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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26

fever, the old broken-down Spectator
who once dealt in 100000 bushels of
wheat, but owing to the strength of the
game he is now forced TO be content
with 1000, which $40 bill will margin
seven-eights of 1 per cent. He has a
bucket-shop face. 1t is pale, drawn
and bloodless. He has been buffeted by
i'll fortune until his blood and marrow
are gone, and he has about as much
energy as a mummy. The bucket-shop
face is soon acquired and is never lost.
Another type is the middle-aged man
who has had many ups and downs. He
has been in many kinds of business and
usually failed. He knows a thing or
two about speculation and he is always
waiting for the best of it. He hangs
over the ticker and absorbs the infor
nation it conveys. He is -prematurely
gray, seedy and taciturn. If he has a
fancy for stocks he watches them like a
hawk and at the first sign of weakness
or strength he is ready to sell or buy
ten shares. Sometimes he saves his
commission by intuition. But the
bucket-shop brushes him and usually re-
fuses TO trade on the quotations. In
fact, it will refuse to take his trade.
This is one of the beauties of the bucket
shop. No new orders will be executed
on panicky market. When the bucket
ShOp anu Ills pdllOh are VI llic
opinion that stock will fiuctuate over
a wide range in a short time the bucket
shop will not trade in that stock.
The countryman is another type that
haunts the bucket-shop. He goes on
the theory that because no wheat or
hogs were raised in his township there
are none in the world. This man has
been buying on falling market for four
years. He has nothing now but expert
ence.
The new woman is daft on gambling
and she is regular victim of bucket
shops. There are said to be three
bucket-shops in Chicago that are support
ed solely by women.-Chicago Times
Herald
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
TWO LIVES SAVED

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas of Junction CITY.
ILL.,, was told by her doctors she had con-
sumption and that there was no hope
for her, but two bottles of DR.. Kings New
Discovery completely cured her and she
says it saved her life. Mr.. Thos. Eggers.
139 Florida St, San Francisco, suffered
from dreadful cold, approaching con-
sumption, tried without result everything
else, then bought one bottle of DR.. Kings
New, Discovery and in two weeks was
cured He is naturally thankful, II is
such results, of which these are samples.
that prove the wonderful efficacy of this
medicine in coughs and colds. Free trial
bottle at Q. o. Yates drug store. Reg
uar size SOC and S1.0O.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
Save worry and labor by using PrlU'
Cream Baking Powder.
WHAT A PROMINENT INSURANVh'
MAN SAYS.

H. NJ. Blossom, senior member OF D
NJ. Blossom & Co.. 217 n. Third stres
st. Louis. writes: had been left VIII
very distressing cough, the result o.
fluenza. which nothing seemed to relle Jew
until l took Billiards. HOrehound SyIuF
One bottle completely cured me- l s sar
one bottle to my sister, who had se,r
cough. and she experienced immedlaue
lief. 7 always recommend this syrup
nv friends, u.rod
John Cranston. DOS Hampshire sra RsL
Quincy. H.. writes: | have founu an
lard's HOrehound Syrup superior I'M. ~
other cough medicine | have ever hiiV Soll
1t never disappoints. lr'cC 'Hm roo+
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
INOCULATED BY SNAKE POISON.
Immunity From Harm Enjoyed by
"Charmers" of Serpents.

As a result of recent investigations. it
would seem that science had at last I'M
earthed the strange secret of the snake
charmer For years it has been mystery
how certain individuals could handle the
since, it was suggested that this immunity
suffering not the slightest harmful effects.
even if bitten repeatedly. Some time
since. it was suggested that this immunity
from the evil effects of the poison might
be due to the fact that the charmers have
frequently been accidentally bitten by
cObras and karits, and, having survived
the first attack, experienced no evil effect
from subsequent bites Much attention
has been directed in India to the expert
ments which have lately been made with
a view to determine the value of this
theory, and it has been clearly shown
that when the venom is introduced into
the system in gradually increasing doses
the subject need not fear the vicious fangs
of the reptile.
Cases of immunity from scorpion stings
are also well known. \ gentleman in
India, hearing of a MahOmetan fakir who
had established reputation for himself in
this respect, determined to investigate the
case and Danish, if possible. all chance of
tricyery. He therefore dug up the scor-
pions himself, and these formidable
creatures he describes as being from FIVE
to seven inches long, with claws like those
of Holsters.
These scorpions the fakir was told to r-
ritate, but to avoid adopting the course
usually pursued by the fakirs for this pur-
pose, namely, by pinching the end of the
tail. This is almost sure way of pre-
venting the scorpions from singing. BY
touching them on the part of the body in
Dictated, each one of them stung him
strongly enough to draw blood but the
man was apparently none the worse.
There could be no doubt as to the genuine
ness of the exhibition and the fakr was
believed when he said that he had fire.
quently been the victim of a scorpions
sting,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26

This liniment is different in compost
ton from any other liniment on the mar
ket. 1t is scientific discovery, which
results in its being the most penetrating
liniment known. There are numerous
white limitations which may be recon-
mended because they pay the seller a
great profit. Beware of these and de-
mand Billiards. Snow Liniment. 1t pos
itivel y cures rheumatism, neuralgia.
and infammatory rheumatism. burns,
scalds, sore feet, contracted muscles.
stiff joints, old sores, pain in back, barb
wire cut, sore chest or throat. and ia es-
pecialy beneficial in paralysis. Sold by
@. o. Yates. 219 q. 9th St.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
VERY PANICKY.
The City of Brotherly Love Much Elk.
cited Financially.

Philadelphia, Pa. Dec. 21-Philadel-
phia has had its full share of disastrous
financial depressions for the past week.
This was a never-to-be-fo forgotten day in
banking and speculative circles. Bank
ing houses and brokers' offices presented
scenes of activity seldom witnessed. They
were crowded with anxious faces and
nervous figures. Many individual spec
house succumbed-L. H. Taylor & Co.
The failure involves number of specua-
tors who specialized through the firm. No
statement of assets and liabilities can be
obtained, but the figures are large both
ways. 1t is not believed the firm will
resume. The loss during the week on
stocks exclusively listed by the Philadel-
phia exchange is estimated at nearly $50
600. 600
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
MANITOBA SCHOOL QUESTION.

MANITOBA SCHOOL QUESTION.
Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 23.-The Mani
tOba legislature has been dissolved and
an appeal to the country will be made
on the school issue. Polling will take
place on January 10.
Premier Greenway, in an address on
the question, says:
81 assent that our people are perfectly
competent to deal with their own edu-
cational concerns, and | resent the I'M
putation that they have treated any por-
ton of the community with injustice or
in a spirit of intolerance. l protest
against the proposed action of the domin-
ion government inviting parliament to
destroy our National school system with
out investigating and in ignorance of the
circumstances"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
KILLED WITH AN Az

Matamoras. Mex, Dec. 22-(Special.)
Andres DastilO, ranchero, was found dy-
ing in the road near town yesterday with
two AK wounds in his head. He died
without being able to name his assail-
ants. Two Mexican boys were arrested
charged with the deed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
nERnvIAN NEWS.

Lima. Peru via Galveston, Pee for Ti
The law for the regulation Oh Tened
insurance companies has been sl Isd viii
Colonel Collazes. who is chart, lots 81 d
being the cause of the religious llV'7
Cuaco, has been suspended.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-26
BILLIARDS. SNOW EMINENT

Civil servic reform, like DR.. Prices
Baking Powder, has merit for basis.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18
Fresh Air in Winter.

An interesting test, which proved
that fresh air.in winter was beneficial
to even young and delicate children,
Is reported in the Journal of House
hold Economics. 1t was tried recently
in babies hospital in Boston.
All the siclly babies that were suf.
fering from chronic Indigestion an
lack of nutrition, aud who would nos
improve in spite of good food, PER.
fectly ventilated rooms, aud careful
bathing, were wrapped as for the
street, put in their perambulators, and
taken to the top ward of the hospital,
where all the windows were wide open.
They were kept in this room from two
to four hours daily, and soon showed
marked Improvement Their cheeks
became rosy, they gained in weight
and appetite, and would often fall
asleep and remain SO during the en-
tire time they were in the air. Very
delicate children had bags of hot water
placed at their feet. 1t is recorded in
the account of this experiment that
not one child took cold as u result
of it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18
Trapping Salmon in Norway.

There is very singular way OF
trapping salmon on the Norwegian
fjords. Here and there, as you pass
along those great, magnificent fjords,
which cut deep into the heart of Nor
way, you may see a solitary figure
perched upon sort of spidery, fragile.
looking timber lookout, overhanging
the ford. A week later, or month,
as you pass again, you may see that
lonely figure, his eyes always bent
upon the ford beneath him, still keep,
ing his watch.
The man is salmon catcher; in his
hands are couple of long ropes, con
nected with net in the water below
him, and day after day he sits up
there intently watching until he sees
salmon pass into his net. The in
slant this great event happens he hauls
sharply upon his ropes, closes the
mouth of the net, and then, gettin Z
into his boat, proceeds to pick up the
salmon ut his leisure.
The salmon thus caught is sold to
some hotel upon the ford, or sent
with others in ice to Bergen by the
next steamer. The fisherman gets
from 81. to Cd. per pound for his
catch-4d. is an average price-and
even the hard earned capture of three
or four salmon week, procured nj
the expense of long, weary days oi
watching, means good deal to these
poor peasant farmers, with whom
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18
A Church of Ice.

The officers of the Neptune line
steamship Patapsco, which arrived in
port recently from Rotterdam, via Sun
derland, witnessed an early morning
scene in mid-Atlantic which First Ofi-
Ger Popham says was beyond descrip-
tion and any human power of repro
duction. The beautiful sight was
caused by the sun shining upon a huge
iceberg about O'clock ON the morning
of August 2, and continued for fully
fifteen minutes. The iceberg was 270
feet high and $50 feet long, and was
on the edge of dense fog. 1t was
shaped exactly like a church, having at
one end towering spire that was
pierced near the top of the spire in i'm
maculate white.
About fifty feet from the top the
suns rays blended into a soft pink that
was most beautiful to behold. Back
CT the spire was slanting roof that
the action of the fog and sun caused to
appear in deep blue. Near the spire
was perfectly shaped Gothic arch, in
which had been melted fissure so like
a window as to almost make one be-
lieve it was built there by mechanic
The sun shone through this in all its
brilliancy and dazzled the eyes of those
aboard ship. The fog formed u deep
background near the water and made a
marine picture that could never be
painted. Besides all this, the sun,
shining on the many small projections
of the berg, made the whole look as
though millions of sparkling diamonds
had been piled together. The officers
say that many statues and fantastic
figures were discernible about the
mountains of ice. The seamen and
officers were awed by the beauty and
grandeur of the scene.-Baltimore
American
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18
Established a VaIue.

Maurice Thompson tells of certain
buyer of sheep who went into the
mountains of Eastern Kentucky.
where the following dramatic incident
took place between him and a grim
mountaineer who had one eve for
sale: Buyer-That eve is worth about
20 cents. Mountaineer-Hit air woth
Jest dollar N er half. Buyer-You
are joking; the old thing is lean
and Mountainecr drawing II
large pistol and cooking iD-Strengcr
wat did yc say at that air eve was
wo'th? Buyer (briskly)-Nigh on to
seven dollars is what | said.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18
WISE WORDS.

'The second thief is the best keep
er" of the first.
Pleasure becomes monotonous, but
happiness never.
Some men have more elbow room
than they want.
Man may circulnvent Nature, but
he cannot crush her.
Who flights and runs away" may
never have another chance.
There is no niche in life i, for cross
old man or an actor out of job.
1t is pity that SO often the SUCCESS
of one means the failure of many.
He who Analyses too closely wears
the tissue of his thoughts to rags.
A weak man "swears off," strong
one says to himself, "Thou shalt not. +"
A most uncomfortable man to live
with is one who never makes q mis-.
take.
Cupid is q brave littlo footpad who
never attempts to 'hold up" only one
victim.
Cupid makes no resolutions at,the
new year. Tho old ores answer his
purpose admirably.
Two women who would exactly
please each other wouldn't, probably,
please anybody else.
The world would 90 most disa
greeable place to live in if it were
al frIa II
True happiness lies less in having
things as you want them than in
wanting things as they are.
II we thought of ourselves as 9th
ers think OF us, we would sit up nights
wondering what we were born for.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18
BRAVE COLONEL LARKE.
With His Arm Badly Broken He Writes
and Works Every Day.


and Works Every Day.
Col. Julian X. Larke, the Crimean
war veteran, met with an accident re-
Gently. in which he demonstrated that
the heroic soldier is born and not eyo-
luted by rigid system of drill. He is
one Of the bright writer's on an after
noon paper and-has charge of the real
estate department. On one of the cold
est days of last week, when the breath
seemed to freeze and icicles gathered
on the mustache and beard, the Col
onel, clipper as a chipmunk, although
he Is over GO years old and is all SCARED
up with wounds received in battle,
called at the Real Estate Exchange,
says the New York Commercial Adver-
tiser. In descending the steps from
the streets that lead to the exchange
he slipped on the frozen ice and fell
heavily on his left shoulder.
Like nimble athlete of thirty years
he picked himself up, and, after finish.
ing his business at the exchange, he
went to his office, and wrote column,
coolly smoking long Havana, known
as the "Smuggler's Delight" His
brother members of the quill noticed
that while he was writing his left arm
hung limp and motionless at his side
Finishing his copy and calmly knock
ing the ashes from his cigar he said:
Now l will look at my arm" He tried
TO lift up his left arm, but he discovered
that it was not only broken, but consid-
erably fractured. His shirt and coat
sleeves We're soaked with blood. Sew
eral wished to run for u doctor, but he
simply said:
'Oh, it is nothing; I'll go out aui
have it set" He lighted a fresh cigar
and went out and found surgeon,
who tried to lecture the brave old vet
eran, who has fought through wars,
because he neglected his arm so long.
go home early and stay there week."
said the surgeon, after he had splin-
tered the broken arm. The surgeon lit
tie knew the vitality of the Colonel and
his devotion to journalism. The next
day he turned up in the office and wrote
five columns of statistics, the data of
time.
His coolness and heroic ronchalance
In suffering great pain have won the
admiration of all the editors and re.
porters on the papers and they propose
to honor him in some way, either by
rendering him a banquet or giving him
silver loving cup.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18

Why shouldn't there be q third party2 1t
Is true they disturb the smooth running Of
the regular organizations and sometimes
overturn elections, but what is popular is
founded on merit; AS for instance, among
all the remedies used for orsprains and bruises,
st. jacobs OIL is the most popular because it
isknown to DO The best /; hence 1t is the Pop
ulist i'll medicine. The more because it
cures so promptly and surely. There is no
crippling from spfain where this old remedy
is used Ii imparis new life and strength
and the pain vanishes. Truly it is a Popu-
list.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18

greatly SIiOrtcned. It also PROMOTES tie
secretion of an abundance of nourishment
for the child.
Mrs. DORA A. GUTHRIE. of O6khep Oar,ton Co.,
1fRH., writes: When began taking DIR.
Pierccs Favorite Prescription, was not able to
stand on my feet without suffering almost death.
Now do all my housework, washing cooking,
sewing and everything for my family of eight. l
am stouter now tllau have been i'll six years.
Your Favorite Prescription is the best to take
zbeiorc confinement, at least ii proved with
me. / never suffered little with any of my
children as l did with my last.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18
SELECT SIFTINGS.

The Japanese are fond of bathing.
The Black Sea has depth of 600
| fathoms.
The cost of the Mexican war was
$66, 100000
The wren often makes dozen nests,
leaving all but one unfinished and un-
used.
Brooklyn IN. Y. elevated and sur
face roads carried nearly 200, ,000,0
passengers the past year.
Italy was SO called from tho name
of Italus, an early King, who gov
erned most of the peninsula.
The smallest church in the world is
at st. Lawrence, Isle of Wight. A
congregation of forty would crowd it.
The ground has only been lightly
covered with snow at Mobile, Ala,
five times during the last seventy five
years.
Motormen in Baltimore are arrested
If they do not stop their cars before
| passing tile engine houses of the city
fire department.
In China, which has long been known
as "the land of opposites,', the dials
| of clocks are made to turn around,
while the hands stand still.
Rev. G. M. Jones, of Oneonta, N.
| Y, owns one of the first horseshoes
ever made by machinery. 1t weighs
two and half pounds, and was made
at Troy in 1858.
Miss Ellen Tickle, of Heno, Butler
County, Ohio, is said to be the smallest
full-developod woman now living. She
| is thirty.one years old, and weighs
but twenty eight pounds.
ID. N. Talent, mail carrier between
Rutherfordton and Columbus, N. C.,
walks twenty miles each day,
carrying the mail box on his shoulders.
His compensation is $500 year.
The lot in Washington in which the
Blaine mansion stands was once owned
by Henry Clay. He traded it to Com
modore Rodgers for an Andalusian
| jackass, which later he lost over n
| gambling table.
Germany's army observes the most
elaborate etiquette. The whole Of this
vast organization, possibly the most
perfect of its kind that the world has
ever seen, is governed by a code OF
etiquette as rigid as it is complicated.
A Wyoming cowboy was attacked by
a large lynx the other day while riding
across the Bad Lands, near the Mon
tana line. The animal jumped on tho
horses back, clawing and biting both
man and horse in a terrible manner.
A companion, who was riding ut his
side, managed to kill the beast, after
firing three shots into his body.
Rats often desert house before it
fnlls down, because it Is probable that
the settling of the beams AMI stones
causes noises that, inaudible to human
beings, may be perfectly so, and very
alarming besides, to the rodents. Rats
have been known to desert mines
shortly before earthquakes or cavings
occurred, probably for the same reason.
A Salvation Army band is response
BILE for recent London suicide. The
victim was bachelor afflicted with in
somonia. He asked the band to stop
playing near his house. The Saliva.
tionists ignored his request, and, say
ing that he would rid himself of the
annoyance in one way or another, tae
man went indoors and cut his throat
| with penknife.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
Il. j. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tion made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALnING, KtNvAE g. MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, OHIO.
Hal Catarrh Cure is taken Internal y, act
Ing directly upon tho bloot and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, 75c: per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18
MOTHERS

and those soon 10 be-
come Ill OF Ii ers
should know that DR..
Picrce's Favoritc
Prescription robs
childbirth of its tor
lures, terrors and
dangers to both
mother and child, by
aiding nature i'll pre-
pairing the system
for parturition.
Thereby " labor "
and the period of
confinement are
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, clcanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispeis colds, head
aches and fsvers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 80
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
( CALIFORNIA F7G syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18
Durable Bricks.

Excavations in Babylon have brought
to light number of bricks, the stamps
on which prove lnem to be at least
1000 years old. They appear to be as
good now as when they were first
baked.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18

O. At this season everyone should take good
spring medicine. Your blood must be puri-
fled or you will bo neglecting your health.
There is q cry from Nature for help, and un-
less thoro is prompt and satisfactory response
you viii bo liable TO serious illness.
This demand can only be met by the puri-
flying, enriching and
Blocd-vitaIizing
elements to be found in Hoods Sarsaparilla.
My mothcr-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Wolfe,
at the age of 72 years, was attacked with a
violent form of salt rheum it spread all over
her body, and her hands and limbs We're
dreadful to look at. At the same time, my
little daughter Clara, who was just one year
old, was attacked by similar disease, like
scrofula. 1t appeared in
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-18

A Japanese ilnrikisha man would
make-a good 4. D. I. boy. One OF
them has been known topull passen-
ger seventy-five miles in day. Forty
or fifty is not at all uncommon.