The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-03-12

aCTdJCUeu his ltdu.
He was in a deep brown study and tn
solution to the problem racking his bral
seemed hard to find.
He knew that III very few days tn
clerk of the house would inform him tina
much as he liked him, he would hense
forth be unable to recognize his draft TO
more than 81 per day. lie must do some
thing to meet the coming dull times.
With the prodigaity of aitiuence he hac
not boarded up of the surplus of his pc
diem as he might have done when the cIerl
was generous and his lame was good for 5;
q dav VII ether school kept or not.
Indeed he had found that his receipts
barely met his expenses, and when ht
Thought of the time when he should have
but 81 a day to depend on, his hair felt a
lift would stand on end and he groaned in
anguish of spirit.
"Well," he remarked as he gathered NJ
his scattered limbs-he had a way of drop
ping his anatomy about in careless
and original fashion when he
flung his form into a chair, which gave him
very much the appearance OF an ancient
Roman ruin adding IN no small degree to
that air of graceful ABANDON and doing
much to multiply the arlless, innocent
grace with which all his attitudes and &C.
tons were permeated.
He removed one leg from the arm of the
chair pulled the other up from the hearth,
dragging with it a foot which had been
resting among the ashes before the CRATE
Withdrew his left arm from the back of the
chair, over which it had been hanging
Imply, and rearranging himself into al
upright shape, hung his overCOat on his
shoulders, pulled his hat down over his
eyes, and repeated: "Well," and then he
paused and shook his head only to con-
Clude, as he hunched his shoulders up about
his ears: "W ell, it'll come little tough
but | reckon II be able TO make it, III
shu, on Dc l.al on some of the luxuries
n1I belua by lyself I'll come out all right
wife road tua oungsters are making Out
ht gshta ~ home and 1t might be heaI
worse, and au consoling himself he starteC
for tine state house, pursuing his philo
gophIc course # reasoning so successful,
that hU WAS lutte jolly when he reache,
the louise aud asked Postmaster Mullin
for his mai
the Irst rachet he opened was lette
FROM bono It's wife was coming to visi
him, aud would bring the baby! He though
of the reduced per diem, and falling int,
she Dearas, char, his arms and legs scat,
tsred .bou. him, he rolled up his eyes anC
sh,ste1.
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Tho house vas called to order and tn,
ROOD chaplain of the house delivered
touching prayer, giving thanks to an eve
generous Creator for hi, merCies and hi
goodness 70 lis children and besough
divine blessing on tue legislative efforts o
Lhe assembled statesmen.
When the b ouse settled down for tn
opening If he business of the da
the reading Jerk, with the air of
" .uostbenesr pulled copy of the journa
from Ills IOsh Ht drew IN a long brea h
threw out his nest and struck an attitude
preparatory q. emitting the first few verse
9f the GeOasia Of the Journal.
Eg has GCU through these preliminar,
periormGUCes faithfully every day sine
ihe Legislature assembled, and never, sine
she FIRST feU CIV es, has he been allowed t,
get beyond the date line.
Yesterday IS sno exception to the rule
sui thougl tt1 clerk succeeded in grab
hing a half dCg N words which uoked thei
incautiUuS he. Is from the opening of tn
journal, nud aked them out into publ
gH,a tit- N 4 lNnnntInu
the reading, which has shut him Off $
often, biz Ww i'll the wind again an
LuOCEPd b.l clear out of tn
r'1g, leHy g that handful {
novels, nouns and adjrctives nJunderin
about he,pie. essly on the floor.
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On motion Q. Mr.. Owsley, the senate bi
providing m 1chinery whereby the stat
may T,relF tue government bounty on su
gAr ralsiu NI. taken up.
Mr.. Jones 'ncared himself against tn
Gi r., tak,u ,.e stand that it carried tn,
zoe ide as Blair bIll. He didn't Xix,
s. be- robbed v the government and theI
let them att udeniZe as benefac ors an,
pntrOulT,nE'y pat the State OF Texas on the
head when IL doled back "A bit of the stolen
money. 10 rnsidered that to accept sucl
u bounty ". / be to batter the honor o.
the state for Id.
After some little discussion the bill
passed
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hr Swan He'd up the mechanics lier
laW fJTuu'&, by himse and reported b,
tue judiciary .)mmittee No. |.
This Is a. important measure simply
fYiug ano uaiiylng the mechanics lie,
laws already the statutes, and the gen
tiemau nHuer whose hand it was formed i,
Justly pgJu! OF its good shape and b,
may also DE veil pleased with its iol
IN the house.
Tuo uiI lakes the crooked straight. tn,
c0mu,eN con prehenSlb'e, and gives I,
Texas 81 iJN asily understood and thor
olzh.y uss'I..
7, wa, reau and approved, section by sec
siCu, viii .eyeral amendments Of an unim
p rtaUt character, unul Mr.. Mckinne'
moved 20 amend the bill by providin
'IhHt no lien upon a resident humestea,
shall pe valid except for the construct 4,
O. repairs # the building or building
thereon actually occupied or intended to b
y 'CUpiei by The family or M mber there
"a HLu slcn lien shall not be valid for tn
e instruction Jrrepairs of GU houses or othe
.mlICyempr. on the homestead
To iB!s 81. Swan offered an amendment
EJ addin- .reto, "Nor shall it extend I
lightning ), windmills, or other machin
rrr - III, lture."
re amendment was postpur,
ana Mr. Npgs,y offered an ameudmtuJ &
strl&e out the PROVISION that tGe .outrast9