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New-York tribune., 1883-03-10
THE OPENING OF THE sHAD SEASON.

"The scarcest fish now" said Eugene G.Blackiord.
the Fish commissioner. Yesterday, -is the brook
trout and it's because there's law against Their
appearing. But striOusly, the supply isn't very
great because the weather IL not favorable To psca
torial exercise. The prices are about the Same as
they we're last week In Boston fifty to sixty
vessels are tied up, waiting for Wiggnss storm To
blow over. He's the worst KIND oi huinDng'
" Have there been any preparations made LOT
shad fishing in the North River
@Nor vet. The pcles cannot lie set until the ice
the North River was on March 3, some years ago.
They are usually here about tho 10th. Our shad
now are coming from North Carolina They are
larger and fatter and are equal II not superior, TO
those of the North River. The shad fishermen are
getting their poles and nets ready, but that's all
that has been done so far"
Now don't ask me to predict. I'm taking warh-
ing from Wgglns No predictions In mine' II you
please
New-York tribune., 1883-03-10

James Dunn, alias :" Pop" White alias Doc"
Long and George +. Afeck alias Davis who were
arrested charge OF robbing Jesse Williams,
land speculator, OF $1,000 III gold in Philadelphia.
together with Carrie Afieck the wife OF OF he
prisoners who was arrested while dcpOsiIing 1000
in "A savings bank, were arraigncd before Justice
Patterson IN the Jefferson Market Police Court, yes
terday The evidence beng Insufficient 10 hold the
woman and Dunn, thcy were DISCHARGED Aifeck
expressed his willingness to 70 ~ Phiadcp phia
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.


Nearly all the myths as to the orr
gin OF fire represent it as stolen from
the gods. sometimes by a bird, some
times } an animal, sometimes by a
man. IN several of these legends the
stolen fire is hidden in wood, whence
it may be brought out by rubbing.
The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun says that lawyer
Kerr's indictments are not good.
This was not the judgment of the
eminent counsel who were associated
with Mr.. Kerr. To go to trial with a
defective Indictment is like going to
sea in leaky boat.
John Hopkins university, at Balti-
more, has Succumbed to the pressure
of muscalarity. A gymnasium is to
be erected and the bodies of its stu
dents are to be matured as well as
their minds. In the glorious future
John Hopkins may be able to kick a
ball against the active Presbyterians
at Princeton.
on Greek IN his Phi Beta Kappa adj
dress is genuine sensation and finds
more supporters in cultured circles
than would have been anticipated.
His support of the Quincy methods
of primary school teaching has won
him place among educational au-
thorities.
The newest Partisan freak is fash
ionable walking parties. There is
touch of good sense in it. The walk
ing will do the walkers good; and the
pastime will also furnish a criterion
by which the line may be drawn be-
tween the disabled and able-bodied
bellies and beauX of society. This is
matter OF some Importance.
The trade dollars, as is well known,
were made to be sent to China. The
coinage of them aggregated about
$50, 100000. Many of them were sent
to China, but a large number. after
being started for the Celestial empire.
were brought back to the eastern
states to satisfy a popular demand for
silver dollar. They should be re-
tired. or rather be made legal, mas
much as they are intrinSically worth
more than the standard dollars,
An order has been issued from the
Navy Department detaching from
the naval academy that class of ma
val cadets and cadet engineers who
completed their six years course June
10, and ordering them to their homes.
On the 1st of July twenty-three of
this class viii receive their commits
sions in the navy, and the rest will be
discharged from the ser
vice, with one years pay. When con-
gTess convenes in December next a
strong effort will be made byi the
friends of those who are to be dis
to have them reinstateG on
the ground that the act of August,
1882, was not intended to apply to |
those who had already INJECTED |
their four years at the naval acal my.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
Japanese Cremation.
Contemporary Review.l

A very few days later, on arriving
in Toxic, and driving through one OF
its suburbs, my attention was arrested
by a group of very peculiarly shaped
tall chimneyS, very wide at the base
and ending in narrow mouth, so
strangely suggestive of old sketching
days in Kent that the idea of the f;i-
miliar oast-house" at once presented
itself. On inquiry | learned that this
was one of the city crematorIes, of
which there are about half a dozen
scattered over the principal suburbs
of the vast city. SURPRISING that in
the great capital the process of Gre
nation might be performed more GER
enormously and scientifically than in
the country cemetery whicI l had
previously visited, l determined to
inspect this also. But in the
multitude OF more attract
i've il terests, | never found
time to do so. Soon afterward, how
ever, my friend Miss Bird visited a
similar establishment III the same
neighborhOod, and found the same
perfect simplicity in all details. The
great chiMneys form the only mate
rial difference, their object, of course,
being to convey any unpleasant fumes
to such a height as to insure no NUS
ance being created in the neighbour
hood. Not only is this desirable re-
suit secured, but even within the
premises there is nothing in the least
noXious or disgusting. Miss Bird
states that although thirteen bodies
had been consumed in the burning
house "a few hours before her visit,
and a considerable number of bodies
were awaiting cremation Chose of
the weather. class being coffined in
oblong pine chests and those of the
very poor in tubs of pine hoped with
bamboo, there was not the slightest
odor in or about the building, and her
interpreter informed her that the peo-
pie living near never experience the
least annoyance. even while the pro-
cess is going on. The only difference
between the city crematory and the
clearinghouse in the rural cemetery
was that the high-roofed mud build
ing was divided into four rooms, the
smallest of which is reserved for such
wealthy persons as prefer to have
their dead cremated apart, in solitary
state, for which privilege they pay S.,
whereas ordinary mortals are dis
posed of in the common room for the
modest sum of something under 4
shIllings. One shilling's worth of
fuel is the average consumption re-
quired for each body. Granite sup
ports are laid in pairs all along the
earthen floor, and on these the coffin
chests are placed at s p. H., when the
well-dried faggots beneath them are
kindled. The fires are replenished |
from time to time, and at a. m. the /
man in charge goes round the build
ing. and from each. hearth collects
and stores in separate urn the hand
full of ashes which alone remains. |
Some wealthy families sect re the SER
vices of Buddhist priests to watch all
night beside these funeral epyies, but |
this is considered quite work of SUI
pererogation. After the religious
service in the house the further at
tendance of the priests is optional;
but in many cases they return on the
morrow to officiate at the interment
of the ashes. ?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
STATE NEWS REpERToRY.
Shirt of Our Texas Exchanre,


According t. the Colorado citizen
rains are still needed and anXiously
| oked for in that section. Pity the
showers can't be generally distributed,
as there would then be enough for all
sections of the state.
y special New York correspondent
of the Galveston News comes to the
solid conviction that Tilden is a can
didateIfor president. lie speaks of
having seen Mr.. Tilden and finds him
apparently in better health than when
he saw him in 1876.
The old alcalde, says the Houston
Post, has passed away into legal
fog, but his well balanced administra-
ton speaks eloquently for him in the
sepul hral tones of the treasury
vaults. The credit for this, it says,
should be freely given to the old
alcalde. The fund, it argues, how
ever, should he invested in paying
securities or substantial works.
Judge Milan and thu editor of the
Sulphur Springs Gazette went to the
Caney picnic to address the people in
advocacy of the const tutional amend
mentS. But they found the young
people enjoying themselves in dane
ing, and concluded that there were
but few present who cared anything
about the constitution or anything
not on the dancing programme.
Judge E. +. Hall, enc of the COM
missioners appointed by Gov. ireland
to investigate land frauds, returned
| from San Antonio to Laredo on the
4th inst. He will soon go to some of
the frontier counties to prosecute his
Investigations. The evidence which
the board are accommodating tends to
develop frauds in some sections on a
considerable scale. There is little
doubt of their existence, and that they
may by proper efforts be proved up,aS
was done by the coMmittee OF which
| Hon. b. NJ. Baker, of the l6Sh legiSla-
tura, was chairman, which discovered
sufficient evidence to convict several
prominent persons of forging titles to
about 100000 acres of land.
The Blanco Star indicator, not
Withstanding the severe drOuth eX.
perienced in that county, which it
notices at some length, speaks thus
encouragingly of crops and the bust.
ness outlook: "And then, too, there
is already great deal more made
even here in this valley, than was il
1879, while throughout the country
there is no comparison at all. Tit
oat crop, which is already harvested
and secured, is very good, and som,
Of our farmers will make corn enough
to do them without a drop of rain
while all will make Il little, which j!
a good deal more than was done fou
years ago. And, strange to say. tn
cotton so far seems not to be suffering
any at all. So taking everything int
consideration-the fact that in SOM
portions of this county a fair crop o
all kinds will be made, and through
out the state an unusually heaV.
yield is confidently counted on, w
feel FULLY warranted in again repeat
ing that there need be no fears bu
what we will get along all right an
have far average business season
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS,

Umbrellas were carried at the
feaStS of Bacchus, probably that the
gods might not see the condition of
the votarieS as the close of the festiv-
tiles.
The altar of rose bottles, in which
genuine Turkey altar is put up,
come from Connecticut, and SO do
their contents, as ii rule. The profit
on the manufacture is about three
hundred per cent.
There is a German superstition that
the finger pointed at star will GER
tainly rot away, because the angels
kill it, and the Ojibways warn their
children not to point at the moon,
telling them that if they do she will
bite their fingers off.
Ferdinand Schumacher, the Prohi-
hitioniSt candidate for governor Of
Ohio, is the famous Oatmeal King of
Akron" He not only refrains from
the use of liquor and tobacco himself,
but he compels his employees. when
about the mills, to do the same.
A simple and inexpensive jail is
that belonging to Naples county,
Idaho. 1t is hole in the ground ten
feet deep, into. which the prisoner is
dropped, and out of which he cannot
climb. as the hole is larger at the bot
| tom than the top. When prisoner
is wanted the guards drop line and
pull him up on it.
Between the years 1864 and 1868,
2l8 persons We're condemned in Ger
many to ,.eeapitation, and of these
only twenty six were executed. Be-
tween 1858 al ID 1878 10 fewer than
420 were condemned, but in no case
was the sentence carried out. In the
year 1878, however, Hodel was exc
cuted for his attempt on the emperor
but in 1879 and 1880 there were no eX.
ecutiOnS. Since 1881 there have been
only three.
The emperor of China has to main,
tam some seventy women on his eS
Enlistment, in various capacities
and. like every other gentleman who
has ladies under his protection, the
duty devOlveS upon him of clothing
them. This would be compare
lively easy task were the fair ones OF
a reasonable turn of mind. But, I'M
happily for the brother Of the sur
and moon, their extravaganza is pro-
nOunced TO De beyond all bounds
Two hundred and fifty Thousand
thaels, which is more than one
half the land tax of the EN-
pire, were expended last yea
in silk, satin, gauze, velvet, red and
gilt papers and pearls. 1t is said thai
one dress, which is in possession of al
empress, was covered last year will
seed pearls, worked in so peculiar .
fashion as to have cost fabulous
sum. With respect to this robe there
are great screenings of heart. Tit
empress is aged, though the dress il
new. If she die, according to custom
it must be burned, supposing it to bt
in her possession at the time of hel
death. She refuses to part with it
and the idea Of this wastefulness
coupled with the necessary great eX
penditure in the coming year, TROUBLES
the owner Of the vermillion pencil
exceedingly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.

In complete vacuo liquids in gen.
erdl boil at temperature Of 140o low
er than in open air.
In Italy and Japan the water from
the hot springs is extensively used in
gardens for the production of early
crops.
Fully forty tons of the indispensa.
BILE insecticide, known as pyrethrum
powder. will be produced in Califor-
mia this year.
The Brewing World says that the
simplest and most effectual way to re-
move the unpleasant taste from new
wooden vessels is to scald them thor
Oughly several times in boiling water,
then dissolve some pearl ash or soda
in lul<ewarm water, adding little
lime to it, and wash the inside of the
vessels well in the solution. After
ward scald them several times thor
oughly as before.
Nothing is better for whitening
garments, particularly those that
have become yellow from being laid
aside for several months, than tea
spoonful of borlx dissolved in the
rinsing water.
Quinine and chicona have proved
fatal to rabbits, Guinea pigs and dogs
when administered in certain guam
titles under the skin. A dose of two
grains proved enough TO kill dog
which weighed twelve kilos.
a surgeon has recently recorded
three cases of sciatica benefited by
extension, which constitutes slight
nerve street ching. The weight used
was eighteen to twenty pounds hung
from a pulley In one case relief
came in twenty minutes, in two 9TH
erS after a few hours.
Every bread maker has observed
that the temperature at which her
dough is kept while rising HIS IA de-
cidrd influenc upon its quality. If it
is kept warm, SO that the process of
fermentation goes on rapidly, the
bread will be whittier and tenJerer
than if it is allowed to rise in II low
temperature. The little yeast plant
with long name flourishes best at
temperature of about 72o and when it
has an abundance of sugar to feed
upon. If no sugar is put into the
dough the plant converts the starch of
the grain into sugar and feeds upon il.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

TIE Democratic revenue tariff of
1851 assessed duties amounting to
about 20 per cent. Under the present
tariff the rates are over 40 PER cent
but the revenues are less than a much
lower rate of duty would yield. A
duty of So ton on pig-iron would
produce more revenue than duty of
81 ton, but it would prevent the pig
iron manufacturers at home from put
ting an enormous tax upon consum-
ers, as they did for several years, until
the protective swindle by stimulating
undue production overreached itself.
During these Years the taxation of
the people for domestic iron and it's
various products was excessive in
comparison with the revenue yielded
to the treasury by duties on foreign
iron. In regard to wooden and cotton
goods, clothing, blankets, carpets, SUI
gar, salt, coal and other articles in the
tariff list, the same rule holds. If the
rate of duty were low cred there
would be more revenue for govern
ment, while the excessive taxation of
the people for corresponding articles
of domestic production would be
greatly lessoned. There is, then, a
wide practical difference between a
protective tariff and tariff for reve-
nue..
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
The Result of Prohibition In Maine.


Anybody who knows anything
pie of Maine to-day knows that
OF law and medicine, and to a limited
extent in the studies of the clergy, in
kitchens and workshops, in the cars,
on steamboats,, and, if one wishes to
observe, he will find that travellers by
every means of conveyance in the
state take the poison with them. The
express companies bring it into the
state, upon every arrival, for private
consumption, and considerable which
escapes detection and goes into sale
in some smaller country towns. In
many of the cities and some of the
larger towns the sale is free in bars
and saloons, not in open defiance of
law, for that statute which public
opinion does not support is 10 law
| at all, and cannot and never will be
enforced.
The sooner this fact is recognized
the better it will be for the cause of
temperance, which is advocated upon
sensible grounds only by the better
representative of the reform clubs.
1t is no pleasure to us to report
such state of things. but so far as
our oh ervation extends we know our
statements to be true. We detest
deception, let it come from where it
may, and Neal Dow is so committed
to prohibition that he would't tell
the truth if he could, and he couldn't
if he would, upon the subject Of en-
forccnent in this state We don t as
sert that some strictly temperance
communities cannot be found in
Maine, but we do assert that
rum is in far too general use
all over the state, and we know that
some of the best temperance men
here regretfully admit this state
ment. Lying won't rub out The
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
The Wabash Railroad.

Mr.. John Il. Ennis, passenger and
land agent of the Wabash and Mis-
souri, Pacific railway, recently escorted
a large party of capitalists on tour
OF inspection through Texas. The
party has been heard from by wire.
Mr.. Ennis telegraphS from Weather
ford, in the state of Texas, to friend
in Chicago, as follows: This is the
best time for people to visit Texas.
All the crops are very fine, especially
wheat and corn. Harvesting is going
on all over the state. My party is
highly pleased The dispatch is brief
and to the point, but for all that it
speaks volumes in behalf of Texas
and for its prosperity in the
near future. In the line of agri-
culture there is not the least doubt
but what the state of Texas has
just as rich soil for pro luction, if
properly cultivated, Us any other
state in the union. If the sturdy
yeomen that have wasted the best
part OF their lives i'll some barren
land had received the proper encour-
agement years ago to migrate to
Texas, the land would at this late day
seem ineXhauStiole. Texas has had,
..
She has been compelled to labor under
great difficulties; the want of capital
to put the soil in an agricultural con-
dition. that she might be able to COM
! pete IN the market with her sister
States It mas been dR extremely
| hard matter to overcome the preju-
dice of the capitalists to invest their
money in that state. But old Father
Time never ceases to work wonders,
and to the management of the
officials of the Wabash and Missouri
Pacific railway is the state of Texas
indebted to their magnanimity in tax
ing the first step in introducing capt.
talists into their territory. The Off
GERS of the above road are entitled to
the commentator of not only all the
residents of Texas, but the public at
large, for the humane disposition
which they have so nobly shown
that they are ever ready to assist the
needy, which the introduction of CAPT
talists into the state Of Texas fully
illustrates. On the 18th day of judy
the school bonds belonging to The
state Of Texas and adjacent to the
line Of the Pacific railway company
will be put ON the market at the price
Of from 81 to SO an acre, on thirty
years time, at live per cent. interest
This will afford almost every one i'll
opportunity of securing a section
of land and IL home in thi.
great state. For the information
OF our readers we wish to state thai
the Wabash office has been removed
from So Clark street to 100 South
Clark street, Methodist church block
and, without doubt, they have fitte(
up the most magnificent ticket Office
located in this city. They have no
spared pains or expense in making i
recherche. Everything in the oflic
has been finished in first-class style
the decoration of the whole interio
is simply immense, and has to be Seel
to be appreciated. The artists wer
from the well-known house Of II. j
Milligan. The officers of the WabasI
company are: II. M. Hoxie, thirt
vice president ; III. c. Tow 1serd
general passenger agent H. E. La
| ing, general agent passenger depart
ment; John E. Ennis, passenger ant
| land arapt
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
Mrs. GAINES seems to be n.

MRS. GAINES seems to be not SC
very near the recovery of her claim
against the city of New Orleans. I'm
der Judge Billings decree the collec-
ton of 100000 to satisfy the claim
was ordered, but the case has been ap-
pealed. The Louisiana papers de-
nounce the action of Judge Billings
as another Durel affair There is some
thing about this eternal suit, which
may prove of benefit to science. AS
long as the old lady remains in sus-
pense as to the collection she may
live, and the phenomena of being
kept alive 200 years on suit at law
NAV be the result,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

IT DID NOT take Gov. Butler four
months to look around and decide
whether he should appoint an officer
from eastern, western, southern or
northern Massachusetts 1--WE started
to write Texas, before deciding where
and from whom he could derive
in the appointment, the great
est amount of political sup
port. He had to fill up the rail-
way commission, and to do so he
nominated a working engine-driver
as one of the commission. Such a
practical selection is not often made !;
yet. when it is remembered that the
majority of the questions which
come before such a board are of
purely technical character, requiring
knowledge of details far more than
theory, it appears peculiarly fit.
1t is a departure from the common
policy of giving such places to parti-
san workers, and as such. if the man
be qualified in other respects, is enti-
tied to Endorsement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12

THE object of the advocates OF
revenue reform is not to reduce the
$20O,0OOOO0 of annual revenue from
imports as long as that amount may
be needed by the government, but to
abate to the lowest possible degree
the $500,00O,OOO of which the consum-
ers of the country are annually
robbed in the name of protection to
American industry. This Is the plain
issue between the advocates of a pro-
tective tariff incidental for revenue
and the advocates of a tariff "for
revenue only"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-12
DEVELOPMENTS continue show the

DEVELOPMENTS continue show the
4martyred president" in no enviable
light. One William H. Cook. a law
yer of no special note. was retained
to prosecute, so called, the star route
cases. After the death of Garfield
the new brooms that were put into
use swept him out, because. as was
alleged, of his intimate relations
with defendants. Mr.. Cook has Just
been unburdening himself to the
New York Herald in an interview
which will 60 far to confirm pre-
vailing opinion. According to Mr.
Cook he was-the oiily one of counsel
for the government in the star route
cases who held confidential inter
terviews with Mr.. Garfield in regard
to the prosecution.