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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-28

Ell PAso, June 23.-Don Louis Torres. COY,
ernOr elect of Sonora, arrived here, and M
conversation about General Crook, stated that
II the captive Indians were again put on the
reservation and escaped again into Mexico
that country would hold the American govern
nent responsible for all depredations COM
mltted by them on Mexican citizens
The waterworks company of this city have
been mortgaged to n bank in Atchison' Kan.
for the sum of $4,000
!. Last night and Thursday night we had two
light showers, the first of the season.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-28
THE RAPHAEL AGuIRRE GRANT.

I'VE publish below the decision of
the supreme court rendered in the
case of E. S. Hanrick, who sued as
theI owner of the Aguirre eleven
league grant, against John Caya-
naugh, one of the settlers. The
questions decided involved the title
to nearly fifty thousand acres OF
choice land in Williamson county.
now occupied by between fifty and
one hundred families, cultiva.ing 1t.
The opinion was delivered by the
Hon. b. H. Bassett, one OF the special
judges, Chief Justic Willie and AS
sociate Justice West being disquali-
fled from sitting in the case.
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mind. / could not positively say
what are his motives; and as ] am
personally responsible for all l have
said and am willing to stand by
them as facts | know, am not will
ing to make any statement that |
cannot substantiate, and which L
could not conscientiously stand by.
l deprecate carrying the matter into
the newspapers. This is state insti
tuition for the welfare of which every
citizen should feel deep interest.
The interest which feel in this insti-
tuition rises above every personal con-
sideration, and / would not now say
anything except in self-defense.
With regard to the furniture
which DR.. Burt has made such pa
rade over, / have this to say: that it
was bought because the old was worn
out and broken to pieces, which can
be easily demonstrated as we have the
old furniture yet. In this connection
| wish to call your attention to the
plain letter of the law, to show you
that the board clearly had the right
| to pay for it. | am sorry to have to
say that DR.. Burt, in stating that 80
per cent. of this furniture went into
| the private rooms of the superintend-
ent, stated an absolute falsehood.
Even if you count the furniture in
the parlor on the second floor as pri-
yate. the statement still remains a
falsehood. Really, however, it is abb
surd to say that the furniture is for
private use, because part of it is put
in the rooms occupied by the family
of the superintendent. There is only
| one room occupied by any member of
the superintendent family that con-
tains any of this furniture, and the
room occupied by the superintendent
daughters does not now, nor has it,
at any time, contained single piece
of his furniture. The largest part of
| it is in the two parlors; one on the
| first and one on the second floor. The
first is exclusively Tor the use of the
patients and their friends who visit
them, while the one on the second
floor has always been used as officers
| parlorRod BY no means for the sole
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IN MEMORLAM.


Ring out ye spheresi ring out my mournful
And oh, We groves, your solemn music lend
To my great grief. In plaintive, sorrowing
For he is dead. my Husband and my Friendl
And oh. thou Love, the sunshine of my youth.
Now lend thy strength to every note OF woe,
while in sorrow learn the bitter truth
The lonely hours this widowed heart must
know. w
O Love, O Sorrow, wherefore are ye twain,
The rival heirs of my bereaved breastf
where in successive anarchy We reign,
Each STRENGTHENING each In anguish ana
unrest!
The tones of bliss which was wont to hear,
And hear with rapture from his blessed lips,
Are silent nowi Where shall find his peerT
To me the world Is shrouded In eclipse! -
For dark are all the scenes where he is not,
voice;
Pale Grief is now my silent, bitter lot,
Though the vain world should say, Rejoice
rejoicer'
But he has passed to purer Light above.
And 60 hold 1t sin thus to complain;
With me he left his great, undying love-
And nothing but the holier thoughts remain.
Those win cherish tin the Bridal Song
OF the Eternal Kingdom shall unite
nv soui with his, and with the glorious Throng.
Fast by the throne Of Majesty and Light!
There shall the voice which babe the pillows
cease
BE heard in thrilling tones of Love and Peace
OF love SO full Of Joy and harmony
-Chdm1eTS' Journal.
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Newman Hall church, in LONDON
h.. OH members. Its thirteen pun,
day-scbools have $500 children anu NV
teachers.
-R;ots occurred 1ately between Budd'
hist and Rom nists n Colombo. the cap
ital 81 Ceylon, on account OF insults
offered BY the Buddhists to the Ca'no''o
crucifix.
The moral effect alone of well.
kept bed Of flowers in front OF any scn 1rdl
house is beyond estimation no onl."
is wholly insensible to their silent gen
ial influence hristidn Union.
The Congregationalist says that
..there are more than eight hundred
Congregational ministers who are not
engaged in pastoral work, and yet we
talk Of the dearth of ministers!
pr. Mark Hopkins, in q recent leo
ture to the theological students OF frlnce-
ton Seminary, is reported to have ex-
pressed his views in regard to evolution
yery forcibly, saying that the theory was
not only ssatheistic, " but entirely insum-
Gent to explain in any way the origin
of the human species.
A New York school girl says her.
studies are arithmetic, algebra, geog,
raphy, astronomy, grammar, United
States history, general history, ctymoi-
oov. spelling, composition, drawing,
| reading, writing, and singing ny nc'e.
It looks IS if her education Is penn
sadly neglected. Unless French. Latln'
mental philosophy. calculus, ciyll en-
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1T is at the quilting ssbee" where
you hear the singing remarks.-N. 4.
NesCs.
Notwithstanding his retirement on
account of age, General Sherman VIII
dispense with his staff.
II an idea strikes you forcibly rub
arnica ON the bruised part, aud you may
never be affected in like manner again.
IN. y. Herald.
Oscar Wilde recent statement that
he ssfeeds ON himself, = reminds us that
this is about the right time of year for
eating green's. -Loa0eH Courier.
The Hindoos are said to have $780,
0O0, 900 gods. In order to give the
requisite attention to their religion these
heather must have q lot Of idol time at
their disposal.
-" Yes" said the country telegraph
operator, sssome people don't seem to
have any sense. A dispatch arrived last
week for q man around the corner, and
the darned fool hasn't come for it yet. ="
Chicago Tribune.
1t is . breach of etiquette never to,
be forgiven to sneeze in the presence Of
royalty, but royalty has never bothered
itself to tell man what to do with his
nose when he feels q sneeze working
along up his suspenders. Detroit Free
Press.
"A young lover in Iowa paid forty
dollars for q locomotive to run him
thirty-five miles to see his girl, and
when he got there the family bulldog
ran him two miles and didn't charge
him AGENT. Corporations have no souls.
-Rsck's Sun.
--ssDo you think smokers are q
nuisance?h asked Harlem man of q
| fat individual who sat next to him on
| the train. mo, sir; / do not" en-
phatically growled the person adj
dressed, as he got up and went into
another car. sWho is that manp" in
quired the first speaker, turning to .
fellow traveller ssHe is . ham-curer
| and runs big sm0kehouse down town, !"
was the reply. "Ah!' murmured the
Harlem man, relapsinx into sudden
silence. Harlem IN. ~ Times.
-"Boss, does yer wanter buy hamp"
asked . negro of . white man. "What
! is it worthf'' "Wall. as It's yersef, yer
may take it fur fifty cents" THAT
won't do. You can afford to sell it for
less, for believe you stole it, any
how" Boss, doan' 'cuse me so rash.
Have . little musey bout yer pusson.
But, tell yer, boss, If yer won't say
nothin' bout it, I'll let yer hab it fur
forty cents" The white man agreed,
end maid <ruo,. fI.o amount The no0ro
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susding capitalists 70 invest in your
oChemep
.None ct all, when they have seen
the electroscope work. I have used It
with entire success over short distan.'
ces, and am fully satisfied that 1t VIII
do equally well at long ones.
sCould you make an electroscope TO
transmit pictures to Europe"
"Possibly, although an exceedingly
powerful current would be required.
fu tell YOU what could do. You
have read Verne's Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea7'
The reporter nodded assent.
II believe could reproduce with
submarine electroscope some OF the
scenes which the Frenchman descr1bes.
Expert divers could carry my invention
under the sea, and the mysterious body
which covers three-fourths OF the earth 8
surface would be forced to give up its
secrets, or some of them at any rate.
Of course, the operators could only
work in comparatively shallow water.
where the light would be strong enough
| for these experiments. Is it not q grand
| idea?'' exclaimed the inventor, leaping
| from the bench and waving his knot OF
wire dramatically. The coral reefs,
the hills and dales Of the land under
the water; the masses of strange, crawl
| ing things covering the firm, white sand;
the monsters of the deep, looming out
Of obscurity to view the invaders Of
their domain, and occasionally the
wreck Of ship. with the skeletons on
her deck grinniag horrid welcome, As
though their dull sockets had eyes, to
see the beings of their own race among
them. All, the very thought repays all
my work and struggles.
He bowed his head upon his breast
and folded his arms. Apparently he
had forgotten his visitor. Now and Their
his lips moved slightly. In that att
tude, with smiles and frowns chasing
each other across the face like sunshine
and shadow over the side of q mount
ain, the reporter left him. Y. EUen
inc Post. III
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HOW KATY CAUGHT HIM.

xAV w nm OAO0AA4 $500
You're sure you won't be afraid,
KatyP"
20 no. father!''
But lilly is so deaf" added Mr..
Dillingham;, pausing with his foot on
the carriage step. i" Sha'n't stop and
ask Aunt Priscilla to let one Of the girls
come up?'
+" No indeed father; 1 won't be bit
" Well, there's nothing to hurt you,
and shall he back with your mother
some time tonight If it's possible
thing. Good-by, daughter"
Mr.. Dillingham; seated himself in the
vehicle, touched the old gray lightly and
drove away. Katy stood in the door
and watched her father off. She was
Just thirteen years of age, and she
didn't feel bit afraid, and when the
carriage was out of sight she bounded
off the doorstep and across the road to
the big barn, whence she presently re-
turned with her apron full of eggs.
I" lilly" she screamed, going into
the kitchen 'soh, lilly, let me make a
sponge-cake, all myself, for dinner to-
morrow. I've found some eggs and /
want-to make-a sponge-cake."
=" o yes" said lilly, quite with the
air of one who can hear as well as
another one, but who like to play some
times at being deaf, s'make half dozen
of sponge-cakes if you want to, dearie.
SO Katy beat the eggs, whites and
yelks separately, for ten minutes; she
put in the sugar and beat five minutes,
and the flour and beat three minutes
more, exactly by rule, and when all this
was done, and the cake Drowned to de-
licious perfection in the big oven, the
short November afternoon was already
halfway through.
q I'm going to put my cake in the
preserve closet, Tilly."
lilly didn't offer any objection and
Katy carried her sponge-cake through
the pantry into the little dark closet be-
You'd. There were rows upon rows
of preserve jars, and above them on
the upper shelf Katy caught white
CLEAN from the silver-the ever and
sugar bowl and cake basket and tea
pot, besides quantity of spoons that
had belonged to her great-grandmother
They were very heavy and all of pure
silver; and suddenly, as Katy stood
gazing up at them, she remembered,
with little SILVER of dread, the face of
a tramp who had looked in at the door
the day before while lilly was cleaning
the silver at the table. He asked for .
drink of water, and when he had got it
he wentaway; but it seemed to Katy at
this minute that he looked at the silver
agreat deal longer and sharper than
was at all necessary. What if he should
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s'sS w.
How to Care Stammering.
Probably no human infirmity has been
the object Of such diverse or such blum
dering and unscientific treatment. Even
SO good surgeon as Diefenbach cut
wedges out of the tongue Of the patient;
lizard made them speak holding gold
fork in their mouth; Series advised
waving motion of the arms during
speech; Bertrand caused them to regu-
late the words to rythmical motion OF
the fingers, or to keep time to stick as
in the orchestra. He also placed SUBJ
stances in the mouth. This had been
done centuries before by Demosthenes,
according to that unveraciOus gossip,
Plutarch. These might be termed me-
chanical attempts at cure.
Next to them came Tin the lecture OF
which this is . condensation) musical
methods, and foremost among them
singing; it being well known that many
confirmed stammerers sing with perfect
articulation. Secondly, . so-called Sc
cret method, which consisted in either
whispering or speaking in q gruf, un-
melodious tone Thirdly, the very OPP
posite of this, IS recommended by
Marshall Hall, namely, chanting or
monotoning. Fourthly, preceding all
abrupt and consonantal sounds by .
vowel such as E, recommended by
Arnott. Filthy, the plan of running
all the words Of long sentence into
one, and thus acquiring as it were an
articulstory momentum.
Intellectual or rational methods
brought the lecture to close. First
among these is pausing and deliberate
ness. The stammerer may be compared
mechanically to steamship which over
runs her crew, and treated similarly.
Secondly, the imitation Of good models,
bv reading in unison with an articulate
speaker: Thirdly, and perhaps best Of
all. prefacing every sentence by deep
breath. which relaxes all the muscles Of
speech. ana enables them to start fairly
one against another. Fourthly, plan
was suggested which had succeeded ad.
mirablV In the lecturers experience
namely. that Of learning q new Ian
ouaOe' For this purpose none was bet,
ter than French. Its pronunciation il
40 thoroughly different from that of En-.
p]ish that it requires and establishes q
totally new coordination Of muscles
Moreover, its mode Of habitual acquire
ment is entirely different from that Of
English. Any one who will watch I
| French child lust rising out of infancy
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Enough Of Arthur.


Some Republican paper dominates
President Arthur for reelection. There
is no harm in this. Ours is free coun-
try and nominating is at once Nation
al pastime and the unchallenged priv
ilege of American citizens. In the pres
ent case the nominator presents his
candidate in solemn sincerity and with
the profoundest unconsciousnesso of doing
anything out of the way. 1t is always
in order to present the existing incum-
bent for re-election-and why shouldn't
President Arthur have the benefit of this
ancient and estimable precedent Hasn't
he made q very fair Executive? Hasn't
he circumspectly avoided the indiscre-
tions, blunders and culpable alliances
that blur the record of many of his pre-
decessorsp Hasn't he been exempt
from quarrels with Congress, and hasn't
he conducted our tame relations with
foreign powers, after the Republican
fashion, in the tamest and most unexcit-
ing wayP
Yes, certainly. But for all this the
Republicans do not want him for cam
didate. They have had enough of him.
They would not nominate him, proba-
bly,, even If they thought they could
elect him, which, by the way, they do
not think. Republicans have not had
the highest opinion of their Vice-Presi-
dents since the days of Andrew john
SON, and when their terms expire they
call it square and dismiss them. Be-
sides, Mr.. Arthur was the friend and
protege of Mr.. Conkling, and not hav-
ing the ability to rise above the fortunes
of that misguided and mistaken states
man, he must share his downfall.
Then, again, he allowed himself to be
persuaded to impose member of his
Cabinet on the Republicans Of New
York as q candidate for Governor, an
Interference which the people of that
State rebuked with majority of nearly
two hundred thousand.
No; Mr.. Arthur is not the man for
the nomination Republicans do not
know who is the man; but they do
know who is not. The nomination is
going a-begging, but President Arthur
can not get it-even If he wants it, of
which there is no evidence.-6. Louis
Republican.
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"A company has been formed in
Vienna to undertake the general BUSH
ness of washing windows. It is like
wise prepared to execute orders for the
scrubbing of house fronts and vesti-
bules, and the cleansing of mirrors and
show cases, and doubtless for all kin
dred operations. Under proper guaran-
tees such an undertaking might be made
profitable in any large city.
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OOu kAOW " ny ~ cAAV<AA<A ~ vi ~
cially SO, and what II it isf That will
not deter newspapers from using 1t.
Don't they spend money without stint
to getaccurate news? Why should they
not be willing to pay for accurate pict-
ures? With the electroscope there
would be the same competition between
the papers for pictorials as there now is
for written news. Then, in case Of
war, my instrument would be of great
value to the belligerents. The officers
in front could send pictures Of the
eDemy's works by field telegraph to the
General-in-C Chief in the rear"
"How long have you been at work u
this thingp"
"Many weary years." replied the in,
yentor, with sigh. THE idea ante.
dated those Of the photograph and
telephone. The success of those inven-
tons, particularly of the latter, encour.
aged me greatly. II . sound could be
transmitted over the electric wires, why
not light. Thus reasoned. and have
toiled on in the face of disappointment
and the laughter of the few to whom
have confided my plans, until at last
have perfected the machine"
"When do you intend to put it init
active operationP'
s.In the fan OF summer. The dull
season of the year Is 80 close at hand
that could do but little now. When
September or October comes, though,
shall organize company and than mJ
triumph win come He laughs bes
Il -
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myself prisoner. :"
..lt was Katy" said Mrs. Dilling-
ham, laughing until she cried. "Katy
why, what are you hiding for,
child? Come here.'
And Katy reluctantly obeyed.
s'Now how was it, daughter?" asked
her father, when this strange uncle had
shaken hands with Katy and kissed
her half dozen times on each cheek.
So Katy told the story over again,
this time with good many laughing
interruptions.
"And you were kind of burglar,
she said, slyly CHANGING up, because
you were after the preserves, you
know"
II got in through window too
Katy. And ate whole sponge-cake
while 1 was locked up"
ut was mime" said Katy, laughing
again.
Mr.. Dillingham; sat down and took
his daughter on his knee. ''Well,"
said be, you'd have done just the
same if he'd been q genuine tramp, as
he ought to have been, poking around
folks houses in that fashion. I'm
proud of you, Katy-did."
$50 am L. said Uncle Frank Saw
yer. and he rolled up his eyes in COM
ical way at Katy.
"And so am /, said her mother and
she kissed Katy.-Ada Carleton Stod-
dard, in Harper's Young People.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-14
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN BIZ Mr..
BURDETTR

4
BURDETTB.
View York Tribune.
Robert j. Burdette, Of the Bur-
lington Ha1keye, delivered alecture
entitled advice to q Young Man, -
at Association Hall last night, before
An audience which was limited only
by the capacity Of the house. The
lecture, although an old one to Mr..
Burdette, was a new one to most of
his hearers. If rounds of applause
and peals of laughter were indica-
tons of applause, Mr.. Burdette was
certainly successful in his effort of
last evening.
II have had great deal of ad-
vice" he said, "given me by older
people than myself In many in
stances / know would have been
much wiser had / followed that ad-
vice. When a boy, / was told to
keep away from the canVas of the
circus tent, but / didn't. / am
wiser now. Although a circus mans
arm is not as swift as lightning, yet
ii is much more likely to strike
twice in the same place. Young
men, you must be somebody to be-
gin with. l don't mean by this that
you must be born of a big family,
for ancestry don't count for much
in this country. If you have got
the idea into your head that it does,
you ought to be stuffed and set up
in a cigar store. When the world
wants you, my son, it will find you.
1t won't ask you who your grand
father was, for it don't care. People
soon forget the names of the ances-
tors of distinguished people in this
country. / don't believe there is a
man present here tonight who can
tell me the name OF Brigham
Young's mother-in-law. Laughter.
Make up your mind to do a great
deal of hard work. 1t won't kill
you. It's the intervals between
work that kill people. It's after one
of these Intervals that you wake
up and find your hat four sizes too
small and your coat several sizes too |
big. It's the recreation that kills. |
Oh, but it's only once in n while, |
you say-a very small matter. |
Well, although bumblebee is not |
as large as a dray horse, you must not
handle him carelessly. Then try to
get acquainted with yourself A
good many die without having
scraped an acquaintance with them
selves. Ifyou arc going TO be hon
est from policy don't be honest at
at all The kind of honesty that
can be bought and sold isn't worth
much. Don't believe that cheek Is
better than modesty or merit, be-
cause it isn't. Ifyou never do any
thing else in the world, marry.
Don't be afraid your wife won't
Iook after you. You'll find she will
DO able to do that to perfection"
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JUST WHAT HE WANTED.

JUST WHAT LIE WANIEOs
From the Detroit Free Press.l
A man who had been purchasing
a horse and cutter was yesterday
speeding the animal up and down
Park street, when policeman said
to him:
"That's four times you have been
racing up and down"
Eyes, just four"
"And you want to quit, or you'll
get into trouble"
"How ?"
"Tll complain of you"
"What for?"
"Fast driving"
"At what rate will you swear /
was driving?"
"At least eight miles an hour"
"Will you, honest Injun? Will
you say at least eight?"
81 will, and the recorder will find
you $3."
"Say," said the man, as he pulled
out a five-dollar bill and extended it,
"take this and do me a favor Make
complaint that | was driving at
least eight miles an hour, and have
me fined for it. | bought this old
beast for four -mile-an- hour horse,
and if it gets around among the
boys that he can step at the rate of
eight can sell for $25 in cash and
a secondhand overcoat. Go and
enter complaint to-day, so that it
will be mentioned in the morning
papers, and don't forget to say eight
miles an hour-eight miles on your
afidavyl"
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I The following account of the re-
ceipts and expenditures of DIR. Tai
mage's church for the year ended
on Feb. was read yesterday:
INCOME. = Pews and premiums,
Sl5,018,64 collections, S5,679,63 !;
Sunday school, $2,326,68; Young
Peoples Association, 5000; all other
sources, S1,26450. Total, $24,-
4S9.4
CURRENT EXPENSES. - Pastors
salary, $4,000; repairs and sup
plies, s2,791.71 other salaries, ST.
894.91; gas, s1,115.20; donations,
S992.55; insurance, $740.29; sta
tionery and printing, S355.85; Pres
byterial assessments, S28O.03 water
tax, S172.44; incidental expenses,
$2,93S.88. Total, $24,281.86. Ex-
cess of receipts over expenses,
@[U4 .OJ.