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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

THE attention of the people of Aus
tin cannot be too often called to the
coming exposition of the Capital State
Fair Association, beginning October
16. None deny the local benefits de-
rived from these annual fairs, and
therefore every citizen of Austin and
Travis county should labor to make it
creditable and attractive. Many
strangers come among us during fair
week and all should be so entertained
and so treated as to make them come
again. Every person can do some
thing to add to the attractiveness of
the fair, and to make the visits of
strangers otherwise agreeable. We
should put on appearance in October
that will make the public mind crys-
talize around Austin as the proper
place for great exposition to be held
in the same centennial year of Texas
independence.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

his burial place. and has had a magnifi-
cent monument, under her own super
vision, erected to commemorate his
virtues. The last disgusting display
she has made is to order Tennyson as
poet laureate to write a poem COM
memorative of the departed Brown,
and also has ordered Sir Frederick
Leighton, the distinguished painter,
to paint portrait of him. The
English people profess great deal OF
reverence and attachment for their
queen, but the John Brown affair, we
should think, is getting rather toe
much for them, that is if English
people have the capacity to regard
their sovereign as these displays
cause her to be regarded by others.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
THE San Antonio Express wa!

lHE Odu auIOulO EApr0SS was
pleased to say:
The AUSTIN STATE MAN wants to
celebrate the semi-centennial OF
Texas independence by great
Southern exposition held within our
borders. Such scheme might result
in inducing immigration, which is
contrary to the spirit of our state con
stitution. 1t would be grand thing
for Texas, however, and could be
made a success if the people Of the
other states could be made to do the
work. AS Texas has let so many
good opportunities to display her re.
sources to the people of the world, we
have little faith in the people making
much of an effort to get up an EXPOSE
ton on her own account. However
it is good thing to talk about.
To this the Laredo Times replies as
follows:
Yes, a SPLENDID thing to talk about
and by continuous talking don't you
think the desired celebration can be
brought about? Let us do better thar
at the Philadelphia centennial. Let
us have something more than STAT
governor" bale of cotton and 9
horned frog.
If the press of the state will join il
the undertaking, it can be accom-
plished. How proper. in the semi-cen
tennial year of Texan independence
it would be to draw down upon the
Lone Star State the eyes of the
civilized world. 1t would be worth
millions to Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

WOMEN are permitted to vote in
Great Britain much more freely than
they are in the United States, and in
the house Of commons a fortnight
ago, Il measure establishing full
woman suffrage came very near be-
ing carried. There are now in Eng
land and Wales between 100000 and
100000 women who possess the fran
chise-that is to say, one woman to
every seven men. More than 10000
women possess. as householders, the
municipal franchise. The number of
women land owners in England and
Wales is 37,S06.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
Railroad Disaster.

CINCINNATI, O., August 81
The Times, Stubenville, o.. says an
accident occurred on the Panhandle
road this morning near Mjngo juno
ton, within ten yards of~the great
disaster of 1878. An east-boupd
freight, ten minutes late, collided with
the Cincinnati express, a passenger
drain, on time. Both engines and one
postal car were wrecked. Engineer
Chas. Woolf, OF Denison, O., and
clerks VIM. M. Newman and Jno. b.
Hoyt, both of Indianapolis, were in
iured, Hoyt fatally.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
Hazing Cadets to be Court.Martialed.
Wholesale stock Thief.

DODGE CITY. Kansas, August 27.-
One Bird, claiming to come from the
Panhandle. shipped eight car loads
of cattle from here Saturday. 1t is
claimed that all or part of them were
stolen, and he was arrested at Nicker-
son and brought back. He had pre-
liminary examination before Justice
Hartman and was remanded for ten
days. Prosecution is pushed by the
Western Kansas Stock Growers as
sociation, which is determined on the
severest possible punishment to all
stock thieves
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

dream, and it is modern event, was
that of the discovery of Coopers
Wells, in Mississippi. Three times
did the proprietor dream, that at GER
tain place he should bore a well, and
the third dream having charmed him
into belief, he did bore, and his labor
was crowned with the discovery of
vein of mineral water, of remarkable
curative properties, by which
the fortune of the proprietor
was assured. 1t is questioned
by many, whether dreams not
transpiring in the waking mo-
ments, are remembered. The most
| vivid are those which occur Just as
we awake, AMI it is probable that the
dream which transpires then is all
that is definitely remembered. There
is, certainly no thinking apart from
the body, for this would be proof of a
separate spiritual existence, indie
pendent of the body in life.
The continuity of dreaming is
proven by the fact that when
ever we are suddenly awakened
the mind is found active. Proof of
continued dreaming may be discov-
cred in the vagaries of somnambulism,
the somnambulist never remembering
his sleeping freaks. But it is said
there is coherent dreaming. So there
may be, but is it not purely accidental,
or does it not result from the mind
being so active in working moments
as to produce conference? Belief in
dreams attaches to ignorance and
superstition. Some people govern
their lives by dreams, as do the
Chinese of this day. The supersti-
tious attach many relations to dreams.
To dream of snakes denotes the ac-
tivity of an enemy; to dream OF
money denotes good luck; to dream of
a looking-glass, treachery; to dream of
receiving letters is good omen; to
dream of poverty and pearls,
misery; to dream of a we'd
ding is the sign of a funeral,
and to dream of a funeral is the sign
of a wedding. 1t is also believed that
certain days regulate the quality Of
dreams. The mother sees her babe
smile, and she thinks angels play with
it, but science teaches it has the stom-
ach-ache. Believers in dreams assert
that they must be taken to mean the
reverse cf what they convey. 1t was
Rory O'More who told his sweetheart
that "drhams always go by contra
ries."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

THE Memphis Avalanche says there
is an issue ready for the Democratic
party next year, and if it has the
courage to meet it half way earnestly
it will commend itself to the judgment
of the great majority of voters. The
kings and princes of watered stock
who are our real masters. must be
shorn of their power to fleece the
people at will. The Republican drift
in support Of the power of monopolies
leaves the way clear for the Democrats
to take strong ground against the
Capitalization of all power into the
hands of the watered stock aristo.
cracy. 1t is not federal Capitalization
tat is to be feared. The real danger
lies in the direction of the monopolies
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

A RELIGIOUS agitation has struck
Finland, which has for it's object the
supremacy of the women over men.
The new!religionists call themselves
"pure and excellence" and in every
house wher5 tiie new doctrines are
practiced a woman, elected by her COM
panions, is invested with a sort of di-
recting power, which gives her the
right to inf1ict penance and even rig
orous chastisement. The new creed
requires that all its disciples shall con-
fess their sins to certain women at
least once a week. There would be-
most wholesome reformation in soci-
ETY. In this country, were all men re-
quired to confess all their sins to their
wives even oncea month. Some wives
could not stand the confession
Oftener.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
DALLAS.
Especial to The Statesman /

Especial 20 Inc OtateSnan.I
DALLAS, Tex, August 27.-Special
Agents Foster and Thomas, of the
post-office department, to-day straight
ened out matters at the Dallas post
office. and tonight the Office was
turned over to the new postmaster,
L. S. Garrison. He has appointed Mr..
F. A. Rhodehamel assistant post
master, and Miss Laura Hopson, of
Sherman, money-order clerk. There
are to be no other changes. The new
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

IN OHIO Democrats base their hope
of carrying the state upon assumed
dissentions in the Republican party,
growing out of the liquor question;
and the Republicans now claim that
the warfare between the Pendleton
and Mclean Democratic factions has
put new phase upon the situation
and made the state reasonably sure
for Foraker. In Pennsylvania the
respective party leaders are dwelling
more upon the division of their oppo-
nents than on any other question.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

THE Brotherhood of Photographers
are not gushing over the Knights of
Labor as much as they were some
weeks ago. The Knights did not I'M
lock their strong box, and the Broth
erhood therefore charge them with
having caused the failure of of the
strike. The strike not only failed,
but produced bad feeling between two
strong labor organizations.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

GEN. SCOTT was asked whom he
regarded as the greatest living soldier
He unhesitatingly replied: "Col. r.
E. Lee is not only the greatest soldier
of America, but he is the greatest sol
der there is now living in the world.
This was before the confederate war
developed the granduer of Gen. Lee
as commander. History will name
him as the greatest soldier" of his
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
GALVESTON.

GALVESTON, August 81 The
white screwmen, who have been on a
strike since the organization of the
Colored Screwmen's association, sew
eral months ago, to-day voted to re-
turn to work. The negroes assert
that shippers have combined to keep
colored screwmen out. The prospect
is that rivalry between white and
black stevedores will cause a sharp de-
cline in WAGES
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

The recent news from Senator j
D. Cameron is not encouraging. He
has had the best possible treatment
from Sir Henry Thompson, the fam
Gus English physician and surgeon,
but thus far the disease has not
yielded. Senator Cameron is now in
Scotland, and amid the heather
CT owned hills to which the clan Came
ron withdrew after Culloden's famous
field. where they were well nigh ex-
terminated. He is seeking the STAN
ina that is so difficult to attain. If
he should not return i'll time for the
coming congress. he will pair with
Senator Butler. of South Carolina.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

IT SEEMS that the ship railway en-.
terprise of our time is not new ide
or new enterprise. \ correspond.
emit of the Pail Mall Gazette resur.
reefs the fact that in the year Ills
vessels of war were transported across
hills and valleys, a distance Of four
teen miles, to assist at the siege OF
Frederickshall, where Charles the
Twelfth lost his life. The engineer
of this ship railway was Emanuel
Swedenberg, one of the most remark
able men the world has produced. He
was one of the greatest of theologians
mathematician and scientists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
THE United States issued the first

THE United States issued the first
postage stamp in 1847. They were in
two denominations. The five cent
was light brown color, bearing the
head of Franklin, and the ten cent OF
a gray color, with the efigy of Wash
ington. AT that time the rate of post
age was five and ten cents, according
to distance. In 1851 a series of six
denominations was issued. The mod
ern postage stamp was first used in
England about 1912 or 1S43.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
HOUSTON.

Especial to The Statesman.I
HOUSTON, August 27.-Dr. Abra-
hams, who was shot by negro so
badly, is still doing well and there are
hopes Of his recovery.
preliminary trial to-day and was re-
leased on the nominal bond of $50.
Twelve car loads of sealskins will
pass here tomorrow morning on the
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio
railroad, going to Europe from San
Francisco. It is the first large ship
ment of the kind ever made through
here
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

THE Washington Star asks why, in
her efforts to enlarge her sphere of
usefulness and self-support, woman
has not been directed to the dispens-
ing of drugs as calling in every way
suitable to her condition. The SER
vice requires little in the way of phys
ical strength, and there can be no
question of the mental capacity of the
average woman to meet its intellect
ual requirements. Her superior deli
cacy of touch and dexterity of hand
ought, moreover, to give her decided
advantage in the nicer duties of the
position.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

IT IS evident that the reduction of
single rate letter postage from three
to two cents has not been made too
soon. The estimated surplus of the
postoffice department for the last fis-
cal year is $2,2O0,OOO, or $1,1OOO00
more than the surplus for the preced-
ing year. This surplus has become
far too large. 1t was never intended
that the postal service should be made
source of revenue to the govern
ment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
Union Men Strike.

NEW YORK, August 27.-Delegates
from building trades unions were or
dered to strike to-day upon seven
buildings, upon which John Tucker, a
builder employing non-union men, has
contracts. The strike contir hes on
Dakota Flats on row of buildings
on Seventy street. and on
building in course of erection on the
site of the PARK Theatre, all caused by
the employment of non-union men.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
Special kilograms
CORSICANA.

Especial to The StateSman.]
CoRSICANA, August 81 Henry
Martin. negro, was, while drunk last
night, badly burnt by the explosion of
a lamp, from the effects of which he
died this evening.
The cotton crop, since our last re-
port, has been much injured by the
boil worm, so that our farmers despair
of making more than half crop.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

THE manner in which Queen Vic
toria shows her love for the dead
gillie,is becoming somewhat scandal
lous. 1t has been told that she has
said she became convinced the prince
consort, her dead husband, looked at
her through the eyes of John Brown.
Since his death she has shown the
most extraordinary attachment for
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
MARSHALL.
Especial to The Statesman

MARSHALL, August 27.-Freight
engine No. 649 collided with No. 696
last night about two miles from this
place. Both engines were heavily
loaded and tore things up in tirst-class
style. Nine cars were completely
wrecked and their contents scattered
along the road and through fields. 1t
occurred by Conductor Stephens mis-
understanding his orders. No one
was hurt.
Frederick Rinehard. 4 boy about
six years old, Imistook strychine for
quinlne yesterday evening and died in
about two hours.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

ANOTHER telegraph company called
the National, has been incorporated in
New York. The stockholders named
in the charter are all railway officials,
which leads to the belief that the en-
terprise is backed by a combination of
railroads representing and controlling
lines extending all over the country.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

The Savannah News suggests that
as the South viii have to furnish a
greater number of votes to elect Il
Democratic president "there is no
good reason why she should not either
have candidate of her own or have a
choice of the candidates who are now
in the field" That Is the way THE
STATESMAN thinks about It.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

In one year, remarks contempora-
ry, the total decline in twenty leading
stocks in the country has been $780,
100000, and that of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad $1S,750.OO0. This
only shows how much they were in
flated. Declines in times OF general
prosperity are tendencies toward in
trinsic values, and enterprise is only
carried beyond this big speculation
and greed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

LETTERS written by James Bu-
chanan appear to be turning up quite
frequently lately. The Philadelphia
Press printed the following, written
September 81, 1861, few days ago.
1t had never before appeared in print:
al pursued my own steady course
from the beginning. The Charleston
authorities were distinctly notified,
over and over again, that if they at
tackled Fort Sumter, / should con-
slider this attack as the commence
ment of civil war. L need scarcely
say that AGREE with you in approx
ing the active prosecution of the wal
by the government, and have never
held any other language since the
Confederates commenced it by the at.
tack on Fort Sumter. 1t would prob
ably have commenced early in Janu.
airy had the senate confirmed my nom.
ination of collector for the port OF
Charleston
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

THE women of Boston seem to be
losing what little interest they at first
took in exercising the inestimable
fright" of voting. Only forty of them
have thus far this year come forward
to be assessed for a poll tax.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

JUST before Judge Black was taken
fatally sick, August 8, he wrote let
ter to the editor of the Philadelphia
Times, in which he said:
Your paper of this morning contains
a notice of the assault which Jeffer.
son Davis will make upon me in your
next issue. May expect the use of
your columns for reply, if reply
seems to be necessary? You mani
testify think that you are about to pub
lish a thing which has a good deal OF
Significance to me, and 1 do not believe
you will refuse me the chance of be-
ing heard. But L have not the re-
mostest idea what Mr.. Davis will say
or can say about me, my acts or my
record, which can give occasion for
controversy. Still he may have nursed
in his mind some error which has at
last grown TO u size which looks
formidable l can only wait and see
/ do not think that his arrow is pois-
oned, but it may be sharp and sent
home with good desl of force.
Judge Blacks reply died with him
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

CONGRESSMAN WAsHBURN, of Min
nesota, says that Minnesota will pre-
sent the name of William Window
again at the next presidential conven-
ti0n
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

MRS. HAYES is working a book
mark for President Arthur to reward
him for refusing to travel On Sunday
What is she going to do about the
fishing spreeP
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
THURSDAY = AUGUST 80, 1883.

SENATOR LAPHAM, who succeeded
Senator Conkling, has son who is
clerk of his committee at So day.
Senator Malone is in the same boat.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

ARE the assaults of the New York
Sun upon the memory Of Garfield, it
is asked, beginning to bear their ex-
pected fruit? At a recent meeting of
the trustees of the Garfield Home of
Brooklyn it was decided to change
the name of the institution to that of
the Brooklyn Home of Consumptives.
Application to change the name ac-
cordingly was made to Judge Barnett,
who granted the request, and the
change has been formally made.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30

THE prospects of the Florida Ship
Canal look more promising now than
ever before. The report of Gen.
Stone, the chief engineer of the enter
prise, made at the meeting of the
directors of the Ship Canal company
in New York. is in all respects en-
couraging. He places the cost at S46,-
100000, and THINKS the work can be
done for less than that amount. The
length of the canal will be about 1871 &
miles, and the deepest cut will be 145
feet. This deep cut, however, will
not be a long cut. and a very large
part of the work can be done with
dredging machines. 1t seems that
the question whether the enterprise
would be profitable was settled at the
meeting to the satisfaction of those
present. Gov. Brown expressed the
belief that work on the canal would
be begun in ninety days. 1t is prob
able that this long talked-of schemes
about to take definite shape.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
Mary Churchill Fonnd.

ST. LOUIS. August 27.-A brief dis
patch from Keokuk just received an
nounces the finding, at 8 o'clock this
morning, of Mary Churchill, the
young girl who disappeared from her
home here week ago.
LATER DISPATCH.
The report that Mary Churchill was
found at Keokuk, this morning,
proves untrue.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-13

WE ave received a o of the Rules for
the government of the Immigration De-
partment made by the Protector of Immi-
grants for the Island of Jamaica, which are
very interesting, and suggest the matter of
inspection and care of immigrants. We
notice a few rules of interest. Rule % GA
medical officer must be summoned directly
an ~indentured immigrant woman during
parturition shows signs of difficult labor,
and, in every instance in which labor is
prolonged beyond t~wenty-four hours, the
medical officer must be sent for, whether
signs of difficult labor appear or not"
Rule 20 has special reference to "Malinger-
ers,'' a class of immigrant that Is of neither
use nor ornament to a plantation. Webster
describes a "Malingerern as Zone who
feigns illness in order to escape duty"
This rule provides that the " Medical officer
should, when called upon by the Inspector,
furnish a certificate to the effect that the
immigrant in question is fit for agricultural
labor. if, in his opinion, such immigrant is
a Malingerer." Rule 80 says:
"The Inspector must, by every means in
his power, point out to the Immigrants the
advantage attained when their moneys are
Dlaced i'm the Government Savings Bank
dlilh1 VII mo w NJ ASbANN
make inquiries whether they desire to lodge
moneys, in order that he may at once fur
nish them with the necessary extract from
the Ships Register, or, if that is not posi-
BILE, transmit the same to the Manager of
the Estate by post on his return to his
office"
Rule 81 provides for orphans in the fol-
lowing manner;
Whenever any child, either one or both
of whose parents or natural guardians were
Immigrants, is left an orphan, it will be the
duty of the Inspector, if the child is old
enough to earn its own living, to secure for
such child, with the consent of the Pro-
tector, an Employer who will care for it
properly or, if the child is unable to earn
its own living, to report to the Protector all
the circumstances of the case in order that
an allowance for the maintenance of the
child be paid out of the Immigration
Fund"
Though these rules are specially made fo1
East Indian immigrants under a British
Protector, they contain many suggestions
that might be adopted with advantage by
the Board of Immigration in this Kingdom.