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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
OUR OFFICIALS.

The following characteristic lette
from Mr.. Dennis Corwin TO D1strlc
Clerk Hart, though not written TO
print, is too good to let go by:
CAMP, NEAR ToYAH, July 20, "a.
j. P. Hart, District Clerk.
DEAR SIR:-After carefully consid-
ering the matter 1 have determined
to appoint you your own successor in
Office without regard to color of eyes
or hair, or previous condition OF
politics.
While 1 consider an honest and
good democrat to be one of the noblest
works of God, also believe and hold
this to be true, that good and etfici
ent clerk of the district court, in and
about courthouse, is no SLOUGH, and
is quite as useful if not as ornamental
as thoroughbred democrat, without
the aforesaid clerical appurtenances
Therefore, premises considered, l shall
make the appointment, as indicated,
final and absolute-subject only to the
election at the polls. (Which l notice
the democratic county convention for
got to do.
In regard to my other wards in and
about the courthouse, see by an old
newspaper which / have just found
that Frank and Dad and Make are
abled through on the old reliable sure
inc to "happy home SPORT" and for
hem there is nothing left for me to
10 but add my blessing, and as Mark
Antony said to Brutus at the grave of
C9ser, '1et her rip" But, Haml my
oabyl my pet, whose young ideas L
,aught how to shoot-his finger off |
'ather than miss snake! Whose
bleeding wounds 1 tied up with a |
piece of the caudal appendage of my
-; model assessor but |
poor democrat; how oft would 1
lave gathered him up as hawk gath
.reth hen, borne him into the fold, bu
le would not. Tell him-tell my boy
and tell it to him with tears in your
mouth, that am at last, in justice to
myself, and in the hope of future re-
Wards and punishments, bound and
determined to-(Here you may snuff
little, and wipe your nose and stop
nd caugh, and pretend you forget.)
AS for A. r. just tell him for me
hat I'll see him at the tank and SIC
APP.
Last, but not least by several pounds,
J our fair, fat friend, the flower of
he Carolinas, who stitch and judgeth
y the rule Of right. God bless the
adlesl they will see to it that he is
afe. $50 mote it be-"
DENNIS CoRWIN.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
GEORGE RINGsTAFF.

Mr.. Dyson, living near Mount Bon
mel reports that Mr. George Ringstaff,
a camper on his place, while returning
home after delivering load of corn
in the city, was assaulted by James
Williams and seriously injured.
Ringstaff had stopped in front of a
store near the lunatic asylum, and
started to alight, gun in hand, when
Williams, who was standing near by,
wrenched the gun from him and dealt
him a blow in the head. Ringstaff is
probably fatally injured. No cause
can be given for the occurrence, as
Ringstaff says he had never seen Will
liams before, and no words passed be-
tween them at the time.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
JEFF. CAIN.

One of the pistol charges against
jeff. Cain, preferred by Josie Gilbert,
was disposed of in Justice Won Ros-
enberg's court yesterday. A jury
composed of J. F. Martin, w. G. May
nard, T. r. Meserole, NJ. b. Crenshaw,
w. w. Bright and H. Kippenbrock,
after hearing the testimony and argu-
ments in the case, retired, and after a
few minutes consultation returned,
rendering a verdict of guilty, and as
sessing the penalty at $50 and costs.
The two remaining pistol cases
against Mr.. Gaia come up this morn
inr
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
Recorder,s Court.

James Brown, interfering with an
officer in the discharge of his duty;
dismissed for wantof evidence.
Pompey and Brown, nuisance; dis
mismissed as to Brown. Pompey's
case dismissed day previous.
Alex Weed, carrying pistol; dis
missed, Weed having left the county,
and no arrest having been effected.
Tom Bennett, intoxication; plead
guilty and fined So and co5ts.s
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
PROF. THOMPSON,
What He is Doing in the West

Prof. a. II. Thompson, who is to
Superlntend the making of the topo-
graphical map of the country around
Austin, has written from Fort Win.
gate, New Mexico, that he will leave
there for Austin in about a week.
D!sbursing agent, Col. Ii. c. Ringer.
viii accompany him. The professor is
at present engaged in Quitting SINH
lar parties to the one here, tor work in
Arizona. Plaster models of the noun
talns in Arizona are to be made from
the detail maps, at present being pre-
pared, and are to be sent to the New
Orleans exposition.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
Let The Whole Truth Be Told.
To the Editor of the Statesman

KYLE, July 31.-That no injustice
may be done the friends of Gov. Ire
land in this county, I desire to state,
that the resolution retaining the two
third rule, was adopted without a dis
senting vote, both Ireland and anti
Ireland men supporting it. Aud the
same be said of It's adoption by the
convention, which met some time
since, to select delegates to the Fort
Worth convention. In each instance,
the matter was brought before the
convention by an Ireland mantle
Hon. J. V. HutchinS Respectfully,
S. ID. JACKMAN,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
ONE WEEKS DEAD,
Report of the City Sexton for the Wee
Ending Yesterday.

Report of the City Sexton for the Week
Ending Yesterday.
July 26-R. Negrete, tuberculosis,
aged 40, female, Mexican.
July PIE. Rubey, consumption,
aged 20, female, white.
July 90 Palmer, dysentery,
white.
July 20 Saunders, diarrhea,
aged weeks, white.
July 30-W. Turner's, infant, still
born, female, colored.
July 30--P. Woods, unknown dis
ease, aged year, male, colored.
July 30-S. Thompson, pueperal
septicasmed, aged q years, female,
colored.
July 31-J. S. Pickle, dysentery, 40,
male, white.
July BIB. Schubert, infant, ateleo-
toes pulmonum, aged 4 days, male,
white.
July 31-Mrs j. M. HARRISON, con-
sumption, aged 70, white.
Respectfully,
G.. l.. NITSIHKE,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
SOLELY AND ALONE.

The Houston, East and West Texas
railway company is the only one in
the state which offered to furnish free
passes to the honorary commissioners
to New Orleans, and Maj. Stuart, in
answering their generous letter, on
behalf of the committee appointed to
correspond with the railroads, refused
to accept the offer, upon the grounds
that it would be no less unjust to that
road than to the honorary commission
ers, as all other railroads in the state
had refused to issue free passes to the
same parties. The action OF this road
was generous, and that of Maj. Stuart
very proper, under the circumstances.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
DIR. G. w. PIERCE.

DR.. c. w. Pierce, of Dallas, arrested
in connection with land frauds in
Howard county, and bound over in
the sum of $1,000 in two cases-S1, 500
and $500 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
gave bond. with W. L. Crawford and
1. f. Smith, both of Dallas, as secur-
ity in both cases, and was released
from custody.
Wampler is still in Jail.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
Bathing Suits.

There has been some talk on the
streets of charges brewing, in Justice
Tegener's court, against parties using
citation. on the ground that they were
not sufficiently extensive, but Officer
Lock states that such is not the case.
Should it be decided that these suits
do not bring their users within the
requirements of the law, it will only
be necessary to notify Prof. Hammers
ly of the fact, to have the matter
remedied.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07

There were IA cases of technical
violations during the month, in
which there were no pl prosecutions.
Major George A. Dyce, OF the st.
Louis Post office Inspection district,
will shortly take the place of Capt. w.
E. Smith, of the Austin district, Capt.
Smith being assigned to other duties
in the service in the district.
The Encouragement filed a COM
plant against one d. G. Kerr, charg-
ing him with completely in the case of
Wampler, charged with land frauds In
Howard county. Wampler was before
Judge Walker, of the Travis district
court, yesterday, on an application for
habaas corpus, when Kerr implicated
himself by testifying that he filled out
the fraudulent land papers used by
DR.. Pierce, and signed Vampires
name to the jurat to the certificates.
The charge made against Kerr is for
| forgery.
W. r. Milton, of Concho county, ON
of the most efficient tax collectors in
| the state, settled his accounts with
the comptroller yesterday.
The Galveston, Sabine g st. Louis
railway company paid the quarter
| tax on passenger earnings yesterday
to the comptroller. 1t is but a short
road and the tax amounted to but
eight cents.
Some of the candidates for the legis
lature are already hunting up points
in legislative proceedings and data II
the state departments against theil
opponents. This shows how 1mpor
tant it is to keep a good record.
The following telegram Is addressed
to the Acknowledgement:
VAN HORNE, Texas,
August 8, 1884.
COL KING, Austin, Texas:
Just returned from Diablo Mountains. FEY
| Indians been in the country. Nothing ser
Gus. Leave men here short time only.
s. A. McAIurray,
Captain Co. b.
Captain John T. Thornton, Austil
CO respondent of the Galveston New:
left yesterday to attend the confedel
ate reunion at Dallas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
GOLD NEAR Ell PASO,

DR.. Stoddard Returns from the West,
Bringing Nws of Value.
DR.. G. B. Stoddard, has just re.
turned from trip to the west, and
through the Rocky mountain valley.
He reports having seen quantity of
gold at Ell Peso, which was taken
from mine three miles out, and in
which the proprietor of the principal
hotel owns a half interest. Interested
parties are said to be using every effort
to smother knowledge of the dis
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses
were issued yesterday in the office of
County Clerk Frank Brown:
VIM. e. Stanford and Mintie Stan.
ford.
George Rundell and II. M. Cooley.
The following marriage licenses are
on record in the office of County Clerk
Brown:
w. Friedrich Gauzert and G. E. Dora
Pfuger.
Robert Carron (col) and Annie
Sneed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
LIST OF LETTERS,

List of letters remaining uncalled for and
advertised in the POstoffice at Austin, Tex,
1884, II not called for in 30 days will be sent to
the dead letter Office at Washington. ID. O.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
CITY COUNCIL.
THE USUAL ROUTINE OF REGU-
LAR BUSINESS TRANSACTED
LAST EVENING.
Interesting Report and Recon-
mendatiOnsa as to SAM
tary Measures.
designations to Afford General
reconstruction of the
Committees.
THE CITY PRITING, ETC.

Regular meeting called for last
evening.
Present-His Honor, Mayor Rob-
ertson, and Aldermen Schneider,
Wells, Campbell, Schuber. Underhili,
Mas, Odell, Hill and Brennan. Not
quorum.
Absent members were sent for, and
Aldermen Sutor, Warren and Hill
came in.
Reports of various city officers were
referred without reading.
The report of City Treasurer How
ard for July shows:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07

Every smoker should try Little
Joker"
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To obtain any Of these letters the applicant
must say advertised" and give the date OF
list. Have your letters addressed to YOUR
street and number. II not called for in one
once, Washington, d. @.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
The first report from any of the
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-29
NUMBER Z.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Scholars ore freonently To be met
with who are ignorant Of nothing save
their own ignorance.
There are twenty American girls
st,av;ng at tho IIn;vers;tv If Zurich,
They are admitted upon equal terms
with the male students.
Tho t;rst soc;e,v for the exclusive
n,rnose Of e;rcnlat;pg the B;ble was
orrsn;zed in 1s0s nnder the name OF
the British and Foreicn Bible Society.
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Mr.. Moody speaking OF MS equaole
temperament ana steaay nerves, says
~ am never excited IN my most exci-
| ting meetings. l can sleep IKE Top
within three minutes OF gong INTO
meeting, ana l can be souna asleep
three minutes after leaving IL. II \
were to get into state OF nervous ex-
element should have been deaa long
ago.
THE Ten Commandments, mostly
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-29
Not Remarkable.


There are two occasions when man
should not speak" said old Sam john
son, turning to Boswell.
What are those occasions, Colonel
excuse me, mean Doctorp Thought
we lived in Arkansaw. ask what are
those occasionsp' taking out his note
book.
Zone is when he has nothing to say"
"Yes," said Boswell, taking down the
remark.
"And the other is, when he has just
said what he has had to say
Wisdom" muttered Boswell, reach
ing for his pencil, which had fallen on
the floor. ''May ask, Doctor, who was
the most discreet man of speech you
ever knew"
Eyes. His name was Anderson Hay
ley. Used to haul cross-ties out in Sa-
line County.
I'm what way was he SO discreet of
speech, Doctor?'
I'm never saying anything that should
not be said
s'Did he never, in a moment of forget
fulness, speak without mature delibera-
tionp"
''Sir, he never did"
"a most remarkable man."
''Sir, not necessarily; he was dumb"
-Arkansa,O I'rdUeLer
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-29
The Manicure's Art.

The Partisan fashion of having pro-
fessional manicure polish and point the
finger-nails has become surprisingly
prevalent in New York At the best
known establishment in town there are,
besides the proprietress, about dozen
young women assistants. The ''pa-
TENT on his arrival is shown into re-
ception room, elegantly furnished,
where he awaits his turn. When it ar
rives he is ushered into the operating
room and placed in an easy chair with
a table attachment, on which are jars,
brushes, sponges, files and various lit
tie ivory Implements. The finger-tips
are first soaked in cologne water, then
covered alternately with salve and
powder. Then follows the polishing,
filing and shaping. The whole per-
Torrance lasts about an hour and cost
one dollar When it is finished the pa
TENTS nails are fit objects for preserva-,
ton in the Smithsonian Institution. IN
r Nail and Exprsss.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-29
CREAM.
An Article Which Everybody Who Makes
Butter and Cheese Should Read.

An Article Which Everybody Who Makes
Butter and Cheese should Read.
Cream varies in quality wonderfully.
To suppose that cream is cream always
would be a great mistake. The very
nature of cream obliges it to act as
filter to the milk. As soon as the cream
globules have gathered into mass as
they rise from the bottom of the pail or
pan and begin to ascend together, they
necessarily carry up with them anything
that will adhere to them or which will
arrest their progress. When, for in
stance, the milk is ropy, or contains
strings of adherent matter, as pus cor
puscles, or cells, from the mucous mem
brane of an udder affected by catarrhal
garget, or that is inflamed from any
cause, all these must necessarily be car
ried up with the cream, filtered from
the milk, in fact, just the same as
though a fine screen had been drawn
through it and had caught all these in
the meshes. The effect is to change the
texture of the cream-to make it adher-
ent, stiff, and, as some dairymen COM
plain, it has leathery texture. When
milk of this character goes into the cheese
vat, the cheese soon taints and has an
offensive odor of rottenness, quite diff
ferent from the strong ammoniacal odor
of highly ripened cheese, which is due
to the change of the caseine and albu-
men of it into ammonia. As albumen
contains sixteen per cent. of nitrogen,
which is equivalent to nineteen per cent
OF ammonia, and diseased milk of the
kind under notice contains an unusual
proportion of albumen and very quickly
enters into putrefactive fermentation,
the change of the albumen into ammo
MIA and also sulphureted hydrogen, by
combination of the sulphur contained in
the albumen with a portion OF the n.y.
drogen, there is soon an excessively Of
fensive and pungent odor, like that of
rotten eggs, escaping from the cheese
made from this sort of milk. Butter
made from such cream is apt t. be con-
taminated with the diseased matter and
show white specks, or be white in color
and i'll favored while fresh; but very
soon it, too, uudergoes the putrefactive
fermentation of which butyric acid is
always product, as well as ammonia,
and so such butter has the offensive odor
of rotten cheese. On this account it is
very necessary towatch very closely the
health of the cows and on no account
mix the milk of gargeted animals with
that Of healthy ones. And from the
reasons here given the necessity Of
cleanliness is apparent in the milking
and handling of milk, for even If the
COWS are healthy the cream may be
snciled nv want 0f care and lack AZ
,lsanliness. Sa1 Francisco Chronicle
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think could be taken in, died in the har-
ness. In the character of drover who
had been robbed be worked on the SYM
patty of an old farmer ON an Erie train,
in the vicinity of Hornellsville, and got
one hundred dollars out of him. Before
the poor drover could get away with his
booty the farmer was informed of the
swindle. He necked John as he stood
on the platform of the car waiting for
the train to slow up as it entered Addi-
son, and the two fell off the train. John
fell in under the wheels and was cut into
hundred pieces. His family was prom
inent in border Pennsylvania county,
where his father was Judge.
ut is singular fact that nine out OF
ten of the swindlers who operate on
railroads are not the graduates of New
York city schools of genteel crime, as
but are natives of the country along the
lines. Thus, on the Erie, some of the
most expert operators belonged in Bing-
hamton, Elmira, Waverly, Port Jervis,
Hornellsville, and similar places. From
all ever saw, 1 think these country
sharpers can work way around the New
York swindler. They presume on their
knowledge of the country sad acquaint-
ance with railroad employees, not a few
of whom, in the old days, were well feed
by the sharpers. The most of the opera
tors were liberal, good-hearted fellows,
and good many instances are remem-
bered of their generosity in time of need.
/ remember once brakeman was killed
on road was then running ON, and
as he had left a family in desti-
tute circumstances the boys were
making up purse for him.
A subscription list was being
handed around at the station one day,
and a pious-looking gentleman who was
waiting for train said he would do
something for the dead mans family.
He subscribed Cash, fifty dollars /
afterward learned that the pious-looking
gentleman was none other than the no.
torious John Baily.
"But, while once in while some
green or over-credulous person is now
adays plucked on railroad trains. the
confidence business is almost played
out. Besides the fact that the games
are now all well known, the railroad
companies took the matter in hand a
few years ago and made it too warm
for the sharpers to work either with
comfort or profit. Several of the oper-
ators who came on some ten years or so
ago are now in prison, and it is bold
member of the fraternity who ventures
to work passenger train on through
Eastern roads nowadays. IN. Y.
Times,
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SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION.
Those Faculties Which Develop First Mus
be Educated First.

Those Faculties Which Develop First Must
be Educated First.
The advocates of wider choice of
studies in American education are Of
two classes: One class, admitting the
claims of linguistic training to superb
GRITTY, asks only the option Of employing
either ancient or modern languages,
saving little space, perhaps, for nat
ural science. The other class holds,
first of all, that the art of education
must be based upon the science OF
psychology, and that the symmetrical
development and highest efficiency of
the mind can be secured only through a
training which gives the due amount of
exercise to each faculty. 1t has long
been recognized as an absurdity to
suppose that the muscular part of
the human organism gets its best
development from any one kind
of hard work. The stone-cutter
or machinist may have strong
arms, with very defective legs. The
coal-heaver will be strong in the back,
but will have STOPPING posture and a
cTdlupcu cutSt, Iuucu IOWluR PRODUCES
about the same development. Similarly
with the BRAIN. The most prolonged
and severe exercise of the memory viii
not perceptibly improve the observing
powers, and no amount of drill in obser-
walton will secure full development Of
the powers of abstract thought. This
matter is very fully and clearly set forth
in Mr.. James Sully's new work, "Out-
lines Of Psychology" I'm the second
place." continues Mr.. Sully, 1.-THE whole
scheme of training should conform to
the natural order Of development of the
faculties. Those faculties which de-
velop first must be exercised first. It Is
vain, for example, to try to cultivate the
power of abstraction before the powers
OF observation perception) and imagi-
nation have reached certain degree Of
strength. This self-evident proposition
is one of the best accepted principles in
the modern theory of education, though
there is reason to apprehend that it is
still frequently violated in practice. -
r. a. FernGtd. IN Popular Science
Monthly.