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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

winch was Dabned In ON THE VERANDA.
the rays of the setting sun. Mrs. Cleveland's
eyes appeared 70 be following his finger, and
the two were evidently enjoying the pictuc-
esque scenery Of hill and valley, city and
river, which was spread out like great map
below them There are few finer views in the
United States than those seen from Washing
ton hills The president has well named his
cottage Oak View; for from it, whichever
way you turn, some of the finest of natures
beauties greet your eyes, The view to the
west takes in the Virginia mountains, and at
this part of the cottage a little window
crowned with a portico leads out upon bal
cony which might have served for Juliet in
her love scenes with Romeo. 1t forms dash
of red and brown against the gray stone of
the western side of the house, and it is SO sit
uated that the occupant of the chamber which
looks out upon it will be always famed by
the soft breezes of the Potomac.
The house is now occupied by Mrs. Folsom,
Mrs. Cleveand's mother, who will preside
over it during the winter. The president and
his wife will drive out to it occasionally, and
Mrs. Cleveland win fly to IL whenever she
crows tired of Washington society. 1t is too
small to ever become great place of enter
tainment, but as a resting place and home,
Il is all that could be. desired.
This drive to the presidents country home
has become the fashionable one of Washing
TON and it is nightly filled with gay carriages
and dashing equestrians. Many of the turn
outs have coachmen and footmen in livery,
and senator's generals and fashionable ladies
ride within them. During my Last drive along
tbis road l saw jaunty couple on horseback
coming com toward me- The horses were high
INVITED steeds. whose necks were arched and
Whose Ir limbs moved freely as they galloped up
tbo road. The riders were gray whiskered
oIJ J nan in a suit of statesmanlike clothes and
o- oo Ell low crowned hat of black felt, which
80 0oi crowded down over his white locks, and
= -, rsrv pretsy young lady in a natty black
..;d;nS snit Both sat straight In their saddles,
and tba wind had famed the fair complexion
tt 49,, W. ,vhta wbiskered gentleman into roses.
o. :, beredness looked pair OF cold, pierre
~ bue ewes. and as the face came nearer us
nass and ears appeared strangely familiar. ~
~, rs senator Edmunds and his daughter oue
r;dinr They looked neither 70 tne Igns . hot
I !Sa ~, q. thew dashed by, and noted that
s sSo Vermont senator's reins were tau1, anu
that he was enjoying his rios as mueT F y
ever Jockey did steeplechase. ee ;SI,.O and
r,unds Is very fond Of horseDacA iiuD . 80 80.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

he said not long ago that he had built his new
house on the end of Massachusetts, avenue In
order that he might be near the country.
He takes a constitutional nearly every day,
and have seen him riding behind prancing
team of bays with his wife beside him, and
the reins in his own hands.
There is no more beautiful driving country
in the United States than that which sur
rounds the national capital 1t is gently
rolling, and drives in any direction will give
you series of most charming views. The
roads are good, and the climate is so mild that
the drives keep up throughout the winter.
Don Cameron is another great rider and he
and his daughter came on horseback from
Harrisburg to Washington within a few
weeks. Kate Field may often be seen upon
the track. Secretary Bayard spends much
time in the saddle, and his daughter Kate,
who died last winter, was one of the most nc.
complished equestriennes in the country.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
etandlnr bv The so,d,, :.

Circuit Judge McCallum, OF Iowa, began
his career at the bar characteristically. HIS
first case was before justice Of marked NOR
atty, who was extremely harsh with Grimm.
ais The weakness of the old Puritan was
his veneration for veterans OF the war, all Of
whom he esteemed as unrewarded heroes.
McCallum had fought four years. His client
was thief. 1.-THE only thing can do for
YOU" said McCallum, after having gained
the mans confidence, sis to implore the mercy
of the court. When you 60 ON the stand tell
the whole TRUTH
The man had stolen COW, killed it, sold
the hide, and taken the carcass home to his
family, which was really suffering for the
necessaries Of life. The prosecution, with a
long line of witnesses. had made out perfect
case, and the brow of the Justice was draped
in ominous frowns when the prisoner was
called. The latter did as directed by his at
torney, concealing nothing-from the almost
starving condition Of his wife and family to
the dressing of the stolen beef
snow, your honor,n said McCallum, 'the
defense has no witnesses. My client is
guilty. He has hidden nothing from this
court 1t is the first time he ever transgressed
the laws He was inspired to do wrong by
that instinct which we even admire in brutes.n
Then, turning to the prisoner, as II the fact
had nearly escaped him, McCallum said: SPY
the way, you were soldier in the late war,
were you notFn
eyes, sir.n
@Weren't you at Gettysburgs"
eyes, sir.n
$50 was /. And you were in other historic
battles, fighting for your country, while your
wife and family suffered from want at
homel"
Eyes, sir"
The prosecution at this point saw the way
the case was drifting and attempted to ridi-
cule the "old soldier Defense" as the prosecut-
ing attorney named it,
The effect on the old justice was to arouse
all his loyalty and Indignation. Enough Of
this" said he bringing his hand down ON the
lesk in front of him with laundering thud.
mo soldier, no man who has shed his best
blood for his country, not even If he be a
criminal can be reviled In my presence. The
risoner is discharged. And, sir, when you
are suffering for the necessaries of life again
come to men
The joke was too good to keep. McCallum
told the justice one day that the old soldier
was an Confederate, but never again did
IcCallum practice in that court. Chicago
News.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
! t'I1 VlR \


Miller started life as drug clerk, made a
success as doctor and then studied law. He
had made reputation in Iowa when he was
appointed by Lincoln twenty-three years ago.
He now stands next TO Chief Justice Waite
on the account Of his length of service, and
be Is one of the most able Of the judges It
was thought that he would be chosen chief
Justice ct the time Waite was chosen, but
politics work In mysterious ways and its
doings are beyond the power Of prophecy.
FRANK q. CARPENTER
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
State NEWS.

There is fine opening at Huntsville
for frst-class baker.
The citizens of Bryan have raised over
$4,000 for compress, and are now max.
ing arrangements to have one erected al
Bryan.
The building boom at McGregor con-
tinues, and among other improvements is
a calaboose, so that the city laws can be
reinforced.
Mr.. Thomas E. Behrens, of Dallas, was
married Wednesday evening at the Epis-
copal church, to Miss Hsrry Bedell, of
Hampstead.
News reached Huntsville Thursday that
Mr.. Manning, of Groveton, had, on We'd
nesday, shot and MORALLY wounded ex-
Sheriff Chandler, of Trinity county.
A corner in Mexican oranges was af-
fected this week by reason of Chicago
house buying up the entire crop at
Monterey. Prices at Laredo jumped
from 50 per hundred to SIS.
John L. Merchant, wealthy stockman
of Abilene was seriously injured at Van
Horn, station on the Texas and Pacific
railroad Wednesday. In attempting to
step on the caboose lost his balance and
fell backwards against the rail thereby
injuring his spine.
A beautiful 4-year-old boy was received
at the city hospital Thurs lay, at Dallas,
having been abandoned by his mother,
who is reported to have married drum
mer and gone west. He says his name is
Gentry, that he and his mother came to
Dallas he knows not where from and that
his father was put down in hole in the
ground.
Gilbert Cook, colored boy about IL or
IA years of age, living with his parents,
about ten miles south of Holland, in Bell
county, was killed by charge of buck
shot, fired by some unknown person,
about IL o'clock Thursday night. The
superstition is that he was mistaken in
the darkness for his brother, who is some
years older.
A difficulty arose Wednesday evening at
Abilene between the constable of that
precinct and young Thomas. Words were
soon turned into blows. Thomas was
taken homo by his friends. There he got
a pistol and started back to Abilene when
he let it fall to the ground, discharging a
ball into his leg, penetrating the hip. The
wound is not pronounced dangerous.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
He Thought It Was an optical DeIuslon.

He Thought It Was an Optical DeI0sion.
The story Of the twins is the latest. A
father Of twins was naturally very proud Of
them, and when they came TO presentable
age be insisted on friend calling TO see them.
The friend agreed and named the day. The
twins were dressed in their best, put side by
side in an arm chair and awaited inspection.
Now, the friend bad been Iuncbing rather
heavily and drinking rather freely, and con-
sequently his vision was not as perfect as It
ought 10 have been. However, be went to
admire the twins, and was ushered into the
room where they were. "There," exclaimed
the proud father, ssiid you ever see anything
to match tbatr Tue visitor, conscious VI tho
possibility Of an optical delusion. quietly re-
piled: "Quite right; it's a splendid child
EXCHANGE
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
Favorite Instruments.

For an old maid, the piano forty; for the
burglar, the lutte; for the commercial tray
eler, the drum; for the farmer, the hoe boy;
for the country hotel, the vile inn; for the
Freemasons, the symbols; for the pawn
broker, the Jews harp; for the politician, the
organ; for lovers, the mouth harmonica. =
Waif.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

Washington and
the Virginia noun
tains. The sun was
just setting as I
rode past it one
evening last week,
and 1 saw "a pretty
picture upon the
vel'anda Of the sec
ond story. Prcsi-
dent Cleveland and
his wife wore stand.
ing there under the
pagoda like :oof
which crowns this
corner Of the build
ing, and the presi-
dent was pointing
toward the Wash
ington monument,
which yvoc hathad in
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

II think have suffered more at the hands
Of the southerners than any man l ever
knew said q. A. Il. man the other day.
II was seven times wounded, was imprisoned
at Andersonville for year, had my house
burned at Gettysburg and married a southern
widow -Exchange.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
sTEIN,s nRAWIHGl

The following are the successful mum
bers that came out in the drawing of II
Stein d Co. Saturday morning:
1857, 159, 1889, 1876, 3102, S0O9
1880, so, 5174, 1896, 1888, 1906, 531, 1927
556S, 81, 1921, 1O,4SJ, $500, 1866, $50
1857, 1864, 1G0, 1888, 1906, 2151, 1874
6115, 6452.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

President Cleveland's cottage has been
transferred from an old stone farm house
into one as pretty as any you will find at our
great seaside resorts. A story has been added
to it, and about $4,000 worth of i'm
provements, ! should judge, have been
put upon it. 1t has a roof painted
a dark, velvety red, and it has two wide
porches, each of which gives views of
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

Some Of the fashion Journals are In
quandary. The altitude Of the winter hats
offered for illustration makes It necessary
either to lengthen the columns Of the paper
or reduce the scale Of the drawings Buffalo
Express.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

The supply Of natural gas is reported to be
giving signs of exhaustion In some portions
Of Pennsylvania, end many housekeepers
and manufacturers RE becoming nervous
about the matter. OF course thoss who own
eas well stock deny The reportz
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

John L. Cowles, a negro living on Col
M. F. Steele's place at Millican while at
tempting to jump off No. 8, a freight
train Wednesday night was caught and
instantly killed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
ADyICls I,, MnTUFHs.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. II
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays all pain, cures wind colo, and is the
best remedy for diarrhoa. s25c. bottle
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

HIS sign Is nalled
against a tree
at one correr Of
President Cleve-
lands coun tr y
home. 1t guards
the entrance to a
well used lane lead
ing to ward his
barn, and it is made
of two short strips
of board W hic b
once formed a part
of an old soap box.
The letters upon it
are ldelV painted
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
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Removes Constipation, prevents Malaria,
cures Dyspepsia, and gives new life to the
system. Only one for a dose. Free Samples
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

Mothers, do not fail, at the first indica-
tions of cough to give your children a
few doses of DR.. ]. II. McLean's Tar Wine
Lung Balm. % cents a bottle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
SEsEY
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'ch in flavor, mild and elegant in taste. 1t does
ot contain one drop of impure oil. Being genuine
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tad IS fine tonic for use in malarial sections. It
greatly prevents attacks Of Pneumonia: splendid
tonic for weak lungs and feebleness. Most excellent
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Cap-Sundi

In green, and the private PROF. erUy is COM
bination Of capitals and small letters mixed
together with little regard for the beauties
of photography The presidents country
home has been greatly improved since last
spring. The grounds have been trimmed, a
wire fence with green posts has been made
around the whole estate, and new entrance
road has been cut in from Woodley lane.
The banks of this have been sodded, and the
drive which leads to the presidents front
porch winds about and ascends gradually
until it reaches the red rooted porte cochere
at the corner Of the cottage. The president
has spent the past summer in making i'm
provements, and he is now planting little
orchard of trees at the back of the
house. The soil, however, is mixture
of terra Gotta clay and gravel which has no
life giving properties whatever. Referring to
it one of the joking statesmen Of Washington
says that the presidents oat crop was very
poor, though he planted the oats in hills four
feet apart, like corn, and put only three grains
in hill Nevertheless, it will raise grass, trees
and flowers, and it will be in the future one
of the prettiest little homes about Washing
ton. The president is fast adding to it all the
modern conveniences. The rusty old barn
still stands, but two modest sheds are being
built beside it and gigantic windmill has
been put up in the barnyard. This windmill
adds picturesqueness to the scene 1t is as
high as the house, and consists of a great pale
green derrick, with red and green wheel
with an arrow at its back upon the top This
wheel keeps continually moving to the music
of the breezes which always blow at this high
altitude, and as drove past it to-day it was
anging itself about worse than the tabled
giant of Don QuIxote.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

WASHINGTON, Dec, Is.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
THE PRESIDENTS HOME.
OAK VIEW COTTAGE AND ITS SUR
RoUNDlNGS.
senator Edmunds and His Daughter on
Horseback-.The Supreme Court and Its
Members-Judge Miller and His Velvet
Cap-Sundry Capital Gossip.

Especial c orrespondence.l
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-15

DIRECTLY described as an ascending
spiral, and the wind moves in a
circuit about the storm center. The
peculiar funnel shape of a cyclone cloud is
explained by REYE in the following man
ner: ''While on the earth's surface tue
storm wind in spiral curves gradually flows
inward, it forces the flying storm clouds in
spiral curves outward and removes them
away from the axis of the cyclone" The
clouds move in spirals opposed TO the move
ments of the lower winds. In its course
the cyclone describe parabolic track.
Science has been at a loss To determine
the exact causes of cyclones, but there is
no reason TO doubt that in some way they
owe their origin TO the immense mechan-
zeal power stored up i'm the heat and vapor
of moist air. Whenever there begins the
process of condensation of yapor into cloud
there at once occurs an influx of air from
all sides to fill up the partial vacuum thus
created. FERREL shows that this influx of
air toward a central region is Immediately
followed by the formation of whirl whose
subsequent development is entirely de-
pendent on the supply of moist air. A
cyclone theory advanced in some quarters
is to the effect that cyclones do not owe
their destructive force so much to the velOc-
ity of the wind as to an electric force.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-15
THE CYCLONE HORROR.

The cyclone has again marked out his
path of desolation across Minnesota terri
tory, and the horrors of New Ulm and
Rochester have been repeated at st. Clou d
and Sank Rapids The details of the ter
rible calamity which befell these two towns
late yesterday afternoon appear in full in
the GLOBES columns this morning. and tell
a tale of scenes which make the heart grow
sick. There was no token of the approach
of the storm monster, which was to COM
plete such terrible destruction. If it had oc-
CURED in midsummer at the regular cyclone
season the depressed barometer may have
served as a warning But a cyclone in
April was not anticipated. Even here in
st. Paul, outside of the weather signal
Office, there was perhaps not person in
the city who would have believed it if he
had been told at the time that cyclone
was at that moment devastating two of
Minnesota's fairest towns. No one eX-
pected that the cyclone monarch would fol-
low so close on the retreating steps of the
Ice King.
To add to the horror of the situation at
st. Cloud and Sank Rapids, scarcely had
the cruel cyclone swept by on its destruc-
tive course than the pail of a stormy night
settled down upon the two towns and made
the work of rescue and giving aid to the
suffering all the more difficult. All night
long the clouds hung heavy in inky black
ness, the rain pouring down, the lightning
flashing, and the rolling thunder adding its
solemn tones TO Ume wall of distress which
went up freG the stricken cities. The pa
thetic appeal for succor which comes from
our sister cities up the river will
surely strike a sympathetic cord in the gen.
erous heart of st. Paul. and from our
ample store we will all contribute to relieve
them in this, the hour of their dire
calamity. Our sympathy they have But
on such an occasion as this one charitable
act or generous deed is worth more than a
world of sympathy. st. Cloud and Sank
Rapids appeal to st. Paul for help-for
substantial aid-and on behalf of our peo-
pie the GLOBE is warranted in saying that
it shall be extended.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-15
Industrial Items.

The employees OF the Kittaning Iron COM
eany's Rebecca furnace at kittaning, Pa,
have struck for an advance of 10 per cent.
in their wages. The men and the operators
are very quiet, and the outlook for an adjust
ment is not very encouraging.
Tho Western Nail associations annual
meeting was held ut Wheeling, W. Va, yes
teTday. Members refuse to say what was
done concerning the compromise with locked
out workmen. No change was made in the
scaling card of the nails.
L. ". Powdcrly suggests the Issuance of a
circular 10 the Knights of Labor everywhere
asking members to turn every dollar they
can into the hands of the Southwest in sup
port OF the fight against Could
A largely attended mass meeting was held
I'm Washington last night, at which resolutions
were adopted calling for the enforcement OF
the eight-hour law.
The report that Cass Jones, wounded in the
shooting at East St. Louis on Friday night,
was dead is premature. The doctors now
look for his recovery.
No action has yet been taken in the matter
OF the appointment of the committees sug-
gested by the merchants of ST. Louis at their
meeting yesterday.
The strikers at Belleville, ILL.,, are quiet.
No call for troops has been made, and no
trouble is anticipated
James Schollard. a victim OF the shooting at
East ST. Louis who dird on Tuesday, was
buried yesterday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-15
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.

Through the efforts of DIR. Mary Walker
DR.. w. H. Hale, of Washington, under arrest
at Pittsburg, charged with defrauding his
CT editorf, has been released.
The Payne investigating committee at
Columbus, Ohio, has decided to submit two
reports to the house.
Owing TO the floods in the south mails for
New Orleans from New York, Philadelphia.
Baltimore and Washington have been ordered
sent via the Cincinnati s. Milan route. This
occasions delay of about twelve hours.
The report of Rev. DIR. Charles Reilly, treas
urer of the Irish National league of Chicago.
for the four weeks ending April 10, has been
made public. March 18th there was on hand
balance of S21, 1852, and receipts since
have increased this amount to $685. $50. r.
April draft for SOS, 500. 13 was sent to Par
nell, leaving balance OF $l1,2SS.66
At the meeting of the American Fisheries
association held at Chicago yesterday, the
following officers were elected: President,
5. w. Hudson, Hartford Conn., vice presi-
dent. W. l.. May, Fremont, Neb.; treasurer.
E. G. BlackfOrd, New York; recording secre-
tary, Frederick Mather, New York; cores
pondent secretary, w. A. Butler, Detroit.