The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1883 Page: 2 of 8
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AU8TIX. TEXAS.
Two tunnels on tho Pacific Northern
railway cost 10000.000.
And now it i3 said the corn crop of
Kansas is going to be bo great as to
make up the deficit caused by failure
in some other states.
American and English mill men
are going to establish a cotton mill at
Shanghai China. It will run 20-
000 spindles and 400 looms.
Yellow fever is proving moro vir
wlent at the Pensacola navy yard and
mxlical treatment seems to be of no
avail. Whv do thev not adopt the
"yarb tea" treatment.
Villard's excursion of foreign
capitalists and newspaper men over
the Northern Pacific is no small af-
fair. There are four trains of nine
Pullman cars each besides baggage
care. -
Tii'e watchful care with which Rus-
sia and Prussia eye each other may
at any time bring them into conflict.
The effort of the former to take in
Bulgaria may at any time lead to hos
tilities.
The tendency in England not very
long ago was to keep American cattle
from it markets. Now the cattle
disease li spreading so rapidly there
that the demand is growing lor
American beef.
""There is a most laudable disposi-
lion all over the country to work up
an earthquake. Bald Mountain la
making itself heard and an Ashc-
ville paper hopes it may do some-
thinar to make the section even more
attractive to tourists.
" Oueen Vio. keeps on visiting the
crave of John Crown. The other day
she remained there for one hour. If
Bho visits Prince Albert's Igrave the
fact is not related. Probably it is be-
cause she thinks John Brown was the
embodied prince consort.
The estimate of damage to the corn
crop by the tecent frosts is 25 per
cent in the states of Michigan Min
nesota Wisconsin northern and
northwestern Iowa northern Illinois
.and Indiana. No material damage is
reported in the other corn producing
states.
Senator Dan Voorhees is becoin-
i:g generally known as a great crimi
rial lawver. He was employed to
defend PhiL Thompson of Kentucky
and now he is engaged to defend Nutt
vho killed Duke3 at Unlontown
l'enn.
It may not be generally known that
In preparing papers for mailing the
postoffice department has decided
. that when a stamp is affixed partly on
the newspaper and partly on the
wrapper the package is treated as
sealed package and is sent to the
deadletter office for lack of postage.
Mr. Beecuer's opposition tj-the
' anti-Chinese measures led to-his hav-
ing thin hou3 s as a lecturer while in
San Francisco. It is. all the same to
Mr. Beecher however as his manager
had guaranteed liim $600 for each lec-
ture. He xwill not be treated so badly
In Texas. '
The main object of the new postal
notes is to facilitate the transmission
of fractions of a dollar or less than 8.5
through the mails. It is not expected
that they will be used for currency
and it is not likely they will be. They
will prove a great public convenience.
The notes are printed in brown and
canary colors with green on the back
which defies the photographer's ert
to counterfeit.
The visit of King Alfonso of Spain
to the Emperors of Germany and
A' puir t6 be but a part of a
perfected by the great
iirope to circumscribe
republiean Franc&-AJcl!Pr"thev pre-
text of courtesies the lesser monaxchs
visit the greater and ascertain tbeT
lines of policy regarded as the most
protective to their governments. It
is stated that invitations have been
issued from the great powers to the
smaller to make these visits and
therefore we hear of Alfonso being on
a visit. King Humbert is in the tripple
alliance and he- .favors these conf er-
ences antagonistic to-France. As an
offset to these-intriques
the Czar of Russia ha3 "organ
ized in Copenhagen where he ha3S
been on a visit a conference between
representatives of the crowned heads
of Sweden Denmark Greece Bulgaria
and Montenegro. The Duke of Cam-
bridge and the Duke of Edinburgh
were also there. It would seem from
such manifestations that Germany
and Russia arethu3 arrayed against
each other and are endeavoring to
fortify their position by soliciting ad-
ventatious aid from weaker powers
or such as are inclined to side with
either royal combination against the
progress of liberalism or republican
France. Blood and treasure probably
are to be freely spent in suppressing
liberalism in Europe.
.It is boldly asserted in Washington
that the acquittal of Stephen W. Dor-
. sey was procured by direct bribery and
a wholesale corruption of the jury.
Whatever has been said of these cases
it has been hitherto conceded that the
last jury was an honest jury and
reached in an honest way an honest
verdict. As time haa elapsed how-
ever the jury has not wholly escaped
suspicion. There is good authority
now for the assertion that the second
jury was tampered with in an even
mote flagrant and outrageous manner
than was the first. ; Evidence on this
point has been quietly gathered and
the chain woven link by link until it is
strong enough it is alleged where-
with to. hang the guilty. At least
throe of the jurors are believed to be
Involved and Dorsey's money paid for
their decision of acquittal. In one
particular case it is alleged that the
go-between who acted for Dorsey ap-
proached the controlling spirit of the
jury bent on this infamous errand.
The juror promptly rejected the ad-
vances and declared he would deal
with no middle man but must nego-
tiate alono with the principaL He
would have nothing to do with it ex-
cept with Mr. Dorsey himself. It Is
stated that Dorsey was duly informed
of this determination on the part of
the juror and though much against
his will submitted to an interview.
The man that arranged that Inter-
view is the man who has collected this
evidence. Big money was demanded
and paid and the controlling stock in
the Star route jury thus secured. The
evidence of this wholesale purchase is
now being prepared and will.be laid
before the grand jury on its next meet
ing in October. The amounts paid
each juror it is said are known. In
some cases the bribe exceeded in
amount the fees paid the government
officers which have been so freely
criticised as extravagant.
THE COMPLETE UNIVERSITY.
The opening of the university.attend-
eJeven with many drawbacks in the
way of its most successful Inaugura
tion has been such as gives its friends
the greatest confidence in its success.
The fact that the portion of the uni-
versity building now under course of
completion could not be ready by the
15th of September was diligently cir-
culated by those who did not care for
some strange reason to see the insti-
tution opened with the greatest suc-
cess and in the number of matricu
lants therefore a decided effect was
produced. The unfinished building
however is a matter of but small con
sequence for temporarily the capitol
is an admirable substitute. Here
the professors find all the
temporary accommodation they need
while the university building goes
steadily forward towards completion;
and it is said it will be entirely finished
in six weeks with really soma portions
of the building ready for occupancy
before this period fully transpires.
The impression having been produced
that it would be impossible to give
accommodation to a large number of
students many who had signifie dtheir
intention to come were led at the last
moment to seek tuition elsewhere
and most of these if not all of them
have gone beyond the limits of the
state. But the regents and the
professors are encouraged. Though
the matriculants nave not run up
into the hundreds a goodly number
of students are here and they are
earnestly in search of such education
as these professors are ready and able
to extend. At the end of a year these
young men and women will go home
bearing with them the evidences of
an association exalting both as to
mental attainments and moral qual-
ities. There need be no fear that the
university will not "grow" for all
universities sufficiently endowed and
employing the best talent in its edu-
cational departments do grow.
None deny that the present
faculty of the university is not com-
posed of as able a body of educators
as are to be found in America. They
are all men who have attained wide
destinction as such while the enviable
reputations of some of them has ex-
tended across two continents. As the
distinguished chairman of the faculty
said on the day of its inauguration
the university must grow as the tree
of the forest grows Slowly it must
progress through and beyonp its first
stages of life. It must be the twig
and then the sapling but not until
long years of growth a mon-
arch of the forest. The univer-
sity has started with a most vigorous
and healthy existence. The earth in
which it grows being rich and nutri
tious it will rapidly advance to
vigorous growth and in the years to
come fed by this same strong earth
it will lift its shapely head as high as
the highest. The University of Texas
has a fund which If guarded must
some day be unequalled among en-
dowments of such institutions and
with mone.7 backed by talent In the
chairs of the university there can be
no guesswork as to what the
University of Texas will grow
to be. In it the people ought to
feel pride and sons and daughters
from every community in this great
state should seek shelter beneath its
branches and take home withthem
the rich fruits it must bear. And so
it will be; year after year these young
men and women will infuse into the
breasts of Texans love for their great
institution of learning and they will
make it in time the grandest univer-
sity of America. It was suggested
by many persons who were here at
the inauguration of the universi-
ty funds being tow attain-
able that the regency should
at once take into consideration
the completion of the university
building. Dr. Smith said that bricks
and mortar do not make a univer
sity. They do not but without them
a university can not be made. Classic
halls and scientific laboratories and
museums and observatories and litfif-
ary chapels are a necessary for a uni
versity a-he sun is for the light of
day." The work having been begun.
it should be pushed as rapidly as pos-
sible to a grand conclusion commen-
surate with the dreams of the fathers
and with the purposes of magnificent
endowments.
NEGROES IX CONTENTION.
On the 24th of this month the
negroes meet in convention at Louis-
ville to consider their polities!--eon-ditioa
and to takejieps proposed
for-strenjjtnenlflg such condition.
One of the resolutions presented
in the call for this convention
sets forth that "according to the
signs of the times the country is on
the eve of a political revolution and
it behooves us as a race to make our
interests paramount to those of any
party or sect. It is our duty to unite
and strike out some bold polities! line
of action which will bring us nearer
to the estate of full citizenship and
power when this great revolution is
over." This looks very much as if
there were a purpose to make the
negro vote bring all it is worth.
While it is probable that it will be
worth considerable in the next
national contest it is altogether im-
probable that the Louisville conven-
tion can control it. The most
that the convention can do is to take
such action as will lead to discussion
among the negroes. It is true that
discussion may result in an Independ-
ent movement. When that point Is
reached which may be very soon the
negroes will be In a position to talk of
looking out for their own race's inter-
ests and to make such alliances as
will best promote those interests.
Of course the Democrats will
make no special bid for any
part of the negro vote. It will reiter-
ate principles that underlie the found-
ations of our system of government
and it will make such declarations as
to policies of government as are re
quired by the exigencies of the times.
These principles and declarations will
be the sum total of its bid for any
vote. They will apply alike to all
people and if the negroes see nothing
in them to follow they will be wel-
come to go on serving the Republi-
cans as long as they please. In the
Southern states directed by Demo-
cratic legislatures and Democratic
administrations the negro has re-
ceived greater consideration than in
any other states ot the Union. He
has been freely accorded all the rights
and protection and all the advantages
and benefits and bounties given
the white man. This much hav-
ing been done for him he must
work out his own future. He will be
permitted to advance as rapidly as he
fits himself for advancement and If
his plan should be to resort to segre-
gation no obstacle will be put In the
way of his doing as he may please in
this regard. No bid made by the
Louisville convention will Influence
Democracy to respond. It has never
promised the negro forty acres and a
muie nor nas is loaned us endorse-
mem to any organization or rascal?
combine! to rob freedmen of their j
savings nor has it received votes for
pledges that were as often broken.
It will promise nothing to the negro
but the rights and privileges of an
American citizen an equal chance
with all men.
In Erie county Pennsylvania
thf re was organized not long ago a
longevity union the object being to
restore the ante-diluvian period of
human life. It is assumed that three-
fourths of the diseases that man is
heir to originate from over-feeding
dissipation debauchery filthy houses
and faulty dressing. They hold that
these diseases are preventible by
organized effort and so they have
organized a league each member of
which pays SI a month for man and
wife and ten cents additional for each
child. This payment gives them free
medical attendance sanitary direc
tions and instructions and the con-
stant supervision of a skilled domes-
tic sanitarian. The expense is paid
out of the funds of the league. It is
a close organization under intelligent
medical supervision for the cheapen
ing of medical attendance the acqui-
sition of perfect sanitary surround
ings drainage water etc. and
funeral benefit fund gives widows
from 8100 to 8150 for the funeral ex
penses of their husbands.
A prominent New England paper
asserts that the record of improve-
ment in the South is equal to the
wonderful surprises In "Western
growth and the field is so inviting to
capital and labor that it promises to
become the richest section of the
country. The rapid development of the
West was occasioned by her railroads
and the same thing Is now going on
in the South. The South had few
railroads before the war and her gen
eral prostration prevented them for
long time after. It has scarcely been
ten years since she really began her
upward coufse of progress and de-
velopment nor did she get fully under
way until about seven years ago
when capital turned its attention to
Southern railroads. Since that time
there has been a great increase of her
railways and as the work continues
we may expect a still more satisfac-
tory showing at the end of the next
decade.
A medical crank has given the
world a paper In which it is held that
there are no malarial diseases ; that the
diseases understood to be produced by
malaria are caused by the bites of
mosquitoes who thus inject a poison
into the blood. He also holds that
these awful pests do not bite the black
man at night because he is hid from
them by his blackness; that the shade
of the negro has been produced by an
effort of nature to protect him; and
that if it were not for the use of qui
nine by whites in mosquito infested.
districts they too would JiYe become
black. Since this medical man has
discovered the cause of the epidermic
coloring of the negro will he please
proceed f urthtr and explain how to
get the kink out of a negro's hair. If
he will dojthis his fortune as well as
his reputation is assured. There is
not a negro in America who would
not give the result of a year's labor
for such a boon.
Ex Congressman Dezendorf
claims to have discovered a wholesale
system of corrupting the ballot in
Virginia. He charges that the coali
tionists have organized clubs of color
ed voters and that meetings are held at
stated periods. At every meeting each
member present receives a ticket good
for a small sum ten or fifteen cents
should he go to the polls and vote the
coalition ticket on election day. This
act entitles him to collect in cash the
aggregate of all the tickets held by
him for attendance upon meetings of
his club. If there Is any truth in this
Mr. Dezendorf owes it to himself and
to the state to back it up with the
proof.
Nbv 1 obk is suffering from an
outbreak of typhoid fever and the
sanitary superintendent remarks
"By-and-by we shall understand these
things better. We do not know
now what causes operate t send us
in one year an epidemic of typhoid
fever another an outbreak of cerebro
spinal meningitis and in another
diphtheria or dysentery. No doubt
there are meteorological conditions
upon which these phenomena in
measure If not wholly depend and
toward a better understanding of this
problem we. sre" working by tracing
every- feature of the disease as it
presents itself to us.
It is reported from Washington
that the whisky interest will take
part in the election of the next speak-
er of the house. In that case the
whisky interest will have to go to the
Republican minority to find a candi-
date in favor of maintaining the pre-
sent high rate of tax on spirits.
Neither Mr. Randall Mr. Carlisle nor
Mr. Cox will serve their purpose as
Mr. Randall is la favor of the imme-
diate and total repeal of the whisky
tax and the others are in favor of its
reduction. Ex-Speaker Keifer is their
man but they cannot elect him.
Thb increase In taxable values in
eight Southern states Alabama Ark-
ansas Florida Georgia Louisiana
Mississippi Tennessee and ' Texas
from 1879 to 1888 has been a little
over 85000OD00O. The increase in
Texas has bean $215000000 or very
nearly one-half the entire amount.
The assessed miles of railway in these
eight Southern states in 1879 were
11604 while in 1881 they reach
17891. In Texas in 1879
there were 2591 miles of railway in-
creased in 1883 to 5748. The Times-
Democrat of New Orleans has this
to say of Texas:
. It is the largest most populous and
richest of the Southwestern States
and with the greatest resources behind
it. Its wealth is demonstrated in its
assessments whose annual increase is
from 860000000 to 8100000000 re-
quiring a reduction of the tax rate
every year. That rate la only three
mill on the dollar to-day; yet an ex-
tra session of the legislature will be
called to still further reduce it and
cut it down to half tat amount The
magnificent school system of Texas
possessing aa it does 37000000 acres
will soon educate every child in the
state white and black without its
costing the people a cent. It will be
noticed that Texas has recently con-
siderably changed its land policy.
Finding that its public domain was
being rapidly exhausted in the aid
granted railroads and immigrants the
price or its lanus nas been increased
and the greater portion of its public
domain withdrawn from entry aa
homesteads or for the railroads.
IT is said tnat tne Chinese are sur
reptitiously entering California in
great numbers from the north. The
custom house officer at Port Town-
send W. T states that owing to the
lack of adequate protection it is com-
paratively easy to smuggle Chinamen
across the border.
Quite enough relating to the unl-
versity Is presented in our report ol
the proceedings of yesterday. The
speeches may be read with Interest.
The Cathedral of th Vicamation
at Garden City. N. Y buut by A. T
Stewart and St. Paul's School have
been completed. The cathedral has
been five years in course of construc-
tion and St. Paul's School nearly
three years. The cost of the cathe-
dral has been nearly 82.000000 and
the cost of the school 81000000. The
bishop's residence will be completed
during Septembei. The cost of this
building will be 880000 and the sta-
bles already finished have cost $10-
000. It was at Garden City that
Stewart's remains were to have been
finally entoombed.
It is understood that Mr. Tennyson
has obeyed the queen's command to
immortalize the virtues of the late
John Brown in verse and was made
the recipient of unusual royal hospi
tality when he personally delivered
the euloerv to her majesty. It is said
that the queen insisted on having the
memorial read to her by the laureate
himself and that sue retains tne poem
for the purpose of suggesting certain
changes in those parts not altogether
satisfactory to her.
A story is told of a certain politi
cal caucus in Maine which indicates
how such bodies are often composed.
It was attended by only two persons
Hanibal Hamlin and one other man.
Mr. Hamlin elected the other man
chairman and proceeded to transact
the business in hand. But the creden
tials of the delegates certified that
they were elected at "a large and res
pectable caucus of the Republicans
of . because as Mr. Hamlin ex
plained to the puzzled chairman "you
are large and i am respectable.
Somebody says : "It must be dis
tressing to Mahone to indulge in the
reflection that while the camps in the
Yellowstone region have been named
after all sorts of statesmen there is
yet no camp Mahone." If the party
had chanced to camp in a swamp and
and being out of food had been forced
to eat an Indian dog it might have
occurred to them to name the place
Camp Mahone.
The Ohio Democratic state commit
tee proposes to try its hand at har
monizing the factions in Cincinnati. It
is suggested that the rival tickets be
submitted to a vote of the Democrats
and the one receiving a majority of all
the ballots cast shall be taken as the
regular party ticket the other to re
tire. The reformers are not inclined
to try this plan. They are afraid of
the boss system of counting. If the
state committee succeed in Cincin
nati it may feel encouraged to take
hold of party troubles in Cleveland.
Mr. Edward Atkinson hfts tried
to make the world believe that the
negroes of the South make twice as
much cotton under emancipation..
they did under the institution of slav
ery. While the cotton crop is now
twice as great as it was before the
war fewer negro laborers are engaged
in its production.
The finishing up of the additions to
the insane asylum drags on at a pace
most disheartening to think of. There
the buildings are complete with all
the appropriations made months ago
to fit them up for patients and yet
the three hundred patients that ought
to be there being cared for are still
denied admission. This waiting cov
ers a period which no one anticipated.
It seems to be understood that
Senator Anthony is to be made presi
dent of the senate when congress
meets. Senator Edmund3 who now
holds that position prefers to remain
at the head of the judiciary com
mittee. Anthony would nave been
chosen instead of Edmuds Jast win
ter if he had been eligible''
The American bishops mentioned
as expected to arrive in November
will not reach Rome at that time.
Only a few of their number will par-
ticipate in the conference to be held
in that month which is simply to set
tle upon the questions to be discussed
at the general council at a later day.
Mr. Randall has been trying to
see what cheap notoriety he may gain
by not refusing to act as a juryman in
Philadelphia. The Philadelphia pa
pers took up the fact in advance and
heralded it to the world as the actjof-.
a great man worthy tQbe-raade not
only Thane of Cawdor but king.
Serious damage to the corn crop
all over the Northern states is the re-
sult of the late frosts reported. Even
in Maryland some damage was done.
The News and Courier of Charles-
ton says there are now 190000 spin-
dles running in the cotton factories of
South Carolina.
The Great Drink.
has been pretty conclusively
It
shown from time to time that beer
and wine are adulterated with vicious
and health-destroying compounds;
that brandy is "manufactured;" that
mineral waters are not genuine; that
tea coffee and even milk are tam-
pered with until we almost involun-
tarily cry out: "What shall we
drink?" Water is unquestionably the
only beverage that is left in a
tolerable state of purity and even that
is in many localities totally unfit
for human consumption. Neverthe-
less as is shown by the Popular
Science News it is to water and to
water alone that we must look to
sustain life. It has been proved says
that journal in the long history of
the race that man may sometimes
live to extreme old age and almost or
quite ignore the use of clear simple
water as it comes from wells and
bubbling springs. But he cannot
exist upon any form of liquid un-
mixed with water. The alcohol in
various forms which the desperate
toper pours into his stomach as
it is presented to him in the dramshops
is greatly attenuated . with water or
it ould kill the victim of alcoholic
thirst in twenty-four hours. Tea and
coffee beverages are likewise but
watery mlusions of vegetable pro
ducts. When water mixed with alco-
hol or the soluble principle of tea or
coffee is taken into the stomach the
first effort of nature is "to eliminate
from the organism the foreign agent.
and free the water from its bad com-
pany. In thousands of instances the
organs have no rest from their dreary
work ; long before the enemy is driven
out down comes another flood of
water mixed with alcohol or
tea into the stomach and the
tired organs have a fresh re-enforcement
of enemies to oppose."
However our authority does not
think that tea and coffee in moderate
quantities materially interfere with
the vital action in a robust body but
he goes to the length of asserting
"with full deliberation that as neither
the physician chemist nor artisan ab-
solutely needs alcohol in any depart-
ment of his calling it would be better
for the world if the process of its
manufacture should be forever classed
among the lost arts." However this
may be the free use of water is not
urged as a curative agent except to
supply the system with the needed
amount of liquid to maintain normal
processes and assist In repairing tissue
waste. Without an adequate supply
of water morbid condition ensue. The
habit of drinking ice water especially
meal times is of course condemned
and tepid water is Tecoramended as
one of the surest safeguards against
the growing evil of dyspepsia. Water
then being a necessity to healthy
life should oe obtained as pure and
undeoled as possible. What evils may 1
not result to the health of a people
who are bound to continue the use of
harmful detections if the water on
which they must depend for suste-;
nance is as vile as the compounds I
on wnicn it is mixed?
The Woman's Part.
IC'liristian Kogister.
The work of woman in home-
making is so pre-eminent that it may
almost oe said trie woman is tne
home. Without the outflowing of
her love the warmth of her sympa
thies the wisdom of her oversight
the charm of her touch and the at-
mosphere of her presence there can
be no home in the highest meaning
of the word. But many women with
hearts full of love and hands never
weary in service fall far shot of the
possibilities of their natures in the
direction of home-making through
wrong theories of domestic life or
false education in regard to its duties.
In our complex civilization women
occupy all the positions accorded else
where to their sex irom maid to
mistress from housekeeper to
social queen from drudge
to plaything. The amount of
thankless servitude performed by
women in the capacity of wives in
tms country nas been equaled in Kina
and extent only by the same number
of slaves under other civilizations;
while the pampered luxury of another
class can be paralleled only in histori
cal epochs with which any true
American would shrink from compa-
rison. Neither of these conditions is
favorable to true home life. Rever
ence respect sympathy companion
ship love all these the wife must
receive and repay m kind with a feel-
ing of the blessedness of the service
added in order to be lifted toward the
high ideal.
buperucial "retormers have blamed
women for not "making home attrac-
tive" when they were working twelve
or fifteen hours a day to keep the
house in order the mouths fed and
the backs covered others have
blamed society instead of the indi
viduals justly censurable tor tne
enormous establishments wherein the
children are turned over to the nurse
and governess the husband perpe-
trates constructive bigamy by becom-
ing wedded to his clubs and the
mother is more devoted to her own
pleasures than to her home. But be-
tween these two equally unfortunate
extremes stand the erreat mass of
home making and home loving Amer
ican people most or them trying to
do thtir duty and to confer happiness
on those committed to their care.
It is this cl;is3 that we have found
most ready to accept suggestions look
ing toward trie betterment ot their
lives or their conditions. When a
right-minded man who has been care
less in tnese matters reads tnat
ought to give himself as well as his
money toward the making of his
home that he ought to be the helper
of his helpmeet and theiriend teacher
and companion of Jiis children he is
apt to fold hi3 raner across his knees.
look thoughtful and resolve to do bet
ter. -And so when we say to wives
and mothers that despite their
impatience at all the dinning
which may have vexed their
ears on this subject they cannot think
too deeply or clearly as to their part
in this millennial work we are sure
they will agree to it. Now it has been
well said that the best test both ot a
man's wisdom and a woman's good
ness is their cheerfulness. Cheerful
ness is sunshine in life and its acts
upon the home virtues as the sun
upon flowers; they sprout bud
bloom and send forth their fragrance
to bless the world under its happy in
fluence. Considering that some men
have a f orty-Old-Probalities power of
bringing clouds into the domestic sky
the woman who can keep' the home
atmosphere bright with . cheerfulness
is indeed an "angel of rlight." And in
this direction lie' many swe-.;t
services that would he duties
if they wereefc-&amething higher
and finer-Hoine is where the heart
is"and it is a part of woman's "vrork
t5 keep the heart of her husband and
children where she is. We need not
particularize upon this point. Jn
nothing are woman's intuitions
swifter or more sure when an emer-
gency calls them forth than in mat-
ters of the home and love life By
planning for pleasure and a fresh
mind in the evening by the charms
of sitting room comfort by the
needed lubrication of the domestic
machinery by the invention of diver-
sions or recreations by all possible
things with which she can help to
realize the ideal or idealize the real
will the true wife seek to make home
what the sweet old song whohe
melody has gone round the world dv
clares it to be.
London Sept 14. French accounts
of the battle with the Black Flags
state that Saturday September 1. h.i
French forces f romJfenoi8ttuVanced
to wtihm twetve miles of Sontay
"where the enemy was found in cast
made forts upon which the fire of the
French had no effect. After three
days' hard righting the French troops
aided by a heavy fire from the fleet un-
der Admiral Boult carried the enemy's
works at 6 o'clock at the point of the
bayonet capturing two towns and
two Black Flag standards. ' The
French lost two officers and fourteen
men killed and three officers and forty
men wounded. After the victory
Admiral Boult withdrew his fleet to
Nonoi to await reinforcements leav-
ing 300 men to hold the captured
town.
Edwards & Church are constantly
getting in new goods of the latest
styles. If you want novelties call on
them.
To Prevent Moth Ravages. A boil-
ing solution of sulphate of copper ap-
plied to a floor before laying a carpet
will keep away moths. For outside
coverings of furniture especially of
wool a solution of corrosive sublimate
dissolved in colorless alcohol can be
used without fear of discolorarion
and is a certain exterminator of these
pests.
Alligator note paper at
Edwards & Chtjrcu's.
Too Closely Watched.
New York Sept. 15. General Rai-
mon Leacadio Bonachea chief of the
Vanguard of Cuba Libre who has
been attempting to organize filibuster-
ing expeditions in this country find
ing he was being followed and that
all his actions were watched started
for Jamaica in yesterday's steamer
He is said to have learned that both
the Spanish officials and the local
authorities were engaged in keeping
track ot his movements.
Collison at Sea.
Boston Sept. 15. The steamer
Wm. Harrison from Hull to Boston
when in a fog ran into the steamer
collier. Prof. Morse from New York
this morning. The Harrison was cut
to the water's edge. The Morse be
ing an iron vessel received no dam
age. Much "excitement was caused
among the passengers.
Yellow Jack.
Washington Sept. 15. The fol
lowing telegram from Lieut. Com-
mander Welsh at Pensacola is re-
ceived: I on the 12th inst issued to
the destitute about 1850 rations
which I considered was all I could do
under orders from the department.
I am rebably informed that a deposit
of S4000 is now in the bank in Pen-
sacola subject to check for the re-
serve relief committee and last night
I informed the treasurer thereof that
I thought I had done all I could at
present under my order. No new
cases and no deaths among the naval
forces.
Arrest of Crooks.
PHrLADELPHiA Sept. 15. : Tony"
Hale and John W. Emundsbn were
to-day taken in custody by the . gov-
ernment. It is alleged that Hale and
accomplice have teen engaged for
weeks past in issuing notes and bonds
some of which it is alleged have
been disposed of to brokers. They
were held for further hearing. A lot
of mechanical apparatus used in man-
ufacturing spurious notes are said to
have been found in Hale's house.
Special Telegrams.
LOCKHART.
Special to The Statesmnu.J
Lockhart Sept. 15. There was a
light rain here yesterday. The
rain was not general through the
county. Stock have to be driven to
other counties for grass and water.
The bulk of the cotton crop has
been gathered which is very light.
Louis Mahle an old resident of thb
r'.ace died in Kyle last night.
KYLE.
rSpecial to The Statesman.!
Ktle Sept 15. W. J. Sargent was
arrested to-day in this city charge!
with assault with intent to rape Mrs.
Emma Marshall. He was brought to
.?an Marcos and' waived examination
Knd was allowed bail in the sum of
$500 to await the action of the grand
jury.
Dr. Dailey created quite an excite
ment and considerable commotion by
resisting being arrested by the city
marsnai.
DALLAS.
ISuecIal to The Statesman.!
Dallas Sept. 15. Wm. Gray
charged with manufacturing and pass
ing counterfeit money in Denton
county had a hearing before Commis
sioner uford to-day and was held in
a bond of 8500 to answer at the next
term of the federal court in this city
Rell Thomas charged with the mur
der of her husband Frank Thomas
had a preliminary hearing to-day and
was discharged. Anthony Boyd is
now held tor the murder.
A heavy rain fell here to-day. the
nrsi since tne tn oi juiy.
SAN SABA.
Special to the Statesman.
San Saba Sept. 15. District court
closed here to-day. The case of the
state vs. John and Rube Gray for un
lawfully driving a colt from its ac
customed range was tried yesterday
and defendants were fined 8500 each
No felony convictions during this
term. The case of D. Roberts vs. T
Ralls & Co. of Galveston brought for
damages was tried to-day. Judgment
was rendered in tavor or Kobert3 tor
1000.
A contract to construct a 30000
stone building to be used as a court
house at this place has been let.
We are suffering greatly from the
long continued drouth.
C0RSICANA.
I Special to The Statesman.
Corsicana Sept. 15. The county
commissioners to-day let the contract
to the King Iron Bridge Company for
another ircu bridge over Richland
creek this being the fourth contract
for this year.
A slight shower fell to-day the first
in months but not enough to do any
good. .
Cotton receipts for this week nearly
1100 bales. It is very fine in appear-
ance and of good staple..
Wire fence cutting is getting to be
very troublesome in this section and
measures are being instituted to ap-
prehend the perpetrators.
The pasture of B. Love was fired
yesterday burning up 1300 cedar rails.
COLEMAN.
Special to The Statesman.
Coleman Sept. 15. Morgan Liv-
ingston and Denton Robertson two
of the parties charged with participa-
tion in the big cattle theft in this
county last August a year ago were
arrested on the Nueces river in
Nueces county Texas while in camp
with a large number of cattle.. Ben-
jamin B. Simmons and F. M. Alexan-
der of this place immediately started
on their return with them to this city.
They stopped about eighty miles west
of this town to camp and there
through carelessness Denton Robert
son was allowed to escape. Thev ar
rived here with Livingston last night
and he was to day bound over in the
sum of 81000 for appearance at the
district court to await the action of
the grand jury. Failing to give bond
i . . i l
no noa iciiiciuueu lu itui.
HOUSTON.
Special to the Statesman. 1
Houston Sept. 15. Leong a mem
ber of Hennesy detective agency af
ter nearly. va-aMffit2i7eraayl:f rested
negro named Dairy at Waverly on
the Internationa! railroad for throw-
ing a switch and running a passenger
tram on to a siding. root against
uairy is conclusive. e had been dis
charged oy tne company. He was
jailed.
Prof. Carl C. Zeus will open a school
of design in the Lyceum next Thurs
day. He is from Germany.
A negro man servant of Capt. F. A.
Rice was arrested to-day for stealing
systematically jewelry and silver-
ware from bis employer.
An escaped convict named Adams
tX J 1 A 1
aiter ueing at large tnree years was
arrested to-day by Sheriff Fant.
Deputy Sheriff Kegans arrested and
jailed professional thief R. T. Wil-
liams to-day.
SAN MARCOS.
Special to The Statesman.
San Marcos Se t. 15. District
court has been in session this week
No important business has been up so
far with the exception of the suit for
the William Porter one-third league
lying on Onion creek the claimants
being Hopping vs. Hutcheson and
others. Both claim title from W
Porter Hopping from W. Porter of
Texas and Hutcheson and others
from W. Porter of Mississippi. Maj
Walton of Austin represented Hutch
eson and others and Hon. Mr. Burger
and uov. oayers oi iiastrop repre
sented Hopping. The jury was out
twenty-four hours and did not agree.
Alerson charged with the theft of
a horse was found not guilty.
speed charged with breaking up a
dance in tne upper part of the county
by displaying a pistol swearing etc.
was convicted and fined $100 and two
months imprisonment in the county
j aii.
jir. jjowen ot aiie statesman is
here and got a good list of sub
scribers.
The grand jury found few indict-
ments. We had a fire this morning.
GALTEST05.
Galveston. Sept. 15. A
young
man supposed to be Adolph Korte of
San Antonio threw himself in front
of a moving locomotive on the Texas
& Mexican road to-day and was in
stantly killed. Korte was suffering
from intermittent fever and escaped
from the hospital last night. Yester
day he attempted to commit suicide
with a razor.
Suicide.
Norfolk Va.. Sept. 15. Judee
May committed suicide aboard the
Baltimore steamer this morning. He
related his trouble to an .Episcopal
clergyman of Norfolk who came
from Baltimore with him and said
when elected judge he did not agree
politically with some prominent Re-
adjusters and was told politics would
not interfere with his duties on the
bench. Recently he had been urged
to make a removal and appointment
which afterwards appeared in his
opinion a violation of law and his po-
litical situation irritated him and he
said he felt like ending his troubles bv
blowing out his brains He is widely
celebrated and an uncle of Col. Mon-
roe Mayo.
The finest of ladies' lox paper beau
tifully engraved at
xjDwards tnrBcn s.
Press Telegrams.
WASHINGTON.
News Gathered About the Capital
City.
Washington Sept. 15. The Orcan
embassy arrived from Chicago this
morning. They were met at the sta-
tion by John Davis first assistant sec-
retary of state and Lieut. Mason and
Ensign Faulk of the navy. The latter
two wno were designated by tne presi-
dent to extend courtesies were in full
dress naval uniform. The embassa
dors were at once driven to the Ar
lington Hotel where quarters were
provided for them in a house adjoin-
ing the hoteL The whole house con-
taining nine rooms has been
assigned them. Nothing has
yet been determined as to
their future movements but they
will remain here a few days and
then will go to New York and proba-
bly to Boston returning here when
the president is in the city.
The report of the commissioners or
immigration of the state of New
1
brk shows that 363374 immigrants
nded at the port of New York from
landed
Auerust 3.
1882 to June 30 1883 m-
elusive. The largest number landed
in anv one month. 69.593. was in May
lsss and the smallest sow in janu-
arv. the same vear.
- - - ... -
The uutv imposed on tne board oi
returning paupers and persons unable
to take care of themselves to ports
where they came from has been care
fully exercised and a large number
of undesirable persons haye been sent
back
Commodore English acting secreta
ry ot the navy received the following
dispatch from bt. j onn jn . d . :
To charter another foreign ship and
foreisn crew for the duty of gom
north at this late season would sim
ply invite fresh disaster. The Protus
was handled very unskillf ully and the
crew behaved shamefully at the
wreck. The ship must be American
manned and officered by the navy and
thoroughly equipped unless win
ter quarters can be reached north of
Cape Athol the attempt would be
useless. This cannot bo done. Mc-
Mille bav will be impassible by Octo
ber 1 at the latest. The ship cannot
winter at Upper JNavik and cannot
sledge from there.
rsiffned.1 P. F. Wienes.
Commanding United States Quaran
tine.
The following dispatch from Lieut
Garlington was received at the signal
oflice to-day
"St. Johns N. F Sept. 15. Signal
officer of the United States: Stores
were not left at Littleton Island be
cause it was not in my programme to
do so. It was my intention to estab
lish a depot at or near cape I'rescott
and northward as recommended by
Lieut. Greer and to reconstruct
and fill gapslcaused by ruptures or
failure to get above Cape Sabine. (See
Greeley's latter-) Beede reports and
my instructions. Five hundred and
fifty-five rations were left at the Up-
per navigation at Yantis for my
party .fartot these met me ata point
forty miles north of Tessusack. All
have since returned to the Yantis. The
ultimate result of any undertaking to
go north at this time is extremely
problematic with the chances against
its success owing to the dark nights
now begmmng in those regions mak
ing ice navigation extremely critical
worK. xnere is no saie winter an
chorage on the west shore of
Greenland between Disco and
Pandora harbor; except perhaps
North Star bay. There is a bare
chance of success if my recommenda
tions are approved and I am ready
and anxious to make an effort. My
plan is to buy a suitable sealer take
a crew of volunteers from crews of
the Yantis and Permater now in this
harbor and pay them extra compen-
sotion; Lieut. K. C. Col well to com
mand the ship two ensigns and one
engineer to be taken from those who
'olHnteerfrom the same ships also to
employ a competent lee pilot nero.
The ship must be under
United States laws and subject to mil
itary discipline. I believe nothing
can be done with the foreign civilian
officers and crews in the event
that not enough seamen volunteer
the remainder are to be enlisted here
The commander will communicate
with the navy department. If any-
thing is to be done it must be done at
once.
"Signed P. A. Garlington.
It appears from the above that if
supplies and instruction were sent
Garlington he never received them.
Lieut. Garlmgton has been advised
that the secretary of war will not au
thorize the proposed expedition this
tan out will order it next year.
- Tlieostoffice department - -beffaa
distributing new 2 cent stamps and
the requisition on the contractor was
the largest in number of pieces and
value ever issued in one day. The
order was for 37879830 postage
stamps and .idi.iou stamped en
velopes most of these being of 2 cents
denomination and 5983000 postal
cards. The aggregate value of the
articles ordered was $9o0000.
Secretary Teller resumed his duties
to-day.
Wes. Steever. of this citv. counsel
for Judge Robertson of Louisiana to-
day filed with John J. Knox comp
troller or currency a iormai com
plaint setting forth the alleged viola
tion by tne JNew Orleans national
bank in substituting its name for that
ot the manager of the lottery compa
ny in advertisements which have ap
peared in various journals throughout
tne country bteeversays it is the in
tention of his client to test the ques
tion wnetner or not tne .National
bank can lawfully go into the lottery
business
New York Notes.
New York Sept. 15. Prof. Bauer
has challenged Duncan C. Ross win
ner of the Police Gazette trophy to
wrestle for trophy and $600 a side
the match to take place at any time
Richard K. Fox may name within
two weeks from the time of signing
tne articles. He has also expressed
willingness to wrestle with John C
Mcmahon or h. ju. jjutur for $o00 a
side.
The uany JNews of this evening
prints tne ioiiowmg reports: it nas
been current for a month past that
the trunk lines have been secretly
cutting rates and that experienced
travelers and shippers knew how to
fet advantage of the reduction. To-
ay however the trunk lines are
openly cutting passenger rates from
New York to Chicago. The
pool rate was axed some
time ago at $22 to Chicago but as
none of the lines kept up the schedule
$20 became the current figure at
which tickets could be obtained. To
day a News reporter was offered
ticket to Chicago at one of the trunk
line offices for $18; at another for
$18.50 and at another for $1J. Scalp
ers are selling ticKets much cheaper
$15 to Chicago and St. Louis being the
asKing prices.
One of the old Twenty-third street
bear party in Wall street said to-dav.
tickets to Chicago would be selling
for $5 inside of thirty days. Reports
from the West say the Grand Trunk
to-day made an open cut of $2 be-
tween Chicago and Buffalo and that
the Nickel Plate was selling at re-
duced rates with rebate and the Wa
bash & kock island railroad was
cutting rates to $5 and $6. Reports
from the Chicago & Council Bluff
auu cvuuo. jjuauu auu Vjllieago K JN orth-
western show a cutting of rates of $2
.1 T.. 1 J 5 11 .... .. '
between Chicago and Cedar Rauids
la. The Panhandle railroad began
cutting to-day from Chicago to Lou-
isvuie. xnejjouisviiie JHew Albany
and Chicago road will meet it and it
promises to oe a great hght. The
ranhanoie s obiect is to stoD the cut
ting of rates through scalpers c
The Panhandle road made a further
cut in the rate to $5 till further no-
tice. This was at once met by the
Kankakee line and the Louisville.
New Albany & Chicago or Monon
route. A leading oBcial of the latter
line said to an Associated Press re-
porter: "You may say for me that
the Monon route will meet any rate
by rival lines and will not be first to
cry for quarter." A telegram was re-.
ceived from the general passenger
agent of the Kankakee line to meet
any rate made by other lines. All
parties interested admit that they are
in for it and rates will probably go
down to zero.
A Journalists Funeral.
New York. Sept. 15. The funeral
of Hugh J. Hastings late editor and
proprietor of the Commercial Adver-
tiser took place this morning from
St. Leon church. It was largely at-
tended by many of the most promin
ent citizens. T he remains were placed
at the head of the center aisle near
the altar which was draped in black.
i loral offerings were abundant and
rich in design many of the pieces
being sent by the employes of the
Commercial. The church was by far
too small to accommodate one-half of
those who came to pay the last tribute
ot respect to the dead journalist. The
attaches of the Commercial were pre-
sent in a body. Low mass requiem
was celebrated by itev. Fathers Ducy
and Tyle and the former delivered a
brief but impressive address eulogiz-
ing the memory of the deceased. The
pall bearers were President Arthur
itoscoe uoniuing Hugh J
Jewett.
Jay Gould Samuel Sloan G en. Eckert
Jenkins Van Schaack Wm. G. Weed
of Albany Isaac AV. England J. Nel-
son Tappan and John lloey. The re-
mains were taken to Albunv for in
terment.
The Education of the People.
New iork Sept. 15. The senate
committee on education and labor
to-day resumed the examination of
CoL Richard IC Hirton. AVitness
thought more attention should bo
given throughout the country to in
struction in primary schools which is
now neglected for schools of higher
education it was the best mode of
teaching the laboring classes and the
common school system should be
placed on a firm basis. The course of
instruction was too superficial. He
also testilied at considerable length in
regard to the land grabbing system
practiced m the west and southwest
Un Monday the trunk line commis
sioner Albert rinK will appear as
witness.
More Corned Beef Poisoning.
Pittsburg Sept. 15. L:ist nifrht
Richard Brown and wife and five
children ate heartily of canned corned
oeei and aoout an hour later all were
attacked with violent pains in the
stomach followed by vomiting. A
physician pronounced the symptoms
those of poisoning. Wesley Brown
agedtwelve died at 3 o'clock this
morning. The other members of the
family are still in a serious condition
but is thought they will recover.
A Strike Ended.
Chicago Sept. 15. At a conference
between the committee of strikers
and the proprietors of the steel rail
mills. South Chicago owned by the
North Chicago rolling mill company
held this afternoon the men presented
a basis for resumption of work and
after a long discussion an agreement
was reached to last the remainder of
the year. The mills will resume work
on Monday giving employment to 200
men.
Expensive Legislation.
Concord. N. II. Sept. 15. The
present legislature which closed its
session this morning was the longest
ever held in the state. Members each
receive 102 days' pay. It will require
upwards ot a $iouuoo to settle their
per diem. Nearly 375 bills and joint
resolutions were passed.
A Wealthy Rnnaway.
New York Sept. 15. The police
of this city are notified to look for
Abrara S. Nesbitt sixteen years old.
son of the president of the Second
National Bank of Easton Pa. who
ran away from home and is supposed
to have came here. He is said to be
heir to $500000. .
Death of Judxc Krnm.
St. Louis Sept. 15. John M. Krum
aged seventy-three who from 1SJ3 to
18i3 was judge of the t-t. Louis city
circuit court in 1848 mayor of the city
and for nearly half a century a prom
inent member ot the Western bar died
here this evening.
Declared Illegal.
Yankton Dak. Sept. 16. Judge
Edgerton decides the capitol commis-
sion an illegal body and his order outs
them from their positions with costs
upon them.
Rain at Last.
Little Rock Sept. 15. The long
drouth in this section of the state
was broken by rain which has been
falling several hours and was much
needed by the growing cotton.
- JPeatlulnthe Flaineg. .
Pittsburg. Sept. 15. A fire at
Nelphos O. this morniDg entirely
consumed the extensive works of the
Pittsburg Barrel company. The night
watchman name not learned was in
the building anil burned to death.
Loss $70000; insurance $30000.
Call for a National Convention.
New York Sept. 15. The Inde
pendent Labor party organized a com
mittee to issue a call for a national
convention of labor organization to
be held in Philadelphia J anuary 12
1SB4.
rire.
St. Louis Sept. 15. Afire at Casev.
all last nignt aestroyeu eleven busi
ness houses and several offices. Loss
$80000.
The Ships.
DeVVit Talniase.
Let us stand on our watch tower.
I see through the glass of providence
and inspiration a whole fleet now
coming up. Ship of peace ! With the
flag with the one Star of Bethlehem
above the topgallants. Ship of
church ! Salt sea mark clear up on the
smoKestacK snowing she has had
rougn water but ner decks are
crowded with passengers and the
Captain of Salvation walks the bridge
and an is wen witn ner. snip of
heaven I The mightiest craft ever
launched. Millions ot passengers
now on board and room to take in
millions more. There are apostles and
martyrs in her cabin. There are
conquerors at the foot of her
masts. Standing in the rigging
I see some waving this way I
jnetmnKs i Know tnem. why
not xney went out from our
own household. Put off the black and
put on the white. Stop tolling bell
and ring a wedding anthem. Shut
up the hearse and fake the chariot.
Don t you see the ship swings round
the great headlands and will soon
touch the wharf and we will have an
opportunity to get on board of her?
Tears for ships going out. Laughter
for ships coming in. She touches
wharf. Throw across her the planks.
Block not up the gangway with em-
bracing of long lost friends for you
uave eiriiny to ceieDrate re
union. Farewell to sin. Farewell to
sorrow. Farewell to struggle. Fare
well to 8icicness. Farewell to rlp.it.b
All aboard for heaven !
The following patents were crantpd
to citizens of Texas bearing date Sep-
temoer ii was. iteportea expressly
for this paper by Louis Bagger & Co.
mechanical experts and solicitors of
patents Washington D. C. :
E. D. Carter Weimar combined cot-
ton and corn planter and cultivator
No. 284609.
B. F. Davis Dallas straining-beam.
O. 294624.
m. Y.iiunn xors worth appa
ratus ior grain urymg. and foflen
roafitiog. jo. 204Z8.
Augustus Gain y Galveston abdom-
inal supporter. No. 284851.
J. B. Garrett. Earfe HDrins-s. rar
coupling. No. 284624.
Eliza German Fannin county churn.
No. 284625.
Charles A. Lee. Arlinirton.- miner's
lamp. No. 284865.
Emma T. Reed Victoria nursery
chair. 284.671.
R. W. Rutherford. Brenham. com
bined-agricultural implement. No.
234.982.
Sir Moses Montefiore wrote to each
of the Jews accused of the murder of
Esther Sotymosi inclosing $50.
F0RE1GNFACTS
Epitome of Events Across the
Water.
DEATH ON THE ALP8.
Bern Sept 17. Dr. Ntintirhnr. an
eminent professor of jurisprudence in x
the university at. Horn u-ul t-nioH
while climbing the Alps.'
O'DONXELL'S ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND.
London. Sept. 17. Steamer Athe
nian with O'Donnell the murderer
of Carey on board arrived off Ply
mouth to-day. A force of dete t ves
has left on a tender to boara the
Athenian. It is rumored that a gun-
boat will be dispatched from Victuall-
ing yard to intercept the Athenian
and O'Donnell will be landed at the
navy yard. No suspicious persons
are as yet observed m this vicinity
but extra precautions m e being taken
uy me authorities to pi t-vent any at-
tempt at rescue of the latter. O'Don-
nell will not be taken to Plymouth as
anticipated but- will Ui landed at
Southampton lit m:ii:it.iinisl nn easv
demeanor and ri-ilt-riHiNl hU former
statement that in killing Carey he
only acted in sell' lri n and ex-
pressed himself confident of ac-
quittal. TIIE TONQUIN BLOCKADE.
London. Sept. 17. The Standard's
Hong Kong dispatch says the severity
of the blockade of Tonquin has been
so far relaxed as to allow vessels to
proceed to their ports of destination
after being searched for contraband
articles.
A great lack of harmony between
the French civil and military author-
ities in Tonquin is reported.
Marquis Tseng leayes London to-
day for Paris.
THE IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Dublin Sept. 17. There was a
mass meeting of the Irish national
league at Corrick on Shannon Sun-
day at which there were over 50000
persons present. Thomas Power
O'Conner a member of parliament for
Gal way delivered a stirring speech
in favor of home rule for Ireland.'
Ihe meeting adopted resolutions de-
claring that the Irish national league
will never cease its efforts until a
native Irish parliament is established.
A large meeting of the league was
also held at Mallow at which Wm.
O'Brien 11. P. editor of the United
Ireland made an address. He urged
his hearers to persevere m their deter-
mination to win the independence of
Ireland from English domination by
peaceful means if possible but to
win it all hazards.
A BOLD NIHILIST.
St. Petersburg Sept 17. It is
stated that the czarina lately detected
one of the imperial chamberlains in
the act of placing a nihilistic docu-
ment in her apartment and he fear-
ing the consequences committed sui-
cide. The authorities endeavored to
prevent the fact being made public.
TSENG DISAPPOINTED
Paris Sept. 17. Waddington the
French ambassador to Great Britain
has returned from a visit to Earl
Granville at Walmer Castle England
where he met Tseng the Chinese am-
bassador. Waddington in an inter-
view with Prime Minister Ferry yes-
terday expressed the disappointment
felt-by Tseng at the absence of any
official proposals on the part of the
French government for the settle-
ment of the Tonquin question.
AGAINST AUSTRIA.
Pesther Sept. 15. The Pesther
Lloyd says all indications point to the
belief that the authors of the disor-
ders in Croatia are but pioneers of a
projected South Slavonian agitation
which is to be directed not against
Hungary alone but against the Aus-
trian empire generally.
the croatien troubles.
Agram Sept. 15. There is a con-
tinual skirmishing between the mili-
tary and peasantry on the southern
frontier of Croatia but all is quiet in
Zagorien.
O'DONNELL.
London Sept. 15. Probably the
police will board- the teataex
Athenian upon her arrival off South-
ampton take O DonnelL the murderer
of James Carey ashore and bring him
secretly to London.
London Sept. 15. Lord Derby
colonial secretary forwarded a dis-
patch to the Australian government
stating that the imperial government .
deprecates the proposed scheme of an-
nexation of th Pacific Islands Uvtheji'
Australian colonies and calls atten-
tion specifically to the case of the
islands of Samoa whjere German
British and American consuls have
sometimes extrcised their influence
jointly or separately and say the gov-
ernments of Great Britain and Ger-
many made treaties with Samoa
which therefore forms an indirect
state and its annexation to Australia
might lead' to violation. In the dis-
patch he declares the same to be true
of other islands.
NOT SUBSTANTIATED.' .
St. Johns N. F. Sept. 15. The
stories of Dr. Pavy's death by mutiny
in Greenlay's camp and the murder of
the whole party by Mountain Indians
are merely reports of Esquimaux and
not substantiated.
The United States frigate Powhat-
tan arrived here to-day being seven-
days from New York and will crui
around the Newfoundland coast an
investigate the causes of collision a "
conflict between the Unity$L'
and Newfoundland fishermebf
No new developments in td.j
Greenlay's expedition.
Misrepresentation.
Fair competion is respected by all
honorable business men.
Seldom do we find a company of
men professing to be honorable resort-
ing to the misrepresention of anoth-
er's productions in order to increase
the consumption of their own. The
advertisements published underval-
uing Dr. Price's Cream Baking Pow
der are absolutely falso and the par-
ties publishing them know it to be
so. The repeated analysis by many
eminent chemists throughout the
country show the superiority of Dr.
Price's Cream Baking Powder.
No ammonia nor alum -nor tartaric
acid is used in it. It is one of the old-
est and most generally used Baking
Powders in the market and its
healthf ulnesss and effectiveness have
been tested in a million homes by
the consumer's only reliable tests the
test of the oven and years of daily
use. It is to-day as it has always
been the most healthful perfect fruit
acid Baking Powder. eod3t-wlt
The secret of the Snccess of Patent
Jtteaiclne Manufacturers.
Says the Milwaukee Sentinel in a
recent article on "Patent Medicines
"It is advertising that is the seeret of
success in the ca3e of patent medi-
cines if there is any secret about it.
A here is not a patent medicine which
is superior to the preprations provided
for by the standard medical publica-
tions. It is much simpler however.
for the person who wants a medicine
to buy a bottle of patent medicine
good for every human ill than
to go to a physician. Bv adver
tising a patent medicine extensively
and persistently the people are
brought to recoarnize certain common
and simple sensations as evidences of
a disease which this particular remedy
will cure. About all that is required
to succeed in the patent medicine line
is money and nerve to use it in ad-
vertising. It makes no sort of differ-
ence what medicine it is the combina
tion of drugs is the item of least im-
portance. It is well perhaps to put th3 drugs
if anv are used in snirits. ro t.har.
man can take his whiakv with a nioa-
conscience indeed with a rptwa
of his own worthiness in tak-
ing care of his health. Occasional
changes in the name of th
and of the maker
after a few years the public demand
something nsw. The same medicine
may be used but a rh
and of the character of the illustra-
tions is demanded. After a long run
of a patent medicine aa a cure for hing
troubles a new run may be establisife-
by calling it a remedy for ctnm.
troubles. When a fortune has been
made out of lung pads they can be cut
down in size nd another fortune
made eut of them as kidney pads "
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