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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23

nutthW est are Sh6wing a substantial
incfease, not only over the previous
yeaf but over those of the correspond
ing period year ago. The movement
is late, but it gives promise of a
healthy current very soon. Good
crops mean general prosperity for this
country. The railroads are first to
feel the effect, but general trade very
soon share i'll it. While our financifl
condition would be very critical were
it not for the promise of the crops,
there is every prospect that they will
tide us over the perils Of depression.
The ups and downs of the stock
market and the raids on the Gould
and the Willard interests have no nee
essary connection with the production
and traffic, on which the prosperity of
the country depends. No doubt the
general condition of the market and
the opportunities of the spectators
depend in some measure on the same
causes which affect other interests;
and stocks, like everything else, have
been working down from inflated fig
ureS. But at the same time the pro-
lectS and risks of the great operators
are in measure independent of the
industrial and commercial situation,
and these furnish the chief opportuni-
ties for the tussles of bulls and bears
on Broad street. With money plenty
and obtainable on easy terms, and
plentiful crops just beginning to make
their way to market, the slight dis
turbances of the last two weeks give
no occasion for general uneasiness,
much less for alarm or panic.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
A New Source of Potash.
Manchester Examiner.l


Although we know that POTASH IN
lists in sea water, and in many rocks
notably in feldspar, which is very
abundant in Cornwall and elsewhere.
we are still largely dependent upon
the old source for our supplies 81 The
carbonate. We do not literally OH
!, tain it, according to its etNnr lngy.
from the ashes under the pot. IL, our
very great-granumothers 10 in
the old times of Wood fuel.
but from the ashes a. The
succulent portions of great foris fres
when their trunks are cut for ilnb r.
Another source has lately bt1, ,ug-
gested by NJ. II. Mangen, who l.s an
alyZed the leaves of the ice plan Mes
embryanthemum CRYSTALLINE and
finds that The dried plant conia.s I'M
average of 43 per cent. of the salts Of
potassium and sodium, and that Il he,-
tare would yield about Stj3 Kilograms
mes OF carbonate of potash, equal. in
round numbers. to 70J wri. ht per
English acre. He therefore rais,s the
question whether this plant may I.
cultivated commercially rs n source Of
cauStic potash and its carIonatrs.
and also be employed to remove from
the saline soils of the Mediterranean
coasts the excess of salts 10 which
their barrenness is attributed. | find,
upon reference, that NJ. Mangon's
sugge 'tion is not quite novel, as the
Spaniards use the ashes of this plant,
under the name of Brri!ld Moradei;I,
in their glass works, a''l barila (crudc
alkaliD is made in Egypt from the
MeSembryanthemum nodIforium. an
other species of the sam genus OF
plants.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
Treat ent of MhoopIng Cough.

DIR. Grath, of Vienna, proposes a
singular treatment for this distress
ing ailment, which will doubtless re-
cieve careful consideration from the
medical profession. He states that
by placing twenty drops of the oil of
turpentine on handkerchief, holding
it before the face, and taking about
forty deep inspirations, to be repeated
thrice daily, marked relief succeeded
in cases of laryngeal catarrh by speedy
cure. is the suit. Being called in to
attend an infant of fifteen months in
the convulsive stage, he instructed
the child's mother to hold a cloth
moistened as already described, before
it when awake, and to drop the Oil
upon its pillow when asleep. In this
instance the remedy in its effect was
most beneficial. The frequency and
severity of the attacks sensibly de-
creased in the course of twenty-fouI
hours, and by proper support by the
help of stimulants, improvement was
rapid
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
About the Way Elijah ''Went Ur"


The territory lying four miles due
west from this city and covering an
area of several square miles was swept
by furious storm yesterday. ABOUT
2 o'clock inky black clouds were OBJ
served bearing from the southwest
and northwest. From both sections
the clouds were travelling fass, and
coming together over the place deslg-
mated a war of elements ensued The
lightning was constant and vivid.
The heavy hail AMI wind that followed
was preceded by a fearful gale. The
thunder rolled overhead until the
earth seemed to quake, the claps be-
ing painfully heard in this city.
One shaft u lightning, which
seemed TO descend to the earth and
rebound several times, stunned several
persons who, it happened, were in the
vicinity. A seyenteen-year old son
of Michael Poets, dealer in the State
street market, was seated in the win
dow of his fathers house on the
Shaker road, reading Bible, when
the lightning flashed down. The
fluid struck him in the face, stripping
his clothing from his back and tear
ing his flesh in a shocking manner
The Bible was thrown across the
room When the youth was picked
up life was extinct. Nothing else
was damaged, and no trace of the
electrical fluid was to be found out
side the house. Farmers who were
at work in the fields describe the flash
as binding, seeming to envelop the
whole country.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
The Humiliating Exhibition.


The New York Tribune makes the
not very original but certainly charac-
teristic defense of the Indiana cam
paign dirtiness, that it was no worse
than the Democrats would have done
if they had had the opportunity.
What respectable Republicans will
think of this sort of apology may be
surmised. No crime forbidden in the
decalogue but could be defended in
the same way. There never was a
rascal who pocketed and hid the
money he found on the street, never a
fellow who took a bride from a male
factor, never corrupt legislator who
sold his vote, that did not say he
might as well as to let somebody else
do it. No peasant slave" of cow
ardice or vice ever made more hui
initiating exhibition of low instincts
than is betrayed in such a defense of
Il vulgar and degrading crime.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
A Dude in a Railroad Office.


Yesterday a dude walked into the
Louisville and Nashville ticket office
not a New Orleans dude, but one of
the imported sort, which is seldom
seen here. On his closely cropp d,
bullet head was perched mammoth
white beaver, the wide brim of which
curled up like scoop, and formed a
roof for the protection of large pair
of pigeon-tOed ears. The tail of his
delicate coat t1irted around his sus-
pender buttons, and entirely failed to
cover the southwestern exposure OF
his tight-fitting pants, which were so
small in the legs that they looked like
two umbrella covers. Below the bot
toms of the pants, which claSped the
ankles like Langtry glove, were a
pair of feet which the Smithsonian
Institute has been trying to find for a
long time. They simply stood out
from the rest of the dude as if they
belonged to another family. While
the ticket clerks were wondering how
the dude managed to slip his feet
through his pants legs without using
shoe-horn, he leaned both elbows on
the counter, and, with gentle smile,
said: "Cawn't you sell me a sleeping
cav ticket to Atlantaw, Georgia ?"
Eyes" responded the ticket clerk.
Jaw well do so, me deah fellaw,
please. Aw but forgot to ask the
price, you knaw."
lie was told the price of the ticket,
and handing out the money began
drumming on the counter with his
fingers and singing:
We never speak as we pass by,
Although teah drop
Jaw, but | say, are you quite suah
the sleepaw will go right there with
out fall
"Y es; it goes there without fail
well, you knaw that's what / look
out for when take sleepaw. l hate
beastily change, you knaw-
We never speak as
"Ah, my deah fellaW, tell me, there
is no danger of a lay ovaw?"
"No. sir"
You're quite suah you stand pat on
it, you knaw."
yes; how many times do you want
me to tell you.''
Jaw, you have full hand, old fell
low, haven't you ?"
The ticket clerk could stand no
more, and was in the act of reaching
for paper weight when the dude,
with a dainty wave of his hand, said:
"Aurevaw, l must get my things
down to the caw," and as he passed
out of the Office he once more sang:
1--WE never speak as we pass by.
AS he glided down the street the
people stopped, and looked, and won
dered if they could buy the thing to
play with.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
STATE NEWS REPERTORY.
Spirit Of Our Texas Exchanges.

THE AUSTIN STATESMAN'S write.
up historian of Texas towns and coun-
ties, in company with the genial
popular and successful commercial
traveller, Capt Joseph G.. S. Morrow,
representing HoustOns prince of mer-
chants. ". d. Cleveland, eft George
! town on the Sd inst, visiting Leander,
| BurneJ, Bertram, Liberty Hill, Flor
ence and Corn Hill. Business for the
great wholesale grocery house of W. ID.
Cleveland is now co-extensiVe with the
! imperial domain of Texas. His travel
ing men are imOued with liberal and
| Just business principles, are not COM
PEELED to work within narrow limits,
nor are they hanspered in their free
dom by arbitrary instructions. Gus
TONERS can rely on getting the articles
bought by samples at the lowest price,
winch is the secret of permanent uc-
cess in all lines of trade. Cleveland
HaS the best men in the state, the
most devoted to his interests, the most
wiling workers, and by his cleverness
and lberality, has gained their affec+
tions to such degree that even larger
salaries from other houses has no att
traction for them.--Georgetown Rec
ord.
A new game has recently been in9
augurated for the purpose Of lefraud4
ing stockmen. 1t takes two to put
up the job" They look over the adj
vertisements of straved or stolen cat
tie. One of the rogues VIII then pay
visit to the ranches where the ste 4
is, pretending to be in search C3
strayed or stolen animals He WI
off without identlfying any of III
stock as his own, hl,t win give
his partner all - necessary
points. His partner, after sufficient
time has elapsed not to arouse suspi,
cion, will then go to the same ranch
and give a minute description Of the
stock. without seeing it. He wiz
then say to the Stockman that he is .
long ways from home and don't care
to have the trouble of driving il
home, or some other well put up tale
and will offer to sell at about half the
value of the animals.-Pearsan News
The Bandera Blgle makes the fol
lowing interesting comments GA yhss
valuation of the property OF tlaI
county: We, are as it were, coming
out of our frontier life OF struggle anC
poverty as if in 'leaps and bounds,
and it is when we aDalyze the figures
that we realise our great increase u
wealth and can estimate TIE possibA
tiles of the future. Thus, II
lands the ire eased value
over last year is given ST no less thar
$4,000, and town lots have risen IL
value $i5,9S2. The purchasing powe
of the citizens is shown in the in
creased value of wagons and buggles
$3.50, and in the money on hand beipl
almost double that OF last year. Stool
has largely incEeased in number ant
in value. While Tbs number o
horses is only 6q7 ogel Shs nunlbpe
for last year, the value Fu1
| up over $24,527. Cattle increas
bose, but the value oyershoots that o
last year TO the enormous amount Q
$134,13l. Sheep Increase only 1895
End the value ss643; stii4, 44ss- sucl
hard winter and SO great Losses, tlhtt
is very satisfactory. Indeed it is
! wonder the figures should be as the
are Goats have, rouudly speakinE
doubled in numbeF ana in value.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
). w. BIGas.

Letter from the Hon. ex-comp-
troller:
AUSTIN. TEXAS. March 80. 1883.
Drs. j. j. s. W. Fl. Tobin. Austin:
Dear Sirs-Having during the
past year used the remedy
prepared by you, known as
Hepatozone, l take pleasure in
stating that it has proved to be what
its name implies, a liver remedy ]
have found no Alternative and purga-
tive more certain or freer from un.
pleasant effects, and none so efficacious
in arousing a torpid liver to the per-
Torrance of its proper functions.
w. M. BROWN.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
TERM.
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Governor ireland yesterday par
doned Henry Herndon, sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary at the
MAY term of the district court in Fay
cite county, for horse theft. In grant
ing the pardon the governor says:
This boy was induced to divulge
facts that led to his conviction, by
promises of immunity from prosecu-
ton. This fact alone entities him
to pardon, but it is asked by the judge
and jury that tried him, and many
citizens, and therefor, pardon Is
granted him on condition that it Is to
be revoked on the first violation OF
any of the criminal laws OF this state,
and he is to serve out his full time.
The governor telegraphed DIR.
Blount that he saw no occasion to
quarantine against New Orleans, or
any point on-the Florida coast except
Pensacola and vicinity.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
About $500 were paid into the
treasury yesterday through the comp.
troller.
According to the rolls of forty
two counties there Is an average in
crease in values of at least 100000 to
bounty. There are 40 organized
ilties in the state. The rolls OF
stchell county alone-a cattle coun-
shows an increase of Sl,3OO,OOO
be values in this county are double
hat they were last year. ) 5. Ashe,
pltectar of Harris county. is in the
city and will settle to-day.
Collector Williams. of Atascosa
county, settled yesteIdiy.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The charter of the Corsicana Ath-
letic club was filed Tuesday with the
secretary of state. The incorpora-
tors are j. II. Mackey, A. Hoover,
John G. Autry, l.. Cert and w T..
Wilcox. The object is to maintain a
gymnasium for physical education.
LAND DEPARTMENT..
Commissioner Walsh Is in receipt
of notice Of the compilation of the
new maps of Angelina, Sabine, San
Augustine and Coryell counties.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
We Found 1t Out.

We could tell the names, but we will
not do so this morning, of two of the
fairest of the fair and fashionable
young ladies of this city who had a
little s.picnic," as the young men term
it, all by themselves last Thursday
night. We did not say one of them
was Carrie, nor did we say the other
was Fannie, and we do not want any
OF the readers of THE STATESMAN to
think such are their names, nor did
we say they lived at hotel with a
sanity name; and if any onesays THE
STATESMAN said they did, please
remind him he is mistaken. Now
we know there is hotel with a saint
ly name on Pecan street, but if any
one says The STATESMAN said the
motel where these young ladies live is
on Pecan street, be kind enough to
say we never said so. These young
ladies, who shall be nanelesS, had often
wondered where many nice young
men Of the capital of Texas spent
their evening, when they were
not calling upon them. They re-
solved to find out for themselves
so they obtained two nicely fitting
suits of clothes and dressed themselves
for the imperSonation of two real nice
young men. Their handsome hair
was slowed away beneath a jaunty
hat and a very becoming mustache
adorned the proper place for mus
tache on a nice young mans face.
When fixed in the proper shape they
started out to see Austin life as it is
seen by our best society young men,
but rs it was never seen ny respectable,
virtuous, moral. Austin young ladies
before-and rs it will. in all PROBABLE
ity. never be seen by any others. But
one OF the gentlemen boarders of that
hotel got wind of the project Of the
brave ladies, and he made up his mind
to be near at hand to protect them in
case any accident should overtake
them. Well, we will not say how a
STATEsMAN reporter learned of the
matter. but he did. and he wanted
to protect them, too. They tirst
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
The ROsadaIis.

Rosadalis is sovereign remedy fol
all diseases of the blood. 1t has nc
equal for the cure of nervous disor.
ders. Read this certificate:
would like to bear testimony tC
the merits of Rosadalis, by saying that
some eight years ago l was totally
Frustrated and could get no relief
from our family physician, but after
taking one bottle of Rosadalis ! be
came entirely restored to health.
now weigh 175 pounds, but when |
first took your medicine l weighed
only 100. l cheerfully recommend il
to all, and especially to those afflicted
with nervous debility.
eod&W Mrs. A. A. MARION.
Baltimore, Nd
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23

81 Il tlesai or 81 ibls ailoat J 81 Is delivered
81 II "a elevator; 81 1884 f. D. h.
Corn, spot active and a shade higher; options
opened 49lc lower, reacted 9s@ssc. closing
firm. No. ,, 5O96ii4c; steamer Glc; No. 2.
SIC; elevator, Gle; Gaze afioat
Coffee quiet and steady
Sugar III good demand and firm: refined
quiet: y, exc; mould A, SNc
MolasSes quiet at zoe; best refining. 2i6t2Itsc.
losin steady at oI52ia6ll CO.
1urpentine firm at Ale.
Pork quiet and steadily held AT si42IlII 10
Lard higher.
NEW oRLRANs
NEW ORLEANS, August 2I-Flollr in fair
demand and steady; high grades IS a5ei5 81
Corn IN fair demand and frmer; mixed and
white, 62@62c.
Oats in good demand and easier; Western.
3SC140c.
Corn meal duh and lower: So 60.
Pork in fair demand and firm at l3lt6l3sc
Lard higher; tierce, 9lae; keg, 9sfc.
Bulk meats in fair demand. but easier;
shoulders, packed, ST 70.
Bacon in good demand; shoulders steady at
IKE; long clear and clear ribs firmer at 100
Rice duh at 4ssc
Hams, sugar-cured higher; choice canvassed,
i4Q15c
Whiskey steady; western rectihed, S1O5@
l 20.
Coffee steady with fair demand Rio cargoes
common To prime, 7l4@lOlSc.
Sugar quiet and steady; fully fair, Sc; prime
s1sc; yellow clarified, s(tsl4c
Molasses dull; centrifugalS al 2O026c; Rio
scarce add firm at 24GD261sc.
Bran quiet ana firm at SOC.
Cotton seed oil, crude. 53eI3lc; summer yell
low refined 42lJ43c.
Sight exchange on New York, 81 SOAP 90 per
900 premiIlm sterling exchange and bankers
bills steady and unchanged: 1891 @4S4.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
ct CtIII VI tdTH-
Liabilities ings to invest't.

This shows that while the construc-
ton has enormously increased, the lia-
bilities and stock per mile have also
been added to, and the gross and net
earnings are only a little above what
they were in 1879 1t ought to be
shown how much of the stock per
mile is water" for that column
proves adecidedly unhealthy increase.
A well managed railroad is an advan-
tage to all concerned, but the reputa-
ton that Il large number of our roads
is obtaining is so unsayory as to make
even the English distrustful of them
and take more XII 4 20 Confederate
bonds 1T investm II. :
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
ANOTHER HORRIBLE MURDER.
IN THE SAME OLD PLACE.
Six Miles from Where BidaI Ybera
Murdered the Little Boy and Girl
Only Three Miles from where
the Heartless Mother
Stamped Her Little
Girl to Death.

a tract of country not far from Dat
manville, is fast becoming noted as
the dark spot in Texas. First Bidal
Ybera, the young Mexican, startled
the whole state by one of the most
brutal murders ever known, in which
little boy and girl, on their way from
school, were his victims; then
came the horrible tragedy of
mother deliberately taking her little
four year-old girl and hurting it
against a tree with force enough to
kill it, and following this up by carry
ing the little thing to the house and
MASKING the helpless child to jelly
with her heels. These were enough
to give it the unenviable reputation
we have suggested, but now comes
another from the same vicinity in
which one brother deliberately shoots
another, and only three miles from
where the little girl was killed by
the mother, and six, only, from
the scene of the Ybera tragedy. HUI
man life seems to be held of no account
to at least portion of the men and
women who live in that vicinity.
From DR.. Clark, who lives not far
from where the murder took place, a
STATESMAN representative learns the
facts in regard to this last bloody af-
fair. The facts are not fully known
but from what could be learned it ap-
pears that two brothers. whose names
are Cowen, lived together about
twelve miles from this city, on
the road leading from Austin to
Manchaca. Sunday night they were
at home, and question arose in re-
gard to certain cattle. The brothers
did not agree as to the matter they
were talking about and the dispute
soon grew earnest. At first each tiled
to convince the other that what he
said was right, and neither wanted
to be convinced. Soon, what began in
in friendly, brotherly conversation
turned into an earnest argument, and
this IN time growing personal, the
brothers began TO reflect upon each
others honesty, and an angry
alteration followed, in which each
called the other a liar
and other quite as opprobrious cpl
thets. One then drew his siX-shooter
and fired at his brother and his brother
returned the fire. Instantaneously
both were hit and one of them shot
dead in his tracks. The brother who
did the fatal shooting at once fled from
the country, and. yesterday, up to the
time DR.. Clark left home, no trace of
him could be found. How two broth
ers, With hardly any provocation,
'ou!d shoot, or attempt to shoot
zach other down like cattle over
. attle trivial disagreement about
a matter of no Consequence to
either, is one of the things few men
can understand If the facts were
fully known to our informant, and
are as stated, then there is shown a
state of human depravity that one
seldom meets with anywhere. 1t is
time that the most decisive steps
We're taken III this part of the state to
promptly punish al persons who
make an attempt TO take the life of
their fellows, except in the necessity
of self-defense. This is the only
thing that should in any manner eX-
QNse the slayer OF a human being.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
The Celebrated TempletOn Eye Water

Was not discovered by an "old wo-
man," as some appear to suppose, but
by one of the Lords of Creation"
and was tested by the best medical
faculty in the United States, IF NOT
IN THE WORLD, and by letters patent
of March Z, 1882. Any person hav-
ing sore eyes can have them CURED
by calling on Madame E. F. Duke, as
hundreds have done in and around
Austin. Browns red brick building,
opposite Miller's stable.
aug19-d1m-W2t
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
Profitable Lying.
philadelphia Record. i

The New York Sun has shown pref
ty conelusively that nineteen years
ago Mr.. ID. G. Birdsall was esteemed
to be an unmitigated liar in Orange
county, n. Y. The Sun now comes
to the more important matter of show
ing how far Mr.. Birdsall maintained
his infamous reputation in the Tilden-
Hancock revelations. Great doubt
has been thrown on Birdsalrs alleGa-
lions, but
"a man may fail in duty twice,
and the third time may prosper; and
it is possible that the liar of 1854 has
turned truth-teller in 1888. He must
be getting along in years, and may
have found lying to be an unprolitd-
bic business.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
AdrertlsIne ChEaih,II

at has become sc common to White
the beginning of an article in in ele-
giant, interesting manner.
"Then run it into an advertisement
that we avoid all such,
And simply call attention to the
merits of Hop Bitters in as plain,
honest terms as possible,
ITO induce people
ITO give them one trial, which so
proves their value that they will
never use anything else"
"THE REMEDY SO favorably noticed
in all the papers,
Religious and secular, is
Having large sale, and is sup
planting all other medicines.
There is no denying the virtues of
the Hop plant, and the proprietors of
Hop Bitters have shown great
shrewdness
And ability
I'm compromising medicine whose
virtues are so palpable to every ones
observation.