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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-10

rules, accounts, enrolled bills and
mileage, with the same membership as
they had in the Fifty second congress
and referring the rules of,that congress
to the committee Oh rules.
MIR. Reilly announced the death of
his colleague, Mr.. Mutchler, and as a
mark of respect to the memory of the
deceased, the house adjourned until
Thursday. At the close of proceedings
in the house Mr.. Bland sent to the
cerk's desk and had read call for a
caucus at noon tomorrow of "all mem
bers in favor OF free coinage of silver. !"
REPUBLICAN, CAUCUS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-The Repub-
lican senators held a caucus today and
discussed the situation from various
points of view. Senators from the
West mingled freely with the gold
men of the East and talked over
financial affairs in an unimpassioned
manner. One thing the senators
agreed on was that the Sherman law
was not alone responsible for the lack
OF confidence in the minds of the Jpeo-
pie. A fixed policy was determined
upon.
TO FIX A STANDARD.
Senator Vest today introduced bill
to fix the number of grains of gold and
silver in gold and silver coins Of the
United States. the silver dollar to
contain 464 40 grains of pure silver
or 516 grains standard silver.
WANTS STATEHOOD.
Senator Geary introduced bill for
the admission of New Mexico as a
state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-10
Stirring
lines

house cleaning without
Pearlaac. There is twice IS
much work a. there need be
half as much comfort as
there might be. Pearllne
washes and cleans everything
safely, saving time and saving
work. Nothing starts dirt
SO easily; nothing takes it
out SO thoroughly. Cleaning
house without Pearlane makes
a great "to-do"; cleaning with
it, gives you little to do. ssl
Beware of limitations. JAMES PYLE. N. y.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-10

Ease and comfort from pain of all kinds.
Send for Ponds Extract company's new book,
75 5th ave., N. Y, mailed free Do not he de-
ceived by counterfeit preparation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-10
OPEN TODAY.

The gates will be open tomorrow.
No program of music or special attrac-
tions of any kind have been arranged.
Restaurants will be closed, cars on
the intramuel railway will not run.
Chair pushers will take day off, so
will the gondoliers and the men who
manage the electric launches.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-10
BRITISH DAY.

Extensive preparations are being
consummated by The executive COM
mitte- TO make British day, Aug. 10,
q snccass
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-10
wHEELMAN's DAY

Thursday august 10th will be
wh.elman's night. On that evening
there will be a grand Lantern parade
by the Chicago Cycling club and
many out of town wheelman have
been invited to participate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-10

Caution: Buy only DR.. Isaac Thompson's
eye water Carefully examine the outside
wrapper. None other genuine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-10
aILMoRE's BAND CONCERTS.

Gilmore's band has been engaged
by the Fair management aud will be
gin series of'concerts next Monday
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12

ton, where she passed winter, lady
of remarkable abilities and attanmcnts,
now no longer among the living, who
gave her severe yet kindly criticism
and persuaded her to resume the pen.
In 1873 or 1870 she sent short story,
THE Communists Wife," to IIarpcr's
Magazine and then to Lippincott's, by
whose editor it was accepted, and her
career was begun.
But for some time her writings took
The color of her studies, which had
been mainly devoted to German meta
physics and political economy She
wrote largely on economic or social
topics, as THE English Worllingmcn"
and Commercial Crises" contributed
to Lippincott, 1.-The Indoor Paupcr,"
in the Atlantic Monthly, and "Jails, -
"Charities'' and other articles appear
ing in Good Company, New England
magazine of short life.
Her special work was not fairly
found until 1882, when q very cordial
letter Of advice from the editor of the
Century Magazine, upon acceptance of
one Of her stories, and a request for
first receipt of any she might thereafter
NiitS, Sh'O
ment. Her brief South Carolina story.
1.-The Bishops Vagabond," come ont
that year, and was widely copied in the
newspapers of the country. Others fol-
lowed in sufficient number to justify,
within five years, selection and collec-
ton from them, which was issued in
book form, and entitled 'Krittcrs in the
Sun" In 1891 a second series appeared:
soto, the Knight, and Other Trans
Mississippi Stories" This is character
lied by strong local flavor which also
pervades the "Storics of Western
Town." now running through Serb
ncr's Magazine. She frankly confesses
that this town is Davenport, her home.
and that Harry LOSING" their cen
trail figure, is u vcritablc Towan Two
larger stories have each filled book:
"Eypiation," novelette, in 1850; and
Eve All" a Juvenile published in 1891.
The scene of the latter is chiefly in Ar
kansas, where Octave Thancts winter
home is commonly made. She is often
the subject Of interviews and descriptive
articles. She lives thoroughly cult
waited life, is fond of all pretty things,
including clothes, and is so fascinated
by photography that she will spend
hours together developing negatives in
hot dark room during the most torrid
summer DAYS.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
TRUSTEES. SALES.

per y, 1893 and being required so TO do
uy INC hcpeficaries In said deed shall offer for
90 a, auction on tie premises, In the city
THE s6TH DAY OF Anil. isSs q ~ d I;
UGSLQCh NJ, TO the highcs; bidder the proDerty
oescr bed in the said deed Gs follows:
p1elElnhlng ct point or the northeast coma I
OF fine .nd Border s;rec;s. thence with Pine
street north scventy.,hrec t73l degrees tty e;eht
oc1 minntce east three hundred eno fit Two
unu SIKH hths tS52:6 feet to ne line OF the prom
cry owned by the Belmont Land Company
thence with the said Bplmort Land Comuar,x''s,
line, Forth elk (J) degrees west ono hundred and
siXty-iour and ninc-tenths (ic49) feet 10 an
alley. thence with said alley south seventy fhrec
S,ol degrees hfty-cisht (jSl minutes west three
hundred and nineteen and six-tenths ~ o IN
i.itcen l2) degrees ftcen.niue t51, minutes vest
ono huhdred and seventy (i1U :eot TO the bcein-
!LE' containing 1fty-seyen thousand one huGdrcd
in. IN t3,Scvch lSIlS' square feet, mere or
YYociion seven = on, plan OF BoanoSa Land and
improvement Company. August lSt0 viii, m
pI0Teulot - thereon 80 ~
ems ems; ot safe tas elected and determined by
sHe hoarokc Land and Improvement Iompany
~ 'lftutc OF tho said deed o. ;.usO IA follovs
iof cash as 20 20 much of the proceeds ms NAV
DC vCess"Vy 10 uefrdy the experses of cxccutiny
IN tIusI, including trustees commission of
amount OF principal anG iu,erest 4, ow dr., the
Noanokc Lane and Improvement Company az
nsieiLociorc set forth, and IS 10 the frin of
~ $500 80 with interest thereon from September
lin day OF September. 1889. ami the rcsidre. If
any, shall be made payable in two equal sn,,r,ai
sns'siihchts rom date OF sale, with interest from
date OF sale all dcftrc Cd payments to be properly
SECURED oy deed of trust Upou the property so d.
~ JOSEPH !. DORIAN trustee
ne property above has hctn toid by the
grantors above and the pay,nc:ts assumed Inv
'ncir Sehcees. 3s6 I'd
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
Disappearance of AN island.

Expedition island is no more Your
map shows it lying on the mort Invest
coast of Australia, about twenty-five
miles from the mainland. When it
hourishcd in all its glory, as it has since
time out OF memory, it WAS beautiful
tract of land; thirteen miles long and
one and half to two miles broad. The
Swedish trader Lacmstrom visited it
early in the spring of 1892, and the
Dutch naturalists of the Thignig gath
cred rare botanical specimens and col
lccted many hundred sets Of eggs, to
say nothing of the many other objects
OF natural history, during the months
OF May and Juno last year A vessel
was sailing in those parts quite recent
IS when the officers remarked the alb
scncc of the island. The captain or
dcrcd that soundings be made. An
around thousands Of feet of water was
found. Finally, upon observing that
there were no signs of breakers on the
former site of the island, he ordered
that they sail directly across where the
island had formerly been. Soundinps
were again taken, which resulted in
finding that the island had only sunk
to n depth of fortyeight feet below tho
surface. 1t was one of the largest
islands on the Australian coast and it's
Sudden subsistence is mystery.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
AMERICAN LAW MAKERS.


SENATOR HILL will spend some time
on the California coast at the latter
part of the year
SENATOR CoCKREI.I. is the only man in
the chamber who has had an unbrolScn
term commencing rs far back as the
year 1871.
NINETEEN United States senators usc
but five letters each in spelling their
names. The list begins with Allen and
ends with White
SENATOR w. ID. WAsHBURN. of Mime
apolis, is called Commodore by many
of his constituents. He owns line of
pleasure steamers that ply Lake Minnc-
tonlla.
HENRY l.. DAWES, who has retired
voluntarily from Il congressional serv-
ice i'll both houses that covered the
period during and since the civil war, is
as sturdy of figure and health apparent
ly as he was at fifty. He is approaching
the age of scvcnty-scven.
MIR. CARIIsIE's new private secretary
is Capt. Samuel n. Gaines, of kentucky
Capt. Gaines was a gallant confederate
soldier, was educated at the University
of Virginia, and has since been connect
cd with kentucky journalism. He is a
brilliant writer and very attractive
man socially
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
AMONG THE RAILROADS.

Nor person has been killed in a
Maine railroad wreck since 1889.
BERLIN has the widest train roof on
the contincnt-that at Anhalt station,
which is los feet inches.
On the Bangor &c Aroostocl1 railroad
there is one stretch thirteen miles long
without curve, said to be the longest
straight piece of track in New England.
IN New York the trains on the elcva-
ted railroads always creep around the
curves. In Brooklyn they always turn
them at Il rush. That is one thing,
something, in which Brooklyn is not
slow.
NUMEROUS metal ties have been in
vented and many roads have tried them
but all have proved unsatisfactory. The
principal objections to them are their
cost and their nonclasticity. a track
laid on metal ties wears out rolling
stock much faster than one laid on tim
Der.
THERE is one way of telling the speed
of Il railway train which old travellers
claim is almost infallible. Every time
the car passes over a joint in the
track there is Il distinct click; count the
number of these clicks in twenty sec
onds, and it is said you have the num-
Der of miles the train is going per hour,
as the length OF the rail is uniform.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
FASHION DEGREES.

MoTHER-oF-rEARL fans are once more
heralded after being carefully laid away
Tor many seasons.
NEW navy-bluc serge has n single
thrcad-stripc of deep green, and is pro
nounced very stylish.
MEDIUM tan remains the favoritc
color for gloves. While other shades
arc sold, this is the standard, and there
is more demand for it than for all other.
colors combined.
WHILE narrow-toed shoes are seen in
the best shops, they are not by any
means meeting with the favor that
those who make a speciality of them
would like TO believe.
FEATURE of some Of the first draw
ing room gowns was that they were not
made i'll pairs; one, for instance. being
white and the other pink, which can
not be called Il copiablc vogue.
TIE young woman of the day scarcely
considers herself up to the times if she
does not possess number of waists en-
tircly unlike any of the materials in the
skirt with which she wears them.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
THE UNITED STATES.

THE United States has a less per-
ccntagc of blind people than any other
country in the world.
THE legal rate of payment for sur,
vcying government lands is from five to
nine dollars per linear mile.
TIE United States land office was or
ganized in 1879 under the supervision of
the treasury department. 1t became II
part of the interior department in 1919.
The government still possesses 9G6. 49,
3S3 acres of land, more than one-third
Of which is in Alaska.
THE charter of Connecticut, given in
1862, included not only the whole of
Long Island, but northern New Meth
erland in the Hudson river region. BY
treaty which Stuyvcsant had made at
Hartford in 1850, the English towns on
Long Island We're allowed the right TO
accept the protection OF Connecticut if
they chose to do so.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
FARM FACTS.

4 SOUTHERN Oregon farmer last year
made S2,0S0 from ten acres raising
prunes.
Az outbreak Of rabies has occurred
on farm in Armagh, ireland, and
several head OF cattle were killed.
p A COMPANY has been formed in Anhalt,
Germany, tc utilize beet root molasscs
rs Il feed stuff, the molasscs TO be
changed into dry powderlilSc sub
stance by the addition of certain feed
stutfs, which also make it more nutri-
tous.
IN "a lecture given at Darmstadt, Ger
many, by DIR. Lorcnz. he stated that the
loss to owners, through foot and mouth
disease, in that country. was S4.75 per
head. The number of cattle affected
with the disease last year was $50, 900
head, causing a total loss of 81, 434, 0GO
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
MONEY LEFT TO ANIMALS.
Requests by Eccentric Persons for the
Care of Eour-Eootcd Inyori,cs

Requests by Eccentric Persons for the
Care of Four-Footcd Iavoritcs.
There recently died in Paris a lady
who had beautiful cat, to which She
was dcvotcdly attached. When she
died she made n provision in her will
for the payment of rent for a suite of
rooms for the use of the cat and left a
sum of money to pay for the personal
attendance of n man and woman
Another woman left to the town in
which she died n sum of money on two
conditions. One was that her tomb
should be kept in good condition and
the other that the town should pay the
sum of forty dollars per year for the
care of her cat. She carefully stipu-
lated that he should be fed in the
morning with e quarter of pint of
milk served in Sevrcs saucer; at mid
day with piece of liver or fish from
which the bones had been carefully re-
moved, the same to be repeated at
night; his bed TO be u basket warmly
lined with flannel; and on each Sunday
the cat was to have bath and have
tied on his neck a bow of blue ribbon.
A writer in the Christian Union dis
tinctly remembers, when she was lit
tlC SiiI, Ctl OH SOTTcl llOTSC lI1lU OScU TO
stand usually under the one tree that
grew in Il certain field, rarely moving
beyond the shade of the tree. The
horse had crooked legs, n rough coat, Il
name and tail that might be called mo-
lasses color, and yet he always was an
especial object of interest, because he
was the heir of three hundred dollars a
year That is, the owner of that field
was paid three hundred dollars year
to take care of this horse, which under
no condition was to be put in harness.
The woman who left the horse this
money had driven him for twenty
years, and she said that i'll that time he
had shown more intelligence in doing
his work than she had in doing hers.
and was entitled to this sum of money
for the care and wisdom he had shown
while pulling her wagon. II was a
source of sorrow TO the man who was
paid the three hundred dollars year
when the horse died, for the money
went to a foreign country
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
/ WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR.
Miss Alice French, Popularity
Known as octave Thanet."
'Phe Is Without Doubt Ono of tho Best
Writers OF Short Stories In tho
United States - History of
Her Literary Life.

The short story has become of late
ttyears very marked feature of our lit
Heraturc, and q considerable library of
arccent books, containing groups Of
Hthem, may easily be collected. Num-
Hoers OF the foremost American writer's
Hin the department. of fiction devote
themselves largely to these, and among
Htlcm one OF the names dearest TO a
awidc circle OF readers is that of Octave
AThanct, of Davenport, III. In the al
ltHost lost art OF letter writing she cspc-
k,ially cHccls. She is called the witticst
alettcr writer among women. Her real
anamc is Miss Alice French. She has
\ for years so successfully cloalcd her
personality that many persons were
moved by the strength and other mas
1culinc characteristics of her writing to
5declarc that she must be man. She is
q woman, however, AMI Il very womanly
woman. 80
Octave Thanct, according to the
Journalist, is II native of Massachusetts,
born of an old Bay state family, her
! mothers people, the Nortons, having
been in the extensive Maynowcr immi-
grafton. Her male ancestors on both
/ sides bore arms in the revolutionary
struggle She was graduated at the
Abbott academy, where her patcrnal
grandmother had been Il student long
before; and presently accompanied to
the Mississippi valley her father, Il
manufacturer of agricultural implc-
mcnts, whose health had failed him in
the vigorous New England climate.
During her academic days, Octave
Thanct had made some essays ut story
writing, and one of her Juvenile at
tempts actually found place in Godcys
Lady's book. AS her mind matured,
however, she became conscious of
the comparative poorncss of her work,
land, burning everything Of the kind she
had written, she made careful studies
{of styles, also n European tour, and
after her return she met in Washing
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12

Rf VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST DATED
~ the 2lst day If March. .Sli, and of record in
the clerks Office OF the corporation court Tor tha
City OF ROANOKE. Va, III deed book st. page o.
cHccNteu by =. " BumCGrduer to the under
sismeu trustee 10 secure 10 Thomas W. Miller the
Payncht OF the cum OF Sl,91l in two cqua! annual
ihstanents with interest from date rs cv,c cnrrd
by two certain ntcrest-tcarihc negotiable notcs
bearing even date with said decd each in the
sum OF 500. made by the said y Y H,.mr,rdnsr
payable TO tiS said Thomas ". Miller or order
~ ONO ana iWG years respectively after date at
tne Commercial! National Bank e Roanokc Nn
ana ucianlt having occurred IN tho payment of
INC ihst que or said notes, end nt The leilucst OF
the holder thereof, will, on SATURDAY. \ liz
III mont OF the courthouse. il the city OF Roam,
okc Va, proceed to sell AZ public auction To The
Il CHEST bidder ell those certain lots OF pnrcris of
iand in the city of Roanoke, State Of Virginia
and bounded and described az follows 10 vii.
Beginning at the southeast corner of Orange
avenue and Fifteenth street thence with OrnnIfs
avenue south ii degrees OF Minutes ~ seconds
cast 2o2 feet to point, thence south 10 degrees
% minutes 10 seconds west 2i0 fee 10 an al CIV
thence with said alley north ID degrees OF minutr
. seconds west ZOE feet 10 thirteenth sttc.t.
thence with Thirteenth street north 10 lcrrrrs Is
minute. 40 seconds cast 2l0 feet to tho DIac- NJ
neg ming, and designated on the Mclrt se Lana
company may OF the Melrose addition to this
Guy .. Roanoke as lots Nos. J. = 3 and A. in sec-
ton 60 " So
TERMS: Cash as to enough to pay the cost If
eN.enttnG this trast and TO pay the said past due
Lotc OF $3.50, and interest and ts to the re sidue
II any there be, the same shall be payable in one
and two wears from date OF salo lin equal natal.
mcnts, with interest from date CT sslc and secured
Ny ueeu OF ttust RCI Il. SMITH,
~ JUS Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
AFRIcAN JUSTICE.
There Trial by Ordeal Is tho Prevailing
Method.


Method.
OF nll Central African customs trial
by ordeal, which is universal. is that
which is most revolving to European
brought for the first time into contact
with savage life. When, according to
Popular Science Monthly, IL man is nc
cuscd of any crime, rs theft, arson, rsur-
der, witchcraft, or the like, evidence is
brought against him in the way com
mon throughout the whole continent.
This, however, is never final. The ac-
cuser's witnesses swear to anything re-
'luired OF them without the slightest
conpunction OF conscience, and rs the
prosecutor must produce his evidence
first, the defendants witnesses are
ready to swear, and DO swear, the OPP
positc Of all that has been said Trial
is invariably in open court, and moth
ing said by the witnesses for the prose
cution can be concealed from those that
arc to follow. There are 20 afldavits.
thus making contradiction at once
simple and safe. If rebutting evidence
were allowed the most paltrv trial
would be intcrminable. For Il witness
TO be called Il liar is, in such case, Il
compliment. 1t proves that his cvi-
dence told, and that he, by inference,
is a very clever fellow. If the same
man were accused of bcwitching he
would regard it as foul libel and de-
mand the poison bowl without an hours
delay.
TO remedy the defects of trial in
court that by ordeal Is adopted in all
kinds of causes, both civil and criminal.
AS the case proceeds before the council
the accused at intervals demands the
mwai, and this demand his friends, if
they believe him innocent, pcrsistently
press. The accuscr rcsists the demand
as unnecessary, knowing that should
the culprit, even if caught rcd-handcd,
recover, he will be placed in difficult
position. He will in that case have no
claim to compc nsation for an injury,
and may in turn be successfully sued
for willfully seeking TO destroy another
mans reputation. The belief in the
absolute certainty of trial by mwai is
universal, and the beginning and end Of
reasoning is thus: OF me is guilty he
dies; if he does not die, should the
stolen property be found on his person,
he is not guilty; another put it there,
or he was bcwitchcd."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
nc Came out Even.

He was n weary-faced travelling man
who had been the victim of every west
ern boom-towner he had met
lie entered the Office of ticket agent
in western city the other day, and,
purchasing through ticket for the east,
said:
81 have at least made one good in
vestment since have been in this part
of the country
Flows that?' asked the sympathetic
agent.
II came out evon," replied the eastern
man as he walked toward the door
n. y. Herald.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
What Women rave Gained.

Mrs. Lucy Stone, in enumcrating at a
woman's club the gains she had hersclf
seen accomplished, mentioned the right
to free speech, the right to education,
the right to all occupations and profess
SONS and very great amclioration in
the laws. She contrastcd the old time,
when an iratc man ut Massachusetts
town meeting had said: "Thc public
money to educate shes! Never!'' with
the present when the great universities
OF Chicago, Yale and Johns Hopkins are
opened to women, besides their own
schools and colleges.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
MILLINERY NOVELTIES.

VERY soft vclvcts of almost grenadine
thinncss arc among the novelties in
millinery trimmings.
INEXPERIENCED hats, with an album
dance OF ostrich-plumc trimming, will
be popular for spring and early-summcr
wear.
INEXPERIENCED leghorn hats, such as
have been worn by children for the past
lew years, arc brought out for ladies'
They are to be trimmed with lace,
bows and tips.
rLAT-ToppED hat with Prince of
Wales cluster set exactly in the top Of
tho corner is new design. 1t has the
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-12
Y. NJ. O. A.NOTEs.

j. b. Grubb, secretary OF the Rail.
road Mems Christian Association q,
shenandoah, was in the city yesterday.
d. 0. Williams, State secretary of the
I. M. G. a., was in the city Yesterday
In The interest of the sixth anniversayy
OF the association 10 be held in the
near future.
The board OF directors OF the associa.
tion held their regular monthly meet.
ing last night and disposed of business
OF a routir Q nature.