her
table neighbor.
With pleasure, he responded; and
piercing the potato, coolly left the fork
extended from it.
Again, We hear Of very polite and
impressive gentleman, who said to a
youth 10 the street;
Boy, may 1 inquire where ROBIN
sons drug store Is p
Certainly slr,' repliod the boy, very
respectfully.
well. sir, said the gentleman, alter
waiting awhile, where is itY
Il have not the least ldea,' said the
urchin.
There was another boy who was
stopped by a middle aged lady, with:
Boy, wan. TO go to D-slreet.'
We'll, madam, said the boy, why
don't you so, then?'
Sometimes this wit degenerates into
punning, as when Flora pointed PEN
sively to the heavy masses Of clouds in
the sky. saying:
Il wonder wheie those clouds are
goiDgS
Il think they are going 10 thunder,'
replied her brother.
Also the following dialogue:
'Helloa! there. How do you sell
your wood I"
by the cord.'
How long has il been cut!
-Four feet
Il mean, how long has it been since
you cut it?'
No longer than 1t is now.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07
Women in Early Ages.

We are told that the ladies OF Les
bos slept on roses whose perfume had
been arlifciallY heightened. And 10
those times court maideDs powdered
their hair with gold.
The women of the Roman empire
INDUCED in all sorts of luxuries aud ex-
cesses, and these were revived under
Napolean /, in France. Mmc. Taw-
lein bathed herself 10 wash of,slraw-
berries and raspberries, and had herself
rubbed down with spOnges dipped in
milk and perfume.
Ovid says that in his day girls were
taught to smile gracefully.
The beauties Of ancient times were
Just as valu as modern bells, and spent
the greater pant Of the day at their
toilet. The use OF cosne etlcs was uni
versal among them. koman ladies
were so carefal Of their complexions
that 10 protect them they wore masks.
The Athenian women :. of antiquity
were sludious OF tn cir attitudes and acs
tions, and thought hurried and sud
den step a sign OF rustlciLy.
We have certain styles Of beauty
nowadays; so had the Greeks. They
went wild over the ideal chin'-neilhel
sharp or blunt, but gently undulating
in its outline, and losing itself gradually
aud almost insensibly 10 the iullness oil
the neck.
The union of two eyebrows were
esteemed by the Romans as a beauty.
1t is said they admired the air Of digni.
ty it gives to the face.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07
The First Whistle.

The story of the first steam whistle
on the Missouri river is amusing. lis
introduction dates back 10 lS44. At
that time the settlers on the Missouri
river were in the habit of making reg
ular yearly visits 10 81. Louis 10 do
their trading for themselves and friends
They were not provided with daily
intercourse with the outside world, and
many who lived back from the river
seldom. if ever. saw steamboat more
than once year. 1t happened that
during the fall OF 1874 the new steam
boat Lexington started up the Missouri
river, loaded down to the guards With
freight.
The steamer was provided with a
steam whistle-lhe first used on the
Missouri riyer-and as it happened 70
one knew about it except Warner, who
was wag and lover Of joke. The
night after leaving St. Louis the pas
sengers we're collected together play
Ing cards (for fun in the cabin, when
the talk turned upon steamboat explo:-
ions, then very common.
4 feel perfectly safe on this boai,'
said Warner as he dealt the card.
'Wby p inquired Yocua; the plan
ter.
Why" echoed the rest of the com.
pany.
4 will tell You why said the wag,
carefully studying his cards. This
boat is provided with a new patent
safety valYe, whic notifies passengers
90 board when it is about to blow up.
1t is concern which makes most
unearthly noise, and when you hear it,
it IS time 10 get back aft or jump over.
board.'
Notwithstanding the fact that War
ner told bis story with the most sol-
emn and earnest countenance, some
were skeptical. Not so, however, with
the planter. Next morning, when the
Lexington was steaming up the long,
straight stretch of river just below
Washington, Mo-, the passengers were
at breakfast. The meal had been call.
ed, and all were buslly engaged in do
ing justice 10 the kinds Of meals they
were accustomed TO serve on steam.
boats IN those days. Suddenly the
whistle commenced to blow, the FIRST
time on the trip. The passengers
looked at each other a moment, and
horror and dismay spread over their
faces. The first man to realize the
situation and act was Yocum, the plan
ter, who, with hair erect and blanched
face, Jumped up, crying as he pulled
over one after another OF the passen.
gers.
Run, run for your lives F; the id
thing Is going to bust. Come with me,
and let's save ourselves
OF course there was a stampede for
the rear Of the boat, and it was only by
the exertions Of some of the crew that
the more excited were restrained from
jumping into the river.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07

An Irish lawyer having addressed
the court as gentlemen Instead of
yer honors,' after be had concluded
brother of the bar reminded him of his
error. He Immediately rose and apollo
gized thus: May 1t plase the court, IN
the hate of debate called yer honors
gentlemen. / made a mistake, yer
honors' The speaker then sat down.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07

When " oman powders her cheeks
she AYERS that she does 1t simply TO
take the shine of her face; but it is
more than suspected she does 1t 10
take the shine off the face OF her fair
skinned rival.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07
SIT Was Only An Accident"

A fish-h ook IN Your flesh, SCISSORS
blade in your left thumb, sprained
anele from a mls.step on loose stone,
a bruised shin BY a slip from a car
platform, a cut on your cheek by u
clumsy barber's razor, confusion on
YOUR elbow by poking it through a
street car window, a swelling On your
nose from running against an open
door iu the dark-these are likely TO
happen without a moments notice. To
be ready for them, have bottle oi
PERRY DAvIs's PAIN KILLER ready,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07

WELL said Amy, after patiently
trying for an hour to drown a worm in
Horse creek, without beng rewarded
by even a nibble: We'll, fishing isn't
what's cracked up to be- More
slang = exclaimed the high school girl;
you should say: Fishing is not pulver-
lied according TO the original lnten-
tion.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07

How can a single dose Of Ayers
Pills cure headache4
BY removing distractions from tie
syslem-relleving the stomach. and
giving healthy action to the digestive
apparatus.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07

Ayers Pills are effectual in vide
range OF diseases which arse from dis
orders of the stomach and digestive
organs. They are con onyenient reme-
Jy 10 have always at hand. They are
sugar coated, easy to take, effective to
operate, sure 10 bring relief and cure.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07

How Is 1t you can tell such whop-
pers?' asked a caller, addressing the
editor Of the fish story department.-
We'll. you see,' replied The editor, our
wIfe's name is Anna What has that
10 do With itY "A great deal. When
we are writing fish stories we usually
have Anna nigh US TO help u.s. The
caller was carried TO the hospital.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07

The man who was caught bur glar-
izing laundry declared thai he only
went in 10 see aoout some washing.
Good said the officer, now you want
some ironing and be slipped a pair
of handcuff. on him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07
He artiIy Recommended.

Don't condemn a good thing because
you have been deceived by worthless
nostrums. Parker's Ginger Tonic has
cured many in this section of nervous
disorders. and we recommend 1t hearu-
ly 10 such sufferers. s.-Nelos.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07

4 tell you,' said the bad boy, con-
fidestly, TO a group of youthful friends,
my mother may seem small--don't
believe she'd weigh more thau l do, in
her stocking feet-but her slippers is
heavy, though, you bet.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07

'We have struck another road hav-
emit we p asked the Arkansas Traveller
of the conductor OF one Of the State rail-
roads. No. replied the conductor,
we have only run of the track
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07

We read IN an exchange Of a young
lady haylng been made crazy by a
sudden kiss. This should teach young
ladies to be constantly expecting some
thing of that kind, and to be prepared
for it when 1t comes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07

DA Wy CROCKETT.-Thef following is
from Ben Perley Poor's Reeollecuons /:
Davy Crockett was, in his day, the
member Of the House of Representa-
tives most asked for by strangers.
Reared in the log cabin Of revolution
airy soldier, be became noted as a
bear-hunter and rihe.shot, and he COM
manded battalion of mounted rlfe-
men under General Jackson, in the
Greek campaign. He finally was elec-
to Congress from Tennessee, and his
speeches were always listened to with
interest. He was a middle-sized fne-
looking man with resoluie features,
and rather defiant air. Espousing
the cause Of the bank, be gave efense
TO many of his constituents who were
friends of Gen. Jackson, and published
a book written for him at Washington
on the title page Of which was bis
motto:
Remember this when l am Dead
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
This book aud his frank speeches re-
stored him 10 the favor Of his consti-
ents but when the American settlers
10 Texas made an appeal for help, he
went there in command OF a company
of Tennessee rihemen, and was killed
while gallantry fighting tSan Antoine e
de Bexar, in March, 1886. John W;
Crockett, a son of David, was elected
to Congress soon after bis fathers
death, and served two terms, after
which he was elected by the Legisla-
ture attorney for the ninth district of
Tennessee. Removing 10 New Or
leans be was for time associate editor
OF the National, and be went from
there 10 Memphis, where he died IN
November, 1852.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-11-07

Little Freddie Gate TO breakfasO;
Papa, what is the difference between
me and those baked potatoes? Give
it up, Freddie why the potatoes
early rose, aud | didn't