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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
BATHING In SUSSEX.
The Way the Women Take their Dips iii
the Sea on the Southern Coast
of England

The Way the Women Take their Dips iii
the Sea on the Southern Coast
of England.
From the New York Mail and Express.
Every bathing-machine has its Nam
ny or Betsey or Polly. What curious
Old World things those same ma
chimes are. Where else would they be
tolerated? Nothing but little slanted-
rooted houses, like square Noah's
Arks, mounted between enormous
wheels, they do not possess an advan-
tage, except that of carrying one out
to sea. The sole furniture consists of
bench, a little square glass and
shelf to hold the comb and brush. As
our machine is embarrassed from the
rope we are pushed off down the peb-
bly, beach far into the water until the
foam dashes against the little window
and we call out to know if we are be-
ing taken right out to sea. And then
the feeling OF freedom as we throw
open the door and windows. leisurely
looking at the ocean, and perfectly
sure that no.prying eye is between us
and the coast of France. Barely time
to get ready to clothe ourselves in that
marvel of uglineSs, straight blue
serge gown, with string to fasten it
round the neck, and short sleeves not
reaching to the elbow, before Betty is
beside the short, steep ladder with her
Ready, me dearp' and she takes us
straightway in her strong, brawny
arms and down we go fathoms deep
under the ocean, it seems to US. Or
perhaps we are experienced enough to
take header, and first submitting to
the rope TIED firmly around our waist
away we go into the seething, surging
foam.
That is bathing in good earnest,
when each receding wave sucks back
| the stones and gurgles as it seizes us
and threatens to bear us out to sea,
and there we sit stranded until the
next one breaks over us and daSheS us
| in land again. Even the widest surf
| in the summer season in the neigh
borhood of New York cannot compare
with the great waves that habitually
dash upon the Sussex coast. Then
there are other days, when the tide is
out and calm, equal sea prevails
when the machines are pushed out
over mile from land upon the smooth
sand.
The gentlemen upon the English
coast battle quite away from the
ladies on another part of the beach
and should some holder spirit ap
proach the female side and swim
within easy distance of our machines
he would be justly reprobated. Tit
untraveled English woman reads witt
horror of the license of the French
bathing resort, of the gay costumes
of the fiirtations, the sporting in thu
waves of both sexes that go on a
Trouville or Calais or any othel
French resort.
1t is only in the morning that thu
beach presents a lively scene. Afte
2 o'clock all is deserted, the fishermen
and few native children have pos
session of the ground, the machines
are high and dry ashore, and the dres
ses and towels that have done duty il
the busy morning are spread out t.
dry
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
The Egyptian Question.

According to so distinguished an
authority as Gladstone, the recent
Egyptian conference in London, was
without the results anticipated
dead failure, in fact. 1t is claimed to
have settled nothing, decided nothing
that the international issues mixed up
with the Egyptian question were left
in pretty much the same condition as
they were found. If Gladstone's as
sertions are correct, British policy on
the Nile has been unmolested; un-
modified by the powers represented in
the conference; British power in the
land of the ancient Pharoahs. un-
trammelled and as free to act.
In any direction, as before
Indeed it looks as if the non-action of
the conference is sort of endorse
ment of the recent British career in
Egypt, and amounts to a permit to
Great Britain TO assume full swing
IN that country. For some months
before the conference the English
had apparently abandoned Egypt
even the plains of Nubia itself-to
the advancing and growing power of
the Mahdi. Troops were withdrawn
from the seat of war in the Soudan.
Berber and Khartoum were left to
the tender mercies of the false pro-
phet. Suakim itself was almost for
saken and left apparently an
easy prey for the rebels
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
Intoxicated Crows.

From the Waterbury Comm American,
Speaking of crows, Charles Fogg
tells good story regarding them. Out
on his father-in-law's farm they have
an ingenious young man at work.
Crows had become very troublesome
and destructive in the corn fields.
and the lad had read in some wise
agricultural paper that corn boil
ed in alcohol and distributed
over the field would be freely taken
by the crows and the birds would be-
come intoxicated, and could be easily
captured. Not having the alcohol, he
took cider and added bottle of laud-
anum, boiling his corn and distribut.
ing it in the field. He acted privately,
preferring to experiment without tell
Ing the family. Nothing came of it
for several days, and the lad himself
had almost forgotten it; but
one morning an old lady of
the neighborhood came in and request
ed the men folks to come up and see
what was the matter in the corn field.
She said millions of crows were there
and would not fly away or bulge for
her, but were "acting awfully funny"
Sure enough, when the men and that
lad Went out there, they found hun
dreds OF crows rolling about on the
ground, Tapping their wings, cawing,
and making themselves generally
ridiculous. In fact, they were all as
drunk as. lords, and numbers of them
were easily dispatched. The lad
told his story of the laudanum and
cider very proudly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14

OF about %. I'll astnnish you by say
ing that Iii be ~ next Wednesday.
You don't believe it? / could bring
the family bible to show you the
record of my birth. My case is an
astonishing one; and when was told
that you was a newspaper man, l
made up my mind to tell YOU all
about it. AS l said before, 1 am
almost fifty years older than anybody
would suspect me of being. During
the first half century of nv life.
l grew along as folks usually
do, and showed my age, l
suppose, in normal fashion. /
have reason to believe that 1 aged
naturally up to my fiftieth birthday.
At all events, l remember that until
then l was commonly rated about
right whenever my age was guessed.
From that period until l was 60 1 did
not perceptibly grow older, and it was
a common remark among my friends
that was retaining my juYenility in
a wonderful manner. Along towards
the last of that decade L began to
see for myself that, beyond holding
| my own, l was actually getting to
look younger; and on my Goth birth
day, by examining my face in a
glass with that of a portrait taken
when was 40, l v :: \ finally convinc.
ed that, SO far as appearances went,
had gone backward in years. My re-
juventation has gone on steadily. The
crowfeet ana wrinkles have departed
the stiffness has gone from my limbs
and at 20 / feel, as 1 look, a young
man again.
OF course | Was aware by this time
that monomaniac was speaking; but
the novelty of his delusion, and his
earnestness in describing it, made me
DESTROYS to hear all that he would say
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
The Strange Cruise of DereIict.

From the New YORK Herald.
The report of the strange move
ments of the abandoned schooner
Rivers, wrecked off the North Caro-
lima coast on January z, is of special
interest to Atlantic mariners. This
derelict had travelled up to June Ia, in
easterly direction about four hum
dred miles, and then drifted around a
triangular tract, making an additional
journey of about three hundred miles.
The latest information from the hydo-
graphic office shows that its course
has entirely changed since June, and
that it is now one hundred and twenty
miles due west of the point where it
was then seen. Mysteriously enough,
it appears to be now working dead
against the current of the gulf
stream"
The varient wanderings of this
waif illustrate very forcibly the unre-
liability of conclusions as to the di-
rection and velocity of ocean currents
when based on the drift of bottles or
any floating debris not SO weighted as
to be free from the control of the
winds. AS Admiral Irminger has
pointed out, such arguments are IN
reliable because such drift matters are
propelled as much by the wind as by
the current" The schooner Rivers
is an exponent of the wind variations
northwest of Bemuda rather than of
the motions of the great Atlantic cur
rent.
It should, however, be noted that
north of the Bermudas, between the
thirty-fourth and thirty-sixth paral-
lels, there are counter currents" set
ting to the westward, probably due to
the agency of summer winds in that
ocean area. 1t is probable that the
derelict was borne to the westward
within these ATTITUDES partly by the
aid of these counter currents, but
chiefly by the prevailing winds of the
last six weeks, Nevertheless, the
facts as reported seem to indicate
slight temporary enfeeblement of the
gulf stream.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
\ WHIRLING SPIRE OF
WATER.

How Funnel Of Sea-Foam Danced
Along the Surface of Jersey Inlet.
From the New Jersey Coast Pilot.
Wnlle your correspondent and a
friend were sailing in Great Bay on
the afternoon of July 16, they saw
huge waterspout-the first ever known
IN that body of water. Our attention
was at first attracted by violent COM
motion of the water, covering a space
OF probably twenty yards in diameter,
BY the aid of pair of marine glasses
we watched it attentively during its
formation, and as it pursued its rapid
flight toward the west we were en-
abled to make the following observa-
lions: The body of water appeared
to be leaping and foaming with
great violence and was travelling
at the rate of eight or
ten miles an hour. AS it moved
swiftly on its course it gradually as
ceRded toward a dense, black cloud
that overhung it. Presently we OBJ
served the cloud to change in appear
ance, portion of it becoming elonga-
ted, and descending towards the
waters that rose to meet it, and, as it
drew the water up into it, changed
from an inky blackness to a much
lighter color.
The thing was now complete and
consisted of mass of seething, foam.
ing water, whose diameter had in
creased to forty yards or more, to
which was joined a narrow funnel,
which extended at least a quarter of a
mile upward, where it united with
the heavy, black cloud that still
lowered over it. The funnel, if such
we may call it, at first ran down in al
most a perpendicular direction, but
soon changed into double curve, and
as it swayed to and fro in the air it
presented the appearance of huge
rope, connecting the mass of water
with the inky cloud above.
The whole affair lasted, abont as
near as we could judge, for about fiji
teen minutes, when the upper portion
gradually became less dense, until it
gradually disappeared, while the waters
continued in agitation a few minutes
longer. From the time we discovered
it until its dissolution it kept up the
same rate OF speed, and had any boats
been in its path it would assuredly
have meant destruction to them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
Ireland as a Leader.

Certainly the silent sage of Seguin
is not born leader. He is not
Moses or Joshua in any sense. He
is not the creator of circumstances or
probabilities in politics. He is not
the formulation or conductor OF theo-
ries, enterprises or policies. He is
simply and only the weak reflector
the hating unsafe executor of other
mems ideas. and by no means wise in
his selection of either men or means.
Indeed there is not the first faint in
dication of real rugged leadership
about him. In politics his cowar-
dice is pitiful. His mind is
never made up. Indecision, doubt
and distrust are observable
in all that he does, or all that he at
tempts to do. for he finishes up but
few of his jobs. AS an attorney he
kept his eyes firmly fixed upon the
one consideration, the fee. After that
was secured the case might be won or
lost and Mr.. Ireland seemingly cared
little which. In his administration as
governor he cares little whether
policy is sound and heathful to the
state, but likes to know that it win
make votes for Ireland, or at least
that it win not eat into and destroy
his strength. If it can be shown that
it will have no bad influences
upon his prospects he cares little
what its ends are, or what its probable
effects win be upon the state, his
countenance and support. at least
are pretty safe for it.
John lreland's character is essen
TALLY negative one. It may, and
possibly does, receive and absorb Inn
but it creates none, gives
out none. In war he would plan no
great campaigns, he would execute no
daring movements. he would halt |
when he ought to advance, and would |
never be reprimanded for attempting |
too much. The policy he would |
adopt would be that of the last
man with whom he counseled.
Just SO he is In politics. He origi-
mated nothing. He claims credit
or the International settlement bill
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14

but even that was drafted from Coke's
veto message, and was so done be-
cause if the sage of Seguin had gone
on the banks in that matter he could
have crept in behind the Waco giant,
and people would have dumped their
wrath upon his broad shoulders while
the Seguin sage would have been
found creeping through crack in the
fence, scathless. Coke, whatever his
faults may be, is manly fellow, and
he defends his acts, does not shrink
away from them and stink from
their consequences. Not so
with Ireland. Ireland changes
front in the very face of the foe, andif
disaster overtakes him he has some
convenient subaltern at hand to play
scape-goat for consideration (smalD,
and thus does Seguin's silent, shady
sage 60 on and on and no rlpples OF
bubbles are left to tell where a fair
chance for the state sunk beneath the
wave, that he might ride safely into
haven.
| No, indeed, Ireland is not a leader,
either born or made by circumstances.
He is only at the surface because the
accident of geography placed him IN
the line of promotion, and he could
hardly have escaped it If he had tried
Heis pitiful weakling whenlt comes
to action, a dabbler, doubter, and a
halter in council. Now we are among
those who believe that such men are
unfit for public positions of the i'm
portance of the one he aspires to, and
that it will prove vast mistake If ne
is re-nominated. We are earnest II
this, and hence have done and will
do all that mortal men may do tc
compass his defeat. We are pro-
| foundry impressed with the convic
ton that Texas is entitled to higher
grade of man in her chief executive
and we propose to try and give hel
one. If he is re-nominated and elect
ed, before the term is out. the people
will surely see the matter as we az
now.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
THE MOON.
VALUE OF ITS LIGHT AMONG TIE HY-
PERBOREANS-FROM LIEUT..
GREET VS. RECORDS

PERBoREANs-FRoM LIEUT..
GREELY's RECORDS.
In the opiniop of Sergeant Rice the
presence of the m on during part of
the Arctic winter was Godsend to
the benighted hyperboreans. I'm adj
dition to her splendid lluminations,"
Sergeant Rice enthusiastically writes,
"she sometimes treated us to the beau
tifnl phenomena of mock moons, only
to be seen in the Arctic regions. The
displays on December and were eS-
pecially striking and beautiful, exhib-
iting prismatic colors, and, at times,
contact arches were formed from
above. The mock moons were cut by
a complete circle, which passed
through them and around the real,
about twenty-five degrees from the
latter. Our sudden deprivation of
light by the eclipse of December 5
made us sensible OF the large gas bill
we owe to Luna. We were now in
the darkest part of the night, and my
journal, as l thum it over, discloses
nothing but a rather tiresome repeti
ton of our monotonous routine. For
instance:-Sunday, December 11-our
usual Sabbath, differing but little
from the ordinary days of the week.
Lieut.. Greedy read a psalm in the
morning. A constitutional walk was
taken, after which a little extra
sleep was INDUCED in. Dinner
was served at fonr p. M,
and then some hours were spent in
reading and writing by some, while
others were fishing out old letters
from their trunks and perusing them
xTTIf IF r1In TlA
regret. To any prospective sojourner
vice-viZ: bring all your letters with
| you; they will serve to while away
many weary hour when the senses
are so palled with the tedious night of
cold and darkness that no work of
fact or fiction will distract you. One
person says there is even a grim salts
faction in looking over bills. especial
ly if paid; and if not, you would not
mind being dunned here. How
pleasant to say, as the sun sets in DC
tober, not to dawn again until March
"Call around in the morning and III
settle this with pleasure"
GIN the evening, the usual rations
of rum being issued, infused slightly
hilarious element in the party, and
hymns admitting of strong choruses-
some of them Ethiopian, it must bt
confessed-Were led by the violin, anG
the musical performance, if not arts
tic, proved beyond doubt that the
lungs of the colonists were not YET
impaired by the rigors of the climate.
The falling of bright meteor, &C
companied by very loud report, was
observed at half-past six p. M, OF
December 5. Auroral displays were
also seen at intervals during the day
sometimes in the form of streamers
and at honrs in the shape of curtain
formations, and at half-past TIVE
o'clock of that day the colony enjoyed
the sight of "an arch of remarkable
| hri1liancvn
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
and shot him through the head, killing

and shot him through the head. killing
him instantly. '----e
The citizens saw that there would
be more men killed if the thing was
not ended quickly, and shooting from
pistols OF all sizes commenced In earn
est; OFallon took five shots in the
body before he fell the second time
and then he raised himself on his side
and continued shooting until he had
not strength to support himself, and
a1ter lying down he kept shooting as
long as there was life in MIN.
hattiesnake Jake, after he was shot
through the body, kept shooting; then
MS rignt arm was broken by a ball.
ana ne changed to his left hand, and
KEPT shooting; another ball broke his
right leg, and, supporting hhnselt by
the other, kept shooting; another bail
struck his chin, carrying away half
his jaw, when he fell on the ground.
raised himself on his side, and kept
shootlng. From weakness he could
not support himself any longer, and
tired lying flat on the ground. There
were nine balls in him before he gave
up. just before he drew his last
breath he made an effort to draw his
pistol again, but had not strength
enough, and it fell by his side.-Port-
land OregOnian
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
A sTBANGE DELUsIoN.
ew York letter to ALBANY journal.

New York Letter to Albany Journal.
This man looking to be % years old,
and when he invited me to guess at
his age, said so. It was on the bal
cony of Long Branch hotel, as we
happened to sit alongside each other,
that he opened an aimless converse
ton. I subsequently learned that he
was Robert Nelson Barber, of st.
Louis, and the son of a grain dealer of
that city. His intersection of the ques-
ton of his age was sudden and unsug-
gested by anything that we had been
talking about. GLOW old do you
think l am ?" he said, turning his face
toward the bright electric light
which shown from the top of a pole
out on the green lawn. "Look close.
and tell me honestly what you con-
cludge." The yisage was thin and
little troubled, like that of man dis
traught by some sort of care; but
there was no line or mark to indicate
that it had been in use for more than
a quarter of a century. Therefore
in accordance with my best
judgment, at the same time wonder
ing why he wished a stranger to give
an opinion on such personal subject.
Il know well enough what you'd
say" he responded, "becaused know
that my appearance is that of man
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
RATTLESNAKE JAKE,S
DEATH.

On Big Spring creek, in Meagher
county, few days ago, Rattlesnake
Jake and his partner, O'Fallon, two
desperadoeS and reputed horse
thieves, attempted to run a small
place called Lewiston, and meeting
some opposition they declared they
would clean out the town, and COM
menced shooting at everybody in sight.
There were only three guns In the
town, and they were placed in the
hands of men of undaunted
courage, who used them
with such good effect that both of the
supposed horse-thieves were run down
in short time, O'Fallon being shot
first, through and through, with
Winchester rifle, and Rattlesnake serv-
ed in a like manner a short time af-
terward. Both men showed great
pluck. O'FalloD, after being shot
through, rode back to his partner and
asked him if he was hurt. Jake said
he was. "Well, said O'Fallon, 81 am
shot, and am dead man, but I will
,tay with you" At that moment he
Iel1 from his horse, then raised him
,elf upon his knees, took deliberate
Tim with Winchester at "a young man |
famed Smith, an outsider, who was |
rying to get away FROM the fracas,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
A CAMPAIGN LIAR.
THE CONFESSIONS OF A CANDID AND
LOQUACIoUs PROFESSOR OF PO-

THE CONFESSIONS OF A CANDID AND
LOQUACIOUs PROFESSOR OF PO-
LITICAL PREVARICATION.
From the Denver News.
A prominent campaign liar was in
the city yesterday and was interview
ed by News reporter.
Anything going on ?" inquired the
"oh, Lord, yes. lots. 1 have my
hands full"
GLOW do you find trade?"
"Brisk, brisk. There is lively de-
mand Tor lies abont Cleveland to offset
the disagreeable truths in circulation
about Blaine. 1t is a little early in
the season yet for real active work,
1 have about all I care to do in such
hot weather.
what appears Likely to be the style
in campaign lies for the season ="
$50 far the demand has been mostly
for the lie by proxy" .
style?"
"Its chief characteristic is that It
can originate in some diSreputable
source, be of glazing improbability,
but that attention can be called to il
by those who would be ashamed to
say out and out that they believed it
to be true"
"Why should there be demand for
such line of lies?"
'Give it up. The American public,
while an honest enough one in the
main, only dislikes campaign lie
when it is against its favorite."
"But will the people believe cam
naiOn liz oiOnlyr hooonco II ic fold
against the man they are opposing 2"
"Oh, nobody is supposed to believe
campaign lie any more than be
killed by firecracker. Both are quite
harmless, but both are in demand in
their proper season."
"Have you any idea as to the origin
of campaign lying?"
1t fiourished in the Grecian republic
and probably came down from prehis-
toric times. In Rome Cassius and
Marc Antony were very able campaign
liars, while there were any number of
lesser weights in the business. Cam
palgn lying was never so popular as
IN the American republic, however"
"To what do you attribute this
fact?"
ooh, chiefly to the general feeling in
favor of swapping lies"
as the business of campaign lying
very remunerative?"
well, not particularly so. 1t is
done mainly by men who do not re-
ceive over ten or fifteen dollars per
week during the campaign and are
out of employment altogether the
greater part of the time between sea-
sons. 1t doesn't take much talent to
make lie of this kind that will cir
oI11otav