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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-04
A YOUNG GIRLS FORTUNE.
ANINTERESTING SKETCH.

Nothing appeals so strongly to a mother
affection as her daughter just pudding ,i iH.o
womanhood. Following is an instance: our our
daughter, Blanche, now 10 years Oh age n ad
been terribly afflicted with nervousness, anu ahi
had lost the entire use of her right arm. sne
was i'm such a condition that we had TO Keep
her from school and abandon her music les,
sons. In fact, we feared st. Vitus dance, ana
are positive but for an invaluable remedy Sn Ll
would have had that terrible atilctlon. we
had employed physicians but she received no
benefit from them. The first of last August she
weighed but rs pounds, and although she mas
taken only three bottles of Nervine she now
weighs 1O6 pounds; her nervousness and symp-
toms of st. Vitus dance are entirely gone, sne
attends school regularly, and studies with com
fort and ease. She has recovered complete use
of her arm, her appetite is splendid, and no
money could procure for our daughter the health
DR.. Miles Nervine has brought her.
When my brother recommended the rem
| had no faith in patent medicines, and v
not listen to him, but as a last resort he 81
a bottle, we began giving it to Blanche az
effect was almost immediate Mrs r
Bullock, Brighton, N, Y.
Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine is sold by
druggists on a positive guarantee, or sent dird
by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind,
receipt of price 81 per bottle, six bottles for
express prepaid. 1t is positively free fri
opiates or dangerous drugs.
roo curpv Mnpj rV ppnc ANN 4 1 TIM
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-04
Unknown Man Killed.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2.-An IN
known man was killed by a switch en-
CINE on Elyslan Fields street at 8
o'clock this morning.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-04

Aneostura Bitters should find place in every
household. The best cure for indigestionl
Manufactured by Dr. J G b Siegert & Sons. All
suggits keep them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-04

Mrs. John Gustafson got the big doll
given away by |. Stern L. Co. Christ
mas morning.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-04

D0INTERS that win at dice and cards. Par.
l. rculars free. Drawer E. Chicago Ill
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-04
CAPITAL NOTES.
ATcaIsoN REcEIvEBsHIP.

WASHINGTON, Jan. There is some
concern about congress and the execu
tive departments to know whether the
trouble OF the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe company will affect the IN
yestigation INTO the affairs OF the diff
ferent departments which the Joint
congressional committee of the house
is making In fact it does not seem to
be generally known that Mr.. Joseph
W. Reinhart, president, and one OF the
receivers of the road is the chief EXPERT
of this commission. He was employed
because of his executive and organiz
ing ability, and was allowed to employ
two assistants before he would agree
to accept the position, He has never
given detailed attention TO the inVesti-
cation, but he has been able to accom-
pllsh much without giving his actual
assistance. 1t is presumed therefore
that the work here will be prosecuted
as heretofore and that the increased
time necessary to be given TO the
affairs OF the Atchison under the re-
ceiver will not interfere with the gov
eminent
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-04
RETIRED ARMY OFFICERS

Three bills which were introduced
by Representative Bailey Of %exas may
never be reported from the commit
tees to which they were referred, but
will be appended to different appro
priation bills and will no doubt cause
considerable discussion. They are
those to abolish the retired list OF the
judiciary, the army and the navy. 1t
is not thought probable that these
bills may bear amendments and be
made part of the judicial, army and
navy appropriation bills, but they
will be offered and argument made
that the retired list costs the govern
ment about 100000 year. 1t will
be asserted that there is no more
reason why officers of the judiciary,
army and navy should receive pay
after their services with the govern
meut cease than any other officials
whodo not receive larger, and in these
cases, less salary than is now received
by judges, army and navy officers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-04

Hoods Pills may be had by mail for
25c. OF c. l. Hood d Co., Lowell, Mass.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-04
WATER FOR IRRIGATION.

The determination of the problem OF
the amount of water to be used for
irrigation in the West is the object OF
an investigation now in progress at
The geological survey. The scientists
of the survey have completed a chart
showing the "mean annual run of III
the streams of the United States" 1t
was compiled under the direction of
Geologist F. H. Howell and is the first
map OF it's character ever made. 1t is
a result of about IA years of study,
though only since six years ago mas
the investigation been conducted on
an extensive scale. During the past
six years all the large rivers in the
country have been gauged by survey
scientists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-04
POSTAL STATISTICS.

The total number of postof1ices in
operation ia the United States on Jan,
uary /. 1894, is 6S,SO6. This is shown
in a statement prepared at the post
Office department showing the number
of postoffices in the country by classes
in effect Jan. l. The number of offices
of the three presidential classes is 1924
There are 15l in the first class, where
the receipts are more than $4,000; ga
in the second class, where the receipts
range from $4,000 to $4,000, aud 2509
in the third class, where the receipts
range from $1,000 to $4,000. There are
also 65.242 fourth class offices where
appointments of postmasters are not
made by the president and where the
compensation for the postmasters for
each of the last four quarters of the
year amounted to $3.50, and the re
ceipts $1,000 or less The recent rails
ing of 43 fourth class postoflices to the
presidential class takes effect Jan. l
and those are embraced in the state
ment
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
The Mantle of Charity.

1t is the one garment the fashion OF
which never changes, writes Ruth Ash
more in Ladies' Home Journal The
years may go and come, and yet she who
cloaks herself in this mantle is at once
happy herself and the giver of happi
ness. In cut it never changes. 1t is al
ways large and full, SO that it can en-
velop those who are unhappy and give
them warmth and comfort. Like the
cloak worn by the prince in the fairy
tale, it is invisible to all but those whose
eyes are made clear by faith. 1t is the
garment that I would like my girls to
wear. 1t is true that much patience and
much self denial are required before
this cloak is put on, as it should be, for
all time, but once assumed the amount
of joy to be got from it and the happy
heartbeats to the wearers of it cannot
possibly be overestimated.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
Port Louis, NIauTitius.

From the sea Port Louis has pictur-
esque and oriental aspect, but the streets
are less so than one imagines. They are
wide and resemble those Of Cape Town
Numerous European shops also line their
fronts.
Lying behind the town is the Champ
de Mars. 1t is used as place of amuse-
ment, and opening into it are the streets
of Burbon and Corderie, while to the
left of the quays is the bazaar or market
place. It is surrounded by an iron rail
ing, has several gates leading to the
principal streets and is divided into
two equal parts by Farquar street.
A broad avenue also traverses its en-
tire length, lined on either side by COW
cred sheds, where the wares are exposed.
Fruit stalls occupy the upper end, and
here is exhibited a marvellous variety,
collection that would make the fruit
sellers of the west mad with envy.
Plantains in great yellow heaps are side
by side with custard apples, alligator
pears, manages, pineapples and others
too numerous to mention. MangOes are
the most esteemed by Europeans. The
lower market contains the butchers
shops, where fowl, fish and kid are
conspicuous ALI the Year Round.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
Was Death Necessary?

Especial Telegram to Chicago Inter-Ocean.l
SYCAMORE, ILL, May 25, 1S94.-George W.
Churchlll, chief engineer OF the city water
while ridinghiS bicycle
a splendid man.
A useful citizen, occupying responsible
position in the city where he lived.
He was a necessity, not only to his family
and friends, but to the entire community.
Near Vandalia, in the same state, Illinois
prosperous farmer; MIR. J. F: Helm.
Why did he not drop dead?
On the same day that the telegraph opera.
the country the startling news of the sudden
death OF Mr.: Churchill, Mr.. Helm at Vandalia
posted the following letter:
Vandalia. H., May 25, 1894.
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind:
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relief; Mr.. q. b. Capps, druggist here, induced
me to try 81 bottle of your Heart Cure. 1t
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Very respectfully yours,
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DR.. Miles Heart Cure is sold on a positive
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All druggists sell it at 81, bottles for IS,
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
$1,000 A SHOT.
1t Is Economical, After All, L Considered
Properly.

1t Is Economical, After All, i Considered
Properly.
One thousand dollars shot is rather
expensive shooting, but when you come
to figure it out you will find that it is
not quite as much in proportion as 500
a shot under certain conditions The old
smooth bore cannon, short in barrel and
short in the breach, had to be trained
with the greatest patience and care on
the object aimed at, and if the 100
pound ball didn't land exactly where it
was intended it did very little harm.
With the big pneumatic gun at Sandy
Hook it is impossible to make miss.
You just touch her off at 81, 600 per
touch, and if the projectile drops within
one-siXth of mile of where it was in
tended to drop there is immediate and
serious trouble and in all probability no
necessity for the expenditure of another
dollar on that particular target 1t costs
more to fire the big Krupp gun than it
does our dynamite gun, but the execu-
ton bears no comparison. One hundred
gatling guns, fred at short intervals for
one hour, would cost $40, 900. Even if
the object shot at was within range the
shooting would not be one-tenth as eff
fective as the shooting Of the Sandy
Hook terror. New York Mail and EX-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18

v1-uno narrator to enable the nearer to
believe it. Some of the longest bows of
this sort have been drawn about bows
and arrows.
These stories began long ago. Virgil,
in the ''Eneid, 3" tells of four archers
who were shooting for prize, the mark
being a pigeon tied by cord to the
mast of a ship. The first man hit the
mast, the second cut the cord, and the
third shot the pigeon as it flew away.
The fourth archer, having nothing left
to shoot, drew his bow and sent his ar
row flying toward the sky with such
speed that the friction of the air set the
feathers ON fire, and it swept ON. like
meteor, to disappear in the clouds.
The stories told of Robin Hoods
archery, illustrated by his wonderful
performance as Locksley in Scott's
'Ivanhoe, - are also a decided strain
upon sensible person s credulity. The
famous story of William Tell, doubted
by many persons, is believed by others
to have foundation of fact. There was
a Dane named Foke of whom the same
story is told. and William of Cloudes-
ley, an Englishman, is said to have shot
an apple from his sons head merely to
show his experiences.
Most stories of bows and arrows re
late to the accurate aim of the archers,
but Frenchman, Blaise de Vigenere,
tells one that shows the tremendous
force with which an arrow may be pro-
PEELED if the bow be strong and long
enough. According to his own account
of the matter, he saw Barbarossa, a
Turk, admiral of a ship called the
Grand Solyman, send an arrow from
his bow right through cannon ball.
PHILADELPHIA Times
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
Girl Babies of Sicily.

In some parts of Sicily the birth of a
girl is looked upon as such misfor-
tune that black flag is hung out the
window to proclaim the sad event. Hav-
ing to be supported by the family as
long as they are unmarried, and being
obliged to dover the bridegroom, they
are looked upon as expensive luxuries.
Boys, Oh the other hand, are very soon
self supporting, and when the time
comes for marrying increase the family
wealth by bringing home a bride and
her dot. The girls live in seclusion, are
most kindly treated, and at the age of
IA or Is they are disposed of in marriage
on purely financial basis.-New York
World
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
Discouraging to Burglars.

There is little encouragement for a
man to be burglar nowadays. When
he has an earnest aspiration to rise to
eminence in the profession, inventive
genius always does all it can to bother
him. For instance, the vaults of the
subtreasury in San Francisco are fitted
with wires laid between every two rows
of brick, so that any attempt to inter
fere with the cement or the bricks will
disturb an electric circuit and sound q
warning bell. Boston Courier.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
THE PRICE OF A WIFE.
savages Place a Varying Value Upon Their
Chosen Helpmates.

In the earliest times of purchase a
woExn was bartered for useful goods or
for services rendered to her father. In
the latter way Jacob purchased Rachel
and her sister Leah. This was a Beena
ma riage, where man, as in Genesis,
leaves his father and his mother and
lleaves unto his wife, and they become
one flesh or kin-the woman's. The
price of bride in British Columbia and
Vancouver island varies from ego to
$40 worth of articles. In Oregon an In
dian gives for wife horses, blankets
or buffalo robes; in California, shell
money or horses; in Africa, cattle
A poor Damara will sell daughter
for one COW. A richer Kaffir expects
from to 80. With the Banyai, if moth
ing be given, her family claim her chill
dren. In Uganda, where no marriage
secently existed, she may be obtained
for half dozen needles, or a coat, or a
pair of shoes. An ordinary price is a
box of percussion caps, In other parts
a goat or a couple of buckskins will buy
a girl. Passing to ASIA we find her
price is sometimes 5 to so rubles, Or at
others a CARLOAD of wood or hay. A
princess may be purchased for 5000
rubles.
In Tartary woman can be obtained
for few pounds of butter, or where a
rich man gives 20 small oxen poor
man may succeed with pig. In Fiji her
equivalent is a whales tooth or a mus
ket. These and similar prices elsewhere
are eloquent testimony to the little value
a savage sets on his wife.-New York
Advertiser
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
LARGE WALL MAP.-Send 25 cents
for postage.

This is map of the country west OF Chi
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60 inches; complete in every particular from
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Northwest both above and below the inter
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and copies now hanging in the public
SchO OILS fr11a fOI md citi
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
Painting the Forth Bridge.

The Forth bridge receives a new coat.
of paint every three years, and one
third is done each year, so that the
painters are continually at work Be
sides the painting, every part of the
structure is carefully examined and
loose or defective rivets removed and
new ones put in their place.
Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18

This publication contains complete time
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much interesting descript matter In short,
it is a handy volume of ready reference for
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the Great Northern to ali parts of the
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MAP FOLD ER.-Senf free.
This contains the regular time schedules
a large map of the country west of Chica go
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
FAMOUS ARCHERS.

ktories of Wonderful Skill With Bow and
Arrow.
The expression drawing long bow"
d YES not of necessity mean the telling
of falsehood. 1t sometimes refers to a
wonderful story, which may be true
enough, but which is so marvellous as
to require firm trust in the veracity
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
New Advertisements.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18
ATLAS OF THE NORTHHWEsT.-
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-10-18

DR.. Miles Heart Cure is sold on a positive
guarantee that the first bottle will benefit.
it will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price
by the Dr.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-05-25
RUM RIVER RAGING.

A Million Feet of Logs Carried Out Of
the Blooms at Anoka.
ANoKA, Mimi, May 22.-Rum river
has reached the danger line and Is rising
steadily. About 1000, 900 feet of logs
broke loose, carrying booms, piers and
several outbuildings Of Page Bros
Lumber company down stream. Most
of tile logs are lodged against the upper
bridge, endangering that structure SO
that traffic had to be suspended. The new
starch factory is inundated and will
stand the strain for some time to come.
The west bank of the river has caved
within ~ feet of the Commercial hotel.
A crew of men is at work building up
the ends Of the dam as the water is
within six inches of the river bank.
Hundreds of anxious citizens have been
watching the rushing stream all day.
Should the river raise a few inches
more, which is quite likely, there is NJ
question but that the upper bridge will
60, carrying everything before it.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-05-25
REMOVED IN A

Many Bradford Families Narrowly Es-
cape Drowning.
BRADFORD, Pa, May 22.-The worst
food in Bradford's history is rushing
through Tuna valley. Twenty streets
contiguous to the creek are inundated
and hundreds of families are in the
swim. The east and west branches of
the Tuna are both transformed into
good-slzed rivers. Below Foreman
street at the confluence of the two
streams the flood is a quarter of a mile
wide and is high enough to ruin all the
carpets in the houses on Hilton and
other streets in the lower part of the
Sixth ward. The Douglas dam is
partly torn away. Viewers ice house
i: in ruins. The railroad people are
Holding Down Their Bridges
with heavily loaded cars. In the Sixth
ward twenty families were taken out
of their houses in boats during the
night, and on Clarence, River and Hill
ton streets a rescue corps with skiffs
rescued as many more. The flood from
east branch covers the territory over
which run the Erie Railway company's
tracks, the Western New York and
Pennsylvania tracks and those of the
Bradford, Bordwell and Kinzua rail.
way. Weston street is navigable by
boat. The fire alarm bell was sounded
at 2 a. m. and the firemen were called
out to help people from their houses
They did excellent work.