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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
STATE NEWS.
Sheep shearing is commencing in

Sheep shearing is commencing in
Central Texas.
The editor of the Floresville Chron.
icle can't stand spring poetry.
The Taylor Texan says THE
STATESMAN has WIde-awake cor.
respondent at that town. Correct.
Belle Boyd has been starring in
Tyler, but the Courier intimates that
Bellies magnetism has departed; she
no longer draws.
The Laredo Times has little respect
for antiquities, and says: Bill Crock
EFT, grandson of old Davy, has been
landed in the Huntsville penitentiary
for burglary at Granbury.
A Waco paper pleads for Charter
Laudermilk, colored, aged IA, who at
tempted to wreck a train recently
and says a boy of his age didn't know
the consequences of the act.
Eliza Brentner has been arrested at
Laredo, charged with kidnapping AL
VIVA Hemmel and her little brother,
Freddie, who were employed at the
Commercial Hotel. Miss Hemmel is
represented as beautiful German
girl OF sixteen.
San Angelo Enterprise; Mr.. Woods
Pierce, well-known to many of
our citizens, was in town
last Monday with lot of horses that
he was going to ship east, and tells us
that he expects soon to send 1000
wethers to Chicago that will average
there, los pounds.
Taylor Texan: A Taylorite who
recently had business which called
him down town late one night, was
surprised by being asked by his better
half, the next morning at the break
fast table, who Mr.. Jack Pot was.
"Why," said hubby, do You ask that
question ?" Because, dear, in your
sleep last night you were talking
about Jack Pot" "Oh, he is an old
friend; knew him before the war,
that is, he was in the same regiment
and suspicious silence prev allied.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
A Contrast With Four Years Ago.

New York Evening Post (Mugwump).
The first month OF PRESIDENT Cleve-
lands administration is ended, and
even his enemies must admit that it
finds him complete master of the sit
uation. We do not believe that any
previous President has accomplished
so much In so short time. To COM
prehend fully, what has been achiev-
ed, it is only necessary to look back
four years. What was the situation
on April 4, 1881? Had the Senate
gone home, and was Washington at
peace? Not by any means. The
nominations of Mr.. Robertson for
Collector aid William E. Chandler
for Solicitor General, were pending
before the Republican Senate, and one
of the bitterest factional quarrels ever
known in the politics of this country,
was raging within the Republican
ranks. The White House was be-
sieged with seekers, and the
Re- publican press of the country was
divided into two hostile camps. The
fight grew in bitterness till the mid
die of May, when Senators Conkling
and Platt resigned. 1t was not till
eight weeks after the appointment
was made that Mr.. Robertson was
confirmed and the nomination of Mr..
Chandler rejected. The Senate adj
journed on May 20, but it did not
leave peace in Washington. The fac
tional fight was continued there and
at Albany, and eliminated in the
shooting of Garfield by a weak brain
ed and disappointed office-seeker, on
July 2. The contrast between 1885
and 1881 is instructive in many ways;
but in none more so than in the light
which it throws upon the kind of ex-
perfence which best fits a man for ex-
ecutive Office. We heard a great
deal, during the campaign, about
Mr.. Cleveland's inexperience in
national politics, and the trouble
which his unfamiliarity with meth
DDS and men at Washington would
inc ,itably bring upon him. Mr.. Gar
field had an abundance of the very ex-
perience which Mr.. Cleveland lacked
He spent his whole public life in
Washington, and knew its men and
its ways.as well as any other man OF
his time; yet he was unable to over
come difficulties much less formidable
than those which confronted Mr.
Cleveland month ago, but which
have been surmounted almost. with
out effort, and without party disas-
ter. Long experience in Washington
is more prolific of entangling alliances
and obligations than almost anything
else, and instead of being a quali6ca-
ton for the presidency, is a decided
disqualification. Mr.. Cleveland's
training, on the contrary-f1rst as law.
yer, then as Sheriff, Mayor and Gov
ernor-was precisely what has en-
abled him to rise so easily to the
higher requirements of this, the
highest executive Office. AS for a
knowledge of politicians, that can be
obtained in Albany as well as al
Washington. The species Is the
same everywhere, and its comprehen-
sion is matter of slight difficulty.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
Is Capital Punishment R,ebt.

When man is carried by passion
or by liquor to the point that will in
duce hum to kill a felloW-being. he
has very little thought for the pros
pective punishment that awaits him.
OF course we all realize that capital
punishment was not designed as an
act OF vengeance, but rather as an act
OF intimidation, of prevention against
crime: but that it does not fulfil its
intended purpose, is, we imagine, be-
coming very evident.
Does it not seem brutal, to say the
least of 1t, to put rope around the
neck of man and drac him up as we
would bull or pig, until we have
either choked the life ont of him, or
broken his neck? And does it not
seem even more brutal when we
realize that this action is taken by the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
An Astonishing In gention.

PHILADELPHIA, April 6.--An in
yention has recently been perfected
berethat bids fair to revolutionize all
existing systems of electrical commu-
Dication, both in telegraphic and tele-
phonic. The secret of 1t has been
carefully guarded by the inventors,
Messrs. George M. Hathaway and
James 81. Linville, and by the small
company of large capitalists who con-
troll II while it was being fully cover
ed by pateDts, both American and for
eign. Now that all is secure, it is
to be suddenly sprung upon the public
by an exhibition at the Continental
Hotel, probably during the present
week, as ore of the gigantic scientific
surprises OF the century. To state in
brief what it is, it Is nothing less than
making telegraphy as simple. rapid
and easily within the command of
every body = i the operating of the
caligraph - :pewriter. Effectipy
what is ciai .Ae-i for it, it Will be the
means of greatly reducing the cost of
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

order of meu land a man who for his
assumed intelligence has been select.
ed to sit in Judgement on his fellow
counJIyman) who quietly and DELHI
erately determine that a fellow crea-
ture shall be launched into eter-
nifty?
We do not for one minute, wish to be
understood that murders should be al
lowed to go Only no means; but
we do say most emphaticly, that Lo
man, or body of men, can reasonably
have the right to condemn a fellow
man to death. Murderers should be
confined where they will have no
power to work fur her mischief-this
we all concede; but at the same time.
we can conceive of no right to kill
a man because he has killed an
other.
1t is the duty of physicians to en-
Tighten the public on subjects like
these; hence we have felt called upon
to write these words. In these days
of civilization and advancement, let
us consider we'll whether capital pull
ishment is not great blot upon ouI
civilization, and let US lock to ii
whether we are not harboring a relic
; of barbarism. Justice, law and order
i must be maintained; the man who
interferes with the rights Of his Vel
bowman must be punished; he whose
liberty is dangerous to the welfare O.
his neighhor. must be restrained o
his liberty; but we again say that w
. doubt very much whether the prope
: way to accomplish this purpose is t.
{ deprive him of his life, and we imag
J inc that popular sentiment joins i
this doubt.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Items of Minor Importance, Brief,
Chronicled.

Items of Minor Importance, Briefly
Chronicled.
A great many people visit the
grounds on Sunday afternoons.
Two young gentlemen will take the
degree of b. A. at the ensuing COM
mencement.
Only a very few students are "tak-
Ing" Greek. The classes in Latin
however, are largely attended and
good progress is being made.
The young ladies. as a rule. have
studied well during the present ses-
lent records for scholarships.
No, orator. has~as yet accepted an
>iRvftation to deliver the Commence
ment address before the two societies.
LIS there any chance to press local
talent into service?
The number of law graduates will
be In excess of the class of '84. There
is no lack of ability either among the
young disciples of Blackstone who
will get their degrees in June.
The young trees, within the Uni
versity grounds are beginning to make
a respectable show, and in a few wears
time the campus will be one of the
most beautiful places in the city.
A number of gentlemen interested
IN the cause of higher education. have
agreed to give a handsome medal to
tnat pupil OF the Austin Public School
VINO stands the best examination on
entering the University next fall.
Everybody admires the beautiful To-
cation of the University. A prettler
or healthier site could not have been
chosen. The view of the surround.
ing country from the top of the buSld-
ing is about the finest to be had in
Austin.
The harder it is to get degrees the
more they will be appreciated, It
ought to be only question of a few
years when diploma from the Uni
vers1ty OF Texas will be worth as
much as one from Vanderbilt or the
University of Virginia.
A few country editors still keep up
small war on the University. They
may mean well, but so far as having
any true concept of the part univer.
sites are called on to play in the ed
ucational economy of the world, their
minds are bowling wilderness.
Not long since Prof. Humphreys is
sued an edition of "The Clouds" a
Greek comedy, which was Immediate
~ adopted as a text book in some of
the foremost Universities of the land.
Prof. Geo. b. Halstead is the next to
get out a work. He has just forward
ed the manuscript of mis- new book on
geometry to WHY s. Son, of New
York for publication. DIR. Halstead
is already known favorably through q
highly priced work on mensuration.
published few years ago. The Uni
versity of Texas is fortunate in hav-
ing such men to I'LL its chairs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
Madame E. F. Duke,
THE MURDER TRIAL.
The Theory of the Defense in the Cas-
of Robert Pearson.

The Theory of the ID Defense in the Case
of Robert Pearson.
During the entire week great inter-
est has been manifested in the trial Of
Bob Pearson, charged with the muir
der of DR.. Stovall. Owing to the
great difficulty in hearing spoken
sounds in the courtroom, the audience
has been smaller than under favorable
acoustic conditions.
The State finished with its witness
es Friday afternoon, and the defense
began introducing testimony yester-
day morning. Among the witnesses
was DR.. Q q. Smith, of this CITY. He
testified to a remark made by the MUIR
dered man to him, not many months
ago, to the effect that he (StovalD did
not go out much after night, owing to
the fact that his vision was somewhat
impaired.
Other witnesses sWore that on the
Saturday night before the tragedy
Bob Pearson was at home, at the time
that one of the State witnesses. Austin
Wallace, asserted that he met him I'M
der suspicious circumstances on the
road leading to Stovall's home.
ThescOunsel for defense expect to
prove by witnesses to be examined
hereafter that Pearson was at some
other place at the time of the murder
From the number of witnesses sum-
moned it is clear that an alabi will be
strenously insisted on. There is nc
doubt that this is the theory of the
defenSe-theTe can be no other,
The case then at present stands
First of all DR.. Stovall's dying declar.-
alton; he swore positively to the men,
asserting that Tom Pearson shot him
He was rational at the time, and con-
scious, too, that he had but
a little while to live
again several witnesses testified tc
threats on the part of the defendant
directed against deceased, Motive is
thereby accounted for, and the exist
ence of an old feud established,
On the other side it will doubtless
be maintained that in the dark
ness of the night it is an easy
thing to be deceived in the identity OF
any person. 1t is in evidence that de.
ceased had remarked upon the imper.
lection of his own sight; this TACT and
the difficulty of recognition in the
night time, will be argued for all they
are worth. This however is only an
outline and suggestion. Besides il
is minor point The main reliance
is in an alabi. This is the stronghold
lift can be shown by credible persons
that Peason was somewhere
else, or enough doubt be raised on the
subject to exclude positive opinion
on contrary hypothesis, then the
Jury-but who can tell what a YER
dict is going to be? Besides, it is i'm
proper to try to foreshadow the result
1t is to be presumed that the jury will
act with that degree of honesty, firm
ness, conscientiousness and Justice
that ought always to govern twelve
men in making up verdict in a case
of life and death.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
f'Climate in Relation to HEALTH
Scientific American.

FClimate in Relation to Health"
Scientific American.
DR.. Poore lately delivered lecture
on "Climate in its Relation to Health"
at the Society of Arts. He began by
abiding to the fact that the crew of
the Ezra enjoyed excellent health in
the Arctic regions, under conditions
which, in this country, or still more in
the tropical countries, would be con-
sidered most mal-hygenic. The rea-
son probably was that in the Arctic
regions putrefaction and allied
changes were impossible. Attention
was drawn to the fact that most OF
the diseases which were fatal in trop-
Ical countries, were connected with
| putrefaction and decay, and, as in
stances of this, malarious diseases,
| yellow fever, and cholera, were
| brought forward.
Since pntrefaction depended upon
the access of minute organisms into
| the putrescible matter, and since these
organisms were found in the atmOs-
phere, as well as In the soil and water,
| a study of the floating matter in the
air becomes most important. The
air has been Systematically examined
in Paris and Berlin, and especially at
the observatory of Montsourls, in the
former city. Among floating bodies
in the air were to be found spores OF
fungi, pollen, grains of starch, alga,
ETC., besides mineral matters of great
variety. MIGUEL, by means of Guilt
walton experiments, has been at
great pains to- estimate the number
of bacteria and allied micro-organ-
isms in the air, and the result of his
| experiments has shown striking con-
nection between the density OF popu-
lation and the number of bacteria in
the air.
Thus, in each cubic meter OF all
there were found at the following
stations, the bacteria in number as
| follows: In the high Alps the all
Was pure, absolutely free from bac
terra; on the Lake of Thun. at an ele-
walton of $50 meters, 08; near the
| Hotel of Thun. 2 5; in room of the
hotel, 60; in the Park of Montsouris
100; and in the Rue de Rivoli, $500
The largest numbers found were in
the hospitals, where each cubic me
: ter contained, as minimum, $500
and 2s a maximum, $4,000. In order
that bacteria and other microbes may
flourish, suitable soil is necess-
airy.
Raulin's experiments with asperill-
gus niger were explained. RauliI
found that he could grow uniform
amount of asperillgus on a given area
of a liquid of definite composition
This liquid contained, among Other
things, one fifty-thousandGh part
of zinc, and if the zinc were omitted
the crop of asperillguS fell to one
tenth OF the normal; and if one-mil-
lion-six-hundred thousandth of nj
trate of silver were added, the fungus
would not grow at all. This showed
the Importance of mineral ingredients
in the composition of the ''soiL" an6
this fact helped, in some measure, t.
explain why it was that people seldom
, had the same fever twice. The rea
son being that the first attack ex
hausted the blood of something which
was necessary for the growth of thu
organism, upon which the fever de
pended
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
Caution.

If you ask your druggist for Ponds
Extract and he tries to impose upon
YOU by Offering something the same
as Ponds Extract" do not believe
him. There is nothing the same as
Ponds Extract. 1t cannot be initiated
and any articles offered as such are
only worthless counterfeits. Put nc
faith in any druggist trying to so de-
ceive you. 1t is sold only in our OWL
bottles, inclosed in buff wrappers with
the words ponds Extract" blown il
the glass, and is never sold in bulk.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
TOWN TOPICS,
Stray Notes Gathered Here and There
by Rambling Reporters.

Stray Notes Gathered Here and There
by Rambling Reporters.
The general delivery and carriers
windows will be open from 8 to IL a.
m, aud $50 to Z T, m. on Sundays.
The spring time is here fully eman-
cipated from the lap of winter, but 1t
is beginning to be trife too moist,
Gentle Annie.
Notice the change in the time card
of the Austin 81 Northwestern, where
by the train for Burnett pulls out tif-
teen minutes earlier than formerly.
IN WHITE ATTIRE.
The churches will all be crowded
to-day. For why? Because the
time has come for the Austin girl to
array herself in white attire, and a
new spring bonnet. They were not
made to be kept at home. By the
way, this recalls query made by the
Fort Worth Gazette, short time ago
1t was this: "What is prettier thar
a pretty woman in white dress ?
Nothing on the globe, especially ii il
be an Austin maiden, for everybod.
says that for superlative lovelines
they are entitled to the palm over al
the other girls that inhabit the LAM
of Texas.
A REMARK.
He was a smooth talker and wa
trying to persuade the genial gentle
man who presides at the Union ticke
office that the railroads ought to max
cheaper rates to New Orleans. VIII
if the fare was only $40 for tn
round trip, thousand men right her
in Austin would go, that otherwis
will remain at home" said the s.
"Would they all go tomorrow sal
a sorrowful looking man who was lis
tening to the conversation. He sal
it in solemn sort of way without tt
d faintest trace af smile. mo, l don
: say that remarked the first speake
: swell, my friend, you are long wa.
removed from base; there amt
thousand men in Austin that's g
&c." said the sad man as he marcht
e mournfully off.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
THE SOUTH.
Items and Improvements in Various
Sections of the Southern
&tatns

S0cC1OnS Oh the SOutnern
Statep. o.
There are $50 pupils attending one
colored school in Yazoo City.
The Crescent, or Buckner pIanta-
ton, in Accunsian Parish, was sold
March IA, at public auction, to Mr.
Newton Buckner for the sum of
5000.
The Keuka, Fla, Land Company
will build fifty-room hotel at that
place the coming summer. The two
hotels there now have never been
able to accommodate the visitors.
California capitaliste are writing to
Valdosta with a view of investing
in Southern Georgia. They haye their
eyes npon OkefinOkee Swamp, and
may undertake to drain it If necess-
airy terms can be made with the
State.
Key West cigar manufacturer
have all laid in new stock of Havan.
ma tobacco. Orders for large GUAM
titles of cigars weekly, are coming
in, and nearly all the factories are
working fnll forces. The cigar bust
ness is reviving.
The new Methodist Church to be
built at Orlando, Miss. will cost
about $1,000. This church is having
rapid growth. January 1885, the
membership was 81. and February l
1885, it was 1856, since which there
have been twelve additions, making
a total membership of 1913.
You can get strawberries now for
twenty five cents quart. But you
uTII1 10 RI To Hoir
to get them. That's about the way
things go. We all know there is
balm in Gilead; boat-loads of
it.. But the gall of it is to get to Gill
cad
On the Mississippi Valley Rail-
road, about 122 miles above New Or
leans, La. "a new town named Will
son, has been laid out in 40 lots.
The shops and round-houses of the
road - be located at this point, and
Ian x6rce of workmen viii be en-
ployed in the shops, it is safe to say
that the growth of the town will be
rapid.
e. P. Huntington. President of the
Southern Pacific system. has pur-
chased for the sum OF $1,000, eleven
equditS VI STUuuu dTCuUu Inc present
location OF the freight depot of the
Mississippi Valley Railroad, On Pcy-
or IS street, in New Orleans, which
will afford additional terminal facili-
ties, and the necessary warehouses,
round-houses. sheds and car and re-
pair shops
The Democratic tami:Irs of the
land have taken the hint, and in the
administration Of household affairs
have followed the example now be-
fore the country, at Washington.
"Wife," CALCULATED the DEMO- ratio
head of the table, "the ccffs.e is weak
this morning and the c:s =, a.e c,.ld."
81 know it. 1t ou9ilts.'' ., u So, but
Higgins is tn t..,,r1 il ;.siasp
Who's u X ;..s = t., knhen
'appoiu' iues.:f clers, 1t. ,sgayes. at
The intelligence oifire I" Discharge
Higgins st f..,ce" '.N.tis I know il.
Sh, s he &C. lest seq i,at we've
ever as:,'
- continent clergyman calls the
face "the playground OF the snul."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
Teaspoonful every two hours, al

ternating with the first.
1T the tongue is heavily coated and
the bowels costive, move them with
rhei and small doses of podophyllin.
1t there is a scarlet eruption, as L have
seen In several cases, L add twenty
drops tinct. belladonna to the soda
tive. Do not swab OF burn the throat.
Ii the case is bad, apply flannel cloth,
four-double, wet in cider vinegar,
to the throat. If you have not a
treatment that is satisfactory, try it,
bretheren.-Wm. House. M. ID.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

"ANTED-AgentS i every county in the
w State to sell uSefu larticle for kitchen
use. Large sales and good profits. For full
particulars address 1. STEIN & Co.,
M19-1m-w Austin, Tex
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
Dinfh6ria

I have seen several articles on dip
liberia the last year. and as the treat
ment l nse is different from any of
them, thought [ would give your
many readers the treatment I have
used for the last six years, and have
not lost case in all that time. Yet
/ do not claim that it will cure every
case. for 1 do not believe any treat
ment would do that For a child five
years old or less, i order:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
Many a Lady

is beautiful, all but her skin;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

AnCNTp WANTED for DIR, SCOTS
HuENJ beautiful Electric Corsets. SAM
pie free to those becoming agents. No risk,
quick sales. Territory given; satisfaction
guaranteed. Address, DR.. SCUTT. SAP
broadway ST., n. "
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

continent clergyman calls the
face "the playground OF the soul."
Then book-agent's cheek must b.
prairie.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
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