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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

NJ. PAsTEUR's study of the cholera
epidemic up to the present time is
formulated in methods for avoiding
the disease. These rest principally on
the generally known fact of the pro-
pagation of the disease by water. and
he insists on the most elaborate pre-
cautions with reference to the water
used for hosehold purposes. All
drinking water must be first boiled,
and the glasses and pitchers into
which it is poured must be perfectly
clean. Even water for the toilet must
first be boiled. Table cutlery and
spoons must be PLACID in an oven
ard heated to certain point.
Bed clothing must be repeatedly
washed ald rapidly dried. These
rules are laid down more especially
for doctors and nurses who live
among the sufferers from the cpl
demic. Nj. Pasteur denounces under
done meat and badly cooked vegeta
bles as especially dangerous. He has
even devised mask, composed of two
thin sheets of lrass, between which is
introduced thin layer of phenolized
cotton, which destroys cholera germs
while passing through it. The re-
searches of M. Pasteur, while adding
to the general stock of knowledge
win be of especial value to those
whose duty it is to combat the pesti-
lent forces of the'epidemic. To secure
immunity for nurses and physicians
-, to rob the scourge of half its terrors.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
EStray Notice.

FSTRAYED by t. j. Lyckman before f. C.
~ WillbuTn, Justice of the Peace, Travis
County. Aug ST IS, 1885, a bIOWn horse mule
branded on right shoulder 3V, II or Is years
old, scar on weathers like fstulo, about 13I$
hands high, collar marked, appraised at S35
FRANK BROWN,
Clerk County Court Travis County.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

Girl in hammock
Reading book
Catches man
By hook or crook.
Girl in kitchen
Scrubbing pan
Cannot gobble
Any man.
Ten years later,
Head in whirl
Wishes he'd taken
Kitchen girl.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-11

He stopped short. impelled by the
hurried gesture Of the old mans
hand.
"Somebody's here ?" said he, peer
ing through the seml-darkness.
"Well, why couldn't you say so ? Who
is it The old bag downstairs, or"
at is L, Mr.. Fitz Arragon," said
Octavia, quietly advancing" Octavia
Glenn"
"Oh, I beg a thousand pardons p
said Mr.. Ferrigan Fitz Arragon, hur-
riedly assuming his company" man.
ners. eff 1 could have imagined that
such an honor as this was in store for
me"
"I don't know what you mean by
such honors," said Octavia, bluntly.
II am a working girl you are a book
binder. We have neither of us any
reason to be ashamed of our calling
yet l see no necessity for fine language
and stilted titles. Your poor old father
is very i'll, and seems to be in need of
the commonest necessities of life
Suppose you sell your diamond ring
and help him?"
That was the end of Mr.. Fitz
Arragon's pr~etensions. He never
came back to the country solitudeS
gain, to Fernando Glenn's bitter dis
a. pointment.
But how could he face them all,
after it was discovered that his 'author-
ship" of STRAY Leaves" and Float
ing Fancies" was confined only to
putting the covers on the same, and
that the real author was a stout, short,
old gentleman in spectacles, and that
even his name vas a fabrication CT his
own ingenious brain?
Old Mr.. Ferrigan died. Perhaps, as
lie himself had limited, it vas the best
and wisest thing he could do.
But Octavia Glenn's kindness and
watchful care soothel his last hours,
and she had the satisfaction of getting
the price of a decent funeral out OF
the ambitious son.
a jay in borrowed plumage!" she
thought. Il never despised any one
50 much in my life y
And when Fernando bewailed hel
delusion, old Grandfather Glenn only
smiled and said:
Didn't 1 tell you that he was only
electro plated?'
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-11

The eye is a remarkable organize
markable for its powers of endurance,
for it's toughness, since only a violent
blow, even with a hammer, can crush
it, as any one may know by an expert
ment on the eye of dead animal, as
an OK. Its Importance is indicated by
the manifest care in the protection of
it, lying. as it does, on a soft bed of fat
in a cavity, with so many bony projec-
tons around it that an injury from
an ordinary blow, as from "A fiat club,
would be very unusual. The brows
and the fringe of the lids do much to
prevent dust and perspiration from
reaching them, while a supply of tears
from gland above the eye, about three
fourths of an inch long, with from
eight to twelve ducts leading to the
ball, serve not only to moisten, and in
a certain sense to nOurish that organ,
but to wash away whatever dust may,
by chance, get upon the ball. Then
tears flow in such a manner as to
reach the whole ball, and then flow
toward the inner angle, at which
point a duct passes the whole down
into the cavity of the nose. The fire.
quent and imperceptible winking,
generally without any design on our
part, Jubricating or moistening the
ball by the spreading of this eyewater,
the best in use, this being the more
frequent as the occasion for it is mani
fest-a curative process. The nearest
approach to this tear wash is made
from the pith of the sassafras, dis
solved in rose-water, wetting the balls
often.
If Cne would preserve the sight of
the eye, keep the ball free from in
fammation. 1t is needful not to rub
the eye harshly at any time; V to
subject it to dazzling or too bright a
light; the gas being as bad as any, or
at twilight, particularly at night; not
to look too intently or too continuous
ly on black cloth or the like, always to
discontinue labor or their use Just as
soon as pain warns, and as much
sooner as possible. We may see with
out effort, letting them see" not COM
polling them to see by effort, by strain
ing the sight, since a little observation
will teach one that his compulsory
sight is specially taxing. Even weak
ewes, not REDEEMED too much by the use
of carboniferOus drinks or food, will
do much labor if often rested, avoid
ing pain, which is the warning to
StOn-
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-11
Shoes of q New Sort

About $50 prisoners in the Mary
land penitentiary are engaged in the
manufacture of merino shoes. The
merino shoe is made of coarse wool
from South America. 1t is put through
the usual processes of cleaning and
carding at the %penitentiary, and is then
steamed, hardened and made into a
tough. pliable cloth about twice the
thickness of ordinary shoe leather, and
in general appearance not unlike the
uppers in arctic overshoes. The so.es
are made in the same way, of the
same material, but are harder and
Heavier. The shoes are not impervi-
Gus to water, but a'e intended for use
principally in the dry, cold climates of
the North. 1t is stated that, no mat
ter how low the temperature, the feet
will never get cold when encased in
these shoes. The shoes are shipped
principally to the North AMI North
west, where they are used in the lum-
Der camps.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-11
The Prevention of Insanity.

DR.. Nathan Allen, of Lowell, Mass,
in a pamphlet on the subject, calls at
tention to the prevention of insanity
as a question which, although much
negle ted, is at least quite as important
rs that Of the cure of insanity. The
disease is very largely dependent on
physical and sanitary conditions, and
these should be studied out and brought
within such regulation as will prevent
its development. Since, according to
the late Sir James Coke, insanity
originates ir some form of disease or
in Il deterioration of the body rather
than in an exclusive affection of the
V system, its growth should be
checked by IA general diffusion of the
knowledge of the laws of the human
organism and the use of all means
necessary for the preservation of good
health. So far as insanity is heredi-
tary, its transmission should be pre-
vented by avoiding marriage with
persons predispose | to it. 1t should be
the aim of the medical profession to
become so well acquainted with the
diseases of the nervous System and the
brain that they could detect the first
symptoms OF distur ed or deranged
states of mind, SO rs to be able to treat
them understandingly, and, in al
probability, in many cases successfully
Popular Sciencs uoHthly.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-11

he never knew what he had done, and
1 think it would be real mean to tell
him. He won't be at the smuggling
match. That remark about taking up
a coll ction s ttl,d the deacon. |
must 90 d Jwn to the stable now and
help grease "A hack, 81 you will have to
excuse me. If pa ZONES here looking
for me. tel him you heard 1 was going
to drive a picnic party out to Wau-
kesha, and may not be back in a week.
BY that time pa will get over that
Bohemian serenade," and the boy filed
his pistol pocket with dried apples and
went out and hung a sign in front Of
the grocery, Strawberries two shillin
a smell, and one smell is enuff."-G.
w. Peck.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-11
Under the Hatband.

Gentlemen should never fail to in
vestigatc beneath the sweat bands of
their new hats. These bands are
stitched in by girls. and it has come to
be quite IA common thing for them to
either write their name and address on
the inside of the band, or to write it.,
sometimes including IA little note, upon
a slip of paper stitched in. If a girl
is of an aspiring nature she honors
only the most expensive hats with her
name; but oftentimss the name of Il
don't-care girl may be found in the
plainest kind of IA felt s'ouch. 1t is
authorative!y stated that several good
matches have been cemented upon the
basis of Il Eathand nnto,-UG eyJuFg
American.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-11

The composition of elephants milk,
according to the analysis of DIR. CUES
neville, in the No iiteur S~cienhfqwe.
is similar to that of cream, but its
consistency is different. It's odor and
tasta are very agreeable, and the taste
is superior t that of most other kinds
of milk. 1t is about equal to cows
milk in quality. In view of these
facts, In Nature. of Paris, does not
despair of seeing the day when an adj
venturous spe ulator shall bring q
troop of e,ephan 5 70 bedriv n through
the streets of the city rs goats are now
driven. to furnish each custom r with
his cupof milk direct from the tea.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-11
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
plucky Undressing fowls.

A plucky addressing fowls.
The gossip is like a bicycle, in that
she is exceedingly liable to run a person
down.
Now is the time to lend your skates
to your poor neighbor. 1t will show
your generosity.
The New Orleans Picayuv1e raises
the question whether a goat can be
relied upon in court as an evidence in
rebuttal.
The most difficult arithmetic that a
man has to face is when lie tries to re-
concile a $50 salary with a $50 wife.
Puck.
Let every man add a good name to
his other capital" quoted the forger
when he fixed up a ten-thousand-dollar
check.-DrUmmer.
Women do not marry for love, or
money, or dry goods. They marry in
hope that they may have spring house
cleaning to do.-Courier-JoWn1I.
Doctors are generous men. Who
ever knew of a doctor rushing out to
chase away boys who were taking
l lloiu Ills tIecS !-COHteT CtttV
Journal.
To throw a stone at a neighbours
chickens, and have it fly through plate
glass windows, entities a man to the
credit of being a crack shot Waterloo
O5SerreT.
We often hear the expression that
"the fire has gone out" And it is
said that in some of our large places
you can actually see the fire escape
-Marathon Independent.
"a little too much repose about the
mouth for it to be natural" was the
remark of a husband to a West End
photographer who had taken his wife's
photograph.-BoStOn POST.
A little boy astonished his compan
ions the other day by telling them
that he had "a spanking team at
his house." An excited crowd of boys
had walked nearly home with him,
when one Of them asked: "What dye
call emp" "Pa and ma" was the re-
ply.--HaWkeye.
The hair Of a girl employed in IN
Eastern cotton mill was caught in the
lldtliluClN, l'lh ou iCl lntiu duu
ground into bits. But the girl didn't
mind it much. She kept right on at
her work, simply r%emarking that it
only cost her 81, anyhow. This is one
Of the advantages of art over nature.
And now the small boy unravels the
ancient stocking to secure yarn with
which to make a baseball. And when
he has the ball made, he cuts the leg
off one of his fathers boots to make a
cover of; and when the parent dis
covers the liberty taken with his boot,
the small boy wishes he had used it as
lining for his trousers.-Puck.
A "fashion" item says: "The loz-
enge shape is the most fashionable
3or pills, which should be coated with
silver, and look very inviting" This
appears to be a new departure in fash
jon intelligence, and next it will be in
order to describe whether the new
shape in porous plasters is octagon or
oblong, and if they are trimmed with
gimp braid or guipure lace; and we
may be told that the most fashionable
tints in castor oil are terra Gotta and
fawn color; and that liver-pads are cut
in the form of a heart, with scalloped
edges, and lined with ciel blue satin.-
No1TistoUn Herald.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-11
THE MODEL AMERICAN GIRL

A practical, plain young girl;
Not-afraid-of-the-r ain young girl
A p%oetical posy,
A ruddy and rosy,
A helper-of-self young girl.
At-home-in-he place young girl;
A never-will-lao, young girl;
A toiler serene,
A life pure aud clean,
A princess-of-peace young girl
A wear-her-own-hair young girl /;
A free-from-a-stare young girl;
Improves every hour,
No sickly sunfiower,
A wealth. young girl.
Plenty-room-in-he r-shoes young girl ;
No indulger-in-blues young girl
Not a bang on her brow,
To fraud not a bow,
She's q iust-what-she-seems young girl.
Not a reader-of-trash young girl;
Not a cheap jewel-flash young girl;
Not a slipper of rum,
Not g chewer of gum,
A marvel of-sense young girl.
An early -retiring young girl
An active, aspiring young girl;
Amorning %ariser,
A dandy despiser,
A progressive American girl.
A lover-of-prose young girl;
MOI a turn-up-your-nose young girl;
Not given to splitter,
Not utterly utter"
But a matter of-fact young girl.
A rightly-ambitious young girl;
INSTRUMENTATION young girl;
sparkling clear eye,
That says, ~ will try"
Asure-to-succeed young girl.
An honestly-courting young girl;
A never-seen-Airting young girl
A quite and pure,
A modest demure,
A ft-for-a-wif young girl
Asought-everywhere young girl;
A future-most-fair young girl
An ever discreet,
We too seldom meet
This ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS young girl.
Virgil A. PinkleH, in Cincinnati Enquire
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-11
A PERSIAN ~SERErSADE.
Fark ! as the twilight pa,,e

lark ! as the twilight pa.e
Tenderly glows,
Gark how the nightingale
Wakes from repose
Only when, sparkling higL
Stars fill the darkling sky,
Unto the nighting lie
Listens the rose.
Here whore the fountain tide
Murmuring flows,
Airs from the mountain side
Fan thy repose.
Eyes of thine glistening,
Look on me, listening;
/ am thy nightingale,
Thou art my rose.
Sweeter the strain he weaYes,
Fainter it flows
Now, as her balmy leaves
Blushingly close.
Better than minstrelsy,
Lips that meet kissinely
Silence thy nightingale
Kiss me, my rose!
.Bayard TAILOR hitherto unpublished).
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-11

There are 4lS,957 railroad employees
in the United States, and they earn
annually about S2OO,CnAMD
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The King of Dahomsy's Cannon.
san Francisco Post. J


The King of Dahomey received an invoice
Of krupp cannon not ] ng ago and con-
ceyed the idea OF having them mounted on
elephal ts' backs for use In the field. with
much difficulty this project was carried out,
and al the next military review the King
ordered that one OF the guns be tired i'm
medlateiy in front Of the royal position, first
taking the preeaution TO place q couple OF
thousand Of prisoners about where 1t was
calculated the ball would strike, so as to
Judge OF the effectiveness of the shot. When
oil was ready one of the biggest ele-
plants was backed around and sighted.
Just as the lanyard was jerked, however,
The animal turned hall round TO reach for
peanut or something and the shell
took OIL The Prime Minister'S head and
shocked hole as big as sewer through
the palace His Majesty wouldn't have
cared So much If the matter had ended
there-as the Minister wasn't very prime
and the palace needed ventilation-hu' II
uuh I. On the contrary, the elephant, whfch b
naa been stood on his head by the recoil.
picked itself up in fury and started In on
eOe down grade ahead I its ticket. 1t up
SET the grand stand the first rush, slupg the
grand chamberlain aud past grand carver oi
missionaries into the next street. 1t then
jumped into the brass band with all four
ieet, and il it hadn't got the big drum over
ns, ns head so that 1t couldn't see, would prob
aOly have cleaned out the entire copEfega-
non The King was not found until the
aext morning, and then as he slid down ou'
Vi banana tree, he was understood to re-
marx that there was only one thing needed
70 render his new artillery system an entire
siuceess-that :. was to get the enemy to adopi
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He Woke up tue wrong Judge.
philadelphia Record

fPh1auelpDlh htcoFus1
Arus,v old lawyer once ruled the bar In
an Indiana town for years with rod ofiron,
Ee was man of ability, originality and
hgh attainments; aud partly out OF respect
toT his real worth, and partly because he
ras va ,,ylv when crossed, the bar and bench
W. r. content o let him have his own way.
But at last there came to that town for the
6tt lime n Young United States District
Judge who was known to bave a GOOD deai
of 4 will of his own and every one was
curous to see how he and old Judge Com
nlpte would get along. The latter had the
ant case on the dock when court opened,
and at once began ponderous
argument with view to overaw1pg
the young Judge. But before he nao
gone far he was interrupted with: Judge
Complete, you needn't pursue this line any
further. You know that 10 not law" The
startled old counsellor could hardly believe
bis ears. "What DO you say ,sirl' be asked,
sharply. ~ said," repeated the young
Judge, uGabashed, that you need go no FUR
ther on that line of argument; that you
were not stating the law as 1t is" swell,
sir; we'll sir, said the old gentleman, TAX
Ing off his eye glasses, nervously, perhaps
YOUR honor knows the law better than do;'
and then, in an insOlent tone, your long
experience no doubt enablesyou to speak. !"
'Mr. Clerk, said the new District Judge,
quietly, "enter up fine of $25 against
Judge Complete for cont mpt of eourts
and Judge Complete, routed for the
fst time In a number of years, sat
down in daze 1t was a whole
some lesson, not only to him but to his
brethren of the bar The man who taught
twas WalterQ Gresham, now Postmaster
General oi the United States.
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A Oockney FIre Comrnnx.

ti'"h"nh Letttr fHllaneiphla Press.
Near the American Exchange, at the cor
ner Of tile Strani and Adelaide streets, Is
the Chandos Station OF the Metropolitan
Fire Brigade Here are located a manual
engil e and . steamer ard 10 or IA fremrn.
One day chanced to he passing the brigade
station when young fellow, all excitement
and perspiration, rushed UP FROM the direc
ton Of DrHry Lane ami breathIessly ex.
claimed: Curry up, 'erel There's a fire
just breatViiP hbat 10 Drnfy Lame Look
sharp, now" The engineer who was In
charge Of the place turned to group of fire
men and said; "'Arry, put on your 'elmet
don no brigade tuniea and 'elmet, and started
off on run in the direction Of Druy
Lane He was gone rerhaps 10 minutes
When he hove in sight again he bad his
'elUet In his hand, the peTspiratiou rolled
from his flaming brow, and he was putting
like locomotive. .'Come along" he man
aged to articuiate; ats sure enough fire. ]"
Tie engineer deliberately ordered the man
ual to be hitched up, and while one man
went around the corner to get the horses
two others put the pole In place and the rest
of the men put on their tunics and 'elmets.
When the team was hitched mp they pulled
out aud ratified away over the pavement to
Drury Lane. Do you know what happened
nextl Well they got to Drury Lane, ,fouhdthat
the fire had spread from an upper floor,
where 1t had started, TO psiiit shop on the
first floor, and the whole building was
booming. Their msnualeWas Of no use
under heaven, and they ratified back to the
station after the steamer. When they re
turned with their stSamer the fire had con
sumed the interior Of the building and itf
contents and there was no hAe,for the en-
gine, So they quietly returned TO theil
quarters. iFfsist4Atf ati}12
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Eniarnrisin.r .,nr.1 A .rau,ta

Enterprising Local Agents.
snHl %anted in this town for an, article that h
Iare toss to sell, live druggists and grocers pre-
ttna taae1' ~ Address Humiston Food Preserga
s'e Co., ~ kilby street, Boston.
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CHAPTER 1
,.nnn NEWS FnoM TEXAS.

MIR. THOMAS A. HOWARD. of Honey Grove
Pannin County, Texas, under date Of April 8,
1888 writes "a f0llpws: ~ / l. q
II have been suffering during several years
from severe Illness, and n general breaking
down of my physical system, and have tried the
trea tment and prescriptions of many doctors
far and near, and travelled to the Hot Springs
and other mineral springs famous for their
remedial qualities, drinking the waters and
bathing systematically In their healing depths,
but all to no avail, as steadily failed in healthi
and although informed by my physicians that
my ailments and weaknesses were the result Of
kidney disease Of q dangerous character, they
could give me nothing to cure me. During the
past two years my sufferings at times were
dreadful, and had the most tndescribable
pains In the regions shout the kidneys the par
oxysms of which were so severe as to render II
impossible for me TO sleep. While in this de-
plorable and discouraged condition was per
suaded to try Hunts Remedy, and after using
less than half bottle my great herings and
paroxysms of pain were entirely relieved, and
could sleep better and longer than1 had in two
years before, and although am now on my
third bottle only my Improvement is very re
| markable, and regret that ! did not know o.
the wonderful curative powers OF Hunti
Remedy before, as 1t would have saved me
years of suffering heartily recommend 1t t.
all afflicted with any kidney direase or diseas
Of the urinary organs. - !
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FaunrStisrn

scrint pad thing, but DR., Perce's "Favorite Pre-
enrdp ptoh e' deserves its name. 1t Is o. certain
Whcho hot those painful maladies and weaknesses
vi druggists. avs " ~ ' t&f