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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Haulting Ambition.


The Light says Col. Epson is indus
triously electioneering among the
people for a nomination to Congress,
and that he is just bound to go to
Congress next year; that he couldn't
possibly stand another defeat. Well,
whether Col. Epson can stand it or
not he is, nevertheless, doomed to de-
feat just as sure as he puts himself up
as a candidate. And he'll have to put
himself up if he runs, for no Demo-
cratic convention will ever nominate
him. Col. Epson is as dead as a
picked mackerel with the Democratic
party. The Star Vindicator, pub
lished in Blanco county, as is evident
from the above extract, is not very
highly impressed with the ability and
Democracy of Col. Epson. The people
do not like to see man doing nothing
but electioneering for Office, and Col.
Upson has overdone the thing. Vault
ing ambition has oyerleaped itself.
Is it true that he is editing the EX-
press, as the Times stated?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
ShOshOne COurtshIp.

Courtship among the Shoshone tribe
Of Indians is not so elaborate an af-
fair as among more civilized people.
From an exchanges account, how
ever, it appears to be quite as effective.
In the first place, it should be borne
in mind that the young squaws are
more fleet of foot than the bucks,
Now, when a buck fancies a squaw,
he provides himself with a lariat, as
he would if he intended to lasSo an
animal. When she sees her admirer
approaching she behaves, after her
fashion, in the matter of other young
ladies. She runs, and the buck
runs after her. If she does not wish
to be caught she quickens her pace,
and is soon beyond the reach of the
rope; if, on the contrary, she does
not object, the moose slips easily over
her head, and the prize is won.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
From Cypress Mills

CYPRESS MILLS, Tex, Dec. II.
To the Editor of the Statesman:
The cold rains of the past three
days have caused the lean, hungry
looking stock of these regions to
hump" themselves amazingly. The
unusually large acorn crop, combined
with short grass, has kept cattle poor,
while sheep and hogs have improved
greatly. While it is true that "the
latest survive" a little feed in the
nick of time will often carry the
poor COW through the winter that will
cause others in Ibetter condition to
succumb for want of that little.
Herein lies the advantage of the small
stock raisers (alias "nestlers' over the
larger ones. That is, a thousand
head Of cattle owned by ten men in
lots of one hundred each, will stand
the winter better and produce more
calves than the same number owned
by one man, other things being equal.
/ saw this demonstrated here last
winter
Mr.. J. NJ. Roberts, one of the oldest
settlers on Cypress, has sold his ranch,
about nine hundred acres, to Messrs.
Holton and beats for $500. Mr..
Roberts has bought Mr.. Neff's stock
at SIT per head, as well as other cattle
and Will go into the business on a
larger scale than heretofore. All the
parties are well known in Austin.
Deer are more plentiful hereahonts
this winter than for some years past,
and venison is, in consequence, drug
in the market. Pork is likewise, by
reason of the heavy mast.
This upper country is much interes-
ted in the movement fayoring free
bridge over the Colorado. Freighters
have toll to pay at the crossing of the
Pedenales as well as across the river
at Anstin-a double hardship-and
nothing but the very toughest road
from here to Burnet prevents many
load of wool and cotton going thence
and merchandise and lumber return
ing. OCCASIONAL.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Phctographing on Linen and Silk.

A Detroit photographer says: "There
is this feature about photographing
on linen: You can wash and boil the
work and it won't come out. There
is some special interest shown among
society people just now on this sub
ject, because of some napkins used at
the banquet given to Henry Irving,
the actor, before he left London. His
photograph was on each one, and of
course it was intended as souvenir
for the guest to take away with him.
The silk or cambria is printed from
the negative. There will be a rage
for it if 1t once gets started, and peo-
pie will have photographs printed on
their curtains and tides, and IN hand
kerchief corners. The face of a beauti-
full young lady on the corner of a
gentleman's handkerchief would be
much more attractive than a mono
gram or initial letter. 1t would be
just the thing for hat Innings and
bands" The Detroit Free Press sug-
gests that not the least of advantages
of such photographing would be that
the wash would be promptly returned
if the missing pieces were to haunt
the Wretched laundresS with a vision
of her customers,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
That's What you Call 1t.

The poet laureat can take worth
less sheet Of paper, and by writing a
poem on it make it worth $4,000.
That's genius. Vanderbilt can write
few words on a sheet and make it
worth 100000. That's capital. The
United States can take an ounce and
a quarter of gold and stamp upon it an
"eagle bird'' and 800. That's money.
The mechanic can take the material
worth S. and make it into a watch
worth 800. That's skill. The mer-
chant can take an article worth TWEEN
ty-fve cents and sell it for 81. That's
business. A lady can purchase very
comfortable bonnet for $40, but she
prefers to pay 800. That's foolish
ness. The ditch-digger works ten
hours day, and shoyels out three or
four tons of earth for So. That's Ia
hnT
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Mothers Turn.

at is mothers turn to be taken care
of now"
The speaker was a winsome young
girl, whose bright eyes, fresh color
and eager looks told of a light
hearted happiness. Just out of school,
she had the air of culture which is an
added attraction to blithe young
face. 1t was mothers turn now! Did
she know how my heart went out to
her for her unSelfish words? Too
many mothers in their love for their
daughters, entirely overlook the idea
that they themselves need recreation.
They do without all the easy, pretty
and charming things, and say nothing
about it, and the daughters do not
think there is any self-denial involved.
Jennie gets the new dress, and
wears the old one turned up
side down and wrongsIde out. Lucy
goes on the mountain trip, and mother
stays at home and keeps house. Emily
is tired of study and must lie down in
the afternoon; but mother, though
her back aches, has no time for such
Girls, take good care of
your mothers. Coax them to let you
relieve them of some of the harder
duties which for years they have
borne.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
The Stars and Stripes in the Sky.

Between five and six o'clock on
Tuesday morning the employees on the
Baltimore & Hanover railroad, be-
tween this place and Emory Grove,
witnessed most beautiful and start
ling phenomenon in the eastern heav-
ems while a train was passing between
Smiths Station and Valley Junction.
The sky that morning was fairly
aglow with crimson and golden fires,
when suddenly, toitheir great astonish-
ment. an immense American flag,
composed of the national colors, stood
out in bold relief high in the heavens.
continuing in view for considerable
length of time. 1t gradually faded
from view and was replaced by white
flag or streamer with a black band ex-
tending across the center. What this
vision or omen portends, is a matter
of conjecture, and it has excited con-
siderable interest among the supersti-
tious, who declare that all sorts of
troubles are about to come upon the
country, while others assert that it is
sign or foreunner of war at no very
distant day.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

Col. Baker, formerly of the English
army, who was dismissed from the
service Tor an alleged attempted as
sault on lady in railroad car, has
been selected to lead the Egyptian
troops against the false prophet. Col.
Baker, like the unfortunate Hicks,
has the rank of pasha and enjoys the
reputation of being the best sabreur in
Europe. Athis trial on the charge that
led to his disgrace in England he
refused to enter any defense, stating
that he did not wish to contradict a
lady. He was personal friend of the
Prince of Wales, who, in the Nor
daunt divorce trial, swore in the face
of the evidence of several witnesses,
that he was not guilty of any improp-
or conduct with Lady Mordaunt, and
of whose evidence Lord Beaconsfeld
remarked in the Carleton Club, that
HE perjured himself like gentle
man +"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Despise not the day of small thing.

Despise not the day of small things.
Farmers have to deal with interests
represented by small things. The
grain of wheat is in itself insigniti-
cant. 1t is cast into the ground and
dies, but from it springs the reward
of labor. 1t is multiplied hundred
fold. So with all he does; small things
are the beginnings. In the grange
small beginnings may lead to
great results. The grange in it.
self is but the means Of associa-
ton through which contributions,
small in themselves, may, in the ag-
gregate, be vast and of gleat conse-
quence in the worlds affairs. A lit
tie contribution of thought from one,
from another like gift;-but from
all there may be the means of great
advancement in influence, in capacity
for good work, blessings that shall
reach far beyond the circle of men,
bership. Let not the small things be
despised, but see that they are proper
in themselves. See that no small evil
influence comes In to neutralize the
good that must be the chief reward of
associated effort for the advancement
of mankind.-From the Husbandman,
Elmira, N. Y.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
To Attain Long Life.

Some one wisely says that he who
strives after long and pleasant life
must seek to attain continual equa-
nimity, and carefully to avoid every
thing which too violently taxes his
feelings. Nothing more quickly con-
sumes the vigor Of life than the vio-
lence of the emotions of the mind.
We know that anxiety and care can
destroy the healthiest body; we
know that fright and fear, yes,
excess of joy, becomes deadly. They
who are naturally cool and q quiet
mind, upon whom nothing can make
too powerful an impression, who are
not won't to be excited either by great
sorrow or great joy, have the best
chance of living long and happy after
their manner. Preserve, therefor,
under all circumstances, a composure
of mind which no happiness, no mis-
fortune, can too much disturb. Love
nothing too violently; hate nothing
too passionaUely; fear nothing too
strongly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
An InrantIle Love Scene.

baltimore Americana
The power or f0Tc at frat sight was
forcibly illustrated yesterday in a
Madison Avenue car. A fine looking
child of four years entered with its
mother and took a seat on her knee
opposite nurse who was holding one
about three ears OF age. Both were
total strangers to each other. After
the car had gone nearly half a mile, it
was stopped for the, four-year-old and
its mother to get out. Without word
being said, the child suddenly clasped
the younger one in his arms and kissed
it long and lovingly. The car-driver
was waiting patiently, and the mother
tried to separate the two, but it was
of no use. Some little time elapsed
before the arms were unclapsed. Not
a syllable was spoken.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
ExECUTIvE DEPARTMENT.


Gov Ireland has gone to his old
home in Seguine. 1t is expected he
will also visit San Antonio.
COMPTROLLER DEPARTMENT.
The comptroller is solicited to pur-
chase additional county bonds of Bel
and Houston counties for the school
fund, but has not yet concluded to
do so.
The comptroller has notified the
county authorities to send him re-
ceipts for moneys paid by the state
collectors for school certificates, in
stead of waiting for the certificates,
when taken up, to be sent, as hereto
fore, for vouchers. With the receipts
In hand he can make the transfers here
from the available school fund TO the
credit of the general revenue, which
will prevent the depletion of the gen
eral fund as there is a considerable
amount in cash on hand to the credit
of the available school fund.
ATTORNEY GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
The clerks in this department have
prepared for the attorney-generaPs
report a general summary of criminal
matters for the year ending Novem-
Der 30, 1883, which makes the follow
ing exhibit:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Our Congressman.

CULBERSON.

"Old Dave" of the northeast corner
of Texas. Has a judicial couptenance,
set off with shaggy eyebrows and
black hair.
j. II. REAGAN
Wears mustache and chin whiskers.
Is heavy and is not nimble. He is
known to the newspaper correspond
ents because he has fog or hog
calling timbre about his voice. Said
the News was a democratic paper, and
is no longer considered statesman.
JOHN HANCOCK
Has grey whiskers and suaye smile.
His reputation springs from his being
a strong union man. Hair very long
and feet large.
CHARLES STEWART
Is stouter than usual. Would draw
attention In any crowd. Big enough
to hitch in the lead of yoke of steers.
JEM JONES,
Talleste representative from Texas.
Has substantial worth, good teeth
and a record of having beaten Hub
bard and Chiffon before Democratic
convention. Weighs two hundred
pounds and mast fed.
J.F. MILLER,
From the district where Schleicher
lived, has bushel and three quarts of
sense. He sits quietly and watches
Congress, "sets It," as it were.
&. Q. MILLS.
Ten years in Congress, and began
the fight for reform in 1876. Called
Keifer fraud and dared him to have
him arrested. Is the chevalier Bayard
not the Bayard from Delaware.
WI. LANHAM
Is thirty-eight years old, and came to
Texas with his wife, wagon, two
horses and spotted dog. Like Miller,
he "sets" Congress and the old mem
bers. He will probably introduce a
bill this Co ngress.
OLIN wELLBORN
Represents a constituency OF CONNER
cial and stock grazing interests CID
He was placed on an important COM
mittee at the beginning of the session
COMMITTEE on mileageD and will be-
come powerful with all members who
draw mileage. He resembles Stephen
A. Douglass when he wears a short
coat. He always attracts the atten.
ton of the pages when he speaks.
Nv. THRoCKMoRToN,
North Texas member, and has death
grip on his district. He is as big as
Jones, and is for deep water at Calves
ton.
TOM oCHILTREE
Is a good fellow. eonnoisseur of wine
pictures, poetry, and is "horsy. " III,
was popular at Galveston till he saiC
there were other harbors on the Texa
coast, which, like Galveston, needed
appropriations.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Free Passes.

Senator Vance's proposal to render
liable to dismissal from Office and to a
fine not exceeding $4,000 any United
States officer who accepts free passes,
tickets or stock from railroad, tele-
graph or banking company may not
receive universal and joyous well
come in Congress. Yet if legislator
is called upon to make laws concern
ing railroad, or a judge to interpret
them, or an executive officer to en-
force them, he ought not to have the
company's bride of free pass in his
pocket.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

Miss Mary Barrett, of Hlllsboro,
Ohio, was attired in her wedding
dress on Thursday evening last, to be
married toNAIr. NJ. F. Wallace, who,
after two yearg absence in California
had returned tofulfill his engagement
to her. He told his sweetheart that
he feared that his fortune would not
support them both in the style they
had been used to. Her answer to him
was, "Sir, if you have any fears or
doubts on that subject, we had better
stop right here. AS for me can take
care of myself, and I'll do it. 1 don't
want to trust myself in the hands of a
coward. You'd better go, sir" He
did go, and the young lady told the
story to the guests, received their con-
gratulations, and was made heroine
for the evening.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

A four-year-old boy was warned
against eating meat for supper on ac-
count of its liability to produce bad
dreams, but he still insisted on doing
it. A few mornings ago the young
ster was telling his last dream at the
breakfast table. Bears had surrounded
him, snakes had crawled down his
back, a camel had turned somersault
over him, and a big elephant had as
saulted him, etc.
There said his uncle, 81 told you
if you ate meat at tea time you would
have bad Dreams"
81 don't care" promptly replied the
boy; 81 guess want to see a circus
once in awhile"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

The Chinese consider their religion
superior to that of any Christian sect,
and the pretended converts, like
many an even Christian, attend
church because it helps them to make
money. Archbishop Alemany, the
Catholic archbishop of California,
says that he has labored twenty years
and spent S24, 900 and has not gained
one genuine convert. The Denver
Inter-Ocean says that similar attempts
at Chinese conversions have been
made in that city but defies the minis
tiers to show single Christian China
nan
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
il Lesson to Take Home.

Never forget what man has said
to you when he was angry. If he has
charged you with anything you had
better look it up. A person has often
been startled from a pleasant dream
Of self-deception by the words of an
angry man, who may wish his words
unsaId the next hour, but they are
past recall. The wisest course IS to
take home this lesson, with meekness,
to our souls. 1t was saying of Soc
rates. that every man had need of a
faithful friend and a bitter enemy;
the one to advise, the other to show
him his faults.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

Carl Schurz has retired permanently
from the New York Evening Post.
That journal says: HE had with
drawn from the editorial department
some time ago, not, as some of our
contemporaries have conjectured, be
cause regular editorial work was irk-
some to him. but in consequence of
serious differences of opinion between
himself and his associates concerning
the treatment of important public
questions in the editorial columns.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Instances of men living with holes

Instances of men living with holes
in their head are quite rare, but a
young man named Charles Rheimer,
of Brooklyn, who accidentally shot
himself in the head, has so far recov-
cred that his physicians pronounce
him out of danger. The course of the
ball was probed to the depth of six
inches through the center of the cere-
brum, but the missed could not be re-
moved. 1t has become infested and
the wound has healed. The mental
faculties of the patient are entirely
unimpaired. The most wonderful
case of the kind on record is that of a
laborer who had tamping iron blown
directly through his brain by the pre-
mature explosion of blast, and who
lived in good health for several years
afterWard.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Utah Ripe for Reform.

[SaIt Lake Trlbune (Antl-MormonJI.
We believe that in their souls the
masses of Mormons are tired of being
outlaws. We believe, were the priests
to throw Off the restraints which they
have placed upon their followers and
bid them decide by ballot what they
really wish to do, that the vote would
by an overwhelming majority, be in
favor of putting Utah in accord with
the Union
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

Col. j. D. Crawford, of New York,
has sent Jim Britton, of Sherman, a
rather singular valise. 1t is made Of a
negro skin, tanned at Tewksbury,
Massachusetts,, and lined with the
tanned skin of a delicate female pre-
pared at the same charitable institu-
ton. 1t was presented to Col. Craw-
ford.by Gov. Butler and by one the
colonel presented to his friend Capt.
Britton,-Ex.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

The Chihuahua News is authority
for the statement that the construction
of the Topolohampo railroad is GER
tainty, and that work upon it will
begin next spring. It will open up
the southern part of the state of Chi
huahua,. and a splendid mineral re-
gion. The bonds, we understand,
have been placed and ample capital
will be forthcoming.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

The German authorities are firm in
the belief that consumption is infec-
tious. All soldiers suffering from it
are isolated, and to prevent any posi-
BILE infection, on no account are they
to be allowed to associate with pa
tients suffering from pneumonia or
acute bronchitis. while special means
are to be taken for the disinfection of
the sputa in infectious cases.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

Senator John P. Jones, who is said
to have lost $25,000,000 within the
past year, is trying to get another
fortune. He has leased the Bonanza
mines from the 1850 level upward.
The Bonanza, which has turned out
over $1OO,OO0O00 of gold and silver,
was found at a depth of 1850 feet, and
Jones expects to find valuable ore
deposited about that level. His lease
extends three years, and he will ex-
plore the ground for all it is worth.
He is to account for 20 per cent Of the
assay values of the ores found; all
over that is to be his.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

The DAYS of fabulous rates of inter
est in California seem to be past. The
| savings banks in San Francisco are
| lending money on mortgages at six
Der cent. and paying the mortgage
! tax, and yet they cannot find market
for more than a third of their money.
While the ship Dashing Wave was
being repaired at Tacoma, w. T., d
short time since. a siX-pound canon
ball was found firmly i'm bedded in the
wood. 1t was shot into the vessel as
she was leaving Galveston harbor
war of the rebellion.
A pathetic love story is printed in a
recent issue of the San Francisco
Alta. Angela PerazZa loved one OF
her school companions, but her pa
rents objected, and to save themselves
further trouble with the young man
found her husband in the person OF
an elderly family friend. Two days
after her marriage, though, the young
girl sought her first love, and, while
in his presence, drew a pistol and shot
herself to death.
Twelve years ago Birmingham, Ala,
did not exist even as village. The
present site of the city was an old
WORKOUT plantation with a surround
ing mountain wilderness. Not dol
lar of capital was invested in the de-
velopment of its vast storehouse of
hidden treasures. Now all IS changed.
Over $20,000,000 capital is invested in
the coal and iron districts of which
Birmingham is the center. Its popu-
lation-about 16,O00-is increasing,
and the city is growing rapidly.
Prospective brides may be inter
ested to learn that there are thirty
two days in the year on which 1t is
unlucky to marry. according to
manuscript dated in the fifteenth cen
fury. These days are January 1, 2, a,
3, 7, 10, 10; February 6, Z, Is; March l,
6, 8; April 6, IL; May 8, 6, Z; June Z,
Is: July 5, 10; August 10, 10; Septem-
Der 6. I; October 6; November 10, 16,
and December Is, is, and II. Conse-
quently January is the worst month
and October the best month in the
year for marriage.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
OFFICE OF THE AUSTIN g. OATMANyILLR
RAILROAD COMPANY,

OFFICE OF THE AUSTIN g. OATMANyILLR)
RAILROAD COMPANY,
AUSTIN, TEXAS, December, 6, 1888.
By order Of the Board of Directors OF the
Austin Oatmanville Railroad Company, no.
tice is hereby given to all stockholders of said
company to attend a regular annual meeting
OF said stockholders to be held at the office of
the company, in the city of Austin, State of
Texas, on the 21st day Of January, a. D. 1884,
for the purpose Of enacting and adopting by
laws for said company, and also for the pur-
pose of electing board of directors, to consist
of seven members, to hold Office for the ensu-
ing year.
ABNER TAYLOR.
dec7w1n President.