davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
austin Statesman.

A TERRY RANGERS MONO.HLNI
The Terry Rangers, or the remnant
of them, are having their reunion IN
Austin. Every year it has been the
custom of these men, who fought slde
by side for four terrible years, to meet
at some point in the state and spehd
a day or two renewing old friendships
and reminding old bivouacfires. The
ranks are yearly growing thinner, Tor
time is in the battle field against the
invincible Rangers, and his silent
shafts fall here and there, striking
down one after another of the valiant
soldiers who faced death on many a
fleL,. 1t has been the cherished de-
sire of this band of men to build
monument which shall commemorate
the valor of Terry's Rangers during
the four years when they made
name for themselves as the most
dashing and the bravest Of soldiers.
Many of these men are poor. 1hey
gave too much out Of their lives
for the cause of their country to
have much left when the struggle was
over. Yet it has been Il real grief to
those brave men that more than a
quarter of a century after the close ol
the conflict the valOr of their com
rades should still be uncommemora-
ted. But The STATESMAN believes
that the state will come to their as
sistance in this noble work; that even
the younger genei alton, the sons and
daughters of men who went through
the same struggle, will join them in
erecting a handsome and fitting monu-
ment to Terry's Rangers. The
STATESMAN herewith commits itself
to the enterprise, and urges that
every Texan, young or old, contribute
some amount, no matter how small, to
build this monument. The STATES
MAN will gladly become the custodian
of the Terry Rangers Monument
Fund, or will receive money for any
to be indicated. Other
states are having such monuments
built by $25, $40, SIS, $40, S. subscrip-
lions, and no state can boast more
gallant band than Terry's Rangers.
the nucleus of this fund is on
hand, it can be completed in year,
and handsome monument go up for
the Joy of all the future.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

The following from the Brennan
Banner shows that there must have
been subtreasury orators among the
mound builders:
"Dr. L. J. Spann from near Chap
pell Hill was9n the city Wednesday,
and laid upon the EDITORS desk what
appears to be a petritied piece of a
mans jaw bone and mouth, one jaw
tooth being imDedded III the jaw and
having turned to flint, but clearly
outlined even the long double roots
being plain in the piece. The strange
part of it is, however, the fact that
this curious formation was taken from
a well seventy-five feet beneath the
surface, where there was no appear
ance of there ever having been well
there before"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
Increase of SDecialistS

For several years past speciaism has
taken such hold on the public mind that,
perforce, the universalsts have been al
most driven to haul down their colors.
Some particular persons seem to have as
many specialists us they have Organs. l
know Il lady VINO boasts of her eye doctor,
ear doctor, chest doctor, heart doctor, brain
doctor, and nose doctor, rs we'll as what
she calls her general prac.;" and of all of
them she speaks as if they were men of
different profession, just as she might
speak of her matchmaker, her bellows
maker or her undertaker.-Dr b. w. Rich
ardson in Asclepiad
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
Murderer Arrested and Jailed.

Special to The Statesman.
TEXARKANA, Tex, Dec. 5.-News
received this evening of the arrest and
Judgement in Jail at Clarksville of
Chas. Vine, the negro who murdered
Deputy Sheriff Dan Morgan on Red
River about a week ago and threw
his body in the river. Themurder was
particularly cold blooded one and
was committed for the purpose of 70 :
berry. Two other negroes, one Of them
brother to Vine, are held in Jail as
accessories without the benefit of bail.
1t is understood that the murderer
will be taken to Ball, The county seat,
for preliminary hearing next Mon.
day, when serious trouble is feared
The probability is that a lynching
will be attempted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
DOM PEDRO.

The death of Dom Pedro brings to a
close one of the most touching stories
of modern times. He was well known
to be a wise, enlightened and con-
sentative ruler; one of the best that
ever sat on any throne. The times
seemed ripe for revolution, and he
was deposed, to the detriment OF his
country, as time has shown. Con-
stantly mourning for his country
hungry for glimpse of the shores st
dear to his heart, he was yet left tC
die in exile, and it is probable that
his ashes will not even be permitted
to repose beneath Brazilian soil.
While this man, who was honored as
a ruler and esteemed as friend by
the most enlightened nations of the
world, met with so sad fate, the
car of Russia still commits his enormi-
ties, cursed by millions of starving
subjects, and in other countries roy
atty is presenting its most objections
able features 10 the world. The one
man who made royalty tolerable
SLEEPS under alien skies, while the
many who have made royalty a by
word and reproach still 90 unwhip-
ped OF justice.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
The BOMB THROWER.

The throwing Of the bomb which
was intended to murder Russell Sage
was the work of a mailman. This
man had escaped some time before
from Middletown and Utica asylums,
and the authorities had probably
made themselves easy about him, as
they do about many others. No doubt
he was known as lunatic among his
acquaintance; and people alluded to
him jocularly as harmless crank"
And Yet this harmless man blew him
self and two or three other people
into eternity and wrecked "a building,
in carrying out one of his crazy
schemes. The STATESMAN believes
that too little attention is paid to
lunatics. 1t is nearly always the
"harmlessn lunatic that commits
those CHASTITY deeds which startle the
world when it is too late. Tie asylum
is the best place for the lunatic,
harmless or otherwise.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

A MARSHALL deputy sheriff mad
vertently left the jail door open for a
few minutes the other day, and when
he came back he found that two pris-
oners who had escaped about three
weeks before had serenely returned to
their old quarters. This thing of
leaving Jail doors open and allowing
prisoners to break in should be stop
ped at once.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
STATE DEPARTMENTS.
RECORD OF YESTERDAYS TRANsAC-
TI0Ns AT THE CAPITOL.
How, Where and by Whom the Government
talAfairs Of the People of the Great
Commonwealth of Texas are
Being Administered.
Secretary Of State.

The charter of the LlanO Improve
ment and Furnace company was so
amended as to move the principal
office of the company from Dallas to
Llano.
New charters were granted as fol-
lows:
To the Temple Black Land Plow
company, to be located at Temple,
Tex. The directors for the first year
are George E. Wilcox, L. r. Wade,
j. f. Moore, A. f. Bentley, A. M.
Keller, L. G. Jackson and j. B. Nun
neley. The capital stock is 100000
To the Ennis Hotel company. The
directors for the first year are w. r..
Bright and S. d. Curtis Of Corsicana
and j. BaIdridge of Ennis. Capital
stock $4,000.
To the Texas Securities and Realty
company, to be located at Dallas. The
directors for the first year are John +.
Elliott, Herbert Price, James B. Simp-
son, J. b. Adoue, B. Blankenship, NJ.
l.. Robertson and w. j. Keller. Capt.
tai stock 5000, 900.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
THE FISH COMMISSIONER.
He is Delighted with Austin and Her Great
Dam Enterprise.

Mr.. b. w. Evermann, United States
fish commissioner, reached the city
yesterday morning. He was met by
Mayor Mcdonald. Prof. }. A. Singley
of the state geological department,
Hon. John b. Lubbock, ex-state fish
commissioner, Mr.. Frank Hamilton
and J. NJ. Boloughs. He and Prof
Scovell, who accompanies him, We're
driven to Barton's creek and the DAM
They were delighted with Barton and
it's clear, cool, pure water, but to use
the water for fish ponds will require
pumping, something not at all de-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
The Sense of Smell,

Experts in the manufacture of perfumery
say that the sense of smell can be devel-
oped just as acutely as the senses of sight,
hearing, taste and touch. This would
seem paradoXical, for it is well known
fact that after smelling five or six differ
ent perfumes the uneducated nose so loses
its power chat ability to distinguish odors
is entirely lost. This to a degree is true of
the educated nose, but its power lasts
longer. An expert is able by putting a
drop or two of perfume on a bit of cotton
to tell what it is and just what scents en-
ter into its Gomposition.-New York Even
ing Sun.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

AT the head of all the Juvenile mag
zines stands Wide Awake, whose
Christmas number will be the delight
of every young reader. Beautiful il
Illustrations and charming stories make
I'D number scarcely to be excelled
"How Christmas Came in the Little
Tent is the opening story, and ii is a
fair illustration of those that follow.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
DOMESTIC Nenlth Hint.

Mr.. Oldchappe-Ho, hol And so you are
married and are keeping house and have
no girl. We'll, sympathize with you.
Mr.. Youngchappe-I don't need sym.
pathy.
"Tell that to the bachelors. Pm a mar.
ried man. Your dear little wiley is just
out of boarding school, isn't she9"
Yes"
Ola, ha! thought so. And you are al
ready suiferirt, the agonies of dyspepsia,
aren't youy'
"Never was better in my life"
"Eh? What's that? And with young
wife doing the cooking?"
She doesn't. She makes me do it,
New York Weekly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
AUSTIN, Tex, Oct. 16. 1901

Notice is hereby given that meet
ing of the stockholders of the Austin
and Northwestern Railroad company.
called by the directors of the CORPORA
ton for such purpose, will be held at
the office OF said corporation in the
city of Austin, Tex, on the 28th day
OF December, 1891, at 10 o'clock a. m.
for the purbose of authorizing the
making, execution and delivery of
mortgage Of the corporate properties
and franchises of this company,
or such portion thereof as may be de-
termined upon, to secure the payment
OF bonds Oh this company to an
amount not exceeding $4,000 per
mile OF continuous or connected con
structed railroad, payable July l,
l94l, and bearing interest at the rate
OF per cent annum payable semi
annually. CHAs. DILLINGHAM.
j. j, ATKINSON and
A. N. LEITNAKER,
Attest: Directors
JAMES TERRENCE, Secretary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

The recent killing at Victoria must
be matter of universal regret. w.
j. Douglas, the man who did the
killing, is editor of the Victoria Re-
view. The man who was killed was
striking Douglas with horsewhip
and continued to do so though warned
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
ped at once

AMONG the "baby magazines"
which are meant solely to instruct and
amuse the little toddlers, it would be
difficult to find one better than "Our
Little Ones and the Nursery" Love-
ly pictures and simple stories and
poems in which the children are sure
to be interested are always found
in this magazine for the little people.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

to desist. The public is not yet in
formed as to what led to the trouble.
The outcome of the conflict might
have been expected, as the man who
assails his enemy with horsewhlp
simply takes his life in his hands.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

Col. Hurley is lecturing in Fort
Worth on "People Whom L Have
Metz The mossbacks who have been
working against the Worlds Fair
would perhaps do well not to attend
the lecture.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

IT may be that Arkansas Pass will be
one of the deep water ports very soon,
after all. People who "don't know
when they are beaten" sometimes sur
prise people by rallying and winning
the victory
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

FORT WORTH has been cruelty de-
prived of her latest sensation. The
leperous Chinaman was not a leper.
The water works question is still in
statu quo, however, and perhaps the
Fort will be able to worry along.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

w. NJ. lMBoDEN, late editor of the
Cherokee Herald, has gone to Wash
ington in the capacity of private Sec
Rotary to Hon. Horace Chiffon. War
wick's reward was late in coming, but
it came.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
The Comptroller.

The revenue deposits for the day
amounted to $40, 12l.50, which includes
S2953 deposited by j. f. Hollings-
worth, commissioner of insurance,
etc, as office fees.
Deposited to the interest and sink
ing fund, BeXar county bond of
$777.97.
Fannin county redeemed $1,000 of
her court house bonds.
The following collectors made re-
ports to cover November collections:
Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, BeXar,
Brazos, Camp, Chambers, Childress,
Coke, Coleman, ConchO, Dallam,
Dimmit, Eastland, Fayette, HARTLEY
Jeff Davis, Johnson, Kimble, Nc.
Culloch, Medina, Midland, Montague,
Nueces, Pecos, Red River, Refugio,
Scurry, Throckmorton, Tom Green
Val Verde and Young.
The total disbursements at the
Treasury on warrants by the comp
troller during the last quarter ending
November 80 amounted to $1,247,-
362. 46, which includes revenue $780,
6S475; available school, 1868, 5ll "a;
p rmanent school, $3.50, 5US Al; avail
ableuniversity, $50, 1885. 40; Confederate
Home, $9,609.66; A. and NJ. college,
s., 1874 So
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup has been used
for children teethng 1t soothes the child
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie and is the best remedy for diarrhpa
Twenty-Five cents per bottle. Sold at all drug
gists throughout the world.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

Authority was granted the st. l..
5. w. railway to adopt Western elias
sification committees rulings, dated
Chicago, Nov. %, 1891, and effective
Dec. 10, 1891.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
General Land Office.

No sales were made yesterday, but
the total sales for the past week
amounted to 81 ,16l acres. The leases
for the week were very small.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

TANK KEE has come out on top in his
Hamilton county fight. 1t has cost
him some time and trouble and per-
haps a good deal of money.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
Railroad Commission

The following rates were granted
yesterday, to be effective December
u, on empty barrels, in carloads, min
imum weight 10000 pounds, between
stations on the g., H. d s. A.; 7. d \.
o.; S. & f. T.; N. Y, 7. q NJ, and G.
W.. Il. q p. railways:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
What is ScrofgyUa

is that impurity in the blood, wl!c,. ,.umu,
lating in the glands of the neck. ,oos mn,
slightly Jumps or swellings; whic' .;es poinfn,
running sores on the arms, lie, feet. which
Envelopes ulcers In the eyes, ears, or nose, often
causing blindness or deafness; which is the origin
OF pimples, caneerous growths, or MANY other
manifestations usually ascribed to "bumors."
IT'S " more formidable enemy than consumptiop
OF cancer alone, for scrofula combines the worst
PosSine features of both. Being the most ancient,
us 'He most general of all diseases or affections,
ior Vc'y lew persons are entirely free from IT,
now can 1t be cured? By taking Hoods Sarsa
pariiia' which, by the cures it has accomplished.
olteh when other medicines have failed, has
proven itself to be potent and peculiar medicine
lor TINS disease. For all affections of the blood
lioods Sarsaparillais unequalled and some of the
cures 1t mas effected are really wonderful. If you
suher from scrofula in any of ,ts various forms.
DC sure to give Hoods sarsaparilla trial.
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Sold by druggists 81; six for SIS. Preparedonly
oy u l. HOOD i CO., Apothecaries Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

And yet she writes, and the world
is touched by the tenderness and pa
thos of the poem or the story, and you
tell her when you see her that she
writes like a man. If this be true
What could she not do you gave her
the opportunity that man has to
think his best thoughts, and think
them in the best way? Oh, sisterhood
of woman writers, who sit down in
the midst of the hurry burly and
write like man, there is hope for you
yet, and perhaps place in the world.
JULIA TBUITT BISHOP.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

81 want to tell YOU" said dear,
white haired old lady to the Home
Corner, "that the other day l was 90
ing up the street with one of nv
friends, and we met little boy whom
we knew. He spoke and raised his
hat, and after he had passed my friend
turned to me and exclaimed, with an
expression of genuine pleasure, What
little gentlemanr And it struck me
as so peculiar, you know, that such a
thing should be considered remark
able. Why, in my time, good man
ners were so common that breach of
them was worth noticing, and excited
the surprise and indignation of every
one. What is it your Tennyson says?
For manners are not idle. but the fruit
OflOyal nature and of noble mind"
"Judging from that one would think
that there were few loyal natures and
noble minds being displayed by the
younger generation at least"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

And the Home Corner really had
nothing to say in reply to this severe
old lady, who, when she was
a little school girl was
taught to make her little old
fashioned courtesy to people she met.
and to rise when her elders entered
the room, and remain standing until
they were seated, and to keep silence
when her elders were talking, and 10
obey her parents, and to do MANY
other things that are so old, old
fashioned now. Dear little old white
haired lady these rough bows will
tumble up from boyhood into man
hood somehow, and some of them will
make good, substantial men; but as
for the refined and courtly men, such
as you used to know, they are mere
memories, not to oe brought out and
jolted about in these rude times.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

The world is fond of comparing the
literary work of women with that of
men, to the disadvantage of the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

Even when the woman writer is
lucky enough or rich enough to have
servants, let no one suppose that she
is ever able to shut herself up in her
study and leave word that she is not
to be disturbed. No indeed! She
sinks down in the first place she
comes to, on the stairs, perhaps, or by
the kitchen stove, and with Il blank
book on her knee and her paper on
that. she writes. All day long such
relrains as these sound through the
poem or the story with which her
mind and heart are filled: There's
beggar woman at the back door, min, &
am she says can We let Ter have some
of yer ole clos MIMI" "Do yez want
some fresh butter am eggs, mann,
ju,t Off OF country waggin?''
"Dey's a lardy in de palor, Miss
Sa'llo. She never sent up no kyard
said she las one o. your ole frien's."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

But when a woman writes!
She is generally housekeeper,
nurse, maid of all work. She
must rise in the morning
and look well to the ways of her
household. There is breakfast to SUI
perirtend, and then there are lunches
to pack, hair to braid, aprons to tie,
and the noisy crowd must be watched
as they fit away toward school. All
day along there is work to be done or
calls at the door t. be answered; and
the writing hit should be snatched up
at last, is Iaid down so many times in
the course of"nea that the weary
author sometimes looks at it and Won
ders what she could have been going
to say when he broke Off in the midst
OF that last sentence.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
THE HOME CORNER.

former 1t is pretty generally con-
coded that many women writers have
a smooth and graceful style, and can
even write some very pleasing things,
but when it comes to any very great
strength or depth, why, you mustn't
expect it in feminine literature. When
a woman has written something that
attracts much attention and COM
mands respect, the average reader
eXclaims with enthusiasm: "Pretty
Sood-tor a womanW When you
wish to pay woman writer the
highest compliment that lies within
the whole scope of your knowledge.
you tell her that she writes Tx. 4
man. And yet, considering the -
cumstances under which the co
write, literary women who make even
a passable figure ought to be regarded
as the most wonderful people in the
world.
NV
When a man has some literary work
to do he can go out in the morning and
refresh himself by a ride or a stroll;
after which he can simply intimate
that he has important work before
him and must not be disturbed. He
shuts himself up in his study, and the
AutOcrat of all the Russias was never
obeyed so implicitly. His wife and
the servants tiptoe past that study
door and talk in whispers; the chill
oren are corralled in the tarthest
corner of the house, and somebody's
hand is held over the baby's mouth if
he cries; visitors and bill collectors
are met and turned away from the
front door with all kinds of legends;
and in short the writer up in the
stIdy is left to WOO the MUSES. or to
study scientific problems undis-
turbed. If he has any talent at all,
and is not troubled with a mere itch
for scribbling, it is small wonder that
he is able to indite something worthy
to live, amid such surroundings.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22

or lightweight, when the advance will be
Cancelled in full and release given. The
number of the monthly installments will be
less, according to the time the advance is
taken out after the issue of the stock and the
amount of accrued profits.
The same time is allowed to repay the ad-
vance without regard to how long the associa-
ton may run, the rate of premiums bid, or
the amount of the advance obtained.
The monthly payments on premiums are re-
duced 10 per cent. annually.
Shares advanced on participate in the profits
the same as shares not advanced upon.
Suppose a member desires an advance of
81, 900 on the first month his share is issued.
He may make his application at the regular
monthly meeting of the association or leave
it with the secretary. The funds ON hand are
advanced to the members giving the highest
rates of premium, or, if applied for during
the month, at the average rate at which ad-
Vances were last made. We will assume that
GO per cent. is bid in this case.
After applying for the advance description
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22

of the property offered as security is handed
to the secretary or valuation committee, (Which
must be in the District of Columbia.) The
committee visit the property and report to the
board of directors, on blanks prepared for
that purpose, giving a full description and
their estimates of its value. The board con-
slider the report, and, if sufficient security is
offered, make an award of the advance desired.
The secretary then sends notice to the at
torney of the association, and requests him to
examine the title, prepare the papers, and re-
port. If the title is clear and the property
unincumbered, the amount of the advance
is paid over.
An incumbrance may be paid off from the
advance.
The attorney is appointed by the board, and
is bonded officer of the association.
The title and value of property offered and
taken as security are, of course, of the utmost
Importance to both the owner and shareholder
desiring the advance and to the association
1t is, therefore, of the greatest consequence
that the services of a reliable and qualified