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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
BRIDGE WRECKED BY ICE.

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 23.-The struc-
turee known as the temporary bridge. con-
meeting the town of East Hartford with
TINS city, was carried away by the ice nj
LOU this morning. The bridge had been
unsafe for month past, and though it
has been strengthened at intervals tho
ice had pressed against it so strongly
that the pillars snapped like whipcords
when the heavy field of ice brought
down the river struck them. The
bridge was built by the Burling.
ton Iron Bridge company to take
the place of the East Hartford
bridge, which was destroyed by fire last
summer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
mending the establishment of a chair of

mending the establishment of chair of
Hebrew.
The report of the joint board of finance
was read. Objection was made to that
part appropriating $S5 to Brother J. A.
Smith at San Antonio ON the ground that
he was making money specializing in
Jersey cattle. The charge proved to be
hearsay, however, and Brother Smith
will receive his $50. The report was
then adopted.
After announcements of meetings for
religious worship the conference adjourn
ed, with benediction of the bishop, until
2D.m
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
SWEPT BY FIRE.

Paris. Tex, Dec. 22.-The town OF
Rrookston, nine miles west of here, was
swent by a disastrous fire at 3 O'Clock
this morning. Every business house IN
tbe place and nearly all of their contents
were destroyed. All of the houses excep'
one were of wood and burned very rapidly.
4itooether IL houses were burned with a
loss of about $4,000; insurance. $56OO-
It is thought that the fire was OF incen-
diary origin
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
AN INDIAN RUSE.
1t Appealed to the Superstition of the
Others to His Advantage.

ADDGdltu W lnC lOupSlotitVi VI WV
Others to His Advantage.
"a member of the Canadian mounted
police, Lieutenant McDouough told me-"
said Captain Particle at the Officers
club, "the following incident of band OF
Crees and solitary Piegan Indian which
is novel and interesting. 1t occurred
about 100 miles from Fort Walsh; A
band of Cree Indians woke up one
snowy morning to find that about one
dozen of their choicest ponies had been
run off during the night. Pursuit was
soon organized, and within few hours
fresh trail was found in the snow. Al I!
ter following the trail some thirty miles
il entered a river bottom and headed for
a wooded island in the middle of the
Iiver.
Smoke was seen rising from the trees,
and an opening, which seemed to be the
mouth of a cave, appeared in plain view.
Presently single Indian, a Piegan,
showed up in front of the opening. He
was in war paint, and there was dog at
his heals. Pretty soon the dog scented
the Crees and began growing and bark
ing. The Piegan looked up, glanced a
moment bout him, then instantly entered
o
Piegan came around the rocks and also
went in; then another and another and
another, there being but Il few. seconds
between them. The Crees lay silently IN
the bushes watching and counting, until
upward of fifty Piegans had come around
the rocks-and gone into the cave, and still
they kept coming. What seemed remark
able was the fact that all these Indians
were, to all appearances, exactly the
n,,A mi ntn N
each carried winchester rifle, and most
remarkable of all each one seemed lit
tie lame in the left foot, limping slightly.
''They were gaudy crowd, and the
Crees counted seventy of them. The SUI
perstitious Crees naturally concluded
that the evil spirit had something to do
with it. for there was no doubt that there
were seventy Piegan Indians on the is
| land who were exactly alike.
$50 thoroughly were they filled with
the idea that the Devil was mixed up
with the mystery that even when re-
| Inducements arrived, which was in few
hours. they reluctant to attack the is
land That night one Cree. less super
stitious than the rest, crossed over on the
ice to investigate. On approaching the
supposed cave he was surprised to ind 1t
was no cave at all, but simply an opening
| leading some ten feet into the rock where
II maze turii am cae Iar o,' 70 t1 nuJnr-
SIDE IT. required s oau sa sn m y,
stand wna hon naq see hnt tb 80 of
before; dnere f was th put no ,,e Warn zone
single camp nle, ,he poiie' s NH sT The
ana no. an imuaah T"s si "a other
appafent presenIIe " lob SA my th ,1 nart of
warriors was snatp LIE oh le opp a o
tne IleEan watl 60, ~ ~ ue osnoto which he
| ACCOMPLISHED IN good shape.
wv me II is rrue Ina! nios' rei nie etb orc
rldlculously superstili11;eas anu +ho 1'n Nnn
again SO sto11 ana r aneret IN 'i bra So
might eh.er th h nd Spr;nHs hafore them
band throw bn nand copprIsions or do some
smlle' weep, nav t GGno ", and 80 +bov will
ohner 3I lonE at Nou With al" coM reserved
s Sie nm' and disinGerested eve still there
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
\ DEATH OF MIR. COCHRAN.
DIED OF HER WOUND.
The Lady Shot by a Negro Near Rren-
ham-Other Items.

Brenhala, Tex, Dec. 22.-(Special) J.
Mrs. Dora Emshoft, the lady shot in
the head by negro, supposed to be Buck
Chappell, some days since, died this
morning at the Lutheran parsonage, near
Jacksonville.
Julius Schroeder, who is held for the
attempted rape of Miss Emma Kess, was
spirited away to the Galveston Jail last
night because of rumor that led Sheriff
league to believe that a lynching was
intended.
Mr.. w. Wimberly preached at the
opera house this evening to good house
on the subject of christianity VS.. Infdel-
ity.7
Rev. A. p. Graves, the celebrated
Northern evangelist, preached today at
the Baptist church to good congrega-
ton.
MIR. John Clough of Austin, D. D. G. p.
OF the /: Q: %. f. organized an encamp-
ment of his fraternity here last night
with % charter members. The follow
ing officers were elected: r. S. Rogers,
chief patriarch; ]. l.. Ammons, high
priest; j. G.. Rankin, senior warden; G..
Minl1witz, junior warden; Ben Schmidt,
treasurer; e. H. Eversbrog, scribe; FL.
FRANKIE and w @. Schramm guards of
the rent; l.. f.. Geaswuck, inner guard;
August Behrens, outer guard.
MT. IL nos. SHANNON, teacner OF the sew
enth grade at the public school, was hand
the exercises on Saturday night.
Col. d. q. Giddings, Miss Lillian Gid
dings and little Misses Linda Giddings
and Halle Cooke have returned from a
visit TO Galveston.
Missse Luella Hudson of Caldwell and
Highland Gee of Velasco are here on a
visit to Miss Daisy Connell
Mr.. Harry Garrett is here from Gal
weston.
Mr.. John Eldridge is here from Dallas
on visit TO his parents.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
,,,N n MARKETS.

Manchester, Dec. 22.-Good business
was done early in the week and since
the American trouble the market has
been quiet. Indian orders have not been
on the market and the prices for yarns
have been good and well held on last
weeks parity. Therefore, Lancashire
position is rather better.
With the decline in cotton, Germany
reports excellent prospects, but nowhere
is much business looked for before the
turn Of the year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
AN IMpROBRRLE STORY

Washington, Dec. 22.-The Turkish Ie'
CATION received from the sublime porte
the following telegram under date Of Sat.
urday:
The insurgents of Zeitoun attacked the
Mussulmans' village of Mehil, killed and
burned two men, five women and three
children and carried away the cattle and
things belonging to the inhabitants. The
survivors fled TO Kenksonn. With the
exception of Zeitoun perfect order reigns
I'm the whole empire.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE VISITED
THE TOWN OF KOSSE YES
TERDAY.
IMELY HELP CAAE FROM CALVERT.
hus Much Property Was Saved-Brook-
ston, Northeast Texas, Swept by
Fire-Several Burglaries Report
ed From Petty-Other Items.

Kosse, Tex, Dec. 22.-(Special.)-At
Iammond's store, and before it was
hecked seven brick business buildings,
with most of their contents, were destroy
ed. Calvert sent an engine and so men
or the entire town would have been de-
stroyed. The losses were as follows:
Markham & Hammond, two buildings,
oss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
H. G. Markham, general merchandise,
loss, $1,000; insurance, $4,000.
s w. G. Blalock, drugs, library, etc, loss,
$4,000; insurance, $1,000.
1. f. Silverstine, clothing, loss, $1,000;
no insurance.
S. Flaum, groceries, loss, $500; no in
surance.
DIR. B. F. QUITS, building and stock,
loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
D, 2. Hammond, building, loss, $4,000;
assurance, $1,000.
IF. Allen, stock, loss, $500; on insur-
ance. "
Drs. A T. and B. e. Ezel, libraries and
Office fixtures, loss, $4,000; no insurance.
w. A. Jernigan, saloon, loss, $1,000; no
insurance.
w. B. King, saloon and building, loss,
$4,000 insurance, $500.
d. o. Brooks, groceries, loss, $500; in
surance, $1,000.
Fenner & Whitlow, groceries, loss,
$500; no Insurance.
L. Z. Whithall, building, loss, $1,000;
no insurance.
r. J. Robinson, Cyclone newspaper of
fee, loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Ernes QUITS, confectioneries, loss, $500
no insurance.
Hammond & Henry, general merchan-
disc, loss, $4,000: insurance, $4,000.
Robertson & Williams, hardware, loss
$500; insurance, $1,000.
Adams q Bryant, general merchandise
SIS, $500; insurance, $500.
w. a. Ferguson, building, loss, $1,000
insurance.
other small losses aggregating $2500
h insurance unknown.
T DEATH OF MR. COCHRAN.
5empstead, Tex, Dec. 22.-(Special.)-
Waller Cochran died at his residence
Chis place Friday morning and was
lied from the Methodist church this
sernoon at O'clock by the Masons
e has been living in Hampstead but q
w months, having but recently left his
lantatioH across the Brazos and located
mere. The procession was the largest
ever seen in the county.
Mr.. Cochran leaves a wife and severa
children and the bereaved family have
the sympathy of the entire community.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
CUARGED WITH SWINDLING

Fort Worth, Tex, Dec. %. Especially
To-day Sheriff Euless arrested J. A.
Hale of Eastland county on the charge OF
swindling Murran a. Sayin saloon keep
ers out Of $25. 1t was charged that Hale
on the Eastland bank. in which he had no
money deposited. He was released on
800 bonds
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26

THE SPREE OFF THE ROCKS.
London, Dec. %. The North German,
Lloyd steamship Spree was towed off
Warden ledge, Isle OF Wight, upon which
she was run Thursday last, by four tugs.
Southampton, apparently uninjured.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
AWAITING TRIAL.

Lockhart. Tex, Dec. 22.-(Special.)- J.
Cass Holleman, negro who is charged
with robbing will Jackson, colored, OF
$1,000 last night, is in Jail awaiting eX-
amining trial.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
E I.ssE.4 WELL MACHlNERYWalI

All kinds OF tools Fortune for hedriler by using o
Adamantine take acore Perfected Econor
Let usheipyou. 2 HE WELL WORKS.
Anrsra, 1nt Chicagos Hi Dallas, Tex.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
for infants and Children.

~Castoria isso wen adapted to children that
.rNommend 1t as superior to any prescription
Grown 70 me" q a ARCHER, NJ D.,
III So oxford St. srooklyn. N.x
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-09-21
Curious oak Tree in Georgia.

A resident Of Augusta, Ca, has an
oak tree growing upon ms place which
is not unlike other trees Of that species
in general appearance. Instead of pro
ducsng the regulation acorn, however,
it is annually loaded with peculiar
formations as unlike the natural pro
duction Of such trees Is one could inn
agine. AS a general rule the cup Of an
acorn is as large or larger than a thin
Die, covering at least half Of the acorn
proper, but in this case the tiny recep-
tscle is not larger than a pea, ard, in
stead OF being constructed so as to mold
but q single nut or kernel, contains
from three to five small ones, the mum
Der seeming to vary with the distance
from the ground, the cups on the lower
limbs being uniformly filed with three
OF the tiny acorns. Botanists of ma
tional repute have pondered this sylvan
oddly and old settlers, noted hunters
and woodmen in general have visited
the wonder and left without even at
tempting to name the variety Of oak to
which it belongs.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-09-21

Several miners, who had been in the
mining districts Of Colorado for
years, were discussing what they,
would do if they were to become rich
or strike it lucky. well, said one
81 know what III do III go to New
York as straight as the ears will take
me, and when I get there III make a
bee line for Delmonico's and I'll get
the biggest dinner money can buy. I
don't care if it costs me fifty dollars or
more, I'll have it" Now, what DO you
think you would order il you were to
go 60 Delmonico's for a Gfty-dollar din
ner?7 Well ! dunno, but | guess I'd
have some ham and eggs-yes, I'D have
some ham and eggs.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-09-21
MUTTON in the sonthmsst.

In the meat shops OF towns in New
Mexico and Arizona the visitor from
the cast is apt to notice that the
dressed earcasses Of sheep have a tuft
Of wool still attached to the head and
tail. This is left by the butcher to as
sure the customer that it is mutton
and not goat flesh they are buying,
for in these territories many floeks of
goats are reared and pastured by the
small Mexican ranchmen to be killed
for food for the poorer natives. Roast
or stewcd kid, with Chilli pepper sauce,
is an esteemed dinner dish at the tables
of many well-to-do American and Span
citizens.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-09-21
BRAVE AND TRUE.
Tho Commentaries Ambition Of an Indian
Soldier.


the Commendabie Ambition OF an TndIar
Soldier.
Gen. Sir Hope Grant, in his narrative
Of the Indian mutiny, relates an anec
dote which does equal hondSvto himself
and one Of his native soldiers. The
British had been lighting all day, driv-
ing the rebels before them, After
nightfall, however, a party Of rebels
made new demonstration, and Gen.
| Grant. seeing two of his guns in dan
ger, collected few men and charged.
He says:
"A sepoy within Eve yards Of me
fred at my horse and put a bullet
through his body Ii was singular he
did not aim ut me, but probably he
thought it best to make sure Of killing
the horse, after which the rider would
fall into his hands as matter Of
course.
y felt that my poor charger had re-
ceiyed his death-wouud, yet he gal-
loped on for forty yards through the
throng OF rebels and then dropped [
was in an awlward predieament-un-
horsed, surrounded by the enemy, and, /
owing to the. darkness, ignorant in
which direction to proceed when my
orderly, native horseman, Roper
Kahn by name, rode up to me and said:
Take my horse; it IS your only chance
of safety
i could not but admire his fine con.
dnct lie was Hindostanee MussuI-
man, belonging to regiment the
greater part Of which had mutinied. I
and it would have been easy for him to /
XII me and go over TO the enemy.
Il refused mis- offer, but, taking a
iirm grasp OF his horses tail, told him
to drag me out of the crowd. This ne
did successfully and with great cour-
age.
The next morning T called him to
my tent praised him for his gallant
behavior and offered him some little
money He declined it with great dig
nifty.
8 No, sahib, viii take no money,
he said, drawing himself up; but if Won
viii get my commanding officer to pro
mote rae ! shall be very grateful.
He was duly promoted, and received
'lso the second-class order Of merit.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-09-21
WY rher serarated.

The late Lord Orford was one Of Che
most eristooratic ornaments Of the
British peerage and the following ac-
count Of his separation from Lady Or
ford, as told by Truth, is accordingly
interesting: Both explained to me
the reason. It was all about a sugur
basin. Shortly after their marriage,
according to Lord Oxford, her ladyship
came down TO breakfast without hay
ing washed her hands and took some
Jumps OF sugar out OF the bowl with
her fingers, on which he requested her
in future either to wash her hands or to
use the sugar-tongs. According to Lady
Oxford his lordship objected to her tax
ing so many Jumps OF sugar for her
tea .-..
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-09-21

out of one window on the second story.
II didn't wait to inquire about it,
but it was just as simple as rolling off
a log The children's parents had had
to go away somewhere over night,
sickness or something, and had left the
children alone. The young folks had
forgot to lock the doors, but there
really wasn't any necessity of locking
EN-, with such burglar alarm system
as that.p
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-08

LEA large line of Hurd's choice writ
ing papers in the latest shapes and tints
at the BANNER Stationery Store.
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a Test of Character.

An election is sometimes spoken Of
as test of character. Certainly man
who can run the gauntlet and come out
unscathed in reputation must have a
straight record. The unfairness of the
election test lies in the fact that it is
the bad qualities of the candidates rath-
er than both their bad and good quail
ties that are held up. Such kinds of
tests are elevating neither to the public
nor to the ordinary political life.
The writer always liked the reply of
an old darby who was unfortunately
sentenced to imprisonment by the police
justice for some petty offense.
We'll, Sambo, said one who at
tempted to console him, adversely tries
US and develops our better qualities. "
'Twan't dat away at all wild ME,
sab, replied Sanlbo lugubriously. 1T
vast adversely what tried me, sab,
but ole fool judge, and he developed
all OBJ my bad qualities and none OBJ
my good ones. Boston Budget.
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Who was it who invented the phrase,
'"The literary idea, and did he quite
understand what he meant byit? Did
it occur to him that ideas are the prop
erty OF the human mind and not of any
particular art; that though some can be
fully expressed by one art only, and
some better expressed by one art than
another, to deny the right of any art to
express OF suggest what it can would be
to inipoyCrish it very seriously? Lit
'erature would come off better than
painting, b-t how changed and dull
would it be if what may be called the
pictorial idea" were excluded from
its territory!
Fortunately men Of imagination who
are also artists have always refused to
be strictly bound by pedantic theories,
and the greatest of them have not been
the first to break down any inconvenient
barriers between one art and another,
which hampered the expression of their
thoughts. What has been will be, and
even III the present day of dominant
''realism" we have several artists who
endeavor to express by paint such ideas
as inspire them without much regard as
to whether they are literary or not.
-"GeOrge Frederick Watts, R. A., " by
Cosmo MOnkhouse i'll Scribners Maya.
zine
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Tightening the Burden.

Those women who have spent neccs-
sary car fare, time and strength III
seeking helpers of various kinds to car.
ry on the work of their households
would do well to follow the example of
Syracuse club that has divided its city
into wards and found out in each of
those wards the names and addresses of
all those who can do different kinds Of
work and the conditions under which it
can be done. These things they have
printed in a little book called the
Household Register. " The plan seems
a most commendable and efficient one
for putting those who are III need of
service promptly in communication with
those who can render it-New York
Post.
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By LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON.


1t was Eleanor Gray's thirtieth birth.
day. Suddenly she awoke to the knowl-
edge that youth, with its vague hopes
and dreams, was over. She had never
quite understood how swiftly the years
were passing. One day was so like an
other and the heart in her was so young
she half thought that she herself was a
young girl still, and that love might be
waiting round the corner Hitherto hope
had held her by the hand. But somehow
there was a cruel positivoness i'll the
number 30. So many years had she liv
ed, the years of charm and expectancy.
What could there be to come now? But
what had there been, even i'll the past?
She went back in her thoughts over
the life she had lived and regarded it
as if it had been that Of some other per-
son. She had been born in the wrong
family, she said to herself-that was
the beginning They loved her well,
the practical, unimaginative parents
whose only child she was, but they had
never understood what she meant. Her
ways were not as their ways, nor her
thoughts as their thoughts. They had
been proud Of her in some uncompre-
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Does Your Ear Ache9

Many an ache and pain might be saw
ed or cured if more Of the easy, simple
remedies i'll the healing science were
known. Not every expert will injure
his chances of gain by laying before the
public his methods and knowledge in
the practice of his profession. But Gel
ebratod aurist is said to have willingly
sacrificed his practice to the victims of
earache by giving the following advice
to all who are thus afflicted: At the
first symptoms of earache let the pa
tient lie on the bed with the painful ear
uppermost. Fold thick towel and tuck
it around the neck. Then with a tea
spoon fill the ear with warm water.
Continue doing this for 3 or 90 min
utes. The water will fill the ear orifice
and flow over on the towel. Afterward
turn over the head, let the water run out
and plug the ear with warm glycerin
and cotton. This may be done every
hour until relief is obtained. 1t is an
almost invariable cure and has saved
many cases of acute inflammation. The
water should be quite warm, but not
too hot minneapolis Housekeeper