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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Winter Flowers.

By the Introduction of hanging bas,
kets much more may be done in max
ing window attractive with flowers
and green leaves than could before be
done, as pots are not always conven-
lent on the window sill. KenilWorth
ivy, moneywort, spiderwort and many
of these well-known plants are easily
obtained and seem to make themselves
quite at home in these modern hang
ing arrangements. Besides this, brack-
cts cali me made fast to the window
frames and few pots with dangling
vines to attach thereto. Some that
we have seen looking very pretty
were very simple floral ornaments
Even turnip, beet or any simple root
is taken, turned bottom upward
followed out so as to hold water, and
leaves soon began to push. and turn
ing upward, embrace and clothe the
bare root with foliage. Others mere
very little earth between the scales
sew grass seed or some other easily
sprouting green thing. Again, some
very pretty and unique window orna-
ments are made with the sweet pota-
to, by putting into the mouth of a
hyacinth glass and suspending it in a
warm room. This will sprout, and
hanging down, will make graceful
green spray. Most of these things,
however, need light; but the common
green ivy is one of the best plants for
this purpose, as it is one that will dc
its best in sun or shade, and is, besides,
within every ones reach. Besides
these, there are many other familiar
things that can be used with good eff
feet, and will greatly aid in beautify-
ing room as well as a window.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
What MIR. iDuYaI Beale Says.

A special telegram says: Mr.. Duval
Beale, the United States district
clerk, who was charged by District
Attorney Evans with absorbing some
half dozen federal offices and looking
about for more, was here to-day, and
in reply to various questions relating
to Evans complaints against Judge
Turner and himself, said that Evans
was mistaken upon various points.
1. In regard to the United States
court at Brownsville: Two only haVs
been abandoned-one because small
pox was epidemic there at the time,
and the other because the place
was quarantined on account of the
yellow fever. Mr.. Beale stated
| further that instead of holding
five offices, as charged, he held but
two, besides being commissioner, and
this was an Office all circuit clerks
held in order to have authority to adj
minister oaths in chancery cases. His
entire salary or compensation from
the constellation OF offices he held was
not above $3.50 per annum. He
thought Evans should have made his
complaint to the department Of justice
at Washington and not to the news
papers. He would not say what he
believed the motive for the attack on
Judge Turner and himself, but doubt
lees one reason might be that Evans
thought it would be a feather in his
cap. He was surprised at 1t, as Ev-
ans had always appeared to be friend
ly towards him, though he
he didn't like Judge Turner.
Mr.. Beale refused to go into any fur
ther explanations of the trouble be-
tween Evans and the court, Though
from some remarks he madeit appears
there has not been any cordiality be-
tween them for long time.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
A Buried Western Village.

A buried village has been found by
the Hon. Amado ChaveS mile from
his house, near Socorro, N. M. Mr.,
Chaves writes to the Santa Fe Re
view: at is built of stone. The
outer walls are three feet wide, and
the city is large enough to have &C
commodated 5000 souls. I have al
ready cleared four rooms in the upper
story and two on the first floor of the
house. The dimensions of the first
floor room just finished are eleven by
twelve feet, while from floor to cell
ing the distance is about fifteen feet
The village is almost square, and this
building is situated onlthe northwest
corner. The large room has a large
door leading to the outside Of the
wall but no windows whatever. In this
room 1 found the skeleton of a girl
The hair is in perfect state Of pre-
servation; it is fine and of a chestnut
color. / also found there string OF
white coral beads, one Of Turquoise
beads, another OF long ivory beads,
and ring set with a black stone, on
top of which is piece Of torquoise
Ali the tImbers of the roof are burned
to a char. l have arrived at the door
which appears to lead to inner rooms,
and L am full of curiosity to open it.
but the second floor is only supported
by the stones and debris about the
door, and should L attempt to re-
move these, the upper story will tum-
BILE in and fill up the lower rooms, just
cleaned out, with = mass of stone
charred tlmberS and debris.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN, TEXAS.
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
THURSDAY.

Gov. Ireland had not returned from
his trip to Seguin up to the closing
hour at his office yesterday.
Acknowledgement King left for a
holiday trip to his old home at Sui
phur Springs.
State-Treasurer Lubbock, as else
where noted, has gone off on an inter
esting Journey, but will speedily re-
turn to look after the cash balance in
the treasury.
Co8PTRoLLER'S DEPARTMENT.
Comptroller Swain yesterday made
another deposit in the state treasury
to the credit of the general revenue
This time it is the handsome amount
of $4,000. He purchased $4,000 OF
Bell county courthouse bonds, as an
additional investment Of school funds.
Ennis City school house bonds
amounting to $4,000, were registered
Yesterday with the comptroller.
The Galveston, Harrisburg 81 San
Antonio railroad paid into the state
treasury 1925, as tax due the state on
sleeping cars.
ATTORNEY GENERALS DEPARTMENT
The following summary has been
furnished by Mr.. White, clerk of the
court of appeals, during the year end.
ing November 30, 1888, appeals in
criminal cases were filed in this court
as shown by the following tabular
statement:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Poker in England.


Poker, when first introduced here
by our American visitors, was treated
as an amusing pastime, and it is in
deed still no more than this as played
in many private houses for small
sums. But there has latterly arisen
in London an increased and exagera-
ted mania for the game which bids
fair to work very great harm and to
produce very awkward scandals.
There is, indeed, kind of society of
ladies who have devoted their energies
almost entirely to poker. and who play
it with the devotion and the persever-
! ance that ladies in other times were
wont to give the other games in the
most gambling day of history. These
ladies are many of them of good posi-
ton and of good repute. But the
diversion to which they have devoted
themselves, and which some of them
make the occupation of their lives, is
altogether bad, dangerous and demon
aliZing. 1t brings them into much too
familiar contact with the men who
play with them on the Tom Tiddler's
ground they have established. Loans
and debts arise between them often
of amounts which it is difficult, if not
impossible, to pay by ordinary means
in ordinary manners, and hence spring
all kinds of complications and ar
engagements, many of them of an ex-
tremelv doubtful character.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

The capacity Of the lunatlc asylums
at Austin and Terrell is for 200 pa.
tients, while there are 800 applicants
Where will the other 800 go?
The above paragraph has been going
the rounds of the press, and nothing
could be more untrue. The pres
ent accommodation for lunatics in
the Austin asylum is for 500,
and just as soon as improve.
ments, now under progress, are
completed, it will give room for over
600. These improvements will be fin
ished very soon. The Terrell asylum
when completed, will give accommo.
dation to 300 lunatics. 1t is, there
fore, certain that over 900 patients
will be accommodated in these two
asylums, and it is possible that the
space may be so carefully economical
as to give room for 1000 Still there
will be left within the limits of
the state, at least 600 insane persons
unprovided for.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

TIE Ohio wool growers are asking
increased duty on wool, and Demo-
cratic House, pledged to tax reduc-
ton, is being earnestly appealed to to
give what is thus asked. Ohio is the
largest wool producing state in the
Union, though it's whole wool-clip,
100000 pounds, valued at $10,OOO,-
600, is worth less than one-seventh
of the cotton crop of Texas.
Wool is one of the leading items
in the combination of protected
articles. There is protective tariff
on it to encourage wool growing; then
there is protective tariff on woollen
goods to encourage wooden manufac-
lures; and this make s two protective
duties which the consumer Of wooden
goods must pay for somebody else's
benefit. But the Eastern wooden
manufacturers, as is shown, have
found out the duty on wool is tax
on raw material, and therefore detri-
mental to manufacturing interests.
Besides, the prices OF wooden goods
have already fallen so low that
manufacturers can not afford to man
ufacture at a good profit, they are op-
posed to new tariff on the material
which is the basis of their industry.
That would increase the cost of max
ing wooden goods without charging
the market for the unstable surplus
already accommodating on their hands.
In short, the wooden manufacturers
want cheaper wool, to enable them to
manufacture wooden goods more
cheaplY, and so we find them oppos-
ing the Ohio wool-growers' demand.
Neatly all the coarse woods used in
our manufactures comes from abroad,
and as the mixing of fine and coarse
woods has become common practice
in manufacturing, the cheaper coarse
foreign wool is, the greater will be
demand for fine homegrown
grades. The increased demand is bet
ter for the domestic wool-grower
than a protective tariff which br 8
down the price by discouraging manu-
featuring. Mr.. Geo. w. Bond, OF Bos-
ton, who is declared to be the best
authority on the wool question in
this country, says: sour fine wco's
have always been higher, other tt ings
being equal, when we were able freely
to import the woods of other couD-
tries at low duty, or at no duty at
all. Reduced to gold, the average
prices OF wool have been lower under
the high tariff of 1867 than they were
under the low tariff of 1857, and be-
lieve that if woods were made free
to-day, there would be no material
define in the value of our fine Ameri-
can woods"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

REPUBLICAN papers express delight
at the differences of Democrats re-
garding import duties. at is becom-
ing more and more apparent every
day." says one of them, "that the con-
troversy between the high tariff and
low tariff Democrats is in the nature
of an irrepressible conflict" to which
the Courier journal replies as fol
lows
There are differences, certainly, be-
tween Democrats on this subject; but
there are still wider and greater diff
ferences in the Republican party
On the same question. The wool
growers and the wooden manufacture
ers do not agree; the manufacturers
of tin plate and the manufacturers OF
tinWare do not agree; the people OF
the prairie states are tired Of paying
20 per cent duty on the lumber they
build their houses OF for the benefit
of the great mill owners in Michigan
and Wisconsin,; and the farmers OF
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska
are growing FESTIVE under tax Oh
the wire they need for fencing.
The truth is that, while the De
mocracy is somewhat divided on thu
tariff, Republicanism is more seri
ously divided. The Democrats are {
revenue-tariff party, with few pro
tectionists in it; the Republicans are
a high protective party, with goot
many arti-protectionists in it. This
two parties. therefore, pretty fairl!
represent the two sides of the ques
| ton.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

THE st. Louis Republican calls at
tention to indications of the wisest
conservatism among Democrats in
their relations to government. 1t
says:
The refusal of the Democrats to de-
clare that they will rip up everything
when they attain the control of all
branches of the government and the
plain indications they will undertake
nothing in the House of Representa-
tives during this Congress which
prudent and careful men of all call
ings can not approve, are giving the
Republican leaders much uneaSiness.
Mr.. Carlisle's speech upon taking the
speakers chair, although in entire ac-
cord with his course as legislator
and all his utterances in the House, of
which he has been long a member, did
not afford them the opening they
fondly looked for to commence
the manufacture of political capital.
They are now about equally divided
as to the best mode of attack upon
the Democratic majority. One por-
ton of their press and leaders declares
that the Democrats plainly intend to
do nothing; that the Democratic vic
tory of last year means nothing Sc far
as taxation is concerned; that Carlisle
has mounted Randall's platform. An
other portion, whose forecast of a
Democratic success pictured ruin to
the industrial interests on account of
radical and immediate changes of the
tariff, finds it inconvenient to tack
about, and still proclaims impending
mischief. This clashing of councils
is a strong symptom of weakness. 1t
presages confused campaign on the
part of Republicans and general lack
of confidence all along their line. The
Democrats will certainly propose so
rational a method of revenue reform,
and will make so plain its necessity,
that party which rejects it will be
at disadvantage even in the very
localities where four years ago they
deiAntly went before the people on
the tariff issue. One-half the Repub-
lican party, and the best half of it,
comedies that taxation must be re-
duced, and that it must be reduced by
modifying the duties on imports"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

STATESMAN especially desires the sue
cess of its most worthy cotemporaries
of the Texas press, and therefore it
takes the liberty to reflect upon a
journalistic subject, which in our
opinion is most important to all ews-
paper Enterprises. The properly con-
Quoted newspaper should by no means
express the individual sentiment
of any man. 1t should
in fact, often speak in direct antago-
nism to its editors individual opin-
ion, since this opinion may not al
ways be such as is most co nducive to
publ" good. Readers a paper
should not be led to regard its ex-
pressions as purely personal Man,
in his individual capacity, is subject
to err, and an editor is only a man.
The newspaper is powerful moulder
of public opinion, and therefore an
editor should learn to discount his
own opinions and seek to make his
paper speak judiciallY. A paper so
conducted, if it's business man.
agement be competent and ever
vigilant, must and will succeed.
THE STATESMAN by no means re-
CARDS itself infalible, but it hopes
to see the press of Texas take
such advanced ground, in all respects,
as will place it on an equality with
the press Of any other state or coun-
try. Texas editors are generally capa-
bic, and all some of them need is care
full study of their exalted duties
The STATESMAN is not fitted to act
as censor among its Texas cotempo-
raries, but what it can say for the good
of our journalism it dares to present in
spirit of love for ali.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

THE Texas Wool Grower adj
mits that it may be necessary for
the legislature to enact strict herd
law, but that when it goes into effect
day of retribution may be at hand.
1t says:
The argument against the extension
OF the herd law to all classes of stock
IS that it would materially curtail the
stock interests of the west, causing
wholesale emigration to Mexico and
New Mexico of sheep and cattle own
ers. This is an evil to be avoided, but
II to prevent this it is necessary that
non-land holding cattle and sheepmen
should cut down fences to get control
OF lands other men own and paw taxes
on, that they should use the lands
other men having paid for and can use
with profit, then the non-land owning
stockmen had better go. If the legiS-
lature sees fit to pass a herd law, in
the interest Of law and order. and for
the protection of tax payers, farmers,
land owners, stockmen, and the school
fund, the fence cutters have no one to
thank but themselves. They had free
range of all the range that was free,
and not content with that, wanted
what rightfully belonged to others.
The legislature will probably try to
lessen the evils now existing; the
remedy in the shape of a herd law is
being forced upon them by the whole
sale destruction OF property now car
ried on, striking at the large, small
rich and poor alike, making no dis
Junction, right or wrong, but trailing
the good name of the state in the dust
and making it as much like an Aral
desert as man can do. 1t is very
likely that when the fence cutters
have destroyed the fences they will
lind it to their interest to put them
up again at their own expense.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

MATT. GAINES is remembered by
many as the fiery and fearless black
state senator, from Washington coun-
ty, during the Twelfth Legislature.
After many years of retirement he
comes before the public to advise the
voters of his race as to present and
pending political questions. He is
literally quoted as follows:
A word to the Republicans of Wash
ington county and throughout the
State. The year of 1884 is near at
hand and l hope that you all will re-
member the few men in your county
who call themselves the Republican
party, and who are no more than a
ring of office seekers who love the
negro for his vote and no more. You
may notice in your county and
state conventions and you will
see a few men sitting in the con-
vention = and Awho are they any
way-when they are found out they
are nothing more nor less than Office
seekers, who are doing all they can to
keep the black man out and keep
themselves and all their friends in.
Come, let US lay such men down as
bad timber, and let US see if we can
not do better. They say that the DEM
ocrats do not care for us no more than
to get our votes and to work their
lands; that much of this thing is true,
we can see that much of the thing
ourselves, for the Democrats are
against US on every hand, they are
against us in the court room, in the
bar room, in the first car, in the lodge
room, and every where but in the
field. All the other nations can be
recognized by the Democrats as free
men but the sons of Ham. Now on
the other hand let us see what those
men care for US, who call themselves
Republicans. Do they do any more for
us than the open handed Democrat !;
no. no more. What favors do they
show the black man, but to get his
vote?
While the election was drawing
near, they are our best friends. They
will eat and drink with us; and this
is the only man that wants the office.
You can see him at our church house
on Sunday and at night. And when
you see him in town he wants 10
know how your family are and all the
news of the country. He goes on TINS
way until the election is over, and
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

It is said that the recent excursion
to Popocatepetl had for its object the
looking over the ground for the man.
moth works projected to facilitate the
mining of the sulphur from the era
ter. 1t is proposed, says the Mexican
Financier, to drive a tunnel into the
crater of the volcano, and to build
from the mouth of the tunnel a rail
way to connect with the Inter Oceanic
railway at Amecameca The parties
who are in negotiation for the proper
ty with the owner of the volcano,
Gen. Sanchez Ochoa, are said to be
rich American house. The represen-
tative of the house visited the volcano
with the French engineer, Mr.. Chas.
Roay. A contract is said to have
been made for the expectation of 3d.
600 tons of sulphur year at least. It
is also proposed to establish factory
of sulphuric acid for use in Mexico
selling it at So a quintal of 65 degrees
in strength. These products of Popo-
catepetl will add largely to the
buineSs of the Inter-Oceanic railway.
The railway up the side of the highest
mountain in North America will pro-
baby be largely patronized by tour
lists. who would go there by the thous-
ands annually were facilities offered
to make the trip.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
HRS. Speaker Carlisle.
New York World.


Mrs. Carlisle is a woman who can
fill any position. She is a Kentuck-
ian, having been born in the city of
Covington, where thei home now is.
Her father was prominent man in
Kentucky, and was mayor of Coving-
ton for many years. Mrs. Carlisle in
herits the splendid physique of the
typical Kentuckian. She is five feet
nine inches in height and straight as
an arrow. Her figure is as 1.-THE as a
young girls. She is blonde in COM
plexion, with blue-gray eyes, set
rather deep under strongly marked
eyebrows. Her blonde hair is banged
and worn slightly waved in the pre-
vailing fashion. It is difficult to
realize that Mrs. Carlisle is the moth
er of two grown sons. The eldest one
was married last spring to Coving-
ton lady, Mrs. Carlisle is very proud
of her 1.-TWO boys" as she always calls
them. She has great faith in her hus-
bands political success, and has
always herself done a great deal to in
sure it. She has been as cool as her
husband during the speakership strug-
gle, and has not doubted for one
moment that her husband would be
the next speaker. Mrs. Carlisle is
perfectly straightforward and unas-
Stunning in manner. She is loyal to
her friends and kind to every one.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

THE Boston Herald does not think
that Southern and Northern protcc.
tionists will be united in sustaining
the extreme doctrines which have
prevailed. 1t says:
The natural affinity" which might
otherwise exist between these inter-
ests at the South and kindred ones at
the North is in measure counter
acted by the perception of the latter
that a tariff will not protect them
against troublesome competition at
the South, and by a rapidly dawning
consciousness that they need d wider
market more than they do a protec-
tion that fails to protect. The issue
is really national one-the most so
of any that has been raised since the
war. The interests of the large ma
jority of people would undoubtedly
be conserved by lighter taxation upon
their necessaries, and a freer trade in
the great markets Of the world, And
for this reason we believe that the
party honestly committed to a reduc-
ton in the tariff will carry the next
p1actiOn
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
A CONTEMPORARY, lost in its

A CONTEMPORARY, lost in its editor,
takes occasion to say that he is not
ashamed of any act OF his life, and
that the editor is willing for all his
acts to be made public. Thus the
oft repeated mistake is made in
journalism of placing the individu-
atty of the editor prominently in the
front. The individuality of an editor
ought never to appear in the columns
of his paper. People tire of it, and it
has long since been abandoned in adj
vanced newspaper expression. The
editorial 1--WE" should, in no sense, be
used to mean person; it is the
paper which should be the mouth
piece of a carefully considered opin-
ion based as nearly as possible
upon good combined thought. THE
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

WILLARD has resigned the presiden-
cy Of the Oregon and Transcontinen-
tai railway company. 1t is said the
stockholders were deceive d by him as
to the debts of the company, it being
about twice as many millions as they
had been led to believe it. The stock
holders of the Northern Pacific are
also reported as very much dissatisfied
and they may want another president
for their company,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27

THERE is disposition in Congress
to expand the cabinet. A dozen bills
have been offered to create three or
four new departments with orna-
mental heads. Everybody feels that
the offices are too few in number for
republic of 55OOOOOO.