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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-08-27
THREE HUNDRED KILLED
AND one THOUSAND yWoUNDEDa He THE
ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE
By fheryerrible HuIiG&ue Of Tuesday light
sugeoring the Wounded and Burying
the Dead-The RnaEss Impassahle.
GCreat DestrmtionTf Property

PARIS, Aug @--AGd itionaa 'tte.alls
receiyed here this moaning from st.
Pierre, capital ,Of the Island nl N1ar-
tinique, which @as visited ny Ter
rihle hu rricane OF tuesday nlS,hGaast,
show taat the facts already published
are not only fn no Way exaggerated,
but that they Glid not te II the f1ilstory
of the N,dsaster- ISeYnrmber OF dead
was ogi finally placed at sixty with
hundreds injGped. IKE latest dis
patches received hsre ,alnounes tkaS
two hundred and eighteen people are
found tic nave been killed in the coast
towEs aiane, the towns. III the interior
not being heard from as yet. There is
no doubt but that the 'lGEs of life i'll
the intern zr towns may have been as
great if ,nat greater than III the etfast
towns, SC that it is impossible at
present toeven make an estimate OF
the number Of people who lost their
lives through the eylonic disturbance,
which brought so niueh ruin and dsaS-
olation to o. unfortunate Island.
The difficulty experienced in fornt-
I ing a correct estimate us to the num-
Der of pcople who lost their dives on
Tuesday nigh at Martiniqueis greatly
'5dueCto the fact that the 1oadS leading
from the interior of the islant have
been rendered absolutely impossible.
These roads are blocked, in somecases,
for several miles by fallen trees and
DISPLACED earth and rocks. Several
DAYS NAV elapse before the govern
NEXT of Martinique is able TO give the
home government a detailed account
of the disaster which has faflen
upon the habitants Of that
island. 1t is known, however, that
houses. crops and trees from one emo
ofMartinique to the other have been
demolished or flattened down beyond
hope OF recovery. The loss to the
coffee and sugar planters will be very
great.
At Dueos it is now added only four
houses remain standing out OF the
buildings which formed that little
town before the hurricane visited IL.
Of the inhabitants of Duoos eighteen
have been killed, and a number are
injured more or less severely. The
troops at the disposal Of the govern
ment and large body Of volunteers
are busy at work in all directions sue
corine the injured and burying the
dead. The physicians Of the island
have had hardly an hours rest for
the first forty-eight hours following
the hurricanes passage, and citizens
of all classes are doing their utmost to
succor the sufferers and to repair SO
far as possible the damage done.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-08-27
THE BLOODY CHAsM
Between the Subs and Ants Grows Wider
and Deeper-Jones Reelected.

DALLAS, Tex, Aug. 21.-The split
between the sub and anti-subtreasury
factions of the Farmers Alliance is
widening, andthe ants are excluded
from the convention now being held.
The committees from both factions
are striving to patch up matters, but
all are too stubborn. Evan Jones was
reelected president.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-08-27
A MEXICAN KILLED,
A Card-Table Quarrel the Cause-Sports
Rounded up and Fined.

SAN ANGELO, Tex, Aug. 2O.-A
Mexican, whose name cannot be
learned, was killed at Zonora by John
Donson Monday night. The shooting
was caused by a quarrel over a game
of cards.
Fifteen of the San Angelo sports
were fined $l4 each and costs in the
Justice court here today.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-08-27
Carved by a Butcher,

Special to The Statesman.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, Aug. 2l.-
In an alteration today Walter Din
ney was badly hurt by l.. Dreyer,
butcher. The cut measured Is inches.
extending from throat to back.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-08-27

gotten out in Texas, E. S. Dreyer, a
Chicago banker, is putting up the
money, and it is said by A ner Tay-
lor that the road will be completed in
sixty days.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-08-27

The president of ansther bank is
quoted as saying THAI none OF 1.-THE
Farbsylbank's paper as held here by
othec banks and that taAe suspension
Will nottalfect them
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-08-27
LADIES

Feeding tonic or children who want ~.
ing up. should take
BROWNS Iron BLTTEEIS.
II is pleasant to tafe, cures Malaria. a.!
Eestior. BillOusneSs and Liver CCm DiaI1is
The state capital., 1891-12-26
Women in the Rain.

Do YOU know that there is nothing which
has tendency to make a delicate woman
feel common so thoroughly as, to have to
be out on the streets in the rain2 Hustled
and jostled and elbowed by damp and
shabby crowds. Trodden under foot by
dray horses, rescued by brave policemen,
buffeted by newsboys, run down by cabs,
bounded by beggars who sit in the rain
playing on defunct accordions and de-
manding a cents worth of sympathy.
Torn with the vain attempt to hold up
skirts. carry bundle and hoist a petard
at one and the same time
Ankles wet, boots grimy, skirts sloppy,
temper squally, hope dead, courage quench-
ed Somebody meets you and asks, well,
does this suit your" AS though the wealth
er was something you had been sampling.
You long to kill him, but content yourself
with hating him and trying to put out his
eyes with your petard sometimes called an
umbrella). At last you reach home, only
to stink into the cellar and sit on the lid OF
the furnace door, like lost spirit out on
bail, and while you dry your skirts and
curl your feathers you say to yourself,
"Well. if there is an angel in heaven that
could be turned loose in rainstorm and
not fall from grace, that angel must have
acquired a knack that we women know
nothing about"
One might perhaps preserve some sem
blance of daintiness and decorum in 8
north country coalpit, but every vestige
of presentable appearance goes by the board
in a city tempest of wind and rain.-Chi
cago Herald.
The state capital., 1891-12-26
One Form of Vanity.

The sweetest wife and mother in New
York said to me the other day: 'When
any one | know is rude or unkind to me |
am sorry for that person, but do not take
the act as personal. | attribute it to i'll
health or lack of training, but never per
NIT myself to think that can be hurt by
it, When any one is kind and thoughtful,
however, | take it as a personal -compii
ment and mark of special favor. sup
pose it is very egotistical way of looking
at things, but get great deal of happi-
ness out of my vanity | go through life
never feeling slighted or insulted or wound
ed, and am constantly delighted with the
goodness and sweetness which people be-
stow upon me-"
AS l listened to the fair lady's words it
seemed to me that such vanity as hers was
u most desirable quality to possess. and,
wished there was more of it in the world.
| know another woman who made it
rule early in life to only notice other peo-
ple's faults to avoid contracting them and
to carefully notice their graces and virtues
in order to adopt them.-Ella Wheeler Will
cox,in Washington Post.
The state capital., 1891-12-26

A man who was slightly bald stood bare
headed in Broadway the other day, nerv-
ously rubbing the bald spot with one hand
and holding an open letter at arm length
with the other hand. His eyes bulged from
their sockets; his teeth were hard set, and
his brow was wrinkled in mighty frown.
An acquaintance stopped in passing to ask:
"What is the matter, old man? Any bad
news?"
"My wife las gone into the country
just look at what she has writtenr'
The sympathizing friend looked and read
the following extract: 81 forgot the key of
the trunk. The bunch of keys is in the
pocket of that striped gingham dress OF
mine, hanging on the inside of the hall
closet door up stairs. Please send both fiat
KEYS, as don't know which to use. With
the KEYS you can send katie's bracelet,
which she says she left in the right hand
corner of the lower drawer of her bureau.
There also is an old lace pin, not the
one with the pin broken, which she
would like to have. 1t is in the top
drawer. If the keys are not in the
gingham dress they may be in the top
drawer of the bureau in the front room.
Don't forget to send back to Mrs. Jones
have time to send think it is in the sewing
machine drawer or on the mantel in the
dining room. 1t was cold here last night
and 1 may need my neuralgia medicine
Better send it with the other things. 1t Is
on shelf in the dining room closet. BE
sure and send the right bottle. Katie sayz
her lace pin may be on that dotted Swiss
dress which she wore at the Browns party
1t hangs in the wardrobe in her room
The key to the wardrobe must be in the
bunch with the others. Do take good carr
of yourself and"-
"Ahemr' said the sympathizing &C
quaintance.
"What in bazes would you do?" inquired
the baldheaded man, putting on his hat.
Telegraph that you are sick, and let he
find the things when she comes back"
The baldheaded man shook his heat
sadly, put the letter in his pocket ant
walked away with the air of martyr
New York Tribune.
The state capital., 1891-12-26
Pay of Actors In Rome.

In view of the complaint often heard as
to what it costs to bring first rate actors
and singers before the public, it may not
be uninteresting to examine whether the
histrionic brethren and sisters of olden
times were really content with merely
earning their bread and their laurels. To
go back to the classic days of Rome, in
Ovid's time, the beautiful Dyonisia, the
first woman who ever appeared on Ro-
man stage, received 200, 900 sesterces per
season, i. e., $10,0OO Phoebe Vocontia came
out in the following year; she received one
third more than her predecessor, leaving
out of the question the magnificent gifts
which those ladies used to get from their
admirers in appreciation of their art.
Esopus, who was at the same time the
greatest tragedian, the most dissipated
man about town and the biggest fool of
his time, left his son the remains of his
Fortunes, 600, 900 sest. Cicero-and he is
good authority on such matters-tells us
that Roscius had 100000 sest. per annum
from the government, which in Rome sup
ported most public amusements. This
same Roscius was considered very patriotic
for playing free of charge on certain SOL
emn Philadelphia Music and
Drama.
The state capital., 1891-12-26
Street Car Etiquette.

A good deal of ink and paper. and more
of the gray matter of the brain of the aver
age writer, are exhausted in paragraphing
the doings of women in street cars. Some
body whose breakfast has disagreed with
him declares that the average woman will
stare a man out of countenance, and when
he can't endure it any longer and gives her
his seat, she drops into it like spoonful
of mush, without even so much as
"Thank YOU" That there are cases of igno-
rance and rudeness Is very true, but that
women have much more to complain of as
regards street car manners than men Is
quite true. 1t is scarcely agreeable to any
sensitive woman to stand in car and be
nerfectly aware that all of the men are
watching her out of the corners of their
ewes, wondering and speculating as to
which of their fellow travellers Is going to
rise and offer her a seat. Then the car
gives lurch, and as in many cases she
can't reach the strap, she plunges, and is
possibly thrown against some Of the pas
senpers. recovering herself with some diff
ficulty and no particular grace to speak of.
A woman rarely looks her best while be-
ing bounced about by the curves and
startinos and stoppings of the car, and
g0e Is QulCc llAcly W Do ""eAAS "a SA'~-
fact. Some men have fashion OF bury
ing their noses in their papers until
they reach the end of their journey. Then
all of sudden, with a sort Of deprecatory
start and exclamation, they spring from
their seats and beg her TO sit down. AS d
matter Of course she thinks, unless she is
used to it, that the man intends TO De po'
lite, but she isn't made very comfortable
by the litter that runs through the car
when, after thanking him, she discovers
he has reached his journeys end, and u
possibly already on the platform. This Is
an old and transparent trick.
If man leaves his seat at the end OF his
journey, he has no right as gentleman 20
demand by his manner THANK you
from any one. He should leave the car
and say nothing. Having enjoyed bis ride
In silence, the least he can do is to keep
that silence unbroken until he is out OF the
way.-New York Ledger.
The state capital., 1891-12-26
Caught a Tartar.

1t isn't any fun to be stamp clerk at
the postoffice, but the limited variety OF
articles at their disposal makes the posi-
ton rather easy, particularly since the In
formation bureau has been in operation.
Occasionally funny man or crank Is on
duty inside the window. That's the kind
who was at one of the windows when q
nervous individual, who was in a hurry,
approached just ahead of me on the line.
He laid down two pennies and said moth
ing. 1t would be presumed, without very
great stretch of the imagination under the
circumstances, that he wanted two cent
stamp, but this clerk made no move.
"Well?" said the man after a moment.
"Well," echoed the clerk, "what'n you
have?"
ga two cent stamp, confound it! What'd
you suppose | wanted-two sticks of candy
or two cent whistler"
What had been intended for a sarcastic
smile on the face of the funny clerk quickly
changed to sickly grin. He tossed out
a stamp and retired into his shell.-New
York Herald.
.Does love forget all it forgives?" once said
The fair young Greek. who sadly learned 70
know,
Though much we love, we neer forget blow.
The scar itself remains, though pain is dead.
And was forgiven when the wound was red.
| True love remembers, but forbears to show
The hand that only should caress bestow-
/ The hand that to sweet waters should have led
The perfume that In flower unconscious lives,
The light that paints to tints the dullest forms
| Are not more subtle than the love that warns
| The human heart. From Him who much for
/ gives
II comes. A gift divine-a touch as yet
| OF perfect love that needs not to forget.
-Womans Journal.
The state capital., 1891-12-26
A Problem i'm Motion.

A correspondent asks: If A and B are
standing at the rear end of a train half a
mile long and A walks to the front end,
will he get to his destination before B, or
does he travel faster? He is Informed that
If AS destination is half mile forward
from the place at which A and B stood to-
gether, and the train stands still, A un-
doubtedly travels faster that and will
get to his destination before B. In case
the train if moving forward, A, while walk
ing forward, goes faster than B and will
get to his destination sooner-always pro-
vided that he jumps off promptly when he
gets there In the third case, in which the
train backs, A, while walking forward,
will be going slower than B, provided the
trains speed is greater than AS. Whether
in this case A or B will get to his destina-
ton first depends upon the speed of each
afoot-BaltimOre Sun.
The state capital., 1891-12-26
Reecher's Home LlIo

Home was always the place, whether 10
.-ly =, later life, where the noblest ana
best parts of his character were the most s
thoroughly Nor developed and best understood.
There he never failed to reveal himself IN
his hest and happiest moods. Unless ous
Of town which was not often ID our n,so
ten years-he was seldom absent 1rom 'ne
home table Then, as far as possiDie' no
put his daily cares to one sloe. De.w1un a. Ts.
IL nrivate home life and his public life
thore couid be no comparison, even In
earlier life. Mr.. Beecher at home was tne
nlavmate and companion of the young; the
deyotedly loved father; the thoughtful
tender, loving husband, and, in later years.
rbe kind and cheerful master OF his 1armi
happy himself and making bis dependents
and all around him happy
He was an entirely different person there
than when in his study-silent, grave a.
The state capital., 1891-12-26
Not an Admirer of the "Dook. 4"

An English magazine tells story Of .
London painters servant and the national
hero of England Here it is, in the words
of the cockney himself:
81 took home picture to the Dock o.
Wellington one day and as l was taking it
up in the hall he came by and says, oh,
YOU comes from Messrs. Bennett Yes,
SIR says. With that he passes on, and
out comes at the front door man dressed
all in black, and comes up to me-his but
ler, / suppose. He says, DO you know
who you were talking to just nowr Yes,
SIR 1 says, Arthur Wellesley, better
known as Dock o. Wellington
"'Then why don't you say 'your grace"
to himF 'Gracey says L; what should
say grace for' There's no meat here.
Where's the viands. Why, said sir to
him-a common title of resnect between
The state capital., 1891-12-26
Agreed with the Sentiment.

In really quaint old fashioned houses it
Is very much in keeping to have suggestive
phrases over the fireplaces. In one such
house in New England is inscribed over
the library andirons, "Old wood to burn,
old books to read, old friends to talk, and
in the dining room the cheer of the family
altar is sung in Scotch phrase, East, west.
hame's the best"
That these inscriptions are not common
is evidenced by story concerning the lat
ter A lady entering the dining room at
once noticed the lettering "Ah," she said,
reading, whats this, East, west, hams
the best That's so-ham is good; quite
agree with you," she finished, turning
with smile to her amused listener.-New
York Times
The state capital., 1891-12-26
A Fun Loving Seal.

The mother seal at the Zoo got rather
gay Sunday afternoon while big crowd of
ladies, gentlemen and children was stand
ing around eagerly watching the baby
seal. The mother seal would watch and
see where the crowd was thickest, slide
quietly under the water, come up close as
possible to where the crowd was, and then,
with seemingly pure deviltry, jump up and
splash the water in such way as to cover
and wet every one within twenty feet. And
it kept this sort of fun up all the after
noon. No matter on which side of the
tank the crowd got, the seal would make
quiet sneak under the water, and then,
quick as lightning, show up near the crowd
and get in it's funny business.-Cincinnat
Fnnuirer
The state capital., 1891-12-26
AN OLD DOLLY.

Only an old wooden dolly,
With an arm and leg a-missing,
The point of her nose rubbed off, s'poee.
Through too much washing or kissing.
In a frock OF faded satin,
With tinsel lace tarnished andtattered;
Her ''coal scuttle" bonnet holds, alas.
A head that's trifle battered.
Oh, no. she has not lost her locks;
She never had curls black or golden;
A dolls wig was safely painted on
In the days that you call ''olden."
You laugh and think her ''too funny"
Yet once she was just as much cherished
AS your dolly is-by wee girl
Whose dolly days long ago perished.
New York Advertiser.
The state capital., 1891-12-26
The Ignorance of Man.

Inxentor-Oh, the fatality of thingsl
Here have an invulnerable, nonatmos-
pheric, spectacular, retroactive, nonrever-
berating, nonoscillatory watch, perfect in
detail and mechanism, and yet l am al
most starving.
Frieud-Why don't you sell the patents
Inventor-The fools won't buy it, just
because it won't keep time. The driyefng
hiotslEJeWelers, Circular.
The state capital., 1891-12-26
What Makes a Man a Coward9

What is it that makes one coward? Is
it a fear of death, or a fear of pain result
ing from any injury that might be sus-
tained while performing an act of bravery
know not. l try to reason myself out of
my pusillanimity "Am not as good as
any other mani" l say to myself. "Of
course am" decide, and there and then
firmly resolve that the next time I am
called upon to perform an act requiring
courage shall not be found wanting. But
when that time arrives at the first sign of
danger am helpless, trembling lump Of
humanity!
Icould no more personally attempt to
save a person from drowning, stop runa-
way horse, or in fact do anything requir-
ing courage, than could fly. In the pres
ence of danger l am for the time being
paralyzed.
have often wondered. supposing saw
The state capital., 1891-12-26
Remarkable Fungi.

Most remarkable of the fungi that grow
in the great caverns are mushrooms, edible
or otherwise, in vast beds, the product OF
which, uncultivated and uneaten, reminds
one of the champignons propagated by
thousands of bushels artiicially in caves
of France for the markets of the world
Washington Star.
The state capital., 1891-12-26
Rarnabee and the Tramp,

Henry Clay Barnabee is credited with
being the author of new joke.
The other day, while standing in front Of
the Standard, an ablebodied, but very
dirty, old tramp came up to him and told
him of great many things he could do,
trying at the same time to wheedle a twenty
five cent piece out of the comedian. At
last Mr. Barnabee got weary and said:
'Can you play checkers?"
eyes" answered the tramp.
"Well," said Mr.. Barnabee, cit is your
move. New York Telegram.
The state capital., 1891-12-26
Too True.

Mrs. Hutchings-How are you getting
along now, Mr.. Duncan, in the literary
liner
Mr.. Duncan-Poorly enough. All my
articles have been rejected.
Mrs. Hutchings-Oh, well, / shouldn't
mind. Why, sometimes good articles are
rejected. Bazaar.
The state capital., 1891-12-26

Geissler tubes can be converted into bril-
liant beams of light by being held near a
coil or large sheet of tin plate connected
with a pole of an alternating machine,
and the prospects are that we will soon
have revolution in the artificial produc-
tion of light.
The state capital., 1891-12-26

some brute OF a man uan muruerlng a
woman in a row, which SO often happens
in this country, could 1 render any assist
ance? No, feel sure / couldn't. | should
run away.-"A Coward" in London Tit
The state capital., 1891-12-26
Science Aids Science.

One of the most wonderful things in the
study of sciences is the fact that the mys-
teries of one science are sometimes COM
pletely or partly explained by knowledge
cleaned in some other department of study.
The state capital., 1891-12-26

The custom of rising at the "Hallelujah
Chorus" which has continued to the pres
ent day, was begun on March %, 1743, at
the first performance of the work in Lon
don, when the king set the example.
The state capital., 1891-12-26
A Sensible View of a Condition.

Dr. Arabell kenealy views the fact thaG
many women must remain spinsters by
reason of their preponderance in numbers
with cheerful eQuanimity, for, she says:
''The increased and increasing surplus OF
women is forcing upon US the imposslbillty
of marrying all our daughters, and we are
compelled therefore to provide them with
professions whereby they can make pro-
visions for themselves 1t is this swelling
of the tide until it has overfowed the do
mestic precincts that has carried US out
into the current of the larger and fuller
life"
At New York 142 police man are sick
with the "grip."
The rent roll of the duke OF Devonshirs
amounts to ETC, 900 per annum.
Five state tickets have been nominated
in Louisiana. The election takes place
April 10.
Sid Joiner, negro murderer, was shot
and killed while resisting arrest at Mara
ana, Ark.
Fears are entertained in London that tho
British ship Cavalier has been lost with all
on board.
Chu You Sing, a commissioner appointed
by the Chinese government to report on
the Worlds fair, has arrived in New YORK
city.
A turkey that had been kept on ice TO,
ten years was served for dinner at New
York. 1t was perfectly sweet, but had LOST
all flavor.
The state capital., 1891-12-26

The most interesting geographical fea
ture of great caverns is to be found in th-
streams which sink into the sand or lie. .
down gorges. disappearing and reappear
ing at intervals most mysteriously.
The state capital., 1891-12-26

man and man. WE'LL says he, you are a
rum sort of customer, you are. What do
you call the duke?' What do l call him?'
l says; a wholesale carcass butcherp"