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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-12
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

WE will be informed of every i1ci-
dent in connection with Christmas at
the White House. Everything that
Mr.. Cleveland does will be reported.
Lit lie Ruth and the baby will be held
up for public inspection, imaginary as
we'll as real. But some persons might
be curious to know how Grover spent
his Christmas when he was boy. DR..
Clark, one OF his boyhood companions,
in speaking of it said: "Grover might
have hung up hia stockings, but I'll
wager he didn't find much" A poor
boy without even the usual pleasures
of Christmas was Grover Cleveland
half a hundred years ago. Now he is
the president of the United States.
What significant fact, what encour.
agement to every boy in the land, no
matter how poor he is. Every boy
born on the sell of America is candi.
date for the presidency of the United
States. "Git up and gilt" boys.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28


The STATESMAN stated q simple
fact that money in New York was
offered at per cent and had no bid
ders, which was taken from several
New York papers, to which The
STATEsMANadded Where would you
get money cheaper than at l per
cent?
The Laredo Times designates this
as "all rot." Itmay not be true, but
we can only rely upon the quotations
in the New York papers. The Times
says t offer was ION call" We
know nothing about that, but we do
know that money can be borrowed per
annum iD the East at 4 and 5per cent.
1t is very easy to say a statement made
upon the best authority IL "all rot'
but when you find a quotation on any
thing In New York, money for in.
gance, in such papers as the New
ork Herald, the World and othe2
edited in that department by the best
financial reporters that can be en-
ployed, and they all agree and little
aper like the Laredo Times, publish.
ed down on the Mexican border, says
it is sail rot," there is very little hest
tation as to which you will believe.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

The BRENNAN Banner with it's phil
osophic fairness protests against
blaming Governor Llewelling of Kan
sas for issuing circular to the police
commissioners of cities ordering the
discontinuance of the arrest OF idle
men and of rockpile work for such
men. Governor Llewelling has been
there himself and can readily "put
himself in your place." He says ne
was in Chicago in 1865 and walked
the streets all night because he did
not have the value OF
nights lodging. The Banner de-
clares that our statute says
vagrant, in addition to being idle
and without visible means of support,
is one who leads dissolute life. That
is the proper doctrine. If the tramp
is not dissolute ne is beyond the power
of the law in Texas. The mere fact
that men are out of employment does
not make them Migrants, and they
have right to hunt for work, and in
this state are protected by the saving
clause OF not being dissolute. But
then, have they right to seize train
and travel free? Certainly not; and
they ought to be punished for it when
they thus violate the rights of others
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
THE NATAL DAY OF JESUS
CHRIST.

Many men have won renown by he.
role deeds and become so illus.rious
that the men of their day and gener-
alton have celebrated the anniversary
of their birth with music and banners,
professions and oratorical eulogiums,
but the memory of none has lasted
through nineteen centuries, except
that of the "God Man. whose natal
day we celebrate The anniversary of
His birth has been held sacred and
unbroken in its christian recognition
through nearly nineteen hundred
years, fulfilling the prophecy of Scrip
ture that the cross would draw all men
to it.
The cross when planted upon Cal
vary was an emblem of all that was
vile, and ranked in the infamy OF its
associations with the guillotine OF
France or the scaffold, for it was the
instrument of extreme punishment
for the highest order OF crime. When
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
AUSTIN As A HEALTH RESORT.

Chri tmas without "yule log
burning in the fireplace; Christmas
where the gentle zephyrs of Ph@ous
tempered the sweet air and invited
its celebrants to linger long upon me
open gallery until the turkey mas
Drowned into the proper crisp; CHRIST
mas where ladies drove to church
without wraps and gentlemen called
in full dress without overcoats;
Christmas without thought OF snow
or a fear of catching cold; Christmas
where invalids lived all day in the
open air, their fevered brow famed
with the breath of the tropics; an
ideal Christmas, which was never
dreamed of in the bleak and dreary
North, we had yesterday.
That is the kind of weather we have
had all through the winter in Austin,
and that ID the kind of winter re-
sort we offer to the frozen lunged and
frostbitten denizens of the North
Take heed of the birds and follow
their flight southwark, all ye
who are heavy laden with
age or disease and your worn
powers will recuperte. You will
no longer shiver when struck by a
norther, but gathering strength and
new vitality, you can go back home
in the spring new men and new wo'
men, Give nature chance to assert
it's recuperative powers; come to Aus
tin, where you will not suffer for six
months with the rigor of the climate,
and rest and nature will do their
work.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
FALSE PRETENSE THE WOTHE
OF VANITY,

The ancient preacher hath said that
"the love of money is the root of all
evil,n but the same preacher might
be quoted against himself in his de-
claration that "vanity of vauities
saith the preacher, vanity Of vanity,
all is vanity"
While the love Of money may be
the root of evil, certainly the wisdom
of the preacher taught him that van
ity was even wider and more broad
spread evil than the love of money.
The love of money is comparative; in a
certain degree all men love money but
those who love it for the good it will
do are not affected by its blighting in
fluence. Othere who love it for itself
are avaricious and mildew and wither
under the effects of that love, for GER
tainly there is no other vice more alb
sorbing and degrading in its results,
Misers, however, are few in COMPARE
son to those whose vanity involves
them in almost countless evils.
Personal vanity it is true, is bene-
fit to commerce, but that cannot com.
pensate for the evils that follow in
its train. The most difficult thing
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

THE LADIES who have for the past
few days been 80 earnestly and zeal
ously devoting their time and energy
to the work OF soliciting contributions
for the Christmas poor fund have met
With most encouraging success in
their work. A large amount of labor
is still theirs, however, to make the
grand success the good cause merits,
and the attention of all interested in
the work is called to the local an
nouucement in this issue of the meet
ings to be held on Tuesday and We'd
nesday. A full and prompt attend
ance is urged on all.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

KANSAS seems to be stretching her
cons itutional limits to raise reve'
nue.. Mankato, Kas has passed an
ordinance imposing fine of 30 cents
on anyone who whistles - fer the
Balln within it's municipal limits.
If only the city council of Austin
would impose similar fine for the
university "yelln we could pave the
whole city with the most improved
kind of cement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
Two Failures at TexarBana.

SPOCi"i w NV S'"'S'AAA'
TEXARKANA, Tex, Dec, 26.-J.
Whitener, a leading furniture me
chant, failed today, making genel
assignment to s. B. Andrews, cash
of the First National bank, for t
benefit of creditors, The assignme
provides that all creditors who agl
to accept prorato share of the ava
able assets ia full settlement sh
share equally with each other. Y
total assets of the concern are figur
at 10000, liabilities at $50, 900.
Sam Falk, a jeweler, also made
assignment principally in behalf
local creditors to the extent of $50
Other liabilities not known.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
San Antonio Races.

Special to The Statesman,
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 26-The folio
ing was the race program today at t
Jockey club grounds:
First race-2:50 trot or pace, h
mile heats, in 5. Prince 1, Siretta
Time l14,
Second race-2:97 trot or pace, IN
heats, . in 3. Racer l, Vandella
Time 33 IA.
Third race-Running, half mile da
with three hurdles, for officers of t
United States army. Won by Lie
tenant Cole of the Twenty-third
fantTy On Gibson.
Fourth race-One.fourth mile das
Nellie 1, Barney Bennett 2, Time.
There were also bicycle events
local wheelmen.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

A FELLOW up in Nebraska writes to
Chairman Wilson that he understands
he proposes to let in Shanghai chick
ems free. He says he is raising chick
ems out in Nebraska and is getting S.
a pair for them, and if chickens are let
in free from China it will destroy his
business, He says he has been a
Democrat all his life, but if Shang-
hais come in free he will be - if he
won't quit the party, There are q
large number of Shanghai Democrats
who want to gouge the public on
chickens at SIS pair, and under all
similar devices.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

given them over all things
These are the dauntless and
intrepid men and women who believe
life is a great blessing and who in
tend to enjoy all the blessings 1t
aff,rds them in this world. They are
not numerous, but they are the salt OF
the earth; without them the earth in
its business and society for all pur-
poses, government or otherwise, would
lose it's SAVIOR.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
WORK OF sALvATION1sTs.
The Army Dispensss Bodily c.mforts
Sufferers in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-The Sa
walton Army here attempted
carry Christmas cheer into San FraI
cisco's darkest homes and gladden. t
hearts of thousands in the cityr ~
have no homes or shelter. In a folN
dive on Grant avenue, recently IRAN
formed into the. Salvation Army 81
ton. tables were arranged to seat Al
people. In this place over $500 hung
men and women were given a Christina
dinner. Besides this, over thot
sand baskets which contained tea, co
fee sugar, rice, sage, beans, milk, Cal
dies, fruit, soap, mustard, macaron
butter, roast mutton or beet, nuts an
candies to the value of about $250
were sent out to suffering familie
For this work the Salvationists Ia
collected fund of about $4,000. III
night was unusually cold. at tt
city prison over 300 wanderers we
sheltered aud dozens were refuse
lodging after all the sell and corrido
were filled.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

TT is understood that the American
interest in Brazil has had at least a
negative protection. In all the can
nonading and waste of villainous salt
peter the insurgent fleet has not been
able to hit anything and the Ameri-
can merchants are doing business at
the same old stands in Rio, feeling
perfectly secure except from stray
shot.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

Mr.. BORDEN, a prominent cotton
manufacturer, expresses great indiffer-
ence as to the tariff. He says 1.-THE
manufacture of cotton prints in New
England is beyond the reach of for
eign competition, that American man
ufacturers have laid down for less
price than Manchester prices prints
in Manchester" In proof of his indif
ference he is now erecting two i'm
mense cotton mills at Fall River.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
Killing at Longview.
Special 10 The Statesman

special 10 me statesman
LoNGvIEw, Tex, Dec. 26. - II
evening at o'clock at the juncti
Joe Mouser shot and killed Jim Crd
ley. The ball entered just below \
right nipple and came out under \
left shoulder, killing him instant
The difficulty was continuance OF
hot wrangle on the evening befo
Crowley was an engineer end Mou!
is a conductor on the Texas and F
cific, Mouser was arrested and nj
awaits the action of the courts. Mu
feeling is manifested by Crowle
friends and some fear a lynching.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

The celebrated Hoffman house, the
most fashionable hotel in New York,
with its picturesque bar and fine
paintings of nude females, has gone
into the hands of receiver, but in all
probability will run on all the same
as il has been running.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

The Southern protectionists are in
dustriously endeavoring to persuade
the pu bile that the Wilson tariff bill
is measure for the benefit of New
England. The protectionists If that
section are declaring that it is mainly
antagoaistic to their interest. 1t is to
be hoped they will soon agree about
it, as the Wilson bill will soon go into
eff ct.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
TIE PRESIDENT TO BE ASSASSIN.
TED

Il IED'
1t is stated that there were two let
ters picked up by country woman
in Abilene, Kan, last Wednesday dis
closing plot, first to assassinate
President Cleveland and next to alb.
buct and hold his eldest child, Ruth,
for ransom. If this ia true it reveals
the most terrible diabolism. 1t seems
the first letter disclosed the purpose
of assassinating the president, the as
sassins to get $4,000, but from the
latter letter it was CLEANED that that
purpose was temporarily abandoned
and the abduction of Baby Ruth was
next to be accomplished.
1t is hardly possible that such har-
dened criminals as that who would
contemplate such crimes would write
letters revealing their purpose. The
second letter found with the first
makes the whole thing impossible,
but if it is a hoax perpetrated as a
Joke it certainly is a most dastardly
one. One of the letters was post
marked Minneapolis and the sec
ond was from Topeka, Kan,
the last, dated Dec. 10 and signed r.
F. Rock. The signature throws even
more suspicion on the whole thing
as being cruel hoax. OF course
this came to the ears of Mrs, Cleve-
land, and the very doubt of its truth
will create an alarm that would likely
PROSTATE any mother, let alone the
contemplation of such a thing hap
pening the household of the chief ex-
ecutive of the country. 1t is to be
hoped it is hoax, cruel as it is, but
watchfulness on the part of the presi-
dent would be most prudent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
Held Or at Denison.

Special to The Statesman.
DENIsoN, Texas, Dec. rs. - b
Taylor of Bonham was robbed he
this evening of $525. He is collect
for the land department of the firm
l.. & H. Blum of Galveston. ]
came in yesterday and has been he
since this evening. About 7:30
went into Mcmillan Brothers groceI
store on Main street and went to I.
rear to get to the closet. AS he nea
the closet he was grabbed from
side by a man and forced through
alley gate. Directly on the outHI
stood another man. The men VIZ
through Taylor's clothes, takilI
roll of bills in which was $500, 81
change, his keys and watch. M
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

in the worl for the prudent ls IL ioV
within their means, and the greatest
opponent TO that honest Intention is
vanity.
Vanity is not confined to personal
appearance. In enters into every
thing. AS the. preacher says, "All is
vanity" Not only do we desire to
live in the finest house, but it must be
furnished with more elegance than
the finer house of our neig hbor. Not
only 90 we desire to dress with more
extravaganza than those Of
equal fortune, but we strain
point to adorn ou1 persons with
more costly apparel than that worn
by those of larger means.
Not only do we want our equipage to
excel. in splendor, but our team OF
bays must be higher steppers than
the horses of those of "our set" who
can better afford to invest more money
In that line. There is not a thing we
have that must not be better than
the things those of the same means
have, but all we have must be equal
to the things that those persons have
who are moro able to have them than
we are.
That is vanity and the very kind
of vanity that scatters unhapplness
broadcast over the land. 1t embit-
tiers life, enters into the household
and poisons the sweetest fountains OF
Joy of that family whose association
otherwise might have 80 much rich
and delightful fruit.
How often have we seen the father
of young family, strong of purpose
and upright in dealing, using every
energy and encouraging every re-
source, moving onward and upward
in business life and entering gradual
ly into the social scale to which he
and his are entitled, suddenly
aud mysteriously collapse, and behold
it was all because he was moving too
fast, beyond his means, and he found
himself all unexpectedly a wreck,
stranded on the breakers of vanity, q
desire to be more in the eye Of the
pablo than he really was emit led TO.
1t is a rare thing that the mere tinan-
cial wreck is all. 1t is more often the
case that the vanity of himself and
family has betrayed him into decep-
ton, false Lretenses and crime, and
then there is no hope for his recovery.
honest business man who fails by
misfortune alone can always reinstate
himself, but when his ambition has
pandered to his inordinate vanity and
induced him to violate honor in his
business transactions to sustain false
position in business or society, then
for him there is no hope and he drags
out a miserable life with the burden
of hin crime following him every
where and its consciousness lasting
and searching him down to his dis
honorable grave.
The vitality of vanity is in false
pretense, which ranks high in the
calendar of crime. "Vanity of vaniiies;
all is vanity"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
Shot Through the Foot.
ial to The Statesman.

Special to The Statesman.
ROUND X, Dec. &C. I. Cocl
ran, the drayman for our town, viii
out hunting today accidentally sh
himself through the foot. While it
painful wound, no serious results q
looked for.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

YESTERDAY 8 large number of our
best friends bid us goodbye, but we
part with them with pleasure, know
ing their departure is for our happi-
ness. Dollars are generally consid-
cred our best friends.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

The Santa Fe railroad system has
at last gone into the hands OF receiv-
ers. The company owes $4,000, 900 in
,erest, due the first of January, 1894
and can't pay it. 1t is high time a
competent receiver had hold of it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

AND now comes Republican corrup.
ton In the New York custom house.
1t is said that Irregularities amount
ing to 81 100000 have been discovered
there. A change of administration is
often quite beneficial.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

SWITZERLAND has put its foot down
on anarchists by passing a law that
persons found in possession of chem
icals for use in the manufacture of
explosives shall serve Is years in pri-
son. That squelches them completely.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

NOT single poor child in Austin
should 90 without good dinner to.
day. See that every one of them comes
to the dinner at the Miller building,
corner of Seventh aud the avenue.
Dinner will he given them there today
a Ii tie before 9 o'clock. All are well
come
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
Assistant Treasurer Jordan Returns

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Conrad \
Jordan, assistant treasurer OF tt
United States, has returned froI
Europe on La Bretagne. He declinI
to state the nature OF his busine
abroad
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
Bullet Through His Brain

Special TO The Statesman
BRENNAN, Dec. 26.-At Within,
Sunday night Jim Walker shot Ric
ard Evan through tine head; DO
negroes. Evans is still alive, thoud
the bullet passed entirely through |
brain.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28


gloomy day, the day when the sun hid
its face. when the veil in the holy OF
HOLES of the temple was rent in twain
when the dead burst the cerements Of
the tomb and walked forth among the
living, on that day, when the sacred
person of our savior touched the cross II
was Immediately transformed Tito the
highest. the most sacred and the most
exalted emblem that ever waved II
battle front or at whose base puresl
suppliant ever bent.
1t, is not the cross that the Christian
world worshipped, but its sacredness
10 their estimation is because it was
the first thing baptised in the blood
that clenseth from all sin. 1t is not
the wood and nails, but is the one
drop of blood that purifies the debased
for without the shedding of blood
there is no remission of sins.
Today is the natal day of one who
cannot be regarded alone as a man
but if so, the most remarkable mar
that the world has ever known; not
because while on earth he did many
many wonderful things, but because
he revealed, or introduced, or founded
a religion. which no man or set of men
however gifted intellectually, and how
ever holy, could or would have ever
conceived
At that period in the history of the
world the strictest sect of religionists
had no higher aspirations than such
goodness as would recommend them to
the favor of God so that they would
@ blessed in their worldly business
The Jews were looking for a q :
who would be temporal conqueror
who would break the Roman yoke and
make their nation the rulers of the
world. No idea OF love, humility and
self sacrifice had place in the hearts or
thoughts of men, and Christ came
meek and lowly, with no of
trumpets or armies with banners, and
aching submission to the existing
constituted authorities, promising
neither TO His nation or His followers
any worldly advantage but quite the
contrary, declaring 10 His disciples
that they would be hated of all men,
that they would be imprisoned,
thrown to wild beasts, sawn asunder,
and prosecuted for His names sake.
Such doctrine was repug-
nant to the education of the
age and the nation. They
wanted to make him king, and he an
swered, my kingdom is not of this
world" They were looking for pow.
srful kingdom of this world, and he
taught them a religion that relinquish-
ed every ambition that was ingrained
by known oppression into their ma
ture, religion whose highest quality
was love, forgiveness, gentleness aud
self abnegation.
The fact that such religion was &C.
cepted, that it grew, strengthened an
through all civilization and
that it stands today entwined, in the
holiest hopes of men, binding them
its subtle power to the throne
of God; that it has triumphed through
all vicissitudes and won foremost rank
in the estimation of the most intelligent
men and enlightened nations is y con-
evidence of its divinity, and
would have been sufficiently conclusive
if Christ had never wrought single
Today we celebrate the eighteen
hundred and ninety-third anniversary
of the birth of this God man. the
founder of our holy religion. Let us do
so with bowed head and Bonded knee,
with clean hands, q pure heart and
upright spirit.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
AFRICA.
MATABELEs sUBDUED.

CAPETowN, Dec. 26.-Commissiont
Rhodes announces that the Matabele
are entirely subdued and King Lobel
gulo does not intend to return to Blu
aWayO
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

shiloh's Cure is sold on guarantee. 1t cures
incipient consumption. 1t is the best cough
cure Only cent dose. Is, SOC and ST. Sold
by John H Chiles & Co.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

Karrs Clover Root, the great blood purl
gives freshness and clearness to the Comb
ion and cures constipation, 25c, SOC. Sold
John H. Chjles & Co.