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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-31

SAN ANTONIO, May 28.-Mr. Dave
Bulls, of Preside county, to-day
sold his $1,000 acre ranch to an Eng
fish syndicate for $64, 600, and Messrs.
Stevens & Jarvis, of our city,, sold
$4,000 thousand acres in Zavalla and
Uvalde counties to Messrs. Nat and
Dan Lewis for 100000. This is the
largest ranch transaction noted here
for some time.
Drs. Harrison and Knox, of the
Eden Route hospital, at Columbus,
are in the city to discuss with Col.
Pierce as to removing the roads hos
pital here. 1t will likely be done, as
Col. Pierce and other officials are ia
vorable to it, and are only waiting Tor
our city to offer some little induce
ments.
Col. Ed. Buckley, one of our heavi-
est wool merchants, made an assign
ment to-day to Mr.. Bryan Callaghan,
in favor of his creditors. His failure
is attributed to his having bought
heavily of wool and held it too long,
expecting a rise. and to his being un-
able to raise sufficient money to tide
him over his trouble. His assets
are in cattle and real estate, and are
claimed to be sufficient to cover liza
bilities, which are reported at be-
tween $125,000 and $4,000.
Maj. Wasson's court martial con-
vened this morning with all members
of the court present. The prisoner
applied for a delay until June 6, to
obtain the presence of important wit
nesses. This was granted and the
court adjourned.
The first car load of California
peaches arrived as through freight on
the Eden route Saturday night.
A French colony of eight hundred
persons, it is reported, will soon ar
rive and locate on lands in Kinney
county.
The largest wool clip ever brought
to this city has been received from
Mr., j. P. Hodgson. 1t consists of
1900 bags of wool.
Twenty-seven deaths, eighteen of
whom were children, reported for
last week.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-31
Justice Court--Precinct No. 3.

court. The will is dated Aug. IL, SO,
at Corpus Christi.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-31

GEORGETOWN, May 2S.-In diff
Guilty over an old account, j. B. Col
Inns was cut by 1. D. Pouns in the alb
domen with a pocket-knife, about
seven miles from town, Saturday.
Collins and Pouns are cousins. PounS
is now in jail.
On yesterday Tom Smith, deputy
and Lon Robinson, the former
charged with FORGETTING his bond and
the latter with stealing corn. They
had been arrested by the sheriff of
Clay county and held for our sheriff.
They are now in Jail.
Weather very dry and farmers are
complaining of crops suffering for
rain:
WACO, May 28.-Miss Alice White
ley, who few days ago fell down a
flight of stairs, dislocating her Shout
der, on Sunday last fell into hole
left where fire plug had been broken
off, and again dislocated the nearly
healed shoulder. She now lies in
serious condition.
The suit for $500 damages brought
by Isaac Davis against the Missouri
Pacific railway for anIovercharge of
three cents made by conductor of
the road, on a ticket purchased from
Waco to the west, was tried in the
county court and resulted in verdict
for the defendant.
The first through train from Pine
Bluff, Ark, left the Texas s. st. Louis
depot for the latter place to-day.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-31

presented during this term. The
court stands adjourned until the first
Monday in July.
Real estate transfers filed for record
during the week amount to 1923, 176.
Deaths for the same period twenty;
ten children and ten adults.
A squat, accompanied by heavy
rain, struck the city this morning.
The tents at quarantine station were
blown down, but were soon replaced
in position, and no serious damage
was done.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-31

LAMPAsAs, May 26.-Our town con-
tinues to build, and visitors are ar
irving daily.
We were visited last night by a
good rain, which was thankfully re-
ceived by everybody, as we were
needing rain very much.
We are soon to have bridge built
across the Sulphur, which will be
about two hundred feet in length.
III. P. Brandes, agent of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe railroad, was
married to Miss Mollie House Thurs
daU
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21
Amusemcnts for the Young.

The following may serve to while
away some long winter evenings:
Can you place newspaper on the
floor in such a way that two persons
can easily stand upon it and not be
able to touch one another with their
hands? Yes; by putting the paper
in the doorway, one-half inside and
the other half outside of the room,
Ind closing the door over it, two
persons can easily stand upon it and
still be beyond each others reach.
Can you put one of your hands
where the other cannot touch it?
Easily ; by putting one hand on the
elbow of the other arm.
Can you place pencil on the floor
in such a way that no one can jump
oyer it ? Yes, if l place it close
enough to the wall of the room.
Can you push a chair through a
finger ring? Yes; by putting ring
on the finger, and pushing the chair
with the finger.
You can put yourself through .
keyhole by taking a piece of paper
with the word yourself written
upon it and pushing it through the
hole.
You can ask question that no
one can answer with mo" by say
ing, what does Yes spell"
You can go out of the room with
two legs and return with six, by
bringing chair with you.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21
1t Walked up the Prayer Meeting.

A lady of Staunton, Va, called at
watchmaker's shop last Thursday
afternoon to get her alarm clock,
which had been undergoing repairs,
and when. the alarm had been care
fully set for $50 o'clock, started for
home. On the way, finding that she
was Just in time for the prayer meet
ing of the First Presbyterian church,
she entered and sat down among the
devout. Now, when she ordered the
alarm set at $50, she had morning
in her mind, but the repairer had
afternoon in his his, while the clock
was intent only on doing its duty,
and ran on silently toward a relent-
less fate. The prayer meeting had
reached a moment of unusual So
lemnisy, when suddenly the alarm
went off with a fury born of recent
repairs, and with a noise like a
drunken trombone. If that clock
eyer has another chance to take part
in a prayer meeting, it will not be
during its present ownership.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21
The Singing Tree.

The singing tree of Queenland is
a luxurious shrub, pleasant to the
eye but dangerous to the touch. 1t
grows from two or three inches to
ten or fifteen feet in height, and
emits a disagreeable odor. Says a
traveller:
Sometimes while shooting tur-
keys in the shrubs, / have entirely
forgotten the. .stinging tree till | was
warned of its close proximity by its
smell, and have often 70 md myself
in a little forest of them. / was only
once stung by them, and then very
lightly. It's effects are curious it
leaves no mark, hut the pain is mad
dening, and for months afterward
the part when touched ia tender in
rainy weather, or when it gets wet
by washing, etc. have seen a man
who treats ordinary pain lightly,
roll on the ground in agony after
being stung, and / have known a
horse SO completely mad after get
ting into a grove of the trees that he
rushed open mouthed at every one
who approached him, and had to be
shot. Dogs, when stung, will rush
about whining piteously, biting piec-
es from the affected part"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21
Trimming Apple Trees.

Experience is the mother of wis
dom. There are different opinions
among farmers about the proper time
for trimming apple trees.
The main object ought to be te
trim in that season of the year when
the wound will entirely heal over, OF
the tree is ruined, sooner or later. i
that object is not accomplished the
water enters and ahole is rotted into
the trunk.
1t becomes hollow and is destroy.
ed. Some trim early in the spring
The sap forces itself out of the
wound in abundance, runs down on
the body or larger limbs, the bark
turns black and dies, and the tree is
permanently injured.
Another follows the opposite ex-
treme and prunes in August, or even
in early winter, when the sap has
turned into wood. The wound does
not turn black, as in the other case,
but heals slowly, if at all, and tree
with holes in it is the final result.
If the bark is entirely peeled off a
tree from the roots to the limbs in
the longest DAY of midsummer,
which is somewhere from the 10Th
to the Goth of June, a new bark is
formed and the tree is not injured,
and an old tree is said to be benefit
ted by the operation. If apple trees
are pruned at this time, if any bark
is accidentally taken off, new bark
will form to cover the wound where
the limb has been removed.
1t will entirely heal over if the
limb removed is not too large and
the growth is sufficient for that pur-
pose. The sap of the tree is not too
thin to run ou: and blacken the
tree, as in early spring, nor too thick
and already formed into the wood,
and the wound comparatively dry.
Both wood and bark, as in later pru-
ming, are not stopped in growth over
the wound. Many farmers, as gen.
eral thing, prune an'orchard without
discretion, saving off too large limbs
that can never heal over, oftentimes
cutting them off some inches from
the trunk of the tree or the larger
limb from which they are re-
moved, the stub of the limb
will die to the body and the further
decay of the tree is sure.
In pruning off too much the nat
ural equilibrium between the roots
and the top is destroyed and the
body of the tree will come out in
suckers and sprouts.
Such ignorant pruners had better
cut their trees down and trim them
afterward, which is easier done and
with more profit to themselves, as
the ground could be employed for
some better purpose.
If a limb is dead there is no op-
tic ]; it must be cut off close to the
tree. The only living limbs that
should be cut off are the small ones
that will heal over, coming from the
larger branches in the inside Of the
top, and those that cross and gall
each other, thereby letting in more
sun to the apples to give them bet
ter color and give the pickers bet
ter chance in the tree. Everything
beyond this is superhuous, and pru-
ming had better be dispensed with
altogether. Many orchards receive
their death warrants from such i'll
pruning every wear.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21
How Slate Pencils are Made.

Broken slate from the quarries is
put into mortar run by steam and
pounded into small particles. Thence
it goes into the hopper Of a mill,
which runs itinto a boiling machine,
such as is used in Touring mills,
where it is bolted, the fine, almost
impalpable flour that results being
taken into a mixing tub, where a
small quantity of steatite flour man.
ufactured in a similar manner is
added, and the whole made into a
stiff dough. The dough is thor
oughly kneeded by passing it sew
eral times between iron rollers.
Thence it is carried to table, where
it is made into charges-that is,
short cylinders, four or FIVE inches
thick, and containing from eight to
ten pounds each. Four of these are
placed in a strong iron chamber or
retort, with a changeable nozzle, SO
as to regulate the size of the pencils,
and subjected to tremendous hy-
draulic pressure, under which the
composition is pushed through the
nozzle in a long cord like slender
snake sliding out of hole, and
passes over a sloping table slit at
right angles with the cords to give
passage, with a knife which cuts
them into lengths. They are then
laid on boards to dry, and after a
few hours are removed to sheets of
corrugated zinc, the cerrugations
serving to prevent the pencils from
warping during the process of bak-
ing, to which they are next subject
ed in kiln. into which superheated
steam is introduced into pipes; the
temperature being regulated accord
ing to the requirements of the arti-
cles exposed to its influence. From
the kiln the articles 60 into the fin
ishing and packing room, where the
ends are thrust for second under
rapidly revolving emery wheels,
and withdrawn neatly and smoothly
pointed ready for use. They are
then packed in pasteboard boxes,
each containing 100 pencils; and
these boxes, in turn, are packed for
shipment in wooden boxes contain
ing 100 each, or 10000 pencils in a
shipping box. Nearly all the work
is done by boys, and the cost there
fore is light.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21

He is a staid church member; a
Presbyterian. He had dog. There
was a wicked man who boarded at
the same house. The dog was well
known as the property of the good
man. The wicked man fed and
fondled the dog, and the dog grew
much attached to him. When the
wicked man walked out in the even
ing the dog would &c along. The
wicked man would 60 to very dis
reputable places and the dog would
sit on the steps and wait until he
came out. The dog was acquainted
with all his masters acquaintance,
and when any OF them passed he
would come down from the steps
and 90 to them to be caressed and
then return to the steps that he
might not lose the wicked man who
was inside. The good man has been
disciplined by his church. He has
sold his dog.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21
Cure for the Blues.

"What's the matter now?" asked a
Austin lady of her hus-
band, who seemed to be depressed.
'I'm feeling very badly. I'm
afraid I'm not long for this world" I"
was the reply.
Fiddle sticks"
"Nol Pm in earnest. 1t will not
be long before you will be walking
te the graveyard behind my coffin"
that's just were you're fooling
yourself. I'll ride in a carriage, or
else III not be in the procession at
ALL"
Such heartlessness made him so
mad that be went to work and chop
ped up a cord OF wood, and now he
feels strong enough to run for almost
any Office in the gift of the people.
SJtings.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21
Don't Betray Confidence.

Treachery is a detestable fault,
therefore let nothing tempt you to
betray a secret confided to your
honor. What if the friend who
once trusted you, and told you all
the secrets of his heart, has become
your enemy? You are still bound
to keep your word inviolate, and pre-
serve locked in your heart the secrets
confidently made known to you. A
man of principle will never betray
an enemy. He holds it christian
duty never to reveal what in good
faith was placed in his keeping.
While the Albanians were at war
with Philip, the King of Macedon,
they intercepted a letter that the
king had written to his wife Olym-
pia. 1t was returned unopened, that
it might not be read In public
their laws forbidding them to reveal
a secret. Among the Egyptians it
was a criminal offence to divulge a
secret. A priest who had been gull
ty of the offence, was ordered to
leave the country.
Have you another's secret in your
keeping? Then reveal it not for the
world. A confding friend may tell
you a hundred things, which if it
was whispered abroad would bring
him into contemplated ridicule, and
injure his character through life. No
one is so upright that he may not
have committed some ungentleman-
ly act, or some impure offence, (which
may have been done years ago, be-
fore the individuals character was
formed, and before he had wife and
children. Would it not be a pro-
fanation of the most sacred duties
in a fit of anger, or out of malice or
revenge, to divulge secret like this?
A mans enemies would not care
whether it was the fault of his
thoughtless youth or his maturer
years so long as they could make
handle of it to his injury, and thus
effect their purpose. Be careful,
then, never under any considera-
ton, whatever, to repeat what has
been whispered to you in the conf
dence of friendship. A betrayer of
secrets is fit for the society of the
low and vile.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21
AsHBuRNHAN, Mass, Jan. IA, 80.

AsHBuRNHAN, Mass, Jan. IA, 80.
l have been very sick over two
years. They all gave me up as past
cure. / tried the most skillful ply
sicians, but they did not reach the
worst part. The lungs and heart
would fill up every night and dis
bad. / told my children / never
should die in peace until l had tried
Hop Bitters. / have taken two bot
ties. They have helped me very
much indeed. / am now well. There
was a lot of sick folks here who have
seen how they helped me, and they
use them and are cured, and feel as
thankful as / do that there is so val
liable medicine made.
MRS. JULIA G. CUSHING.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21

Some Of our city stores are con-
stantly annoyed BY children coming
to the door and asking for cards,
empty boxes and that sort of thing.
The clerks are, of course, down on
the youngsters, and the warfare nov
er ends. The other day a littel girl
opened store door, and sticking her
head in, called out:
"Ssy, mister, have you got any
empty boxes 2"
mo !" said the clerk, not very po-
litely.
aGot any cards ?"
"Nop
"Got any almanacs 2"
"Nop
"Got any empty bottlesf"
"N0w
"Got any sense p
"No-yes-no- -yes-you misera-
BE little wrstch I" and the clerk flew
out of the door; but the younestsr
WAS in the next alley making faces
at him and he came back madder
than be had been since his salary
VA reduced.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21

Not long since, a little girl of five
years, after saying her evening pray
ers, began to indulge in an original
petition of her own, varying it accord
ing to her moods She was aware
that she had not been particularly
good on certain day, and her even
ing prayers were thus supplemented:
81 pray the Lord to make Lily a
good girl, and if at first you don't
succeed, try, try again"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21

$50 you have got twing at your
house ?" said Mr.. Besumbee to little
Tommy Samuelson, "Yes, ma'am
two of them" "What are you going
to call them Z" Thunder and
Lightning" sWhy those are strange
names to call children" "Well
that's what pa called them as soon
as he heard they were in the house"
-Teras Siftings.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21

1t is said that Barnum is negotia-
ting for the purchase Of a white ele-
phant, and has sentan agent to Siam
with 100000 wherewith to buy
one.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21

Remember to underdrain orchards
that are on low, damp land. Such
orchards cannot be productive with
out it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21
THE FALLow FIELD.


The sun comes up and the sun COOS down !;
The night mist shroudeth the sleeping town I;
But if it be dark or if it b. day,
II the tempcsts beat or the breezes play,
Still here on this upland slope lie
Looking up to the changeful sky.
Naught am but fallow field;
Never crop my acres yield.
Over the wall at my right hand
Stately and green the corn blades stand,
And hear at my left the flying feet
OF the winds that rustic the bending wheat
Often while yet the morn is red
! list Tor our masters eager tread.
He smiles at the young corn's towering
height,
He knows the wheat is o goodly sight,
But he glances not at the fallew field
Whose idle acres no wealth may yield.
Sometimes the shout of the harvestsrs
The sleeping pulse of my being stirs,
And as one in dream seem TO feel
The sweep and the rush of the swi nging
steel,
Or catch the sound of the gay refrain
As they heap their wains with the golden
grain.
Yet, Omy neighbors, be not too pro nd,
Though on every tongue your praise is loud.
Our mother Nature is kind to me,
And am beloved by bird and bee,
And never a child that passes by
But turns upon me grateful eye.
Over my head the skies are blue;
i have my share of the rain and dew;
/ bask like you in the summer sun
When the long bright days pass. one by one,
And calm as yours is my sweet repose
Wrapped in the warmth of the winter SHOWS.
For little our loving mother cares
Which the corn or the daisy bears.
Which is rich with the ripening wheat,
Which with the violet's breath il sweet,
Which is red with the clover bloora,
Or which for the wild sweet fer makes
room.
Useless under the summer sky
Year after year men say lie.
Little they know what strength OF mine
l give to the trailing blackberry vine;
Little they know how the wild grape grows
Or how my life-blood flushes the rose
Little they think of the cups ] fill
For the moses creeping under the hill;
Little they think of the feast spread
For the wild wee creatures that must be fed:
Squirrel and butterfly. bird and bee.
And the creeping things that no eye may
see.
Lord of the harvest, Thou dost know
How the summers and winters go.
Never a ship sails east or west
Laden with treasures at my behest,
Yet my being thrills to the voice of God
When give my gold to the golden-rod.
JULIA c. r. DoRR, in Hape's Maqa=ine for
February.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21

History is neither moro nor less
than biography on large scale
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-21

Initiate the industry Of the ant
and the frusalty of the bee.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-01
OVerCOat Weather

Is now here in es less, and as the pop.
ular clotliers to the people it is our
pleasureandpr,de too your tenti0n
to our extensive a I'd well 81 tl3c3ed stock.
ItDw0uld take up too much high.prlced
space to attempt to enumerate just how
many sizes and qualities we have on ex-
hibition on our counters. Suffice it is
to say that men, hess hess er children can
be "overcoated" at cur establishment
from S1.5O for children up to mems
finest imported at $40. The cheapest
coats will render good service, while
the medium grades and higher priced
combine beauty and style with service.
able qualities. We have over thou
sand Oyercoats Of several styles and
fabrics, which we are selling at SO, IS,
81 and $12, while at SIS, SIS and
$50 our stsck is large and complete.
Between $50 and $40 we display the
choicest stock in the entire West. To
be appreciated, our OVercoats should
be seen, though we have made provision
for out of town parties, wha cannot
easily call, by publishing complete
price list, with rules for self measure
ment, which we will be pleased to send
to any address.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-01
The cortege to the cemetery was very large.
The remains were buried in Belle Foun-
tain cemetery.
A LITTLE CRANKY.

The Secretary of the Chicago Board of
Trade on His Dignity-An Impression
That His Resignation VIII be Accepted.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.l
CHICAGO, Sept. 3O.-Secretary Randolph
resigned his $1,000 job, it is said, because
the board of directors of the committee
having charge of building, did not see fit
to make certain repairs in the secretary's
Office which he had requested. He also
took umbrage that the arrangement for
the clearing house was given into the
hands of committee rather than to be
referred to him. When the board received
his resignation it was utterly at loss
to account for it, and voted not to
receive it. The secretary was then called
on. He made speech on Tuesday, recit-
ing his grievances. The directors were, it
is said, amazed, and figured that his rea-
sons for resigning were SO trivial as to ap-
pear almost ridiculous. The secretary's
bill Of grievances caused rather revolu-
ton of feeling in the board. Whereas it
had felt disposed to concede almost any
thing to Randolph when he made his ad-
dress it felt as if had been triaed with. An
excellent authority says that on Tuesday,
unless Randolph himself changes his atti-
tude the resignation will be accepted. The
person most talked of as the successor to
Randolph was Geo. Brine. It is generally
predicted in case that vacancy occurs the
place will first be offered to him.