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IKXAS lOlHS
A wiud raiii ftotory is talked of at
rt Worth Texas
A custom houso to cost 125000
o bo liullt at El Paso Tex and tbo
itracU or consrection have been
lho Galveston Xeiis cotl
lea that 41800000 was expended In
telty during tho year 1882 iu build
aud improvement ou properly
Culton eoed oil is uowJ regularly
it in stooV liy nearly oil the first
sr retail groceries iu Texas and it is
dtlly taking the pla eof the Bocalled
J brought from lite northern pork
atA
A movement among Texas stock
a to disarm their cowboys was dcrid
at llrst but is now Haiti to bo making
itlderable headway Several stock
n aunonnced that thoy would not
ploy anybody who carried a doadly
ffyirVlWfiil1 arSred that thoy
old soon bo oompelled to rescind
> order but tho Slock Journal says
t they IInl no difficulty in getting
I keeping omployeos
Wzalhrrfonl Times On Novcm
IB 1831 Mr W W UoUerarrived
Parker county and settled iu Big
Jay Ho purchased a farm of 127
to from Mr Gilbert for 1150 Ho-
t 120O in cash only ns n capital lor
now operation which involved
tsehold good farmlog implements
i etook Ho went to work with a
1 aud without any other resources
1 tho list ocnt on his farm and fix
s on Thursday Uu bus threo
sen six cows aud eight hogs iu addl
1
On the JOth of January Bheri
Is of Austin received u message
I Louisiana that George Tuylor
wanted thcro foi murder and about
hours afterwards Qcorgo Taylor
keel into tho sheriffs ofllco and
i whether ho might bo permitted
< Hud Taylor his cousin now
nl In jail lor murder On being
mod ho would have to bo searohed
luhmitted aud tho sheriff aftor
llniig htm unlocked tho double
and told tho young muu to walk
rbichho did when lho officer closed
loor locked and barred tho samo
informed the ycuns man ho vaa a
juer telllug him of tho dispatch
reported nt ouco to Louisiana ro-
iling them to como for their man
IHE IKXAS MIUIaCirUKL
Synopsis of Hi Irocftiliait
Ub senate passed a bill closing bosi
houses ou Sunday between the
tajf 0 u in and 1 p m ft pro
si That any morchaut grocer dealer
utt > merchandise or trader In any
wl business whatevtr who shall
ft or sell on Sunday shall bo lined
icSB thl 0 unr morn than rit
Milled thin article shall not apply to
Jrkits or dealers iu provisions aa to
a made boforo 0 u m or to tho salo
nigsmilk ice nowspapers at any
I of tho day and provided that
us und cities of over 0000 inhabit
i may by ordinance rogulato tho
mer aud hturs of business on Sun
It also prohibits hunting and
log on that day
Itiiumol lb00waa appropriated
the repair of tho Governors man
i
resolution was adopted giving
nessea 2 per doy end actual ox
M
he committer ou usylnmo roporlcd
avor if locating n now insiltution
hiu U0 miles of Austin and op
priating 2110000 for that purpose
Jills havo been favorably reported
iu commlttoes of tho senate to pro
it huutiug deer by firo light To
ko robbery pnnishablo by five yoars
the ponltontiary or for life To
lie robbery by exhibition of doadly
sponsten years or death
In appropriation made fer the sup
rt of the supremo conrt at Galveston
K bill was adopted fixing penalty for
uttichod witness
J ecnato committco was sent to tho
ricultnfal and moehanlcal college
in Houston Normal and Fralrio Viow
tools And a resolution adopted in
nelilig Texas congressmen to sup
rt peusions for Mexican soldiors An
proprialion of 76000 was mado to
> asylum
House A resolution was adopted
at tho penitontlary committee bu au
crlred to visit tho gravo of the illus
ons Bam Houston and report its con
llou
A constitutional amendment was
polled exomptlug agricultural imple
rntsaud manufucturo of textilo fab
js niTBi taxation
resolution waa adoptod by 22 nays
fd 71 yaes that a joint commit
0 tin appointed with power to sond
rlitrsons and papers whoso duty it
till bo to iiiqnirn lutotho violation of
iu aot of April 8 1881 violated by
arsons purchasing under llctitioua
iwlS aod fraudulently more lands
lan was allowed them and report to
is iiouiio what legislation is neceiwary
> roSiver theso lands thus fraudulently
iqulied which refers to the 50 cents
Old act It was stated in the debate
mi many acres had been grabbed fur
riojesand aunts cousins and others
timlulontlr
Ou the night of the 31st memorial
ettioeswero held of George It Heevos
ite speaker of the House
A lull was pissod reUtlug to tho
rjuilttatlou ot taxation of rsilroad > ol
InKttMk
Uha opmmitloe on constitutional
jnftMsents reported a substitute to
> fll No IfiO which makos tho tax on
iwiotly cot to exceed 40 cents on the
llDor and not to exceed 16 cents ou the
Honor roads ami bridges
Jlr Uptonfortha tluanoo committee
ei Hott nnfavorsbleto the bill author
V attto comptroller tu audit aud pay
ll lpj dao superlntendeuta and dlreiv
sthOi lylWo fo schools or servient
IW prler la September 11879
llmiihly ThB bill pruviilluti a
Off firlha toerelarr of lh board of
MoKlunor for the oonimlttoii on
mottlooal utTairs cporliHl a titlutt
iito to bill No J7J which leoomiueodi
VOLUME IX
tho paymonts of bonds of doubtful
validity duo frrc tuhooli ami universi <
tics IrtiDl the sale of plthllo domain
aitei haf of the proceeds cf salo havo
one to freo tchols
Tontcr for tho committco ou public
lirmiiiij rejiorto 1 liniavorabl to tho
olll providing that laws parsed by tho
legislature shall lieprlutediuouo paper
n < aeh judicial district
Favorably Tto bill to appropriate
fOOOO for deficiency in the amount ap
propriated for printing for tho yeor
IBSJuudlSSl
Woodt for tho committee ou ptivil
iges and eltctmns r jortcd that the
contostor of Duff of Brazoria had
never appeared against defendant and
that Dull be considered the rightful
owner of tho seat
MoKiunoy called up tho Iioubo joint
resoluttou to appoint a fcub committee
to visit tho school at liryau and at
Uuntsville which had been reported
back by tho senate with thu amend1
ments first that the eoinnittieoontist
on ono from tho seuato and two from
the house aud second that tho ex-
penses of tho committLO bo paid out of
tho contiugt nt fund of the house TJio
hunso duseuted fiom tho first amend-
ment and adoptid tho second
Trymifrs resolution lht tho house
couveue at Up ni dill to consider
alverto reporta from committees was
tabled on motion of Upton
Swau moved to reconsider thu vote
by which therutuoniy report vasndopt
od for tho mejonty report of houto
bill No M relating to tho tax to bo
levied for bridgo purposes
On motion of Lunar tho motion to
reconsidtr was tabled
House bill No 20 requiring no peri
son to work over five days per annum
On publlo ro ids passed the house
House bill No 22 authorizing tho
county commitslonors court to provido
for tho ptuent of all claims audited
as vuli 1 claims duo teachers passed tho
hoiue
Sew lehl Fields Discovered In Ala Va
Washixotox D O January 30
Prlvato dispatchi s havo becu received
hero of a reliable character with refer
auco to tho uaturo of the gold deposits
iu Alaska Mncli discredit has beeu
thrown ot or tho toports of gold discov
ered in our Northwestern territory from
timo to time until tho Impression has
boeomo pretty general that as a gold-
field Mr Sewards purchaso was not
valuable Tho information alluded tn
is of such u character that aa soon as it
becomes known it will result iu such a
rush to tho gold fields ns has not boon
soen since the daisJO It is stated that
a quartz vein which will yield from 5
to f 3 net to the ton has been discover-
ed on tho mainland in Southern Alas-
ka 200 feot in width Many others
equally as rich iu tho uime district have
been reported aud preparations arobe
ing made quietly it is said by a com-
bination of New York and San Fran
cisco ciplUhsts to start early in tho
spring with mills and machinery to
take possession of tho mines and mill
tho quartz Plenty of coal and tim
ber aro reported at no great distauce
from tho mine so tho fuel supply will
bo abundant Two gentlemen in con
versation ou this subject to day said
theto would bo 10000 men from Ne-
vada aud Oalifornia on the way to Alas
ka within threo months and that be-
fore a year tho mining population of
the 1aoitlo slope would bo thoroughly
drained of all surplus labor to supply
tho new field uultassome extraordinary
oicitemont should bo created by new
liavovcricB near home
Anuihllatlnr Space
Tho statement Is published here as
oomiug from a prominent railroad man
that tho Vanderbilt special train loSan
Traucisco will bo run on a now fast
schedule and thcreforo next summer a
pasenger express willruuregnlarly from
No York to Ban Xranclsco with a re
duotlou from the present time of from
thirtv to thirty six hours It is said
that Vanderbilt will give the matter a
oloso examination on tho trip Soon
after his return public announcement
of tho running imo will bo mado show
ing a shortening of the timo betwocn
New York and Chicago ot from thirty
threo hours the present timo to twenty
four and from Chicago to Omaha by
tho Northwestern road of from twenty
two hours tho present time to fifteen
hours Between New York and Oma
ha from Omaha to Ogden by tho Un-
ion Paclflo tho present running time
is Uftyfonr hours and by the proposed
schodulo time it will bo reduced to for
tytwo hours and from Ogdeu to San
1rancisco by the Central Paciflo road
tho timo will bo redncod from twenty
nino to twenty four hours nuking a sav
iugof i Ightocn hours from Omaha toSao
Trancico und a total reduction of run-
ning time between New York and Siu
Tranoisoo ot thlrtyfuur hours Thus
tho tntiro journey can bo make Iu about
our and a half dys instead ot six
dsyf as now
A Ills Cattle Scheme
Lit Vault Ortlr
Dan L Taylor ono of Oolorados
woUbu t and best knowu cattlo kings
wis in the city todav from his head
quarters at Trinidad Mr Taylor metnis
ageut Mr Jako Heard here last even
lug and arrangement aro now couplet
ed tcr tho organization of another big
cattle company Mr Heard has jmt
returned from Fort Sumner where he
closed negotiations with Ieto Maxwell
for the purchase ot the lort Bumner
ranch a properly that formerly belong-
ed to the United States Government as-
a military reservation The range inus
ten miles aloug each side ot the Ilio
Iioos and has several surrounding
olaius attached to it making an im
mensv tract ol laud With tho pur
ohse goes lt > 00 head ot cattle aud 5000
head ot graded sheep The same ot
the new orxanUnllon will bo the New
UugUud Uattle Company and the
touudera at the ooiicotn am Dan L
Taj lor Ham Doss Lou Horn and a
man named Lou of HuulJcr Col
Ihu New KugUud Comany which is
composed ol Colorado wen will take-
n aeaiou ot the Humour purchase as
mxu they become orgauued which
will be within a tew days Tuej pro
> K to rsstook the rapg and bo Wu
> on culture on heavy swle
iMuwcgggawiyi
I I IB Hl > l IN 1819
1witwcy yyjgggarg OtfHa
rrics or Imtiotvioii Olnlit r WjiLtcs imp slidhi fritti San Sis
tUrollrrtlon ol lh > OrlokinarUs J Wilton
lTllib
J Watsou Webb writes as follows
to tho New York Timtx I am obliged
to you tor your kind remarks accom
your publication today of my
etter to the committee of tho Trow
brldgo bauquot at Detroit on Friday
last but I um compelled to decliuo the
honor of claiming in that letter to bo
87 Why that would make mo tho
conttmporary of my friends 1oter
Cooper and Charles H llusscll who
looked upon me as n raoro boy as com-
pared to their riper aud raoro mature
period of life and shn havo bo justly
won by thiir longth of years and g > od
works the honor aud rcBpoot of all
classes ot uur fellowcitizens Well
may bo proud of their honors and long
may thoy bo spared to onjoy them I
am not onlv mado to Bay in that loiter
that 1 am 87 instead ot 80 but also mado
to olaim that I was n lioutonaut of ar-
tillery stationed at Detroit iu 1829 in
stoad lSlOwhereasin 18291 was actively
engaged in this city In milting tho
Cotirfernnd AndUlrcr In fact 1 shall
not bo 81 until tho 8th of February
and when I reflect upon tho progress
of our country sinco I first entered tho
army iu 1819 it is toarcoly possible to
roalizo tho experience of u singlo life-
time
I was stationed at Detroit when its
population was only 11000 it is now
upward ol 100000 1 was stationed at
St Louis when its population was 25
000 it now oxecods 050000 I was
stationed Chicago ton years before
tho first houso was erected nud its pres
ent population exceeds 000000 When
I first passed through Huflalo ju 1819
it containod somo fifty houses nud it
now boasts a population of nearly 300
000 At thai time tho shipping of lakes
Erie Huron and Michigan consisted ot
ono steamer tho WalkinthoWater
ljlng high aud dry on tho shore nenr
Huflialo threo small schooners tho
Deoatur tho JackBon and the and
ono hermnphordito bring belonging tn
Canada Who shall enumerate tho
craft of the lakes now Thun as com
missary of tmbsistonco at Detroit I re
ceived my pork and Hour for our com-
mand from Buffalo and coutracted for
my beef with tho lalo General Vauecr
of Ohio whodrovo his animals through
the black swamp to Detroit nt3f cents
por ponnd Then all tho regions west
of tho lakes was a howling wilderness
and when as adjutant ot tho 3d Itegi
ment I accompanied tho regiment up
to Fox river and down tho Wisoouain
Ouiscousin the French had named it
tho Indians alone occupied the countrv
and tho Wiunebagoes forbade our pass
lug through Winnebago lake I as ad
jntant was sent by ray colonel Leaven
worth to huve u talk with them it be
ing beueath his dignity to meet them
Wo hold n council nn the banks of the
lake aud I was gravoly told that tho
gates of tho lake were closed ana wo
could not pass through them I de
manded the koys and received tho an
swer that thoy woro at lho bottom of
the lako and could not be furnished
To whieh I replied that it was of no
conseqnonce as my Cheogomiv had
key of his own consisting of COO
bayonots in tho hands of COO chemo ka
men soldiers that at G oclock ou tho
following morning wo should open the
gates of tho lako and that wo should
shoot any Indian who approaohod cither
tho river or lake
Wo had simllsr annoyances from tho
Indians at tho portago from tho Fox to
tho Wisconsin river but thoy wero only
idle threats Now all Wisconsin and
tho wost ot the Mississippi aro well
tettlod flourishing states And all this
during tho active period of a siugla
life Then all tho region of which 1
write was a solitary wildorness occu-
pied by tho Indian only andgamo upon
which ho lived Now it boasts a popu-
lation of 20000000 of intellogcnt en-
terprising and prosperous freemen
Pardon this digression I indended
simply to protect against ray being as
sumed to be 87
Tho lest KatCatclicr
A correspondent writes to the St
Jame Gaicllc I seo that tho poo >
plo of Australia aro about to Introduce
tho mongoose from ludia in order that
tho pest of rabbits may bo abated I
only hope tho colonists know what thoy
aro bringing upon themsolves Some
timo ago a mougooso canio from India
in tho steamer Ho waa a livoly little
urchin of about the size of u polecat
His coat was wiry and oach hair looked
like a minature lrarcupine quill With
his long snaky bodyhis vicious looking
claws his sharp noso and his villainous
eye ho was like murder inoaruato As
ho sidled about un deck casting keen
glances from side to side and undulat
ing over chains or ropes or stray bolts
ho lookod very droll and unoauuy At
night when tho dews came down the
rats would comoup to sin the moisture
That was a time ot rejoicing tor the
mongoose His moilo of working was
marvclonaly skillful he crawled siuu
onsly up to Ma victim and then strnek
with unerring aim nipping tbo rat just
at tho base of tho brain Tho auimals
raroly had timo to squeak so sudden
Hid deadly u tho caiLught In a
singlo watch tho mongoose would leavo
his traoss from the companion to the
engine room and sometimes the slain
were fonnd iu numbers by tho fore
batchot Ho never began to dine
until his sport was over and then he
would tear and rend with extromo
omphasis and enjoyment By the time
the ship had Rot home he had oatab
llahed such a scarce that he waa obliged
to go down below alter his game instead
ot enjoying himself on the dowy deck
Whctevcr a rat could enter ba could
enter indeed the sailors dtolarod aud
perhaps believed that he could go
through a keyhole and iu truth tht
sUugeiltho body ot his wound In and
out ol all but iinpoutblo places Had
be beeu full growu he would not havo
been so uolol as It was be nearly
cleared the veuel lu Ids time When
he ante to Kuglaud the troubles ol his
owner be au The young animal de-
veloped a lingular ferocity Tho sight
oauyauiaUlIvlogcreature uiade him
tantlo and until r proper eag ol line
jy m 22
SAX SANA TEXAS SATUUIAf UOltNLNG FBI 17 1SS3
nas mado for him uoiould not bo kept
iu confinement AttAo most uuroasou
able hours ho wouhfTBcape from cap
tliity aud whon he tlAlescape ho made
n etnsatlon Uo fdcjmed to pervade
the house and his nyniia for getting
Into holes wos mosljperplexing for
inBtanec tho leg offj pair ot trousers
with thoir uwnor in tljcm qnito oamo
up to his standard of i negotiable holo
It tho Australians inlimd to lot tbo In
diau boasts go looso ill their conutry In
scores of couples nsJ said there is a
sad future boforo tbl Australians I
fa cy
fcleK
loveruuienf Sjlexrniili
ololsDonJrt
Tho GOiivrYssionaJ coord shows
that Senators Hdmuu and Sherman
declared themselves last week more de-
cidedly in favor of Iha construction of
telegraph Hues byM i Government
than the brief abstrae Ajfjhiir remarks
given to thu pross lc tesouted them to
have dono Mr Edmunds went so fur
as to say that if somobody elso did not
introduce a bill for lho initiation of u
postal telegraph icrvico at lho opening
of tho next session ho would do so
while Mr Sherman urged that such a
system would savo tho pooplo of tho
Uuited States many millluns of dollam
annually Tho real significauco of tho
Vermont Senutors utteruuee was how
over contained in a declaration of hos-
tility to uvery proposal looking to tho
parehno of tho telegraph lines now ex
luting In regard to this matter ho
said I beg the slock operators in New
York not to suppose that I for ono am
lu favor of tho United States buying
out any telegraph company anywhere
I am in favor of tho United States
building its own i sal telegraph and
manoglugitin its own way and leaving
tho gentlemen wboaru engaged in priv-
ate pursuits to pursno their operations
in their own way ns pnvato pursuits
Wo introduced into tho postal system
not long ago a provision for carrying
merchandise but wo did not think it
necessary to buy out lho operations ot
Adams Express Com pany or the South-
ern Express Company or tho Union
Express Company nud tho United
States Express Company and so on
although what wo did very seriously
diminished their profits aud Imparod
their busiuets Everything that the
United States does operstaB in that way
upon tho interests of pnvato citizens
everythiug except tho appropriation of
raouey directly We cau not build a
ship wo cau not build n post office wo
cau not do auj thing in tho way of fur-
thering tho material interests of this
oouatry that eloea not by just so much
interfere with the operations of peoplo
ebgigcel in that klud of transaction
there is no doubt about that
Mr Edmunds would almply have the
FostmHStor General buy poles and
wires nud machines and set up his lines
first aloug tho great post routes of tho
country North South E ist and West
and then as timo goes ou and economy
will warrant it Moxtend them to ovcry
hamlet in lho country That is what
ought to bo done he added and what
still bo dono within a few years bevond
all question
Ttiis ground has been taken by ono
ot theiuoBt consorvativo Senators in
the face of an agrecmeut between the
Government and overy telegraph oom
pan uudor which the former may at
any timo buy tho lines aud effects of
the corporation at their actual value to
bu dclormluod by nppraisoment In
making snoh n valuation probably
neither tho market price of stock nor
tho valuo of franohiso would bo regard-
ed but thu prioo would ba fixed at an
amount for which lho plant might bo
duplicated Mr Edmunds plau would
ot course compel tho privatu oompanios
to establish nt least as low rates as
those charged by tho Government
Withtwo systoms in oxitenoo sido by
side aud uniform rates the business
would naturally divide and tho ouu
giving tho best servjeo would get tho
lions share
Tho Ohio Senator agreoJ with his
Vermont colloaguo in this thst tho
lime had arrived for tho trausmissiou
through our post ofiloes and other post
roads of oommuuicationsby electricity
by wires constructed by tho Govern-
ment itself The Government ho
said might duplicato all tho wires and
all the means of oommnnioation by
cleotricity for about 30000000 or 25
000000 and yet the nominal capital
of tho Western Union alono is 89000
000 In Mr Shermans opinion a pos
tal telepraph seivico would confer an
enormous benefit npon tho people
Ho tlgured it out In this way
There is now levied upon tho poople
ot the United States 0000000 a year
for telegraphic messagts By the ex-
penditure of probably 15000000 or
120000000 wo would sayo to tho people
10000000 and incresa our revenue
This has b en dono by other oonutrlos
situated iu that connection no better
than ourselves
Theso amouuta must not betaken for
literal truth nor is the Senators con
ol Hon eiactly warrantod Tho opera-
tion ot the telegraph lines oosts a con-
siderable part ol tho money paid in
tolls Mr Shermans central Idea is
however this that with a Government
system any payment over undabove
tho cost ot operation would go into tho
Treasnry aud make possible the remis
sln of other taxes to that amount
The Total Kdlpsr
Tbo total eclipse of the tun ou tho
Oth ot May next will last six minutes
and no longer ono will probably occur
within the next 100 years It will be
pattially vlsiola in many places but
few will see l iu Us entirety as its
path lies almost entirely through tho
ocean touching land nowhere but at a
little island in the South lsolflo called
Carolina Island which Is put ol the
track ot any eatabllshed commerce or
travel The French Govcromout have
dsltrraloed tu send aa expedition to
that Ulaod and It la probable that a
grand iuterualtonal gatherlug ol aa
trouomers will meet there tu lake patt
lu this seltutlfit quest
1UK feeling twtsTf en anuo aud qui-
nine It vxct < Unty bitter
MOIIIKITiS IlllVTIl
TTICt AT BaH SaKA Al blcOfD CLAM MiTTtK
lit Autlieitlr Matfmrnt oftlio ArfMcnt to Hie
rrnrti Stateman
It wan on Mouday November 27 at
1015 oclock In tho morning that M
Gambctta bring at his country houso
Los Jardlos at Villo el Avray wound-
ed himself iu tho right hand with a re-
volver The following aro circum-
stances under which the accidcut ce
cured Ho had spent the raarnlng iu
company with ono o his friends at the
Defense Natlonalo thn Artillery Oeu
cral Thomas who had como from Ver-
sailles to Villo d Avray to visit him
At about 930 oclock Gen Thomas
roso to take leavo of his friond but M
Gambctta pressed him to remain for
breakfast Tho General who was ox
peotcd back ut Versailles wasuuableto
accept and loft the house M Gambet
ta svont up stairs to his bodroom on
tho first lloor A revolver on a lever
system ot quito a now model thebar
rol lifting up was on one ot tho tables
M Gambctta who had jU6t rccoived
tho weapon wished to go and try it iu
the garden Ho was fond of firearms
and often handled thorn somowhat im-
prudently bnt in the county in n rath
cr lonely place und living in a house
situated at tho end of n garden only
imporfeolly walled round it was almost
inditpensllilo to bo provided with such
ipeapous Toloadtho revolver thonatn
ral way wis to hold it in tho left hand
puttingthocharRoiu with thorlght Iu
this way ho loaded the revolver but
ono of tho cartridges did not enter
properly ono of the chambers WhenM
Gambcttv triod to put down tho barrel
into its place it met with resistance
from tho cartridge On this ha took
tho barrel with his right hand whllo
holding tho butt end ol the pistol firm-
ly with his lilt and oudoavorcd toforco
it down The cattridgo then exploded
and tho bullet entered M Gambottas
hand about tho middle of tho palm
olcso to tho ileshy part noar tho thumb
Tho bullet penetrated below tho skin
and following a slightly oblique direc-
tion passod up the muscles ot the wrist
and camo out about five centimeters
above tho wrist on tho insldo of the
orm Tho tlovoted lady who has sinco
btcomo the victim of tho most cruel
curiosity ran into the room with tho
servants hearing lho report of tho pis-
tol to seo what hud happened A few
minutes later the wound was dressed
by Dr Gillo of Villo d Avroy Dr
Lanuolonguo arrived at 2 oclock He
examined and comploted tho dressing
mado by his colieaguo Every wound
in tho hand is seriouB even svhen tho
bullet as was the capo with Mr Gam
bctta does not pass through tho flesh
wilhont injuriug any artory What
ronderod tho accldontof November 27th
more serious was first tho condition
of M Gambettas health which had
long Inspirod his friends with uneasi-
ness and second the position and in-
ternal arrangement of tho dwelling
whore tho woundod man had to be
nursed
M lleinaoh leaves it to tho provl
denco of tho faculty to doscribo tho dif-
ferent phrases ot thn Illness which
proved fatal to M Gambetta and af
ter describing his last hours concludes
as follows Wo havo now a supromo
duty to fulfill tho very day ot the great
national funeral during which thegrief
of a mourning family deeply 01lcted
disappears as drowned lu the sorrow of
France A woman was found faithful
devoted indefatigable in kindneis and
aflVctionato care who nnrsed during no
less than thirtyfour nights the man of
whofie hoart she had so largo n sharo
Wo scarcely kcow this woman oven by-
name but we can guess that sho has
suffered Wo know how she has an-
swered tho calumnies heaped npon her
She has abandoned herself entirely to
hor duty nod her friendship That
broken heart inspires a profound sym-
pathy in all those who levod and ad
mired M Gambutta We owo her a
respect and discreet gralitndo for tho
joy sho has shed upon his great life
and for tho tender consolation with
which sho surrouded its end
The IeauntCrop or 1892
New Tork Bub
Wm E Worth a commission nicr
chant at 333 Greenwich street has just
returned from a trip through Virginia
and North Carolina where he went to
inspect tho peanut crop ot 1882 He
reports that In both states the area
planted considerably exceeds that of
former years In August the crop was
looking so well that tho farmers oipoct
od an unusually largo yield but just
betoro the time for digging a season of
very wot weather rotted the atoms ot
the most thoroughly matured nuts
This caused u great loss Tho crop
promises however to be as largo and
of as good quality us the average crop
The yield averages about forty bushels
to tho acre Iu Virginia tho crop will
bo 1500000 bushols and in North
Carolina 150000 bushels Becauso the
yield falls below the expectations of
Angust tho farmers aro crying short
crops On account bf tho scarcity of
labor a large part ot tho crop Is not
picked off and this partly accounts for-
th falling off of receipts in the market
Another cause of the falling off is that
the recent adtanco In price and the
financial condition ot tho farmers
good
aro tempted them to hold their crops
for higher prices In Tennessee the
crop is from 350000 to 400000 bushels
ol the very best quality audio Cali-
fornia tho j leld ta said to bo good The
firico now raugjs from 9171 a bushel
or tho beat grado to tl20 for the
Eoorer grade Lsttyeir the price was
iflher ou account ol lho almost total
failure tho In 1880
ol crop a good-
year the best petunia were only 125
bushel
I had tevero attaoks ol gravel asd
ktduy I rouble vat unabla ta get med-
icine or doctor to euro ma uuttl I uasd
Hop HlUert and thsy cured me In t
short time A liiiTixamauin Iawur
o Vayb OoN Y
The receipt at tho Statu Trcaj
ury ono day last week from laud tale
vtew SJ5QW0
MJJIHIH 22
ACUIIIUUMttCi
I ttotentnt n < ma Arroanl of Ibe Jjgans In Trrra
ill Inrgo
Tho lagans impress ono as a poor
race In general the men aro ocircelj
moro than of medium stature while tho
women rarely reach it lho faces of
thiB now race uro round largo and fat
with hugo chock bones low foreheads
large flat noses very black and restless
oyes wide apart large humid llpa and
Btrong jaws furnished with beantitul
teeth Tho head and chest aro dispro-
portionately large compared to tho ex
tremo slonderneBs of arms and legs
and it Is a marvel how tho latter can
support tho welldeveloped trunk an
heavy head Iu splto of this strango
formation both men and women hose
uncommon streuRth and I havo soen
them carry woights lhat would havo
taxed tho most robust of our sailors
No loss surprising is tho Bmallncsa of
thoir hands and feelwhich if beauty Is
vory disadvantageous to tho mou who
oarry only ono or two objects iu their
hands nt tho samo time They havo
rough lnsterloss black hair which they
wear loug and falling over face and
shoulders Bomo bind it with u sirup
somo let it grow to such an extent that
they look moro Iiko furies than hnman
beings Tho mon havo very little beard
and that little they pluck out while
neither men nor womon havo hulr on
their bodies Thoy do not tattoo but
use all kiuds of paint Two or throe
hues ot color on tho faco and a fow
necklaces aud shells or birds bones is
tho usual dress of a Fuegmn
For protection against tho terrible
hurricane tho snows that fall during
ten months in tho yoar and tho torren-
tial rains that daily visit this miserable
archipelago tho 1eugiau only wears a
small niantio of seal or guanaco skiu
over his shouldors Tho wigwams are
only mndo of intertwined branches flxod
iu Bomo shellorcd Bpot but they aro too
weak to keep out snow and ruin Theso
wigwams aro nsed by tho Fengians who
dwell near tho fowrcsidonlsof Usclnm
ala or around tho mission tho other
natives scarcely ever remain moro than
one or two doys in tho samo placo thoy
lead a vagraut Ufo in their small canoes
among tho complicated canals of this
brokin up country fishing and hunting
for their subsistence of which tho ecu
furnishos tho largor part
Tho women aro looked upon us slaves
and tho greater part of tho work falls
to their sharo Ihavo often seen tho
men sitting quietly around a big Uro
while the poor womcu wero exposed In
fragile Bkifls to tho snow wind and
waves fishing for their Idle aud angry
husbands Tho greater number of
wives or slavos a man has the easier for
him it is to Und a living henco the
praotico of polygamy which is so rooted
among tho Fougians that iu spito of
tho olforts f tbo missionaries it is no
raro thing to seo a convert break
throngh restraint and add two or moro
wives to the ono allowed him by his
now religion But though a Feugian
may morry as many wivosaa he pleases
hu eoldom takes moro than four and
oven with that small number it is elifil
cult to preserve domestio peace Tho
wigwam is the sceno of daily battlos
and sometimes tho prettiest ot tho wives
iays with her life tho preference ot her
usband
Tho Fnglau womou aro very prolific
Seven or eight is tho averago number
ot children but often a still young wo
man will havo ten or twelve The chil-
dren however seldom all survive their
paronts for tho mortality between two
and ton yoars of ago is extraordinary
Tho variable and rigid climate und
want of nourishment tho terrible heats
and bad treatment by paronts are tho
chief causes of the deaths of these mis-
erable infants jot unarmed against the
frightfnl struggle for oxistence Lon-
don Daily jyeics
Feminine Deformity
Trooi Ui < Mnctteatb Ceutarx
The extraordinary perversion of taste
and senso proved by the general opin-
ion of what is desirable in fomalo form
may go far to provo that tho principle
of evolution is balanced by that of ret
rogrcFBion Tho cavemen havo left
proofs of tho possession of faculties not
possessed by savage people of the pres
day which may bo taken as showing in
tho case of thoso who incapable of im
provement elio out boforo tho march of
civilization that theso latter aro not
going over tho tamo ground of progress
but relapsing from a superior condition
Tho singular stato of ideas respecting
beauty of form in all modern civilizod
countries oao hardly imply anything
bnt retrogression in ono of tho senses
at least Judging of tho opinion of the
ancient Greoksaa eipressed in their
sculpture n modernides well dressed
young lady probably by natures In
tention as fine or finer than anything
they ovor saw would be to them could
they revisit tho earth a subject of
emazementl Tiny hands till they look
bloodless and pointed nails feet with
no more shspe than a spoon but above
all a waist like a plpo havingsoarcoly
any natural reference to the form above
or belowln reality hideous I Tho
deeply rooted preference for this do
fnrmity must surely bo a mark ot ret
rogression
It Is for deluded
common
looking at the grandly growing girl
to say The child it becoming a mon-
ster she mutt Immediately be put into
stays The little girl ol 12 being for
tho first time Jammed lnte tho abomi-
nation complained that tho could not
breathe Tbo answer ol her mothers
Frenoh maid was rtlfaut toiiffrir el
re brlleand to commenced the de
formity of ohtlili body and mind
There ought to be no such thing at a
walit at now understood In early
youth flexible allmsett la a natural
oharacterittie later it does not com-
monly exist being replaced by a btauly
ol greater dignity and wheu a small
waist it lorrued by art it Is at the ex-
panse ol health tad beauty Every
young lady who oomrireatea her waist
out of IU natural shape aud tlzo should
ba made ta understand thtt sho does 11
to hoi peril whether the fecit the
iiteunra or not or ton habit tho may
uot be it all timet eoutoiona o it the
should know thtt thi will pay a earful
SAN SABA NEWS
XTULU1T D XVKriT StTluUMY BT
I T BIOU8
SAN SABA
B4T13 or sojacwmosi
limrlrblr ta ulttaea
eras oapj on
fix nontl
TEXAS
71
pricoln less of licuth and height mid
elasticity of movement without which
thore can be no hoolty pleasure and r i
real bounty The tost of beauty of form
is tho effect ot tho silhouette and bo 1
er it will go well into oulpturo In
fact tho oflect of lho linos uonudlng
theuhapo Compression in om placo
must prodtico onrrosponding i xpan
Mon in another excepting iueti d lu
the dlsasteroua crushingiu of Um ribs
which glvo way luteruolly ioui Umco
entering tho lungs The ami li i tho
form tho less can good toto con i nt to
compression Tho suddeu bulges and
amplitudes which nro tho cousequonco
of unnaturl restrictions aro distressing
aliko to tho senso of beauty and ruodos
ty positively ugly nature aionging
herself I G encral amplltndo is indeed
far from ungracious but ou tho contra-
ry carrios a dlgnltv that is pleasant to
look upon but short violent curves nro
eminently ugly 3 rm ffiaajfttyrr r
°
Josh lib Ingi
Josh Billiugs wa irn iu Lauosboro
Berkshire county Mass sixty threo
years ago Both his grandfather and
father wero members of Congrese His
namo is Henry W Shaw His father
was an intimate friend ot Henry Clay
and his political manager in Now Eng
land Josh went to school until he waa
fourteen when ho started out ou his
own hook for the Wost He spent tho
next twentyflvu yoars mostly out West
Uo turned his hand to everything but
fortuno turned its bnck on him At tho
ago of 10 ho moved East in order to ed-
ucate his two daughters Ho found
good schools at Ioughkocpsio on tho
Hndson aud settled thore As ho had
no regular profession ho took up tbo
trades of auctioneer and dealer iu real
estate Ho had dabbled in both of
theso callings in lho West
Thero was n little ninobysoven daily
papor published in Poughkcopsio Tho
editor called on Mr Shaw ono day and
said that tho man who could talk ought
to bo ablo to writo well and ho wantod
him to contributo something to his pa
per Mr Shaw told him that ho had
nover written a lino for publication in
his life But tho idea plowed him and
ho thought over It and then wrote it
series of between twenty nud thirty of
the short pieces that havo mado his
namo a household word iu America
sinco then For six mouths ho contin-
ued his contributions overy week No
body noticod them outsido of rough
kcepslo Ono day Mr Shaw read ono
of tho essays of Artcmua Ward on n
subject thst ho bad treated in ono ot
his short essays Ho read it ovor and-
over and aver again and the moro ha
road it tho less ho understood why Ar
tomus Wards articles should bo popu
lar and his pieces had fallen btlllborn
from the press Is it tho bad spell
ing bo asked himself Ho mado up
his mind that it was tho bad spelling
aud nothing else that had lent wings to
Artemus Wards humor and mado him
famous and that it was his own loyalty
to Websters Unabridged that had
weightod his humor down and kept bis
name in obscurity So ho took his es
say on the mule The mules a favor
ito animal with me JcU once said to-
me He has treated mo j > ctty rough
anel Fvo treated hlri prettyrough wo
understand oach other and without
ohanging a word ho slewed ronud tho
spelling as ho expressed it aud sent
it to tho Now York Era a weekly pa-
per ol not largo circulation at tho time
Beforo mailing it ho signed it Josh
Billings Josh was iu honor of nn
old oomrado ono Josh Oarew of his
Western life Billings came by inspi
ration as it were Ills Poughkeepsio
pieces wero anonymous Tho mis
spelled Essay on tho Mulo was
printed and instantlywcnttho rounds
ot the press and tho namo of Josh
Billings becaino famous befoio ho hael
writtcu a singlo essay excepting thoso
ho had printed in tho Poughkeepsio
paper He simply translated them into
his peculiar phonetio system of spell
lug Aa soon as ho saw that overy thing
he wrolo waa widely printed ho
thought ho ought to make money by
his pen and ho sent ono of his very
best short essays to a Boston paper
Tho editor wrote that he could not af-
ford to par moro than 150 for it
Josh regarded this sum as rather small
pay But ho added I thought I
should liko a nestegg and I told tho
editor to send it on Then I opened an
account with Josh Billings and I made
my first entry with this item Essay
In Boston 150 As soon as ho bo
camo famous ho was engaged by tho
Now York Weekly a rival of Bonners
Ledger at 100 a week for half a col-
umn of his essays audsayings Ho has
published his books with raro shrowd
neas
Hie Alrlfruke Explained
E u rrsDLlsco Chrortlcto
An old railroad man wWliai hadn
large experience lu train Work was in
tcrviowod on tho subjoct of air-
brake IIo said
The compressed air which fills the
hoso and operates the brakes comes
from n drum or airtank uuder tho cab-
ot the eogino This tank cau be filled
with coraprossod air or emptied at auy
moment by meant of an airpump con-
nected with tho engine tho steam of
which sots il in motion at tho will of
the engineer At the end of each car
and at the rear of the engine aro coup
lings iu tho hose Theso eoupllngi aro
ashioncd with valves something after
the pattern of pump valvos which by
a nett coutrivanoo aro tbroirn open
whon brought tozotber Then at a
moments notice tho cnglucer cau tend
tha compressed air along the entlro
line ol hose Tho hose passes through
a cylinder under etch coach rind when
the oomprcsaedalris forced through the
engine it it brought to beat upou u eon
trlvanco iu eich ol the cylinders that by
moans ol long iron rods t v the brake
firmly against tho wheels When tho
air it drawn task the preunre It re-
moved tow tho Iron rods suet tho
brakes relax When the ooupllng am
loosened tho Ttlvet close automatically
II the barkea arm tet the couplings
may ba loosened and tho whctX Hjt
remain u firmly locked a B r lor Iha
valvvd etoep aue rs > foruud Ugtitty
agalutt their bearing by tUo oaipto
e4 lrwltMu which > m Iha ilw ta
lUuwn ttMfO
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