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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.

The old college, with its own fixed
course of Latin, Greek and mathematics,
leading to its own degree, Bachelor of
Arts, is thing of the past. 1t did good
in its day, but its day is gone, never to
come again. Out of the old college, how
ever, as out of a germ, has grown the new
college with its several courses, each lead
ing to a separate degree, and the univer-
sity, with its manifold courses, leading to
degrees so numerous that it taxes the in
genuity of faculties to provide them
with names. This multiplication of
courses in American universities is their
characteristic feature, and is limited only
by the amount of the income with which
to pay professors.
That this widening of the field of study,
subjects as proper instrumentalities of
mental training together with CORES
ponding lengthen1ng of the time that
may be devoted to each, is a primary and
fundamental characteristic of our univer-
stiles, every catalogue issued by these in
situations last year will abundantly prove.
An American university is not an institu-
ton drawing its students from colleges,
as colleges draw theirs from high schools
There is no such graduation with us in
point of fact, as high schools, colleges,
university meaning thereby that the
proper course for young man to take
would be to pass through the three sue
cessively. The American university is at
best but an Overgrown college. A col
lege which has been enabled by increase
of endowment, to multiply its depart
ments,\ and to strengthen its faculty; a
| college whose chairs, by process of fis-
siparous generation, have given birth to
cognate subjects, and these in turn to
other cognate subjects, until, like Har-
ward, it may have as many as ninety dis
tinct subjects, taught by as many skilled
professors. But all this growth has been
around the original college. To change
the figure, the university has
not been made by putting
on another story, so much
as by building additional rooms on the
same level with those already erected
Sometimes an additional story is added,
but it is always q part of the original
building, connected directly and in many
ways with the story below, and controlled
by the same parties. The American uni
versity rests upon the high schools. When
the system is fully developed the high
schools regulate their course by the re
quirements of the universities. 1t is
case of concomitant variation If the
university raises its standard, the
high schools follow suit. If the
university lowers the standard of
admission the high schools require
less of their graduates. AS q
matter of fact there has been, except in
increasing the number of studies, but lit
tie variety in the character of require
ments for entrance in our larger univer-
stiles. About the same amount of Latin,
Greek and mathematics were required
twenty years ago as are required now.
Anyhow, whatever increase there has been
in these studies has been met by cores
ponding increase in preparatory work in
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25

Won MoLTKE, the veteran German sol
der, is reported to be very i'll. He is a
very old man, and nothing but an iron
constitution or an excessive and extraor-
binary vitality has kept him alive so long.
There are now no wars in contemplation
that would add fuel to that vitality, and in
all probability he will soon pass from the
stage of action and strife in which he has
played conspicuous part. Won Moltke
was perhaps the most scientific soldier of
his generation, and to him Prussia is
largely indebted for its position and rank
among nations.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25

The AUSTIN STATESMAN handles the deep
water question in statesman-like man
ner. It's cool arguments in favor of deep
water first at Galveston are in refreshing
contrast to some of the shrieks with which
two or three north Texas papers are try
ing to boom town lots at Gatorville. Gal
weston Tribune.
The AUSTIN STATESMAN attempts to han
die all local questions in disinterested
manner, looking to the good of the whole
state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25
Alfalfa Glover Seed

Johnson grass seed, big-headed German
millet seed, sorghum seed, oats, barley
rye, corn and wheat bran, oat and corn
chops, wheat, corn meal and -four always
on hand, in any quantity, at the lowest
prices. Highest market price paid for
bottom hay, oats, wheat and corn. Meal
exchanged for corn, at 2O3 West Pecan
street, opposite the postoffice.
G. j. MARTIN.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25

THE STATESMAN has just received copy
of the Texas Pioneer, a semi-monthly
paper published at Brazoria, Texas, by ).
II. Smothers, colored, originally of Dallas
The Pioneer is devoted to cOlored colon
igation and the progress of the negro race,
and the editor has started in good field
to accomplish some good.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25
WEEKLY STATESMAN.

The new lord lieutenant was coldly re-
ceived upon his state entry to Dublin,
yesterday. This is only another indica-
ton of the deep-seated hatred of the
Irish for everything English.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25

The rioters who have been burning out
and running off the Chinese, out west,
may have thought it very funny at the
time. The Taxpayers of the United
States, it is now announced, will have to
settle the bill of damages preferred by the
Chinese government. 1t is likely to turn
out very costly fun.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25

The most important question that has
demanded the attention of statesmen in
Texas, has been its land policy. Our pub
lie domain was vast wealth and the judicious
G1o & Il would have enabled the state of
Texas to bIild every school house, every
Jail, penitentiary, every asylum, and elee-
mosinary institutions of every kind for
all time to come, to build roads and free
bridges all over the state, to make every
character of public improvement in the
state of Texas superior TO that of any
other state, TO endow colleges and Il uni
versity, and equip them with superior APP
paratus, if this wealth of domain had
been wisely used. Judge Terrell had the
sagacity and foresight to comprehend this
fact in the inception of legislation on the
subject, aud he has pursued n consistent
and economic polly that, ifapplied by the
state, would have made Texas the state We
describe.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25
MEDICAL.

l. STRAY EDDY Reuben Hornsby. before B. c
- brown, justice peace, Travis county, January
II, 1851; bay horse, fourteen hands hiGb. or IN
Years old streak in face, branded on left shout
o anu on right thigh: also. bay horse mr.
wears Old, thirteen hands high, spot In the faco
ooIh nind teet white branded II b on left tbigb
and on left jaw. Appraised at si5. '--sn'
FRANK BROWN.
Clerk County Court of Travis Conniv
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25

MOODY AND SANKEY arrived at Calves
ton last night. The shaking up of the
sinners will begin to-day. There are some
hard cases in Galveston, and it is to be
hoped they will be scared out of their
wickedness.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25

TIE sad accident by which Frank Finch
son Of Mr.. Howell Finch, commercial
traveller was killed last evening al the
residence of A, s. Rutherford, on Lavaca
street, by loaded gun being acct
IDENTITY knocked or Jared down and going
of, sent fatal shot through the brain of
the bright little six-year-old boy, ought to
be a warming to persons having firearms
about their houses. Loaded guns ought
TO be hung up out of the reach of child
Ron, or the accident of being knocked
down, and loaded pistols ought to he kept
under lock and key. Little Frank is
spoken of by the neighbors as very
bright and promising child. Mr., Finch
was absent from the city at the time.
Hts home coming will. be heartrending.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25

or will be. candidate for the United
States senate.
OF course there ara preferences within
the party and these preferences will be
pushed with all the yigor of the friends of
elch candidate, but considering the high
character of all the candidates, it is to
be hoped that the preliminary campaign
will be conducted with spirit of fair
ness and courtesy that we are sure ami
mates the gentlemen themselves. 1t must
be remembered that all these gentlemen
are democrats, distinguished for ability
and purity of public and private life, and
newspapers ought not to say word
against either of them that would make
their support of the successful candidates
after nomination in one case, or election,
in the othec, embarrassing or inconsistent.
We regret to see, already, incorporate
remarks and groundless charges made and
intimated by the partisan press, of Gen
eral Ross, and think it due himself that
he would check the heat Cf his advocate.
Let the canvass be conducted upon the
highest principles of gentlemanly courte-
sy, and perfect fairness, and whatever the
result, the democratic party of Texas will
be satisfied. If there is one thing above
another that a Texan demands it is fair
play. Let us have it in this canvass so
that after the race the party will still
stand together, and harmonious in its
magnificent majority in this state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-25

| In)IiIH Send six cents for postage. and
1 PRIIN receive free, costly box of goods
4 UlIIl which will help all. of either sew
-. 'to more money right away tban,
any Ihlng else in this world. Fortunes await the
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-25
THE SEISMoGRAPH.
An Ingenious Application of simple Means
for the Regist ration of Earthquakes.

An Ingenious Application of simple Means
for the Registration of Earthquakes.
The Instrument which is known as
a s~eismograph slavery ingenious appli-
cation of simple mean for the purpose
desired, The best earthquake oiSerya-
| tory in the world is at Toxic. where
Prof. J. A. Ewing'S SeiSmographs for
automatically registering movements
of the ground during earthquakes,
originally destined for this observatory,
| have been in use 1880.
The horizontal pendulum seismo-
graph records two rectangular hori-
zontal components of each successive
displacement of the ground, in con-
junction with the time. on a revolving
plate of smoked glass. Two horizontal
pendulumS, pivotcd On the same base
by sharp steel points in sapphire sock
cts, furnish two steady points, with
respect to north-south and east-weSt
motion respectively. The pendulums
are furnished with an adjustment by
which they + put in nearly neutral
equilibrium. and stand at ripht ANGLES
to each other. The motion is multi
piled and recorded by two pointers
projecting from the pendulum, and 50
set that they trace. with slight friction,
y pair of magniiied records of the
carth's horizontal motion. side by side
on the s~moked-rlass plate. A clock,
the speed of which is controlled by Il
balanced centrifugal governor, drive,
the plate at a Uniform speed. The
clock may be arranged to run conlin-
uously, but more generally it is
started by means of an electro-mag-
netic detent, which acts whenever an
electric circuit is closed by the small
Palmicri seismoscope-a short pendu-
lum. ending in platinum point which
hangs Just over a depression in Il cup
OF mercury, and ready when the slight
est disturbance occurs, to make con-
tact by touching the edge OF the de-
preston. This happens during the
preliminary trcmors of the earthquake,
and causes the plate to begin revolving
before the principal motions are felt.
A record is then traced i'm the form OF
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-25
GOUT AND CORPULENCY.
A Very Pcdantic Phrase Applied to u Very
Painful Affection.

Painful Addiction.
A very eminent confrerc has asked
me to define govt. | had often thought
over this difficulty, and | was therefore
prepared with an answer, so | defined
govt as disturbed rctrogradc mctamor-
phoSis! This seems a very pedantic
phrase, but it is capable of cNpIana-
ton, and when examined it will, |
think, be found to be nearly, if not al
together, co-eXtcnsive with the mean
ing of govt. For the perfection of
healthy life it is requisite that certain
changes (metamorphoscs), construct
i've and destructive Qctrograde),
should take place in the body with
perfect regularity and uniformity.
Constructive metamorphosis CATER
growth is completely is concerned in
maintaining the fabric of the animal
frame in its due integrity; destructive
(retrograde) metamorphosis is con-
cerned in carrying away, completely
and quietly, the results of the incessant
use and wear of the fabric. This is
what is meant by the words tissue
change OF so frequent occurrence in
every attempted explanation of the
action of baths and waters. If there
is a disturbance in the constructive
changes the perfection of the fabric
suffers, and loss of strength must fol-
low; if there is a disturbance in the
destructive changes, the injury to the
health of the body may not be so i'm
mediately apparent, but they will be
felt sooner or later and in pro
portion to the gravity of the dis
t%urbance. Mere excess of food
may be the cause of some of these
disturbances, or an improper method
OF feeding, Thus it is easy to under
stand how corpulency arises. Some.
thing is regularly taken INTO the sys.
tenn which is not needed for constrnc.
ton or maintenance. If in the ret
rograde mctamorphosis' this excess
were got rid of in a regular and nor.
nal manner, nothing remarkable
would arise. But in some orraniza.
tons there is a tendency not to turn
this excess into substances which ear
readily be discharged from the body,
but to throw it On one side. as il were
within the body in the form of fat
probably a provision of nature for stor
ing up excess of food in Il readily con
vertible form in anticipation of u sea
son when food may be difficult to pro
cure, for fat disappears rapidly enough
when persons are deprived of food
apd those who profess that they yet ia
ION nothing would soon be ;ndc
celved If they were seriously to try thi
painful experiment. But II tendenc,
to disturbance of ''retrogradc NETS
morphosis' may be independent q
excess or error in the matter of feed
ing, and depend on an inherited II,
/; culiarity, although aggravated IN
doubleday and called into activity FRI
j guently by excuses and errors of die
The tendency both to govt and corn,
lency are very commonly inherite
and often co-eNist in the same perso,
DR.. Burney Yeo, IN Nineteenth Ce,
tury.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-25
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD

-Rbinestones and cut-stcei pu,'o'S
are used for fastening oc''S'
n. Y. Nal.
If mating, counterpah'I VI wet
spreads have oil spots ON theU"' W.
With alcohol, rub with hard soap lntu
rinse with clear, cold water o'"''H"
matt Times.
-Fritters: Three eggs, one and one.
half cups of milk, three teaspoons Vi
baking powder, and flour enough 10
make thicker than batter cakes uIoP
into hot lard and fry brown. serve
with sauce.-The household
A cellar is damp because the walls
are cooler than the air in 1t, when pro
duces a condensation of the moisture
in the air. To prevent this moisture
and mustincss close the cellar during
the day and open it at night. heS'eF"
RHraL.'
-Sonr cream cake; One cup OF SUI
gar, two eggs, whites and yelks beaten
,eparately, n cup of sour cream
made sweet with soda, and three sn' al
cups of flour. one cup of c%urrants, ana
a teaspoonful of vanilla extract. Bake
in cups or little pans.-Toicdo Btade.
1t is stated on the authority OF Or.
William Trclease that if n dose OF nan
mint of linsced oil and two ounces OF
ammonia be Immediately administered
to theshorse after he has partaken OF a
GOOD meal of loco weed and he Is kept
in the stable and fed on grain and hay
or a week or ten days, he Twill never
again return to the pcrnicious loco
weed. = hdianapohS SenttneS
binders on a horse are always
worse than useless. This animal has
intelligence enough to be more afraid
of what he can't see than what he can.
The binders invariably chafe the eyes
when a horse is in motion, and If they
do not iniure the eyesight, AS they
often do, they are 4 perpetual Sourceo OF
useless discomfort. Who could have
invented so useless and cruel a con-
trivancc? Yetmany people, quite sen,
sible in other things, adopted this crueI
appendagc to the headgear. -Atba"J
JourRai.
Don't allow the water to stand in
the fields or in any sink-holc about the
building or yards. In fact, don't have
any sink-holcs about the premises tC
mold water. A scraperi is a good thine
to have about every farm. Many
fields have little knobs and holes tina
might easily and clcaply be leyeled by
the use of a scraper, II much soil IL
taken from any place the manure car
must follow after the sCraper, A de
preston of any considerable extern
must, of course. be drained. Even
little surface drainage will accomplish
wonders.-Tr Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-25
TOBACCO IN FRANCE.
Quantities of the Weed Consumed In Var
Gus EUROPEAN Countries.

Gus European Countries.
Some interesting particulars are pub
lished by M. Paul LerOy-Beaulieu with
regard to the manufacture and con-
sumption of tobacco in France. He
quotes official figures, which show that
while the quantity Of tobacco grown in
France itself was about $500 tons in
1850. it has been gradually increasing
until it is now nearly double that guam
tity, while the o which the state
derives from it has increased from g.
555, 900 to nearly El3,0 900, 900. In other
words, while the quantity of tobacco
grown has only doubled, the profits of
the state, or in other words, of the
manufacturers, have nearly quadrupled,
The great increase in profit is explained
by NJ. Paul Leroy-Beaulieu upon the
ground that the expense of manufacture
ing an additional quantity of tobacco
is not any thing like that of the first
establishment of plant and material.
The cultivation and manufacture of to-
bacco has been a Government monopoly
since 1874, and, with the exception of n
brief interval during the revolution, has
remained so ever since. In this connec
ton NJ. Paul Leroy-Beaulieu gives the
following figures showing the quantity
of tobacco consumed in the different
countries of Europe, and the rate per
100 inhabitants is, according to him, as
follows: Spain 10 pounds, Italy 12S
pounds, Great Britain, 1873 pounds,
Russia 1872 pounds, Hungary 207 pounds,
France 210 pounds, Denmark 224
pounds, Norway 229 pounds, Austria
273 pounds, Germany 1856 pounds, Hol-
land 44S pounds and Belgium $50
pounds. In other words, while in
Spain little more than one pound per
head is consumed, nearly double that
quantity is consumed in France, three
times as much in Germany. four times
as much in Holland and five times as
much in Belgium,-EconomiSt Fran
| o1jc
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-25

that tho multitude of diseases Of a scrofu-
lous nature generally proceed from a tor
bid condition of the liver, The blood be-
comes impure because the liver does not
act properly and work Off the poison from
the system and the certain results arc
blotches, pimples, eruptions, swelllngs,
tumors, ulcers and kindred affections, or
settling upon the lungs and poisoning their
delicate tissues, until liberation, breaking
down, and consumption is established. DR..
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" will,
by acting upon the liver and purifying the
blood, cure all these diseases.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-25

The fall is the best time, because
they have a chance to become estab-
lished during the winter and are ready
in the spring to begin growth as soon
as the ground is in proper condition.
If not set till spring, they will have to
take time TO become rooted, and be-
fore they have many roots the warm
weather will start them into growth,
which will not be q strong one, because
there are not sufficient roots to supply
the amount of nourishment which a
good growth of top would require. II
they are planted in the fall these roots
are formed during the winter when
top growth is not stimulated by the con.
ditions of the weather; and by the time
the top begins to grow there are root,
enough to supply all demands-Parn.
| erS' Home.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-25
USEFUL INFORMATION.
What to DO In Case of Accident-Facts
Worth Knowing.

to DO In Case of Accident-Facts
Worth Knowing.
1t is always well to know what to do
in case of accident. For dust in the
eyes avoid rubbing; dash water in
them; remove cinders. etc. with ,ho
round point OF a lead pencil. Remove
wax from the ear with tepid water.
never put II hard instrument in the
ear. II an artery is cut, compress above
the wound; If a vein is cut, compress
below, If chokcd, get upon all ionrs
and cough. For slight burns. din tho
part in cold water; If the skin l. da"
troyed' cover with varnish. smother
a hre with carpets, etc; water will
often spead burning oil, and Increase
danger: Before passing through smoke
take a full breath and then sioon Low
u II carbon is suspected. walk erect
ouck poisoned wounds, unless yonr
mouth Is sore; enlarge the wound, ~.
peter, cut out the part without delav.
nold the wounded part as lony ne csn
DC porne to a hot coal, or end NJ a
cigar. In case of poisoning excite
vomiting BY tickling the throat or NV
warm water and mustard. For aciI
poisohs' give alkalies; for ALFALFA
polsons' give acids-white of nm enn J.,
eoou IN most cases; in case of oni,,nm,
poisoning give strong coffee and Leon
! MOVING II in water, foat on the hacE
wl.n Tue nose and mouth proiect;na
tor apoplesy, raise tho body, S,,rI,.,Is'
'ng' Ivy The body hat,-Hous,hoia ""''
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-25
IN H CLOVER.

"J. you find a six, for a wedding fix"
Quoted laughing Madge from the field OF
clover,
As she rose from spreading her snowy
clothes
To count the mystic leaflets over.
"of course 1t is Lou, or Cousin Sue,
Whose weddings foretold by The six leaf
clover.
For they've been wooed by a score OF more,
While I've never even had one lover!'
Jam e, cavcs1ropping beyond the hedge,
Felt the words Madge meant for her own
ears only
Strike a chord in his soul that before was
For hs heart was young and his home was
lonely.
"Nevcr one lover, what, she? ! vow
would dearly love to be number one!
I'd take care there should never bc number
two,
Sweet Madgc, and the wedding should be
our own
"'If you find n four, put it over the door"
Quoted Madge again from the crimson
clover,
Where with deft brown hands she was spread
ing clothes,
And a gay laugh rippled her red lips over.
Put it over the door for Sue or Lou
To welcome their countless lovers under!
But then. what harm could the wee thing doy
They may count what it brings them each
free plumber
Then Jamie rose again TO his work.
LAYING the swaths of crimson clover,
Til the drops stood out on his brow Ike dew.
And he looked where the water dubbed
over.
Out IN Farmer Lees wide yard.
Where the white clothes bleaChed and milk
paus gllttered,
And an eye that sought could never have
found.
A thing misplaced or a straw that Uttered.
SO jamie vaulted over the hedge.
His thirst with his courage growing more,
And greater still, till he stepped within
The charmed precincts of the kitchen door,
There his lold eyes noted the green trefoil
Pinned high above; and n rogu sh CLEAN
In the soft brown eyes of Madgc, dcmure,
Deepencd the clover's spell, | ween.
But you long ago guessed the hlissful ending
OF this little. every day story in rhy uie-
The wedd ny wreath was OF or mson clover,
And II year from that day was the wedding
time.
Mrs. C.. d. Pottcr, in Good Housekeeping.