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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01
Read With Interest in Washington.

Washington, June 29.-The cablegram
from London today giving the substance of
an article to appear in the National Re
view to the effect that the United States
monetary commission, of which Senator
Wolcott of Colorado is head, had met with
gratifying success in France, and stating
positively that England would reopen her
indian mints and otherwise contribute to
an extended use of silver. was read with in
terest by government officials. They had
known that the commission was very cor.
daily received in France, and that the COM
mssioners were greatly encouraged by the
strong and apparently increasing silver
sentiment in that country, as the president
not long since received from Senator VOL
colt latter to this effect. The statement
n that England is willing to join the move
>Qent to the extent of re-opening her In
II mints, is received with many doubts.
q copy of the cablegram was shown to the
president and to Secretary Gage, but
J neither of them cared to express an opinion
on it beyond the statement that they feared
the Review article was Overdrawn.
Investigating CrOsby's Death.
City of Mexico, June 29--The case of
the Englishman, Douglass Crosby, who
was, according to all appearances, acci-
,dentally shot at COyoean, a suburb of this
city several years ago. is under investi-
cation on behalf of the New York Mutual
Life Insurance company and heirs. Cros-
by, shortly before his death, took out
heavy policies in the company, reported
to be in excess of 100000. At the time
of his death three friends who were with
him, shooting at the same time. were ar
rested but on strict investigation they
were discharged, but there is still doubt
whether Crosby committed suicide. taking
advantage of the fact that all the party
were firing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01
Assassinated by a Negro.

Caldwell, Burleson County. Tex, June
2S-(Special.) Yesterday about o'clock,
s. A. McClarley was shot and killed al
most instantly in the Brazos bottom
county. A negro came to the house where
he was spending the night and called for
him. McClarley poked his head out OF
the window and received load from a
shotgun in the hands of the negro. Yes
terday Justice f. l.. Skartabanek held an
inquest Deceased was young man,
unmarried and about % years Of age,
and was formerly guard on the White
convict farm, this county. At that time
the alleged murderer was one Of the con-
victs working under him. He is reported
captured
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01
TeIephone presidents Elected.

Chicago, June 2S.-The directors Of the
Chicago Telephone company have elected
Robert II. Lincoln president. pro TEN. with
all the powers of the president, to take
effect on July 1. The directors of the
Central Telephone company have elected
w. A. jackson president, to take effect
July 1. Both of these elections have been
held to fill vacancies caused by the resig-
nation of Fl. B. Stone as president of
both companies.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01
Bucklen,s Arnica salye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblainss,
corns and all skin eruptiOns. and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
per box. For sale by C. o. Yates, 219
East Pecan street, Austin. Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01
Denounced peby schcme.

Detroit Mich, June 27.--About 200 De-
troit socialists met this afternoon and de-
nounced Il. V. Debs' movement for an in
dependent community in Washington. The
scheme was characterized by all the speak
ers as the old communistic theory and i'm
possible of achievement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01
we.Ieyan COLLEGE sermon.

Middleton, Luna 27.=The annual
sermon to the graduating ciass of Wesley
an college was preached by Bishop w. y.
Hinde of Detroit, in the absence Of Presi-
dent Raymond Previous to the bacca
laureate a prayer was offered by Bishor
Foss, former president of the university.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01
Died of Hi. Injuries.

Cameron, Tex, June %. 2S.-(Special)-
Martin Horelico. the Bohemian who was
hurt r, runaway on the 18th, died here
last night. He never regained conscious
ness.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01

proving and they will sail homeward to-
morrow "wednesday on the steamer
India
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01

Caution: Buy only DIR. Isaac Thomp-
sons eye water. Carefully examine the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01
John l.. Quits MuIdOOn.

New York, June 29.-John L. Sullivan,
Muldoon at White Plains for the past
week or two in anticipation of meeting
with Fitzsimmons, has had falling out
with the veteran trainer, and as conse-
quence he left his training quarters to-
night and came to New York city. He
stated that he would 60 either to College
Point or Oceanic, n. j., and there resume
his training. He says he has not yet Sc
lected q new trainer.
Ladies take DR.. Siegert's Angostura Bit
ters generally when they feel low spirited.
1t brightens them UP Immediately.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01
THE MUTUAL LIFE is THAT COMPANY.

1t paid its policy holders in 1896 ..... S2543l
paid its policy holders since organization $1,000
business for 1896 S6Zzo
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01

Remember the best company good
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
WISE WORDS.

Reckless youth makes rueful age.
A breakfast table or a long voyage
for close acquaintance.
Cultivation to the mind is as neces-
sary as food to the body.
Once your friend does you an i'll
turn he will never forgive you.
A life spent worthily should be
measured by deeds, not years.
No one knows the right way so well
as one who has once been misled.
O, what n tangled web we weave,
when first We practice to deceive.
The earnestness of life is the only
passport to the satisfaction OF life,
Sometimes genius may be bound or
barred for a time, but she will out.
Common sense in an uncommon de-
gree is what the world calls wisdom.
To ENJOY ones work is no less nee
essary than to enjoy the definite re-
suit OF it,
The people who pray hardest for
the millennium wouldn't know what TO
do with themselves if it really came.
When it's himself, man says he
has accepted a position; when it's
about another man, he says he's found
a job,
II takes less time 10 amass a for
tune than to become heavenly minded.
It's the work Of a long life to become a
good man.
Inquisitive people are the tunnels
of conversation; they do not take any
thing for their own use, but merely
to pass II on to others.
After O woman has heard hard
stories about man she always Won
ders how he can go around so without
look of shame on his face.
To take for granted as truth all that
is alleged against the fame of others
is species of credulity that men
would blush at on any other subject.
The Southwest.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
How Ostrichcs Run.

Considerable misconception prevails
as to the manner in which the ostrich
runs. 1t seems to he still generally
held that when running it spreads its
wings, and aided 10y them skins
lightly over the ground. This is not
correct. When bird really settles
itselito run it holds its head lower
than usual and little forward, with a
deep loopin the neck. The neck vi
bratcs sinuously, but the headremains
steady, thus enabling the bird, even
at top speed, to look around with un-
shaken glance in any direction, The
wings lie along the sides about on q
level with or little higher than the
back, and are held loosely, just free of
the plunging "thigh." There is no
attempt to hold them extended, or to
derive any assistance from them as or
gans of fight.
When an ostrich, after hard run,
is very tired, its wings sometimes
droop; this is due to exhaustion.
They are never, by a running bird ex-
erting itself to the utmost, held out
away from the sides to tighten it's
weight or to increase its pace. But
the wings appear to be Of great service
in turning, enabling the bird to double
abruptly, even when going at top
speed. The Zoologist.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
hEARTSEASE.

While DER my life still hung tho morning
Dreamy and soft in er.lighted skies
While care and sorrow held themselves
afar,
And no sad mist Of tears had dimm'd my
eyes:
! saw Loves roses blowing,
With scent and color glowing.
And so | wished for them with longing
signs.
The brightest hung so high and held aloft
Their crimson faces, passionately bright;
The gay, rich, golden ones escaped me Oft
And hedged with sharpest thorns the
lofty white:
From all my eager pleading ~
They turned away, unheeding:
Among Loves roses none were mine OF
right.
Yet, Of sweet things, those roses seemed
most sweet
And most desirable until voice,
Soft as sad music, said: "Lol at thy feet
little flower shall make thy heart re.
joice."
And so, the voice obeylng,
saw In beauty straying
a wealth OF Heartsease, waiting for my
choice.
Great purple pansics, each with snowy
heart,
And golden ones, with eyes OF deepest
blue;
Some "freaked with JET" some pure white
ones apart,
Bnt all so sweet and fresh with morning
dew
i could not bear 10 lose them,
j could not help TO choose them,
For sweet Content sat singing where they
grew.
80, now Loves roses shake their scented
leaves.
But tempt me not to their enchanted
quest;
gather Heartseasc set in dcwy leaves
And am content-for me II Is the best.
BE glad II, sweet and glowing,
You find Loves roses blowing
sing through life with Heartsease at my
breast.
Mary A. Barr, In plttsburg CONNIE rcial
Gazette.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. -

/ Difference - Maybe So - Cause For
Thanks-why 1.-THE .worrier-sociai
Reminiscence-A Poscr--A Wise Sales
mana Man OF Means, Etc, Etc.
love to SEQ her parted lips,
Hove her pearly teeth,
love TO scan her dainty tongue
Within its ruby sheath
But, ah, there Is O difference Ike
The one 'twixt night and dawn
For when I tell my love to her
hate to see her yawn.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29

il / thought the chances against me,
no matter how innocent I were, l
would decline the h?Tcr."
VI had just dropped il Tor a friendly
chat and smoke with my friend, Rich
ard Boynton, an old lawyer well
known for an extensive clientele
among staid and quiet old Knicker-
booker families. Turning to him, /
said, as lighted a cigar: "What say
you, picE?"
,r"ln they I agree with our young
friend; in practice with you. I'll
give iyou case in point, if you like
at was about ten years ago,
when l was aroused, about 2 o'clock
in the morning by messenger from 4
police court, the bearer OF q hastily
scrubbed note from an old client of
mine. He was n childless widower,
much interested in Egyptology, and
consequently spent much OF his time
in Egypt. Being rich, he could afford
this expensive hobby.
"The note received ran;
"Dear Boynton-They have brought
me down here on some absurd charge
or other Come and arrange for my
release Immediately. II. RowLEy.
81 fastened to the releaf of my
client. Now must tell you he was
very fastidious in his dress and par
ticularly natty and trim i'll his appear
ance. He wore Il brown beard, cut in
Vandyke fashion.
Judge. theL, of my establishment
when was shown man dressed in
q particularly hashy style, Of the kind
affected by the sporting fraternity-a
clean shaven face, save for an inch OF
two of side whiskers.
"'Ah, Boynton, get me out Of this
quick
There is some mistake, l sail to
the policeman.
Howl asked he.
why, this is not Mr., Rowley,
This is not the gentleman l came &c
see.'
THAT so? Well, this is the mar
who gave me the note l sent up &c
you.
"At this l looked up at the man
before me and said:
What made you use Mr.. Row
ley's namep'
"He clutched me by the sleeve and
gasped out;
" why, man, what do you means
Do those clothes so alter me? Speak
IT looked at him very keenly, and
gradually there dawned on me that
after oil, this was my old friend Row
ley.
>" Heavens, is il you Rowleyi
What are you doing here? Come,
man, compose yourself and let's gel
at the bottom Of this
II sat down on the bench by his
side: but Notwithstanding my cross
questioning all I could get from hin
was nothing more than that he had
arrived the previous evening in New
York, had engaged a room at hotel
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29

committee has found q man to les
liking an Exchange" Of pulpits for
one Sunday between him and q
preacher whose church is near the
vacant one is arranged. Thus many
members Of the latter can hear the
unconscious Candidate" and, If the
general verdict be satisfactory he will
receive a call.-New York Press.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
A Wise Salesman.

whats these here vases worth?"
asked the gentleman with all kinds of
new money.
"The regular price is 81, but" said
the clerk, Seeing that it is you, will
make it seven-ffty."
Gimme six Of 'em. indianapolis
Journal.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
No sympathy,

''I've got complaint to make"
said the office boy to his employer.
"What is it?"
Tho boolSkeeper kicked ne, sir.
1 don't want no bookkeeper to KICK
me-"
"Of course he kicked you. You
don't expect me to attend to every
thing, do you? 1 can't look after I'll
the little details Of the business my
self"
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
An Affable Explainer.

Yes" said the politician, 81 said I
was the workingman's friend"
But you don't do any work." sug-
gested the man with calloused hands.
"No--not at present."
And you never did any work" -
That's true. You see, what the
workingman most needs is work.
And am too much the workingmans
friend to run any risk Of taking work
away from him. "-Washington Star.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
A Paper Printed on Pixies Peak.

The enterprising Kansan who is pub
fishing paper on Pixies Peak, at a
height OF l4,l70 feet, is said to be
clearing S25 to s35 every day. A morn
ing and an evening edition are printed.
Two pages ard devoted TO local incl
dents, chiefly relating the arrival of
travellers, who usually buy numbers Of
the paper as souvenirs.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
Compensation.

CATER all, old age isn't the worst
thing on record"
"Why isn't it?"
after a man passes certain Pc
riod in life his children get discour-
aged and quit picking him M on
grammar. Chicago Record.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
Cause For Thanks.

Mrs. Hoolihan-"Oi say, Mrs. John,
son, have you seen Annie's new baby'
It's peach"
Aunty J.-"No; but reckon they's
mighty thankful faint q pair. "-Har-
per's Bazar.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
A Man of Means.

Mrs. Stuckupp-"Is this Mr. Slim
purse you have engaged yourself to Il
man OF means?"
Sensible Daughter-'Yes, mother.
He means all he says, and that's the
sort of husband want. New York
Weekly.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
A SumcieIlcy,

Daughter (sentim entally)-"Ah,
mother! the summer wanes. How
beautifully it dies. Soon we will
have the Frost"
Mother (who has tried ten seasons
to get the girl oil her ndsJ--"Oh,
pshaw. You have had nothing but
frost all summer. Puck.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
A Poser.

Nip--"Seems to me that lately 1
have run against IN enormous number
of men that have seen better days"
Tuck-"Yes, but did you ever strike
one who was grateful for it?".-Life.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
Maybe So.

ct don't know what I would have
done il It hadn't been for you!" ex-
claimed the discharged prisoner,
"Well, you probably would have
done time" said the proud lawyer.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
THE WRONG MAN.

n innocent man need
never be afraid to
face a jury" SO
spoke n young lawyer
butrecently admitted.
WELL" said I, from
a layman's standpoint
of law, II think that
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29

The public debt Of Allegheny City,
Penn, is very small for its size, being
81, Al, 500, while the resources Of the
city amount to $50, 100000.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
The Worrier.

"Does your husband worry about
the grocery bills?" asked the nagged.
looking lady.
Law, no." said the lady with the
new silk skirt and the rusty shoes.
1--WE let the grocer do all that. In
dianapolis journal.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
Force of Habit.

Ibid you ever notice the queer, ro'
tary gesture Mr.. Chilkoot makes when
his wife rings for the butlerP'
eyes; you see he used to be q mo-
torman before he went TO the Klon
dixie. Detroit Free Press.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
lid Won do2"
Nvlye

= Tenant demand n rebate on my
rent. Your old water-pipe burst,
flooded my cellar, and my chickens
were drowned"
Landlord-"But, my dear sir, why
didn't you keep ducks ?"-Philadelphia
North American.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29

There are 39,951 Italians in New
York City, the largest colony of this
people in the United States. Brook
Ign comes second, with 1868.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
Social Iieininiscence.

"I'm nobody now, but once I shook
this town from centre to circumfer-
ence."
"What did you do9"
81 wore an imported dress coat
which had tails lined with red
Chicago Record.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE

THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. :.
A Difference - Maybe So Cause For
Thanks-why 1.-THE .worrier-social
Reminiscence-A Poscr--A Wise Sales
MANA Man OF Means, Etc., Etc.
love TO sec her parted lips,
| love her pearly teeth,
love to scan her dainty tongue
Within its ruby sheath;
But, nh, there Is q difference like
The one 'twixt night and dawn
For when tell my love TO her
hate to see her yawn.
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Maybe So.
"I don't know what I would have
done IL Il hadn't been for you" ex-
claimed the discharged prisoner.
"Well, you probably would have
done time, said the proud lawyer.
A Poser.
Nip-"Seems TO me that lately L
have run against IN enormous number
of men that have seen better days"
Tuck-"Yes, but did you ever strike
one who was grateful for it?"-Life.
Cause For Thanks.
Mrs. Hoolhan-"Oi say, Mrs. John.
son, have you seen Annie's new baby!
It's peach.
Aunty J.-"No; but I reckon they's
mighty thankful faint pair. "-Har.
per's Bazaar
Force of Habit.
"Did you ever notice the queer, 70,
tary gesture Mr.. Chilkoot makes when
his wife rings for the butler?"
Eyes; you see he used 10 be q mo-
torman before he went TO the Klon
dixie. Detroit Free Press.
A Man of Means.
Mrs. Stuckupp-"Is this Mr., Slim
purse you have engaged yourself to Il
man OF means?"
Sensible Daughter-"Yes, mother.
He means all he says, and that's the
sort of husband want New York
Weekly.
Social Reinin iscence.
"I'm nobody now, but once SHOOK
this town from centre to circumfer-
ence."
"What did you do?"
81 wore on imported dress coat
which had tails lined with red. -
Chicago Record.
whye
= Tenant-'I demand a rebate on my
rent Your old water-pipe burst,
flooded my cellar, and my chickens
were drowned"
Landlord-"But, my dear sir, why
didn't you keep ducks?"-Philadelphia
North American.
The worricr.
"Does your husband worry about
the grocery bills?" asked the nagged.
looking lady.
Law, no, said the lady wiki the
new silk skirt and the rusty shoes.
1--WE let the grocer do all that. In
dianapolis Journal.
Compensation.
CATER all, old age isn't the worst
thing on record"
"Why isn't it?"
after a man passes a certain Pc
riod in life his children get discour-
aged and quit picking him up on
grammar. Chicago Record.
| Wise Salesman.
whats these here vases worth?"
asked the gentleman with all kinds of
new money.
"The regular price is 81, but" said
the clerk, Seeing that it is you, will
make it seven-ffty."
Gimme six OF 'em. indianapolis
Journal.
A suniciency.
Daughter (sentimentally)-"Ah,
mother! the summer wanes. How
beautifully it dies. Soon we will
have the frost"
Mother (who has tried ten seasons
to get the girl oil her hands -"Oh,
pshaw! You have had nothing but o
frost all summer. Puck.
No sympathy.
"Ive got complaint TO make"
said the office boy to his employer.
"What is it,"
| "Tha hookkaaner t;ckad ma civ
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-15
A WASTE OF TIME.
Progressive Farmer

A number of State papers have used
up good deal of white paper and ink,
and wasted valuable time as well, in
trying to convince somebody that the
editor of this paper has committed a
great wrong in accepting the position of
Secretary to the Board of Agriculture
We understand that much of the criti-
cism has been in II spirit of fun. How
ever, some of the papers have tried to
make it appear that there has been some
inconsistency; that this writer has made
relentless warfare on ''pie-hunters" and
should not accept pie himself.
True we have ridiculed fellows who
make day and night hideous with their
appeals for office; those who ask all their
friends to sign their petitions two or three
times a week, Oftentimes when they have
no just claim for this or that position,
and still oftenpr when they are totally
unfit to fill the positions they were after.
We have also had something to say about
people who jump from one party to an
other with no other object in view than
n possible office Then, again, we have
often renowned traitors those who re
nolInce principles they nave long advO-
Gated, deserving their friends for the pur-
pose of getting pie. We have been par
ticulary severe on those who have de-
serted their friends and their avOWed
principles after getting office at the hands
of those who trusted them, and all this
we expect to continue. We have never
written a single word against office
holding or office-secking when it was done
in the right way, and the files Of this pa
per are open to anyone who thinks he can
show anything to the contrary.
1t has been possible for this writer
to hold more profitable positions than
the one to which he was recently elect
ed, but to have accepted any of them
would have been treachery. We We're
elected Secretary by Il board composed
Of Republicans, Democrats and POpu-
lists, and if they expected anything eX
cept our best efforts to fill the position,
they have never intimated it. There
was no compromise Of principle. and
the writer has not and will not change
his views on any subject unless con-
WINGED that said views were erroneous.
We believe II man can hold an office,
large or small, and be honest. and that
he can treat every citizen alike in dis
charging his duties. and this we will
endeavor to do We trust that our read
ers will pardon this much Of II personal
nature, and promise not to refer to the
subject again if it can be avoided.