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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
The earn as q Food FISH.

There is much inquiry concerning
the German carp introduced into this
country by the United States fish
commission. People want to know
where it will live, how fast it will
grow, and generally what it is worth
now that we have it. Often as these
gu stions are answered they come up
again. and in truth, the different re-
suits reported are confusing unless
accompanied with an explanation.
Carp are not first class table fish,
but they are immensely superior to
no fish at all, when ii fish dinner is
wanted. They are not as good to eat
it may be said that the
fish when well understood. So
the carp can be made toothsome
feature of the dinner table, # the
mistress of the kitchen comprehends
the mysteries OF the sauceboat. With
out that skill, which by the way is
universally possessed by our adopted
German fellow citizens, and can be
learned from almost any OF them, the
carp is rather taSteleSS. In very cold
spring brooks carp will not grow at
dll GuOy IdIuCl otOhl W SuIluh, IL
we can imagine fish shrinking, with
the cold. But in warm waters, espe-
cially in the Southern states, where
there is no trouble with frost, they
attain an enormous size quickly
There have been instances of their
growing to seven pounds weight in
two years, which far surpasses any,.
thing known of any other species of
fish. In the North, if the ponds have
hard bottoms and freeze their entire
depth, the carp will be killed. But.
if the bottom is soft and muddy, they
will burrow into it and protect them
selves. They are said to feed on veg
etable5, either the natural growth in
the water, or the refuse from the gar
den, but L imagine they are greatly
improved by an occasional taste OF
the mberless insects that are found
on all AQUATIC plants. The same rule
applies to them, that is found gov
ern in all other departments of ma
ture; the best is always the hardest to
get. Not only will carp never supply
the place OF trout, but they will hard
lv live in the same water. They need
little care, and viii; exist on poorer
food, are content in less fine water,
and they are in the end an inferior
fish. The common prOverD says
that whatever is worth having, is |
worth working for, and that, trans
lated into fish literature, means that |
an ordinary variety is more easil, |
maintained than a superior one. Still
there is always more need of the low
Pr class. Few men eat trout, y ore |
Eat shad, and infinitely more use cod,
while the ponds that are adapted to
trout, are not rs one in hundred to |
hose fitted for carp. Any old slug
yish pond, above mud-hole, will |
answer for them. In & lclusion, it is (
almost self-evident that carp are no
more game fish, than fattened hog
5 game animal. Carp can general
y be procured through the state fish
and several breeders
,ffer them for sale.-Robert Barnwell
ROOSEVELT, in American Agriculturist
or January
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
DEpAKrmENr NOTES
MONDAY.
STATE DEPARTMENT.

STATE DEPAhIMENI.
The charter of the johnson County
Cooperative association, patrons OF
husbandry, capital. $4,000, was filed
yesterday. IncOrporators: >. +. Ray,
J q. ESnes, J. n. Logan.
Also charter of Cnrley Cooperative
association. patrons of husbandry, cap
ital, $4,000 Incorporators: w. X.
Jefferson, S. ID. Knapp and Is. r.
White.
Also. charter of Concordia Benevo-
lent Schutzenverein, of Belleverde.
Bexar county, and the First Baptist
church of Ell Paso.
Also, ch .rter of the Catholic Pub
fishing Company Texas, at Calves
ton; capital, $4,000. IncorporatUrs:
n. a Gallagher, Frank p. Killeen,
John Goggan, d. NJ. Baker and f.. U.
Machinery.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
The comptroller was offered
$4,000 Houston county, $4,000
Coleman county and some San
Saba county bonds yesterday, but did
not purchase them for want of school
| funds.
Comptroller Sw ain WIS the recipient
of line gold watch. presented tn HIM
yesterday by the clerks OF his "tii"t,
the presentation being made III hand-
some terms by Chief Clerk John
Mccall and the latter, through Mr..
| Brown, of the Office, was also pre-
scented with IA fipe gold ring. The
latter presentation, in the light OF
certain rumors, is significant. The
presentations and toasts were the oc-
casion Inappropriate responses from d
numbsrs5f parties present, including
| Gov. Irel nd, Col. Swain, Col Breck-
enridge, Col Badger. Hon. A. ",
! M,5asssind OF the eighteenth leglsla-
1 ture). anil Messrs Bacon. Brown. Har-
lrisop, Satller. Wnrtham. Mccall. John
Tsou. Senter and Lame. but not i'll the
Iorder named.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Do Trees Increase Rainfall?

That forests preserve moisture in
the soil, and water in the springs; that
mountains covered with timber pre-
Gect loWlandS from destructive fresh
cts, is true, and cannot be- too strong
ly impressed on the pubic, but it is
no necessary to mix error with truth,
and try co make people believe that
by Planting few trees they Can
rhange the climate of whole CONT
nent.
In Virginia the drOughts for the
last ten years or more, are dishearten-
ing to farmers, and they talk of the
coed OLD times before the war, when
seed time and harvest never failed,
lamenting the dry seasons that now
prevail in the WelI-wooded mountains.
is we'll d. III the low country. Yet,
the whole country is growing up to
trees, the "Old fields" being quickly
covered with pines. On my own
farm, Il field that was in cOan eleven
years ago, is now an almost impene-
trable thicket. Surely if trees affect
rainfall the Virglnians ma, we'll say.
Down with the trees Tor they bring
dIoulhw
We really know but very little
about the causes that bring about AN
increase or diminution in the annual
rainfall. Two French philosophers,
Fautrat ami Sartriaux, found that
about One-twelfth more rain fell over
a piece of forest than on the adjoining
country. This fact went the rounds
of the papers aS proof that the foliage
of trees attracted rain, until il was
pointed out that the experiments ex-
tended from February TO July-about
half before the leaves opened, and nall
afterWard, and that the trees received
quite as much rain when entirely
bare as when covered with foliage,
and even one-slXth more in March,
when there was no foliage to invite
rain or condense the Vapor.
A few years ago, when spending
some time i'll Utah, l noticed that
Great Salt Lake was rising. Some
fences, once on dry land, We're under
water, and the rise OF water Is said to
az erage one foot d year. he inhaUi
tantS said the annual amount OF rain
was increasing. Some att ipute it to
the orchards and shade trees they had
set out, forgetting that for every tres
planted, a hundred or more were cut
down on the mountains. Others
thought it was due to blowing and
cultivation; others we're sure that the
iron rails of the Pacific Railway
brought electricity and rain from the
eastl A like increase of rain pre-
vailed. and perhaps still prevails in
western Kansas and Nebraska. For
Gptiin1, tt-4ir destructive urvuLhS the
papers asserted that lain followed
civilization, with its clearing, blowing
and narrowing. This is certainly
pleasant view of the subject to an in
coming population, and for those who
had lands to sell--[George Glendon,
Jr, in American Agriculturalist.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Confederate Ban in Rae mon d.


If next year we should succeed in
consolidating the three funds (about
$50, 0OOl now in hand for the building
of Lee monument in Richmond, and
should secure plan which would
Justify the laying of the corner stone
in October, the surviving members of
the army of Northern Virginia would
reaSSemble in Richmond in such num-
bers as 10 make gathering forever
memorable. There would be present
real generals, colonies, majors, cap
tains and lieuteDants, and privates by
thousands. 1t would be time for a
confederate ball, somewhat of the
character of colonial ball had here
years ago-only the gentlemen would
not wear cues and ruffied shirts of a
hundred years ago, but the we'll worn
gray and army shirts of the war of
1875.
Plenty of the uniforms of the off,
GERS and privateS are yet kept, and
long will be preserved as heirlooms,
and could be produced for the occa-
sion. The ladies wood appear in such
dresses as suited the time represented.
They may be relied upon to make
them up in good style. and adapted to
their varying types of beauty. We
could invite ex-President Davis to
come that week, and no doubt he
would Except. So would Beauregard,
Johnston, Early, the Ransoms. Hamp-
ton, Daury, the Lees, ColqUitt. Cor
don, Kershaw. MCGOWAN, Kemper,
Vance. and hundreds of other no,a-
bles. The ball might be arranged to
take place in the JEFF Davis house
(now Central SCHOOL,, and sum could
be realized from it that would start !
into vigorous life the dead current of
contributions to the mutual fund.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
DOctOrlng the Family Cow.

sun.
They are smiling Il good deal up at
Racine. over the work of a woman
who took it into her head TO rid COW
of vermin. She did it and did it thor
oughIy. When d woman wills, she
will, but When she don'G that's the end
Of it. But in this case the family
owned very good COW, which proDa-
bly, by asSocIating with the common
nerd, became afflicted with lice. How
TO get md OF them was the question:
The good man of The house had tried
several things. but failed. His good
wife, however, had been giving the
subject careful and prayer ul consid-
erallOn, and 50, one morning after her
husband had gone, she went out aud
rubbed about Il buShel of ashes into
the cows hair. This, OF course, made
life anything hut pleasant to the lice.
but they didn't conclude to move till
later on in the day. The COW Was
turned out to pasture, and during the
day gentle rain set in. When they
Went to bring the COW home that
evening, they hardly recognized tAo
hdiT1Coo TitUUr" tfIaJ came up to be
driven home. That cow was as bare
of hair as the first row of heads in the
audience at d Black Crook show. The
rain and ashes not only took the lice,
but the hair also. The woman who
accomplished this has the satisfaction
of knowing that her plan succeeded,
even if IL will be necessary to buy an
ulster or dolman to keep the COW
warm this winter. Anybody having
a wig for cow, on sale, might dis
pose of it in Racine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
WhAt ~ LOYe2
From the Indianapolis Times. ]


One hundred letters were written
to as many well-known "thinkers" OF
Vlncennes, requesting answers to the
question:; What is love?" The re.
suit of the editors labors Indicate 4
confusing variety of opinions among
the people of Vincennes rs to what
love is. Following are the answer
from 10 different persons:
The most interesting and pardona-
BILE of human weaknesses.
A mere delusiun that has ruined
MAJ men,.
A feeling of such exquisite tender
ness that it is too sweet for compare
son.
L don't know any thing about it;
don't think it amounts to much.
The sweetest and most passionate
excitement known to men-binding
together by the strongest cords sex,
kindred and nations.
Don't know anything about it;
never was there.
1t is something that no fellow can
find out-yet all feel its power, more
or less.
A sweet and delusive Imagination
only.
A dormant passion of the mind
aroused by beauty and intellectual
qualities of some one woman.
An undetinable principle which all
beings possess, and which lies at the
foundation of all happiness.
A l.oble passion which envelopes
our whole being and shows itself in
every thought, word and action.
True bliss-void of fancy-of hap
piest happiness.
An egotism of two.
A feeling that takes root in the
heart and is only made perfect when
it enters the soul
A latent faculty of the mind that,
when aroused, CLOVIS with radiance
that illuminates the gIoomiest mind,
and Yields a power of influence that
is uneQualled
tine of the worst diseases of the
heart.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

100000 gallons of proof spirits. in
Guiding spirits distilled from fruits
and imported spirits, to be consumed
as drink by the people. As there are
1880 349 males over tweDty-one years
of age in the country, the consump-
ton of whisky is less than four gal
Ions year for each individual, and
counting the women and Juveniles
who drink. this pro rata is still fur
Their reduced. The wine consumption
is about 100000 gallons yearly.
When we arrive at beer, The consump-
ton is found to be very large Here
it is judIcisus to admit some inte.u-
perenee. The beer-drinkers absorb
nearly 530,OOO,O0O gallons of their
favorite tiDple, all of which is made
in this country, except about l,5OO.OOO
gallons. The legend that beer Is a
temperance" drink is not now gen.
orally accepted. The figures given are
those of last year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
WEDNESDAY.

yesterday being generally observed
as holiday no business was trans
acted i'll the several STATE, offices.
In the absence of Other matter the
space in his column is CIV en to the
following cumplint ntary hut deserv-
ing notice of the comp rollers depart
mrnt taken from the Mason News:
fht annual report of Comptroller w
J. Swain has just reached our hand
ana is "A clear Intelligent statement OF
the finances OF the state for the fiscal
year, ending August, 1888.
This report is most com lnendable In
this, that every person who reads it
can understand it. Former reports
from that office, Cat least such as WE
have ready were so hidden in mystery
and so complicated as to be entirely
unintelliginle to the majority of the
citizens. Mr.. Swain commences his
report by showing the apprOpria-
tions made by the 10th Legis-
lature to cover the period
ending February %, 1883. On pages
81 and 80, he shows the balances to
every account in the State Treasury.
page 80 shows the amount of occupa-
ton taxes collected in each county
assess and collect our taxes; the losses
incideni al to the assessments. The
bonded Indebtedness of the State, and
so we found the whole report full of
information given in the most simple
and straightforward way on every
subject pertaining to the financial
management of the revenues of the
State.
Tits report is a credit to the de-
partment of which Col. Swain is the
head, from himself down to the last
clerk that had hand in getting 1t up
and shows not only Mr.. SWANS ex-
ecutive ability, but also that he has
that excellent gift of being able to
select able and competent men to
assist in carrying on the duties of his
Office. Everybody whom we have
seen of those who do business with
this de partme are unanimous as to
the ease and prCmptneSs with which
business is Transacted Herewith. and
the unvarying courtesy which they
meet with at the hands of Col. Swain
and his subordinaLes.
He deserves well of the country,
and doubtless. for the benefit of the
State, his official life will be preserved
beyond the present term.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
A New Drink in Nebraska.


A new industry has taken root in
Omaha which is startling i'll its full
development when one thinks to what
results it may lead. 1t is nothing
more nor less than new rival for
liquors, being a palatable and invigO-
rating substitute. The Omaha Union
has the following account of it: "The
beef-tea traie is looking up" said a
dispenser of drinks to UniJn re-
porter, when the latter had dropped
into the place under the impression
that IL Was the rooms of the Young
Mems Christian association. What
has beef-tea got to do with our bust
ness ?" asked the scribe. Since the
early part of last fall there has been Il
demand fur beef tea DIT this bar. At
first We laughed at the idea of going
to the trouble OF making it. bit now
laugh because we do make it. We
sell over 100 drinks per day, and
as it is Is cent drink there is
no reason why we should not smile.
Who drinks it, do you say ? Why,
everybody. The man about town
who has been out with the boys
comes in here in the morning and
calls for beef tea; the business man
comes in the afternoon and braces his
system with beef tea the temperance
man who drops in with a blbulous
friend takes beef tea and, in fact,
everybody is becoming slave ~ the
mixed bovine. The sick even are
very sensibly forsaking the drug
stores and coming here for beef tea,
preferring it to the nauSeating mix
lures put up by the druggist and Or
dered by the family physician. Why,
if the tea ouly holds out we will
wreck every drug store in the city.
The possibilities from this are many.
Beef tea is at once tonic and food.
1t does not corrode the stomach and
fire the brain. 1t does not madden,
and yet it exhilarates and strengthens.
Hail to the drink of the future Hail
beef tea
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
The Greatest Railroad Bridge in tI,s
World.
London Daily Telegraph

lLOuuOn DdllN lele5rapnI
Considerable progress is now being
made with the works of the great
bridge across the Firth of Forth.
which includes two spans of the I'M
precedented width of one-third of
mile each, or about folr times that of
any existing railroad bridge. Some
$1,000 per month is the present ex-
penditure in temporary and perma-
nent works. Some idea may be formed
of the magnitude of the undertaking
from the statement that the materials
required for the Forth bridge wouid
ill 1000 trans of average length and
capacity. This enormous weight, will,
OF course, require to be handled sever
al times, the whinStone alone being
found on the spot, the granite briifg
shipped from Aberdeen, ihs
steel from Glasgow and South
Wales. and the POI Jland cement from
different places in England. Where
the bed of the river Is of rock it viii
be leveled and otherwise prepared for
the piers by means OF j large diving
bell OF pecial coasl ruct.on. wherein
are series OF rock '.riiiS driving by
compress air, 1h. whole nriug light
eG by lncdudeScrnJ ti''ctrIr liz It's.
Where the foundation is IN clay con
siderable thickness 81 mud aId vt
has to be cut through. AID preptra-
tions are now complete lor putting in
the first of the piers by what is
known us the pneumatic process. A
caiSson. or diving bell. seventy feet in
diameter and siXty-hve feet in height,
will be sunk to the required depth 10y
Il large number of men working in
the oil, which will, OF course, be con-
SCantlV fed with compressed air, to
prevent the water from flowing into
the chamber, and to supply the men
with the required amount of oxygen.
l. is at last becoming clear to the
high protective men that they have ID
conflict before them. They have at
last realized that the cry for low taxes
means low taxes, and means that the
people are tired paying taxes for the
mere fun of it, or for any other reason
than because the credit and the neceS-
stiles of the government require it.
For that and for economical admins
tration they are willing to Jay taxes,
but for no other ACKNOWLEDGMENT
News-J Journal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Jewish Exclusiyeness.

There is something to touch the
heart in the reason alledgpd by a
Jew for the exclusiveneSs of his race
1--WE are not exclusive but sensitive.
/ The Jews are the most sensitive peo-
pie on earth. Why sh uld they not
be? Nopeople We're ever SO snubbed
We have been made to feel our isola-
ton until now it is law to our be-
ing. We wonld he glad to be on
neighborly relations with Christians,
but there is no place where the shad-
oWs OF our supposed guilt,
in your eyes, do not always
lie cold be- ween. Even when
you try to be kind your very
reserve on the painful subject is Of
fensive to us. 1t is not so much what
you say, as what you do not say that
pains. You always appear on d
strain, as if you were watching not to
offend us. That isolates us. We
choose it rather than a studied friend
ship which, by its restraint, reproach-
es. 1t is so with our children. We
Can not keep them faithful to the
faith we ho'd sacred because your
children tell them that their father
put your Lord to death. md they
come home horror-stricken at the very
parents that bore them. We have no
alternative but isolation"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

The workingman is beginning to
see that the tariff is laid upon the
manufactured product, and not upon
the labor which makes that product
aye, indeed, he is. And he is Begin
ming tosee that of the IS per cent re-
allied by the owners of a furnace. the
workiDgman gets only wages enough
to keep soul and body together.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
dwight NJ. Sabin. the new Chairman

dwight Nj. SabiD, the new chairman
of tn National Republican commit
tee, has an income OF $4,000 a year.
His hobby is boots. II has twenty
eight pairs of them in his room in
Washington "a pair for every year
that hehas lived. He has crest on his
writing paper. 1t is two waving pine
trees supporting a circular saw. If
he succeeds in pulling the next Re-
publican Candidate for president
through. he will blossom out with a
coat-of-arms.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

We have observed that since old
CeTro Gordo Williams threatened to
stop his paper" on those editors " no
attacked him, the state press has
rather toned up ON his senatorial as
plratlons, and .'old wind-bag Will
llams has gwen place to "the present
senatorial incumbent" - Louisville
Commercial.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

Many persons who seemingly have
consumpti N have perfectly sound
lungs, and their distress originates
altogether from disorlirred kidneys
and liver. Now there are thousands
of remedies that will relieve dney
and liver dis asses. but there is only
one that eau De depended upon for eff
fectlng permanent cure, and that is
Browns Iron Bitters. Its efficacy mas
heen satisfactorily proven in thous-
ands of instances after all other reme-
dies failed. eod&w
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

james Russell Lowell, Duke of
Dudes, rector OF ST. Andrews Univer-
'ity, snob. sycophant and lick-spittle
generally, represents the state depart
n-ent no doubt, but as a representa-
tive of the American people he is IA
miserable failure. When such things
are sent abroad is it any wonder that
the disposition to abolish our diplo-
mate service grows Washington
Critic
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Advice 10 !Nvtl,ers.

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup
should always be used when children
are cutting teeth. 1t relieves the lit
tie sufferer at once; it produces
natural, quiet sleep by relieving the
child from pain. and the little cheruD
awakes as bright as button" 1t is
very pleasant to taste. 1t soothes the
child, softens the gums, ailays all
pain, relieves wind, reg lates the
bowels, and is the best kuO vn remedy
for diarrh9a, whether arising from
teetbing Nr Otner causes. Twenty-Five
cents bottle. ieII-ly
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
France had under arms during

Frdnce nau Under arms uurlDg the
period named probably 1.500O0. The
losses reported In battle do not sug-
gest a heroic resistance. The facts
diminish the glory OF their conquer
ors. The number of German troops
that entered France was 1,146,00O.
The character If he French reSis-
lance will appear in clearer light by
comparing their losses with those of
the United States and with those of
the confederate armies in our own
civil war. The provost-marshal-gen-
eral of the United States in 1866 re-
ported the casualties of the Union
armies as follows:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
a Chicago dude was thrown out {

a Chicago dude was thrown out of
a second-story window recently under
the following circumstances: The
members of the company were put
ting cOnundrums, when one of them
asked: "Who are the sweetest girls
in the United States ?" 1.-The Mis-
souri, girls" answered the dude.
"Why?" shouted the crowd. because
they are Mo-lasses," explained the
dude. Thereupon they seized the
scoffer and launched him.-Brooklyn
EagI-.