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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

A domesticated man of Chicago
says: Twins and triplets are the little
surprise packages in life's lottery that
do more than almost anything else TO-
test human good nature. Nobody
wants them and nobody expects them,
and, stranger still, no reasonable man
nor woman wants to break the set
when once they have claimed hospi-
tally and a home"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

WHAT Conkling said was this: In
contrast with the administration of
President Arthur, that of Hayes be-
comes respectable, if not heroic.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

DORSEY and Virgins are good
pair; one knows nothing about the
past, the other nothing about the fu-
ture.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
TIE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.

1T Is said the president is suffering
from nothing more serious than love
sickness.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

IT is officially announced that the
British government is in favor of as
sisting emigration from Ireland.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
A STARTLING DISCOVERY.

LONDON, April 27.-A nitro-glyce-
rlne mandatory has been discovered
at Northampton. The discovery
causes great excitement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

Mr.. Walton, "the plunger," is get
ting ready to build in New York Sthe
finest hotel in the world.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

not be in the power of any potentate
or statesman to involve them again in
war"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03


A snow-storm of great severity oc-
Cured Saturday in Wyoming and
western Nebraska. Telegraph lines
were Frustrated, the trains on the
Union Pacific railway were block
AIDED. The snow is passing away rap
idly, and it is hoped stock will not
suffer greatly in consequence OF the
snow.
1t is thought that President Moon
ey, of the Irish land league Of the
United States, will, by literal con-
struction OF the rules of the aSSocia-
ton, suppress all discussion in the
convention which meets in Philadel-
phia on Wednesday of the question
of the use of dynamite against Eng
lish interests.
A British oculist says that as cult
ure of intellect increases, the human
eve grows smaller, and gaZelle-eyed
| sirens and ox-eyed JunoS vanish from
society. An investigation would
doubtless reveal the fact that this
| British ocullst has wife or a mother
in-law with small eyes. Even science
may be inundated.
Albany, Georgia, special: Several
Texans have been buying up cattle
in the wire-grass region around here
for several weeks for shipment to
Fort Worth, Texas. 1t is said they
have thus far procured about four
thousand head at an average of $3.50
| per head. The rates of shipment will
be $50 per carload.
AS an instance of the ingenuity
which can be brought out by neces-
sity, the Columbia, Louisiana, Herald
cites the fact that Bob Butler, who is
to be hanged on May 4, made saw OF
the buckle on his pants, and con-
structed out of splinter of wood a
key with which he unlocked the chain
that bound him to the floor.
The cars crossing the East rivel
bridge in New York are to be pro
, PEELED by a system of iron rope trac
i ton. The rope, which is of wire
with covering of tar, is II, 200 fee
: long and one and one-half inches il
diameter. This bridge is said to b.
i the strongest suspension bridge il
! the world, and the most graceful.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

of that state without consultation
with the delegates, who gathered in
groups, causing much confusion.
The vote finally being cast and Sui
livan having received a great ma
jority of all the votes was, ON motion
of Byrne, his principal competitor,
made unanimous.
Sullivan, coming upon the stage,
said he could not do justice to the
position and was compelled to most
respectfully but firmly decline the
honor. The convention, he said,
would send thrill of delight into
every Irish home and spoke of the
terror to the British parliament and
the perjured chamber of the Dublin
castle.
Sullivan's declination was laid on
the table and Mai. Byrne was elected
vice president; John L. Hyner was
chosen secretary.
Alice Gallagher announced the
Fanny Parnell branch, of st. Louis,
had sent through her its check for
$3.50 for the starving people of Ire
land.
Miss Callaghan, of st. Louis, stated
the ladies' land league, OF st. Louis,
had presented through her its check
for $500. She knew the women of
the league could keep the wolf from
the door, and she looked to the men to
keep the lion.
Father Conaly said Parneu could
now point to 100000 United Irish
men on the American continent.
A recess was taken so that the seY-
eral delegations might select repre-
sentatives of the executive commit
tee from which to elect a permanent
council of seven for the league.
After the recess Mrs. Parnell was
introduced and said: Ladies and gen
tlemen, l have been asked to crown
with wreath of laural our immortal
statesman, legislator and president
George Washington. The position Of
Ireland to-day is almost similar tc
that of our country in the revolution
airy war and / have inherited droI
of that old blood. have also inheri
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lIH
Rotterdam, with the exception of the
church of st. Lawrence, of the CON
struction of which Washington Irving
gave comic SKETCH in his ''Knicker.
booker" is in some respects one of the
most prosaic cities in the world. Hood
hit it off happily enough when he called
1t a kind Of vulgar Venice, though,
like Venice, it's commerce and CONNER
cial arrangements have been indefinite
ly developed since Hoods days. But,
vulgar or not, there is much that is
picturesque about it, as any one must
admit who has admired the studies OF
Its streets and canals by the most emf
nent of the Dutch masters on the walls
of the picture galleries. 1t is not every,
where that you can see fairly-sized
East iIhdiaman berthed full in front OF
the mansion of its owner, so that the
skipper leaning over the quarter-rails
can deliver a parcel on the doorstep.
Then the visitor can study original
fashions of existence in the lives of the
crews of those cargo boats on the
canals, which are in some sort surviv-
al of the comfortable old treykschuyt.
The boat is generally occupied by the
master and his mate and his wife, with
a family more or less numerous. The
cooking goes forward in the half-decked
caboose, and you can watch all
other details of the domestic arranga-
mcnts. Nor is due attention to the
graces and adornments of life by any
means neglected, although the man in
command seems the very embodiment
of the nf6sAfe in vOlun1inoua under-
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

f
The Paris correspondent Of the Lon
don Times receives E2,500 a year. ~
b "A mother and her four children
were killed by one fash Of lightning in
Saxony recently.
Rosa .Bonheur, in the -sixty-first
year of her age, paints necessarily and
still dresses in male ATTIRE
The Grand Duke Of MeckIenburg-
Schwerin, who recently died, was q
pious prince, and built many churches.
AMelih Sarkissoff shot his brother in
the streets of Tifiis. A Commissary of
Police, curiously bearing the same name
as the fratricide, deeapitated the assas-
sin with single blow. - - .s..s
b There was recently in London ''the
pretty spectacle of the performance of
the young ladies' string band, which
took place, under the lead of Lady
Eolkestone, in the Princes Hail."
observation-disclosures in the "Queen's
Navee" were recently, dismissed from
the service for swearing with 'Fbig,
big D." There were no other charges
against them, but they had been duly
warned,
The parents Of fifteen Chinese Ia
dies in Canton had arranged for whole
sale marriage of their daughters on a
certain feast day. The girls didn't like
their prospective, husbands, and went
in b body to 1.-THE river and drowned
themselves on the eve of the feast.
English paper sayssof Mrs. Cady
Stanton's address at a female suffrage
meeting in London, s'Mrs, Cady Stan
ton made what one may suppose to be
the speech OF the evening, but it was
couc6ed in too Enthusiastically high a
key for ordinary Englishmen and Eng
lishwomen, and made less impression
than less eloquent and more practical
arguments" AH9 R d.
PROF. Welckers, of Halle, announces
that the body resting in the Welmar
mausoleum is not really that of Schiller.
I This he processes to have proved by
comparing the skull with the cast of the
poets face taken Immediately after his
death; and he intends to ask permission
to make excavations in Schiller's origi-
nal buryingsplace, In search of his real
remains. ilfina
The London Crystal Palace is in
decay. The great building, still o mar
vel OF construction and convenience,
still singularly impressive and curious,
can not much longer hold its place
among the sights and wohders of the
city. 1t has never paid since it was
bought to be used as place for popu-
lar entertainment. The company has
the structure andyast grounds upon its
hands like white elephant.
The operatgoing portion of the
Swedish population must be exceeding
ly honest, for a visitor to Gothenburg
Opera-house says that every one hung
up his hat and coat in the lobby, with
out apparently any watchful eye over
them. No tickets were given, and
those who chose to take fresh air or
anything else between the acts, passed
IN and out without return checks OF
any heed being paid to their move
ments, and this in a house packed by
1900 persons. fjl lgga3
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ITO say that malaria is mischievous
is to put it very mildly. 1t is allthat
and more. 1t is cunning, deceitful,
,treacherous, sly, and undetermined.
1t does its work in the, dark, and in
such sly waythat much of the mis-
chiefs done before it is discovered.
1t saps the foundations Of healthy
system, 1t robs the blood ofits vital
ity, demoralizes the liver, confounds
the stomach, and makes the victim
wish he were in his grave. 1t is sad
to Observation-Disclosures their misery,
content to be the victims of mischiev-
Gus malaria, and thinking that moth
ing canbe done forthen. The power
of Browns IRON BITTERs oNerthe
mischiefs of malaria has been SO am
ply proved that there is no reason
why anybody who can procure
bottle Of this Prince of TONES shall
suffer. Great is the power ofmalaria,
and great are its disastrous effects.
But greater far is the benefcent in
fluence Of BRowN's IRON BITTERs.
The preparation of ironin this favor
lite family remedy can be taken
without running the teeth or produc-
ing constipation and headache.
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only, however, to be interrupted in
something less than an hour, when, the
sweet nothings having all been said as
best they can be before an unsympa-
thetic audience, the young men issue
forth to go to some other girls house,
where another of the party is inteG-
ested. And7so it goes, on until it is too
late to make further rounds, and re-
ieyed neighborhood signs with de-
light, ~. s-os e,,os,H
,Lightness of color combined with
plumpness of figure forms the Turanian
idea of feminine charms. Old counting
customs are found among the Talaings
also, and may frequently be observed
in Maulmein,. and somewhat less com
monty in Rangoon. The Talaing maid
en- does not admit her lover into the
room with her. That is a. freedom
which she considers q little less shock
ing than the custom of the West. He
has to creep between the posts on
which the house is supported, and hold
sweet converse through the chinks Of
the bamboo floor. There is nobody to
listen to all that is said as long as the
happy pair speak in sufficiently guard
hint at The maiden's forwardness, or
freeze by their looks the ardent emo
lions of~the young n1antinto platitudes.
The duration of the interview is not so
long as that granted to the Burman,
but, considering the circumstances, it is
probable that more actual counting bus
mess can be got through in the time.
The Talaing lover does not use fiddle
unless he is pressing his suit with o
Burmese girl, and even then he fire.
quentlv holds by his own national Gus
tom. He whistles. When, therefore.
the Talaing falls in love he may at once
be detected by the assiduous way in
which he practices whistling at furtive
moments during the day. He never at
tains to excellence, and often, at the
end of long courtship, makes wild
slips and puffs in ungraceful and ierky
fashion before he gets to the sounding
point. It is, of course, very nearly
quite dark, and she maybe imposed
upon by bold adventurer who simu-
lates the favored man, and comes up
the moment the neckerchief is dangled
through the chinks of the door as a sig
nal to announce that the coast is clear.
Accordingly, the visitor is required to
put his hand through between the inter-
stices of the bamboo floor. The girl
recognizes her lovers hand, and if It is
all right, and she is inclined to favor
his suit, she takes hold of it, and thus,
hand in hand, they unfold their hearts
to one another. But, if it is strange
hand, or if she is inclined to be coquet-
fish, she clips his finger with a pair of
betel-nippers, and tales are told of
overenergetic damsels who have actual
ly nipped mans finger-joint off with
that formidable instrument. Counting
on these terms is rather perilous work,
and the ladies have gallant gay Lotha-
rios very completely under their con-
troll Exchange. Ff A
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HOME AND FARM.


The Germantown Pa.) TeIsgrGph
says it is a help to keeping cisterns
pure to have the supply-pipe run to the
bottom of the cistern. ga
-Spiced plums are delicious. To
eight pounds of plums allow four of
sugar, one teaspoonful each of CHINA
mon and Cloves one small cup of vine
gar. Cook, until they are as thick as
Jelly. --Erchdnge. n
lin removing hay from the field,
says an Eastern exchange, that por-
ton known as rakings should be al.
lowed TO remain, for two reasons--one
is that it will not pay for gathering it
up; the other, that, it does pay, and
twice over, in being scattered over
the field and acting as a mulch to the
exposed roots of the stubble. asa
"A Pennsylvania farmer says that
his system of ''fence farming" is to
farm all middle fences out. As the
New York law for the protection of
farmers fields and hockets against
stock depredations is wanting in Penn
sylvania, road fences have still to be
maintained; but it is o great saving to
dispense with the interior fencing.
The fruit-grower who rubs off the
suckers" or little sprouts which have
started on the limbs of fruit trees will
save himself good deal of work next
winter or spring. A simple brushing of
the hand over limb will often remove
scores of these sprouts now, which
would need the use of knife or saw at
the end of the year.-N Y. Examiner.
-Stewed Mushrooms: Slice the mush-
rooms into halves. Stew ten minutes
in little butter seasoned with pepper
and salt and very little water Drain;
put the mushrooms into a pie dish;
break enough eggs to cover them over
the top; pepper, salt and scatter bits of
butter over them, stew with bread
crumbs and bake until the eggs are set.
Serve in the dish. Boston Transcript.
Great care should be taken in seed
ing with clover to leave no gaps, for
such will inevitably be covered with
weeds, worse than useless waste of
ground. 1t is good plan to top the
seed trifle and then sow crosswise, to
make sure that all is evenly distributed.
A peck per acre, sown four quarts each
way. gives a good stand. = Chicago
Times. b
AS early as the time of Alexander
Ii. of Scotland a man who let weeds go
to seed on farm was declared to be
the kings enemy. In Denmark farmers
are compelled to destroy all weeds on
their premises. In France man may
prosecute his neighbor for damages,
who permits weeds to go to seed which
may endanger neighboring lands, r
Baked Tprnips: Pare and cook un-
til nearly tender in sailed boiling wa
ter; drain and lay in a baking dish and
pour over them q sauce made as fol-
lows: Two large tablespoonfuls of
butter and two heaping tablespoonfulls
of flour stirred together in a skillet;
when thoroughly heated and mixed add
a teaeupful of milk, stirring it in gradu-
ally with little pepper and salt. Add
little bits of broken butter over the tops
of the turnips. When you have poured
on the sauce bake in brick oven
twenty minutes. = Cincinnati Times.
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Advance in Agriculture.

But few readers or farmers are aware
of the advance in agriculture in the past
fifty years, or within the recollection of
many of the older citizens. Fifty years
ago the, only means of cutting the grain
harvest was the hand sickle, and of cut.
ting hay the hand scythe. The grain
was threshed with q fail, and the hay
raked with hand rake. Grain was
cleaned by letting it fall and the wind
blowing out the chaff, or by making
wind with a sheetv-those who lived in
those days recollect it without explana-.
ton. Flows were mostly wood, the
coulter, shire and bar only being iron.
At that day farming was Conducted by
muscular power, There were no agri-
cultural newspapers to stir up the mind
to advance and.improYe..
Nor was the absence of improved ag-
ricultural implements the only hin-
drance to prosperous husbandry. There
was virtually no attention paid to the
improvement of stock. The cattle,
horses, hogs or sheep were mixture
brought together from different coun-
/ ties. There was no more attention paid
to better stock than there is now in the
Improvement of the human race. Nor
was there any partieular,age at which
steers or hogs could be prepared for
markets They grew slowly and fatten-
ed indifferently, and had to be kept and
fed until they could be sold. They were
small and commanded less price.
b Fruits of all kinds We're far,ipferior to
the present. ., Nearly all of the orchards
of apple, pear or peach were of the nat
ural fruit. If grating was known it
was praeticed by but few. 9'The varie-
ties of grated fruit even in the best
orchards or nurseries were but few. In
the smaller fruits the same was the case.
None but the wild strawberry were cul-
tivated. If, however, they did not
have such large ones as the present,
they were rich, luscious and highly fla
vored. or our appetite was better then
than now. There were no improved
raspberries or strawberries.
Nor has the advance been solely in
stock and fruits, but in vegetables there
has been wonderful change for the
better. Potatoes, squashes, tomatoes,
beans, peas, melons, and all other
classes of garden vegetables have been
so improved that if the kind which were
raised fifty years ago were offered in
the market now they could not be sold
at any price. 1t seems almost incredi-
BILE that the world in all the past ages
previous to fifty years ago made so lit
tie efforts at improving anything in
tended for human food, or the imple-
ments for producing them .rl ~
t When the writer first performed labor
on the farm, there was a continual
strain on the physical powers OF the
farmer. And in the house, whether on
the farm or in town, the females of the
family (and mainly the wife) had to
card, spin, weave and make the cloth
ing with which to keep the whole fami-
ly warm or respectable.
And there are needed improvements
yet to be made, and great inventions to
be accomplished. There are laurels to
be won, and riches to be accumulated
in the future, by those who will by men.
tai and moral energy solve the great
problems of the worlds further ad.
Vancement.-LoeQG RsQister,
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There Was No Collision.

6 Uncle Ben was confronted with his
supposed accomplish in a hen-roost 'rsb-
berry. SNfi So
Fore de Lawd, Jedge, I neberi seed
dat Niger befo'.n =
5ifThat mAy be, Uncle Ben, hut the
evidence goes to show that at first you
were in collision With the prisoner,
and-t+H q 9iriasif Hj t4- 3a.t I
h, ".,'Skuse do interrupshun, sab. but
OATS whar Use got de Evidence on de
hip. Hit warn't in Collision, it war in
HarrisviHe, dat'I fusb met de niger. y
The court explained the meaning Of
the word rollusion.i Efl O.t
Il don't 'sputesde calculations OBJ de
word; it am kerec', no doubt, but, boss,
yo' is mistaken agin. Oar was no col
fusion tween us. Hit don't stan to
reason dat dere was, kase dat niger
always wants de hull profits, an J
neber colludes wild dat sorter man.
Use homes man, ledge, an whal
dere's no chance fur me ter git nuffiH
| neber collud. Texas Siftings.
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LIBERTY.

nndgayel disease and suffered with pains in my limbs
and back at times so severely that seemed that could
not endured 1t. used several go called Srcsr econ.
mcndcd for these diseases but they did me no good
A friend OF mine that had used Hunts Remedy and
pronounced Il the best in use urged me to try IT, and
purchased bottle at George L. Halls drug store in
Manchester, and before had used one bottle began
% feel much betteR tho palms In the badderand kid
neyswcre reduced good deal. and after using iye
bottles found that Hunts Remedy had done all that It
was recommended to do. Il had removed all the pain.
my appetite improved and gained several pounds in
afcw weeks. have renewed vigor and strength for
one ofmy years SD andT can Ony thank the proprie.
tors Of Hunts Remedy for ny good health Of to-day
the means OF some ono being cured by the Of your
truly wonderful rcmedy. .., w. H. TERRmL.
sGoFFsrowN, N. H., May Il 1888 -
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RAILRoAp errPLoYEs.

The Ieadlng business men Of Providence, r. l., com
posc the Hunts Remedy Co. and they guarantee an
testimonials published by thcin to be genuine The
following, dated May 4. 1888 from Mr. W, H. Blanch-
ard, Lowell Mass il hut Of the thousand remark
able that being made by this wonderful med
cine. Mr.. blanchard says: 81 have been greatly
troubled for six years with acute kidney disease,
with pain In my back and hips. Twas formerly
employed the Boston and Lowell Railroad, but was
obliged owing the constant jar to give up the ra.
road business many others have been Obliged TO do.
on account OF kidney disease i have tried many
medicines but received no permanent relief. friend
recommended me to use Hunts Remedy. Ipurchascd
abottlsof one Of our druggists in Lowell and com
eccd to improve once and after using two bottles
Twas entirely free from ait pain, and consider myself
cured. and / cheerfuliy recommend this wonderful
medicine. Hunts Remedy. to all the sufferers from
kidney and liver disease -. q ~
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Cow in the Pasture.


heard COWS in his orchard
tie other night, and slipping out the
fack way appeared suddenly near the
front steps and yelled. ''He-ah Tiget
He-ah Tige! He-ah!' Just then alfgure
rushed past, cleared two fences and
vanished IN the gloom. flake i'm!
take ,im!" screamed the old man, but
his daughter Miranda, who had unac-
countably appeared on the scene, Sc
cured the dog by the collar and refused
t t93 let 60 . What ye doin'p yelled the
has been in here three or four timesp'
1rOh, paln was the answer,o shut this
was only calf" The old man was
paciied, but Adolphus, who was stand
ing out in the road awaiting develop
ments, wasn't, and Mirandy will never
understand the GOODNESS that has sprung
up between them. -Peck's Ssna9dW
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R. V. PIERCE, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y: i
was attacked with congestion of the lungs,
soreness over the liver, severe pain in the
joints burning fever, and general giving
way of the whole system. Failing to find
relief in remedies prescribed, l tried your
my entire cure. Your medicines have only
to be used to be appreciated. If every
family would give them trial, nine-tenths
Of the doctors would, like Othello, find
their occupation gomez Yours truly,
L. B. MCMILLAN, NJ. D., Breesport, N. Y.