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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

The publication of President Harrison's
speeches should contain a few of the occa-
sions on which he has failed to live up to his
strong pre-Presidental utterances on Civil
Service reform:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

MEN whose ingenuity is devoted to the
discovery of methods for the evasion of the
Baker ballot law show their desire for poll
tical purity in a strange way by publishing
their discoveries for the benefit OF anyone
who cares to make use of them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

The War Department cannot do better
than thoroughly Investigate the charges
against Captain Bourke. So long as they
remain unrefuted they cast reproach upon
the officer himself and through him on the
military service.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

Employees OF Two Boston Hotels Obey an
Order to Shave Themselves.
BOSTON, March H.-An air of hairless
solemnity prevades the Parker House and
Young's Hotel. j. Reed Wipple, proprietor
of both houses. yesterday had his mustache
shaved of, and then issued a ukase, which
was sent out to all employees of his hotels
this morning. The result was that after 10
O'Clock ehere was not q waiter in either house
had a mustache or beard. The handsome
barkeeper in the basement OF the Parker,
WHOSE mustache had been the chief orna-
meht OF that room feels that his dearest pos
session is gone while Fred Purmont, the
clerk, is soon to lose the decoration which
has only been brought to its present high
state of beauty by years of cultivation and
attention.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

CLAUS SPRECKELs stands alone in op-
position to the Sugar Trust in this country.
By his independent action he best serves his
own interests, and demonstrates his faith in
monopoly's lack Of omnipotence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15
c.rt-,, M,tbodI,.s for Proh,bition,

YORK, March H-At the Central Pennsyl-
vania Methodists Episcopal Conference to-
day, the report of the Prohibition Commit
tee on Sunday observance was presented.
1t requests the closing OF the Chicago Col
umbian Exhibition Sunday. and also pro-
tests against the sale Of Intoxicating liquors
on the Exposition grounds. 1t favors pro-
hibftion generally, and invokes the aid and
support of the conference In Its behalf
Bishop Andrews was presiding and sug-
Rested an amendments favoring the fentire
abolition Of the liquor tranlc. which, on mo-
tion, was adopted.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

NOTHING could more clearly indicate the
German Emperor's attitude toward his SUBJ
tects than that inclination to draw his
sword in the midst of an insulting mob
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

Boston's running expenses for the last
nine months amounted to nearly 600.
Boston News. Boston comes high, but it
would be simply impossible to carry on this
country without Boston.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

SENATOR HILL is not using a private car
for his Southern tour, but he did not hesi-
tate to order q special locomotive for his
speeches when they were in danger of being
1af
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

The Chicago City Council seems to have
lost the art OF feeling ashamed of ITSELF
Chicago Ne,Cs. This an art that all Councils
seem to lose very readily.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

GENERAL ALGER has spared no effort to
clear his military record, but he preserves a
very ominous silence on the subject of that
Diamond match monopoly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

OvERPRoDUcTIoN has caused a glut in
the iron market, but still armor plates can
not keep pace with the Government de-
inands. This it food for thought.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

THE force of habit is we'll shown by the
perpetual alarmist rumors as to Blaine's
health, Notwithstanding his withdrawal
from the Presidential contest.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

ONE main use of Presidential aspiration
is to afford recreative matter for discussion
among the hard working Senators during
their well-earned leisure moments.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

AKAIsER WILHELM talks much of adopt
ing "iron measures" They would appear to
be necessary to tupport his brazen utter
ances
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

SAND should never be mixed with sugar
except in the matrimonial MARKET where it
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

IT is eminently appropriate that Fred
Douglass should have the management of
Honolulu's interests at the Worlds Fair.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15
AN EDIcT AGAINST Boards

ACCORDING to Upper appears to mean
less in Canada than elsewhere.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

'BIRDs of feather flock together" and
there is still plenty of room in the Allegheny
county Jail.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

For autocratic utterances, sublime in
their self-centered vanity, Kaiser Wilhelm
has q formidable rival in John L. Sullivan.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

The proper way to speak of the millen-
mum is to say that it is good time coming.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

Will Candidate Hill declare himself on sill
yer and other things on Meck1enburg
Declaration day down in North Carolina?-
Pomona Times Not unless some one can
hypnotize him. He is not given to making
rash assertions.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15
wen Done, Franklin Bap.ists.

FRANKLIN, PA, March H.-The Baptist
Church of franklin, of which Rev. DR..
Clarence A. Adams is pastor, raised yester-
fererS. 15.- -
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

1t is much pleasanter to read about the
blizzard of this year than it was to expert
ence that Of four years aso.-NeD York
World. That's what the people think, but
they have to take comfort in reading that it
is colder somewhere else.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15
TALK OF THE TIMES.

Is there such thing as boom microbef-
Washington Star. Yes; and it is multiplying
itself very rapidly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

A LIVE wire is so called because it is fire.
Quently the cause of sudden death.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

The trouble with the dark horse is that he
is frequently uncovered too early in the
game Washington Post. None of them this
year have had any covers to take of, and
none of them are travelling toward the
White House, incognito.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

won the appeal which he took from the de-
cision OF the Circuit Court of the United
States for the Eastern district of Massachu-
setts affirming a judgment for sl5, 900 and in
terest from 1879, obtained against him in one
of the Massachusetts courts by the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

Civil Service to-day agreed to report favor
ably, with immaterial notifications, Mr..
Andrews bill to exclude political influence
in the employment of laborers under the
authority OF the United States.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary
to-day reported to the Senate all of the
judicial nominations, including the nomina-
ton of Judge Woods, of Indiana, with the
recommendation that they be confirmed.
Chairman Hoar was present at the commit
tee meeting for the first time in several
weeks, and himself presented the report.
The nominations of the circuit judges were
not considered bv the Senate in executive
session, to-day. Under the rules they went
over for day without action. They will
probably be called up tomorrow, unless
something unforeseen occurs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

The British lion seems to be laborpg un-
der the impression that somebody is trying
to twist his tail.-Boston Herald. 1t is a case
of perturbed conscience, probably.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

On October 1. 1886, the postoffice at Chad
ron, Neb was raised from the fourth class,
at 81, l,000 to the Presidential class at go.
William Wilson, the postmaster, was not
commissioned by the President until jan
uary 25, 1887. The postmaster claims he was
entitled to pay at the increased rate from
the date the office was raised in grade, while
the Treasury accounting officers maintained
that the increased compensation ran only
from the date of Wilson's commission by
the President. The Court of Claims decided
in favor of Wilson, for $780, and the Supreme
Court to-day affirmed tnat decision.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15

THE combinations by the Senate to-day
were as follows: Judges of Probate in Utah
-Isaac Burton, in Uintah county; James
McGarry, Beaver county; Daniel Page. Iron
county; C. c. Veille, Millard county: Lars P.
Edholm, Morgan county. w. A. Kelly, of
Oregon, Commissioner for the District OF
Alaska.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
The nIockingbird in California,

Some of my most intimate acquaint-
ances have been the mockingbirds in
the California groves. 1t seems almost
unnecessary to cage them, they are so
happy among the ever blooming trees,
but cages hang in balconies, at doors
and windows, all about the courts and
under the caves, and passing down the
streets one hears at all hours gushes of
melody from the wonderful mimickers
in their prisons. 1t is a cheerful sound,
vet I like better to listen to them as they
fit at will where the red pomegranates
flower, where the wild figs rear their
massive canopies, where they may hide
their young as they choose in the fra
grant orange trees tops.
One splendid fellow has his perch on
a windmill fan opposite my door, where
all day long he pours out trills raptur-
GUS with glee. Some mornings he is in
such ecstasy that he bubbles down his
notes in snatches, wasting no time in
weaving them together, whenever l APP
pear on the doorstep. know he watches
for my coming, for he apparently boards
his musical culver full of gay darts,
keeping silence for intervals when l am
unseen, letting them fly in an arrowy
shower, as if he would transport me
when 1 reappear. He is the saucy tyrant
who pecks at my hat, my hair, my
gown, when venture too near the rose
vine on the lattice where his newly
Matched babies are.-San Diego Cor.
Christian Union.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
Curious Instruments of Torture.

In an old tower in Nuremburg there
is a room set apart especially for the
preservation of the curious instruments
of torture used during the uncertain
period historically referred to as the
Middle Ages. In that room you can
see mbscrews of the most approved
pattern closely arranged along shelves
filed with "liar helmets" and "bridles'
for gossiping women. One horrid relic
called the "spike Wheel" is a heavy
cylinder, on one side of which stand out
two or more score of sharp iron spikes.
In days of old, when an offender had
been sentenced to undergo ''rolling"
he was stripped naked and firmly bound
on a plank, face down. In this position
the ''spike Wheel was slowly dragged
up and down his back, the number Of
times depending upon the gravity of the
crime and the wording of the sentence.
In several instances the poor victims
were prodded so full of holes that they
died before they could be removed from
the plank. When death was intended
the number of "rolls" was not speci-
fed, but double length spikes, heated
red hot, were put in the surface of the
cylinder. This mode of carrying out
capital punishment was hardly as eXpe-
ditious as the guillotine, but it was
equally as certain.-St. Louis Republic.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
A MIDNIGHT MURDER.
A Woman Murdered in Bed in the Midst
Of Her Family.

A Woman Murdered in Bed in the Midst
Of Her Family.
TEXARKANA, lex, Aug. 24.-Par-
ticulars of a dastardly murder which
was perpetrated Saturday night at
Cameron, small village on the Cot
ton Bel t railway, fifteen miles north
of here, have just reached here. Bad
blood has existed for the past three
years between Paschall Frazier and
Mr.. Long, and they have had frequent
quarrels. On Saturday they had an
other dispute during which Frazier
made threats of violence upon Long.
The latter went home and at the
usual hour retired with his
wife and children Tor the night.
He with his oldest child
occupied one bed and his wife and two
younger children taking another bed
in the same room. About II o'clock
five shots rang out. All the charges
penetrated the bed room. One struck
Mrs. Long and went through her
body, causing death in few hours.
At an inquest held Sunday enough
testimony was brought out to cause
warrants to be issued for Frazier as
the murderer and Coleman as an ac-
cessory. The latter was arrested and
says that Frazier did the shooting.
Frazier has fled but it is not thought
that he can escape the officers, who
are looking for him. 1t is believed he
will be lynched if caught.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.
Annual Meeting Called to Order at Sara
toga Yesterday. Attendance.

Annual Meeting Called to Order at Sara
toga Yesterday--Full Attendance.
SARATOGA, Aug. 24.-The Ameri-
can Bar Association met here this
morning. 1t was called to order by
President John f. Dillon. There was
full attendance of members of the
legal fraternity from. almost every
state in the United States. President
Dillon, after the preliminaries of the
organization were gone through, de-
livered his annual address. A feature
of the session will be the discussion OF
the report of the committee on the in
ternational law. This committee will
submit an exhaustive review of the
question whether "any legislation by
congress is desirable and practicable
to give the courts of the United States
jurisdiction over criminal proceedings
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
A Dog Worth Having.

A women living in a fiat on Gates
avenue near Stuyvesant is the owner OF
a dog that is worth having. 1t is
mongrel cur as devoid of pedigree as a
paving stone is of hair. Exactly how
She came in possession of the dog she
cannot say. He happened around one
day in forlorn and hungry condition,
and being fond of animals she took pity
on him, fed him and at once the dog
located on the premises. He is good
deal in appearance like Smiley's frog,
that is to say, there are no points about
this dog to indicate that he is better than
any other dog. But, as the sequel Will
show, he proved to be an animal OF sim
gular Judgment and good sense. The
other day while roaming in the vicinity
he found a five dollar bill. Now by
what process of reasoning or by previous
observation that dog had learned that
money had value or that five dollar
bills were worth having, is impossible
to say.
The fact remains, however, that this
intelligent mongrel dog took the bill in
his mouth and, in spite of the efforts of
number of street boys who saw the
performance and tried to get the money
away from him, scooted with it to the
Gates avenue flat and deposited it safely
at the feet of his mistress with q wag Of
his tail, as if to say, "You see, Pm able
to pay for my board" The woman
would not part with that dog now for a
good many five dollar bills. This singu-
lar story of an animals sagacity may
look doubtful, but it is absolutely true.
Brooklyn Eagle:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
TAYLOR TOPICS.
Wedding Bells-News Of the Commission
Decision Pleases Taylor.
ent session

DECISION fleases 1dyl7r'
Special to the Statesman.
TAYLOR, Tex, Aug. 24.-Dr. l.. P
McCalla, a promising young physi-
clan of this city, was yesterday at
the Catholic church, married to Miss
Bridget Mcdonald, Father Jacot
Lauth officiating The ceremony was
quiet one, only a few intimate
friends of the contracting parties be-
ing present.
Mrs. James Lynn and her two
daughters, Mrs. Minnie Collins and
Mrs. Fannie Schumacher, all of Cole.
man City, are here upon visit tc
relatives.
Mrs. j. o. Settman and daughter
returned yesterday from visit to the
old home at Rockdale.
Mrs. w. H. Carson and two little
ones are spending the summer in
Maryland, and w. H. is a regular at
tendant upon the Owl Klub meeting:
during their absence.
Colonel McGaughey of the general
land office was here yesterday en-
route to Dallas, ostensibly to look
after the decision of Judge Mccormick
in regard to that railroad commission
business, after which he will no doubt
report to the Hogg headquarters at
Fort Worth.
Hon. Geo. w. Burkitt of Palestine
the head of the railroad construction
firm of Burkitt, Burns q Co., is in the
city today. He reports that work
upon the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
extension from Smithville to Lock
hart is progressing nicely and that
five or six miles of steel rails have
been laid out from Smithville toward
Lockhart.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas
hand car, which is propelled by a
small steam engine, arrived in Taylor
from La Grange last night and left
this morning, going north toward
Denison. Superintendent Maxwell
and Trainmaster Gavin left with it.
The little car is novelty and at
tracted considerable attention, it be.
ing the first time it ever passed over
this road.
Judge Nugent, the Populists' candi-
date for governor, was in the city yes.
terday en- route to Temple where he
was to have addressed the Third
partyites last night.
The decision Of Judge Mccormick,
in reference to the railway commits
sion was received with unbounded en-
thusiasm by the Clark followers, and
when the news came that Wright
Quincy of Galveston, had endorsed
George Clark for governor the true
Democrats went almost wild.
There is great dissatisfaction among
the liberal Democrats here as to the
part the st. Louis Republic is taking
in Texas politics-particularly in its
editorial mention of August 20, titled
"Gov. Hogg and the Future of Texas"
and there is some talk here of re-
fusing to patronize that journal in
consequence thereof.
Mrs. Minnie Collins of Coleman,
who was visiting friends here, left last
night for Austin to place her little
daughter in the convent there. She
was accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
James Lynn.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
Pears
Soap

What is wanted Of
soap for the skin is to
wash it clean and not
hurt it. Pure soap does
that. This is why we
want pure soap; and,
when we say pure, we
mean without alkali.
Pears is pure; no al
kali in it; no free alkali.
There are a thousand
virtues of soap; this one
is enough. You can trust
a soap that has no biting
alkali in it.
All sorts of stores sell
it, especially druggists;
all sorts of people use it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01

So far as the salubrity of the natural
as compared with the artificial ice is
concerned, we may rest assured that as
regards bacteria one is just as whole
some as the other, provided the water
used is pure. If the~water is impure
from sewage or other unwholesome
thing, then the natural ice is never fit
for domestic use. If water is impure
the processes of artificial icemaking, if
carefully performed, are capable of fur
nishing even from it product which is
harmless and wholesome, whether it be
absolutely germ free or not, for abso-
lutte freedom from germs-if these are
not disease producing forms-is neither
necessary nor especially desirable. 1t is
not bacteria, but disease producing bac-
terra, which make of practical signif,
canoe the invisible flora of either water
or ice.-T. Mitchell Prudden in Har-
per's.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
Two Conventions at Floresville.

Special to The Statesman.
FLoREsvILLE, Tex, Aug. o.
Floresville had two Democratic con-
ventions today. 7. r. Graves was
renominated for representative from
the Eighty-eighth district, composed
of Atascosa, Wilson, Karnes and Live
Oak counties. Graves was instructed
to vote for Mills. The tloatorial con-
vention of tho Nintieth district, COM
posed of the same counties with the
addition of Bexar, nominated Il. r.
Rodriguez of Atascosa. The Clark
men were in majority in the floatorial
convention, the Schramm or Clark
delegation from Bexar being seated
without contest.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
Good Looks,

Good looks are more than skin deep, depend
ing upon healthy condition of all the vital Or
gans, If the liver be inactive, you have a bill
ious look, if your stomach be disordered you
have dyspeptic look, and if your kidneys be
health and ron will have GOOD LOOKS Fa g1Dc
Bitters is the great Alternative and tonic acts di-
rectly on these vital organs. Cures pimples,
blotches, boils, and gives a good complexion
Sold at J. ]. Tobin's drug store; SOC per bottle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
MURDER AT BAIRD.
The Body Of an Unknown Man Found with
His Skull Crushed.

The Body OF an Unknown Man Found with
His Skull Crushed.
Special to The Statesman.
BAIRD, Tex, Aug. 24.-Our town
was thrown into quite fever of ex-
element this morning when the fact
was made known that the body of an
unknown man had been found dead
Just south of town in mesquite
grove. On the top and back of his
head were two CHASTITY wounds either
of which would have caused instant
death. Fifty yards from where the
body lay in clump of bushes was
found the instrument with which the
foul deed was committed. 1t was an
iron bolt about two feet long evidently
a bridge bolt, covered with hair
and blood there is no clue to who COM
mitted the deed, neither is there any
clue to who the murdered man was.
There was nothing at all in his peck
cts or near him to give any idea who
he was. He was evidently a laborer.
He was plainly dressed, about #.
10 in. high. weighed ABOUT 100 pounds
and about 80 years of age. The coro-
ner has been summoned, but the in
quest has not been held yet. Two
men have been arrested at Midland
answering the description of two
tramps seen here yesterday in COM
pany with the murdered man.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
An Opinion on scarfpins.

The men that have been affecting the
scarfpins with the madeup bows, and
also with the cravats and Windsors that
need no holding in place and disclose
the shirt button or stud beneath, are of
the genus dude that typify the most Of
fensive phase of OVERRIDING in their aping
of the fashions of the day.-Clothier and
Furnisher,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
Due to Carelessness.

By being a little careful and thought
full you can preserve the beauty of form
in your shoes; running them over at the
sides and heels is matter of pure care
lessness only and habit that is rather
expensive one, as it makes the shoes look
worn and old long before they would if
properly cared for.-Detroit Free Press.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01
Very True.

The demand for Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhpa Remedy
is steadily growing, from the fact that
all who give it trial are pleased with
the results and recommend it to their
neighbors. We feel sure that the
remedy cannot be recommended too
hlghly.-Wagley q Smead, druggists,
Newton, Iowa. For sale by j. j..
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01

for acts of violence to persons or prop
erty of aliens committed by citizens
of the United States" At last years
session of the association the commit
tee was instructed to make recon-
mendation of the subject at the pres
ent session.