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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
GETTING EXPERIENCE.
Visiting out-of-the-Way Places in Cairo
Without the Aid of Donkey Boys.

Visitin: Out-of-the-Way Places in Cairo
Without the Aid of Donkey Boys.
Whenever any one goes out of the beaten
track of travel, or tries to make his way in
dependent of recognized authorities, he is apt
to gain some refreshing experience Mr.
Stoddard undertook to explore some out-of
the-way quarters of Cairo without the aid Of
donkey boys, and from his account of the ex.
pertinent he must have enjoyed the novelty
of the situation
Many an eye was turned on me in SURPRISE
and when had at last come into remote
quarter beyond half dozen streets, and found
myself suddenly surrounded by mob of half
grown boys, who were evidently unaccus-
toned to intruders, was forced to make as
speedy retreat as possible, followed by a
shower Of stones
The gates, which are closed at evening,
make separate cities of these several quarters
If you wish to pass from one quarter to an
other after dark, you must take your lantern
and summon the gate keeper, who responds
and carefully locks you out afterward Gas
lamps are unknown in that end of Cairo, and
white faces novelty
was an hour or more working my way
out of the unchristian ATTITUDES, climbing out,
as it were, by the minarets, in each of which,
fancied, saw resemblance to the one
that stands within earshot of our hotel
All foreigners either ride or drive in Cairo,
but got more experience in that one walk
than 1 could have gathered with the aid of
fifty donkeys. - Youths Companion
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
Curiosities of Punctuation.

The following specimens of curious punct-
uation are given by The Printers Register:
A man who was suddenly taken sick "has-
tened home while every means for his recov-
cry were resorted to. In spite Of all his
efforts, he died in the triumphs of the Chris
tian religion" "A man was killed by rail-
road car running into Boston, supposed to be
deaf" A man writes; 1--WE have decided to
erect school house large enough to accom-
modate 500 scholars five stories high" On a
certain railway the following luminous direc-
ton was printed: Hereafter, when trains in
an opposite direction are approaching each
other on separate lines, conductors and engi-
neers will be requested to bring their respec-
tive trains to dead halt before the point of
meeting, and be careful not to proceed till
each train has passed the other" A steam
boat captain, advertising On excursion, says
Tickets, 25c.; children half price to be had
at the Office" An Iowa editor says: "We
have received basket of fine grapes from
our friend W., for which he will please &C
cept our compliments, some Of which are
nearly two inches in diameter"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
The Royal Circus Mt Biarritz.

The aboriginal inhabitantso of Biarritz have
been considerably astonished and diverted by
the demeanor and costume Of the Highland
gillie who sits on the box of the queens car
rage and who, by the way, is the individual
who succeeded John Brown as her majesty's
personal servant" he being near relative
Of that deceased domestic. Still more amazed
are the natives by the Indian menials, who,
like the gillie, are arrayed in their native
garb, but they havo lost the gravity which
importations from the ''coral strand" are
supposed to possess, for when the queen ar
rived at Biarritz they drove through the
town in an open carriage with some Of the
female servants, and were roaring and shout
ing with laughter all the way, Like couple
CT Observation-Disclosures Truth.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
A Traitorous Rooster.

Here was private soldier who would have
made good judge. He would have known
how to "construe the law" as the phrase is,
SO as to get justice done.
Two men were cooking fat fowl at their
camp fire, when corporal shifted the unac
customed odor.
"Hullo, boysl where did you get that
chickenP'
"Oh, we coniscated him for talking trea-
son."
"Talking treasonl What do you meant
Chickens can't talk"
mo, but they can crow; and as sure as
you live, we caught this rooster, this very
afternoon, growing with all his might for
JEFF Davis"
The corporal passed on.-Youth's Com
nanion
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
STOLEN LUMBER.

A Galveston Detective Unearths q Gar g
of Lumber Depredators.
Special to the Statesman.
past the lumber dealers of this city have
been missing lumber from their ship
ments on the wharyes. At first the thiev-
ing consisted of small quantities, but
lately the depredators have been becom-
ing more bold. Whole drayloads dissp-
peared during the night, and it was so
deity executed as to avoid detection.
This was proving serious loss to the
dealers, and their wachmen being
unable to detect the thieves, De-
tective James Cahill was called in.
The little detective thoroughly investi-
gated the matter and to-day found very
nearly thousand feet belonging to Hill
debrand d Barry, concealed in the house
of Charles Liasagony in the southern
part of the city. When interrogated
Liasagony said he had purchased the lum-
party from whom he made the purchase.
When asked why he stored the
lumber in his house, he replied
because he wanted it to season
before he used it. His story was quite
contradictory, but enough was obtained
from Liasagony to implicate others, and
the detective, not Wishing to flush the
covey, did not put Liasagony under arrest
until he had others more deeply impli-
Gated in hoe, which he expects to accom-
plish in the next twenty-four hours. He
says their speculations will amount to sew
eral thousand dollars, and has been sys-
tematically carried on for many months.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
Memphis as a Cotton Center.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 2.-The receipts
of cotton at Memphis since the LIST of
September to date aggregate 70o,201
bales. This exceeds, by 36,923 bales, the
entire receipts for any previous year. The
crossing of the 100000 line was the occa-
sion Of big jollifcation by members of
the Exchange this forenoon. The black
boards we're deliberately decked with blue
ribbons, and champagne flowed free, like
water. Memphis is not only the largest
interior cotton receiving city in the world,
but is the second largest receiver of spot
cotton, being only surpassed By New
Orleans. The receipts for the year end
ing August 81 will approximate 100000
bales.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

can traffic over the Canadian lines, met
this morning at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
but after two hours discussion ad-
jourued until IL o'clock Monday, without
having accom- lished anything. None of
the invited witnesses have as yet put in
an appearance, and if this state of affairs
continues on Monday the proba bilitles
are the committee will issue subpenas to
compel their after dance.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
Lines From Laredo.

Special to the Statesman.
LAREDO, May At has been definitely
learned that the American consul Cisco,
of Nueva Laredo, Mexico, has resigned
his position, and will leave for his home
in jackson, Tenn. It is also learned that
Mr.. Warner p. Sutton, consul-general to
Mexico, who heretofore had his headquar-
ters at Matamorss, has been transferred
to New Laredo, and that city has been
created as his headquarters hereafter. He
is announced to arrive in this city soon.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
Charged with Perjury,

Special to the Statesman.
GAINESVILLE, May 4.-The soldiers have
arrested at Oklahoma some Bohemians
who will be prosecuted for perjury. 1t
seems that they entered the territory be-
fore noon of April % and made affidavit
to the contrary when they filed. The ar
rest has caused quite CONSERVATION
among the settlers, many of whom were
there before the proper time.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
Shot in the Left Eye.
Special to the Statesman.

PARIS, Tex, May 4.-This afternoon in
this city Sandy Johnson shot Will Cotton
in the left eye with small rifle, seriously
if not fatally wounding him.. Both par
ties are negroes and about Is years of
age, and it is hard to get the facts. 1t is
said that johnson met Cotton and drew
the gun on him, and told him to throw up
his hands. Cotton refused, when johnson
fired at him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
Arrival of the Nevada.

NEW YORK, May 1.-The steamship Ne
vada, from Liverpool, before reported as
having been seen at sea proceeding under
one engine, and the steamship Wieland,
from Hamburg, which stopped at Fayal,
in the Azores, to pick up the passengers
of the steamer Danmark, left there by the
steamer Missouri, arrived off Fire island at
5o'clock this afternoon.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

Annie Baker, of Milwaukee, Wis, suf-
fered with Asthma for years. Finally she
was induced to try Peruns. Her parox-
isms were Immediately relieved and q
permanent cure finally affected. Read her
case in Doctor Hertman's ellis of Life"
Peruna is sold by all druggis ISL a
botfle
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

Paying on Publication: Magazine E d.
itor Ito publisher -"Here is little mat
ter would like to ask your advice about"
PubIisher-"Well." Editor-"I have just
come across an article of my own that
was accepted some twenty years ago, and
naturally feel some delicacy about hx-
ing the price of it myself."-Puck.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

Not a Ball Player, Either.-"Why are
they making such great fuss about
George Washington, par" "My son, l
wish you we're more familiar with the his
tory of your country. George Washing
ton was a great and good msn-frst in
peace, first in war and first in the hearts
of his countrymen." SIS that all par L
thought he must have been first in the
pitching record."-Chicsgo Herald.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
An Interesting Suit.

First Young Lavyer-What are you doing
nowi
Second Young lawyer am interested In
suit that may make my fortune.
First Young Lawyer-What is It'll
Second Young lawyer am trying to
marry a rich girL-Chicago Journal
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
Probably Lost.

PRov1NcETowN, Mass., May 4.-The
Provincetown schooner Nellie Swift, from
the West Indies, for New York, has been
given up for lost with all on board. Sh
is now forty days out and no sign Of her
vet,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
s,nate Investie a ling Commit, es.

NEW YORK, May 4.-The senate inYesti-
eating committee, which is to sift the
question of Canadian control in Ameri-
can railroads, and the diversion of Amerl-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

Judge-"At first you stole $50, and then
afterwards $40; Are you never going to
do better?" Criminal-"Why, your Honor,
1 did better that time by $20."-Flie-
glende Elatter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

p stands for Pierce, the wonderful doctor,
Providing safe remedies, of which he is concoctor
Pleasant to taste, and easy to take,
Pnroatiye Pillets now shear OFF the cake"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-06-19
Murdered.
Roane Bulletin, June 18th.
mi ,

Roane Bulletin, June 18th.
On last Thursday night the citi-
zens of Johnson's Greek and vicinity
were greatly excited over the. fatal
shooting of Joseph B. Smith, son of
Rev. Jonathan Smith, while stand
ing in his yard about dusk. The
shot was fired from ambush and
passed through his lungs and heart
causing death in few minutes.
A coroner's inquest was held the
next day, and the jury found from
evidence before it that said Smith
came to his death by gun shot
wound at the, hands of Samuel E.
Cummings. We have been inform
ed that Cummings confessed to a
couple of the guards and others that
he committed the bloody murder,
and duplicating one Gran. Ramsey.
About five weeks ago Mr.. Smith s
wife died leaving him with six help
less little children to care. for. Mrs
Smith was an estimable lady and
the daughter of Henry D. Sergent,
one of Roane county's best citizens.
Mr.. Smith being left without any
one to care for his motherless chill
dren let this man Cummings, his
wife and her mother-in-law move
into his house to help care for the
children. 1t seems that Cummings
was a shiftless fellow, and one day
when Mr.. Smith was away from
home, his wife and her mother run
him off and he went to Mr.. Ross
and engaged boarding. Trouble in
connection with this seems to have
prompted the deed.
To Mr.. Ross, Cummings con-
fessed to the bloody deed. He said
that Gran Ramsey placed his gun
and shot pouch by OF in a hollow
tree, by agreement in the woods;
that he got the gun and went to
Smiths house concealed himself in
a thicket of brush about as yards
from it, there he waited until Smith
came out when he shot him. Gum.
mings then returned the gun to the
tree from which he got it and went
to Mr.. Ross house and remained
until moring.
He was arrested on Friday anG
after the inquest brought to jail al
this place. 1t is thought that had
any of the friends of the dead mar
said lynch him that it would hav,
been promptly done but they ar,
anxious for the law to be. meteC
out to him justly and should TIL,
law fail then it would probably b,
unsafe for the crimi bal in tina
Uirinitv
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-06-19


When the thrilling news came
from Gettysburg on the 9TH of July,
1868. that there were nearly 5000
dead on the field. including the fall
len of the blue and gray, even the
North, whose flag waved victori-
ously over the bloodiest battle
ground of the war, was appalled, at
tho fearful sacrifice. 1t was the
most desperate conflict of the war
on any single field, and nearly 2OO,-
600 grim reapers of death were in
the ranks of the opposing armies;
but 10000 covered the list of the
dead, including those who died from
wounds. Thcre were thrice as many
wounded, but the mortality at Get
tysburg, after three days of the most
heroic conflict between the two chief
armies of both sections, did not
equal, or certainly did not exceed,
the sweep of death that struck
Johnstown and vicinity and did its
terrible work in an hour.
The flood tide of death in Johns
town and adjacent points simply de-
fies appreciation. 1t seems impossi-
BILE to grasp the extent of the sweep
of death and desolation. There is
nothing in the history of modern civ
ilizatiOn that approaches it There
have been earthquakes which were
more destructive and equally appall-
ing, but they are SO entirely beyond
the range of human control or OF
protection by human skill, that they
are accepted with their horrible rec
ord of death as the inevitable. In
JohDstown, however, with protec-
ton or escape among the POSSIBLE
ties, the almost instantaneous death
of from 10000 to Is, 600 men, women
and children, is felt as a calamity
that language can not measure or
pen portray.
How many there are of the dead
can only be remotely approximated
as yet, and the exact roll of the vic
tins will never be known to the liv-
ing; but from all the information re-
ceived, it seems that the death list
can not be placed below 10000.
More than one-half of the survivors
are not only stripped of home and
fortune, but unspeakably bereaved
by the loss of household goods
This stricken community
has never been equaled in our land.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-06-19
Dernocrafic societies.

A strong and very sensible appeal
for the formation of Democratic
societies is made by the New York
Times which believes that the work
by which the Democratic party
must win in 1892 is the work of
education.
The Democratic party as ma
tional organization, says the Times,
has no great money resources.
With the policy that It has delibcr-
atsiy adopted, and to which it is at
once ready and compelled to adhere,
it can hold out no inducements to
any wealthy class to contribute to
its campaign funds. If it be placed
IN power and its policy can be car
ried out by the gradual reform of
The tariff it will undoubtedly confer
general prosperity upon the country;
it will make the profits of all Glasses,
Srom the manufacturer to his work
men, from the capitalist to the farm
er, moro certain, more continuous
and greater, and it will mako the
cost of living less, whether ON "a large
scale or small one. But the gain
iOf any one man or of any class of
men thus secured will not be definite
enough or great enough to make it
a basis for raising money in consid-
cradle sums for party purposes. In
these circumstances it is plain that
the party must depend for its sue
scss upon being able to convince
che voters of all classes that its pol
icy is really sound and wise, an
honest and useful one. In such
work the Democratic societies and
clubs that were largely organized
in the early part of last year, and
we're spread over a large part of
the country, are a very valuable
set of agencies.
True it is that "the Democratic
party holds out no inducements to
any wealthy class to contribute to
It's campaign fund" The abolition
OF the mOnOpolistic system of taxa
tion means that the many shall not
lie taxed for the benefit of the few.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-06-19
Profits aud Wages.

The Protective organs labors to
prove that wages depend on pro-
fits and that "the effect of Pro
tective Tariff upon wages is reached
through its effects upon profits"
This is the beautiful theory. But
how does it commend itself to the
cotton-mill operatives at Fall River,
"r to AIr. Carnegie's iron workers,
for example?
The reportsof the Fall River mills
showed that the past year was "the
most profitable ever known in their
history" The average dividends
paid were nearly II per cent. The
stock commands a premium averag-
ing many times its par value. Do
the wages follow the profts2 Not
at all. Wages have been reduced
81 per cent, since 1884, and when
the weavers struck last spring to
secure a restoration to the old fig-
Hres, the protected millionaire ALSO
Iutely refused to receive a delega-
ton of their workmen, and calmly
waited until they were starved into
submission.
Mr.. Carnegie, who has Just en-
forced second reduction in wages
within two years-this time of nearly
% per CENTS the author of an
essay as to the proper use and dis
tribution of the enormous wealth
acquired by employers of labor in
this country 1t is needless to say
that none of the iron kings work
ingmen will take any interest in
tris discussion except as they may
hope to be the benefciaries of be-
nevOIenee. But if "wages depended
on profits why should the Penn
syIvania manufacturers ''make large
fortunes every year when the times
are good and their employees be
unable to, get more than enough
ahead to assure decent burial to
their famlies2
The 'tprOteetsd'' workingmen are
thinking Of these things.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-06-19
TO FARMERS.

The Agricultural Insurance Company,
and commenced business in March, 1853,
with charter combining its risks entire
ly to farm property. The charter has
been amended SO as to include private
residences in cities and villages, and
other property not more hazardons.-
The officers of the Company have never
allowed it to be diverted from this poll
cy. Many of its contemporaries of TWEEN
ty years ago. have been swept away by
the devastating fires in our large cities,
while, this Company by its system OF
isolation from business risks, has steeii-
~ pursued its prosperous course, win
ming its way to popularity and strength,
until it stands second to no Company
for permanence and safety. 1t, there
fore, confidentally appeals forspatron-
age to the farmer, whose occupationsex-
empts him from business hazards; to
those who hive retired from business
and its uncertainties, and desire securi-
ty for their lifetime accumulation; and
to the business man who wishes to ex-
empt his home from the uncertainties
of traffic-offering each of them an in
surance i'll harmony with his desires
Prudent men often deed their homes to
their wives to preserve them from bust
ness calamity; legislatures pass exemp-
ton laws, and Congress homestead bills
to secure homes; and the Agricultural
Insurance Company was organized for
their future protection from calamity
that no law or human foresight can
guard against. a Company doing a
general business may be protection
under ordinary circumstances; still it
lacks that element of security and GER
tainty offered By a Company doing only
an isolated residence business. This
Company is now admitted to be the
strongest Company in the World, in it's
specially, and its history OF over thirty
years is sufficient guarantee OF the pro-
lection afforded by its policies.
TIPPETT BRO. 4 ELLISON, ACTS.
Point Pleasant, w. Va. [junel9.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-06-19

We hear a good deal nowadays
about the Newspapers in Politics. y
Ex-Governor ]. d. Long, of Massa-
chusetts, on this point says:
"The press is already the most
efficient element in our political
campaigns. 1t reaches thousands
where the platform only reaches a
few. should like to see every
day a copy of we'll conducted pa
per on the side of my party put
into the hands of every voter in
the Commonwealth. Public meet
ings are of great value occasionally,
but the constant, steady dripping
of the newspapers is of marvellous
influence. think the time will
come when the political managers
will adopt the plan l have suggest
ed. 1t is plan which. involves
plain, straightforward appeals to
the reason, and which would reach
the Intelligence of every citizen in
the quiet of his own home"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-06-19
Trustens. Sa1n-

DY virtue of the authority vested in me.
ID by u certain Deed of Trust executed on
the Sd day of February, lSS2, By james l..
Clendenin, Ellen c'endenin, his wife, Re-
beech ClendcFifII and T. W. Clendcnin to me
as trustee, to secure j. l.. Knight the pny-
mcnt of one certain note for the sum OF -, 1856,
date; and, being requested by the sail I;tIncsi
L. Knight to make sale of the pronePly com
veyed by said Deed of Trust, s!.,ili ON the
18th day of June, 1889,
at 10 O'Clock a. NJ, Mt the front door of tho
Court House of Mason County, West Viz
S!nia, sell the following described tract or
parcel of land situate in Robinson District.
Mason County, West Virginia, and bounded
AS follows: Beginning ut II stake in the Thorn
as Fowler line, midway between Il hickory
and sourwood, standing II links apart, mark
ed as pointers, thence with Snid Fowler's line
n 81 W. 6l poles TO lnrge black oak tree corner
TO said Fowler, II. D W. 10 to a black oak tree
corner to Fowler, II. l3lS SOL poles to q
also corner tn Fowler, n III =. 49, poles to -
stake in the old Clcndcnin line marked n
dogwood and ash for pointers, thence With
said old lire S. rs g. 2s2 poles to white oak
with Eli line OF the same :. I6 w roles /,
stake and tlogwnOtl and White oak pointers,
andrew CIendentn :. 6212 W. 21lls poles to {,
stake on the center of IIi.rrow RID s,e white
OAK bears IL Is links black oak
bearer said trees marked as pointers, thence
$: ~ W. III poles to the place of beginning, es-
ttnnted to contain 2l0 Rcees. Said tract of
land Is less 30 acres sold by Andrew Clendenin
the same tract OF land conveyed by said trust
deed of February y, 1882, which is of record in
Trust Deed Book No. g, pnge 49, Sc.
may 15-4w. trustee.
,, The foregoing sale is adionrned to the. same
=. ". CHAS. p. HOGCj. Trustee.