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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
A COLUMN OF ICE.
Queer Franks Played by Frozen water
Confined in n Bottle.

Queer Franks Played by Frozen water
Confined in n Bottle.
A lady in Rochester N. Y. gave an
empty cologne bottle to her little boy
to play with on cold day in
winter. The bottle was OF colorless
glass six inches high and three
inches across at the bottom. About
midway it began to taper and was
about half an inch in diameter at the
top. Toward evening the child filed
the bottle with water inserted cork,
and left it on a shelf in the pantry.
In the morning curious sight met
the mothers eyes. The night had
been cold and the water had frozen
solid. Strange to say the bottle was
not broken. but out of the top rose a
column of ice four inches tall and ex-
aotly corresponding in diameter with
the mouth of the bottle. The column
of ice was as round and straight and
true as lead pencil. To its summit
the cork was frozen tight. This
phenomenon was viewed by the whole
family. and all agreed that it was
something unusual To account for
it the following theory was suggested:
1t is we'll known that by law of ma
ture all substances contract with cold.
says the Youth Companion. Water
is thus affected until the freezing
point is reached when capitalization
takes place. The particles of ice
then arrange themselves in such a
manner that there is expansion in
stead of contraction in the entire
bulk. That is to say. cubic foot
of water will make more than cubic
foot of ice.
Putting the case another way. q
pound of ice takes up more room than
pound of water; therefore, a given
bulk of ice is lighter than the same
bulk of water. 1t is because of this
provision of nature that ice floats in
stead of sinking.
If the ice should sink TO the bottom
OF lake or stream new ice would
form at the top and sink in its turn,
and so on until the entire body Of
water became frozen.
No summer heat could thaw il
through, and it may easily be mag.
ined that the results would be disas.
trous to mankind.
The bottle of water which has beer
described was on a shelf near a win.
dow and a little lower than the sill.
1t is probable that the cold first az
tackled the water Immediately beneath
the cork. The crystallized particles
took the direction of least resistance,
and made their way upwards. A:
they emerged from the bottle the par.
ticles Immediately under them mex
became frozen, and were forced up
ward by expansion. This process
was continued until the column of ice
as described was formed.
Does this theory cover the easel
If not, can some theorist account fol
the phenomenon
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
PuTNAM.s PLow.
Relic OF the Famous Revolutionist jus,
Discovered

Discovered
This time it was the implement OF
peace. not Of war; that attracted the
attention and interest of A. E Brooks
Of Hartford. Conn, the well-known
relic hunter the incident suggesting a
bit of scriptural prophecy that swords
should be beaten into plowshares and
spears into pruning hooks. 1t is in
curious contrast this old pillow that
the tireless relic hunter has found.
with the arsenal of antique arms bat
tie axes (fgurativeiy speaking) and
magazine guns which MIR. Brooks had
collected.
There appears to be no doubt about
the pedigree of this old-time mellower
of the soil of Windham county. There
is evidence enough to convince a
modern jury that Putnam unhitched
his steed from this very pillow the
moment the news reached him that
Lexington had been attacked by the
British soldiery. and left in the mid
die of the field to win q ma; or gen.
erals straps. The old hero ran from
the pillow. as Daniel Wesbter is said to
have hung" up his scythe. Long
ago w. o. Jacobs & Co.. of Daniel
sonville, hardware dealers in that
prosperous borough. obtained posses
sion of the pillow and used it for a
sign. 1t has been 'under the wealth
or" good deal since then and is the
worse for wear in consequence of the
service that it had been put to-
Mr. Brooks learned of the existence
Of the abandoned old field day. i'm
plement OF the hero of Pomfret. and
determined on its rescue. The an
cient ante Revolutionary pillow. which
he now has on exhibition, was recent
ly sent to Providence. with the inten-
ton. probably, of indicating the
idea that in Connecticut originated
not only wooden nutmegs but also
wooden plows. The frame and mold
board are of wood. with scraps oil
iron. These were put in to strength
en- the work not being originally a
part of it. The joint and cutters are
of wrought iron. The old handles
and beams are OF primitive cut.
The right handle has been broken
midway from the mold; one OF the
cross-rounds is also gone. Still
enough of this workr emains. however.
to show what the original outlines
were. Jacobs & Co. had become pos
sessed of the notion that the pillow
ought to be sent to the worlds fair.
and were making arrangements to
that end when the appearance Of Mr..
Brooks on the scene changed their
plans. Mr. Brooks had long inter-
view with them, the result OF which
was he bought the relic and had II
shipped to Hartford.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
Kansas Hoodlumism.

CHICAGO, Nov. A special from
Topeka. Kan, says the Democratic
flambeau club while marching in the
Weaver procession was egged last
night and rocks were thrown. J. d.
Ernest, president of the club, was be-
spatted with eggs and James Fitz
Gibbons, contractor, was hit In the
hack of the head and badly Injured
Half a dozen others were more or less
badly bruised. Chairman Jones OF the
Democratic state central committee
left the Weaver meeting because OF g
Misunderstanding with Mrs. Mary r.
Lease, who demanded permission tt
speak.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
COTTON CIRCULAR.
Y Elroy 6 Gilbert on the consit,o, ;.
the Market

Y Hiroy & Gilbert on the Condition =,
the Market.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 5.-McE,rov
! Gilbert say:
rutures-The market is difficult
ne TO understand at present, snin.
lers show greater disposition to buv
u Liverpool than they have evinced
OF some time past, and if their actions
are TO be accepted as an indication of
1heir sentiment their purchases of
7OOO OF 5000 bales per day cannot
mean that they believed in
much higher prices in the
immediate future, but that is
only one side of the question. On the
otner hand the spot demand here ia
active and prices are firm. and we
near OF large engagements made for
december, January and February
shipments. The greater part of these
contracts Is, we are told, for CONT
mental account, and as the continent
mas been previously reported fairly
well supplied with cotton, this buy.
ing would indicate that it at least
places confidence in Mr.. Neill,s
predictions. 1t may be that
English spinners will also
De forced into line and
become liberal buyers in the near
future. The advance was started on
this side and the speculator who is
prompt to anticipate radical changes
took the long side in anticipation of
Mr.. NeilPs expected report. Con-
sumers are known as a rule to be con-
seryative people and slow to accept as
permanent such movement as we
have lately seen, out it is claimed
that they are being convinced more
and more daily by the movement and
crop predictions of the shortage of the
years. yield, and that they WILL yet
add their demand to strengthen the
market.
Receipts so far have been sufficiently
short to corroborate all short crop es-
Inmates and they are likely to fall be-
hind last years movement for the
next ten days or more. After that
and during December there will prob
ably be little difference in the move
ments of the two years. Port move
ment today is $4,000, against $4,000
last year. New Orleans expects on
Monday $4,000 to $4,000 bales, against
$4,000 last year, and $4,000 at all ports.
Spots continue firm and have been
marked up ZIG today. Sales from
factors tables and to arrive aggregate
400 bales. Offerings from Texas are
1-Sc higher in prices asked, owing to
the advance in railroad freight rates.
The closing of markets tonight shows
Liverpool partially 1-64 higher, New
York 10 and New Orleans II points
above yesterday. 49,: '- -~--
The Lancashire strike is now to a
large extent an accomplished fact,
thirty mills at Ashton having closed
down today as the result OF
operatives refusing to accept
the 5 per cent reduction
proposed by the masters and pro-
longed struggle is predicted. The
Pail Mall Gazette blames the heavy
tariff on cotton goods especially in
the United States, for much of the de-
preston in Manchester and surround
ings and argues that the outlook is
not encouraging. We give this only
as an opinion of one of the principal
English journals and not as our own
because from what we learn from our
private cables the OBJECT of the strike
has already been to large extent
discounted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
Two Hundred Cheap Heaters.

Tile and plain finished Franklins
for parlor use, box heaters of all sizes,
Jumbo, Globe brilliant, Grit, central
blast, barrel shaped, coal heating suit
able for bed rooms, portable CRATES OF
various stiles. Stoves were bought
low and will close out on small mar
gin as I am overstocked. Also fine
lot of cook stoves from $l3 to SIS.
Parties fitting up rooms for university
students will find it to their intere 6
to call on X. G. Miller, 222 E. 9th st.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
Seguin Running Races.

Special to The statesman.
SEGUIN, Tex, Nov. 5.-Saddle
horse race-Spring Bell won, Red
Bird second, Bismarck third.
Though a mistake of the starter in
recalling by signal the last two men,
toned returned instead of making the
race.
Second, special race-Mile heats,
best in 8. Legett's Jerome won,
Shorts Arson 2. Best time Sol.
Third race-StubE's Little Logan
won, McGinnis' Bill Ferguson 2.
Slow mule race-Won by Lillard's
Mollie. Time minutes.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
FRANCE.
ABDUCTED HER CHILD.

PARIS, Nov. AIRS. Deacon mas
snrnne another sensation by abduct'
ing her child from the convent ;. Ihe
ahdnction took place Immediately
aftor the decision of the court in her
a an;t for divorce. The court awarded
the custody of the child to Deacon
Mrs. Deacon arrived at the G Gonvem'
ahead of the news of the decision !
.uhich was brought by her husband
few minutes after the wife had nun
l 10" driven away with the child.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
a New Mineral.

A new mineral not unlike asbestos
in its properties. has been discovered
in immense deposits in the United
States OF Columbia. 1t is stated to
be the color Of amber. perfectly trans
parent and incom bustible. Expert
ments indicate that it will be of great
value for making bank-note paper
and as fire. proofing material A
white varnish has been extracted
from it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10

verdict seemed impossible, but Judge
Bro va sent them.y a5o k bac tain.
1t had gotten wind around the city
that there was a hung jury, and the
judge intimated that the report had
gotten out illegally or divulged by
some one, and warned the members
that he would investigate and punish
the guilty one if he heard any more
talking out OF the jury room.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
TURKEY.
rHE suLrAN,s pHYsIcIAN.

THE oULIAN . II 5ICIhKNs
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. 4.-Navro-
yeni Pasha, the sultan's favorite ply
stefan, was arrested in consequence OF
his revengeful wife sending to the
sultan her husbands diary In which
daily notes were made of the variable
conditions of the sultan's mind.
Navroyeni Pasha has been the trupted
friend and confidant of the sultan
since the latter's childhood. He
married a, French sJewoss, whose
scandalous life has twice involved
him in disgrace, and finally COM
PEELED him to apply for divorce.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
Arrested for Forgery.

Special to The Statesman.
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. Arthur Tel
lenbern, alias A. Roberts, was ar
rested here py the police on a tele-
gram from Inspector Mclaughlin of
New York City. The accused is said
to be fugitive from justice from New
York and is wanted for forgery. He
has been here only a few weeks and
has been acting as special agent of the
Washington Life Insurance company.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
JEFFERSON DAVIS MONUMENT.
An Admirable Plan Perfected for Securing
All Necessary Funds.

JACKSON, Miss, Nov. 5.-Stephen
Lee. Governor Stone, Ex-Governor
Lowry and General Flower, members
of the Mississippi committee for rails
ing funds for the Davis monument at
Richmond met here yesterday and
perfected plans. The sherlns am anu
clerks of each county with SIX eA-Oon-
federate women will constitute county
committees, county committees III III
turn will organize subcommittee "
women supervisors. January Is
made general contribution day, Wne On
every person will be asked to give give; 20
cents or over for the Davis monument;
Tn addition a series of lectures oy old
Confederate colonels is being arranged
to help the work.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
Came Home 10 Roost.

Cora-She reported the conductor
for allowing a torpedo to be put on
the track
Merritt-Was it investigated
Cora-Yes. They found that it was
put there by her own little boy. IN.
Y. Sun.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
What shortened the Trip.

why hello. old man! thought
you intended to make your European
trip last a yearP'
Il did. but my wife found a new
fashion in gowns in Paris and hurried
home to be the first to wear It"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10

Nnen Baby was sick, we gave her Gastoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss, she chung 70 Castoria.
When she bad Children. sue gave them Castoris
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
4 rfoon TO Mankind.

A Memphis man has been granted
a patent for car window dust and
cinder protector which can be carried
in the pocket or valise OF every pas
seDger. and quickly and easily set up
in position to serve its purpose as de-
sired.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
Death Of General Crawford

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.-General
Sam Wylie Crawford, who commanded
the Pennsylvania reserves at the bat
tie of Gettysburg, died last evening,
aged SO years.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
An Enclish Mathematician.

The English mathematician WalliA
could not only retain in his mind q
number composed of fifth three figures
but could extract therefrom the square
root containing twenty-seven figures
without the aid OF paper and pencil.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
Didn't stop to Think.

Miss Elderly have never met
my elder sister have youP
Cleverton-Why no. Miss Elderly.
/ didn't suppose it was possible that
you had an elder sister.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
The Regimen Murder Case.

special to The Statesman.
SHERMAN, Tex, Nov. 4.-The jury
in the Regimen murder case is still out
ond If looks very much like hung
iurv, The jury reported today that a
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
WASHINGTON WAITS.
RAINMAKING EXPERIMENTS.

RAINMAKING EXPERIMENTS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-General
Dyrenforth and party leave Washing
ton today for some rainless region in
Texas or New Mexico, where he says
thoroughly scientific test will be
made. An official connected with the
experiment has given statement OF
personal observations of the results OF
bombardments on Wednesday night.
He says the first explosion was follow
ed by a lively shower of rain.
Another explosion occurred and rain
followed within two minutes. No rain
followed the third explosion, but
clouds broke away and the sky cleared.
Rain followed the fourth explosion
within eight minutes.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4-The presi'
dent this afternoon issued a proclama.
ton setting apart Thursday, the Gath
inst. las day of national Thanksgiving
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10

Catarrh cured, health and sweet
breath secured by Shiloh's Catarrh
Remedy. Price SOC Nasal injector
free. At Cornwell & Chiles.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10
MANY Persons are broken

down from overwork or household cares
Browns Iron BitterS Rebuilds the
system, aids digestion, removes excess OF bile.
and cures malaria. Get the genuine
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10

Sleepless nights made miserable by
that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure ia
the remedy for you. At Cornwell q
Chiles.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10

That hacking cough can be so quick
ly cured by Shiloh's cure. At Corn
we'll & Chiles, r. 9th st.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-10

Group, whooping cough and bron-
chitls Immediately relieved by Shi-
loh's Cure. At Cornwell & Chiles,
219 E. 9th st.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-25

We bad stopped at a railroad station
on tho Pecos river, and many of the
passengers were walking mp and down
tine long platform. Among them was a
duttish young man who excited con-
siderable ridicaie from the dozen rough
fellows hanging about. One of them
finally said something about ''chawing
him up" when an old man in the gang
raised his band and said:
That's 'nOsigh, boys; don't go any
further"
"whst's it to your" demanded the
other.
\ heap. ! reckon It'sso much 10 me
that III % a leetle shootin on that fel.
lows account II needs be-"
The two men looked menacingly at
each. other. and fer twenty seconds ex-
pectsd 10 see them draw and fire. Then
the Younger one walked away, growing
81 NJ went, leaving the field TO the old
usn.
Would you have fought for the dudeg"
7 asked when the strain had been re-
lieve,i.
''SaFtiu'' he griTnly answered.
'fBut you don't know him
No. AMI probably never shall. but
be sorto q rcninds me of lectle sar-
cumstance that happened seven or eight
years ago. 7 had a ranch no on the
Pssa- plans, and dude came ont from
New York citv 80 yisit a navbur -
mrne re was Jest SIGH heanstslk az
tins chap He bad soft hands. 3 woman's
way If talkin. and I looked hum over
and mads 70 my mind tlat a Texas
baby taree years old coaId give him
pointers. WV. duu TO- # be- fi8at
wear white shirts ard collars ami play
the paaasri tried Co. ts civil a. him.
rsrse he vac . stranger but 81 'hout
Uadr mo slcs never looked at him
without shinsin g msa-b and lss-es~
-W-lr~
IS az. srter bed ban ont t1ar bout
three monshe Irm n1d rse went out one
dsv to tuok aB some stray rsustarrs The
fusf thing re aaew we aat a vollev from
q Zee 90 iasaas vbe haa hra,4 Ia,.s.. fr,r,
the rservsa7n Gam va, mt ia tte
shaai1er. hnf fo-ssoase'y carried .,.f bT
Ia boss ehn vas C. Ser I headed ~
q aaz ! knaRed of and rsache.l "a with
or,t scratch Then. Fan sae. my ra...r
was .o stand 'enl af $50 1lfa cnaIi -er1
0elp had y nc5ester and plenty Of
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-25

cartridges. and Gurin rae fust hour l
ss0ala3ed one eass and Killed another.
Then / got = chunk . lead through this
righu arm and begun t. feel BAT
AAryous as 10 how II would turn out. 1
swiped bullet into another. and ia re-
turn ! got this rake along the skull. IL
WASH sen minutes arter thst befO' be-
gun 10 feel powerful sick and weak. and
/ jest reckoned that my scalp was goin
10 make al ornament 0n SOME red crit
ter belt.
'But you sEill stood them OFF,
"A wei Is able, bat the end would
hey come IN about fifteen minutes mere.
The last three OF four shots fired was
50 bIlad l couldn't see a rod. The reds
WIS shoutin 10 each other and maxim
ready 10 close IN when / heard a white
man yellIn. / couldn't see what took
place, but ! know how IL was jest the
same. That mush and 'lasses dude was
oat on a boss huutin jackass rabbits.
and jim run across HIM and told him
how | was fixed aud axed him 10 ride
fur help. What do ye think the burned
cuss did,
Rode for homer"
Not much He rode fur n,sl He'd
never seen war Injun IN his hfe, and
jim told him thar was full dozen az
ter me. bat il made no difference He
comes up on a dead run, yelhn and
shootin, and III chaw my hat if he didn't
Law cut TWO of tho critters and kill a
pony afore they could git away. He
sailed right in 30 mighty hard that they
thought he had big crowd behind him.
That thar leetle dude with soft hands
and puuy arms lifted me onto his boss
and rode 10 my ranch and then heads a
crowd hack and runs them reds 'leyen
miles and kills another.
why. durn me! he got two ponies
out of that scrap, and be gathered up
more wampum, bows, arrers, tolna-
hawks. knives and SIGH than any six of
u had collected IN five years. When
got about helped him to box and ship
EN- 10 some club in New York. Pears
10 me II was sumthin like the Manhattan
club. Leastwise, il had 'tarnal longish
name, and the Teller was u member"
And YOU came 20 like him.
Say! He KIN hev all I've got in this
world any time he axes for it. | made
n big mistake sizin him up. He could
beat any of Us with the pistol, and the
Teller who took hold of him for n rassle
was throwed SKY high before ne could
bite his terbacker. He could run like a
deer, outJump kangaroo and we
couldn't find broncho who could buck
| him off"
And that's why you interfered, is it?'
Exactly. Show me dude and I'll
back him. These boys hain't learned
| the difference between dude and a
| fule yit, but hev and don't want no
better chaps behind me in pinch than
dudes. specially New York dudes
| New York Herald.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-25

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; il is pleasant
and refreshing to the TASTE, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
ten eHectually. dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habtual
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
It's action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend il
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Doc
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
Institute.
ALiFORKiA FiG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. cAt.
LOUISVILLE. ~. sEw f0Rx. Nh
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-25
To Take on Old Paint.

1t is very seldom now that you see a
painter burn off old paint with spirit
lamp or torch, though there are still a
few who stick to the old method. The
easiest way to clean paint off wood, or
even metal, is To mix lime and salsoda
pretty thickly in water and then apply
freely with IA brush. After a short time
the paint eau be scraped off without diff
Guilty. Any amateur can use this recipe;
only little care is advisable, as the
mixture VIII remove skin from the
hands or face even more rapidly than it
viii remove paint from wood or metal.
st. Louis Globe-Deniocrat
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-25
An A bsentminded Journalist.

Jim Faberpusher is one of the mos:
Industrious journalists III New York.
lie thinks of nothing but his professional
duties.
One day his wife TO whom he was 70.
Gently married) said TO him:
You don't speak to me any more,
Have you ceased 10 love me?'
''Oh, no, but | just can't find time.
I'm pressed for time"
Yes. but j don't get pressed at ALL
responded tho neglected wife. This well
merited rebuke reminded the journalist
Of his obligations to his bettor half
Texas SiftIngs.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-25
Midnight Philosophy.

Mrs. Squills-Quiclsl Quickl Wake
upl | believe there are burglars down
stairs. Go down and see.
Mr.. Squills (sleepily) = Nonsense.
Nothing but the cat.
Mrs. S-Harkl Therel | know there
are burglars down stairs.
Mr.. 8. (nervously)-Well-er-if you
know they are there it's no use me going
down TO iinu out.-Tit-Bits.