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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26
CREATURES OF HABIT.
The Hermits Who Live In the Big Down
Town Office Buildings.

The Hermits Who Live In the Big Down
Town Office Buildings.
The hotel hermits are more widely
known than the hermits of the big
office buildings, but the latter come in
for good deal of comment in desul-
tory way, and are apparently proud of
their seclusion. There are men in the
big hotels, says the New York Sun, who
boast of not having wandered more
than two or three blocks from the
building in years. Other hotel hermits
go to their Offices every morning, re-
turn at certain time In the after
noon, and then remain steadfastly in
doors until the following day. They
are intimately acquainted with all
the goings on in the big hostelry
which serves them as home, and
have an active interest in its various
departments. The hermits of the Of
fee buildings sometimes sleep in them,
but as a rule they have lodgings some
where in the lower part of the town,
where they put in eight or ten hours
out of the twenty-four. But at all
other hours they are to be found in the
big building which serves them as an
Office, and practically as home.
A great number of men go to the
Equitable building at half-past seven
o'clock in the morning, attend to their
Office duties, eat breakfast, luncheon
and dinner at the restaurant, get
shaved and have their boots polished
in the building, and remain there un-
til ten or eleven o'clock every night.
After time the place gets to be sort
of home TO them, and what would
seem to be a hardship TO other men
really becomes, through habit, second
nature TO these inmates. Any PROPOSE
ton to leave the building to fulfill an
an appointment outside, at any hour Of
the day, is frowned down promptly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26
EDUCATED IN AMERICA.
A Wonderfully Intelligent Horse Now AS
tonishing the London Public.

A Wonderfully Intelligent Horse Now As
tonishing the London Public.
1t cannot be said of the horse, as
Heine said of the monkey, that it does
not talk for fear of being put to work
Probably the ultimate degree to which
the training of animals may be carried
is reached in the case of the talking
horse that literally made its bow to the
public recently at the Crystal palace,
says the London Daily News. Mazeppa
is an Arab, educated, so to say, in
America, and it's extraordinary capaci-
ty for learning was manifested before
an astonished and enthusiastic audi
ence. In the strict meaning of the
word the horse does not talk but is
capable of answering questions adj
dressed to it. 1t even understands
French or German when it hears it
spoken, though it does not speak these
languages, in which it is not less ac-
complished than some human beings.
The animal not only appears to think,
but is capable of expressing itself in
telligibly by signs. 1t has a special
talent for arithmetic.
The audience was invited promis-
cuously to call out number of figures,
which were arranged in rows on a
blackboard, and Mazeppa, after looking
over them, gave the sum of the addi-
ton by paving the ground in every
case the exact number of times neces-
sary to indicate the result. AS mere
trick this would be surprising enough,
but, considering the figures were taken
at random from among the audience,
ladies and gentlemen, and, in particu-
lar, eager little boys contributing, col
fusion seemed out of the question, and
Mazeppa's good faith was established
by the still more remarkable achieve
ment that followed. The horse was
directed to count the number of per-
sons in given rows of the audience, and,
having done so more than once, pro-
ceeded to indicate the number of
women and the number of men in any
particular row. Having passed this
examination, Mazeppa stood forth to
answer any question to which it was
possible to give a reply directly, by
means of a shake of tho head, signify
ing either Eyes" or NO" or in figures.
Thus the day of the week and the
month of the year, or the date of a
birthday, revealed to the trainer, Prof.
II. s. Mcclure, was promptly found by
the horse, any attempt to deceive it
meeting always with decidedly en-
phatic negative. This astounding en-
tertainment concluded with an imita-
ton by Mazeppa of a young man pay
ing his addresses to q young lady. The
horses affectation of tenderness adds
a very humorous touch to an excellent
piece of pantomime.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26
Insurmountable Dimculty.

1t is pleasant to see men jealous for
the purity of their mother tongue, but
one may easily carry even so commend
able feeling as that to a laughable ex-
IRENE. Frederic Hill relates in his
autobiography that he and his broth
ers were once interested in obtaining
some medical appointment for friend.
A letter, or circular, had to be drawn
up, and to be perfectly sure of having
it in the best form the young men
sought the good offices of a certain DR..
Blair, who was their friend and neigh
Dor, and a very exact scholar He
undertook the work with great good
nature, but day after day the boys
found the document mot quite ready.
Time was precious, and finally the doc
tor was obliged to confess that he had
run against a difficulty. In one sentence
he was absolutely unable to decide
whether he ought TO use the word
(which" or the word that" And
there he stuck. till The boys in des-
peration took the work out of his hands.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26
Burned by Molten Metal.

HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 19.-The
bottom of q converter at the Home
stead steel works of the Carnegie COM
pany blew out at 1920 o'clock today,
scattering $500 pounds of molten metal
in every direction. Four men in the
pit we're terribly burned, two Of them
fatally. Tfeir names are: Peter Mel
cod, burned all over the body, will die;
Timothy Diamond, terribly burned
sb1ut the head aud breast, will die;
Michael Holoran, dangerously
burned; William Davis, head and face
burned, will recover.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26

China is more and more adopted for
all sorts of new uses. Che sees now
china-backed combs and brushes and
china-handled button-bools and glove
buttoners. III to accompany china puff
and Jewel boxes and the little trays
that already adorn my ladys dressing
table. Beside these there are china
framed mirrors and, of course, candle
sticks as well as picture frames; one
may even have a china bracket on
which to set some of the bric-a-brac.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26
I'll dle-de- Winks.

This il the name of an amusing
little booklet, which seems 10 be
everywhere in the city. 1t is put out
by Inc Brown Chemical Company,
Baltimore, Md, the msnutac,
turers of Browns Iron Bitters, and
anyone who has not received copy
should ask his druggist for one as 1t
contains lots OF fun for the children,
Every body should get Tiddle-de-
Winks, which )s given away free. Ii
the druggist has distributed all he
had, send two cent stamp to the
Brown Chemical Company and it will
be mailed free.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26
North Dakota Republican Ticket.

GRAND FORKS, N. D, July 49,
The Republican stata convention
nominated q ticket which did not
take in the so,.called combine, the
slate being broken. The following
ticket was named: A. n. Johnson,
rerDominated for congress; for govern.
or, Roger Allen of Wabash county;
Lieutenant governor, John II. Worst
of Emmons county; secretary of state,
C. M. Dahl of Burleigh county; state
auditor, F. M. Briggs of Morton
county; state treasurer, George F.
Nichols of Cass county; superintend-
ent of public instruction, Miss Emma
F. Bates of Cass county; commissioner
OF insurance, f. b. Fancher of Stutz.
man county; attorney general, John
F. COwan OF Ramsey county; supreme
Judge, J. M. Bartholomew of Lincoln
county.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26
Earthauake In Missouri.

ST LOUIS, July ia slight shock
of supposed earthquake was felt In
this vicinity about 7:l0 this morning
The shock was not 80 noticeable In
the city proper, but in the suburbs
houses were go shaken that pictures
ratified on the walls, chairs rocked
and dishes on the tables moved. In
no cases were the shocks sufficient to
do even indirect damage.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26
For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup has
been Used for children teething. 1t
soothes lie child, softens the gums,
aIiays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy tor diarrhoea, 25c
bottle. Sold by druggists throughout
the W lrld
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26
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EN- GLAND.
,ArA1,DyNAM1TE EXPLOSION

PORTSMOUTH, July 19.-An acct
dent resulting in the death OF seven
men occurred here today. A Trinity
house boat having IA crew Of seven
trainers on board was engaged IN
blowing up the wreck of the yacht
Azalisu in the Sulent, as it vase dan
gerous 10 navigation In some man
ner which will never be Known 8 dy-
Mantle cartridge exploded killing the
seN Ell men,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26
THE SEALY RIFLES
WILL BE MUSTERED OUT OF THE
TEXAS VOLUNTEER GUARD.
at Least the Board Of Inspection Recon-
mend Such Procedure The Prizes
That Will be Awarded the Various
Companies by the State.

The board of directors, through
their inspector, General Robert Bruce,
yesterday morning submitted their re-
port on the encampment just closed to
the adjutant geAeral for approval.
They recommended first that the
Sealey Rifles be mustered out of SER
vice for many reasons, the principal
one, however, being that the company
was composed of subs, even to the ex-
tent of having a mol commissioned
officer in command; further, that the
company had been a constant source
of annoyance to the officers of the
camp by their boisterous conduct.
The board also jerked the Jefferson
Light Guard, the TeXaraana Rifles and
the Tom Hamilton Guard over the
Goals for misbehaving themselves.
They especially request that the resig-
nation OF the captain OF the Tom Ham
ilton Guard be requested for disorderly
conduct. They awarded the prize of
5000 for the best allround company to
the Fort Worth Fencibles and the sec
ond prize of $3.50 to the Clarity Rifles,
and the SO prize to the Borgess. Volun.
teerS. They also awarded uniforms to
the following infantry companies:
The Lipscomb Rifles of Luling, the
Belknap Rifles of San Antonio, the
Eagle Pass Rifles of Eagle Pass, the
Governors Gaurd of Austin, the Comol
Rifles of New Brantfels, the Roberts
Rifles of Bremond, the Milano Rifles of
Milano, the Fort Worth Fencibles of
Fort Worth, the Waco Light Guard
of Waco, the Clarity Rifles of Corsi
cana, the Denison Rifles of Denison,
the Texarkana Rifles of TeYarkana,
the Bogges Volunteers of st, 10, the
Cochran Light Guard of San Angelo,
the Wichita Rifles of Wichita Falls,
The awarding OF uniforms to the
cavalry resulted in favor of the Capt.
tai City Cavalry of Austin, the Ruth
erford Rangers of Houston, the Lamar
Guard of Richmond, the Kaetsinger
Rangers of Denison, the Stanley Rang.
ers of Denison and the Bailey Cavalry
of Gainesville.
Among the artillery uniforms were
awarded the BRENNAN Field Artillery
of Brennan and the Houston Light
Artillery of Houston.
The Fifth Regiment band of Gaines.
vile was awarded the band prize. The
other prizes are as have been made
public before.
The board of inspectors, consisting
of Colonels John Dowell and Rudd and
Major Hutchins and Lieutenat Colonel
CASTOR and their inspector general,
Colonel Bruce, are deserving of the
highest praise for their untiring eff
forts, The members of the board have
during the past 10 days worked early
and late at their duties. They
have shown favoritism to none
and have in every instance
weighed the minutest detail carefully
before final action and they are de-
serving of thanks in the most marked
manner. The Volunteer Guard are to
be congratulated on having such an
efficient force of inspectors in charge
of their annual encampments. Adju-
tant General Mabry, it is learned, will
abide by the suggestions of the inspect
ing board, which will seal the doom of
the SeaIys.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26

A horse kicked H. s. Shafer of the
Freemeyer House, Middleburg, n. Y,
GU the knee, which laid him up in bed
and caused the knee joint to become
stiff. A friend recommended him to
use Cham berlain's Pain Balm, which
he did, and in two days was able to
be around. Mr.. Sbafter has recon-
mended IL to many others and says ii
is excellent for any kind of bruise or
sprain. This sure remedy is also
famous for ite cures of rheumatism
For sale by DR. J. j. J ObiD, druggist,
Austin.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06

schedule it is one fifth of cent. One
fifth of cent is considerably more
than one eighth. To be sure threle is
concealed advantage to the Trust elm
mated from the Senate bill, but this added
difference between one fifth and one
eighth will more than take care of that
so that the net result of this new sched-
ule is to actually give the Trust mora
protection by five cents per hundred
weight than it would have received
under the Senate schedule unamended.
The agreement, if there has been one,
means simply that the House has
surrendered horse, foot and dragons,
to the Senate, that the Senate has
kindly allowed the House in defiance of
the latter''s feelings, to change the
phraseology of the Senate schedule, and
that the change in the House has actually
given more advantage to the Trust than
it had before.
OF course after this surrender on sugar
the House will not find any difficulty in
surrendering the coal and iron. The
Boston Herald reports the President very
much pleased with the compromise.
Well. il the President is pleased with a
compromise which consists in the accept
ance of the Senate bill made more and
more Objectionable than when the Senate
passed it, certainly there is no reason
why the House should not be-
Ii the President can swallow bill
which within a month he denounced
as an outrageous violation of Democratic
experiences and say that he likes it, the
House certainly can. But we don't
believe the President is pleased with
the new sugar schedule. To believe that
one must assume that the President
enjoys DISQUALIFICATION
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness and that is by constitu-
tional remedies Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inf1amed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
the result. and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an intlamed condition of
the mucous surface.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness caused by catarrh) that can
OF be cured by Halls Catarrn Cure. Send for
circulars; free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
BY Sold by all druggists, 75c.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06

Office of the Sheriff of Cumberland County,
State OF Maine, Cumberland S., July 9th,
A. ID. 1894.
TE1HIS is to give notice that on the 26th day
4 of July, A. D. 1894, warrant in In
solvency was issued out of the Court of Insol-
yency for said County of Cumberland, against
the estate of
ABRAHAM JOHNSON, late OF Portland,
adiudged to be au Insolvent Debtor on petition
aof said Debtor which petition was filed on the
26th day of July, A. D. 1894, to which date
interest on CLAIMS is to be computed.
That the payment of any debts to or by said
Debtor, and the transfer and delivery of any
property by him are forbidden by law.
That a meeting of the creditors of said
Debtor, to prove their debts and choose one or
more assignees of his estate. will be held at a
Court of Insolvency to be holden at Probate
Court Room, in said Portland, in said County of
Cumberland on the 3rd day of September, A.
D. 1894 at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above
written. SAMUEL D. PLUMMER
Deputy Sheriff. as Messenger of the Court of
Insolvency for said County Of Cumberland,
jly3O&Aue6
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Notice to Contractors.

&EALED proposals for grading lawns and
y walks on the Western Promenade will be
received at the office of the City Engineer, City
Hall, until MONDAY, the 18th day of August,
at 10 O'Clock a. M, when they will be publicly
be required to give bond in sum anu with
sureties satisfactory to the Park Commissioners,
to insure the proper fulfillment of the condi-
and further information can be obtained at the
office of the City Engineer on or after Tuesday,
the seventh day of August The Commissioners
Should they deem it for the interest Of the city
so to do. Bids should be marked Proposals
for Grading" and addressed to
A. W. SMITH,
ang4dtd Secretary Park Commissioners
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06

There is clearly only one honorable
and manly thing for the President to do
if the Senate tariff bill is passed by
the House. and that is to veto it. He
has declared with deliberation and in
the strongest language that the bill is
wrong in principle and a reputation of
Democratic promises. There is there
fore no doubt what Che thinks of it.
There ought :. to be no doubt as to what
he will do with it if it reaches him, and
really, Notwithstanding the talk in
Washington, we cannot believe that
there is. 1t seems impossible that
President who has invariably in the
past stood by his convictions will
meekly surrender at this iuncture.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06

The citizens of Dexter are talking of
purchasing a new town clock to he
placed upon the spire OF the Universalist
church. 1t is safe to predict that it will
tell the standard time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06

Alderman Thompson was clearly right
in refusing to violate one of the ordi-
nances of the city by giving permission
to build the stable on Federal street. If
the ordinance is improper or unnecessary
let it be repealed, but while it stands
it should be obeyed by the municipal
officers at least. Whether the new stable
would be safer than the present one,
or whether the AUDITORS were in favor of
it or opposed to it, has nothing to do
with the case. The law says that build
ding of the kind contemplated shall not
be built in the locality where it was
proposed to erect this one. and the law
should be obeyed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06
THE ALLEGED TARIFF AGREEMENT

The administration organs must think
the public is exceedingly gullable or
else they never would herald the new sue-
ar schedule alleged to have been agreed
to rs victory for the House. Every
body who is not absolutely blind must
see that the new schedule is even more
favorable to the Trust than the one it
has suspended. In the Senate bill un-
amended the differential on refined sugar
was one eighth of a cent;in the amended
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06

Brunswick boasts of 16 year old boy
of rather remarkable proportions. His
weight is,175 lbs, and he measures
feet, IL inches in height. He says
he has grown inches within the last
year. He is believed to be the tallest
youth in New England.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06

The Wife and four children of Frank
Field of No.2 Hill corporation, Lewiston
are critically i'll, as result of being
poisoned by canned corned beef. The
beef was eaten on Wednesday, and the
family are in a dangerous condition.
DR.. A. K. P. Harvey, the attending ply
stefan, says that several such cases have
come to his notice recently.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06

The latest rumor is that the Louisiana
senators have notified conferees that I'M
less the sugar bounty Is retained for the
remainder of the year they will vote
against any tariff bill which they may
succeed in concocting. AS the Populist
senators have agreed to act with them
in the interest of the Kansas beet sugar
growers, their votes would kill the bill.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06

Maine pond lilies are in great demand
among the summer visitors this season.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

Thomas j. Holmes, of Holmes Bros.
fruit dealers of Ellsworth. last Tuesday
evening placed bottle of soda in a pail
with other bottles, when bottle of
ginger ale burst. A piece of the living
glass struck his left eye, cutting the lens
and running the sight of the eye. Drs.
Mcdonald and Manning were Summoned,
but saw at once that the eye could not
be saved.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06

It's an i'll wind that blows nobody
good. Business is said to have started
up on the Pacific coast since the breaking
out of the war between Japan and China
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-06

There are still a few relics of past ages
in Maine in the shape of toll bridges.
The one between Bangor and Brewer
appears to be in fair way to come free.