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The times., 1892-08-12
ART AND MAMMoN.

The eyes Of passion pure Madonna faces
On me from old Italian cloisters shine,
And pale lips close In silent grief divine
Like flowers that have bloomed In lonely places.
Those painted miracles Time ne'er effaces,
But hangs veil mysterious and fine
To guard and hallow them. So come they
mine
Today, the dreams of old lands and dead races
Il night answer those In paradise,
Or Aaply sing TO some in future ages
Whose sympathy l fondly can surmise,
What could picture for anointed eyes?
What records write to fill immortal pages
Out of these days where Mammon rules
and ragesI
Henry Tyrrell In Youths Companion.
The times., 1892-08-12
NEW B0TTLTNG WORKS
OF THE vOI6T BREWERY COM.
PANT
a Model OF CleaniIness and Credit 60
Detroit.

That beer Is becoming a more popular
drink ev r day is a sef-evident fact. AS .
table drink and family beverage 1t is be-
coming necessity on account OF it's health-
giving and refreshing qualities. The bot
tling of beer puts it in convenient shape
to be handled for family use, and today the
consumption OF beer in the United States
averages one-half barrel to every person in
the country. Think Of this and then say,
II you dare, that beer Is not proving itself
a healthful, pleasant drink. No beer brewed
The times., 1892-08-12
How the Point of Break in an Ocean

How the Point of Break I'm an Ocean
Gable Is Discovered.
If the metallic conductor is broken,
the surrounding insulation remaining
perfect, the electrostatic charge of the
cable, or the amount of electricity which
it absorbs in becoming charged, is cleo
trically weighed by building up an arti-
fetal line until the current flows equally
into the cable and such artificial line.
If the insulating covering Of the wire is
broken the current will flow freely from
the conductor to the surrounding water,
and its strength, if the power of the bat
terry be known, definitely measures the
electrical resistance, and consequently
the length, of the conductor. In other
words, the battery power, divided by
the indicated current strength, gives the
ines resistance, and therefore its length.
The times., 1892-08-12
How to Engrave on Eggs.

Write upon the egg shell with wax or
varnish, or with tallow, and then i'm
merse the egg in some weak acid, such
as vinegar or etching liquor. Wherever
the varnish or wax has not protected the
shell the lime of the latter is decomposed
and dissolved in the acid, and the writ
ing or drawing remains in relief.
The times., 1892-08-12

HOw To Clean Feathers

Make a lather of soap and hot water
and pearl ash and wash the feathers,
squeezing them gently in it when luke.
warm. Rinse in cold water, shaking
well before, nut not too near, the fire.
Curl by drawing each fiber over the
blunt edge of fruit knife.
The times., 1892-08-12
Miles Nerve and Liver Pills.

Act on new principle-regulatng the
liver, stomach and bowels through the
nerUeS. A new discovery. DR.. Miles Pills
speedily cure billiousness, bad taste, torpid
inner, piles, constipation. Unequaled for
sun. women children. Smallest, mildest
verest! so doses % cents. Samples free at
johnson IL Henderson's.
The times., 1892-08-12
How to Make Liquid Glue.

Take soft water, one quart; best pale
glue, two pounds; dissolve in covered
vessel over water bath or in a vessel
immersed in boiling water; cool, and
and add gradually of nitric acid Specific
gravity 1885 ounces; when cold put it
into bottles. 1t is very strong and does
not gelatinize.
The times., 1892-08-12
SHILOH'S
CONSU M PTION
CURE.

The success of this Great Cough Cure is
without a parallel in the history of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on pos
tive guarantee, test that no other cure can sue.
cessfully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are
placing Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. II you have
q Cough, Sore Throat or Bronchitis, use it, fol
1t will cure you. II your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief
is sure. II you dread that insidious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist Tor
SHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, so cts and
SI.oo. your Lungs are sore or Back lame
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price IS cts
The times., 1892-08-12
How to Make Sun Cholera Mixtu,

How to Make Sun Cholera Mixture.
This excellent mixture is made of tinct-
are of capsicum, two ounces; tincture
of camphor, two ounces; tincture Of
opium, two ounces; tincture of rhubarb,
two ounces; tincture of peppermint, two
ounces. The dose is a teaspoonful in
water after each evacuation of the bow
els
The times., 1892-08-12
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced. pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept Any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. VIEW YORK. nv
The times., 1892-08-12

How to Drive Flies from a Stable.
Chloride of lime scattered ON board
In the stable will clear it Of all kinds of
flies.
The times., 1892-08-12
Two Bottles Cured Her. vi

CARROLL Iowa, July, 1889.
was suffering 10 years from shocks in my
head, so much so that at times didn't expect
to recover. took medicines from many doc
tors, but didn't get anyrelief until took Pastor
Koenig's Nerve Tonic the second dose relieved
me and bottles cured me- s. w. PECK.
The times., 1892-08-12

Sold by Druggists at 81 per Bottle @ for SIS
Iarre Size. S1.75. Bottles for So.
The times., 1892-08-12
Recommends 1t to Many.

SEYMOUR. Ind, Oct. /, 1890
My daughter became epileptic about five years
ago through fright. All physicians treatment
availed nothing until used Pastor Koenig's
Nerve Tonic, which at once dispelled the at
tacks. 1t is the best remedy I ever used and
have recommended it to many of such as are
suffering from this dread disease.
NJ
The times., 1892-08-12
KoENIc MED. CO.. Chicago, III.

This remedy has been prepared by the keyere
Pastor Koenig, of Fort Wayne, Ind, since fei6. a
isnoW prepared nnder his direction by the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
How Scissors Are Made.

Though no complexities are involved in
the making of scissors or much skill re-
quired, yet the process of manufacture is
very interesting. They are forged from
good bar steel heated to redness, each blade
being cut off with sufficient metal to form
the shank, or that destined to become the
cutting part, and bow, or that which later
on is fashioned into the holding portion.
For the bow small hole is punched, and
this is afterward expanded to the required
size by hammering it on a conical anvil,
after which both shank and bow are filed
into more perfect shape and the hole
bored in the middle, for the rivet. The
blades are next ground and the handles
filed smooth and FURNISHED with oil and
emery after which the pairs are fitted to-
gether and tested as to their easy working.
They are not yet finished, however; they
have to undergo hardening and tempering
and be again adjusted, after which they
are finally put together again and polished
for the third time. In comparing the edges
of knives and scissors it will be noticed of
course that the latter are not in any way
so sharply ground as the former, and that
in cutting, scissors crush and bruise more
than knives.-Montreal Star.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
Specialists Ant to Be One Sided.

Experto crede is sound advice, and nine
ty-something times out of hundred we
take it and do well. The other odd times
either we take it and don't do well, or we
take it with misgivings, or we don't take
it at all. The worlds experience has taught
that in certain kinds of cases the wisdom
that has finally justified itself has been the
wisdom of the unlearned. The babes and
stockings of knowledge have hit upon the
truth that the doctors have not been able
to see. And so ordinarily sagacious people
come to make instructive allowance for the
prejudices Of learning, as they do for what
the unlearned don't know. A valuable
pocket of knowledge on some particular
line of investigation is often acquired, like
ambergris in whales, at the cost of con
siderable degeneration of the rest of the
creature.
Even so great man as Darwin had to
give up such intellectual valuables as his
taste for music and his interest in religion
in exchange for what he learned about
deep sea fishes and the habits Of eartf
worms Medical specialists especially
come in for degree of chastened mistrust
and are in danger of being regarded as in
tellectud cripples whose minds, from toC
incessant application to one class of phe
nomena, get list, as the mariners say, il
that direction. -Scribner's
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
vIsHTAsPA.

For thirty years vishtaspa reigned alone,
No King above him in the empty skies,
No Lord of all earths fallen sovereignties
To mark the mighty tedium of his throne.
To him the secrets of the stars were known.
He was above all sages great and wise;
Yet as the years dragged on without surprise
He wearied of this world that was his own
Earth is too narrow for the dreaming soul,
Aye, though she hold it all from pole to pole
Her least desire is wider than the whole.
Therefore who knows the limit of his power
Disdains the trivial baubles of an hour.
And plunges where the seas of silence roll.
'Life is dream" Vishtaspa said, wherein
The dreamer lives alone. the rest is vain.
My dream shall end, for would sleep again"
He went his palace terraces to win.
Farewell" he said, 'glitter and glare and din;
Farewell! cast me to the quiet plain"
But as he would have leapt, a voice spoke
plain,
mortal, thy Master saith, thou shalt not sinr'
Lo, at his side, unguessed, Zoroaster trod;
Oh, sudden peace of heart, oh, deep delight
OF souls outgrown religions earlier rite,
Yet spent and thirsting for the springs of God,
When the undreamed of prophet deigns t. ap-
pear!
Vishtaspa reigned in rapture many year.
"A. Mary f. Robinson IN London Athen@um.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
sailors and Ships Lost at Sea.

How many people know that over 4,40O
British seamen are lost at sea every year,
that over $50 human lives are lost on
American vessels during the same period,
and that six vessels are wrecked or lost
every day in the year2 Yet carefully pre-
pared statistics prove that these figures,
appalling though they are, truthfully
represent the mortality in the merchant
marine. The British board of trade stated
some years ago that the calling of British
sailor was more hazardous than that OF
any other in which Englishmen were en-
gagged. Data is not obtainable to prove
that this is also true of the American mer-
chant marine, but students of the subject
do not doubt that it would apply.-Provi.
dence Journal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
A Physicians Opinion on weepi,

AS the muscular power that extends or
fexes finger is at distance from the
part moved, so the excitement to tears is
from an irritation in distant nervous cen
ter and is removed when the nervous CEN
ter is either soothed or exhausted. The
persons who weep say that tears afford re-
lief Nothing is more perfectly true, moth
ing more clear when the facts are under
stood. The relief comes not from the mere
escape of tears, which is only symptom,
but from the cessation of the storm in the
nervous chain.
If the storm be Gained by soothing meas
ures, as when we soothe child that is
weeping from fear, annoyance or injury,
we quiet the nervous centers, upon which
the effect ceases. In children the soothing
method succeeds, and sometimes it sue
ceeds in adults, although in adults the ces
sation of tears is more commonly due tC
actual exhaustion following period oil
nervous activity.
In grief, the afflicted weep until they car
weep no more; then they become calm, or
like children, cry themselves to sleep
Thus tears indicate relief and that thu
nervous system has fallen into the repost
of WEAKNESS. Persons subjected to man,
and repeated griefs shed in time fewel
tears, and the aged compared with thu
younger are almost tearless.-Dr. w. Is
Richardson in Asclepiad.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
THE LADIES' MEETING.
Looking to the Adornment and Beautifying
Of the "silent City,

Looking to the Adjournment and Beautifying
Of the "silent City,
The ladies interested in the beauti-
flying and adornment of the cemetery
met at the opera house last afternoon.
Some seventy-five ladies were present
and the meeting was attended with
much interest. Officers were elected
and resolutions passed looking to the
early elimination of this most praise
worthy movement. If there is one
spot on earth that is deserving of the
interest and attention of the living 1t
is the "Silent City," where sleep those
we love so dearly.
1t should be sacred spot that we
all should love to beautify and adorn
so that wnen we visited the graves of
the beloved we could see them resting
in sweet perfumed and verdant gar
den that would bring peace to the
hearts of the loving and sanctity to
the graves of the dead. The cemetery
is the cradle of our dead and as a
mother 80 fondly watches over the
resting place of her infant, so should
the gentlemen and ladies of Austin
tenderly care for the graves of their
dead. The STATESMAN sincerely
wishes the ladies all success In this
movement and if any gentlemen is
approached on the subject he should
respond literally.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
The Bloodhound Not Ferocious.

One of the loveliest dogs ever bred, one
of the gentlest and most loyal, has by some
curious misrepresentation of his qualities
fallen into such disrepute that the legisla-
ture of the state of Massachusetts has en-
acted a statute which makes it a INSIDE
meanor for any one to keep dog of this
breeding within the commonwealth. This
is the bloodhound, which is generally sup
posed to follow the trail of men, and, catch.
ing them, to reDd their human victims
limb from limb. II this were the charac-
teristic of the dog should not blame those
who have contributed to his disrepute.
But as matter Of fact well bred and
well trained bloodhound would no more
think of jumping upon and biting his
quarry than would pointer spring upon
the pheasant or partridge he had scented.
His business is not to kill game, but to find
it. / have seen manhunt in the hills of
Vermont, the only place where the pure
English bloodhound is bred, and when the
dogs came up with the men they had
trailed they only showed delight at their
success, and by their cessation from bark
ing indicated to the huntsman that they
had found their CHARACTERIZATION Union.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
The Lawyers. Patron saint.

"Did you know, asked the lawyer, that
the legal profession is the only profession
that has no patron saint--at least none
that it will own?"
Whats the reason for that?N | asked.
II don't KNOW answered the lawyer
"Carelessness, l suppose. When the saints
were handed around, the representative
who should have been present was proba
bly, arguing with the judge in another
court"
''What did you mean by AT least none
that it will own?" | asked.
MANY years ago." was the reply, ian
Irish lawyer, who was fervent Catholic,
sought to provide his profession with a
patron saint. So genuine was his desire
for one that he Travelled to Rome to CON
suit the pope. The pope graciously re-
ceived him.
"'Pray, your holiness said the Irish
man, grant the lawyers patron saint
According to the story, which is a very
venerable one, the pope looked over the
list and found that there were no saints
that had not been given to the other pro-
fessions, at which the Irish lawyer was
much cast down. Observing his depres-
sion, the pope babe him cheer up and then
directed him to go to a church near by, to
blindfold himself and to pass around the
interior saying Ave Marias all the time.
"'And, said the pope, the first saint yol
touch shall be the patron saint of your pre-
fession.'
"Much gratifed, the devout lawyer went
away to follow the instructions. He passed.
around the church praying. When he
stopped he put out his hand. He was ia
front of the altar of St. Michael.
"'Be thou the lawyers patron saintT he
cried and pulled off the bandage. Alas he
wasn't touching St. Michael at ALL His
hand was resting on the devil under ST.
Michael's feet. "-New York Herald.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
Cooking Drinking Water.

"Cook your water as you do your food"
is the advice of well known physician.
This is really not difficult to manage if the
affair is systematized, and when properly
filtered and aerated boiled water is as
bright, sparkling and agreeable to the
taste as any other, There are filters that
come especially for aerating water as well
as filtering it, and if servants are accus.
toned to fill the filter regularly the daily
provision of water in this way becomes as
much part of the household machinery
as the cooking, and one has always the
satisfaction of knowing that water pre-
pared in this way is perfectly safe.
1t must be borne in mind, however, that
the temperature of water just brought to a
boil is not sufficient to destroy bacteria
thirty minutes steady boiling is the rule
New York Tribune.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
ono of spurgeon,s stories.

Rev. DR.. Charles Wood, Of the First
Presbyterian church, Germantown, tells a
good story at his own expense about Spur
geon. Dr. Wood while in London was tell
ing Sturgeon that he was going to Ger
many to study.
Haven't you any theological seminaries
in American" asked Spurgeon.
Eyes," said DR.. Wood, "but don't think
1 know everything though graduated at
Princeton, and am going to Germany to
try and learn more"
WELL" said Sturgeon, Il hope you will
not be like the calf / once heard Of. The
milk Of one COW wasn't enough for it, and
they gave it the milk of two and the more
milk it drank the more Of u calf it be-
came. n-Philadelphia Press.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
THE COURTS.
JUDGE KEYS COURT.


The following cases were disposed
of in this court yesterday.
Caroline Sweeten VS.. James A..
Sweeten; divorce and custody of
children granted the plaintiff.
Bertha Wolf VS.. Gustav Wolf; d.
vorce and custody Of children granted
plaintiff.
Judge Robertson tried no cases yes
terday but was busily engaged In
reading the minutes of the past term
and getting everything in shape for
the opening of his next term on Mon
day morning.
JUSTICE FISHERS COURT.
The only case tried was the follow
ing:
State VS.. Walter Caldwell, arson;
bound over to the grand jury in the
sum of $500 and sent to Jail in default.
RECORDERS COURT.
In this court yesterday, Recorder
Carleton presiding, the following bust
ness was disposed Of:
City VS.. Sallie Wheeler, vagrancy;
dismissed.
COURT HOUSE NOTES.
District Clerk Hart and Deputy
Huppertz have gotten everything
ready for the twin courts tomorrow.
The county court docket has been
set as follows:
Criminal docket is called tomorrow
morning and will continue two weeks:
Civil appearance docket is called
the first Tuesday.
Civil non-jury docket Is called third
Monday and continues one week.
Civil jury docket is called fourth
Monday and continues two weeks.
Probate docket is called every Fri
day at 10 a. m.
Motion docket is called Friday at z
| d. m.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
A Use for Peat Boys.

DR.. Leo Pribyl states that the Germans
and Swedes are utilizing their peat boys in
the manufacture of naphtha, tar, solar oil,
paraffin, acetic acid and gas, and the peat
yields an elastic fiber, which, freed from
dust, is employed for weaving into carpets.
Good peat also furnishes a cellulose which
is valuable to paper makers. Besides serv-
ing as a wholesome litter for live stock it
is also used to preserve perishable goods.
Meat and fish are now packed in peat lit
ter for transport between Trieste and Co
penhagen. Minneapolis Sentinel.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
Producing Artiflcial Aurora.

The phenomenon of the aurora borealis
is very rare in this latitude, although COM
mon further north, and is supposed to be
due to the highly electrified condition of
the atmosphere. This theory has been
substantiated by an interesting series of
experiments undertaken by two Swedish
tronomers-Lemstrom and Tromholt.
BY means of network of electric currents
between two mountains they succeeded in
producing several artificial auroras. Bal
timore American.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
A Dangerous Prisoner.

Last night, about O'Clock Officer
Gibson arrested negro up near the
Brueggerhof building for carrying
pistol and took the weapon from him.
On the way to the calaboose the man
showed fight and turned upon the
officer. He was great big strapping
negro and in the struggle got the Of
ficer down anu was on top Of him
when some passers by came to his
assistance and pulled the man off.
The negro's head was pretty badly
damaged by Gibson's billy, which
was also broken on the '.coon'su head,
1t being as hard as a rock. He refused
to give his name and it could not be
learned, but it Is understood he works
for DIR. Bragg.
DRUNK IN THE STREET..
Officer Howell last night arrested
a well dressed white woman in front
of Goodman's store on Lavaca street.
She was sitting In the middle Of the.
street with partly filed bottle Of
whiskey by her side. Her name COULD
not be learned.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
rho Fault of the Powder.

The Mistress-Co rnelia, your last lot Of
bread is simply awful What did you do
to it2
Cornelia-I done me best, mum. / put
a whole can av bakin powdther over the
bread afore it whit into the oven, an it
didn't hip it to bake at ALL Phwat's the
good of such powdther anyhowf-Pitts-
burg Bulletin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
Guaranteed Cure.

We authorize our advertised druggist to sell
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, upon this condition. II you
Throat or Chest trouble, and will use this
remedy I as directed, giving it a fair trial, and
experience no benefit, you may return the
bottle and have your money refunded. We
could rot make this offer did we not know that
Dr. Kings New Discovery could be relied on.
II never disappoints. Trial bottles free at ]. J.
Tobin. Drug Store Larfe size SOC and SlO0
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
steamers Safer Than Sailing Vessels.

A much smaller percentage of steamers
is lost than of sailing vessels. Allowing
three voyages per year for sailing vessel
and fifteen for steamer, the first is lost
once in seventy-two voyages, and the
second in 400 voyages, giving the latter
class one-seventh the risk of the former
Providence Journal
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
An Ancient River.

In Long Island sound, not far from the
north shore of the island, is clearly defined
the channel of an ancient river. AS shown
by the United States coast survey it is a
gorge, having depth of about sixty feet
below the general floor Of the sound on
either side of it. The gorge or channel was
cut into the bedrock OF gneiss, the erosion
of which is exceedingly slow.-Ph iladel-
phia Ledger.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07

1t is astonishing to what uses the feet
and toes could be put if necessity arose
for full development of their powers.
There is way of educating the foot, as
well as the hand or the eye, and there is no
telling what an educated foot can be made
TO do