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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
IN THE CITY.

| Sleigh riding and snow balling were the
liyeliest sort of fun in town yesterday.
At very early hour the livery men
had their buggies in the shape to be
transformed into cutters and the wave
of transformation struck the population.
Scores of folks had their buggies placed
on runners, and soon after they were
merrily gliding over the beautiful snow"
Many improvised sleighs appeared on the
streets and Mr.. Clay Jones cheerily
rounded the corner at the court house
and went down the Avenue in a big
rocking chair drawn by one of his high
steppers. 1t was fine sport and old and
young enjoyed it.
On the Avenue and Sixth streets there
were many snow ball parties that pelted
pedestrians, ofttimes to excess, and sew
eral scraps resulted in consequence. A
| gated at the capitol and after the ad-
journment of the legislature they literally
bombarded the doors, and as soon as the
head of a law maker was poked out II
was certain to come in contact with half
dozen or more snow balls. The boys
| held the fort until a police officer ap-
Ipeared and liberated the imprisoned leg
islators.
Governor Hogg and Representatives
Kennedy and Owsley were the first to
leave the capitol and they got well out
of the door before the snow ball party
observed them. Then the balls flew
thick and fast and the portly form OF
Governor Hogg soon looked as if he had
been rolled in a snow bank. Balls
struck him and the two Representatives
Everywhere but notwithstanding they ap'
peared to enjoy the fun as much as the
boys, especially Governor Hogg. Mr.
Owsley had an umbrella with him which
he hoisted as means to ward off balls
and it was totally demolished
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
REMAINS OF MINISTER GRAY.

Military and Federal Officials at Ell Paso
Turn Out in Respect to the Deceased.
El Paso, Tex, Feb. 1S.-The remains
of Isaac p. Gray, late minister to Mexico,
arrived this morning accompanied by
Colonel Bayard Gray and Mrs. Gray
The military and federal officers of Next,
co and the United States at Juarez and
this city turned out, out of respect to the
deceased diplomat, and the flags are at
half mast in both cities. The remains
were taken East over the Santa Fe. The
interment to occur at Union, Ind.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
FIVE CASES NEAR RICHLANH.

Corsicana, Tex, Feb. 1S.-(Special.) y
1t was reported to the county judge this
evening that five cases of smallpox had
appeared in the Richland community
and about seven miles from Workman,
in this county. One death has been re-
corded, Mrs. Magnus dying of the dis
ease this morning.
The county judge has ordered the
county physician to proceed to Workman
at once and declare rigid quarantine
over the district affected by the disease.
Upon the county physicians advice quar-
antine may be declared over the whole
of the eastern part of this county.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
THE REFORM MOVEMENT.

New York, Feb. ia conference wa'
held in ex-senator Platt's room at the
Fifth Avenue hotel today attended by
that gentleman, Senator Lexow, Chair
man Edward Lauterbach of the Republi'
can county committee, and others of Mr.
Platt's friends. The object of the con
ference was to adopt a plan of campaign
respecting the city legislation, particular,
assured those who spoke to him on the
subject at the close of the conference
that no definite action had been taken.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
KILLED BY THE CARS.

Dallas, Tex, Feb. IS.-(Special.)-An-
tone Garlick, farmer living near Au,-
hrey. intention county was run over and
killed by the Texas and Pacific. passenger
train No. II at 6 p. m. He jumped OH
in the yard, and falling under the wheels,
was cut all to pieces.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21

American Cotton Growers Protective
association will be present, and many of
the leading agriculturists and planters
are expected. The question of cotton
acreage for this year will be the principal
topic for discussion. All cotton exchanges
and similar commercial bodies are urged
to have representatives in attendance.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
TO CARRY ON THE WAR

Toxic, Japan, Feb ia bill will be
submitted to the Japanese parliament to-
day asking for the appropriation of $780,
OOO,OOO for expenses Of carrying on the
war against China.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
STRIKERS APPLYING FOR WORK,

Brooklyn, Feb. 17.-President Lewis OF
the Brooklyn Heights road said tonight
that during the day about 600 of the old
men had applied for work A number OF
them he said had been received back into
the fold, and others had their names put
on the eligible list. He expected that the
remainder of the strikers would be on
hand in the mo ing looking for their Old
positions. . .
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
FARM THOUGHTS FOR FEBRU.
- Iii. AIRY, .f ..,.

| This month is what might be called
the time for taking the second degree in
| 1895. If there ever was in the history of
! Texas time for the farmer and business
man to think, now is the time. True,
Texas had bountiful harvests in 1894,
but the price of all products, corn except
ed, has been below the cost of produc-
ton. Will this be SO in 1895, is serious
question? 1t will require thought to lay
out new program that will avoid such
q disaster. "r. 1901
There seems to be a general verdict for
less cotton. 't -'.t
This is the month to SOW oats, if not
already sown. Many farmers will no
doubt put % to 33 per cent of land in
oats. The late rains promise that the
land will be in condition for this.
To increase or even equal the last cotton
crop means complete bankruptcy to the
South. Then think and move slowly.
This is indeed a critical juncture for far
mers. Suppose the farmer fail? Then
what becomes of the one-horse merchant
Farmers come nearer having control of
the engine than does the town man.
Remember Mr.. Foster tells us that
April and May will be dry months in
some sections. Read his bulletins and
put yourself on guard and perhaps hard
times will not be your lot. f'
Give your special attention to sheep
and hogs, as to shelter, good beds, ETC.,
during the last winter month. Attend to
the cows, especially those with Young
calves, this month. Good feed this month
means much, for March is always the
hardest month on stock. Prepare your
stock for their trials.
Begin setting hens this month and keep
it up until July at least.
Where wheat, oats and other grain has
been killed-as most of it has-the ground
must be re-seeded to something; don't
let that something be cotton. Oil your
brain, so to speak; tighten up the taps
on your memory; put spur to your en-
ergy; clean the cob-webs out of your
conscience; rub all the rust off your think
ing box, and 1895 will be glad instead
of sad year for you.-Texas Farmer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
Office Of Austin and Northwestern Rail

Austin, Tex, Feb. II, 1870.
Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the stockholders and direct
ors of the Austin and Northwestern
Railroad company will be held at the
Office Of the company in the city of Aus
tin, Tex, on Wednesday, the Goth day
of March, 1895.
P.J. LAWLESS, Secretary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
GOES TO HOUSTON.

BRENNAN, Tex, Feb. 1S-(Special)-
State Health Officer Swearingen having
forbidden the holding of Green's brigade
reunion at Taylor, the time and place has
been changed to the second day of the
Confederate reunion at Houston in April.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21

Karl's Clover Root VIII purity your
blood, clear your complexion, regulate
a bell. 25c. zoe, and 81. For sale by
John Ii. Chiles, druggist, Austin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
THE POPE PROTESTS.

London, Feb. ia dispatch from
Rome to the Chronicle says that the Pope
has sent protest to the Russian minis
fer against Catholic priests in Poland who
are accused of anti-dynastic tendencies.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
COTTON CONGRESS-.
Farmers to Meet In Fort Worth to Dis,
cuss a Reduced Acreage.

Fort Worth, Feb. 1G.-(Special)-In
terest in the Farmers Congress, which
meets here on the 10Th, is increasing. and
. large number of county alliances have
met and appointed delegates to be. pre-
emit. Hector D. Lane, president of the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21

Shiloh's Cure, the great Cough and
Cramp Cure is in great demand. Pocket
size contains 25 doses. Only 25c. Child
rem love it. Sold by all druggists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
BISMARCK HONORED.

Berlin, Feb. 17-Prince Bismarck has
been elected an honorary member OF the
Berlin Academy of Fine Arts.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21

OVERDUE STEAMER TURNS UP
New York, Feb. 19.-The steamer City
of st. Augustine, Captain Caskill, which
sailed from Jacksonville Feb. for New
York. arrived at Bermuda today.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21

BETTING PRIVILEGES AWARDED.
Memphis, Feb. 10.-At meeting of the
executive committee of the new Mem
phis Jockey club tonight, Joe Ullman of
Chicago was awarded the betting priv
ileges at the coming spring meeting.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
FARMERS SHOULD ATTEND.
Texas Stock and Farm Journal.


The Farmers congress, which convenes
at Fort Worth February 10, should be at
tended by farmers representing every
part of the state. The year 1895 should
| be one of grave Importance to the far
mers of Texas and all the South, con-
| fronted as they are with set of condi-
lions widely dissimilar to any within
| their experience. With the most NUM-
ficent returns in point of production in
the year gone by, they are met with the
unanswerable fact that their chief pro-
duct, cotton, has been produced at loss,
and had it not been for the bountiful
crops of other kinds, which little more
than made up the deficit in cotton, they
would be very near the border of desti-
/ tuition. The meetings or conventions
held so far to devise ways and means to
retrieve the losses occasioned, have all
concluded one way-cut down the cotton
ayerage-but in no instance have the
farmers who attended these conventions,
signifed what they would plant on the
ground formerly occupied by cotton.
| If everybody raises corn the same con-
ditions which now apply to cotton will be
! met with here. Neithed wheat nor oats
will serve to take the place held by cot
ton to within the past year. With this
| considered, there is no getting around the
fact that something must pc uOne, ana
unless there is a concert of action it is
almost certain that the mistakes of last
year will be repeated. What is best can
only be determined by council of repre-
sentative men, actually engaged in the
business of farming, men whose delibera-
lions and conclusions will have weight
with their fellows throughout the state.
The most important phase of the question
is what to substitute in the place of cot
ton, for whether or not the cotton crop
of this year is as bountiful as in 1894, or
that the indication are favorable for cot
ton seed and its products to be higher,
the fact must not be lost sight of that
upwards of 100000 bales of the feecy
staple will be held over to operate against
this years production. There are many
things relative to the agricultural inter
ests of the state that should receive the
attention of such body, only it is import
ant that the representation should be
large, and from different sections of the
state. Texas farmers, as rule, are very
slow in attending anything but political
conventions, but it is to be hoped that
they will realize the Importance and
need of their presence at this congress,
and will attend in numbers. a.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
SMALLPOX.
TWO MORE GASES DISCOVERED
AT TAYLOR.
introduced by Imported Mexican Gotten
Pickers - Five Gases Reported
From the Vicinity of Rich
nd--Precautionary Meas
ures Being Taken.

Taylor, Feb. 18.-(Special)-Dr. Q. T.
Cooper, city health physician, announced
two cases of smallpox now existing in
the city, in the family of Chas. Straub,
a restaurant keeper on Main street, who
has been feeding horde of Mexican
cotton pickers imported here last fall.
The cases are confined to his two young
children.
As q consequence, the state health Of
fcer, DR.. r. M. Swearingen of Austin,
was here yesterday evening, diagnosed
the cases and ordered the premises iso-
lated, tagged and carefully guarded by
the city authorities.
The children having previously attend
ed the Taylor public school, the school
trustees, as a precautionary measure,
this morning ordered the schools sus-
pended for two weeks, after which no
pupil will be admitted who has not been
vaccinated.
Three other cases are reported in the
surrounding country, a child at the home
of ]. Il. Davidson, a mile south of town,
and two in a German family living near
Bushy Creek, five miles from the city,
but this report lacks confirmation.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-19
viavi Testimonial.

Having received so much benefit from
the use of Viavi am anxious the public
should know what blessing has come
to us with the Viavi Remedies
| have suffered with complication of
diseases for six years, have been in the
hospital in San Francisco but have found
nothing that has benefited me so much
as Viavi.
would recommend it to the suffering
people of Honolulu.
Any one wishing to ask me in regard
to it may call at my home on Beretania
near Nuuanu street.
MRS. SCHRADER
These remedies for sale at the office.
100 King street.
477-3mo d G. W.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-19
A Bankers Mistake.

II recently heard" said Mr.. Gage, "of a
banker in Wisconsin, man of iron firm
ness, who, hearing of bank troubles in
many localities, determined that he would
not lend dollar, but would collect every
claim due. He enjoyed the entire conf
dence of the community, being a man of
undoubted responsibility. Soon after the
banker had determined upon this policy a
man of substance applied to him for a loan
of $780, The banker refused roughly on the
ground that he could not spare the money.
The would be borrower from whose mind
the illusion had not yet been dissipated
that bank was fountain from which
wealth flowed, was shocked and panied. He
went about among other members of the
community expressing his grief that this
banker was in such distressing situation.
Certain depositors put their own construc-
tion upon the meaning of all this. Within
week the banker himself was a humble
borrower in Chicago. having paid in hard
cash 25 per cent of his liabilities to the
community which had lost faith in him"
Chicago journal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-19

A fine and profitable business for women,
pursued as profession, is that Of house
keeping. Every woman thinks herself
fitted to keep house." but in sober truth
those who are really fitted for it-that is,
those who are thoroughly educated in its re-
quirements so that they would have a right
to practice 1t as they would any other trade
or profession and receive money for it--are
by no means many. Yet if the women who
have peculiarly strong domestic inclina-
tions would recognize that the trend Of
their talent is toward housekeeping and
then prepare themselves seriously from the
first step to the last there would be a sens-
BILE addition made to the comfort of the
world and II new opening established
through which many women, instead of
now and then one could earn their liveli-
hoods.
As it is now, when there seems to be moth
ing else that woman can do, and she has
not home into which she can take board
ers for its support, she advertses herself as
a housekeeper for gentleman's family,
widower preferred. If she had learned her
business, as she would have that of dress
making, or typewriting, or school teaching,
or surgery, or anything else, in short, she
would never have to make that humiliating
postscript of ''widower preferred" In that
case the widower would not be preferred.
She would go into house where there was
a wife who wished and wearied for her and
would pursue her duties under no often
sive suspicion of an intention ultimately to
marry the widOwer.
1t would make small difference to her if
her employer were man or woman, although
she might perhaps slightly prefer the wom-
an for the sake of the sympathy which one
woman has for another, but she would 90
on with her tasks, her plans, her oversight,
occupied with the house and keeping it in
order, with the children and their clothes
and their health, with the table, the serv-
ants, the linen, with the whole round of the
years work which keeps house and home
in running order, and would pay no more
heed to the personality of the man of the
house as an individual pleasant or unpleas-
ant to her, than if she were an automaton
that had been wound up to go through its
motions at his service.-Harper's Bazaar
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-19
RRoplE IN SCuLPrURe.
How They Played 1t Low Down on the
Dead Game Sport.

How They Played 1t Low Down on the
Dead Game Sport.
Steve Brodie has been suffering most
pognantly the penalties of fame. For over
a week he has been tortured, and he pro
poses to have redress.
"Dey played it low down on me, seer"
said Steve yesterday in an injured tone.
"Tm no kicker, but don't wanter be play
ed fer u gilly. I'll tell yer de trut' of de
whole snap. | wuz in me art gallery here
flgurin on scheme to relieve de stringency
in the money market, see, when coon
dame come in aud SEE, SEE she, as how dere
wuz lady in hack as wanted to see me
around de corner wuz little leery of
dat game, see, but me wife wuzn't around,
an tort | w'u'd jis' see wot de snap wuz
for fun Well, dere wuz er young lady
dere in a coopay, see, an, say, she wuz a
corler too. | Civ her de salute of FIT
avenoo mug, see, an she seq seq she, smilin
/ like II watermelln, Dis is Mr.. Broduc,
persoomY Yer called de turn, miss SEE.
'Wot kin do fur yer"
"Den she swiped me wild a lot o. taffy, an
SEE as how she wuz sculpture an wuz get
tin up n COLISEUM Of the famous men OF dc
wurl She sen she wuz maxim sculps OF
Gladstone, Bismarck, se Emprer William
Clcvclan an er lot of odder big mugs, an
she wanted ter sculp me wild de gang |
seq, SEE |, Gently, miss I'm agreeable ter
ennytin ter be perlite.' SO jumped inter
de coopay an brung her ter me house ut
lCl Elm street, where | knocked her down
ter me wife. Me wife sized up her giblets
suspicious like. but Civ er de ting straight,
an dey wuz frens right away. Den me wife
wanted ter know if de dame 'ud CIV Inc rs
bic n sculp as she would Grover, an dat sci
us all ter laughin Den de sculpture sel
ter me, SEE she Take Off yer close ter dc
wais'' Dat wuz purity raw, tort, an me
wife looked n ef she wanted ter Kick, but
de sculpture seq, seq She OATS de proper
caper, sees' an stripped right down ter dc
wase, y ef wuz goin ter scrap
Den de sculpture made me lay down OIL
de floor an stretch out Inc arms like z ef
wuz goin to make my celebrated swim
down de Hudson ag'in. She had er lot er
stuff in er bag, and vile was gettin in
posish she mixed up er lot er mortar SAINT
q eft she wuz or dago flXin up de chalk i'm
: ages uf de postles an saints. Den she stuck
de stuff all over me body, leaving little
spigot hole fur me wind. Hully gee but
it wuz hotl But | didn' weaken. I'm e.
dead game sport. Seer Well, stald IL
dat mud soup fer an hour an er half. See
An wen uau sculpture Jun hhc oieSh ~
felt like I'd jumped the bridge ag'in-l WI
dat weak. De first ting | knowed afte
dat wuzer guy come in here II few days ag
and seq, SEE he, Steve, dey got yer bus il
b Huber's musyum.' An it wuz de trut' toe
It's dere yet, and it's er caricaychuh of me
Dere amt no Gladstone nor no Bismarcl
nor no Grover wild me, an I'm goin to max
81 der musyum guys pay fer de shame an dis
grace and conchummellydey US heaped upo
me. OATS wot de lawyers complaint SEE
Dat sculp's gotter go. See''-New 1or
= Advertiser.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-19
CASTLE ( COOKE.
IMPORTERS
Hardware
and
General
Mercha

There are a great many homes
having zinc lined Bath Tubs
that are in good condition with
this one exception, they lack the
features of a porcelain lining.
How to overcome this without
going to the expense OF getting
new tub has been a, question
that has worried a good many.
One pot of our WHITE
ENAMEL PAINT will do the
work, forming as it does a
GLOSSY SURFACE almost
equal in hardness and durability
to that of Porcelain itself, being
at the same time hardly distln,
guished from Porcelain.
Consult with your Physician
and he will tell you by all means
to paint your Bath Tub with
ENAMEL PAINT.
The KEY STONE EGG
BEATERS are little gems, try
one if you want your Eggs
quickly and thoroughly beaten.
We also call your special atten-
ton to our economical BARREL
and CYLINDER CHURNS,
they are easy workers, have all
sizes and prices.
We have handy CLOTHES
DRIER having ten arms made
to fasten on the wall, when not
in use, by simple pull these
arms fold up like a fan, thus tax,
ing up but little room.
Remember we sell Standard Oil Cos.
Pearl Oil at $3.50 per case C. o. d. de-
Ii cred to any part of the city free.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-19
ODDS AND ENDS.

Glotto, the artist, was peasants son.
Coal was first used in England as fuel in
1850.
The strongest fortress in the world is Glib
raltar.
The largest mammoth tusk yet discov-
cred was 10 feet.
To find fault with our government is to
blame ourselves.
Subtlety may deceive you Integrity new
er will.-Cromwell.
The lungs of the average man contain
about five quarts of air.
Botanists say that there are upward Of
b0,000 varieties of plants.
There are in British India 10, 147 shops Ii.
censed for the sale of opium.
The standing army of Hawaii consists OF
GA men, three of whom are generals.
The gratitude of place to expectants is a
lively sense of future favors. Walpole.
Eighty of the towns in Great Britain sup
| ply the names of 100 towns in this country.
A shoemaker at Lynn, Mass, repairs free
every eleventh pair of shoes left to be fixed.
There are 100000 kangaroos in Aus
tralia. What if they were all to jump at
| once?
At the beginning of the Christian era the
relative values OF gold and silver were as
l9to1.
The average weight of the male infant at
birth Is seven pounds; of the female six and
a half.
Try tallow candle cut in pieces and
wrapped in brown paper to keep moths
from furs.
Diphtheria, pneumonia. yellow and scar
let fever are unknown in Chulalangkorn
kingdom Of Siam.
Put salt on the clinkers in your stove or
range while they are hot after raking down
the fire, and it will remove them.
Sailors who sham illness as n means of
Sinking work and weather are said to be
afflicted with Cape Horn fever"
Too many follow example rather than
precept, but it is safer to learn rather from
precept than example. Warwick.
If there is streak of rank vulgarity in
our society, it is glaringly shown by the
display of the money cost of things.
The steam engines of the world represent
the work of ,000, coo, 600 men, or more than
. double the working population of the earth.
Hepparchion, 100 years b. c., counted
, 1,012stars with the naked eye and l1olemaus
l,022. The telescope now counts lOO,OOOOOO
The best quality of dynamite is a mix.
lure of 20 per cent of nitroglycerin and 9;
per cent of silicious earth known AS kies
elguhr.
The park policemen of San Francisco ust
= the lariut to stop runaway horses, and al
are experts with the rope.
Spots on the wood of furniture may otter
be removed by rubbing vigorously with
turpentine and sweet oil, and then renew
ing the polish by brisk rubbing.