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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
JUDGE THURMAN.
He Arises Much Better After a Thirteen
Hours Nap.

He Arises Much Better After Thirteen
Hours Nap.
New YORK. September Judge Thur
man awoke shortly after 10 o'clook this
morning much refreshed, after enjoying
nearly thirteen hours unbroken sleep.
His physician says he is much better and
will suffer no ill effects from his slight ILL
ness. Breakfast was served in his parlor.
WHAT THE JUDGE HIMSELF SAYS.
New York, September Judge Thur
man is all right, and his only regret is
that he was unable to speak last night.
He arose at noon, and expressed himself
as feeling we'll, except for little weak
ness. Much anxiety has been felt through
out the country regarding the judges
condition, and he is very grateful to the
people for their interest in him and wishes
it to be explained that there is nothing in
his condition to excite alarm. He has
simply suffered from an attack such as
the strongest are liable to, and is now all
right.
MALICIOUS 1Ns1NUAT1oN.
New York, September Judge Thur
man put on his dressing gown and called
for a morning paper at IL O'Clock this
morning. He expressed himself as feel
ing very much amused over the insinua-
tion in half the papers that his illness Of
last evening was due to over indulgence
in Intoxicating liquors. AS matter OF
fact, he said, he had taken no liquor dur
ing the day unless the medicine prescribed
by Doctor Goldthwaite for his temporary
distressing trouble contained it.
Mr.. w. A. Taylor, Mr.. Thurman's secro-
tary, said he had been with
Mr.. Thurman the entire day and that it
was the most malicious piece Of business
to insinuate that the latter had suffered
through over indulgence in stimulants.
A MUSICIAN said this afternoon that
Thurman would be fully restored to
health this evening. Mr.. Thurman will
be consulted this evening in regard to the
demonstration at Newark, N. j., to-mor-
row, and also in reference to the pro-
posed banquet. large number of dis
tinguished politicians called, but with the
exception of Thomas Nash, the judge was
unable to receive them. kilograms and
letters wishing him a speedy recovery
have been coming in from all quarters.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
MEXICO.
CYCLONE IN MEXICO.

Cry OF MEXICO, September g. Vera
Cruz dispatches state the cyclone struck
there three days ago. The wind was from
the north, and it so continued until this
morning, when it veered around to the
southeast. Three large vessels were
driven ashore and wrecked last night, and
several smaller craft lost. As the morn
ing grew the wind increased, and now
shows no signs of abatement. All
steamers are detained, and work on all
the wharves is suspended. large
freight bark has been wrecked
Just off shore. The crew is still on
board and in perilous condition. AS
sistance cannot be sent them. There ID
great excitement here in this city. The
weather following the cyclone is very cold
and rainy. The Mexican government
owing to the cyclone, ordered engineers
at work defining the line between Guate
mala and Mexico to suspend operations.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
ENGLAND.
AN AUFUL CRIME.

LONDON, September 8.-The horribly
mutilated body of lewd woman was
found early this morning in yard at
tsched to a common lodging house in
Hospital Fields street. The throat was
cut from ear to ear; the body was ripped
open; the bowels and heart we're lying on
the ground, and portion of the entrails
were tied around the neck. This is the
fourth murder of similar character that
has been committed recently in this neigh
borhood. All the victims we're women of
the lowest character. The author of the
atrocities remains undiscovered, and ex-
citement in the immediate vicinity Dor
ders upon panic.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
GERMANY.
NEWS FROM ZANZIBAR.

BERLIN, September 8.-The following
official dispatch has been received:
"The German gunboat Moewae went to
Anga, where the Germans are about to
assume the administration of affairs, and
sent boat ashore with accommodating
party. The natives fred on the party and
compelled them to return to the ship
Next morning two boats we're dispatched
to the shore and they were also attacked
Moewae guns were then opened upon the
place and detachment of marines were
landed, who succeeded in dispensing the
natives. The sultan of Zanzibar has dis
patched troops to punish the insurgents,
who fired up on the German boats"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
RUSSIA.
CZAR AND CzARINA.

ST.. PETERSBURG, September S.-The
car and czarina arrived at Elizlbethgrad
yesterday. They were enthusiastically
welcomed. Grand Duke Nicholas re-
ceived them. A great throng had gathered
to greet the emperor and empress. 1t in
cluded the military and civil authorities,
deputies, members of the nobility,
farmers and representatives of the Jewish
population. The imperial couple pro-
oeeded to the cathedral where they were
welcomed by the archbishop of Odessa
who presented them with an address. The
streets were gay with flags and arches and
in the evening the town was illuminated.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
POLITICAL DRIFT
Raked in From the Exchanges as
They Float By.

Again we rise to remark that democrats
in other states may just as we'll keep their
clothes on and be comfortable during this
pleasant autumn weather. Mr.. Mills will
be returned to congress.-Sherman Reg
lister.
The people of this country should insist
on the president being clothed with power
TO admit free of duty every commodity
embraced in the various trusts which now
exist or may hereafter exist. That would
De the surest and most effective way to
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
snbst,tute for Jute.

ST. LOUIS, September IA special from
New Orleans claims the problem Of find.
ing a substitute for jute bagging
for bailing cotton has been solved by the
Lane mills of that city, which has finally
produced cotton cloth of the weight Of
fifteen ounces per yard and forty inches
vide, the same width as regular jute
bagging. Consequently six yards would
cover bale of cotton cloth. 1t has been
submitted to the most critical tests by
practical cotton handlers who pronounce
IL perfect.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
A MAN With Fiva Wivea.

SALT LAKE CITY, September 7.-GeneraI
Horace 5. Eldridge, superintendent OF
lions cooperative mercantile institution,
which does a business of $5,O0O,O0O an
nually, died yesterday, aged ~ years. He
Joined the Mormon church fifty-two years
ago. He had five wives, three of whom,
together with large posterity, survioe
him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
INDIAN TROuHLEs.
Serious Troubles Between the Crows,
Plegaus and Grosventres.

Plegaus and Grosventres.
81. PAUL, September 8.-The quarrels
of the Sioux, Crows, Piegans and Gros-
ventres have recently become violent, and
bloody war, in which the four tribes IN
tend to take part, seems imminent. Yes.
terday afternoon General Ruger received
telegram announcing that the war party
of Sioux Indians had left Poplar river
Montana, agency, for raid on the red
men of the Grow agency. The general at
once issued an order to troop ID, First
cavelry, under command of First Lieu
tenant Oscar j. Brown, to move from Fort
Custer to Bull Mountain station, Montana
for the purpose of watching the crossings
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
Selling Mortgaged Property.

FoEr Worth, September 8.-Dave p.
Black, negro republican politician of
some local prominence, has been arrested
on charge OF selling mortgaged prop
erty. he wis running barber shop on
which a moftxags of two hundred dollars
rested. He sold the entire outfit as if i.
had been his own.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13

Last Friday night set of lawless van
dals cut, mutilated and destroyed about
two miles OF the bsrbed wire fence which
enclosed the Neches River Stock com
pany's ranch, about fifteen miles south
east of Woodville.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13

R. M. Goode, United States geological
surveyor, and his assistants, II. S. Wallace
and g. H. Fitch, with their outfits, have
arrived at Cisco for the purpose of max
ing topological maps of Esstland
Comsnche and Stephens counties.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
Texas Naval Cadets.

AEEAPoLIs, September 7.;-Among the
candidates who have passed examination
and been admitted for cadets TO the naval
academy are: Warner Rodney, Texas.
Robt. R. Crank, Texas; Geo. p. Wager,
Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13

A Mexican sheep herder on Perderales
creek, on the border between Kerr and
Gillespie counties, northwest of San An
tonic, has made find which would prove
a treasure to the curiosity seeker. Some
days ago while tending to his flock he felt
a sharp substance pierce the sole of his
heavy shoe and stab his foot. Thinking
that it was an unusually strong thorn, he
stopped down to remove it, and found
that the body of the instrument was
buried in the ground. Digging dowa for
some inches he unearthed a stilletto or
dagger. The blade was fourteen inches in
length, with an exceedingly sharp point
and edge. 1t was buried in a perpendic-
ular position, point upwards. The blade
was four inches long, making the
entire weapon measure eighteen
inches. 1t was all handle and blade
moulded of one piece of exceedingly fine
tempered steel. The handle and -four
inches of the blade were heavily inlaid
with pure gold, which was let into the base
metal in blocks half-inch long and
ouarter-inch wide. This gold was al
carved with signs and symbols in an I'M
known tongue, having decidedly eastern
appearance. 1t Is the common opinion
that the knife was lost by one of the
Spanish cavaliers who attempted to ex'
plore this section 200 years ago. 1T
knightly owner is supposed to have Sc
cured it from some ancestor, who won /
from the Moors when they invaded Spain
The carving of the gold is decided!
Arabic in character.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13

that they viii decide to go furtherH How
does Mr.. Lodge, after this admission, ex-
poet to scare the voters with his wild
alarms? Speech of April 2, 1888, before
the Harvard Finance club.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.

Commissioner Foster received the agri-
cultural and statistical report of Collin
county yesterday. The report shows that
there are 199, 140 acres of land in cultiva-
tion in Collin county. There were raised
ia the county 33,112 bales of cotton; 70o,-
233 bushels of wheat; 2,127,452 bushels of
corn and S59,644 bushels of oats. The
wheat crop sold for $462,974; the corn
crop for $861,918 and the oat crop for
$2l1, 601, while the cotton crop brought
the snug little sum of $1,2S9,857.
The report shows population of 3d.
99S, being an increase over the census of
1880 OF 5,015.
The agricultural report of Travis coun-
ty will be filed Monday.
ooMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
The following assessment rolls were re-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPAl
The following assessment rolls were re-

Net increase. Jus
Deposits to revenue yesterday, $392.66.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,

AUSTIN Stpl6IHUtT 0, 1000.
Col. f. d. Chiffon, secretary of the immigration
Bureau, Austin, Texas.
Dear Sir-In reference to yours of September 6,
/ am directed by the governor to say that he will
be pleased to do. anything lawfully within his
class of immigrants for this state, such will add
to its material wealth and prosperity, and to this
end he will give careful consideration to any sug
gestions you may have to make, Very respect
fully, II. M. HOLMES,
Governors Secretary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
THE STATE CAPITOL,
Matters Picked Up in Our Tour OF
the Departments.
Important and Interesting Infor'
nation for County Officials
and the People.
From Thursdays Daily. ]


Relative to the troubles in Fort Bend
county, noted in the telegraph columns of
The STATESMAN yesterday, the governor
received the following dispatch last after
noon from the sheriff of Fort Bend
countE.
RICHMOND, Tex September 5.
Governor l.. s. Ross:
Send me ten rangers at once. Trouble expected.
II. j. CARNEY,
Sheriff Brazoria County
The following was sent in reply to the
above:
Changers cannot be had. If local military are
not available, you can send for Captain Munson,
of Brazcria, and ten men, or he will be ordered
from this office, if YOU go desire
W. II. KING, Adjutantgeneral.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The Southwest Land company yester-
day fled an amend ent to its charter,
changing the name to the Fort Worth
Land and Street Railway company. The
capital stock of the company is 100000.
ooMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT..
Comptroller Mccall yesterday deposited
$2,450 to general revenue.
The following assessment rolls were re-
ceived:
Young county, increase. Observation-Disclosures. I,5It
Fdnuin county, increase....... lI,SiS
Rains county, increase ..........""''...." 9E'.9v
jackson county, increase. l7,loS
The Western Unions Telegraph COM
pany yesterday paid $S90,46 tax on mes
sages.
From Fridays Daily.
The governor yesterday received tele-
gram from the sheriff of Fort Bend
county, requesting him or General King
to come down there. The Rutherford
Rangers, of Houston, were ordered to
Richmond, and General King left last
night for the same place.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Mr.. Moore, secretary of state, yesterday
paid over to the comptroller the Office fees
for the month of August, amounting to
$1,061.55.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
ooMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.

The comptroller yesterday deposited
$1,195 to the credit of the general revenue.
The following amounts were collected
and deposited as interest due September
/, 1888, on state bonds held by the several
funds:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13

The Houston, East and West Texas
railroad paid $157 passenger tax yes
terday.
From Saturdays Daily
The governor yesterday directed the
following letter to be sent to Colonel
Chiffon, secretary of the state immigra-
ton bureau, in reply to a letter, copy of
which was published in yesterdays STATES
MAN:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-11

soothe pain, and was there any one who
could so fill up a room with peare, and
purity, and light, And what sad day that
was when we came home and she could greet
us not. for her lips were forever still
Come back. mother, this Christmas day,
and take your old place, and as ten,
or twenty, or fifty years ago, come
and open the old Bible you used to
read and kneel in the same place where you
used to pray, and look upon US as of old
when you wished US Merry Christmas or
Happy New Year. But MOI That would not
be fair to call you back You had troubles
enough, and aches enough, and hereavements
enough while you are here. Tarry by the
throne, mother, till We join you there, your
prayers all answered. and in the eternal
homestead Of our God we shall again keep
Christmas jubilee together. But speak from
your thrones, all You glorified mothers, and
say to all these, your SONS and daughters,
words of love, words of warning, words OF
cheer. They need your voice, for they have
travelled far and with many a heartbreak
since you left them, and you do we'll to call
from the heights Of heaven to the valleys OF
earth. Hail. enthroned ancestry! we are com.
ing. Keep place for us right beside you at
the banquet.
Slow footei years. More swiftly run
Into the gold Of that unsettiug sun.
Homesick we ara for thee,
Calm land beyond the sea.
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at,raSs is King"

it is stated that artificial meadows in
England rent as high as $40 per acre,
and rarely less than $40. This class OF
land rents for more than the cultivated
lands. In Holland, where the population
is very dense, Tie highest priced lands
are those in grass. In this country
notably the dairy districts of New York
and the blue grass region of Kentucky
those lands we'll set in choice grasses
ayc the highest priced and the most
profitable.
Grass is King--not because it pays the
best profit of any general crop, for the
labor and expense employed i'll Europe,
in this country anu in all portions of the
world where there is high degree OF
civilization existing, but because this
crop is more general and more abundant
than any other and enters more largely
than any other into the support and
maintenance of both man and beast and
of fowls. 1t is Natures chief, best gift
to man in the way ofan agricultural crop.
Fcw indeed are the lands that grass of
some kind does not grow upon spontane-
ously. 1t covers the waste places and
makes them beautiful. 1t is the surest
and the greatest of all agencies for the
maintenance and recuperation of soil
fertility. 1t is Natures own restorcr.
1t grows in the day aud in the night,
week days aud Sundays. The farmer
who devotcs the major portion of his
land and his attention to the grass crop,
combined with stock raising, is the one
most apt to succeed. The most success
full and independent farmers, as rule,
arc those who grow grass as their chief
crop and raise stock enough to consume it
on the fam.
The highest priced agricultural lands
we have arc in sections of country where
this system is adopted here we find
more intellig gence among the rural pop
ulation aud more evidences of substantial
thrift on the farms and in the farm.
houses. Here we find the highest degree
of wealth, refinement and culture among
the agricultural class. Grass is King
Lie &0k JearGal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-11
NUMBER SEVEN.
A DIGITS IMPORTANT PAET L
THE HISTORY OF NATIONS.
Its Place Among the Ancienti
and With Reference TO
Mans Life-The Number
Seven in Scriptures.

The number seven is one of the mos,
singular of all the digits, and the part
that it plays in ancient, popular and ma
tural history is surprising to one who ha!
never known the facts. For instance,
among the Babylonians the god of the
number seven received peculiar honor,
and when the Chaldean Noah had escapee
from the dcluge his first act was TO build
an altar and set seven vessels on as many
fires. The famous Chaldean witch had
to be subdued by being bound with
cord tied with 7x7 magic knots. And 8
eick man had to be anointed seven times
with purifying oil. In the ChaldeaD
scriptures the delugc lasted seven days,
the gates to Hadcs were seven in number
and seven fish like men were said to have
ascended out of the Persian Gulf to teach
the arts to the antediluvian Babylonians.
In the ancient theory of mystical mum
bers, from which so many of our luck
signs are derived, four was significant o.
natural and three of the spiritual world
and one of the old occult philosopher
writes: "The number seaven, therefore
because it consists of three and four
joyns:: the soul to the body" The saul'
writer says elsewhere: "The numbe
seaven is of various and manifold power
In the theory of the occult philosopher
the number seven plays q most import
ant part in the life of man, and this il
the way they divide a mans years: Aftel
the first seven days an infants eyes car
bear the light; after twice seven days il
seeks the light; in the third seven day!
it turns its head freely. After sever
months it gets teeth; after the secone
seven months it sits without fear Of fall
ing; after the third seven months it be
gins to speak. After the fourth sever
months it stands strongly and walks.
After the fifth seven months it is weaned
After seven years it loses its first teeth
After the second seven years comes tht
change from boyhood to youth. At thl
third seven years the change from youth
to manhood. After the fourth sever
years there is never any increase of stat
ure. In the fifth seven years man isin
his prime of strength. The sixth seven
years they retain their strength. The
seventh seven years they attain thei'
perfection of wisdom aad the perfect age
of mon Rut when they come ta.the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-11
A. Strange Disease.

In no. physiological phenomena is the
influence of the nerves upon the body
! fhown so forcibly as in the case of home
ickness, which, when prolonged and in
ensifed, becomes mortal disease.
rhe melancholy of the nature which. loves
home and despairs of again seeing it
breys upon the nervous system till it il
Wrought into state of abnormal excite
|nent which presents distinct physical
6ymptons Respiration presently be-
Zones labored, and is more like signing
Ehan breathing; the face wears the palloi
Pf o corpse already; the heart beats with
he swiftness of great debility; there Is
o appetite, there is no sleep; secretions
become. irregular, and congestion mat
er of course; the sight becomes dim,
ever sets in, and either sudden death
loses the scene, or the exhaustion of tho
ever carries off the patient after pro-
bneed suffering. There is no cure for
his terrible illness, after it is strongly
Established, but return to the native
ountry, and sometimes that cure is un-
2ertaken too late. 1t attacks mountain
ers, singularly enough, more frequently
han any other class of people, and the
OILY preventive against it is the presence
O. some other equally strong emotion
with ths4leTe Of home, or some absorb
ing occupation which leaves one no time
to think, and hardly to feel. Perfectly
sane though the patient be, no has all
the impedimenta of insanity in an effort
for recovery, and is as pitiablo as any
victim in the records of suffering-Har-
a,er's Rl,ar.
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Tha Mendacity Of Opium Slaves.

The habit of taking opium or Its pre-
t'arations is very widely diffused. One
effect of the opium (or morphine1 habit
is to extinguish any regard for truth the
victim may have previously possessed. 1t
is a rule. with only the rarest exceptions,
that every opilm-eater will stop at no
falschood in order to secure the potent
drug. 1t often happens that an attempt
is made to reform. At first the desire to
discontinue the habit is usually genuine.
Soon, however, the mental and physical
pains which arise in the absence Of the
drug call imperatively Cur opium, which
alone Gun relieve the terrible craving.
The opium vcitjin soon learns that this
drug is the great antidote to pain, and
that most cough syrups contain it.
Hence the deception of the physician
when he is called to a case of this sort,
one who is pretending to reform, but
who wants some sanction for his break
Iing his pledge: He will therefore simu-
: late severe cough or an atrocious pain
long the course of some nerve, or some
eep-seated pain that gives no evidence
f its presence except the suffering it
{nficts upon the patient. When the
symptoms are purely subjective" (that
6s, giving no evidence of their presence
Except the statement of the patient) the
chances of the deception succeeding are
Very numerous. A knowledge of the
habits of the patient is essential if: this
source of mistakes is to be avoided. In
hospitals and dispensaries there is q con- I.
etant demand for Cough mixtures" be
cause these are expected to contain opium
n some Globe Democrat.