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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21
Crane Growers Maxims.
The following rules are given by the
Rural American:

The following rules are given by the
Rural American:
Grape-eaters are long ivers.
Dig deep but plant shallow.
HybridS are not always high bred
Those who prune long must soo1
climb.
Prepare the ground in fall; plant il
spring.
Plant your vines before you put uI
trel!ises.
Vine leaves love the sun: the fruit
the shade.
Tines, like old soldiers, should have
good arms.
LuXuriant growth does not always
insure fruit.
Good grapes are like gold-no one
has enough.
Young vines produce beautiful fruit,
but old vines produce the richest.
Laterals are like politicians. if net
checked tn Y are the worst of thieves.
Prune in autumn to insure growth,
but in the spring to insure faithful
ness.
A tendril is an abortive fruit-bunch
"a bunch of fruit is a productive ten
drill.
Every leaf has a bud at the base,
and either bunch Of fruit or ten
drill opposite to it.
Prune spurs to one developed bud,
for the nearer the old wood, the higher
favored the fruit.
A bunch ofgrapes without a healthy
leaf opposite, is like ship at sea
without a rudder-it can't come to
port.
Give the vine plenty of manure, old
and we'll decomrosed; for fresh
manure excites the growth, but does
not mature it.
He who buys the new and untried
varieties should remember that the
sellers maxim is, LET the buyer look
out for himself"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21
Fence Law,
Honey Grove Independents

Honey Grove independently
AS passed by the legislature the
fence and herd law bill is not likely
to satisfy anybody from the fact that
it is a miserable compromise. Some
parts of it favor one interest and
some an opposite interest, while
other parts favor nobody. The settler
and small stock owner will object to
the law because it contains a pro-
vision prohibiting the use of the range
to their cattle, and the large cattle
man will object from the same reason
and because it prohibits his build
ing wire fences. The portion of
the law prohibiting the unlawful
fencing or enclosing of school lands by
cattle men is all correct, but instead
of stopping at that point the law goes
recklessly on to making it an offense
against the state to herd or allow
cattle to run at large on any school
land unless the same is leased. a poor
man with few cattle must either sell
his cattle or rent section from the
state. If he cannot afford to buy a
dozen sections, nor to rent them, he is
| forced to cell out to a company who
can.
=
to remove illegal fences.
The payment of 1872 per year fol
the use OF asection or part of sec.
ton of school land, is the rent de,
manded.
One redeeming feature of the law
is found is section 4, which provides
that a settler upon 200 or less acres
| who is chiefly engaged in farming is
not liable to the penalties OF this law.
But this only relieves those already
so settled before this law goes into
| effect.
The law will suppress large pas
lures and small stockmen. Both
must go. But large cattle men and
their herds can stay by rent or pur.
| chase, or perhaps by fraudulent rep.
resentation in the matter of lease OIL
ownership.
That the prOmiscuous wire fencing
in the west is doomed we are glad
but to obtain this we are compelled tC
| swallow the dose Of driving the small
cattle owner to still smaller quarters
Evidently this was done to appease
the wrath of cattle kings who were
forced to take down their wire fence:
from the public domain.
| But the law is passed, and it is nc
use to grumble now. Concession has
been made to both elementSof distrac
ton, instead Of tbs true Foley of nc
| concession to either.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21
DOglatlslns.


The discussion among scientists Is
to the existence of a Creator, seems
likely to go on forever, simply because
it is one that can never be settled by
any scientific or experimental tests.
1t may be easy enough to prove that
any written record of the order, date
but after that is done the cause of the
existence of the universe is just as far
removed from the investigation of
science as it ever was. The much-dis-
cussed doctrine of evolution has prac-
tically no bearing on this question.
After all, the differences between the
evOlutionistS and the StauncheSt be-
levers in the book of Genesis are
merely as to the method by which all
that it is came to be, and have no
bearing on the first great cause that
started either process. Suppose the
whole world is convinced that all liv-
ing things, whether animals or veg
etables, were through processes pro-
lOnged for ages evolved from proto-
plasm and differentiated into species,
the old question as to the force which
first infused life and the impulse of
growth into proto plasm is no nearer
solution than eyer. Wherein does
such an act differ from the scriptural
declaration that God breathed the
breath of life into the clay Of which
the Hebrew story says Adam was
formed? The only difference even as
70 materials is one between a sort of
slime and common clay, while as to
or process there is none. To
say that neither was ever done, and
that the process Of nature never had
any definite beginning, is mere asser-
ton and not argument. The truth is
ground of fact, and, provoked by con-
slant attack to retaliation, entered on
mere speculation when it engaged in
this controversy. Lowell puts the
truth succinctly and admirably in the
when he declares that
The armed eye that with glance discerns
In dry blOod-Speck between OK and man,
Stai es helpless at the miracle called life,
This shaping potency behind the egg.
There not only is, but in the nature
)f things, so far as now understood,
ever must be, an utter failure to go
behind the first indication we find of
growth or existence to its cause. Of
course speculation can be INDUCED in,
Ind its result may be belief or faith
N the one hand or disbelief or mega
ion on the other, but he who denies
s just as helpless as he who affirms |
when such proof is demanded as sci
nee insists on in all matters concern
ng which it speaks authoritatively. |
Hence the debate must ever be incon-
'lusive and can have no good result,
Unless it is the weakening of the ten
lency amongst theologians to dog
natize. The first effect, however, has
My is the assertion of full know
edge of God and a hereafter still |
made with all the old-time positive
less, but tendency to make equally
declarations in denial has
amongst the scientists.
his is so amusingly inconsistent,
owever, that it cannot last long.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

| SENATOR SHERMAN has been ad.
dressing himself to the iron men
Among other things he says:
"The protective system is now in
more danger from its friends than its
enemies. The manufacturing inter
ests are beginning to regard coal.
iron ore, pig iron, wool, and other
articles OF domestic production as raw
articles, not to be protected by duty.
1t this new doctrine should get a foot
hold it would destroy the whole pro-
tective policy of the government.
The rule of protection must tend to
all labor alike-to the labor of the
farmer in producing wool and to the
labor of the miner in digging coal
and if it is denied to the farmer and
miner it cannot justly be maintained
in favor of the manufacturer. 1t is
indeed more important to develop the
natural resources of the country in
the production, mining and manufac-
ture OF such articles as wool, coal and
iron than to protect the higher forms
OF production where cheap labor is in
dispensable."
This sort of talk is calculated to
brace up the manufacturers in SUD.
port of protection for everything that
demands protection. Lately the man
ufacturers have been disposed to favor
free trade in raw materials. If Mr..
Sherman is right they were about to
wreck the entire protective system.
That Mr.. Sherman is right there is
very little doubt.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

CONGRESSMAN Cox, of New York
Indignantly denies that he favors the
absolute repeal of the internal reve-
nue. tax. He has lately written very
emphatic letter, in which he says he
favors the retention of the tax on
WHISKY and tobacco because they are
industries, and because the repeal of
this tax would gladden. the hearts of
the protectionists and put off indefi-
nitely the reduction of the tax on nee
essaries. He deprecates the espionage
and terrorism of the methods of col
Letting the whisky and tobacco tax,
and thinks that a more satisfactory
method could be devised. 1t might be
collected by the customs officers or
state officers. However, there is not
near so much complaint of the inter
nal revenue officials as there was a
few years ago. Mr.. Cox is too good
Democrat to favor free whisky while
there is heavy tax on blankets. Such
work as that is left for Republicans
TO advocate and to accomplish if they
have the pewer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

THERE are fully twenty-five pension
bills now before congress. The fact
goes to show how much of demagogue-
ism, there is in the average congress-
man as wellas in the Texas legislator.
Were these bills converted into laws
there would soon be no cash balance
in the federal treasury, and it would
take increased tariff rates to keep the
government out of the hands of TO
ceivers. Senator Blair is credited with
>Ope of these bills, and it is with con-
sideration. He wants the treasury
surplus divided among the soldiers.
sailors and officers of the late war and
of the Mexican and Indian wars. The
bill provides for giving them IS per
month. Those who get pensions now
are to have this So in addition. In
cases where the soldiers are dead the
widows, fathers and mothers are to
lie pensioned. Nobody has yet taken
the trouble TO calculate the amount of
money this bill would annually take
out Of the treasury, and it is probable
that nobody ever viii. No committee
win report it favorably and no con-
gress win rass it, !
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21
A Scrap of War History.

The writer, with a view of correct
ing a statement made some time age
in the Galveston News, asks space FOL
that purpose.
The correspondent referred to, il
paying a friendly tribute to the worth
and character of the lamented jesse
Ign, says: capt. Josselyn commanded
a company of volunteers in the MeXi
can war;" etc. According to the
writer's recollection, Capt. JosSelyn
volunteered, as private in Capt. jim
TayIor's company, First Mississippi
Rifles, commanded by jefferson Davis
and after the battle of Monterey he
was promoted for his gallantry assist.
ant commissary, under Maj. K. S. Hol.
land, then commissary of the regi-
ment. In making the above correc-
ton the writer desires, in justice to
history and to the memory of a great
and good man, to make the following
statement:
LIST. That the battle of Mon
terey was fought and finally
won, for the most part, by Texans,
the Mississippi and Tennessee regi-
ments sharing the honors. Gen.
Worth with his regulars, and Jack
Hoyes' rangers, doing his duty in the
upper part of the city. The Texas
Rangers were above the city,
below the city, in front of the
city and in the city, and had
fought their way from house to house,
through the walls and over the walls,
and were nearest the enemy when
they had reached the Main plaza; and
just at this critical juncture whec the
victory was ours, Gen. Taylor being
jealous Of the Texans determined that
they should not enjoy the glory Of the
victory so nobly wOD. And just as
we were within rifle shot of the plaza
into which the Mexican army had
been driven, Gen. Taylor ordered US
out SO that he could commence his
bombardment, which he did in very
few minutes, not giving US time to
make our escape, and no sooner did he
commence than the white flag was
hoisted by Gen. Ampudia, and this
great victory, SO heroicly and gal
lantly achieved. principally by Texans.
has been handed down as victory
won by the regular army. We repeat,
at a moment when the victory was al
most Won, being within a few blocks
of the Main Plaza and still advancing
with a regular Texan yell and "a little |
more grape, Capt. Bragg" Gen. Tay-
lor sent an order for us to retire, etc, |
which we were forced to do, and to |
thus lose the ground gained, under
most CALLING fire from cross-street |
platoons, in order that the regulars
might claim the victory won by vol
unteers. These are facts not contained
in Gen. Taylor's report, nor in the
published history of the memorable
battle.
One fact more in this connection,
which the writer, an eye witness, re-
members, and desires here to place on
record to the memory of Capt. jesse
yn. the Chevalier Bayard of that bat
.le That fact is this: After the Tex
ms and few Mississippi volunteers
lad gotten further down into the
leart of the ciiy-the battle still rag
ng-our lamented friend, Captain
JCs:eiyr, with Major Truitt )
# the Texas Rangers, and few brave
ollowers, were not only foremost in
he race. driving Ampudia and his
,oasie1 army rell-mell into place of ]
Main plaZa--Jut were seen {
y the writer hereof the farthest {
own, firing from windows and doors {
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

THE Chicago Tribune, an ultra-Re-
publican journal, says: "If the Dem
Gratis Of the House stand by their
leader and pass bill reducing the
tariff 20 per cent, they will put the
burden of responsibility on the Repub-
hcans. If the Senate defeats the bill,
che Republican party will go before
the country as the opponents of tar
iff reduction in a presidenti:l strug-
gle which is doubtful at best" The
Tribune knows how the great West
stands on,the tariff question, and on
the issue as now made up between the
parties, it has good reason to fear the
result of the next elections.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21
Useful PrecentS.
First catch your lover.

| AS1 CdGCA your lONGI.
Hold him when you have him.
Don't let go of him to catch every
new one that comes along.
Try to get very well acquainted
with him before you take him for life
Unless you intend to support him
find out whether he earns enough tc
support you.
Don't make up your mind he is an
angel. Don't palm yourself off on
him for one, either.
Don't let him spend his salary on
you; that right should be reserved I'M
til after marriage
If you have any conscientious scru-
Piles against marrying a man with a
mother, say SO in time, that he may
either get rid of her to oblige you, or
get rid of you to oblige her, as he
thinks best.
If you object to secret societies and
tobacco, it is better to come with your
objections now than reserve them for
curtain lectures hereafter.
If your adorer happens to fancy
certain shade of hair, don't color or
bleach yours to oblige him. Remem-
Der your hair belongs to you and he
doesn't.
Be very sure it is the man you are
in love with, and not the clothes he
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21
A Handsome Compliment.
1TaVIOr JeXan1

Mr.. r. II. Buchanan, OF the firm o.
Robertson 81 Buchanan, extensive
wool-growers of this county, we learn
has been elected Yice-presldent of the
United States Breeders association
Mr.. Buchanan is quite a young man
for sucn a distinction, but his ac-
knowledged ability and large expert
ence in the breeding and successful
management of stock secured him
the position over much older heads.
The firm of Robertson and Buchanan
have one of the largest and best man.
aged sheep ranches in the coun-
try, well stocked with the pure5t
strains to be found. Mr.. Buchan-
an has been absent at his breed
ing farm near Norwich. Ohio,
and other places North and East, Sc
lecting choice lot of Merino and
other high grade rams for his herds
here, and while on this mission at
tended the meeting of the association
above named. When it is known that
this association represents the enor-
nous capital of $l00,OO0OOO, its i'm
portance and influence may be better
appreciated, and the elevation of Mr..
Buchanan to the position of its vice
president will be recognized as very
high compliment to Texas at large and
williamson county in particular. 1t
IS further recognition by the United
States of the importance of the Lone
Star state as a stock growing country
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

If the case which comes to us from
B1bb county, Georgia, is true there i;
hardly any limit to human endurance
One Charles Evans, it seems, went
out hunting. During his tramp he
found rabbit, which ran into hol,
low stump ten feet high. He could
not reach the game. He climbed to
the top OF the stump, and as he did so
his left arm became fastened in a split
near the top, so that he was held fast.
In attempting to extricate himself he
slipped and was held suspended by the
wrist. He could not possibly loosen
himself. He called for help, but being
some distance from any house. he was
not heard. Seeing nc hope of relief.
he made up his mind to cut his throat
He got his knife from his pocket.
opened it with his teeth, aud was in
the act of putting it into his neck
when his fortitude gave way. Barring
his arm, he felt fTr his elbow ioinf
and made &c 70 iDc;sion in the flesh
for the pur pose OF seve.ing his arm
and thereby effobiDg his release. lie
missed the joint and made several
gashes In the arm in trying to find it.
Under mental and physical pain he
tainted. His muscles became relaxed.
and he dropped to The ground. When
ne recovered he walked to his house.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

JUDGE REAGAN's bill has been sub
jected to committee tests and is re-
jected. Its provisions, as we have
shown, were too severe; but this is
not the whole cause of its defeat.
Several members Of the committee are
in favor of commission and Judge
Reagan's bill does not provide for one;
yet its adoption would certainly lead
to commission. 1t would be the
necessary sequence of such a bill.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

CARP culture is becoming quite an
industry. An organization called the
American Carp Cultural Association
has been effected in New York. II
is contemplated to establish state and
local branches so as to eventually in
clude every carp culturist in the coun-
try, and its principal object is to
gather and disseminate information
among it's members, besides co-operat-
ing cheerfully with fish commissions
in forwarding the interest to which
it is devoted,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

Some idea of the magnitude of the
business of raising sweet-scented
flowers for their perfume alone, may
be gathered from the fact that Europe
and British India consume about
10000 gallons of handkerchief per-
fumes yearly; that the English reve-
nue. from eau de cologne is $4,000 an
nually, and that the total revenue of
other perfumes is estimated at $780,
coo annually. There is one great per-
fume distillery at Cannes, in France.
which uses yearly 100000 pounds of
acacia flowers, 10000 pounds of rare
flower leaves, $1,000 pounds of jasmine
blossoms, 10000 of tube rose blossoms,
and an immense quantity of other
material.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

IT is remarkable that while there
are quite number of high tariff Or
gans in the South, Southern con-
gressmen, who are presumed to know
the views OF their constituents, are al
most unanimous for tariff reform. The
organs are looking after their finan-
cial interests; the congressman after
popular endorsement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

THE congressional contest. now 60
ing on in Kansas for the place made
vacant through the death of Mr.. Has
kell, is waxing warm, and its result
Will show the influence of the tariff
issue ii Western politics. The Re-
publican candidate, Fanston, is out
and out for proteesiop, while Riggs
has adopted the Morrison Mill for his
platform.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21
GREATEST ON EARTH,

CUTICURA REMEDIES are the greatest medi-
zines ON earth. Had the worst case Salt
kiIeum in this county My mother had it
! twenty years. and in fact died from 1t. l be-
/ lieve CUrICURA would have saved her life. My
! arms, breast and head We're covered for three
| years. which nothing relieved or cured until
used the CUTICURA REsOLVENT internally,
and CUTICCRA and CUTICURA SOAP extern
| ally. J. w. ADAMS, Newark, o.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21
WHY Do We Dream y

A DIR. Granville writes to the Len.
don Times; "Many persons who are
not by habit 'dreamers' are dreaming a
crest deal just now and wondering
why they do so. The answer is very
simple. When cold weather sets in
suddenly and is felt at night. the head.
which is uncovered, has the blood
supplied to 1t driven from the surface
to the deep parts, notably the brain.
the organ of the mind. The results
are light sleep and dreams. The obyi-
Gus remedy is to wear night-cap or
wrap the head warmly, at least while
the cold weather lasts. l believe we.
of this generation, suffer more from
brain troubles than our predecessors
because we leave the head exposed at
night, and the blood-vessels of our
cerebral organs are seldom unloaded."
ST title IOkorn iS tho fouf c,,,ol-;-,-.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

The secret of the universal success
of Browns Iron Bitters is owing To
the fact that 1t is the very hest iron
preparation made. BY a thorough
and rapid assimilation with the blood
it reaches every part CT the body, Civ
ing health. strength and endurance to
every portion. Thus beginning at the
foundation it builds up and F. stores
lost health. 1t does not contain whis-
ky or alcohol. 1t will not blacken the
teeth. 1t does not constipate or cause
headache. 1t will cure dyspepsia, in
digestion, heartburn, sleeplessness,
dizziness, nervous debility, weakness,
etc. dSwC
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

A'FREE bridge across the Colorado
river would be si~1 pic Justice to a
people who have long been heavily
taxed without corresponding benefits.
Give them a free bridge, and let all
the people of the county have free &C.
cess to their county seat.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

CREMATION is spreading. Another
incarceration has taken place at LIE
Moyne's crematory, Washington, Pa.
that of the remains of Mr.. Apologize,
of Delphi, Ind. When New Orleans,
Louisville, New York, Boston and
several other places get their frey
furnaces in full blast incidents of this
kind will cease to be remarkable.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21
Ii Is A EACI.

Hundreds of Z r.rs in our possession copies
on when may be lad by return maiD are our
au hnrlty Tor the assertion that Skin. Scalp
ana blood HumorS. whether Scrofulous, In
nsfi!ea or Contagious, may NOW be perma-
hehIIN cured by lUTICURA RESoLvENT, the
new Blood ufifer. niurrtir and Annerient-
internally, and CCTCURA and CUTICURA
soar; the great Skin Cures and Beautifiers, ex-
ternally. in one half tie tine and at one half
the expense of any Othtr SEASON.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

A NEWSPAPER man is director
general of the New Orleans EXPOSE
ton, and the secretary is another
newspaper man. Yet some people in
sist that a newspaper man should not
be made commissioner for Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

TOUCHING convict labor, to be used
in building the new capitol, what has
become of the statutory provision of
the Seventeenth legislature against
the use of such labor?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

CHOLERA, in Nubia. would be far
more effective against Ell Mahdi than
an European army with Turkish ban
ners.