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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07
GONE UP THE TRAIL.
For TIE SrArEsMAS.l

For The STATESMAN
Jes one more drink of brandy Jim
Ter give me nerve to make the leap,
Fer standin' theirs demon grim
A'wstchin the shadders creep.
He's led me on through all these years
Sence left the dear old roof
An drops o. blood and blindin' tears
Follered the track of his hoof.
A demon, jim, of shame an sin
Born o. my worthless soul
On her motionin' me ter enter in
Whar the dark death waters roll.
On I've followed him Whatever he led,
was wesker'n sin, low,
Though his trail lay over hearts what Sled,
l KANT 90 back on him now.
An Jim, when I'm gone up the trail,
Jes open the old velise,
An lay on my breast that faded veil,
An letters, they mought bring peace,
The letters my pore old mother writ,
More an twenty years ago,
A tellin' me how che used ter sit,
A watchin' for her Joe.
An ner face kinder hoped to see
Afore she passed away,
But that demon, he, kept a leadin' me,
An he never led that way.
An the veil younger woman wore,
She warn't fer the likes o. me,
It's wrinkled an faded an kinder tore,
Fer I've kept it since sixth-three.
So, Jim, when I'm gone up the trail
jest open that old velise
An lay on my breast that faded veil
An letters, they mought bring peace.
%, {. JFIsHKl
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07
The Capitol Trade.

From the Houston Post.
The Post is among those who believe
that the trade made by Governor Roberts
and associates, in which the state received
the magnificent granite capitol just COM
pleted and dedicated last Wednesday for
100000 acres of land in the Panhandle,
was good thing for Texas. That is, that
it will prove good investment in the end,
because in the present hands the hitherto
almost worthless lands will be utilized to
the interest of the state. They will be
settled up and developed, and the syndi-
cate now owning them will be the most
valuable immigration agents the state
could have. The AUSTIN STATESMAN has
some very thoughtful remarks on this
subject which will bear repeating. "For
this splendid public edifice," says that
paper, "the state has expended not dol
lar of money, but merely 100000 acres
of unimproved and almost valueless land
land that she would gladly have sold at
80 cents an acre. She now has for this
land not only the finest state capitol
building in the union, only barring
that perhaps of New York, that
cost $27,000000, but she has much
more than this. She has converted 3,000,-
600 acres of unproductive land into taxa
BILE values. She has done more than that.
She has increased the value of all the land
in that section where the syndicate's land
is situated more than $50 fold. On its
land in Dallam county the syndicate in
1885, 1886 and 1887 paid in taxes to the
state 1851 81. On its land in Hartley
county last year it paid in taxes $1,527.69.
In Oldham county, which is an organized
county, there was assessed against the
syndicate lat year $9,913.73. This makes
in all $17,495.90 assessed and paid in
taxes by this syndicate. There are yet to
be given to the syndicate, under the con
tract, nearly half million acres of land
and the taxes on this land will annually
amount to several thousand dollars. The
syndicate is not allowed to render its lane
for less than 81 an acre, twice the amount
the state held it at when the contract wat
made. The syndicate has spent over g
million dollars in ftncing, improving and
stocking these lands, all that is new CAPT
tai brought into the state for taxation
The state, in less than ten years, will col
lect, by means of taxes on these lands an6
those in their vicinity increased in valu'
because of this trade, more than the Who'll,
100000 acres of land were worth at tn
time this capitol contract was made. Ha
the trade not been good one? But mor'
than all this has been done. To the in
fuence of that syndicate, more than tC
any other one or combination of causes
is due the Fort Worth and Denver rall
road. Members of that syndicate ar,
large stockholders in that railroad, an(
they have pushed its construction from
the time they began to improve thei
lands. What has and will that railroad
do toward opening up the Panhandle fol
settlement? That railroad will be worth
millions of dollars to the state, and thu
syndicate were mainly responsible for it
building. Has not the trade been gooG
one? Who wilt say it has not been thu
best bargain the state ever NADER"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07
How to Guess the Speed of Trains
Fran the Kansas City Times

How to Guess the Speed of Trains.
Fran the Kansas City Times.
There is not one person in the one
hundred, of the millions who travel on
railroads in the course of year, who has
any idea of the speed of train. A large
per cent of even the regular train men of
the country cannot tell with any degree of
accuracy, how fast a train is running.
Frequently engineers are dispatched on a
trip over line of railroad, with instruc-
tions to run at a speed of a certain num-
Der of miles an hour. The engineers do
not carry speed indicator, but have
learned by various methods to gauge
their engines so as to make only the
slightest variations from their orders.
The majority of engineers use their
driving wheel as a gauge. They know its
circumference, and by counting its revolu-
tons within a certain time can tell very
accurately the speed at which they are
ronniDg. Another method is to time the
run between mile posts, and still another
is to make calculations from the number
OF telegraph poles passed in certain
time. These poles, in level country and
where four or fYes wires are used, are
spaced so that they are thirty to the mile.
If only a single wire is used they are
spaced from twenty-five to twenty eight
TO the mile.
The most accurate method, aud the one
most in use by experienced railroad men,
is to count the number of rail joints the
train passes over in twenty seconds. The
rails in nearly al cases are thirty feet in
length, aud the number passed over in
twenty seconds is the speed per hour a
train is running. For instance, if pas
senger sitting in sleeper can count
thirty clicks of the wheels on rail Joint
in twenty seconds, the train IS running at
the speed of thirty miles an hour.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07
THE
FLYING DOVE
OF PEACE.

A richly frosted,quivering, flying Dove.
A dream Of Life screen calendar. An i'm
ported idea head. An imported frosted
snow scene and full set Of magnificent
floral cards. Fourteen artistic pieces.
Sent to anyone who will buy from drug
gist box of the genuine DIR. G. M'LANE's
CEIEDRArED Liver PILLS (price % cts.l
and mail us the outside wrapper from the
box with 4 cents in stamps. Write your
address plainly. FLEMING Bros, PITrs-
BURG, Pa
DR., G. McLane's Liver Pills are sure.
cure for Sick Headache, Biliousness and
Dyspepsia. They are peculiarly adapted
for ladies and are absolutely safe. Pre-
pared from the purest materials.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07

A young gentleman of France, one
evening after dance, made bet while
supping that he could swallow raw egg
without breaking the shell, and he did 30.
few days afterward he experienced
violent pans; the doctor administered a
strong emetic, the egg came back, but
broken, and out sprang young chicken
The warmth of the young mans stomach
had produced the unexpected result, and
if anyone doubts the truth of the story
say those who vouch for it, he can go tc
Chalons and see the chicken that wa:
Matched,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07

An experimenting cooperation will be
tried by the Knights of Labor, of Glen
wood Springs, COL. and will be watched
with interest, if not with entire confidence
in its success. A tract bordering on
Grand river Is to be settled and turned
into farming land, where fruits and vege-
tables may be raised. Canning works and
other enterprises are to be established in
time. The colony will pay its officers no
salaries, and all disputes are expected to
be settled by the decision of the board of
arbitration without going to law.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07

Elections, bad as they are, are better
than they were i'll former days. We are
headed in the right direction, moving at a
good pace, and after while it will be, as
it should be, a disgrace from which no
candidate can recover, to pay for an Office
with the expectation of getting the money
back, and plenty more in addition, by
strict attention to perquisite-, both hon
est and dishonest-Ne York Herald, Ind.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allsys all pain, cures wind collie and is
the best remedy for diarrhea. % cents
a bottle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07
Loss Half a Million

BosToN, June 2.-The fire in Edison's
electric light building on the Head place
damaged the building and contents to
the extent of 100000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07

That hacking cough can be so quickly
cured by Shiloh's cure. We guarantee it
Sold by Oscar Samostz.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07

Will you SUI Ter with dyspepsia aud liver
com plaintY Shiloh's Vitalizer isguaran-
teed to cure you. Sold by Oscar Samostz.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07

Sleepless nights, made miserable b
that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is the
remedy for you. Sold by Oscar Samostz
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07

Within the past few days several meet
ings of the directors of the San Antonio
Base Ball association have been held, at
which strenuous efforts have been made,
with encouraging success, to place the
club on safe financial basis. Commit
tees have been industriously at work
soliciting additional subscriptions to the
associations stock, and good progress has
been made in this direction, Col. A.
Belknap and other enterprising citizens
having subscribed literally.
The club was to have gone to Houston
yesterday to play a series of games there
day, tomorrow and Sunday, but Mana
ger Rose telegraphed the secretary of the
league that it was impossible for him to
fill the Houston dates on account of five
of his men being confined to their beds
by sickness. The Houston games have
therefore been postponed, and the club
will probably leave for Galveston Sunday
to play there Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday aud complete the tour of the state
before returning home. 1t is understood
that a number of new players have been
engaged WHO will materially strengthen
the club.-San Antonio Express.
The D lllas News reprints as follows
correspondent of tie Pittsburg Dis
patch has the following to say about the
centipede and the prairie runner: "lhose
who have made study of the centipede
say he never turns his miud to anything
but mischief. He will crawl into bed in
the middle of the day and wait patiently
until the night, when the rightful owner
crawls in, so he, the intruder, can improve
his opportunity to get even with the
human race, against whom he has spite.
But man has friend in the prairie run
ner, which is the name of bird whose
mission in life is to super.
wise the centipede census. This bird
has fondness for centipedes au
natural. If it we're not for these bird:
centipedes would be as plentiful as men
who think they understand all about the
tariff question. When a prairie runner
discovers a centipede he takes the insect
in his bill and runs off with him. What
the object of the bird is in running can
not imagine, unless he, the bird, wants the
centipede to admire the grace and swift
ness of his motions. After giving the
centipede ride the prairie runner pauses
and passes the insect with sidewaJ
chewing gum sort of motion through hi;
bill, very mnch as linen collar is passed
through patent clothes wringer The1
the centipede is pale and cold in death
and the prairie runner, which must bt
provided with digester lined with sheet
iron, swallows the insect endways.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-07

Catarrh cured, health and sweet breath
secured, by Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy.
Price 80 cents. Nasal injector free. Sold
by Oscar Samostz.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-18
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1855

swoons with amazement and Inclination on near
inc the Democracy denying that % is free-trade
marty. Representative Southern Bourbons can
not gaze with composure on SO simple q struc'ar'
os n box-in case the box is meant to hold unih-
,;r,idated ballots Just as the Duke Of Schombers
found himself unable TO tolerate cat, so gehu-
inc Civil Service reformer finds himself unable 10
tolerate n pig-of the Widow McGuinness breed
There are three vowes and three consonants'
which, when arranged in certain order always
throw the Mugwump man into convulslons-
Blaine.
This list might be extended. Perhaps the wrieer
in 1.-THE Globe-Democrat' will supplement- his en-
ioyable review of the antiquities of the past WIN
a glance ut the antipathies Of the present we
might add before dismissing the subject that Ooi-
onel Dan Lamont hates a locomotive. Yes IL Is
indeed unique aversion. But you see locomo-
tive suggests moving and-well, the Colonel doesh
take kindly to the thought that he must move
from the White House pretty early next spring
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-18

ranged programme. The reports from Chi
cago continue to show that the situation Is IN
detcrminate. Only about one-third OF the
delegates are on the ground. The most sle-
nifcant statement in our dispatches IS that
the New-York delegates will decide to-day
the question of announcing the iOr-
nal candidacy of Mr.. Depew. FL
forts to concentrate the action of various dele
cations--as, for instance, those of the New
England States, those of New-York, New
Jersey and Connecticut, or those Of California
Oregon, Colorado and Ncvada-with the ide.i
that much greater influence would be exer'ed
in this way than by separate action, have been
made, but apparently with no large measure OF
success So far it is anybody's race. Inc
delegates clearly understand the gravity OF the
work in hand, and there is every reason 10
believe that the best man will win.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-18
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1888.
The NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN -preparations for the funeral to- day OF
Emperor Frederick were completed: the posi-
norton examination Of Saturday proved the en-
istcnce of cancer Of the larynX - Lad news
from tho Congo about Stanley has been received
Mr. Carnegie declares that Mr.. Blaine couid
be President any day if he likes - Eighteen
negroes and three Albanans killed at Constanti-
nople in a feud - Reports are gwen OF mar
vellous cures at a Canadian shrine
Domestic.-It was estimated that onethird OF
the delegates to the Republican National CohVeh-
ton had arrived in Chicago; the definite announce
ment of Mr. Depew as n candidate for nomination
was expected to be made today. - Alfred H.
Purdy ard Ietitia NJ. Strousc were drowned "hiie
boating in Silver Lake. - Baccalaureatc SER
mons were; preached at Harvard, Princeton, Cor
nell and other colleges.
City and Suburbap.-A young woman 1ound
dead on the sidewalk in front of her boarding
house, having fallen from the roof: SUICIDE suS-
pac,ed. - Brooklyn defeated by Baltimore at
baseball. score 0 to d - De Lancey Nlcoil hao
a long consultation with Inspector Byrnes; more
.boodle" supposed to be the subject CT their talR
- The Rev Dr. McChcsncy preached the Dac-
calaurcate sermon to the graduating class OF the
COLLEGE of the City of New-YorlS. - The Con-
grerational Church Of Our Father in Brooklyn
celebrated the cancellation of its mortgage oil
$4,000. - The Rev. DR.. Cuyler, of Brooklyn
preached the baccaaureate sermon at hutgers.
The Weather Indications for to-day: Slightly
warmer and fair Temperature yesterday: High
est, 90 degrees lowest II; average, 70 o-S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-18
THE VICJORY IN AYR.


The election in the Ayr boroughs is tri-
umph for Gladstonian Home Rule pure and
simple The Unionists will find it Impractical
BILE to explain it away In the Southampton
contest there were local issues at stake, and
there was also formidable Temperance revolt
against the compensation clauses of Mr.. Rltch-
les bill, The constituency itself was an I'M
stable one. having frequently voted one way
in general election and reversed its decision
soon afterward. The remarkable Liberal gam
there was due to various causes, and 1t was
unsafe to lay stress upon the result as an I'M
erring indication of the progress OF the Home
Rule cause. In the Scotch election temper
anoe agitators have exertcd little If any lnili-
encc, since the Government has formally aban-
dOned the compensation clauses; and while I'M
doubleday local issues have had some weight IN
determining the result, the Liberal gain is too
great to be accounted for in that way. The
same Gladstonian candidate who was defeated
in 1886 is now elected over strong opponent
of exceptional ability, the net gain being 1.238,
or about one-thrd Of the entire poll. This re-
suit indicates clearly enough reaction against
the Unionist cause and deliberate expression
of approval of Mr.. Gladstones policy.
The best face which the UnioDists can put
upon this reverse will stare them out OF coun-
tenance The hard-headed Scotch electors OF
AYR have returned to their allegiance TO Mr.
Gladstone accepting Homo Rule as the first
article of his political programme. IL IS oneh
said in England that principles are voted FOR IN
general contest and candidates in a by-elec-
ton, The canny Scotchman does not play fast
and loose with principles. If he reverscs MS
Judgment it is because after deliberate Ietec-
ton he has discovered that he made a mistake
He takes too serious a view of his political OBJ
legations to lose sight Of principles at any tlme'
This contest may properly be considered an
unerring indication of the progress Of the Home
Rule cause in the North. The Scotch by-ciec-
tons have shown the same general trend III
the direction Of GladstOnian policy WINE
the state of English opinion Oh the subject OF
Home Rule for Ireland may be in doubt, 1t
would be safe to forecast uniform Liberal gains
in Scotland in q general election.
Recent Liberal successes will not be llkeiy
TO hasten the downfall of the Salisbury Gov
eminent. Southampton and Ayr have only
repeated the warning sounded in Lincolnshire
and the metropolitan bopoughs last autumn
and that was not needed. Indeed, the Govern
ment stenly set it's face against Home huie'
and after enforcing the Coercion act with cour-
age and firmness had the consolation OF carry
ing a second series of by-elections and OF
ncutralizing thereby previous losses. 1t Will
probably perseverc in the same course, and
apart from showing increased fiexibllity IN
dealing with it's Local Government scheme II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-18
cUPJOUS 5YTIPATHIES PAST IND PRESENT

4 writer in The st. Louis Globe Democrat
CLOUDS together number OF the curious antpathies
Of famous PEOPLE of the past. One Of the kings of
Poland fed at the sight Of apples. James !. could
not bear to look upon naked sword The Duke
of Schomberg declined TO sit in a room which har-
bored n cat Anne of Austria had strong dislike
for the smell of roses. Dr. Beatte tells OF strong
mon who were made uneasy by touching velvet.
One Of the ears Of Barrymore considered the pansy
an abomination, etc, ETC.
The article would have proved additionally in
teresting TO the general reader If its author had
mentioned some of the antipathies Of his we'll
known contemporaries. Grover Cleveland d.
clines 10 sit in q room containing his Letter of ac-
ceptance of 1884 (unless the paragraph in which he
protests against a second term is crossed OUT. At
torney- General Garland has been known to take TO
his heels and run on seeing tn-pan- Students
OF occult phenomena advance the ingenious and
plausible theory that any sort OF pan is disagree
able TO Garland since he was caught Wondering in
the Pan-Electric miro. David H. Hill resembles
Peter the Great in one respect Peter we are told
could not bear the sight Of running water. David
at every opportunity proves his aversion from wa
ter nv vctoinp license bills Edward Murphy, IT,,
chairman of tn, Democratic Committee. trembles
when the word Oregon Is pronounced in his
presence. What makes this antipathy the more
singular Is the fact that Mr.. Murphy states that
the apprehension which the word inspires is
panied by vision Of great destructiveness in
which he sees the unpleasant chirographical
anparition known MS The Handwriting On The
Wall George William Curtis bursts into tears on
viewing that order addressed by the President TO
Federal ofice-holdcrs Larry Godkn (of the
Second Ward turns several shades redder than
Humans snuff-receiver when brought face TO
face with his inverted tribute TO the virtue known
as chastity. The star-eyed goddess Of Free Trade
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-18
amnsements.

ppoIpwAy THEkrRE-s-The Quscn's Mate.
,AsIxo-S-NadJy.
EDEN MUsEE--l.ady Fcncers.
FRAsrrSA, s. L--Bufalo Bill
GRaxp orygA HoUsE-s-The Bankers Daughter
Iycrun TurArRE-s; l5-rhe Wife -
MApIsoy-AvR AND 59THsT.-Day and Evening-Pano
rama -,
MADISON SQUARE TuEArRE-e--A Paristan Romance
NiBIos GARDENS Brother Against Brotners
TERRACE GARDEN-s-Thaa Opera
wALIacK's-s:I3- rne Lady or The Ttser
l4ru-sT THrATRy.-5-Thc still Alarm
1rli-AvE. AND l3TH-sT-GettysburE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-18

will utterly disregard the warnings which have
como from the South and from the North. The
Uuionist Liberals will be more eager than ever
~ have n general election postponed until the
close of the statutory term OF ,he preseha
Parliament, and the Governments majority
10 too large to be seriously reduced by inter
mediate contests. The friends Of Home huie
have reason for encouragement in these later
contests, but they have even greater need Tor
patience and self-restraint,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-18

hablt5 Back came O letter which showed tb., .
first communication had been inspired BY an a,,!s
reeardiess OF the compliment on her aris smsds
this is rely my own | love you very much Xxx sS,.
has kept Jeny and given me. the new habit ~ ~
darling ChanselOr, I would like TO Kiss y0us ~
(i0schen has evidently made one partisan. 's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-18

That laboring men were i'll favor OF the
Electoral Reform bill was made clear at the
hearing before the Governor Their position
is emphasized by the action of the Central La
Dor Union Yesterday. This body adopted reso-
htions scoring the Governor for his veto, and
declaring that he had yielded to the dictates
Of corrupt political machine. This states the
case correctly. No friend OF fair and honest
ballot opposed this excellent reform measure.
Governor Hill has met tho fate which is linked
with tho attempt to carry water on both shout
Gers.