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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
Good bless You- .Iim.

From the Ouray (Colo.) Solid Muldoon.
Mr.. Belford's bill, appropriating five
hundred thousand dollars to provide a
home for poor and disabled ex-confed-
crate soldiers, viii find a warm "God
bless you, Jim, " in the bosom of every
federal soldier and fair-minded being
in America, As one who suffered
from confederate lead and confeder-
ate prisons, we say. God speed the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
stranpers An NORTH Taxas.

From the Dallas Evening Times.
The STATESMAN . E. 80 -iHcent pam
egyric on Wash Jones ought to COM
pensate him tor all his political set
backs. The STATESMAN says Wash
as speaker and reasoner has no supe-
rior and few equals in the state.
This is the character given him in
South Texas, but he loses it as soon
as he passes up this way. During the
last campaign he did not make a
speech in North Texas but what some
person to fame unknown got up and
knocked his eye out. Washington
found North Texas filled with stran-
gers who had not learned to fear him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
Bank in Trouble.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, June 16.-It is
runlored that the Manufacturers bank
is in trouble. 1t is a small concern,
not a member of the clearing house.
and has been regarded with distrust
in financial circles for some time. Mr..
Como, the president, has offered to
furnish security, and see that every
debt is paid, SO that depositors lose
nothing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

a Cross and Rosary of the Pioneer Days.
From the Missouri Republicans.
A boy Of j. w. Smith, who lives
over on the DesM oines river, in Clark
county, one day last week plowed up
p silver cross. lot of loose beads and
some other relics of the age of the
early Jesuit missionaries and their In
dian converts. The cross is double
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
By Light of Nature.

Howe'er their transmigration may deceive,
Atom and force, tits said, do not grow old,
But through the circuit of their changes rolled
New forms, new power, apparent loss retrieve,
AS God would let his senseiesS tools achieve
Immortal days by virtue of his hold.
Then when a loving memory doth unfold
That higher, finer force, whose forms could
weave
A vanquiShed life-a nobly tempered Will,
Sweet ardor feeding ceaSeleSs Industry,
That yet could sink IN patience strong and
still
Can believe Gods wise economy
Would husband every slight electric thrill
Yet let that priceless spirit blankly die?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
The joke of Laughing Jim OF eeorgia.

Inc Joke OF Laughing Jim OF Georgia.
From the Eatonton Messenger.
Many years ago there lived in Put
nam one James Dismuke's, called
Laughing Jim" He was fond of
his dram, and when under its influ-
ence was very noisy. On one occa-
sion, when the superior court was in
session, he went into the court room,
created good deal of disturbance,
and as he could not be kept quiet, the
Judge ordered the sheriff to take him
to Jail aud lock him up. When the
sheriff arrived at the jail with him, he
unlocked the door and ordered him to
enter the cell. Dismukes pretended
to be afraid to go in first, and asked
the sheriff to lead the way. The sher-
cell Dismufls add dc s Closed closed the the
door, locked it. took the key with him
and returned in great glee to the court
room, and getting on top of box, he
the court and said "Your
Honor, here is the key to the Jail, and
when you want your sheriff you will
ind him locked in jail" This brought
down the court and the bar, and Dis
nukes went scot free.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
CoMPL 1MENY Any HOP.
An Enjoyable Evening at the Residence
M

An Enjoyable Evening at the Residence
of Mr.. Jos. NaIIe.
The hop complimentary to Miss
Iona Gorham, at the residence of Mr..
Jos. Male, was one of the most en-
Joyable affairs, of the season. The
spacious grounds were brilliantly H.
Illuminated and dancing WIS., INDUCED
in until late hour.
Among the guests present were:
Misses Iona German, Julia Nalle.
Helen Grant, Lilly McGown. Jessie
Smith, Maggie Smith, Eugenia Col
lett, Pearl Habicht, Mary Den orman-
die, Fannie Breeding. Maooie
Baron, Berta and Ella Peelsr.
Lille Carver. Agnes Carruthers. Mat,
TIE Galloway, Matte Muncie. Lille
Melasky. -'e
Messrs. Charles Ledbetter. ]. Dick
Kesey, George McCarty, Hugh Swain.
w alter Swain, Isaac Melasky. Earnest
Hlilyer, Frank Brown, Charles DIM
bar, Charles VIM, Walter Sneed
LOUIS Davis, Ike Jalonick. Ed .Tal,
Dnlck, Roscoe Burt, Lee Zirnpleman
Robert Smith, Frank Hiehsmitb g
alghsmith Clay Searcy, Can't. CrooRer
Henry Roberts, Csild5 Stewart How,
lrd Long. Galen Crow. Wallie Wilson
clarence Thompson, Noah McNabb.
Simon,s restaura 1t is The popu1ar
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
AcixilIzed Chinaman

From the Denver Weekly Opinion.
He was Chinaman and his name
was Hong Kee. He was on a tear.
"Me bustee town wide open, ale
samee Mclean mani" he cried.
There was silence and they al
lowed him the right of way on the
streets.
"Balkeeper, setmup drinks. ALE
samee Mclean man."
1t was done.
"Balkeeper, charge up. ALE samee
Mclean man."
And he was bounced. The Chinese
must go.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
Song,

Opathway for the rosy hours,
Flung high athwart the rain-lit meres,
l know who bu 1t thy bridge of flowers
My sweetheart, smiling thro' her tears.
Sweet silkeu rose, that all too soon
BraVeSt the frown of April skies,
1 know what made thee dream of June
a sunbeam from my Sweetheart's eye
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
LeadviIle Politics

From the Ouray Solid Muldoon.
Scene: Leadville county conven-
ton; delegate; Mr. President ! In ak
kurdance wilde wishes of the COL
stit-u-en-cy and in obadiance Wilde
dictates of our own koushens, the
forth ward cahsts her fure otes fur
Shotgun Rocker. God save the
uuane
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
The following additional scholastic
Showing an increase OF IS per ce

OHO ing on IIICI OooO Ot % Poi OOLIu'
Lands in the unorgani7ed counties
of Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro,
Child ess and Cottle counties, some
seventy-two tracts were sold for I'M
paid taxes; only one tract was bid in
to the state
The state land board has collected
first payments on nearly all the school
lands sold and leased at the April
session.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
Progress of Christianity.

Christian Herald.
Some interesting figures have just
been made public illustrative of the
progress and present condition of
christianity. According to the most
trusted authorities the christian popu-
lation of the world in the year 1000 of
our era was about 50,000O00. In the
next 500 years the numbers doubled.
In the year 1900 there were 200,O0O,O00
and in the year 1880, 747,00O,O0O of the
human race were under christian gov
eminent. According to recent returns
there are over 303,000000 nom
inal Christians in the British domin-
ions alone. The population of Europe
in the year 1900 was 100,OO0O00. As
yet Western Christendom was undi-
vidcd. The Roman Catholics in the
year just named, representing the en-
tire Christianity of the West, num-
bered 100000. The remaining TO-
100000 covered Greeks, Mussulmans
and Jews. In 1880 the population of
Europe had increased to 327, SOP, 000
OF these there were Roman Catholics,
159, 315, l55; Greek and Eastern, 81, 148,-
062; Protestant, 76,6S8,882; Moham-
medans, 5,309. $3.50; Jews, 4,515, 425; not
classified, 524 ,467.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
LisZt and His eeFamiIy. ,

From Berlin Letter.
a summer with List is the anbi-
ton of all musicians, and they are
fortunate indeed who come to be re-
garded as members of the family
which the masUer expects annually In
Weimar. Since he abandoned Rome
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

Brag Not as Good Dog as Holdfast.
From the Cincinnati News-Journal.
Enthusiasm may nominate, but 1t is
cold, sober Judgment elects. The two
seldom run together.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
One Man who is Pleased.

From an interview with Jay Gould.
1 shall be perfectly satisfied with
the nomination. Blaine is live man
and will be a live president. There is
nothing dead about him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
Political and Judicial.

From the Willis Weekly Index.
Just think of i'll Tarrant county
(Which is annexed to Fort Worth for
political and judicial purposes) has
Instructed for John D. Templeton.
Where, oh, where was the Gazette at
the evil moment?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

A Colorado Man Outslides an Avalanche.
From the Gothic (Col.) Record.
William Martin made quick trip
down the mountain into Bunn's basin
on Monday. He was going to work
on a new location few hundred feet
below the comb of the mountain,
when, looking up he saw snow-sllde
coming directly toward him. To run
either way was almost sure death. His
only chance of escape was to outrun
the slide. The sitting on his shovel
Gan old trick with miners), he fairly
dropped down the steep mountain like
a bullet for nearly half a mile, distan-
cling the slide into the timber on the
first heat. The velocity was so great
that the friction of the shovel on the
snow blistered the southwest centre
Of mis- overalls.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

Pensive Minerals Orthographical Ship.
From the Portland Journal.
The cultured maiden from Boston
wrote to her friend that she had Just
been to hear "pique-a-bout.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
Ouaking Italy.

1t would seem that the soil of Italy
is in incessant movement, there being
periods of excessive activity usually
lasting about ten days. Such a period
may be called a seismic storm, These
storms are separated by periods of re-
lative Gains. The storms have their
greater regularity in winter, and sharp
maximums are to be observed in
spring and autumn. In the midst of
such period, or at its end, there is
usually an earthquake. Usually
these storms are closely re-
lated to the barometric depressions.
To distinguish these movements from
those which occur under high
pressure they are called baro-sesimic
movements, the latter being called
volcano-sesimic movements. The re-
lation of those storms to barometric
fuctuation has been observed to be
very marked during the time of vol
canic eruption. At the commence
ment of a storm the motions are usu-
ally small, and one storm lasting two
or three days may be Joined by anoth-
er storm. In such case the action
must be local one. 1t has been OBJ
served that a barometrical depression
tended to bring a storm to maxi
mum, while an increase of pressure
would cause it to disappear. Some
times these actions are purely local,
but at other times they may affect a
considerable tract OF land.-Nature.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

The Birds that Sit on the Division .Fenc
From the Brooklyn Eagle, Dem.
A more harmless, Inflated lot of
sucking dovss than the independents
at Chicago appear to be never mistook
an eagles nest for a dove-cote.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

From the New York Star.
Courtney may be good oarsman
yet, but he always contIives to win
more contempt than money.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

Must Know Word From eau
Gus.
From the Kansas City Times.
No lady is fully qualified to vote
until she can tell the difference be-
tween a wavel and a boom.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
A Dreadful Impending Fate.

From the Dallas Evening Times
Every blade of free grass worship
ped by the Gazette will be jagged
edged knife rnn through the tenderest
part of the Gazette's body about the
time this cruel war Is over.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

The Ravens Ger Their Chamber Doors.
From the 81 ooklyn Eagle.
Ornithologists are astonished to dis
cover that in this country there are
more varieties of "crow" at present
than were ever dreamed of in their
philosophy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
ssSpaciallY Jiln.0


wus mighty good lookin' when was young
Peert an bIack-eyed an slim,
With fellers a-courtin' me Sunday nights,
Specially Jim!
The likeliest on of 'em all was he,
Clipper an hanSom', an trim,
But tossed up my head an made fun o. the
crowd,
Specially jim!
l said hadn't no 'pinion O. men
An wouldn't take stock in mi
But they KEEP up comm in spite O. my talk,
Specially jim!
[ got so tired o. havin' 'em roun'
made up my mind I'd settle down
An take up with him.
So we was married one Sunday in church,
Twas crowded full to the brim,
Twas the only way to get rid Of 'em all,
Especially Jim!
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

chosen, eager friends who have engin-
eered their success, have been the star
reuters of the west and the bummers
of the east, whom Mr.. Arthur flung
away when he became president. We
have no heart to go into Mr.. Blaine's
personal record, but we regard it as
not that of man who is fit to be the
candidate of the republican party"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
So many Ohio men are being hanged
1t is hard to say just how the state
win go In the November election.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

James and John: Sad, Sad Song.
From the Boston Star.
Little Jimmy and little Jack went
out to play on the railroad track"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

The Hurrah Kind of Argument.
From the Chicago Tribune, Official Blaine Or
gan.
Hewas good enough for Garfield,
who was good enough for us.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

AS Strong as Circus Poster. Indeed.
From the Bangor Commercial.
The republican platform makes up
in length what in lacks in breadth.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
Is He the Man for the Emergency ?

10 He UIIe UuttH IUT UIle LIherSency?
From the Boston Herald, Ind.
1t will speak volumes to the dis
credit of the democratic party if SO
good man as Governor Cleveland
shall be rejected as unavailable"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
L,sr or LETTERa.

List Of letters remaining uncalled for and
advertised in the POstoffice at Austin, Tex,
for the week ending SATURDAY, June IA,
1884 II not called for in so days will be sent 10
the dead letter office at Washington, ID. ..
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

Tecumseh in Brother Johns Way.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Too many Shermans spoil the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

What the Gail Hamilton Girls will Wear
From the New York Journal.
The Blaine hat with a pretty plume
will be the fashionable agony this
fall.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
Echoes of tine Convention,


CFort Worth Correspondence of the Galveston
News.)
The Tilden letter knocked the soul
out Of the convention. 1t was 1mpOS-
sible to create enthusiasm after the
old mans words were read, and the
proceedings became more forced than
natural.
The knitting of Terrell by the Ire
land men is the sensation of the day,
and it is talked loudly that Terrell has
made friends by the operation.
The only remarkable thing about
the proceedings is the vindictiveneSs
displayed by the Ireland men. There
was quasi understanding when the
convention opened that factional dis
putes would take a recess, and that
all sections, all classes, all men,
would give the spirit of jealousy and
rivalry a go-Dy for the time being.
The Ireland folks, however, flushed
with the insolence of victory, declined
to accept the general terms of peace,
though pretending to do so in their
most secret conclaves. Terrell was
selected as the victim. The brilliant
and eloquent Travis county senator
never bent his knee to the Seguin ice.
berg, and as consequence the Ireland
men went to work to prepare for a
slaughter. Bill Burgess and DR.. Yam
dell engineered the job, and they did
it cutely, Everybody believed that
after the Tilden obsequies there would
be no further trouble, but the Tilden
men were sore and sorry, and being
in the majority they set to work to
choke off discussion, and they sue,
ceeded.
Burgess and Yandell applied the
knife to Terrell, supposing that their
piece of treacherous trickery would
not be discovered until it was too late
to offer a remedy.
Terrell was looked to deliver an
address before college literary socie
ty and left this morning in order tC
hold his engagement. Those who en-
gineered the alleged Ireland victory
could not appreciate TerrelPs motive:
nor his methods. They rushed thing:
through with a hurrah. Gentlemen
and scholars deplore TerrelPs defeat
but the mere politician, who has NJ
other consideration beyond self, thinks
that his defeat is a victory. 1t Is {
victory for the Short-haired and thu
unthinking. Terrell was called ou
for delegate-at-large by almost thu
unanimous wish of the state. HI
would honor the state at Chicago
Those who beat him, and those il
whose interest he was beaten, wer,
no more than gnats on the rump of al
elephant.
This is the general feeling Of tn,
convention, and as the Ireland tricl
is being understood, it is vigorousl,,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

As Witness Mr.. Gresham or Mr.. Harrison.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Unhappy is the politician whose
state has two favorite men.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

No One knows How the Cat May Jump
From the Washington Republican.
The best guessers of the country are
at sea.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
On the Fate of a Good Guesser.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Providence that could take
Vennor and leave Virgins is indeed
mysterious.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
As Luminous AIentallyas Lightning Blu

From the Cleveland Herald.
The sun is gorgeous in these sum-
mer days and runs to radiant shoes.
Thus he reverses things and shines at
the wrong end.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
Gov DUNN Defines His Position

From the Sunday Transcript. Rep.
Cast your top eye at the spectacle of
the boys getting over the fence. Oh,
it's wonderful how they do it, but they
do.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
What Blaine Has Lost.

From the Kansas City Times.
For the edification of those who
have been taught by our esteemed
contemporary, the journal, to despise
the power of the so-called dudes in
politics, we append the names of a
few prominent republican and indie
pendent papers which will refuse to
support Blaine. The list is necessari-
ly incomplete
Times, New York. News, New Haven.
Union, Brooklyn. Post, New York.
Times, Philadelphia. Record, Philadelphia.
Herald, Boston. Spy, Worcester.
Republican, SpringfieldStaatz. Zeitung, Chi.
Eagle, Reagan, Pa. News, Buffalo.
Truth, New York Advertiser Boston.
Telegram, New York. Herald, New York.
Transcript, Boston. Express, Buffalo.
News. Chicago. Herald, Chicago.
Herald, RochesteS, N. YGaZette. worcester.
Stats, Zeitung, n. Y. News, Newport, II. l.
Harper's Weekly, N.Y.Westliche, Post, st. L.
Puck, New York. Herald, Syracuse.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

Verses on the White Plume Wanted
From the Boston Globe, Dem.
Fifteen hundred dollars are hereby
offered for the best poem on the
white elephant now on the hands OF
the G. o. p.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
Takes the Bakery.


Did it ever occur to you that when
the Sultan goes to cross the Bosphor-
Gus he takes the caique?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
The Most Obnoxious Candidate.


New York Telegram.
When a great party which has con-
trolled the destinies of this country
for the past tWenty-four years, and
around which cling so many halloWed
memories, deliberately stoops to the
disgrace of selecting for its standard
bearer a man who is the synonym of
political corruption, the first feeling
on the part of every right-minded
citizen is profound grief. 1t would
appear as if the party gIoried in
choosing the most obnoxious
candidate that could be set before the
country. To the imbecile leaders of
the political reform wing of the re-
publican party this disgraceful nomi-
nation is in a great measure due.
Their laundering, aimless, stupid
course at Chicago enabled the I'M
scrupulous star-routers to carry the
day. Anything like well organized
effort would have prevented such a
disgrace, but the reformers and repre-
sentatives of the true interests of the
country allowed themselves to be
thrust aside and bulldozed by pack
of greedy adventures. They should
now prepare to give the lifeless re-
mains of the political probity and ma
tional honor ct least a decent funeral
All respectable people will consent to
appear as mOurners.
The Democratic Opportunity.
From the Boston Herald.
at last the democrats have an op-
portiny:
Twenty-four years they have been
out in the cold. More than half the
voters in the county can not remem-
Der democratic administration.
They have paid the penalty of a
wrong position on the great and COM
prehensive question of human rights.
They have made the blunders.
They have lacked both convictions
and courage. They have no policy to
present, but have been content with
mere opposition to the republicans.
They have been constantly outgener-
allied.
Now their time has come. The re-
publican convention has developed
vulnerable points. It has nominated
a ticket which repelS the Independent
voters and the better element in the
republican party.
If the democrats are not wholly
blind, they will see their opportunity,
and make ticket which will attract
independent votes. They will also see
the folly of contending with the re-
publicans for the support of ultra
protectionists.
The democratic party, to deserve
success, must have both men and
principles which appeal to the ma
jor1ty of the voters.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19

Forget Me Not.

From the Springfield Republican.
Nobody seems to have asked Gen
Grants opinion.