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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
Oldest ank-NOte In Existence.

The Oldest bank note in existence
in Europe is one preserved in the Ash
astic museum at st. Petersburg. It
dates from the year 1899 B. c., and was
issued by the hinesegovernment. 1t
can be proved from Chinese chronic
lers that as early as 2697 B. c., bank
notes were current in China under the
name of flying money" The bank
note preserved at st. Petersburg bears
the name of the Imperial bank, date
and number of issue, signature of
mandarin and contains sYen a list of
the punishments inflicted for forgery
of notes. This relic of 1000 years ago
is probably written, for printing from
wooden tablets is said to have been in
troducep in China only in the year 160,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Floating bricks are made of very
light silicious earth, clay beiLg some.
times added to bind the material to-
gether. They can he made so light
that they will float on water, while
their strength equals ordinary bricks.
The opinion is entertained now by
many men Of science that the art of
making artificial stone for structural
purposes is prehistoric, and that the
Pyramids were, in fact, built of arti-
1clal blocks manufactured from the
surrounding plain.
Some of them show a remarkable
instinct in building their webs-even
their first-in perfect geometrical
form. A reflective power is evinced
by their refusal of kiuds of tough in
sects which have been once attacked
unsuccessfully.
A German entomologist, F. Dahl,
claims that spider, have perfect sight
only at very short distances. Their
sense of touch is consequently re-
markably developed. Their smell is,
so good that they can distinguish
ldors and their bearing is excellent
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
SUPREME COURT.

The following cases were disposed
of in the Supreme Court yesterday:
Afirmed-Fant VS.. Atkins, from
Live Oak; FAINT VS.. Beasley, from
Live Oak; Harold vs.. Arlington
from Wheeler; Hartzberg VS.. Beisen-
bach, from Bexar; Kaufman Il Runge
VS.. Shellworth, ct al. from Taylor;
Blums vs. Younger Bros, from Wise;
Milligan VS.. Ewing, from Coryen;
Roland VS.. Wright, from Llano.
Reversed and remanded-Heirs of
Logan VS.. Pierce. from Lamar; Hec-
tor VS.. Gary, from Guadalupe; Vance
VS.. Upson, from Bexar. In the case
of Harroldset al, VS.. Arlington, from
Wheeler county, the Supreme Court
upholds the right of the State to levy
and collect taxes on property in Greer
County.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
MRS. FANNY G. GOOCHE'S
BOOK,
A Company OF Literati at the &uber-
material Mansion.

A Company OF Literati at the &uber-
material Mansion.
On Monday evening a number of
persons, who may be ranked as the
quasi iterati of Austin and other
cities, assembled at the invitation of
Mrs. Fanny Chambers Gooche, to hear
a few chapters of the book in progress
of completion, by Mrs. Gooche, emit
tied "AZteca; or, An American Lady
Housekeeping in Mexico. Among
them were Gov. Ireland, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carp enter. the Governors accom-
plished daughter; Judge Walker, of
the Commissioners of Appeals; Gen
eral and Mrs. ii. L. Bee, Mr.. and Mrs.
b. Willett, Miss Mathis, Mr.. Chap
man, Prof. and Mrs. Ragsdale, Rev.
M. Patrick, Walter Bremond, and Col.
j. IL. B. Miller, late of Baltimore,
more recently a citizen of Austin.
The entertainment was given in large
parlors CT the Governors Mansion,
and was diversified by exquisite s.
lectlons of songs, with piano
accomplishments, by Miss Mathis
Mrs. Gooche is an easy and graceful
reader with proper emphasis and in
tonatIon, aidedlby a sweet and sympa-
thetic voice. Mrs. Gooche is the only
American WOMAN VINO mas ndu In0
temerity to attack this subject of
American Housekeeping in Mexico,
and this difficult attempt Is her first
attempt at composition. The title of
the book gives but slight idea of the
work. It enters into descriptions of
architecture e, the condition of society
and relative subjects, and opens up a
mine of information very interesting
and useful 10 the intelligent reader
and traveller The style is in the ia
miliar colloquial narrative order, but
often when the feelings are embraced,
it rises to the tenGerest pathos. Mrs.
Gooche has really Ieaped over all
those small distractions met general
ly by authors, and with the keen dis
cernation ofa woman uf an exceed
ingly bright and versatile mind. It'll
= no exaggeratlon to say that she will at
once take rank IN the front class of
American authors, and of whom the
South, especially Texas, will be proud.
The book will be profusely illus
trated and will be published in Octo.
Der.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
Originated With the wasp.

The art of making paper from wood
originated long before man ever
dreamed of it. On drowsy summers
day the wasp alights on somebody's
front fence and slows away in his
hind legs all the loose fiber he can
gather This he mixes with saliva
and forms into a substantial paper
covering for his nest. The male
wasps usually die in the winter. and
the females, alternating in some
warm, sheltered nook, come OFT with
the sunshine and become the mothers
CT new broods. Wasps secrete them
selves in leaves, pounce upon the
young bees that come out to gather
honey, kill them and carry them home
to feed their larvae. The wasp also
kills for the same purpose spiders and
caterpillars.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
Beware of Articles Headed

DdAlHS GO"uOE 1TStupS,
"POison at the Front Door,"
"Worso than Sneak Thieves" &c.
A cunning set of vendors of a
cooking preparation have been, for
years, imposing upon housekeepers
They have advertised their product
as absolutely pure;' all the time
using cheap poison, natures sicken-
ing drug-Ammonia The way they
have imposed upon people has been
bv sleek advertising. The public have
been caught by this large advertising,
not knowing that their powder con-
tanned an animal eXcrement. Lately
came forward the great chemists of
this country and said: This is
wrong, this baking powder is polluted
with an eXcrement. Nature does not
approve it. What has passed from
the system should not re-enter as
food" Our family physicians say:
'The sale of the excrementious
sub ,tance-Ammonia-in food
preparation is horror, and should be
made state offense."
When the first thunder OF the accu'
sation came. they tried the plan of in.
difference. Now, wounded, they speak.
10 contradict the great chemists :?
No. They dare not say that their bak'
ing powder does not contain princi.
pie of manure. Ar Aligned, accused,
scientifically indicted for an outra-
geous treSspass upon public innocence
and public Gecency, they make no
response, though their accusers occu.
py the highest chairs of scientific
learning in the United States.
Lately they have been spending
some of the money accumulated 10y
practicing dangerous deception up n
society, in newspaper speech. Gun.
ningly publishing articles under the
heading of Baking Powder Tramps,' y
"Poison at the Front Door,
"WoIse than Sneak Thieves" etc, and
palming them off as articles written by
all the editors. Is not the public tired
of dealing with company that has so
long sold them baking powder CON
tanning so disgusting drug?
On the other hand the chemists GER
tify that "Dr. Prices Cream Baking
| Powder is free from Ammonia, free
from Alum, free from Lime, free from
any ingredients not harmless anC
wholesome, or not found in the foods
provided by nature" and the "mos
J perfect made" The United States anC
| Canadian governments have caused
| the baking powders on the market tt
be examined, and have placed DIR
Prices" at the head of the entire list
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
Another Murd-r T. ar Oned.


John J. Lewis is upon the sstreets
of Houston again, having been par
doned by Governor Ireland. 1t will
be remembered that Lewis was SEN
fenced on the oath of December,
1882, to five years imprisonmemnt in
the penitentiary for the murder Of
George Miles Rhodes. The case was
not appealed and no new trial was
asked for. as the punishment was
considered exceedingly light. The
murder was committed in October,
1882, and occurred about as follows:
A brother of the murdered man had
been gambling at faro table where
LawIs was dealing, and had some
harsh words with Lewis. Shortly
after this Lewis came down stairs and
saw Miles Rhodes, a. brother of the
man who had cursed him, standing in
front of the Dissen House. Rhodes
at the time was cutting chew of
tobacco with his knife, when Lewis
deliberately shot him The wound
proved mortal and Rhodes died the
following morning. He left wife
and several small children in
rather impecunious circumstances.
The impression at the time the
murder was committed was that
Lewis would hang. and upon what
ground executive clemency was gran
| ted is not known.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
AMEs d. FIsH's MARRIAGE
The Husband Of SalIte Reber. The On
err SINGER who Died in March

The Husband of SalIte Reber. The On
era Singer who Died in March.
The latest sensational development
ment IN the case of James d. Fish, ex-
president of the Marine bank, New
I ork, is that he was the husband of
Sallie Reber Laing, the opera singer,
who died on March 10th last. She
was known on the stage as SallIe
| Reoer, and was at one time a mem
Der of the Boston Ideal troupe. Her
relations with Fish began shortly af-
| terithe. death of her first husband.
These eliminated in May, 1884, about
the time Fish became Involved in
his financial difficulties, in a private
marriage, which, in order to escape
the notorlety that would ensue, she
stipulated should be kept secret until
such time as he was free again, These
troubles, which at first appeared tenn
porary, became more harassing as
time went by. She still insisted upon
her original stipulation, and did to
the hour of her death, which was as
sudden and unexpected to her friends
as it was to herself. The issue of this
marriage to Mr.. Fish was a daughter
bora February oath, at Carlstadt, n.
) and which Is now with friends of
Mr. Fish, under his care and direc-
ton. Friends of Fish, and Fish him
self, at first denied the story of the
marriage to the dead opera singer, when
1t came out this week in the New Y ork |
papers. Yesterday Fish admitted the |
truth of the reports. To those who |
were familiar with the habits and in
cllnatlOns OF Mr.. Fish, there was moth !
Ing surprising at all IN the story of |
such escapades as this with Mrs.
Laing. She it was who fig cred as the
"mysJeriCus woman" who came from
James D. Fish, at the Mystic Flat, In
New York, in the weeks following
the crash of the Marine Bank. Fish
had weakness for tinsel and tights,
when female forms were en- closed in
them. He hung about the opera
houses and theatres where comic
opera was given. He paid his way
n the usual way to the privileged
places behind the scenes, and spent
literally in providing the little wine
'uppers, which were hell after the
all of the curtain.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

Closed heavy; No. 2 red sfo4A; afloat01 OK;
elevator sl.O61s delivered; No. 2 red May,
SI024G 0s, closed 81 on June 8. ozA0i. o34
$1.04%.
CORN-Market opened spot lots firm
closed weak; options opened firm closed heavy
No. 2 b69s@56hc; elevator 57k057X; afiOat-
No. May 66S0564c. closing 65lzc; June 65k
0h5Sc, closing 6SAc; July, b6A0561Sc, closing
CUFFEE-spotfair, Rio market quiet ss.oox;
options opened lower but closed steady: sales
s SS. bags si May Y ssS June sSsos0 July
g SU J9 HRasMfs fir9. clarified sxeSx:
extra clarified, 6N@5Xc; white extra ciari..
ied; 51S; mould A. Sh standard aSs A. 81 con
MoIASsEIsSMarRet firm; 50 S test 10.
RICE-Market firm pnd In moderate de.
mand.
RASIN-Market firm, s, osH.
TURPENTINE-Market steady.
WOOLEMarket quiet, steady domestic, 9ec;
L1Rp0Market 9ss points lower; spo.
Observation-Disclosures.
BEEF-Market quiet and unchanged.
CUT MEATS-Market du |: long clear S6.7b.
TALLOW-Markets steady at 70,
HAMS-S9 A01o:A.
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, May 49, FLOUR-Mar-
ket higher; choice, S4.9l05.Oo; fancy, $6.l60
patents: s. %; Minnesota patents, ss.ooSS sc;
CORN -Market firmer in fair demand,
mixed, goose; white e3@64c; no yellow here.
OATS-Market quiet, easier, choice western
47048.
CORNMEAL-Market moderate demand;
higher, quiet, supply good; stock large; $3.50
LARD-Market steady and in moderate de-
mand refined fierce, $6.87x.
PORK-Market dull, moderate demand;
HAY-Market fair demand for choice
prime, $l8.OOG2l.0 choice to fancy S21 600
BULK MEATS Quiet, shoulders packed
-BACON-dull: shoulders, nominal ~ long
clear 6Xc; clear ribs &c,
BRAN.Moderato demand, lower supply
.HAAIMS..steady; choice sugar-cured canvased
WHISKY-Market steady; Western rectined
81 .05G11.25.
COFFEE-Market dull: Rio cargoes, ordi-
nary to prime, Sc. 1901 80.
476@5Sc; fair to fully fair Sos 8 Ice;
prime to choice, 5hc; yellow clarified $40
5Sc; coffee white, 5s66x.
MOLASSES = Market quiet, centrifugal
common to good common 17022c; fair to
fully fair 23026c; prime to strictly prime, 2e0
33c.
RICE-Market steady, active local demand;
ordinary to prime, 4x&54c.
BRAN-Market nominal; held by dealers ct
COTTON SEED oIL-Market dull; prime
crude, 30hc; summer yellow. &c cake, 2lxc;
refined. $50.
CITY COKE-Market. 24,kN24xc
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
List of Patents.

The following patents were granted
to citizens of Texas, bearing date May
II, 1885. Reported expressly for this
paper by Louis Bagger IL Co., Me-
chanical Experts and Solicitors of
Patents, Washington, D. G. Advice
free.
Brooks, A. A. and A. j., Macomb,
Pitman-rod, 317,219. Conacher, Alex,
San Antonio, Refrigerating apparat-
us, 3l7,629. Dunn, w. W., Fort
Worth, Water-wheel, 1884. Graves,
w. W., Whitesborough, Sliding Gate,
3l7,765. Horton, II. A. r., Cleburne,
Matchmaker pliers, 317,648 Lamb,
q. w., Bowie. apparatus for hosting
bales on wagons, 3l7.803. McRea, j.
A, Austin, Churn, 317,559.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
Education o women In Europe.

In regard TO the education of women
a radical change has come over Europe
during the pas few years. In 1870,
women were first admitted to the
University of Sweden. In Russia
women may now pursue their studies
in all the great universities. Last
year. for the first time, women entered
the University of Brussels. About a
score of women are now in attendance
at the University of Geneva, and the
number of women is much larger at
the University of Zurich. among
them being severed American girls.
The way is now open in Italy for
women to pursue a collegiate course,
and in fact many are availing them
selves of the privilege. There are
probably more women pursuing a
collegiate course in France than in
any other country in Europe, and the
number will soon be much increased
through the operation of the law
establishing intermediate schools fol
girls.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
Under Peculiar Pressure
WacODay.


The President has revoked the ap-
pointment Of James Blackburn, broth
Ell of Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky,
is Internal Revenue collector, under
y very peculiar pressure. 1t appears
hat in 1851, when Mr.. Blackburn was
mere STRIPPING aud had just joined
the Confederate army, he wrote let
ter to his young wife. It was a silly,
boyish effusion, full of extravagant
boasts about the havoc he intended to
wreak in the Union ranks Just such
letter, in fact, as the YOU thful and
hot-blooded warriors OF either side
were in the habit Of writing at that
time. This letter was intercepted and
published in some of the Northern
papers. The other day when the news
of Blackourn's appointment trans
pired, Boston paper reSurrected
the foolish outburst and reprinted
it. It seams hard to believe that the
Administration would reject Mr.
Blackburn on account of what he
said he was going to do twenty-four
years ago. A mere piece of bombast
for the edifcation of his girl wife
Yet such is the case. 1t is not diff
cult to imagine the effect produced OF
Kentuekians by the episode. They
are hardly less astonished than hui.
( inflated.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
The Capitol Contract.

For worth GaZette.
The constant recurrent of the talk
about the abandonment of the capitol
contract by the Chicago syndicate
either indicates that there are some
morbid sensationalIsts around Austin
or that the members Of the syndicate
are great fools. The three million
acres of land which Texas has devoted
to the erection of the new capitol form
a principality such as never before
opened up to the grasp of private in
divlduals in republican government.
In few years its value will be untold.
That moneyed men af brains and
experince should relinquish it is
absurd, and in the absence of absolute
proof is simply unbelievable.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
Grain and revision Markets.
CHICAGO.

CHlOAGO.
CHICAGO, May 1o.-FLOUR-Market quiet,
WHEAT-Market higher, but slow prices,
advanced Il to 1c, but later eased off and closed
Il to q above yesterday; NO: RED cash $l.i6,i
al .07; May and June, $1.06AQ1: O69s; closing,
$l;06A; July, $l-970l.O77s; closing, Slo77sU
C0RN = Market higher but inactive closing
u above yesterday; No: red cash, gg4Sc;
closed 1870; July, 47047Ac, closed 47c; year
CORN MEAL-Market higher $2.4O02.45.
WHlSKY-Steady S114.
PROVISIONS-Dull, only job trade.
PORK-Market active and firmer, advanced
10 to 15c; cash $11.12h closed 81. 1O91I IN;
July s11. 17K01I 30; closed S11 29011.22h.
LARD-Market gu ct but steady, 2h to
higher; cash May and June. $6.75G6. TN; July,
Boxed MEATs-Market steady: dry sailed
shoulders, $4.3o944e; Short ribs $66o@5. GIN;
short clear So l096l5.
BACON-LOng clear $6.2eO$6.31h; SholG
ribs Ss.4O06.5O; stoit clear S5.6o@ $40.
CUT MEATS~Market dull; long clear mid
-H12MSMChoice sugar cgred but steady
AT the Afternoon Board wheat easier y
lower; corn u to u lower; pork unchanged;
| lard III higher.
81. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, May 19.-FLOUR-Market firm
| but quiet; Xxx s. .6503.75; family, $1,000
40; choice. s4.65@4.65, fancy s4-soG5s5; pat
en WH ii29isG opened fraction higher,
| then declined * to u, then recovered and
closed u to u abOAe yesterday; No: req,
cash, s1o55s; May, 81 :o6N June. S1.o6h@i;o64
closing sl.O65s; July ,s1o7A@l.07 ;closing Sl'o7A
coRS-Market frmer, but very slow; No. 2
mixed. cash 45%c; May 45Ac; June 45A046c
closing 4Sc; July, 457s 0461sc; closing 46c.
OATS-Market firm but dull; No. mixed
cash, 37Hc; bid May, S7037hc.
RICE-Market higher; Tic bid.
BARLEY-N0 sales.
| HA Market firm prairie 81 .5OO13 90
| Timothy S14. oO@16 90.
WOOfeMarket active and firm tub wash
ed 22@2sc; unwashed 1og2ohc; Kansas, 10
CORN MEAL.-Marketf irmer. 81 70@S2.S5.
| WHISKY-Market steady at S1.13.
PROVISIONS Market quiet,
PORk-JQbbiDg 81 .25;
BULK MEATS--Long clear, $5.65; short I'll
$5.75; short clear, $685.,
BACON-LOng clear, S6.0016.15; short I'll
SC. 10; short clear. $6.35g6.50.
HAMS-Market steady at 9.0O@10.O0.
LARD-S6. 6066.65.
BUTTEk-Market quiet and firm
EGGS-Market dull western fresh 1905 81
Aft afternoon board wheat closed H TO u
. over; AID corn declined nc.
At afternoon board wheat declined 4 10
. | and corn dropped u.
{ NEW YORg.
NEW YORK, May. l9-FLOUR-Markt
quiet, firm; spring stock dull and shao
c WfHfEAT-Market for spot lots higher; 0
c tons opened strong, afterwards weakened an
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

Attention is called to the fact that
at DR.. Tobin's drug store can be found
a large and complete stock of wall pa
pers, embracing everything in that
line, from the cheapest to the most
elaborate and expensive, and the de-
signs are so numerous that one is a.
most bewildered in making a selec-
tion. Many of the most handsomely
decorated residences and places of bus
iness in the city have been supplied
from DR.. Tobin's, and reference to
them will confirm the fact that they
cannot be excelled. Borders, extern
sions, dadoes, corners, centr,s to
match, and all at very low Irices
Also a lot of remnants-beaLt full
stYles-at a nominal price.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
Oceans of Wealth But no Happiness

New York Commercial Advertiser.
The beautiful house of Leland
Stanford, in San Francisco, is more
like mausoleum than home. Sell
dom is Its threshold passed by stran-
ger, while by those who have pene-
trated here, the occasional actions of
the master and its mistress are de-
scribed as most strange. She drags
herself through the cold
corridors and lonely rooms,
wringing her hands and moan
ing "AlI is a desert" while he wan
ders aimlessly about, sad, despon-
dent and broken-hearted mn. Pic
lures of the dead boy are seen of
every size and on every side, and lend
additional horror to the scene. There
are already twelve or fifteen in place,
eight of which, by Bonnat, of Paris,
are twice lifesizp, and are most hor-
rible libels on the painters art.
The cost of these portraits is between
$4,000 and $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21
'sSrs,
Brief Paragraphs Ca herd Jn and
Ahnut The CnuitOl


About the Capitol.
The Treasury receipts yesterday
amounted to $4,000, the most part
belonging to the general revenue.
Report says that the Sam Houston
Normal School is to be reorganiZed on
new footing, by the opening of the
next scholastic year.
The concert to be given at the clos
ing exercises of the Blind Asylum on
the 5th of June, promises to be of I'M
usual interest. During the present
year over 100 pupils have been en-
rolled. The school will reopen in
September.
DR.. Denton, Superintendent of the
Insane Asylum, has been commits
stoned delegate, by Governor Ire
land, to attend the National Confer
ence on Charities and Corrections.
The pardon of Charles War
rem, by the Governor yesterday
brings to light an old tragedy and
goes 10 show the varying fortunes
that occur in brief lifetime. Warren
killed a man in McLennan County in
1861. He vas sentenced to be hung,
but made his escape. Going East he
joined a Tennessee company, and
fought all through the civil war, win
ming high reputation for bravery.
lie returned to Texas at the close of
the war, but stunning his former
home on account of unpleasant men,
cries, journeyed farther west. He
prospered, and was regarded by all his
neighbors as one OF the best citizens.
BY a peculiar chain of circumstances
however, a few months ago, the secret
OF his life leaked out, and he was ar
rested and brought back to Waco. 1t
seemed very hard that after the lapse
of a quarter of a century, the awful
death sentence should be executed on
a man who, during all those years, had
borne an excellent name, and whose
hair the lapse of nearly three
score and ten years had
made silvery white. A number of
prominent gentlemen, on learning all
the facts in the case, took deep inter-
est in Warren and at once began to
exert themselves in his behalf. Gen.
2oss, of Waco, in particular, felt
moved to use his endeavors in the |
same humane cause. He accordingly |
came to Austin and laid the matter |
before Governor Ireland, with the
happy result indicated in the begin
ring. A full and unconditional par
don has been extended Warren, who
is thus allowed to end his days in
quietude and happiness.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-21

A curious observation has been
made by DR.. Copeland, an English as
tronomer. While watching one of
Jupiter's satellites he was able to see
it pass over its own shadow on the
planet. For this to nave happened,
the sun, the earth, the satellite and
the part of Jupiter's disk occulted
must have been all in one straight
line, and, as seen from Jupiter, the
earth must have appeared making a
transit across the sun.