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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-11-13

THE "Sons of the Revolution"
society composed of descendants of
those who fought in the American
revolution. have organized for the
purpose Of setting up the statue of
Liberty at the entrance to New York
harbor. They ask for dollar subscrip.
tions from all over the country. Send
them TO Austin Huntington secretary
No. So Liberty sire ct. New York.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-11-13
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1884.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-11-13

IF 1 should be called to the chief
magistracy of the nation by the suf-
frages of my citizens, 1 will
assume the duties of that high office
with solemn determination to dedi-
cateeVery effort to the country s good,
and with an humble reliance upon the
favor and support of the Supreme Be
ing, who / believe win always bless
honest human endeavor in the consci-
entlous discharge of publie- duty
Grover Cleyeland's Letter of Accept
ance.
THE present election is the closest
seen in New York for at least fifty
six years. In 1928 New York gave
plurality fer Jackson OF 1850; in 1874,
s. los for Polk, the lowest of which we
have record there. The pluralities
for the last twenty years are as fol-
lows In 1864 Lincoln carried it by
8,767; Seym our had just 10000 in 1868,
and Grant $3.50 in 1872: in 1876 TIL
den carried it by 80, 73S. and Garfield
had q plurality in 1880 of 2l,0Ss.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-11-13

THE Pittsburg Stockman SAYS that
sheep have been selling in its section
for twenty-five cents per head.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-11-13

"Little Joker" is the bcst smzaipe
tobacco.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-11-13

will continued
time sufcien
to make con
siderable per,
with our cotenp
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13

any bed but the messy cushionsp with
out any covering but the green
branchesp
He called aloud, hoping somebody
might be telling trees there. Only the
echoes answered him, and the little
brook seemed to laugh out at him.
He remembered that once old brindle
had strayed away into the wood-lot.
His father was gone in search of her for
hours. He wished he might hear the
Jingle of her bell now, and see her
white horns pushing the bushes aside.
A little bird flew down and took
drink from the brook. She knew her
way through the thick woods, but what
was little boy to do.
He felt as if he should starve if he
didn't find his way soon. He wished
he had brought one of his mothers
doughnuts with him. While he was
wondering what to do he heard famil-
lar sound close by. 1t was little low
song he had often heard at home. 1t
seemed to come from bunch of flow
ers growing among the MOSES. Were
flowers ever known to singP
Paul remembered that nobody in that
region kept bees but his father. The
bee knew the way home. When he
had filled his honey bags and flew up
out of the flowers, almost brushing
Paul cheek, it seemed as if he said,
'1t's time to be going to the hive; fol-
low me child"
He watched the bee mount up into
the air little way. He then made a
Decline for home and Paul followed.
The bee was just flying into the hive,
all yellow with pollen, when Paul's
mother cried out, ''Where have you
been, dear? l was afraid you had run
away to the village to see the circus
come in.
Il was lost in the wood lot" said
Paul; 81 met one of our bees down
there making honey. When he got
ready to come home he showed me the
way
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13

her on her rides and to the ball rooms,
and, in fact, wherever she goes, and she
is indefatigable as a dancer, and in rid
ing and promenading. Everybody adj
mires them, and though they are both
very polite, they form no intimate ac-
quaintances, and their names are down
on the register as Mr.. Smith and daugh-
ter. All the women who chat on the
piazzas have decided that there is some
thing very mysterious about them, and
that they don't believe that their names
are Smith at all, but that they are some
noted English people travelling incog.
Many attempts have been made to in
duce Miss Smiths maid to ''tell the
truth, now, about your young LADY,
name," but she is proof against all blan-
dishments, and if there is secret she
keeps it. All the same, the young lady
fairly divides hours with Vanderbilt S
and Walls turnouts.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13
HE COUNTED THE KISSES.

Curious Record Of Matrimonial Statutes Keep
by q Frenciin,an.
Eastern fCon tsntInople> Express
Perhaps of all nations in the world the
French are most given to the practice of
statistics, and in carrying it out they
take into consideration all manner of
subjects which would never enter the
minds of other people. AS a case in
point, it is narrated of a Frenchman,
who recently died, that on his wedding
day, some twenty years ago, he took
the resolution of keeping a yearly record
of the number of kisses exchanged with
his wife until their union became sever
ed by death of one or the other. He was
destined to be the first to go, but when
on his sick bed, foreseeing that he would
not recover, he begged friend to let
the world know the result of his twenty
with such confidence and gentleness
years of account keeping During the
first year of welded life the kisses ex-
changed reached the colossal figure of
$4,000, or on an average of 100 day,
but in the following twelve months
there was notable decrease, not more
than 10000 being inscribed on his regis
ter; whilst the third year shows still
greater falling of, the average number
of kisses being but ten day.
After the lapse of five years further
reduction is recorded, and the account
keepers task was simplifed, for only
two kisses were exchanged during each
twenty-four hours-one in the morning
on rising, and the other on retiring to
rest. Later on, during the last ten
years of his married life, they ouly kiss
ed each other on leaving for or return
ing from journey, and he had hence
very little trouble in making up his an
nual domestic statistics. Now, there
was possibly very little diminution of af-
lection, Notwithstanding this ominous
looking record; it goes more to prove
that the disuse arose from a growth of
amiliarity rather than from estrange-
ment. Take the case of mans chill
dren as an example; he fondles and
kisses an infant much more than he does
the same child as it increases in growth;
but who can say that his affection is less
for daughter in the ripeness of woman
hood than it was for her when lying in
her cradle half or wholly unconscious of
his love.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13
BY the Dial.

They had been sitting on the prone
made deck for more than an hour
when she suggested that they go dowr
stairs and look at the machinery. HI
agreed, and an old lady who sat neal
by and heard the conversation rose W
and said:
young man, have you any objec
ton to my going along? I've sllus
been crazy on the subject of machin-
cry"
He replied that he would be delight
ed, and she followed the couple to the
main deck.
''This, l suppose you know" began
the young man. sis called the main
shaft"
"Yes-yes-came from the state OF
Name" twittered the young lady.
The old lady stuck up her nose but
m ide no remarks.
THAT up there is the walking
beam"
"Oh, is itp How nice! You wouldn t
think it would walk, but of course it
does
The old woman put on her spectacles
to get better look at the girl.
'That rod you see there" continued
the young man, sis called an eccen-
trio.
''How funny! But why shouldn't it
be? There are eccentric people, and
why shouldn't there be eccentric rods?
l presume it gets cranky sometimes.
Go on, George
II don't believe it!'' muttered the old
woman.
Sand this is called a steam chest,
my DEAR
"Oh, is itp I've always wanted to
see one. They put their steam in there
to keep it cool and nice. It's the same
principle as a refrigerator. Yes
George"
and began to look as mad as cold on
a sand-bar.
THAT thing up there is called a
steam dial" said George.
"Oh, how nice! I've read of it
somewhere in Shakespeare work. 1
see the pointer is at 80. My! but who'd
believe we were carrying eighty tons
of steam. George, if we blow up you
must save me-indeed, you must.
What's that glass thing?"
cts water indicator :"
sob, l see. II indicates that we are
on the water. How grateful we ought
to be to the geniuses of America for
these inventions"
Here the old lady started to leave
with "humphr' OF disgust, but the
young man called:
MADAME, you are not interested?'
"Look-a-here, young man, she ex-
claimed as she wheeled around; "meb-
be you can make fool of that inner
cent young GAL and mebbe she de-
lights in it, but when it comes to STUFF
fling old hens with chopped straw it
won't go down! Pass on! I'm a walk
in'-beam myself, and I'm going to
walk"
And away she sailed, carrying forty
pounds of steam by the dial.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13
Simple Remedies.

Equal parts of ground mustard and
flour made into paste with warm wa
ter, and spread between two pieces Of
muslin, forms the indispensable mus
tard plaster.
A hornets nest which has been de-
serted by the hornets, bound on the
throat with piece of flannel will cure
the most malignant sore throat.
The fumes of burning coffee are a
powerful disinfectant. Pound the cot
fee in mortar and then strew it on a
hot iron plate, which, however, must
not be red hot.
A pan of sliced raw onions, placed in
a room where there is diphtheria, will
absorb the poison and prevent the dis
ease from spreading. The onions should
be buried every morning and fresh ones
cut up.
A few applications of soft soap to a
fresh burn almost instantly removes the
fire from the flesh. If the injury is very
severe, as soon as the pain ceases apply
linseed oil and then dust over with fine
flour. When this covering dries hard
repeat the oil and flour dressing until a
good coating is obtained. When the
latter dries allow it to stand until it
cracks and falls off, as it will do in q
day or two, and a new skin will be
found to have formed where the skin
was burned.
Wet tobacco applied to bee or wasp
sting will give instant relief.
Half teaspoonful of common table
salt, dissolved in little cold water and
drank, will instantly relieve heart burn.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13
A BIT OF EXPERIENCE.

have met with good many people
In jogging DER life's varied way;
I've encountered the clever, the simple,
The grabbed, the grave and the gay,
l have Travelled with beauty, with virtue,
have be n with the ugly, the bad,
| have laughed with the ones who were merry
And wept with the ones who were sad.
One thing / have learned in my journey
Meier to judge one by what he appears,
The eyes that seem sparkling with laughter
Oft battle to keep back the tears,
And long, sanctimonious faces
Hide often the souls that are vile,
While the heart that is merry and cheerful
Is often the freest from guile.
And I've learned not to look for perfection
In one of our frail human kind.
In hearts the most gentle and loving
Some blemish or fau t we can find.
But yet have ne'er found the creature,
So low, so deppaved or so mean,
But had some good impulse-some virtue
That 'mong his bad traits might be seen.
And, too, / have learned that most friendships
We make are as brittle as glass,
Just let a reverse Overtake us
Our friends" on the ''other side pass
But, ali have found some few loyal
Some hearts ever loving and true
And the joy and the peace they have brought
me
Have cheered me my whole journey through
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13
Six Grizzlies in a Heap.

Z. +. blackburn In Salt Lake Tribune
Not long since was riding toward
Cloud Peak and had gone only three
miles when / discovered three enormous
grizzlies down in horseshoe canyon. /
left my pony, went to the canyon wall
and opened fire on the enemies. The
bears were five hundred yards away.
Ny first shot wounded one of the mon
sters, and the wounded one Immediate
ly attacked the other bear. They fought
desperately for fifteen minutes. 1t was
terrible encounter; the beasts would
strike, bite and roll around, giving
frightful growls, enough to scare a fel-
low even at the top of the canyon. The
wounded bear was beaten by its antago-
mist, after which / shot the victor. They
were both ferocious looking animals,
and the two would weigh over 5000
pounds. Their tusks measured three
inches, claws four inches, feet fourteen
inches, and the bears were twelve feet
long.
Leaving these two bears l walked
over a ridge not more than a mile away
and came on to four more, two black
and two silver-tip bears. They did not
see me, and my position was good one
on the ice and near nice smooth crag
of granite. Slipping on pair of moe
asins, l was soon on the top of the gran
lite knob $50 feet above ground. 1 open
ed fire Immediately, only 200 yards, and
killed two the first shot, and soon had
them all rolling down the mountain to-
gether. 1t was an exciting time; the
four bears made a terrible noise. Bawl-
ing and deep groans, mingled with keen
reports from my rifle, echoed and re-
echoed, making sound rivaling the
very hall of pandemonium itself.
In a few minutes all was quiet save
the passing breezes through pine boughs
and a few squalling ravens. listened
closely for more bears, and could occa-
hear their peculiar whistle
across on the opposite mountain. But
none were in sight. After seeing a large
eagle swoop down among the pines,
large grouse, l descended
from my rocky knob and ventured up
to the bears. There they all lay in a
heap, all dead in the gulch together.
Those six bears would weigh over 1000
pounds
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13
Taking q Bee Line.

From Our title ones
Little Paul went out into the woods
one day, bird-nesting; he didn't mean
to rob the nests; he only wanted to
know where they were. He liked to
find prettily woven one with little blue
eggs in it, and watch till the tiny birds
burst the shell. They were such odd
looking little things, with their big
mouths always open for worms. 1t
was pleasant to see them from day to
day, till their pin-feathers grew, and
they became stout and strong and be-
gan to sing a few notes.
But he did not find one very quickly.
He bgan to feel hungry and want his
dinner. He could go home now and
visit the woods some other morning.
Then he looked about him. Which
path led to the farmp He sat down
and thought about it. The more he
thought the more he was puzzled. How
should he ever get home againp Should
he have to stay all night in the woods
with no candle but the starsp withou
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13
A Saratoga Beauty.

SCR tova i,ette-.
The other attractive sight is that of a
young woman who comes down every
morning fresh from her room and mounts
a milk white horse almost statuesque in
its beauty, and rides away, the horse
dancing and going through more gam
bols and risky movements than lamb
at play, but he does not seem vicious.
The young lady who mounts him is one
of the finest horsewomen | have ever
seen, and besides one of the handsomest
women. Her hair is almost red, and her
skin clear pink and white; her figure is
perfection itself, and she dresses in the
most elegant manner. Her riding habit
is of dark green cloth with tiny gold
buttons, and she wears gold lace col
lar and cuffs, instead of the traditional
linen collar. An old gentleman of
decidedly aristocratic mien accompanies
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13
THE DE1R CREATURES.

There are more unmarried blondes
than brunettes. 1t is not believed
that it is the fault of the blondes,
though.
There is a girl in Turner, Me-, who
smokes, chews, shaves, swears and
wears mans hat What more could
she do to cntitle her to the right of
voting?
A woman in Fultonville, N. Y, is
said recently to have forgotten her
child while she was busy rescuing a
crazy quilt from burning building.
Probably she had one crazy quilt and a
house full of children.
A St. Louis man 25 years old is the
victim of queer mania. He firmly
believes that he is 20 years old. There
are some equally queer cases in Phila-
delphia, the victims being women who
are 70 years old, yet firmly believe they
are %.
Feeding fleas in an animal show in
Paris is the occupation of Mile. Emma.
She bares her shapely arms and sets a
lot of fleas free on them. They feed
their fill on her warm blood and then
they are put at work again drawing
carriages and cannons weighing ever
so many hundred times more than their
little selves.
An Afghan woman asked the ameer
or divorce because her husband was
growing bald-headed. The verdict was
that the head should be anointed with
sour milk; that the woman should lick
it off until the scalp shone again; that
then she should ride through the bazar
on a donkey with her face astern, and
that the husband anv wife should dwell
in harmony.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13

haustion forbade another movement
mechanically we desisted, and as me
chanically rose and drew few labored
gasping breaths, and rushed to the con
test again.
Whether or not my opponent wa,
armed, knew not; at any rate he mad,
no attempt to draw any weapon. Al
for me, carried my useless pistol, Blu
even had it been loaded, question if
would have used it after the first fiv,
minutes; the contest was so terribl,
close and equal that a thought of any
extraneous aid did not occur to me.
Our action was wonderfully concert
ed; as though governed by double
mechanism we struggled, fell, rose and
resumed the fight, and that after eacl
had grown so weak that a child could
have vanquished either.
And through all my terrible craving
for his life there crept, by-and-by, a
slow consciousness of respect for him.
He was tough as leather, and he fought
well, taking his punishment with an
endurance that hitherto l had deemed
exclusively British.
When | look back on the incident
now have no knowledge of time, no
knowledge of anything but pain, and eff
fort and binding blows. cannot tell
how long the struggle lasted, or how it
terminated; only know that at last the
end came somehow, and that, after a
period of oblivion, l returned to con-
seriousness and found myself alone.
How reached home | cannot tell. /
walked the distance, doubtless, as SOM
nambulists do, for next day when a
neighbor came to look me up, | was
tossing on my bed in araging fever, and
the money which had so nearly been the
price of life, was buttoned in my
pocket
OF course the Great Britain sailed
awaiting me at home grew sick of the
silence, which no explanation came to
break, for what message could anyone
send who expected hourly to see me
diep
But the turn in my long illness came
at last, and then turned slowly and re-
luctantly towards improvement. Ihad
fought hard battle for life beneath the
shadow of the eucalyptus; that which
disease waged against my youth later,
was as deadly and more prolonged.
But youth triumphed at last, and rose
a shadow of my former self, likely to be
debarred from existence on the old,
glad, free terms for many year.
1t was years before the last momento
of my encounter with that desperate
ruffian had passed out of my system,
but now, after half lifetime, l can
look back from my fair, happy, English
home on that incident of my career as
contentedly as on any other of my colo
NAL experiences.
AS to my enemy, his body had been
found in the creek while l lay at the
point of death, but whether fallen there
by accident or flung in through despair
/ never learned.
Gurney's affairs frightened after 1
left him, and the last time l looked on
his honest face, as he sat beside my
Janie's sister, with my youngest boy on
his knee, l decided conclusively that
life was not so nearly over for him by
long way as he had imagined when good
luck and he had stood on opposite
sides.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13
NEARER HOME.

lone sweetly solemn thought
Sang the maiden soft and low;
While the tender strains were fraught
With soulful ebb and flow.
81 am nearer home to-day"
And the sunlight glints her brow,
While the thought her heart doth sway
Never nearer home than now.
Years come OH with steady tread,
With their change of veal and woe
1--WE nearly left the cross" she said,
And the notes were few and slow.
Father, perfect my trust"
Add the eyes of lustrous blue,
Soon TO slumber meath the dust,
Lighted with aheaven form hue.
30 take me beneath thy care!"
Now the voice grows fainter yet,
And her face more sanity fair
For lifes golden sun had set.
Sac had laid her burdens down
On the worlds storm drifted sea,
She had gained the great white crown
Just across the crystal sea.
-[Chicago News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13


In the railway conference at Chicago
a resolution for the formation of one
pool east and one west of the Missouri
river was defeated, the Northwestern,
Wabash and Missouri Pacific roads
voting with the Alton and Burlington
in favor of the plan. 1t was then
agreed that subcommittee of five be
appointed to report plan for an ad-
justment of differences not later than
September 20, present rates to be con-
tinued.
Professor Haeckel, the d irwin Of
Ge' many, in studying the embryology
OF the chicken, has, with his assistants,
hached and dissected 8 600 eggs
Memory is the primary and iunda-
mental power, without which there
could be no other intellectual operation.
DIR. johnson.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13
These Died of Laughter.


Troy I1mes
Chalcas, the sooth-sayer, died of
laughter at the thought of his having
outlived the time predicted for his
death. A fellow in rags had told him
that he would never drink the wine of
the grapes growing in his vineyard;
and added: IF these words do not
come true, you may claim me for your
slave" When the wine was made,
Chalcas held feast, and sent for the
fellow to see how his predictions had
failed. When he appeared the sooth-
sayer laughed so immoderately at the
would-be prohet that it killed him.
Crassus died from laughter on seeing
an ass eat thistles. Margutte, the
giant, in the Inorganic, Maggiore, died
of laughter on seeing a monkey pulling
on his boots. Zeuxis, the Grecian
painter, died at sight of bag he had
just depicted. A peculiar death was
that of Placut, who dropped dead in
the act of paying bill. There are
many men to-day, however, who would
probably die of surprise, if they found
themselves doing the same thing.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-13

A gang of burglars on Staten Island
appointed two of the number to sere-
made the inmates of a well furnished
house, while the others broke in at the
back and robbed the premises.
A writer in the Prov dence Journal
says we "must wat until 1892 for Jupi-
ter's next perihelion." Well, if we
must we must, though it seems pretty
tough.