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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

THE Corean embassy has sailed
from New York on the United States
steam frigate Trenton. The frigate
will proceed to Corea by way of the
Suez canal. She will touch Gibraltar,
Marseilles, Naples and Port Said, and
at such other points as the Coreans
may desire. She will stay at Mar
settles for two months, while the en-
bassy visits Paris and London.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
LOCKHART.


Especial to The StateSman.l
LoCKHART, Dec. s.-The fence cutting ma
MIA prevails in our county in mild form. H.
Horbert's pasture fence, a few miles south of
town, was cut this week. In the vicinity of
Elm Grove and Delphi several fences have
been badly cut.
Watermelons were exposed for sale on the
streets yesterday.
Physicians are complaining of the extraor-
binary good health of this neighborhood.
The top crop of cotton is turning out much
better than WAS eSnected
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
BROWN WOOD.
Especial to The Statesman

ISp6cIaI 70 lie SJateSman
BRowNwooD, Dec. s.-Yesterday about
u O'Clock some parties came in fro.n e ggins'
rancho and informed the sheriff thattts was
large crowd of men congregated out 6
for the purpose of cutting the pasture fen e.
A the request of the owner of the pasture the
sheriff with a posse of twenty or thirty men
heavily armed, went out to put a stop to the
fence cutting The sheriff and posse left here
yesterday abont noon, they have not returned
nor has anything been heard from them since
their departure to the scene of the fence
trouble. Serious results are anticipated be-
fore this trouble is settled as the wire element
is very strong in this vicinity
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

DEMOCRATIC papers have long
since made their record on the subject
of compensation for the emancipated
slaves. Their utterances years ago
were unanimous against compensa-
ton. It is only the papers that change
front, politically, every once in a
while, that find it necessary to estab-
lish records. Everybody can see that
in this no reference is intended for the
Houston Age, which has been con-
sistently Democratic since Uncle
Daniel breathed into it the life OF
true Democ, acy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
BRENNAN.
Espeeial to The statesman1

NHAM, Dec. 8.-Abo two weeks ago, a
pa y of negroes, humble ing about seventy
five, went down to work on Col Ellis sugar
plantation, in Fort Bend county. Yesterday
about half OF them returned, saying they were
OF stuck" on the sugar business
The StrategistS played TO very fair house
last night. Every one was pleased with the
play.
Our city Marshal Mr.. Harvin, has returned
from his visit to his old home in South Caro-
lima Frank improved wonderfully while he
was gone.
annual reception and masquerade ball on the
10th inst. The reception committee is COM
posed OF the board Of officers which is guar
tee that It will be the event Of the season.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

AS AUSTIN grows in the refinement
of its citizens, and in reputation as an
educational and p ,litical center, let it
city council push it in public improve
ment and in the maintenance of pub
lie health.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

THE convention for the encourage
ment of the improvement of the Mis-
sissippi and its navigable tributaries
to be held in Washington in Febru-
airy, is expected to be the largest dele
egate convention ever held in this
country. A call was sent out to all
boards of trade interested in the sub
ject, requesting them to send five
delegates for each 100 members. Ten
delegates at large from each state and
five from each territory are to be APP
pointed by their respective governors.
Over 1000 delegates are expected, and
a great Impetus, it is thought, will be
given to the Mississippi Improvement
scheme.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

FENCE cutting is the last outburst
of oxcartism tinctured with double
distilled deviltry. 1t would throw
back Texas progress twenty-five
years, for the sake of a few long
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
The Name to coniure witt.

lFrOm che Chicago HeraIc.I
The New York Sun may keep
right on advocating the fit
ness OF one William Steele Holman
for president, but if it wants to make
the people of Posey county under
stand the drift of its remarks it must
call him Bill.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
THE most considerable of the griev-

THE most considerable of the griev-
ances complained of by the people of
Manitoba in their bill Of particulars
wherein they are injuriously affected
by the rule of the Dominion is the
ruinous operation of the protective
tariff. Unequal taxation is an evil
against which the Manitobans have a
right to protest. 1t is an intolerable
government that undertakes to tax
one man for the benefit of another, or
to impoverish one section to build up
another.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

WITH perfect sanitation, and proper
ly improved streets, and with free
bridge across the Colorado river,
Austin will be one of the most at
tractive and prosperous cities in the
state,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

Between these rival policies the Re
publican party is invited to make
choice, but it is likely that neither of
them will prevent the country from
declaring in favor of reducing the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

ONE of the most important commit
tees is the one on streets. Heretofore
we have had very little Improvement
in the streets. while jobs, it has been
said. have thriYed admirably.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

On the LIST day of January xt,
twenty years ago, the Confederat es
took Galveston island from the Uni /
forces. Survivors of Green's briga e
are going to celebrate the anniversary
of their brilliant victory.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
A New York dealer in photographs

A New York dealer in photographs
predicts that before the year is out
pictures of American society women
win be as freely sold in this country
as the photographs of English society
women are sold in England. Fashion
may accomplish much, says an ex-
change, "bnt we doubt if even the
craze fer everything English will lea
our sisters, our cousins and our auntS
to lend countenance to such MERGE
nary dodge"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
Wants to Avoid Investigation.
New York Times (Rep).J

New YORK Times (Rep.1-J
There is talk of Investigations ly
the Senate into the race troubles in
the South. They might be valuable il
properly made. They are not likely
TO be so made, and tie Senate would
do well to avoid them. Time and
prosperity willsolve The race question
in the South.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

KANSAS CITY, Dec s.-After G thi,d tzlciM.
" Jones was acquitted of the sb4z-s e muir
der and released. In 1882 George Grant, col
ored, while resisting arrest for larceny killed
Patrick Jones. a policeman. A mob tire same
night hanged Levi Harrington, colored, mis-
taking him for Grant. M. V. Jones, cousin of
the deceased officer, was charged with leading
the crowd which hanged Harrington. Grant,
the murderer, is under sentence of death, but
q stay of execution has been granted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

TIVE rnnnlation of the German en-
li-- -, was reducek 80, 154 souls,
instead OF IN expected increase of
10000. This indicates how seriously
immigration is telling upon the popu-
lation Of Germany.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

THE most prolific cotton crops re-
ported this season are on what is
known as Old Caney, in Wharton and
Matagorda counties.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

THE politician looks forward to the
extra session of the legislature full of
hope. He may look back upon it un-
der a flood of remorse.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

AUSTIN has one of the finest water
supply systems in the United States
With it sewage can be made eminent
ly effective.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS

WEDNESDAY last at the opening of
the session of the Farmers Congress
of the United States in Louisville,
KY, President Hudson, in his annual
address, among other things, said:
sour farmers do not understand why
so much time and money are used in
nurturing the manufacturing inter-
ests, while that of agriculture is
wholly neglected. We are here to
excite the farmer to the interest of
his own welfare. That an unjust tax
is depressing free labor and the best
interests of agriculture, none can
deny. The farmer only demands JUS
tice. We are to show the govern
ment where it errs. We must have a
commissioner of agriculture IN the
cabinet at Washington. He will
watch our foreign relations in respect
to that interest, which must ever be
greatest. He will be enabled to Sc
cure to the farmers and laborers bet
ter results. There is not farmer in
all this country who understands
farming as he should. How igno-
rant, then, must be our cabinet and
national councils, who never studied
IT,"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
fn view of the question of Mis-. Mil.

In view Of the question Of Mrs. Mil
lard Fillmore's sanity a newspaper
recalls the cases of other ladies of the
White House who became the victims
of insane caprIces before they died. It
is in the memory of the living that
Mrs. Lincoln was one of these, and
the paper revives the fact that Martina
Washington became queer, shutting
herself up in room at Mount Yer
non without a fire for eighteen
months and letting ne one see her ex-
cept her cat, which came in through a
hole cut in the door for the purpose of
admitting Tabby.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
THE Age will after awhile get USED
to 1.-THE election of Carlisle.

THE Greenvllle Herald of Novem-
Der 30 is a whopper-six pages, NAM
moth sheet size. 1t contains a LAP
and comprehensive review of Hunt
coupfv
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
More ASSIGNMENTS

NEW YORK, Dec. S-Moses Henlen, Elias
Helsin and Louis Wolf, men IS furnishing goods.
assigned. Liabilities 500, $50; actual assets
S122, 46i. John Rowland & Sons, hats. assign
ed. preferences $1,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

Pig IRON KELLY is after the silver
dollar. He wants law passed limit
ing it's coinage to 100000 until in
ternational arrangements for double
standard are perfected.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

LOUISA DE LA RANIEE, "Ouida,"
having been reported as becoming
member of the Catholic church, de-
MES that she has Joined it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
A New Bridge.

LITTLE ROCK, Dec. e.-To-day the directors
of the Little Rock & Fort WcT5h ard ~ .Little
Rock, Mississippi River = GoEa7 rass-?als
formed a company 90 oufsG 5seet'2- DIG &c
across the arkansas riier t-tr7 - sanNef5 s1e
roads, which are now Unoer ore ylar9r srcent
It will be finished bY I.e..t O..C5er.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
Pere HyacInthe,

BOSTON, Dec. s.-Pere Hyacinthe and family
have arrived. At public meeting Sunday
night he will deliver an address, and then visit
a few eastern cities and the principal western
cities and California.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

As might have been anticipated
from his declarations, last winter,
Senator Edmonds declines to remain
president of the Senate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

MORE than one politician is doomed
to be torn all to pieces on the wire
fence question.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

THE high tariff men are already
moving in Congress. The Converse
bill provides for renewing the old du-
ties on wool.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

SANITATION and street improve
ment are the two great questions with
which our city council must Wrestle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
For Safa Keening.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 8.-The negro,
Wesley Posey, sentenced TO death at Birming
ham this morning for rape, was lodged in jail
in this county for safe keeping. Soldiers all re-
lieyod from duty,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

WORCESTER, Mass, Dec. e.-The Aethena
worsted mills in Millbury were burned; loss
$100,0n0. The stock and a portion of the ma
chinery was owned by Heating & Briggs, Mill
hurry. Their loss is &5O.OOo.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

THE Masons are III force in Hous-
ton this week. They hold the annual
session of their grand lodge.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

THE New York Evening Post, thus
accurately expresses the meaning of
Carlisle's election to the speakership:
Eve do not look for any immediate
radical changes to follow Mr.. Car
isles elevation to the speakers chair.
His election signifies the direction in
which the thought Of the country has
turned in respect To its tariff policy
rather than any det, animation. or de-
sire to knock AMY at once the
crutches upon which so many of our
crippled industries are hobbling. No
revenue reformer, if a carte blanche
had been given him to write tariff
upon, two years ago, would have pro-
posed scale of duties which would
compel the steel rail manufacturers
to sell at $50 per ton. Still less would
he have proposed a policy which
looked to shutting up three-ffths of
the iron furnaces of the country.
These interesting results, which have
been brought about under the reign
Ct The prOtectionists, prove that the
tariff has done its best or its worst for
us, and that no harm which the reVe-
nue. reformers ever threatened can be
so harmful as the condition we have
reached after twenty years of
high duties"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

THE sugar crop of Texas is not as
good as it might have been, but the
late mild weather is enabling the
planters to save and convert into
sugar their entire crops.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

CHINA is for war, and France hay
ing put her foot in it cannot con-
veniently take it out.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

MALONE has thrown his mask away
and now boldly takes his place in the
Republican causus.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
AT WORCESTER.

Boston, Dec. s.-The five story buildings,
from 46 to 30 Federal street. owned by Board
man & Co., were badly damaged by fire. The
pany Insured
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

Rummelberg, near Berlin. is the
largest goose market in the world.
They handle 100000 a year of the
sHcculent bird.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13
FIRES.
PETERSBURG.
At BOSTON.

PETERSBURG, Va, Dec. s.-The Sumac ware
house of E. 81. Mccullough at Blacks & Whites,
it is stated, was set afire last night; half mil
lion pounds of sumac was almost totally des-
troyed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

Senator George. of Mississippi, is
lying i'll at his home.
Ellsworth American., 1883-11-01
Poetry.
The Song Of the Dying.

"A number OF British officers were stationed
at an outpost i'm India, during the prevalence
of a pestilence. Many Of their companions
had fallen victims; all the chances of escape
We're cut off and death stared them i'm the face.
Under these circumstances and meeting to-
gether. probably, for the last time. the follow.
ing lines which were written by one of their
number, were sung. The author was the first
TO fall victim to the grim destroyer"
We meet meath the sounding rafter
And the walls around are bare;
As they echo the peals of laughter
1t seems that the dead are there.
But stand TO your glasses steady.
We drink TO our comrades eyes;
Quaff cup TO the dead already
And hurrah for the next that dies.
Not here are the goblets flowing.
Not here is the vintage sweet;
'Tis cold as our hearts are growing.
And dark as the doom we meet.
But stand to your glasses steady
And soon shall our pulses rise:
A cup to the dead already
IIurrah for the next that dies
Not a sigh for the lot that darkles.
Not tear for the friends that sink:
Wen fall. midst the wine cups sparkles,
As mute the wine we drink.
So stand TO your glasses steady.
'Tis in this our respite lies:
One cup to the dead already
IIurrah for the next that dies.
Time was when we frowned at others,
We thought we were wiser then:
Ha. ha let those think of their mothers
Who hope TO see them again.
No, stand to your glasses steady.
The thoughtlcss are here the wise;
A cup to the dead already
Iiurrah for the next that dies.
There's many hand that's shaking,
There's many cheek that's sunk;
But soon. though our hearts are breaking.
They'll burn with the wine we've drunk.
So stand 10 your glasses steady.
'Tis here the revival lies:
\ cup to the dead already
llurrah for the next that dies.
There's a mist on the glass congealng,
lis the hurricanes fiery breath:
And thus does the warmth OF feeling
Turn ice in the grasp OF death
Ho, Stand TO your glasses steady.
For moment the vapor flies;
\ cup to the dead already
Hurrah for the next that dies
Who breads to the dust returning,
Who >hrinks from the sable shore.
Where the high and naughty ycarninS
OF the soul shall sing no more:
iio Stand to your glasses steady:
This world i world OF lies:
4 cup for the dead already
lIurrah for the next that dies.
Cut off from the land that bore Us,
Betrayed by the land we find.
Where the brightest have gone before Us.
And the dullest remain behind
Stand, stand 10 YOUR glasses steady,
'ri- all we have lcft TO prize;
\ cup 10 the dead already
And hurrah for the next that dies
Ellsworth American., 1883-11-01

Mixed.

YES" said the western editor, Il had to
discharge that foreman. He was a good
printer and a good fellow, but he would get
drunk and then trouble followed. Why, the
other day he got things mixed awfully.
They got a young ourang- g-ou,ang at the
geological gardens and one Of the reporters
wrote paragraph about it, And may nev-
er be asked to drink if the bandv-legsed
jackass from Jackassviile didn't 80 and put
the headline: n Young Ourang- Outang'
over the notice Of son to Col Blood.
knew when | saw it in the paper that Blood
would call. tried to invent some explana-
ton. | knew if | told him the truth he
wouldn't believe me. He'd say that it was
TIE old gag, tucking the blame off on the
printer, and it wouldn't do. The case
wouldn't have been SO bad If the story
about the ourang-outanS had got in without
the headline: Happy Event in the Family
Of Prominent Citizen over it. could
have showed where the transposition oc-
Cured. But the inebriated outcast had left
that out A., Il said, knew Col Blood would
call he's that kind Of a man. I'd have
gone home sick, only | knew it wouldn't
10 any good; he'd grow more mad instead
of less 80.
Well, the time spent between the mo-
ment of discovering the blunder and the
hour Of the Colonel's arrival was about as
disagreeable a period Of my life as | ever
endured. When the colonel came he was
the maddest man ever saw. He said if
had called him miserable pole cat whose
existence was only tolerated from a fear that
his foul carcass would stop up the public
sewer and breed pestIlence he wouldn't
Ellsworth American., 1883-11-01
Good Manners at Home.

More coldness and arrangements, if not
more absolute quarres and separation. grow
out Of disregard Of the common rule of
courtesy in married life than from any other
cause. The wife gets up and goes off 10
give direction to her servants while her
husband is i'll the middle Of a sentence; if
he were any other gentleman she would at
least say, "EXcuse me moment The wife
comes into the room and the husband sits
still in his chair if any other lady enters lie
rises and offers her one. II guest is com
ing to the house, the lady Of the house is
dressed and at her door ready to receive him;
if it is only her husband she has no vel
come. If a lady is at the table as guest,
the gentleman brings some topic Of social
conversation To entertain her with her tea
and berries; if the wife is the only lady he
sits silent, or even whips a letter or news
paper out Of his pocket and reads to himself.
Madam. no gentleman is entitled to such
distinguished consideration as your husband
Sir, no lady is entitled to such deferential
treatment as your wife. The truth is, with
most of US, manner is like dress suit
put on upon special occasions; whereas it
ought to be like our skin, put on from with
in, and never to be taken off while we are
alive.
Ellsworth American., 1883-11-01
The November Century.

In illustrations, important articles, and
American fiction. the November Century at
tcmpt> to raise its own standard Of excellence
"a significant way of beginning the new mag
azinc year. In technical skill, Mr.. Cole has
hardly surpassed the full-page engraving of
Wyatt Eaton's portrait Of Modieska. T. john
SON, engraving from Thomas Sully'S portrait
(owned in Phladelphia) of Queen Victoria at
the age Of nineteen is the frontiSpicce of the
number. 4 particular interest attaches to
Coles engraving OF the full-page portrait of
Tourguenetf, since it is an authentic likeness
from life, painted within the last two years by
+. K. Butler. specially for The Century. Al
phonse Daudet contributes "reminiscences of
''Tourgucnctf in Paris
An important contribution to the history of
the war, and a most entertaining anecdotal pa
per Withal, is the account of The Capture of
Jefferson Davis Ii is by Burton y. Harri-
son. Esq, of the New York bar. who was the
Confederate Presidents private secretary and
accompanied Mr.. Davis and his family, with
the leadin" members of the Confederate gov
crnment, in their flight from Richmond.
Charles Dudley Warmers recoectionS of
The Bull-Fight in Spain are impressive for
tho evident fidelity Of the description and the
picturesque and humorous treatment. Robert
Blum'S drawings are striking for the same
qualities expressed with the brush. An
American Artist in England" is u sketch, by
Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer,, of NinsOw
EIomer'> career, illustrated by h> recent Eng
li-h drawings. which have been engraved for
this paper by I. Cole, two of them being full
page illustrations. "Glimp>eS of Paris" by j.
ID. Osborne il pr0fuSely illustrated by L. X.
Butler. We learn from it that the French are
weary of French flats and what traits of
national characcr-not all of them lovely-arc
revealed in their daily life. John Burroughs
study OF Mature in England i, illustrated in
a sympathetic spirit by Alfred Parsons. Laf-
cadio lIearn writes of The Scenes of Cables
Romancc~," with enthusiasm and personal
knowledge; Joseph Penncll etchcs them.
\ matter of greater moment. however, than
the scenes of Cables romanceS is the opening
chapters of Cables new romance, DIR. SEWER"
judging from the beginning. in the November
number it promises to be his most humorous
and artistic novel. Reality and ideality appear
in it blended with poetic art. In the fourth
part OF the "Bread-winnerS' the unknown au-
thor gives fresh evidence of bold, firm hand
and grasp on real life In open Letters"
Edward j. Shriver di>scnts from the view of
trade>-union> and their members given in the
novel and the author disavows any intention
of identifying Offitt and his friends with the
trades-unoni>tS. 4 two-part novelette,, by
Henry James, The Impressions of Cousin"
is begun; also the first part of sketches from Il
Californian mountain entitled The Silyerado
SquattcrS." by Robert Louis Stevenson, author
of THE New Arabian Nights" Mrs. Knoll
lys," by the author of ''Guerndale," is the short
story of this number.