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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
THE BARONESS coUTTs
As She Appears in Her Box at the Lon
don Lyceum Theater.

As She Appears in Her Box at the Lon
don Lyceun Theater.
London Letter TO New York Mail and Express
l visited the Lyceum theater CIR
ving's) the other night and saw some
notable people there. Miss Terry's
sister, Mrs. Lewis, occupied one box
the night l write of. (which the ac-
tress' two little children shared with
her. The elder of these is a girl of
about IA, who does net look in the
least like Terry. She is a brunette
with a serious, pensiye race, while the
boy is the very image OF his mother.
The Baroness Burdette-Coutts owns
and occupied the next box, which is
very large one. Her young husband,
always with her, is fine, manly look
ing fellow, apparently not over 81 or
80, while she, the richest woman IL all
England, is surely not far this side of
60.
She is little meek-faced creature,
utterly without style or distinction in
either appearance or manner-and as
to her dress! | have been trying to
think of some one in America whom
she resembles, but l can't. At all
events she is small, slight, and very
round-shouldered, quite the carriage
of an enfeebled old lady. Her hair is
of a muddy brown, and is now parted
in the middle, and either plastered
smoothly down over the temple
or on state occasions slightly
inflated on either side, giving her the
appearance of being about to lose heI
binders. She has small, light blue
eyes, a straight mouth, with thin lips
and a small nose-not at all an IN
pleasant face, and the farthest in the
world from a severe one. 1t is easy
enough to see how she would grow tC
DE very dependent on the person who
happened to be much with her if sym
pathetic to her.
She wore pale blue silk gown thu
evening that l saw her, and over i
was festooned black Chantilly oyer
dress, or something of that sort. A
all events, it was all awry, and tn,
gathers intended for the middle of tn,
back were around on the side in
bunch, and the festoon arranged TO
the side was dangling in front. Thi
failure to understand each other
| so evident between gown an,
overdress, did not contribute to tn
dignity and elegance of the dis
tinguished wearer. Neither did he
head decoration have that effect. Il
fact, 1 do wish English matrons woul
} either eschew their wretched littl
> topknots entirely, which you may sa
that they are not likely to do for M
g asking, or 1 wish they would fin
!, some way of fastening them so the
5 will stay put. Nothing can be NOR
absurd than row of dignifed oil
: dowagers, each with her unstead
4 headgear nodding and waving wit
/, every slightest motion, and anyon
| who has ever seen a cage of wear
d old cockatoos will instantly see th
S resemblance.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
PROHIBITION ALLIANCE,

SEDALIA, Mo-, August 19,-The
State prohibition iluance met at 10
O'Clock a. ~, Rev. John A. BrooXs,
president, in the chair. A committee
OF five, consisting of Hon. Charles p.
johnson, Rev. T. A. Wheat, Benjamin
Deering, DR.. w. I. Mitchell and
confer with a like committee from the
National prohibition convention, with
a view to cooperative work.
The chair instructed county dele
gates to organize and report their
representation.
A recess OF 30 minutes was taken.
On reassembling, the committee not
being ready to report, recess was
tken.
The convention reassembled in the
afternoon and the committee OF con-
ference reported resolution that the
alliance proceed to nominate candl
dates for governor and lieutenant
governor, and adopt platform. AT
ter somewhat animated debate the
resolutions was adopted. ana
the convention nominated Rev.
John A. Brooks, president OF the pro
hlbition alliance, for governor, and
Henry Eshbaugh for heutenant-gov'
error. The home protection and pro
hibition convention, at Germanla hall
ratified these nominations, and the
convention adjourned till evening.
The committee on platform submit
ted the following report:
We, the prohibition alliance part.
of the state of Missouri, in convention
assembled, declare it is not our inten
ton to organize new political party
First-We arein favor of the larges
possible liberty consistent with tn
public welfare.
Second-We advocate the strictes
enforcement of the existing law, tn
repeal of such laws as are inconsisten
with the public good: and W
: look with apprehension and alarm a
the open and fragrant violation OF lay
perpetrated in certain parts of tn
state, notably in cities, and denounc
that spirit of servility on the part c
> public officers, and party leader
= which favorably responds to the b.
!. hests and demands of the worst ell
D mentS of society.
r Third-We favor only sober, homes
| and capable men for public offices.
}. Fourth-We favor the submissio
: to vote of the people of an amen(
| ment to the constitution of the sta
| providing for the prohibition of tt
f manufacture and sale of intoXicatir
liquors as beverage.
j. Fifth-Regardless of past polite
/. utilization as independent voters, v
s pledge our votes and our influence +
!! the adoption of the principles Of tn
e platform and the election of cane
y date nominated by this alliance, al
" we solicit all voters who agree wi
IT us.
d Col. Switzer called for the re-rea
D ing of the section relating to cane
lie dates, after which he stated he cou
s not support or vote for such sectic
J. as he was opposed to the nominate
of candidates by the prohibitionists.
Mr.. Deering spoke at some leng
- in favor of the section, and on motto
it was adopted.
Hon. Charles p. johnson then g
u dressed the convention on the issu
re of the day and the need of a prohi'
81 ton canvass.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Climbing The Spiral Stairs
Architecture in a New
England Parsonage.

EYES," she said, our children are married
and gone, and my husband and l sit before
our winter fire much as we did before the lit
tie ones came to widen the circle. Life is
something like spiral strircase: we are all
the time coming around over the spot we
started from, only one degree further up the
"That is a pretty lustration," remarked
her friend, musingly, gazing INFO the glowing
Goals which radiated pleasant heat from the
not stop toiling up the hill, though We can
surely we cannot, and for myself l don't
md FAULT with that necessity provided the
advance IN life Is not attended with calamity
or suffering. for have had my share of thar.
Not long since my health utterly broke down.
My system was full of malaria. My digestion
became thoroughly disorde ed and my nerves
were In q Wretched STATE. / was languid, ate
little and that without enjoying it, and had no
strength or ambition to perform even my light
household dulies. Medical treatment failed to
reach the seat OF the rouble. The DISEASE
which seemed to be veal ness OF a the vital
orgSnS-progressed until mad several attacks
Wnl. II my physicians pronounced TO be acute
congestion OF the stomach. 4 he last OF these
was desperate struggle and was given up to
die. As the crisis had partially passed my
husband heard of the merits OF PARKER'S
TONIC as an invigOrantin just such cases as
mine. took it and felt its good effects at
once. 1t appeared TO peryade my body, as
though the blessing OF new life had come to
me. Taking no other medicine continued to
improve. and am now in better health than 1
have been for a long time.
EXTRACT from Interview with the wife of
Rev. T. Perry Pastor, Pastor of Baptist
Church. ColdbrOok. Mass.
Ruin Wrought in the Forest
How depressing it is to see acres of trees cut
down in the midst Of noble forest. How sad
ienning 1t is al 0 to see that thin spot in the
midst OF your otherwise abundant hair. Stop
: at one by the use OF Pa ker's Hair B Il am
For ae,uai efficiency this famous article stands
It the h ad OF its class. Elegant for the toll
ct. dellcsu5 ia od0r, and estores The orlgi
ial color to gray or faded hair. Economical,
IS slsght, occasional application keeps the
Ia aud scalp in perfect order.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
AntI-MonopoIists.

DETROIT, August 19.-The anti
monopoly convention met at ii o'clock
this morning, Hon. Frank M. Fogg,
of Lansing, temporary chairman, and
Horatio Pratt, of Crosswell, secretary.
Committees on credentials, permanent
organization and resolutions were APP
pointed.
Mrs. Todd, of California, offered
resolution on anti-monopoIy, which
was referred to committee.
After discussion the convention then
adjourned till the afternoon.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
John Gibson.

PITTsBURG, August 19.-John Ryan,
Nova Scotia's distance runner, whom
George Smith, of this city, refused to
run against in yesterdays interna-
tional tournament, has been identified
as John Gibson, the famous English
runner. who has the reputation q
being the greatest dis; ance runner IN
the world but one, Hutchins. Smith,
who was matched to run against the
unknown on the 21st instant, will
probably refuse to start if Gibson
proves to be his opponent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
plaeemakers." instead of s.peacemak-

plaeemakers." instead of ''peacemak-
ers."
The politicians of the present day
would probably not have objected to
the use of the former benediction.
The Treacle Bible, printed 1886, had
passage in jeremiah viii, %. which
read, Is there a treac!e in Gilead,"
instead of Us there no BALM" The
He and She Bible was SO called from
very slight mistake that occurred in
Ruth ill, 10, when, instead of "she
went into the city," it was printed
she went" The Wicked Bible. print
ed 1881, was rather an extensive one to
the printer, who was fined $500 be-
cause, from malice or carelessness, the
negative was left out of the seventh
commandment Exodus Xxx, 14.)
The MurdererS' Bible was mistake
Of the present century, and was so
called from an error in the sixteenth
verse OF the Epistle of Jude, making
it to read, "There are murderers
complainers, instead of "mur.
murers." The Printers bible, issued
in 1902, contained an absurd misstate
ment of David in Psalm 119, V. 161, il
which he was pathetically made tC
say that printers prosecuted him
without a cause" instead of "princes,
| There would have 'iron a degree Of
probability about this in these days o.
royal authorship. which would hav,
made such mistake highly amusing
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
ECCENTRIC BIBLES.
Quaint Passages Which Some of the OIL
Editions Contained,

Quaint Passages Which Some of the Old
Editions Contained,
From the London Queen.
Although everybody knows there
are in existence certain editions of
bibles which are much priced by biblio-
maniacs, on account of some ridicu-
lous printers blunder, few people are
perhaps aware how many of these
editions there are. The widely known
are the Brooches and the Vinegar
bibles. The former are so called
because in the Geneva version
of Genesis Ill, Z, Adam and
Eve are spoken of as
making themselves breeches out of
fig leaves. This translation of the
Scriptures, which was done by the
English exiles at Geneva, served as
the regular family Bible in the reign
of Queen Elizabeth until it was SUI
perceded by the authorized version of
James l. The Vinegar Bible was so
named from the headline of the 10th
chapter of st. Luke, which reads as
"The Parable of the Vinegar" instead
of "the VINEYARD The date of this
was I717. In addition, however, to
these well-known examples there are
others qaite as singular. The Place
makers. Bible obtained its name from
a typographical error which occurs in
Matthew v, 8, viz; BLESSED are the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
The PrOhibitiOnists.

SEDALIA, August 49, The state
convention of the home protection
and prohibition party met at Ger
mania hall this morning, and was
called to order by VIM. Watson, OF st.
Louis, chairman of the state commit
tee of the home protection and pro-
hibition party, who acted as chairman
he having been chairman of the st.
Louis convention, of which this is an
adjourned meeting. j. ID. Hailment,
of st. Louis, acted as secretary,
A committee of five was appointed
to confer with the state prohibition
alliance, now in session.
After the reading of the minutes OF
the st. LOUIS session and listening to
several speeches, the convention took
rnonSS
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Reflections by an Old Bachelor.

FTOm Ptck' s sun.
Wonder if women who cut out and
sew together hundreds of pieces of
silk and ribbons and call it crazy
quilt keep the buttons sewed ontheir
husbands shirts and pants. Wonder
if the women who are always knitting
Tides keep the house tidy. Wonder if
tatting, SO fashionable some years
ago, wasn't an aid to tattling. Won
der if the women who devote a good
share of their time to household duties
and to bringing up their children
aren't the best after all.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
The Missing stenographer.

NEW YORK, August 19.-An order
has been obtained from Judge Bart
lett, of the supreme court, for the ex-
miDation of Louis Fitzgerald and
e. L. Montgomery, president and treas
urer of the Mercantile Trust Co., in
the action by Byron Dewolf and Sam
uel Swan, brokers, against the corpor-
alton. The suit is in connection with
the frauds perpetrated by William e.
Scoville, absconding stenographer of
the firm of Lord, Day s. Lord.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Cargo of Cholera For New York.

WASHINGTON, August 19.-The
United States consul, at Barbados,
telegraphs the state department as
follows: The ship Bracadile left St.
Lucia, for New York, on the 18th,
with cholera. This is a British steam
er, which left Calcutta on the 4th of
June, bound for Demerara and New
York. Cholera broke out during the
passage, and on her arrival at Table
Bay, July 4, she was reported to have
IL fatal cases. There were 651 coolies
on board, of whom % were down with
cholera. The steamer took in coal at
Table Bay, and left for st. Lucia,
where she arrived on the 3rd inst, and
was placed in quarantine. The health
officer at New York was notified to
quarantine the vessel on her arrival.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Miscellaneous Notes.

Two Schenectady cows, while fight.
ing, so entaDgled their horns that they
had to be sawed apart. 1t is to be
hoped that Butler and Blaine will not
get so thick in this campaign of NUT
ual love between them that they will
have to be sawed apart. They are
getting tangled already.
The Suez canal is now cesspool, one
hundred miles long-probably one of
the largest cesspools in the world.
Englishmen congratulate themselves
upon the Thames having, at least,
a tide; whereas the canal is stagnant
from end to end,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
WhistIer's Body.

CHICAGO, August 19.-The Daily
News Delphi, Ind, special says the
body of private Whistler, of the
Greedy party, was examined this
morning in the presence of his rela-
tives at the family cemetery in the
country. The identity was fully es-
tablished. The face and neck was
well preserved, but the flesh was all
cut from the back and limbs. The
intestines were in place, but the
empty stomach only contained small
amount of hair and messy stuff.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
WHY SHE WENT TO NEW.
PORT.
Thrillingly Told as a Trade Secret by Al

ThrilIingly Told as Trade Secret by An
dromeda to Henrico.
"Andromeda. there be such tluingS
i the air this morn as will thine inter
est fire to fervid heat
'This likes mine ear, good sir, for
I've just returned from formal round,
and hints my arm of something like
the shakes"
This is thy preparation fit, me
maid, for there is further agitation in
me news"
"Give it me, then, that may break
me Quaker silence with quake"
"Have at thee, damsel! Thou know
est Lucullus Marcia?"
"He that is sire to that Jade Bea-
trice, whose alti freights the Sabbath
air with onion taints ?"
"The same, Andromeda!"
81 know him as the parent of a
witch whose garments fit her as doth
pod fit the Bantling pea"
"Or, as these tidIngs fit thine ear,
mayhap, this. same LuculIus Marcia
hath suspension made and weighs his
assets i the lesser SCALE"
Hath what, Henrico?" Pare off
the furbishments of this, thy news,
and give it to me in naked Anglo
Saxon"
"It being yet a STRIPPING bit of news
thus do strip it, girl. Lucullus, then
hath failed!
"Failed, saidst thou? FaiIedl Oh,
that the fates had spared me this,
Henricop'
Spared thee which? Why, thou
bedizened one. this hampers not thy
credit nor thy sire's, an wherefore
should it grieve thee, then, prayp
"Grieve me, thou beetlehead! Dost
thou not weigh the outcome of this :?
Her father fails, Beatrice goes to New
port or the Branch and drives dog
cart through the summer-tidel With
difference 'twixt the slim per cent. he
pays and that imposing item which
he owes, she and her sire will
dalliance make with ease and
luxury. buy them new poodles and
rare bric-a brac, pose them as objects
Of the worlds quaint sympathy, and,
ere the autumn wanes, HE them to
Europe for a round of months, and
hither bring them back again blazoned
with some new lie in heraldryp
"Marry, Andromeda, an thy wits are
ripeI''
"vrould that me fathers were as
ripe, Henrlco, for often hath he poised
him on the very verge where failure
would have whelmed US with its veal,
and then some hint of oldentime in
tegrity would win him 'front.'. and
like dog, he'd back to work for honor
and the empty fame it brings. O,
good me lordl well it is said that he
who helps himself sets quickest i the
tide of booming fortune~
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Eating at Night.

FROM the Boston Physician.
Popularity, eating at night is thought
injurious, but unless dinner or supper
have been late, or the stomach disor-
dered, it is harmless and beneficial;
i. e., if one be hungry; four or five
hours having elapsed since the last
meal, invalids and the delicate should
alwas eat at bed time. This seems
heretical, but it IS not. Food of SIM
pie kind will induce sleep. Human
beings become drowsy after a full
meal. Why? Because blood is solic-
tied toward the stomach to supply the
juices needed in digestion. Hence,
the brain receives less blood than dur
ing fasting, becomes pale, and the
powers become dormant. Sleep there
fore ensues. This is physiological.
The sinking sens alton in sleeplessness
is call for food. Wakefulness often
is merely a symptom of hunger. Graf
ify the desire and you fall asleep.
The writer recently was called at
2 a. NJ. to lady VINO assured him
that she was dying. The body was
warm, the heart was doing honest
work. To her indignation he order
ed buttered bread hot milk or
tea were better to be eaten at once.
Obeying. the moribund lady was soon
surprised by return of life and de-
sire to sleep. The feeble will be
stronger at dawn If they eat on going
to bed. Fourteen hours lie between
supper and breakfast. By that time
the fuel of the body has become ex-
pended. Consequently the morning
toilet fatigues many. Let US eat at
bedtime and take a glass of warm
milk, or beef tea before rising. In
creased vigor will result. "BuL the
stomach must rest" True. Yet when
hungry we should eat. Does the
infant stomach rest as long as the
adults? The latter eats less often
merely because his food requires more
time for digestion. Seldom can one
remain awake until half-past ten or
eleven in the evening without hunger.
Satisfy it, and sleep will be sound.
During the night give wakeful chill
dren food; sleep will follow. The sick
should Invariably eat during the
night. This is imperative. All night
the delicate and children may take
warm milk, beef-tea or oatmeal cruel.
Vigorous adults may also eat bread
and milk, cold beef, mutton, chicken
and bread, raw oysters, all of course,
in moderation. Do not eat if not him.
Orv Eat if Won are
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28

ventions of 1878 and 1880 the heavens
poured down bounteous rains. Dem
ocratic conventions have been regard
ed as the precursors of human delights,
and we are at loss to know why this
order of succession has been changed.
Nature has apparently been usurped
by evil influences, while the horros-
cope has not yet fully told it political
tale
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Tha HENRY Case

NEW YORK, August 21.-Dr. Ma.
gle, register of the bureau of vital sta
tistics, to-day received from the navy
department a certified copy of Lieut..
Greely's report on the execution of
private Henry. On the authority of
this report the record in the bureau
has been changed to read, instead
of starvation to "shot by order of
Lieut.. Greedy"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
The Cattle Disease.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, August 21.-In
view, of developments respecting the
presence of pleuro-pneumonia among
herds of Jersey cattle in Illinois, Gov
Hamlin has called Veterinarian Pea
rem here to consult upon steps to be
taken. The other herd, when trouble
first appeared, came from Ohio, and
one or two from the neighborhood of
Washington.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28

SARATOGA, Aup ust 19-Vander6ilt
says he has not sold Maud s. She was
shipped to New York to-day.
LATER.-W. II. Vanderbilt has sold
Maud S. to Robert Bonner for $780,
600. Bonner, with his purchase, left
Saratoga this morning for New York.
Maud S. will be retired from the
track
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
A TroubIesome Wear,

From the London Truth.
Mr.. Wood ward, the vicar of Folke-
stone. is three parts Catholic, and he
is constantly ignoring the line which
separates Professionalism from Cathol-
icism, Notwithstanding the persistent
efforts of the Peoples churchwarden
to keep him in order. He recently
bought a chalice of Mgr. Capel. One
medallion on it represents the Virgin
Mary catching the blood issuing from
the side of the Saviour as he hung
upon the cross. This chaliee is used
in the parish church, to the great Of
Tense Of many of the parishioners.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Supposed Cholera.

CHICAGO, August 19.-The Jour
nails Desmoint Ia, special says
disease which has marked symptoms
of cholera, has appeared at Central,
Van Buren, county. Local physicians
pronounce it "grey fux." Thirty-two
CASES are reported, one-fourth of
which were fatal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Reaction Cominp

From the Sew York Evening Post Qnd. Rep.)
Inc Blaineites have exhausted their
ee,apply of ammunition before the bat
tie was really begun. The have vir-
tually advertised to the world that the
worst thing that anybody knows
about Gov. Cleveland is now told. If
they have not paved the way for a
wholesome reaction in public opinion,
we have strangely misjudged the love
of fair dealing which is Characteristic
of the American people,