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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10
THE NEW YEAR

Finds, Hoods Sarsaparilla leading in
everything in the way of medicines in
three Important particulars, namely,
Iood's Sarsaparilla has
l. The, largest sale in the world. It
accomplishes
2. The greatest cures in the world. 1t
has
3:The largest laboratory in the world.
What more can be said? Hoods Sar-
saparilla has merit; is peculiar to itself,
and most of all, Hoods Sarsaparilla
cures. If you are sick, it is the medicine
for you to take.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10
HOUSTON ITEMS.
Bank Officials Elected--Catholic knights
of America In Session.

of America In Session.
Houston, Jan. S.-(Special. )-National
banks elected officers today as follows:
First National-H. p. Root, president;
w. II. Palmer, cashier. Houston Nation
al-Henry s. Fox, president; N. G. Mum
ger, cashier Commercial National-A. b.
Chew, president; II. A!sGirand, cashier.
South Texas National-M. II. Jones, pre-
sident j. Il. McAshan, cashier. Haulers
and Mechanics-Dr. I. ]. Boyles, presi
dent; o. G. Drew, cashier. All the banks
declare dividends and all have their
vaults gorged with cash.
The Tenth Annual State convention of
the Catholic Knights of America met here
today with delegates from all over the
state. At 10 o'clock they attended solemn
high mass Mt the church Of the Anuncia-
ton, conducted by Rev. Father Lee
Granger and Father Pfeiffner. Father
Hennesy delivered an address. John A,
Mccormick of San Antonio was electe,
president. Very little business was trans
acted today, the work going over unit
tomorrow.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10
A FINE SPEAKER.

In selecting Representative I. 5.
Smith of Hill county as their speaker yes
terday, the members of the house did
themselves all credit. Mr.. Smith is an
experienced parliamentarian, distin-
guished scholar and n man in every re-
spect fitted for the position the house
Yesterday honored him with. lie will
preside over the deliberations of that body
with honor to himself and credit 10 the
house
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10

COTTON GROWERS CONVENTION
Jackson, Miss, Jan. 8.-The Cotton
Growers convention will meet here tomoi
row. Governor Stone, the president,
will deliver an address setting forth his
views and embodying statistics on the
cotton situation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10
der, tie Hon. Seth p Mills of MeLennan
county nominated the Hon. L. S. Smith

der the Hon Seth p. Mills of McLennan
county nomifated the Hon. L. 5. Smith
of Hill COUNT.
Washingtof 9 coSntyii Sin;yi seconded the noml-
RepreseNative J.. l.. Rhodes of Van
Zandt nopinated t. ]. Floyd of Bastrop
Renres,ntative l.. T. Dashiell of Leon
county s,conded the nomination of L. $.
Smith. I
county5econded Floyd's nomination.
! REPRESENTATIVE Morrison of Hamilton
seconded Smiths nomination.
Representative L. II. Watkins of Ma
varro seconded Floyd's nomination.
REPRESENTATIVE Chas. ]. Stubbs of Gal
vespn seconded Smiths nomination.
Nominations being closed, the ballot
wB taken and resulted as follows:
J Smith, 1902; Floyd, %.
, Representative Floyd arose and thanked
his friends for their support and moved
| tnat Mr.. Smiths election be made unanl-
ltnous, which was seconded by Represen-
Itative Cooke of Gonzales.
Speaker-elect Smith was then conduct
ed to the chair by Representatives Arnll-
stead and j. r. Cough. Upon assuming
the gavel Mr.. Smith made brief speech,
thanking his friends for their loyalty
and assuring the house that he would
govern the deliberations of that body to
the mutual advantage of all, and that IN
transacting the business of the house he
would ever place the responsibility OF
deliberation upon the shoulders of Dem
ocracy, adopting the old adage of meeting
justice to all and showing favoritism to
none," the speaker again thanked ms
friends for their support.
Acting Secretary Finger administered
the oath of Office and on motion the house
stood adjourned until 3. o'clock;
tative ]. NJ. Chambers of Montague coun-
ty offered Il resolution looking to the cleo
ton of officers of the house and in conjunc-
ton with the adoption of the resolution,
another resolution limiting nominating
speeches to two minutes and seconding
speeches to one minute was introduced by
Representative Morrison of Hamilton.
After brief discussion the resolution
was adopted.
Nominations for chief. clerk being in
order, Representative Henderson of
Lamar nominated Chester Halle, who
was elected by q vote of 107 to Mr..
Clark's Z votes.
For Sergeant at Arms-Representative
w. B. Sebastian of Stephens nominated
Capt A. Bell of Wichita county. Repre-
sentative X. A. Smith of Runnels county
nominated II. l.. Odom of Runnels: Rep-
resentative J. d. Mitchell of Victoria
placed U. S. Castles of Bell in nominal.
ton. Representative II. II. Jennings of
Nacogdoches nominated Jno. S. Doughtie.
The ballot being taken, the result was
announced as follows: Bell, -; Odom,
5; Castles, 80; DOughtie, 63.
d. Mr. Doughtie having received MAORI
ty of all the votes cast, was declared duly
elected.
Nominations for assistant sergeant at
arms being in order, the names Of E. l..
Barringer G. r. Porter, w. K. Bacon,
Geo. G. Davis, Lon O, Morris, w. f.
Parker, ]. G. Allcorn, Abe .Frisby were
placed in nomination. The ballot being
taken, the result was announced as fol-
lows:
Barringer, 13; Porter, IS; Bacon, a;
Davis, 5; Morris, "a; Parker, II; ALI
There being no election another ballot
uoS ordnrod
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10
HoGG's POWDER MAGAZINE.


Governor Hogg was a prominent fig
ure within the bar of the house all day
yesterday. He was holding a small legis-
lature by himself over in the south
edstern part of the hall and knowing
ones expressed the opinion that he was
getting all the able solons into his way
of thinking and thereby getting a de-
cided bulge on Governor-elect Culber-
son in his retrenchment and reform ideas.
1t is gently intimated that Governor
Hoge is arranging perfect powder mag
azine to turn Loose Oh CulNrr5On when
he comes to tle front with lis retrench-
ment and reform idoas md Judging Form
yesterdays lection The mess Of .hnse
parties is moi lar sm's-. Governor TIogp
has q fondheps for b.yiur Zig storm
going on in bis rpi-uh1rl.1d, and Il he
by hook or crook can get the elements
to bowling al Jnnd Goycrnor-elect Culber-
sons ears while be sits quietly aside aud
watches the general cc-lmotion, there
will be no man on earth more happy than
Retiring Governor James s. Hogg.
Judging from present indications be IN
tends to have that commoti0n
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10

Only derision is excited by the claims
of New York Baking Powder Company
to Worlds Fair award. Nobody got al
award cover" it because it did not com
pete. But DIR. Prices received the high
est award for purity, strength and whole
someness.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10
SAYS CONGRESSMAN S|LBY
Who Arraigns the Democratic Party for
Drifting From Its Moorings and
Cheerfully Roasts Cleveland, Say
ing That the Time Has Come
When Something More
Than
BRAINS, BELLY AND BRASS

Should be Stationed at the Head of the
Government-Every Man Goes to His
Place Says the Bible-Cleveland
Goes to Buzzards Bay and
Hog Island for Recreation
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10

Morris having received the majority
of votes cast was declared elected.
Pending the election of officers the
House adjourned Until 9:30 O'Clock this
morning.
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED.
Representative John Kennedy of Hous-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10
THE HOUSE

AZ high noon pxacrIy Secretary of
Stste Geo. w Smith called the house to
osder. The Rev. A II. Mitchell opened
lie Deliberations of the body with prayer.
a call Of the roll showed q quorum TO
be present and the oath Of Office was ad-
uinistered by Acting Secretary Finger.
Nominations for speaker being in or
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10
THE FIRST DAY.
THD TWENTY-FOuRTH LBGISLA
TURE FORMALLY OPENED
YESTERDAY.
SMITH is SPEAKER
4 Ot the House. Being Elected by Nott
\ ot lo2 10 % Popuiist Votes Cast for
floyd, the Candidate Of the Pop
ulist Party
IoRG IMITATION NOT nNFEcTEp

OFFICERS IN THE SENATE.
Secretary Z. Poole
s5a, sistsOt tisSSW sSSretTFyT p G6in@ 3 SRr'wles
Assistant journal Clcrk-A. =. Thwe
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-29
Who Is the BEST Man" In Congress?

Who is the best man in congress phys
ically? That was the question a group
of gentlemen were discussing in a snug
corner at Pages, the inquiry being apro-
pos of some recent attempts at iisticuffs
on the floor of the house. Nobody could
answer with certainty, though it was
regarded as a pretty sure thing that
among 356 men there We're quite num-
Der who would be able to give good
account of themselves in a scrapping
match.
One gentleman remarked that Mr..
Boutelle Of Maine was the possessor of
a superb physique, and another said that
Champ Clark Of Missouri had been
known to lift /, $50 dead weight, though
that was some years ago.
Il have an idea" said Mr.. Louis K.
Edwards, that Representative George
W. Ray of Norwich, n. Y, is among
the very best men in the present con-
gress. He is one Of the most powerful
men physically l ever knew, and his
muscles are like steel He has the ad-
vantage Of a superb constitution, the re-
suit Of country breeding, having passed
his youthful days Oh a farm. | saw four
men tackle him once, with the inten-
ton of doing him up, whereupon Ray
lit on the quartet and thrashed every
one of them till they begged for mercy
l would be sorry for any one man that
would try conclusions with him in a
rough and tumble fight. Washington
Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-29
New Form Of Color Blindness.

The subject Of color blindness, the
great Importance of which has been
widely recognized only within recent
years, continues to occupy the attention
of many scientific experimenters. Pro
fessor Koenig Of Berlin has just discoy'
cred a form of this infrmity hitherto
unrecognized.
Persons who are said to be typical
ly" color blind see yellow where the
normal eye sees red, while those who
are totally color blind are able to per-
ceive no colors at all.
The new form Of color blindness dis
covered by the German savant appears
to be intermediate between the typ
zeal" and the total" phase. Those who
suffer from it perceive nothing but
white in the entire l2rgth Ct tho solar
spectrum, except that ct tho end whore
the ordinary eye perccives bright red
they SEQ u faint shade e yellow, while
at the violet cad Cf tho spectrum they
are sensible cf a slight blucncss in the
light.
The dangers that arise from color
blindness arc frequently pointed out,
and much pains is taken oguard against
them in the selection Of engineers for
railway locomotives and steersmon for
vessels, but few think of tho deprivation
of pleasure which those suffer whose
eyes are not sensitive to all the colors
that make up the sunbeams. A person
who is totally color blind is almost as
much to be pitied as one who is deaf,
for large share of the beauty of the
world must be lost to those who know
neither red nor green nor violet, but
only varying intensities of whiteness or
grayness. Youths Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-29
Simply AbaentmInded.

Probably one of the most humorous
cases of observation-disclosures occurred in
one of the Office buildings yesterday aft
ernoon.
For at least half an hour the elevator
boy had noticed an old tenant Of the
building sitting upon the stairs outside
his Office. Thinking the man was sick,
the boy asked him why he had been sit
ting there so long.
"Just read that card ] tackled upon
the door," he said
The boy did so, and read, "Will re-
turn at 3 o'clock. "
Not understanding, the boy said,
"Have you lost your keyl"
"No, you idiot" roared the man.
Don't you know that 1t is only $3.50,
and have still another half hour to
wait?"-Cincinnat Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-29
Alb AL
SOUTHBOUND Pass Pass MIX

Train 405 connects at Harper Ferry
with Fast Limited Express trans leav
ing at is aud PittsluIg at ~ p, ~
and Chicago at IL 05 a. m. next morning
with train leaving at "a p. ~, arriving
at Chincinnati at 7, A a. m st. Louis ~
; 90 d. n.. and connect at Weyerton
with train arriving at Hsge stown al
los p. m, and at Washington Junction
with train ARRIVING in Frederick at
30 p m.
ain Ala connects with fast vesti-
buled trains at Harper's Ferry at 9Ss
p III. for Chicago, 1917 p. m, for Pitts
burg, and |. 46 a. NJ. for Cincinnati and
st. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburg at 3 20 q.
NJ; Chicago at 900 p M; Cincinnati At
$40 D. m and st. l. uisat 7.l2 a. m.
Pullman Palace Sleeping cars rnn
through to Cincinnati, ST LOUIS, Chicago
and Pttsburg, an AL express train.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks.
apply to an, Cfice Of the b. 4 d. d. r..
n TO C E. Dndrow, travelling passer ger
agent, Winchester, Va, or TO c. I. Ham
man, city ticket sgen'. Staupton, Va
CHAS o. SCULL. K. b. CAMPBELL,
Gen. Pass Agf. Gen. hsn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-29
TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF SOUL
Some Of the Remarkable Experiences Of
Psychical Investigators.

Some Of the Remarkable Experiences oi
Psychical Investigators.
Ghostly experiences were the order OF
the evening at recent meeting of the
Society For Psychical Research. Will
liam James Of Harvard university pre-.
sided and said that it was well to receive
experiences narrated with judicial i'm
partiality AS to the source and signii-
canoe.
Secretary Richard HOdgsOn read ex-
tracts from a revised proof Of f. w. H.
Wyers second paper on 1.-The Expert
ences of w. Stanton Moses" One ex-
tract was as follows:
ION one occasion Mr.. Moses, while in
q trance, got out of his body and stood
looking at it with no surprise whatever
at his singular situation. Suddenly he
became conscious Of the presence Of a
venerable, bearded prophet, who stood
beside him. The ghostly visitor was
clad in a very bright blue garment. On
his head was a cWonet, over which was
a star With the prophet as guide, he
left the apartment. His first sensation
of surprise was caused by the ease with
which be passed through the wall. The
pair traversed beautiful gardens till they
came to a small cottage. There Mr.
Moses saw his aged grandmother, much
idealized, but still looking as she did
during her earthly existence. She tried
to speak to him, but his guide hurried
him away. He afterward received spir-
itual information that the interruption
was due to the unfavorable condition ex-
listing at the time "
Another communication contained the
following experience Of Mrs. Common,
who was also accustomed to leaving her
body:
Eat hotel in New York, on one &C.
casion, she made one of these extra
corporal excursions. She could feel her
spirit passing out through her head.
She was whirled about the room, several
times touching the walls. She hesitated
whether to pass through the roof or out
of the window, but finally chose the
window. She noticed that the sky was
very red. Finally she crawled back into
her body. When she awoke, the sky
wore the samo red appearance she had
noticed while on her strange excursion.
Mrs. Common conveys the gratifying as
surance that the passage from the body
was attended by no pain or discomfort,
but was much like putting ones arm IN
a sleeve.
Still another experience was as fol-
lows:
"a private soldier in a Kansas regi-
ment was once taken sick and reluctant
" went into a hospital, where he ap-
parently died His friend, DR.. Chan
dler, despite the regimental surgeons
ridicule, tried to restore him, and sue
ceeded, after pouring some ammonia
through his lips. The soldier stated that
all the while DIR. Chandler was working
at his body his spirit was seated on the
mantelpiece trying to decide whether
to return to the body or take its final
departure from it, Noticing how anx-
ious DIR. Chandler seemed, he at last
determined to re-enter his body and did
SO. "-Boston Transcript
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-29
AHIstorIo Pane Of Glass.

There are several interesting memen-
tos Of Lincoln and Booth kept in q
small case in the rooms of the judge adj
vocate general at Washington. Among
these the most interesting is n common
pane Of window glass In August, 1864,
the country was startled with the an
nouncement that President Lincoln had
been poisoned. On that day Booth was
a guest ut the McHenry House at Mead
vile. Pa. With the diamond Of his
ring he scratched the following on one
of the glasses Of his room window:
ABE Lincoln departed this life Aug.
10, 1864, by the effect Of poison.
After the great tragedy of April IA,
1866, Miss McHenry removed the pane
and sent it to be preserved in the colleo-
ton Of relics mentioned. st. Louis
Republic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-29
Witnesses For the Truth.

Witnesses For the truth.
Who next shall l call up? guess the
next message will be to the fatherless
and widows, and here goes Gods mes
sage: Leave thy fatherless children. |
will preserve them alive, and let thy
widows trust in me" Who next shall l
call up? guess my next message will
be to those who have buried members Of
their own families, and here it goes,
1.-THE trumpets shall sound, and the
dead shall rise. Who next shall call
up? guess the next message will go to
those who think themselves too bad to
be saved. Here it goes, Let the wicked
forsake his way and the unrighteous
man his thoughts, and let him return
unto the Lord, who will have mercy,
and unto our God, who will abundant
" pardon. Who next shall / call up?
| guess it will be those who may think
l have not yet touched their case. Here
it goes, "Whosoever, whatsoever, who
soever will let him come.
And now may God turn on all the
electric power into this gospel battery
for the last tremendous message, so that
it may thrill through this assemblage
and through all the earth. Just six
words will compose the message, and
touch the key Of this gospel battery just
six times and the message has gonei
Away Away it flies And the message
is, "Have ye received the Holy Ghost?"
that is. do you feel his power? Has
he enabled you to sorrow over wasted
life, and take full pardon from the
crucified Christ, and turned your face
toward the wide open gates Of well
coming heaven? We appeal to thee, o
Holy Ghost, who didst turn the Philip
plan jailer and Saul Of Tarsus and Lydia
Of Thyatira and helped John Bunyan out
Of darkness when. as he describes it.,
Down fell | as bird short from the
top Of the tree, into fearful despair, but
was relieved by the comfortable word,
The blood Of Jesus Christ cleanseth
from all Gin, and helped John New
ton, when standing at the helm of the
ship in a midnight hurricane and
mightier than the waves that swept the
decks came over him the memory Of his
blasphemous and licentious life, and he
cried out, my mothers God have
mercy on mel" and helped one nearer
home, even me, De Witt Talmage, at
about IS years Of age, that Sunday
night in the lovely village of Blawen'
burg, N. j., when l could not sleep
because the questions of eternal destiny
seized hold Of me. and has helped me
ever since to use as most expressive OF
my own feeling:
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved wretch like mel
once was lost, but now I'm found;
Was blind, but now see.
Through many dangers tolls and snares
have already come.
Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me nome
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-29
MAKING WILLS.
TypewYitten Tesiaments Are Not Held In
High Esteem by Lawyers.

High Esteem by Lawyers.
Some comment has been caused in
legal circles by the fact that the will OF
the late J. Hosd Wright disposing OK
an estate of over So, 900, 900, is type
written. The will occupies more than
ten pages of typewriter matter and is
loosely bound together by silk cord.
1t appears that the highest form Of
legal practice in the matter of wills is
that these documents, no matter how
long, should all be written by hand.
This is not merely the survival Of an old
form still adhered to in spite of the
greater legibility of typewriting. The
opinion of lawyers who practice in the
surrogates court and have to do with
the disposition Of great estates is that
the writing of a will affords added pro-
lection against fraud.
1t is said that while it would be a
comparatively easy matter to initiate
typewriting and introduce a bogus sheet
somewhere in the body Of the document
if it ran over several pages, yet that this
could not so easily be done when all the
matter was written by hand. In the lat
ter case not only would the handwriting
of the genuine document have to be imi-
tated, which imitation would in itself
bo forgery and crime, but the ink and
paper would also have to be initiated.
There are only a few varieties Of type
writer paper, and the inks used on type
writers do not number more than doz-
en-.
J. Hood Wright was an active mem
Der Of the firm of Drexel, Morgan & Co.
and accustomed to large business trans
actions. His counsel was one of the
best known firms Of lawyers IN this city,
under whose advice, it is presumed, he
acted when drawing his will. At the
same time the files Of the surrogate s
office show that the will of William h.
Vanderbilt disposing of an estate Of
over 5000, 600, 900, was typewriter, oc-
cupying many sheets Of paper.
1t would undoubtedly be an added
protection against frauds in wills if
these documents, when on separate
sheets, could be bound together and
sealed in such a way that one sheet could
not be removed and another substituted.
The law does not make such provision,
however, and wills of all kinds have
been probated in this county. One will,
which was long a curiosity in the sur
rOgate's Office, was written in pencil on
the inside Of German primer. Another
will, which was probated recently in
this county, was between two sheets Of
glass, while many wills dispOsing OF
large fortunes have been accepted, al
though written altogether in pencil.
1t is a matter Of frequent occurrence
for wills to be offered for probate many
of them leaving immense sums Of
money, where the testator did not know
how to sign his or her name and made
mark, or cross That goes" be-
fore the surrogate just as we'll as the sig
nature which is signed with a flourish,
providing the document is properly wit
messed and otherwise complies with the
requirements Of the law. New York
World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-29

Bessimer steel No q for strength, durs.
bllity, uniformity and appearance, 10 the
perfected form Of roofing, and is adapted
10 any kind of building aud 10 the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-29
The Secret of Wealth.

Twynn-People who are always
preaching economy seem to think that
the way to get rich is to make dollars
20 farther.
Triplett--Isn't that the right way?
Twynn-Not at all The secret OF
wealth is to make them come faster
Detroit Free Presa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-29
Auctloneer-This picture is by one

Auctioneer-This picture is by one Ga
the old masters.
Miss Elderly (decisiyely)-I'm sure 1t
isn't.
Auctioneer (sarcastically) - Well,
madam, as presume you were person
ally acquainted with the old masters
and their works, / will not dispute your
ordl-London Tit-Bita