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Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-03-29
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Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-03-29
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Not only is it difficult to say the
right thing in the right place, but far
more difficult still to leave unsaid
the wrong thing at the tempting mo-
ment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
ANOTHER ENDORSEMENT OF THE
DAM,

Mr.. John Bogard, state engineer o.
New York state, in his highly com
plimentary report on the dam made to
the board of public works yesterday
adds but another testimonial to the
long list of concentrations, scientific
and otherwise, of that plan. Mr.. Bo'
gard is an engineer of long experience
in dam construction and he speaks as
one with great authority. He did not
merely content himself with a cold
approval of the site selected for the
dam, its surroundings and the plans
for the contemplated structure,
he was enthusiastic on the subject,
ranking the power to be realized
as greater than in the lead
ing manufacturing cities of the
East. Such praise and such
prophecy as he yesterday INDUCED in
can not but prove most satisfactory to
every one with his interests at stake
in Austin's welfare and future. Every
expert who has looked into the mat
ter declares the feasibility of the dam
and estimates the quantity of the
power to be created as enormous. This
power is so much money. 1t is vast
principal upon which Austin will col
lect princely interest for all time to
come. We do not, we can not, appre-
ciate the full force Of all this. We
feel that great lever is to be paced
under Austin, that will lift her into
the very front rank OF Southern cities.
But the magnitude of the work and
the radical change to- be effected are
so startling as now to be impossible of
appreciation. We should be impa-
tient TO get to work that our glazing
future may begin to be realized.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
Complete the MontopOlis Bridge.

One OF the main topics in the east
ern portion of the county is the Mon
topolis bridge, and every citizen in
terested in the early completion of
the same, urges more vigorous meas
ures to be taken.
The bridge shortens the route to
Austin from points east and southeast
of the city from five to eight miles
and the travel over the same, when
completed would soon prove the val
lie OF its location.
Three years have elapsed since the
construction of the bridge was begun
and during this time the people of
this county have been en-
tirely deprived of any means of cross
ing the river at these points.
If the bridge had have been COM
pleted under the first contract, farm
and city property in the eastern por-
ton of the county would have nearly
doubled in value and the increase in
trade would have astonished our mer-
chants; the saving us short hauls to
farmers would have enabled them to
carry cheerfully higher taxation.
During the last week, meetings have
been held in the county, and people
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
The Trapeze Mans Teeth Gave Way.

The Delmo brothers, trapeze perform
ers, met with painful and perhaps fatal
accident during their exhibition at the
Gem theatre at Ell Paso. Both of the
gymnasts, George and William, were on
a trapeze twenty-five feet above the
stage. William had his legs hooked over
the bar, with his head hanging down.
In his mouth he had leather strap,
which was fastened to belt around his
brothers waist. In this suspended atti-
tude George was being spun around like
Il top by II movement of Williams head,
and ut the same time the trapeze was
made to swing with great velocity.
some extra force, supposed to be the re-
suit of one of the belt rings getting
caught, wrenChed several teeth from
Williams mouth and thereby precipitat-
ed Georges body to the floor. He lay
there stark and motionless, and the au-
,iience believed him dead. After being
5allen home he recovered consciousness,
out has not since been able to walk. The
physicians, who have made a careful ex-
animation, believe he is internally in
jUred. William Delno is also confined
with u raging fever.-Cor. st. Louis
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
Imagination and Rabies.

at is thoroughly understood now
said q well known physician, that
nervousness and fright have as much to
30 with precipitating evil effects from
dos bite as the actual poison itself. AS
the dog season approaches nervous peo-
pie experience what may almost be
called u reign of terror OH the general
subject Of rabies. lii my practice have
;I2own Of lnen and women who were al
most on the verge Of hysteria from a
,rifiing scratch OF bite from pet poodle,
and in at least two instances | have
known serious trouble to result from
this species CT fright. More dog bitten
people have died from imagination than
rom the rabies, you know, and the dire
outcome of sensationulism on the subject
is toward an increase in the number Of
victims. New York World.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
Louisiana state Lottery Company.

Louisiana state Lottery Company.
Incorporated by the Legislature for Edu-
cational and Charitable purposes, and to
franchise made part of the present State
Constitution, in 1879, by an overwhelming
popular vote and
Its Present Charter Ending January 1, 1895.
It's MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take place.
Semi-Annrally June ard December) and
its Grand Single number drawings lake.
place in each of the other ten months Of
the year, and are all drawn in public, at
the Academy of Music, New Orleans, La
FAMED Fur TWENTY YEARS for in
tegrity CT its d awnings and prompt payment
of prizes. attested as follows:
''We do hereby certify that we supervise
the arrangements for all the monthly and
semi-annIal drawings of the Louisiana.
State Lottery company and in person man..
age and control the Drawings themselves.
and that the same are conducted with hor..
esty, fairness and in good iaith toward az
parties, and we authorize the company TO
use this certificate, with fac-similes OF
our signatures attached. in its advertise
nents,"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17

Sept 16 an exposition will be opened
here in building representing the great
industry of this section of Iowa, coal
mining, the principal material used be-
ing the product of these mines. The
coal palace will be 260 feet in length,
with an average width of 100 feet, the
main tower lifting itself upward over
200 feet. 1t will be built with an archi-
Sectural character of its own, and the
whole structure will be veneered with
coal, various unique designs being
woven into the building of jet from the
output of the various mines about OF
tumwa. A miniature coal mine is to be
one of the features of the palace. Into
the mine shaft will lead from the main
tower, over $50 feet above.
The tower at its base will be over 40
feet square and be reached by means Of
two elevators or flight of stairs. From
this point the sightseer will get into a
car just as in regular mine, when he
will be lowered through dark shaft
into the sunken park, where the mules,
the miners with their lamps and picks
and the coal in large veins can be seem
The palace will be two stories in height,
the first being about 25 feet to the cell
ing, the other reaching to the top Of the
structure, Varying from 50 to 100 feet.
In the front or Washington street tower
will be the stage, 80 by 36 feet, and the
main hall, with the balconies ascending
direct from the stage, will give the
building seating capacity of from 5000
to 5000. On either side of the main
room or nave of the building will be the
spaces above and below for the exhibits
OF the surrounding counties, namely;
Monroe, Appanoose, Davis, KeoEuk,
Mahaslla, Lucas, Van Buren, and Jeffer-
son. These exhibits are intended to be
industrial for the greater part.
wa Qa.) Cor. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
An Eve Opener.

People from abroad who have an
idea that Texas cattle all have horns
a yard from tip to tip; that our horses
are all of the bucking bronco type
that our sheep are all scrubs and our
hogs razor-backs, would gain liberal
education by attending the Dallas fair
next fall. Here they will see pedigreed
stock of all kinds, bred in Texas, and
enough of them to show that such
stock is not rarity. And in order to
make this display of fine stock as
complete as possible, and therefore
serve to dispel this erroneous idea
about Texas, we especially urge the
stockmen of the State to patronize
the fair and help the managers OF it
to make success. They are working
for Texas, and the people of Texas owe
them a debt that can only be paid by
working with them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17

THE people of Austin onght to be
encouraged by the report of Engineer
Bogart. He is about as high author
ity as any living engineer. When he
says unreservedly that the building OF
the dam will be.followed by develop
ment of industries which one does not
care to anticipate" it ought to stimu-
late the people of this city to hold up
the hands of the men they have Sc
lected to carry this enterprise through.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
An Iron Hand

A pilgrim appeared at Allahabad, In
dia, called a crowd about him and asked
if the time had not come when the hated
English should go. He was in Jail in
less that twenty minutes, was arraigned
in court within an hour and in less than
two had been sentenced to five years
imprisonment. The English don't in
tend to let India get the start of her
again, and the pilgrim who has any
questions to ask had better talk to him
self.-Detroit Free Press.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
The Next Constable.
To theEditor of the Statesman:

To theEditor of the Statesman:
Just now on the eve of the Demo-
cratic primaries very pertinent ques-
ton is suggested to my mind, in the
canvass for the constable's office. Two
men are running for the place, one the
present deputy, the other Mr.. Monroe
Sawyer. Both are good men, but the
question to be solved is; which is the
better? Mr.. Sawyer is a man who
from his experience as an officer is
thoroughly fitted for the duties of the
Office he seeks. He is also man
whose strict integrity and close adher-
ance to the performance of his duty
commend him to ALL / am person
ally acquainted with Mr.. Sawyer, and
know that the Democratic party
could not do better than to give him
the nomination, which ! belive they
will do beyond and doubt.
A. DEMOCRAT.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
Troublesome johnson Grass.

A Collin county man has this to say
about johnson grass: "By request of
many Collin county farmers and some
large landed proprietors, am urged
to write few lines warning everyone
of the great danger that awaits us I'M
less something is done to prevent the
further introduction and careless scat
tering of the seed of Johnson grass in
and all over our country. Many valua-
BILE plantations in South Carolina,
Arkansas and Louisiana have become
ruined and worthless by it. 1t is
known in South Carolina as the
"means grass" from having been
brought over from Egypt and intro
duted there by Mr.. Means some years
anterior t. our civil war. 1t was
afterwards carried from South
Carolina by Mr.. Johnson, whose
name it is best known by.
1t has become such terrible pest
that no one has as yet claimed a prac.
ticable remedy for its eradication, be
cause its rootlets penetrate so deep
into the earth, not less than five or
six feet, and its growth is so rapid
that the cost of preventive would
exceed the value of the land. A lead
ing merchant of Mckinney, who re
Gently purchased a fine Collin county
farm, said to me yesterday, that he
dreaded the Johnson grass so greatly
that he would as soon person would
burn down and destroy his houses,
barns and fences as to scatter the
Johnson grass seed over his farm.
Some advocate the necessary legisla-
ton to prevent its introduction"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
Counters for Cabs.

In conformity with the proposals Of
the Paris Municipal council, the protect
of the Seine has just issued decree
obliging ali owners to provide their We
hicles with counters before April /, 1891
The counter must indicate at every mo.
ment the number Of kilometers Travelled
over, the hour of the day and the fare
due. When the cab is in motion the fare
will increase in proportion to the dis.
lance, and while the vehicle is kept
standing it will increase as if the cab
were going at the rate of eight kilome.
tiers an hour.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
THE FARMER AROUSED

There are evidences all over the
country that the farmers have at last
been aroused and their eyes opened to
the fact that the government has for
quarter of century been run as an
engine in the hands OF other interests
which have been built up at the ex.
pense of the man with the hoe. 1t
begins to dawn upon him that while
he has been, through import duties
taxed so to 100 per cent for the clothes
he wears, the iron and steel and what.
ever else he uses, the prices OF his
products have been lowered because he
has been shut out from the markets
OF the world.
The scales are gradually dropping
off his optics, which have so long been
befogged and begoggled by protective
sophistries. 1t is dawning upon him
that he has been made tool of, which
all hands have felt free to use for their
own special benefit, and which the
manufacturers especially have welded
to enrich themselves.
But like a giant, once blindfolded,
but now seeing clearly, the farmer
is becoming enraged and dis
covering his power, threatens to
make it hot for his enemies and the
swindlers who have 80 far ruined him
that over half the farms in the West
ern States are under mortgage, that
is, are partly owned by tie money
kings. Hence, casting our eyes over
the country, we see the farmers-in
Texas, in Arkansas, in Iowa and Hi
nois, in Tennessee and the Carolinas
--arraying themselves in a vast and
powerful organization, which holds
and can WELD the balance of power,
not only in the Federal government,
but in every agricultural State-a
power, which, should they remain
united, could overthrow either of the
two great political parties. And it is
a fact, corroborated by history, that if
the alarming corruption and danger
GUS drifting of this government to-
ward despotism are corrected, it must
be by some movement originating
among the people themselves, and no
political force that has arisen of late
years seems so we'll adapted to the
purpose as the Farmers Alliance.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17

along the river seem to be determined
to get from the county either the
bridge or other means of crossing the
Colorado east of the city, their losses
and Inconvenience for want of inter
communication between both sides of
the river have been enormous.
A failure to give our citizens, after
years VI suffering, the bridge in time
to market this years crop over the
same will be condemned by every fair
minded man. ~
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
ANOTHER VICTORY FOR MONOPOLY

ANOTHER VICTORY FOR MONOPOLY
In amending the house silver bill.
the senate voted squarely for free
coinage. 1t went to the conference
committee. The money power and
John Sherman seemed to control the
committee, which got up another bill
with the free coinage feature emascu-
lated. The senate by very large
majority voted for it, thus stultifying
itself. The money power has again
triumphed, through what particular
means or influence it is hard to say.
Under the conference bill free coinage
is left discretionary with the secretary
of the treasury. When Window coins
a silver dollar Gabriers trumpet will
be ready to sound. John Sherman
has knitted silver again, as was done
in 1873, and this country is left under
the heel of monopoly, and the money
power will continue to run the coun-
try to its own advantage, and the
still further impoverishment of the
masses. Senators Coke, Vest, Morgan
and others deserve great praise for the
determined stand they took on the
conference report, and in favor of sill
yer coinage.
Well, if the bill is signed by the
president the party in power is
responsible and the Republicans may
not be surprised if some of Western
States are lost to them on account of
this war on silver, to say nothing of
the position Of the party on the Nc
Kinley bill.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17

A MOVEMENT is on footin congress tc
revive the Office of lieutenant genera
The purpose is too apparent. Scho
field major general in command is a
Democrat, and different sort of man
is needed to carry out the military
feature of the force bill in the South.
That is about the substanc of it. A
Democrat can't pe trusted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
Cattle in Arizona,

From Nogales to the railroad, and
from the Colorado to the New Mexican
line in Arizona, the valleys and mesas
are reported to be covered with the car
cases of cattle. For some years the
ranges of Arizona have been overstock-
ed, but no really evil consequences re-
suited until this dry season, and now the
losses are very great A rain recently
over southern Arizona, lasting some
hours, will make the grasses grow and
fill the lagoons with water.-San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
IMPORTANT.
Address NJ. A. DAUPHIN'
New Orleans, l.

New Orleans, La,
Or M. A: DAUPHIN, Washington, D. c..
BY ordinary letter containg Money Order
issued by all Express Companies, New York
Exchange, Draft or Postal Note.
Address registered letters containing cur
rency to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL
BANK, New Orleans, La
Remember, that the payment of
Prizes is GUARANTEED BY FOUR Ma
TIONAL BANKS of New Orleans, and the
Tickets are signed by the President of an
Institution whose chartered rights are
recognized in the highest Courts; therefore,
beware of all limitations or anonymous
schemes"
REMEMBER that the SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES has
decided that the Louisiana State Lottery
company has a CONTRACT with the State
OF Louisiana which DOES NOT EXPIRE
UNTIL JANUARY l, 1895.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
TweedIe-Dum VS.. Tweedle-Dee.

| IL vi lhO
A great discovery has been made
Lend me your ears, or rather small
space in your columns and / will tel
you the long sought difference "twix
tweedle-dum and tweedle.dee."
The one is-but wait, let me tell 6
short story that will serve to illus
trate:
| A colored woman's horse dies on
the roadside one evening near the
residence of, well. Mr.. Blank. Some
thing must be done Immediately, and
early next morning Blank hastens tc
the roadmaster, who in turn hastens
to have the carcass removed, and on
his way to secure the needed help
passes the spot and finds it has al.
ready been removed and goes
home rejoicing. Blank, however
proceeds to investigate and finds that
the woman has hired colored neigh
Dor to remove the carcass, and this
man simply drags it across the road
and dumps it down ravine into a
pool of water, not ten feet from the
public road. Blank is indignant, hav-
ing twice within the year, through the
kindness of neighbors, endured in
silence the malador of like visitation
of Providence. and hastens to the city
determined to have "justice done
though the heavens fall" The county
attorney listens respectfully and re-
lers him lowell an aspirant banker
ing for q larger draught at the county
teat. He ponders over it and sagely
observes:
ave can't touch the man, but I'll
tell you what we can do; we can
frighten the woman"
"But," cries Blank, "the woman has
quite evidently done her full duty in
hiring the man to remove it; it's the
man l am after"
81 tell you," says the aspirant, eve
can't touch the man, but we can
frighten the woman and we will doit."
Blank goes home detected and pom
ders all night over the problem how
frightening the woman will remove
that malodorous carcass fostering in
the hot sun.
~ would gladly pay to have it re-
moved" he YEARLY signs, "but moth
ing short of cyclone could dragit up
out of that hole"
The next day the trial comes off,
and the sapient justice decides that
the "poor wilder woman" has done
her full duty in the premises in hiring
the man to remove the carcass, and
having enlightened her" dismisses the
case.
"But," cries Blank, "the thing is
there, and my family are suffering
from the effects of it, what can be
donew
ooh" carelessly calculates the as
tute justice, "put two or three gallons
of oil on 1t and burn it up"
What in a pool of water 5 feet deep
and 20 broad?"
"Oh, well, then throw barrel of
lime over it," says the justice in
tired tone.
1t was just then that Blank made
the discovery alluded to above, and
here it is
Tweedle-du u is man and voter,
tweedle-dee "poor wilder woman"
without vote. The election comes
on a pace-and that's the difference.
Have | made it plain?
Meanwhile Blank nurses his wrath,
and is lay ing in stock Of drugs for,
the inevitable sickness in his family
that his prophetic eye foresees-mean-
while judiciously skipping all the
cholera items and sundry word of
in The STATESMAN.
LOCKER On.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

In this mornings dispatches Lord
Wolsely is reported as saying that the
bonds of affection between Uncle
Samuel and John Bull are strengthen
ing. His lordship's assertion is scarcely
corroborated by the developments Of
the Behring sea quarrel. Notwith-
standing the denial of Sir Julian
Paunceforte concerning his belligerent
utterances few days ago there is no
doubt that a British naval force is
collecting at Victoria ready for orders
to sail to Behring sea. There is just
as little doubt that John Bull means
strict business after his cruisers reach
the sea. The situation is just this,
Uncle Samuel claims dominion of
Behring sea and any English vessel
caught sealing in those waters must be
seized by United States revenue
cutters.
Mr.. Bull denies the assumption of
Uncle Sam and proposes to protect
every vessel in Behring sea bearing the
British flag.
Here is a fine chance for Uncle
Samuel to get into row with Mr..
Bull. And none can deny that brush
with England might be of advantage
to our country at large. 1t is to be
hoped that Brother Jonathan will
keep his courage up to the sticking
point. If the Behring sea tie
should develop into scrimmage what
a glo. ious thing it would be to get
ingalls,, Reed and other bloody minded
patriots into it, and furnish employ
ment to their followers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17

A Texas paper told story about four
people on horseback being carried into
the clouds by a cyclone. A citizen
doubted it and a reporter made affidavit
to the facts. He was arrested for perjury,
had to own up to the sensation when put
ON trial, and will now get term in state
prison for his funny business. Detroit
Free Press.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
THE PEOPLES FORUM.

ARTICLES appearing in this column are
written over Individual responsibility and
are published as matters that may be of
general interest and simply to point dis
cussion. The STATESMAN will not be re.
garded as indorsing anything herein below
contained unless favorably commented on
editorially.l
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17

There would be notroublein politics
if the politician we're let alone and
given his way.-Scranton Truth.
The worse thing about the woman
who saws, 81 told you so" is that she
generally tells the truth.-Somerville
Journal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
The Summer of 30.

Brown-We're going to have a hot
summer.
Merritt-Of course. Well then be in
the nineties.-EEoch.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17

1t is melancholy fact and much to
be regretted that good people who
want only what is right often get what
is left.-Dallas News.