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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
Playing Soldier.

The greatest cause of breaking up militia
companies or organizations is the competitive
drill In the east the competitive drill nearly
obliterated all the finest companies, and the
cause is rapidly being seen in the west. 1t is
rery plain why competitive drill disorgan-
yes military company. A man enters the
organization and drills for about year. He
drills with sixty or eighty men, and suddenly
it is decided to take part in competitive
drill. The best men are picked out, and those
who do not reach the standard cannot see in
what points the others excel them, so they re-
sign. They won't stand such Partially, they
say. There may be some clerks among those
picked out, and they go to their employers
and ask for week off, there is great drill
coming off and they must go. Their employ
ers say all right, and the other clerks are
overworked and grumblingduring that week.
The men return, covered with glory or
beaten. Another drill is proposed, and the
picked men decide to go, either to win more
laurels or retrieve a former defeat They
call on the head of the house again, and the
old gentleman says: "All right, boys. Go
ahead, but keep going, don't come back. ~
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
ExTA
FIG. IA USEFUL CART.
FI9 1

In unloading earth, manure, etc., take
off the sideboards, and with a chain
hitch the team to one of the wheels,
carry the chain square across the load,
over the other wheel, start up the team
and tip the load over. AS the cart is the
same one side up as the other, it is al
ways right side up. Put in the side
boards, hitch to the front and drive off.
The cart is made alike on both sides;
hence you do not have to tip it back.
The sideboards are also alike, and fit on
either side. It may be used with or
without a tongue. If you have much
backing to do, tongue is handy. With
out tongue the team is hitched to the
staple @, Fig. 1, by chain or large link.
A tongue is attached to this staple by a
hook, and half inch bolt is put through
the tongue and the front of the cart at
P. This bolt is left out when pulling.
In hauling rails and the like use stakes
instead of the sideboards.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
FIGS, Q AND "a USEFUL CART.

FIGS, 2 AND "a USEFUL CART.
The wheels used in the model are from
an old moving machine, and % inches
high. The maker chiseled off the pro-
jections, broke off the cogs, and had the
holes reamed out to take in 11-inch
axle. The length of the boat is 10 feet;
width feet 3 inches, outside measure.
The bottom is made of good oak boards
1 inch thick, and feet inches long,
and laid crosswise Of the cart. The ends
of these boards are put between 2 by
inch ak scantlings F). The shaft or
axle is perfectly straight, without turn
ing or lathe work, but simply has a
inch hole through the ends for Inch
pins. This shaft is placed Al feet from
the hind end of the cart. A strip of band
iron (B) 3 inch ) wide and 16 inches long
is put on each side and riveted on solid,
to hitch to. The staple works loosely
through this iron, to admit of hitching
to either side. This staple is made of
inch round iron, 81 inches long, and a
inches between the nuts on the ends. A
strip of iron Il by inch is slipped over
these ends and nuts put on.
The staples (S) are made of 1x8 inch
iron, cut II inches long, the ends drawn
out and turned square edgewise, one end
one way and one the other, as shown in
Fig. 3. Bend fatwise to form the staple.
This makes the staple holes 2x3 inches
These staples are put in place when build
ing the cart. The end projections COM
ing against the upper and lower scant-
lings of the frame make it impossible to
pull them out. A three-eighth inch bolt
should be put through the scantlings be-
tween the staples and one close to the
axle. Nails or spikes can h, used in
other places. The front ends of the side
scantlings should be beveled to an edge,
commencing back about fifteen inches
from the ends Then put on the runners
O), which should be of the same length
as the beveled ends of the scantling.
You can iron these runners with band
iron, if you please, by putting on from
the hind end of one runner clear around
to the hind end of the other side. One
of the sideboards is shown in Fig. 2.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
The Insane Dodge.

A tramp with new begging scheme made
a tour Of the studios in the Lakeside building
yesterday afternoon. The new scheme was
ingenious and it worked well. Walking rap
idly into Gean Smiths studio, with both eyes
in fine frenzy rolling and quick twitching
of the mouth, he steadied himself against
frame holding large canvas and said,
sharply; 81 want to ask you favor, sir.
Can you spare few pennies for poor, I'M
fortunate creature who has been five years in
the insane asylumW The big canvas shook
under the wild eyed tramp's convulsive grip
and che artist dropped his palette, hurried
over to him and handed him dime. The
man turned On his heel and rushed out, and
Smith breathed sigh of relief. "That in
sane asylum story is a good one," he said,
land it should be successful He gave me
the impression that if | refused him aims he
would call his insanity into play and get even
by kicking hole through my big picture.
Of course that caught my dime. Chicago
Herald
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
THE LITTLE HIGH CHAIR.

In an attic deserted, slowed safely away,
Little High Chair discovered today,
n dingy dark corner, with cobwebs o'ergrown-
But who was its owner. is something unknown.
round or two broken, break from the seat
The back partly patched up, and nowhere COM
plete
With the paint strangely tortured by patches
quite bare
Make lone and pathetic the Little High Chair.
Tie child who sat in it, venture to say,
Is a totteri-g old man If he's living today.
What fields he has conquered, what prospects
found fair,
No record or person is here to declare.
Yet born with his youth, this one relic remains
From a far distant time, when life's contests and
pains
Stood far in allegiance, and naught could impair
The career that should start from the Little High
Chair
Did its subject tied up there, SO proud on his
throne
Go out through the world q great power, or I'M
known!
Was the joy that youth promised fulfilled, or
snare2
No answer comes back from the Little High
Chair
The mother who cherished the child that 1t bore
And all who once knew it have gone on before;
But history of some sort forbidding or fair,
Begins every day from some Little High Chair.
Joel Benton in Once Week
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
"Auld Robin Gray,o

One of the happest instances of the kind of
plagiarism which, like charity, blesses both
giver and receiver, is to be found in the
famous ballad of "Auld Robin Gray" which
is taken from the French. The poem Of Para
dis dc Moncrif, which served as a model to
Lady Anne Barnard, is entitled "Les Con-
stantes Amours d'Alix ct d'Alexis," and,
though now more than century old, is still
considered to be the finest example of what
the French call romance 1t has the naivete
and the prolixity, so charming in its apparent
triviality, proper to that kind of composition;
and in comparing it with Lady Anne's poem
it is interesting to observe how in the passage
of the tale northwards the romantic beauty
of the original gives place to tragic inten-
sity in harmony with the severer genius of
the Scottish muse The author, Paradis de
Moncrif, became q member of the French
academy in 1913, and died at the age of SO in
ITO, just year before "Auld Robin Gray"
saw the light; so there can be no doubt about
the dates.-New York Home Journal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
Tho Sure Tin on Pronheor.

A correspondent takes me to task for my
skepticism about dreams, and says he "lcnows
that dreams sometimes come true" Why, of
course; SO do |. believe that dreams some
times como true. But to bring this about,
you must dream about the incident after it
has happened, not before. That's the trouble
with people who want their dreams to come
true; they are often too impatient to wait
until the thing happens before they dream.
Now when want to prove that dreams come
true, dream about something that happened
last week, and that know happened And
then, if can't make dream fit all around
it, I'd better not go to sleep. I'd better not
any how, until get the dream all fixed; you
can't tell what you might dream if you fall
asleep.-Bob Burdette.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
Terrible SLAUGHTER.

Thousands of lives were needlessly sac
riiced last year in this country, and other
lives are being as wantonly sacrificed to-
day. Disease is grinding many down into
the dust of death who might be we'll.
Mark those initials, fer thereby hangs a
tale: &c. M. D." They stand for Doctor
Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery, which
is unequaled for importing vigor and tone
to the liver and kidneys, in purifying the
blood, and through it cleansing and re-
newing the whole system. For scrofulous
humors, and consumption Tor lung-scrof-
ula), in its early stages, it is q positive
specific. 1t is sold under a positive guar
antee of benefting or curing in every
case, on being given fair trial, or money
paid for it will be refunded.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
Eupepsy.

This is what you ought to have, in fact,
you must have it, to fully enjoy life
Thousands are searching for it daily, and
mourning because they find it not
Thousands upon thousands of dollars are
spent annually by our people in the hope
that they may attain tits boon. And yet
1T may be had by all. We guarantee that
Electric Bitters, if used according to direc-
tions and the use persisted in, will bring
you good digestion and GUST the demon
dyspepsia and install instead eupepsy. We
recommend Electic Bitters for dyspepsia
and all diseases of liver, stomach and kid
Deys. Sold at 500 and $l.OO per bottle by
Morley Bros, druggists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
Salt as a Check to the Chinch Bug,

Professor Forbes, the Illinois state en-
tomologist, is credited with having said:
81 have no personal experience with the
use OF salt as cnecK upon cnlncn Dug
increase, but from what I know Of the
habits of that insect and the effect Of
other fertilizers, 1 should not expect any
important advantage, except in soils
where salt will specially stimulate the
growth of the grain. Some experiments
with salt, made within my. knowledge
by intelligent farmers of southern ILL
nois, were without noticeable effect"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.

n Ton Load with Ease-Directions for
Making One of These Novel and Useful
Vehicles.
Our readers are indebted to Ohio
Farmer for the drawings and descrip-
tions of the boat cart here given. This
style of cart is great improvement over
the mud boat, which is so hard on
team, and will answer many of the pur-
poses of four wheeled wagon, when
the load is properly adjusted. 1t is an
excellent vehicle for drawing manure,
being easy to load and unload. 1t is also
convenient where grading is to be done
or low places are to be filled withIearth.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02

pier. So rapid was her progress toward
recovery that, marvellous as it may appear,
within two weeks she was able to get out
of the bed to which she had
been confined so long and walk
two blocks to dinner! And
when the use of Pe-ru-ns was discontin-
ued, the last remsining vestige of lung
trouble had disappeared, and Mrs. Luken-
bach was healthier, heartier and happier
than she had ever been before in all her
life. 1t would take long search through
the pages of the history of medicine to
find an equal to this remarkable cure.
These remedies-Pe-ru-na and Mana
lin-our readers can easily procure as
they are kept in stock by all druggists.
DR.. Hartman's address is Columbus, O,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
Mak's the Skin Vera Tenner.

A minister, with a rather Horid complex
ion, had gone into the shop of barber, enc
of his pensioners, to be shaved. The bar
Der was addicted to heavy bouts of drinking,
after which his hand was consequently I'M
steady at his work In shaving the minister
on the occasion referred to, he inflicted a
cut sufficiently deep to cover the lower part
of the face with blood. The minister turned
to tho barber and said in a tone of solemn
severity; "You see, Thomas, what comes Of
taking too much drink" "Aye," replied
Thomas, sit mak's the skin vera tenner. ~
Sheffield Telegraph.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
Just Climb Down a Hand Grenade.

81 never could understand" said old Mrs
Goodheart, as she laid down her paper after
show so many people are incarcerated in
these awful horoscopes. 1t seems such an
easy matter to get out of burning hotel;
why, it's very simple to just climb down one
of them hand grenades that they have on
all the hotels nowadays There's no excuse
for being created alive if you keep your wits
about you. "-Elmira Gazette.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
Not to Be Caught,

"Whyp said an old citizen of Peru, II
have broken an OK yoke in two in the woods
where | had nothing but an ak, made an
other and got home with my load in an
hour" Somebody, thinking to catch the old
man, said: "Well, uncle, how did you make
the bow holes with your axr "Oh, said he,
~ didn't make new bow holes, just knocked
out the old ones from the broken yoke and
used them. n-Lewiston Journal
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
Office of the st. Louis, Arkansas and

Office of the St. Louis, Arkansas and
Texas Railway company in Texas, Tex
arkana, Tex.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Rail-
way company in Texas will be held at the
public Offices in Texarkana, Tex, on
Wednesday, the 1st day of May, 1889, at
II O'Clock a. M, for the election of dIrec-
tors and the transaction Of other business
as may properly come before it.
The annual meeting of the board of d.
rectors will also be held, at the same time
and place, for the transaction of such
business as may properly come before it.
By order of the board of directors.
S. W. FoRDYcE, President.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
Breeding Swine.

A New York breeder Of long expert
ence says that he finds it best to select
good clean cut sows with plenty of bone
and constitution. Such animals are bet
ter than those in which the bone is too
fine bred Breed the sews to finely bred
Berkshire, Essex or Yorkshire bears.
The pigs will combine the fneness of the
boar with the constitution Of the sows.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
Bucklen's Arn1ca Salve.

The BRsT SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price % cents per
box. For sale by Morley Bros.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02

II see that the exclusion spirit is oper-
ating to Danish other nationslities besides
the Chinese" remarked the snake editor.
81 hadn't noticed anything of the kind"
replied the horse editor. swell, in New
York they say, The poles must go.'"--
Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02

FITs-All fits stopped free by DIR. Kline
Great Nerve Restorer. No fits after first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise
and So trial bottle free to fit cases. Send
to DR.. Kline, 93l Arch street, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02

Whimpleby lat the musicale -"Who is
that distinguished looking man over there;
he seems to attract much attention ?"
Ponsonby-"Ah! 1 must present you.
He is the author of that six-column arti-
Gle telling how to pronounce the word
vase. "-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
7. A. SLooUM, M. O.,
181 Pearl street, N. Y.

Paying on Publication: Magazine
editor ito publisher -"Hers is little
matter 1 would like to ask your advice
about" Publisher-"Well?" Editor
81 have just come across an article of my
own that was accepted some twenty years
ago, and naturally 1 feel some delicacy
about fixing the price of it myself"-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
ADVICE to Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup shoul
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, allays
ali pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrho@s. Twenty-Five cents
q bottle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02

Becoming Americanized Citizen-Don't
you know, All Sin, that if you kill mat
enemy of yours you will be hanged. Alb
Sin (veDgeful laundryman)-No, I alice
lightee. l gottee monee. Igo loonee
'sylum."-PhiladeIphia Record.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
CONSUMPTION Surely Cured.

To the Editor-Please inform your read
ers that have positive remedy for Con,
sumption. By its untimely use thousands
of hopeless cases have been permanently
cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles
of my remedy FREE to any of your readers
who have consumption if they will send
me their express and postofioe address
Respectfully,
7. A. SLooUM, M. c.,
121 Pearl straat N V
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02

An Irishman was, planting shade trees
when passing lady said: you're digging
out the holes, are you, Mr.. Haggerty?"
"No, mum, Dim diggin' out the dirt an
LAWN the holes. Boston journal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02

tor-"How is Your son coming on?
I've not seen him lately" Parent
pretty we'll" II hope he is not showing
any signs of becoming fast, as is so fire.
quently the case with boys in large cities"
Fast? Why, rarson, he is a messenger
boy."-Texas Siftings.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02

WHOSE heart is full, his mouth runneth
over. Whosoever has used
Warmers Log CABIN Plasters
has his heart filled with gratitude, and he
proclaims to the world its superiority to all
other plasters. Try it. Cheapest and
best.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02

Clara (waking)-Whose poem was that
you've just read? Isabela-Why that was
Browning's. C!ara-I thought so. 1 knew
it the moment 1 fell asleep.-Munsey'S
Weakly
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02

The smallpox patients have about re-
covered, and they will be discharged about
the end of the present month.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
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The AUSTIN STATESMAN.
Austin, Tex.
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-05-23
PENNSYLVANIA.
Reunion of the Survivors of the 1921 Pa.

The survivors of the 1920 Pa, which was re-
cruited mainly from Lancaster County and
Philadelphia, held their second annual Re-
union at Lancaster, May II. The permanent
officers of the regiment are: President, COL
Emlen Franklin; V.-P., Col. Edward Mccoy.
ern; Sec, Lieut.. John G. Long; Treas, Capt
George NJ. Franklin After the transaction OF
business the veterans adjourned to the gar
den of Mannerchor Hall, where a pleasant
social time was had and their battles fought
over again.
In the evening banquet was held in Mnn-
nerchor Hall, covers being laid for 214 guests.
The following toast program was gone through
"Our Regiment" Col Emlen Franklin; 1.-The
Army of the Potomac-the Third Corps
Adj't D. III. Heitshu, Lancaster; "Fredericks.
burg" Rev. J. David Miller, Marysville, Perry
County; Charlottesville" Clark Whitson
Lancaster; "Our Return Home" Serg't d. c.
Haverstick, Lancaster.
The Reunion was in celebration of the 26tt
anniversary of the return of the regiment
at the close of its enlistment Among the in
cidents was the presence of Thomas Mont
gomery, who, rather than miss the Reunion
walked all the way from Berkeley County
Va, to Lancaster, in order to be present. An
other feature was the presence, of membe,
wearing the garb of the Dankards, a sect whose
| members are opposed to war, but who, having
served at the front, could enter with zest il
| the present festivities.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-05-23
Indiana veterans In Iowa.

At the 10Th Department Eneampment held
at Burlington. a meeting f8all Indiana yeter-
ans was called at the Register Room at Bur-
lington at 5 p m. April o. 1889, for the pur-
pose of organizing an Indiana Veteran Asso-
citation. The meeting was called to order by
c. B. Weston, of the I'D Ind. Comrade j. K.
Powers of the 9th Ind, was elected Chairman,
and C. B. Weston, of the I'D Ind, Greene, Iowa,
was elected Secretary.
The Chairman was authorized to appoint a
committee to make arrangements for Head
quarters of said association at the State Fair to
be held at Des Mones in 1889. He appointed
as committee, Capt Russell, w. A. Abbott and
J. Il. Davone.
The Chairman and the Secretary were also
authorized to make all the necessary arrange
ments for the Association at the next Depart
ment Encampment, to be held at Des Moines
in 1890.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-05-23
The inscription on the east front is:
RESERVES.
Bach Regiment 10 Build Its Own Moaament.

A eircular-letter has been prepared and sent
TO the members of the Pennsylvania Reserve
Corps explaining that as the bill authorize
ing the several regiments Of the Pennsylvania
Reserve Corps to combine their funds IN the
erection Of asingle monument on the battlefield
OF Gettysburg has been vetoed by the Governor
and has failed of passage over his veto, each
regiment will therefore be under the necessity
of erecting such q monument as it can, as per
act of Legislature of June Is, 1887. The letter
recommends that the comrades OF this corps
confer with the Gettysburg Monument COM
mittee and arrange for the separate mona
ments, as the law requires The call for
meeting st Gettysburg on May 81 is revoked.
The letter is signed by A. G. Curtin, l. Z. At
kinson, l. NJ. Jackson, r. NJ. Henderson, John
Hamilton, Calvin Hamilton, W. HartshOrn, w.
Hayes Grier, committee.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-05-23
Reunion of the ESD rs.

The third annual Reunion Of the 56th Mass
was held at the Quincy House, Boston. Mass,
May ;. The business meeting was called to
order by the President, Gen. w. s Weld, about
10 members being present. A recess was taken,
and, after the members were photographed, the
election of officers took place, with the follow
ing result: President, George 5. Evans; V.-P,
G. Ford French; See, Eben w. Pike; Treas,
g. A. Fletcher; Executive COmmittee-CO. A,
]. A. LittIefeld Co. B. w. II. J. Hayes; Co. @,
s. Cain, jr.; Co. d. ]. ]. Ford; Co. E, George II.
Hastings; Co. f. J. ]. Gilman; Co. IT, J. w.
Fletcher; Co. l. t. w. Mahady; Co. 4. c. F..
BurrisOn; Co. L, w. ]. Markham; Finance
Committee, Geo. S. Evans, Z. W. Pipe, ". w.
Bunker