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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

Mrs. LANGTRY and her Gebbie de-
fed society's protestations ut Long
Branch, and have taken Il cottage
there for the season. Now do tell us
what sort of IL fellow the male Lang
try is?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

Col. RICHARDSON, the cotton king
OF mississippi, is advising Southern
farmers to raise more corn and hogs,
grasses and small grain, live more at
home, and not have their corn cribs
and smoke houses at the West" if
they would escape bankruptcy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

TIE Ag observes that "seven
young men graduated at the recent
term of the State agricultural and
mechanical college, and are prepared
now, we presume, to plow and hoe in
Latin and Greek"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

WHEN it was announced that two
more apprentices of the training ship
Portsmouth has made their escape,
Secretary Chandler ordered IL hasty
investigation to see if any part IF the
American navy was left.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

MCDONALD puts Louisiana among
the states whose delegations will be
solid for him. That might be so, and
even then his nomination might he
YelY distant.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

MINISTER HUNT, wearied out with
coronation ceremonies, is going to
take a vacation and come across the
Atlantic to rest.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
AZ Preventive Of Infant MOrtaIit V
I New York Herald

Science, in it's last issue, states, en-
the authority of a German scientific
journal, that milk preserved by what
is known to chemists as Scherif'S pro-
cess possesses certain qualities which
make it. exceptionally useful for sick
infants This process consists in sim
ply putting new milk, without any
addition, into glass bottles, stopper
ing and then heating by steam for one
or two hours to temperature from 212
to 24S degrees, under a pressure of
from two to four atmospheres. The
London Chemical News, in announc-
ing last year Martiny's examination
of the milk thus treated, said: "The
milk is thus not merely rendered ca
pable of preserY alton, but the caseine
is peptOniZed, so that in contact with
the gastric Juice it is converted into
fine, easily diyislble and digestible
tiocks, as in the milk of IA non-rumi-
nant animal" Another excellence of
Scherff's milk is that the virus of
foot-and-mouth disease and tubercu-
losis, with all germs, is destroyed by
the heating.
The caseine of human milk is slight
ly alkaline and coagulates in light
fiocculi in the infantile stomach, so as
to be readily acted on by the digestive
fluids, while cows milk, even when
fresh, is feebly acid, ana is apt to
form large and firm coagula Cows
milk treated by the Scherff process,
however, according to the German
authority quoted, is not coagulated
by rennet, and even when acidifed or
allowed to sour yields ''a fine granular
coagulum," which the infant can di-
gest without distress. 1t is apparent
that this new milk is the nearest ap-
Proclamation now known to natures
food for infants; and when the latter
is wanting, as it too often is, the for
mer should be the best substitute.
The terrible infantile mortality
during the heated term" in our large
cities is undoubtedly owing largely to
the injudici0us use of cows milk and
to the impure quality of the article.
But this simple process of rendering
cows milk harmless seems to offer a
a summer diet for infants WHICH,
while not expensive, would, if gener-
ally used, greatly reduce the death
rate. "The good results obtained by
its use for sick children" says this
foreign journal, :" are ascrihed to the
granular coagulum which it yields in
the stomach and its freedom from
germs"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
Forty-four persons
9,374,OO0

In the house of lords the property
interest is, of course, paramount, 43S
out of SOS peers being landowners to
the extent of 14,259,0OO acres; while
in the house of commons there are
1874 proprietors, owning 2,l2l 900 acres,
besides sixty-six sons and heirs OF
land-holding peers. Taking both
houses together. the land-holding
members of parliament are in ma
jority of 120; and since they own
nearly a quarter of all the land in the
kingdom, it can hardly be expected
that they will pass any legislation in
terfering materially with the existing
land laws or operating to their own
disadvantage Y. Observer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

The Norwegian storthing has re-
solved that every able-bodied adult in
Norway shall receive II musket and be
taught the use of it. at the states ex-
nansa
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

THE Illinois supreme court has
decided that contract made n Sun
day is just as binding as if entered
into any other daY.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

HOUSTON, July 4.-The Red Stockingsrd.-
Austin, and the Nationals, of Houston, played
afternoon, in the presence OF several ltnou-
sand people. 1t rained hard all forenoon, but
cleared up about $3.50 p. M, when the game
was called, the Reds going to the bat. Both
clubs were in good trim, but the water-soakedrF
grounds were against any fine playi1ac<
either club. The Austin team md
magnificent plays, however. and gan
SsS!lxthing, the lions share of the applao0
they ses;iififfsg 10 he the iavorites. The HousAI
ton won, howeVSSsl by the following score: Red
Stockings--.-i T. 10 i-0IqQ-Jpisil, o. NATIONALS
0-sj-2- 0-3-2-3- 3-S-0-total, 16.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

BILLY MAuoNE's son does not run
with the boss. He is good Demo
Graf. and condemns the practices of
the Readjuster gang.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

FORT WORTH, July 5.-Senator Cock reIl, Of
Missouri, was in the city to-day on his way to
Abilene, where he has landed interest. He
declares Texas lands is the best investment In
the country.
The city council to-day redivided the--sit,1
into wards, making four in the race of three
cut Zack Afford, negro, to-day. Afford is
dying
Maggie Wheeler, a prostitute, tonight stab
bed another prostitute, Annie Raymond, cut
ting her III four places very dangerously
D. 5. Howard assaulted Capt. Hech Thomas
about O'Clock this evening, with an axe-han-
die cutting terrible cash on his head. He
tried to stab Deputy Sheriff Maddox when he
arrested him. He Is thOught to be crank.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

BURNETT, July Our town is a living mass
of friendly faces and cheerful smiles. The eel
ebrati0n To-day was a grand success, and fully
the exercises of the day The national flag was
unfurled to the breeze and waved over the
heads of the proudest people on earth, cele-
brating tile day of Independence in grand and
glorious style The speech OF Col X. ii. Ward
was one of the most eloquent oratiODs of his
life reaching back to the day of Independence
pie down to the present day After much ap-
plause dinner was announced and 5000
people partOok of many good things
the custom of Burnet's Open-hearted citizens
The tournament was grand success nOtwlth-
standing the rain. Jef Roundtree took first
Perfect order prevailed. The excursion train
from Austin brought about three hundred visi-
tors, but no orators.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

WACO, July e.-H. l.. Underwood real|.
turned up TO be horse-ihief, kilograms bring,
ing Mr.. CobDle from Aquilla, from whom
had stolen horse.
A. Il. Sterling found his mules in McIa
In S stable, where they had been left by M
load of grain. Manning left, however, WI
So, the price OF the grain, and S27 entrus
To him 10 register.
Rev. Francis X. Stone, OF Victoria, arrived
here last night, and will take charge OF 81.
PauIs Episcopal church.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

FORT WORTH, July 4-Superintendent Co
rec. of the penitentiary at Huntsville, tele
graphed to Marshal ltea to-day that Lopez, the
Mexican now in the ealaboose here. was an es-
capped convict and was wanted at Plano, where
lie will be taken.
The celebration to-day was grand success
The parade WAS over three miles long, and
very fine. A brilliant display of fireworks was
made this evening. Fully 5000 visitors were in
the city.
While the Galveston artillery were firing 4
salute, Alderman Haymaker, Ey aaai1eslt1lgf
in front of a cannon, when his coat was D.
on and his face tilled with powder, but hen
not dangerously hurt.
An unusually heavy wind and rain storm
visited the city about O'Clock.
Senator MaXey delivered a brilliant Grafton
70 5000 people this evening. He was received
with enthusiasm.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
The CrucifXIOn.

The great painting OF the Cruel
fixion, which NJ. Munkaczy has been
at work upon for long time as Il
companion to his "Christ before Pi-
late" is thus described: A cross, first
of all, on some rising ground. On it
hangs the Saviour, in what seems
speechless agony; his face upraised
to heaven, searching for strength to
bear the dread ordeal. To right and
left, two other crosses, at slight
angle, and T-shaped. Each bears its
human burden, a thief; one penitent,
the other impatient; both dead, with
their limbs drawn up con-
yulsivelv and their heads
dropping. Beside tn, central cruciix
stands a disciple, John. erect, stupefi-
ed, as it were, and clad in red raiment.
At his feet, her head pressed heavily
against the cruel tree, the black-robed
figure of the Mater Dolorosa, next to
whom, with her fair, weeping face
uplifted, her long auburn tresses care
lessly tossed back over her dark green
dress, kneels the Magdalen. A third
female figure in black stands behind
her, All this fills the right side of the
composition. To the left is motley
crowd-the same crowd we have al
ready made the acquaintance of in
the "Christ before PLATE" Here be
Scribes and Pharisees, pitiless Roman
centurions, and bowling plebeians,
the fanatic mob, the cal
lous, skeptical Sadduce and
the learned doctors of the temple.
Some jeer, some threaten, others gaze
indifferently, at the dying Christ. A
white-draped Bedouin, on horse, is
riding away on the extreme left. A
blue-clad rufian, close to the cross, is
removing a ladder by which he has
just ascended to nail the mocking in
scrlption above the head of him who
dared to call himself king of the
Jews. In the immediate foreground
two grave, bearded doctors are walk
ing together, deep in earnest converse.
Behind them all lowers a sullen,
stormy sky, with one small lurid rent
in it, boding woe unto Jerusalem.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.
TERMS

THE acquittal of the star reuters
proves that the Republican party Is
not party of convictions.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

SAN ANTONIO, July fat II 30 last night,
at Carlyn Station, nine miles this side OF New
Br;iunfels, the first section sixteen ears) Of a
stock train Of thirty-tw0 cars, bound for ST.
Louis, with horses. was standing ON the side
track when the secOlld section came along
aud teleseoped the end cabOOse OF the first
section, where two stOckInen from San An
tonic were asleep. One named Nathan Under
wood was badly scalded by steam. and had
one thigh broken. The other man was badly
bruised, as was brakeman. The engine was
badly damaged.
Joseph Krapman, from Cleveland, o., died
suddenly from consumption to-day. In his
bed were found three watches and $3.50 IN
money He had said he was pennilcss
a Samaritan offers $1,000 towards the new
Sunset hospital.
The name Of Eden Route" has been changed
back to s'Sunset"
Col Pierce has gone to New York to con-
tract for a big lot Of advertising for the Sunset
and Southern Pacific.
1t is rIlmOred that Huntington had leased
the Sunset as far as Del Rio for ninety-nine
years to go into effect July 10. Sunset officials
hfstly deny this.
Rosali0 Rio, Mexican. says BenitO Torrez
hins stolen his wife, along with sewing MAJ
cline, watch, clock and other frinkets.
Owing to the rain a \ day the polo game was
plaifponed until tomorrow. Tie rain slack
eilal little bit in the Afternoon and game 0I
b;fe ball WAS played en 9rYeruusuf n''l %.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

LoCKHART, July IA good rain fell here
to-day and there are prospects for more.
he ladies of the Presbyterian church give
an ice cream supper at the courthouse tonight.
The Methodist conference commences In
this place tomorrow A number of ministers
are already present.
The jailer has had the county c0nvicts out !
this week working on the courthouse yard
thing that has been much needed for sol
time.
but there will be enough made for home use.
The day passed of quietly, without the firing
OF gun in commemoratloh of Americas lib
arf
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
Medicine as Practiced by Animals,

M. G. Delaunay, in a recent COM
munication to the Biological society,
observed that medicine, as practiced
by animals, is thoroughly empirical,
but the same may be said of that
practiced by inferior human races, or,
in other words, by the majority of the
human species. Animals instructive
ly choose such food as is best suited
to them. NJ. Delaunay maintains that
the human race also shows this in
stinct. and blameS medical men for
not paying sufficient respect to the
likes and dislikes of the patients,
which he believes to be a guide that
may be depended upon. A large num-
Der of animals wash themselves and
bathe, as elephants, stays, birds and
ants. In fact, man may take a lesson
in hygiene from the loWer animals
Animals get rid of their parasites by
using dust, mud, clay. etc. Those
suffering from fever restrict their
diet, keep quiet. seek darkness and
airy places, drink water, and some
times plunge into it. When dog has
lost his appetite he eats that species
of grass known as dogs grass (chien-
dent), which acts as emetic and
purgative. Cats also eat grass
Sheep and cows, when i'll, seek out
certain herbs. An animal suffering
from chronic rheumatism always keeps
as far as possible in the sun. The
warrior ants have regularly organized
ambulanceS. Latreille cut the an
tenne of an ant, and the other ants
came and covered the wounded part
with transparent fluid secreted from
their mouths. If a chimpanZee be
wounded. it stops the bleeding by
placing its hand on the wound, OF
dressing it with leaves and grass
When an animal has a wounded leg
or arm hanging on, it completes the
amputation by means of its teeth. A
dog, on being stung in the muZZle by
a viper, was observed to plunge its
head repeatedly for several days into
running water. THIS animal 4eventu.
ally recovered. A sporting dog was
run over by carriage. During three
weeks in winter it remained lying in
a brook, where its feed was taken it
The animal eventually recovered. A
terrier hurt its right eye. 1t remained
lying under counter, avoiding light
and heat, although it habitually kept
close to the fire. 1t adopted a gen
eral treatment, rest and abstinence
from food. The local treatment con-
sisted in licking the upper surface OF
the paw, which it applied to the
wonnoed eye. again licking the paw
when Is became dry. Animals suffer
ing from traumatic fever treat them
selves by the continued application
of cold; which Mr.. Delaunay consid
ers to bamore certain than any OF tn,
other p&thods. In view of these in
ierest facts, we are, he thinks
forca admit fhat&hVQiene an1
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

A young couple in Georgia, who
have been married f@sr months, have
separated five times.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
Special Telegrama

SAN MARCOS, July I.-P. r.. Turner & cn
OF this place. made an assignment to-day I1'
the benefit of creditors TO j. v. Hutchlna'
Several attachments were made ON the GOOD
a few minutes afterward. Their liabflliie|
amount to about $4,000 and their assets u
about S20,000 or S25.OO0
light ram fell here TO day
The normal school is very poorly attended.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
The True Medical TheOry-HOW the
Human Organization Protects
Itself,

The organism of the human body is
a !self-regulating apparatus, slys DR..
Felix Oswald. in the Popular Science
Monthly for May. Every interrupt
tion of its nominal functions eXcites
a reaction against the disturbing
cause. If a grain of caustic potash
irritateS the nerves of the palate, the
Salivary glands try to remove it by
an increased secretion. The eve
would wash it off by an immediate
flow of tears. A large quantity of
the same substance could be swallow
ed only under the protest of the
fauceS, and the digestive organs
would soon find means to eject it.
The bronchial tubes promptly react
against the diffusion of foreign sub
stances. The sting of an insect causes
an involuntary twitching of the epi-
dermis. If thorn or splinter fastens
itself under the skin, suppuration pre-
pares the way for its removal. If the
revoltS against further Indigestion.
These automatic agencies of the or
ganism generally suffice to co4nteract
the disturbing cause, and the sensorY
symptoms attending the process of
reconstruction constitute merely a
plea for non-interference. The sup
purating tissues push the thorn out
ward, and resent only a pressure in
the opposite direction The eye
volunteers to rid itself of the sand
dust, but demonstrates against fric-
ton. The rum-soaked system of the
topper undertakes to eliminate the poi
son, and only asks that the conse-
que. ces of the outrage be not aggra-
waited by it's repetition. But if that
plea remains unheeded, it finally takes
the form of the emphatic protest we
call disease. For, even in its urgent
manifestations. the reaction against a
violation of natures health laws is a
cry for peace, rather than q petition
for active assistance in the form of
medication. "Accustom yourself to
all your little pains and aches,n says
DR.. Jennings, land also in your grave
and more distressing affections, to re-
gard the movement concerned in
them in a friendly aspect designing
for and tending to the removal of a
difficulty of whose existence you were
before unaware, and which, if suf-
fered to remain and accumulate,
might prove the destruction of the
house you live inland that, instead
of its needing to be cured it is itself
a curative operation: and that what
should be called disease lies back of
the symptoms, which in fact are made
for the express purpose of removing
the real disorder or difficulty"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

GRoEsBEECk, July 1.-The Fourth was cele.
DRAFTED by a foot race, a gander pulling, read
ing the declaration, base ball. speeches, shoot
ing, ana last but not least, fine dinner, from
winch every one present went away satisfied
A nne shower Just danlped the atmosphere
enough To make the day enjoyable
lIge, negro, is in Jail for shooting another
negro by the name of Green. =
The crops look fine, and the health Of
place is good.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

BRENNAN. July 4.-1he day was duly cele-
brated by the Turner band, of Washington.
Austin and Fayette counties There was a
procession of Turner'S, fire department and
Brenham Greys To Germania park. Orati0na
were delivered in English and German, and n
general good time had during the day, closing
with ball ut night There was "A general sus-
pension of business.
Last night a chicken thief, being confronted
by a dog within twenty feet of the house, fired
at him. alarming the owner of the dog and
chickens.
A fine shower fell to-day.
1 rOp prospects are fine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

The American railroads are worth
about twice as much as Great Brit
aims railroads and shipping COM
bined. The british shipping Is VRued
.l. ooo Qoo 6|9 poQ; British i .s: rallr3 .i at
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

blessed with a good rain last night and.-.ar
day. Farmers have been driving tf
stock eight and ten lies 10 water.
District conference, for the San Marcos
trict, met in the Methodist church at a.
Rev. w. A. Joyce presiding esder. Religlo
services were conducted. by the presidiff
NJ. A. Black, w. q. Lilley, l.. H. Holbr00k, T.
A. James, I. ). Garrett II. X. Saffarns, j.. w. i
Vest, B. Harris, j. +. Prichard and !. X. GIp-
son. About sixty delegates are expeated -
morrow Citizens are entertaining the delc
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
SOUTHERN STATES.

OF Yirginia's 5587 schools over 1900
are colored.
From almost every section of Lou
isiana comes reports of too much rain
for cotton.
Twenty thousand pounds of zinc
were shipped one day last week from
Knoxville to Connecticut.
The judges of Montgomery and
Craig counties, Virginia. have refused
to grant licenses to sell liquor.
Gen. Bradley Z. johnson has just
finished writing a work on the early
history of Maryland.
The United States fish commission
steamer Fish Hawk is engaged in
Chesapeake Bay in Matching Spanish
mackerel.
New Orleans commerce for the
first five months of this year exceeds
last years by over $11,OO0,OOO, an in
crease of nearly third.
Capt. Frank Phillips, of Pensacola,
Fla, exhibits a "devil fish," 1t is
very ferocious and will snap at any
thing that gets in its way. In its
natural waters it barks like dog.
A negro was killed at o. L. Clouds,
in McDufie. Ca, few days ago,
by broken spike rebounding while
feeding a thresher, the spike striking
him in the forehead and passing on
through the top of the skull. He
died in few hours afterward.
Rev. Bishop O'Hara, of Scranton,
Pa, who was chosen by the college
of cardinals to represent the late
Archbishop Wood at the coming coun-
Gil at Rome, will doubtless receive
the appointment TO succeed the dead
prelate. Archbishop Wood left all
his property, of whatever nature. to
his successor.
The American railroads are worth
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

Some idea of the national enthusi-
asm for base ball may be gathered
from the statemeS - in a single
Michigan factar feet of ash,
q 900 feet< 5000 fee.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

In boring for an artesian well the
other day at Canon City, Col, the
"borers" struck oil. and Colorado al
ready fancies herself the second oil
producing state in.the Union, as she is
now the first in the production of the
precious medals.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

WACO, July A rather bold theft was per
petrated here on Monday last. Mr.. A. b.
tarling, living hear Whitehall !, loaded a wag-
on with grain and sent it TO this city in charg
thorizng him to sell the grain. Manning did
sell 1t, pocketed the money and skipped out,
taking the team and wagon with him. No clue
as to his whereabouts has yet been discovered.
The prize fight this morning was a fascO,
one of the parties failing to come to time.
The fireinen are having Fourth Of July
celebration IN the shape of social entertain-
ment at their hall tO-llight.
The criminal county court opens tomorrow.
No Fourth of July crimes or casualties Oc-
Cured here to-day, The day was II anything,
duller than ordinary
A young man giving his name as Hubby
Lewis underwood, and claiming to be from Ac-
quilla, near this place, was arrested and put In
jail last evening upon suspicion of having sto-
len the horse he was riding. Telegrams were
sent to Acquilla, and the replies were such as
to justify Ills retention in custody.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

During one of the recent hot days
the Brooklyn bridge descended to
to within 1855 feet 8 inches Of the
water. Un1eaded, in the coolest
weather. it Nrrold be two feet higher,