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Iron County register., 1885-10-15
GORGEOUS FURNITURE.
Alma Tadema's Design for a Notable
Suite of Artistic Furniture.

Alma Tadema's Design for Notable
Suite of Artistic Furniture.
There has recently been on exhibi
ton in New Bond street, London, 8
notable suite of furniture. When we
say that the furniture, with its EN-.
broidered coverings. was designed by
Mr.. Alma Tadema, and that it is of the
classic type we know so well through
his pictures of the ancient world, om
readers will no doubt expect to hear OF
something out of the ord nary run.
The framework of the furniture is OF
rich black ebony, inlaid with ivory.
meteorological. box andysandal-wood
with panels, also of sandal-wood, or
namented with raised scroll-work in
ebony and ivory. The panels are OF
veneer about one-eighth of an inch
thick, and the raised ornament is let
right through to the back, a difficult
and costly method, but one which in.
sures its durability. There are settees,
large chairs with high rounded backs
richly ornamented. stools, small round
tables with carved ebony satyr legs and
magnificent slabs of Algerian onyx,
and beautiful music cabinet about
eight fees by five feet. with open front
sclosing shelves inclosed with
richly embroidered curtains, and
surmounted by the reproduction of the
portico of Greek temple. the columns
of sandal wood, with capitals of solid
ivory. the whole most beautifully in
laid. We can not speak too highly OF
the careful, thorough manner in which
the whole work has been carried out.
the inlay is wonderfully executed, and,
as many of the surfaces are curved,
the difficulties to contend with must
have been very great; for finish and
execution it is necessary to go back to
the last century to find parallel. The
embroideries. too, are very beautiful.
This suite is intended for Il music salon
now being constructed in New York
mansion. The walls of the room are
to be mainly of marble. and will boast
a marble frieze which has not yet left
the studio in Rome, where it is being
executed; and the ceiling will be deco
rated with paintings by Sir f. Leigh
ton. There is also to be a piano for
the same room, which is to be richly
inlaid and will be, so far as we can
Judge, most successful though costly
attempt at a difficult problem. Mr..
Alma Tameda will paint a subject on
the out side of the lid. and the under
side will have panels of parchment for
the autographs of the musical celebri-
ties who will perform in the ROOM
-47t Journal.
Iron County register., 1885-10-15
SAVE THE STRAW.

Its Destruction in Former Years the
Cause of Many a Mortgage.
The burning straw stack is getting
to be rare spectacle even in the
wasteful Northwest. However bounti.
full and lavish nature may have beer
in her gifts to this favored section,
she never intended to have them
abused in a wanton and reckless man
ner. Man has no moral or natural
right to impoverish the land he oc.
cupies. He has no right to defraud
those who are to come after him. His
successor to the soil have rights that
he is bound in natural justice to re-
spect. There is penalty attached to
the violation of all natural laws. This
may not always fall directly upon the
offender. We are told that it may
fall .even upon the third and
fourth generations. But it is very
probable the present offenders will have
penalty attached to such wasteful
practices. The men who burned their
straw stacks ten years ago are to-day
paving the penalty. Where then they
reaped thirty bushels of wheat from an
acre they can now hardly get fifteen.
Many of these farms are now heavily
mortgaged and many more have
already passed under the hammer
..Willful waste makes woeful want"
1t is Just retribution, aud one from
which we may deduce a useful lesson.
The strawstacks may no longer be
burned, but it is plainly to be seen
that they are not cared for and utilized
in the best possible manner. Reform
here should begin at the tail-end of the
threshing machine. Put some of the
best men on the strawstack instead
of putting small boys and worthl ess
hands there, as is too often done. Straw
should be stacbed, not piled up. The
main idea with some is to get the straw
back out. of the way of the machine.
A huge fiat pile is usually the result.
Straw is not of nature to shed rain
well at the BEST and this form OF
structure is calculated to very much
aggrayate the evil. 1t is not
an uncommon occurrence for
strawstack to be wet clear
to the bottom and freeze in solid
mass A well-topped out strawstack Is
something of rarity. In the old coun-
tries straw is as carefully housed or
stacked as any other product OF the
farm. In strict economy it would be
better to stack part of the hay and
have room in the barns for the straw,
for the hay can be put in such shape
as to suffer but little loss by exposure
out of doors. The strawstack might
be put in much better shape than it is.
If well built there will be but small
percentage of loss at the top. Iftopped
out with load or two of wild hay.
this loss might be reduced to almost
nothing.
While the converting of every straw
stack into good manure is prime con-
sideration. we ought not to lose sight
of the fact that we can make it serve
another purpose by keeping it in good
condition to feed out to stock, and thus
render us profitable return while we
put it in an Immediately available form
for the land.-W. d. Boyatoa, in Vest
er7s Rural.
Iron County register., 1885-10-15
THE PROSPEROUS SOUTH.

The Progress Made by the South Despite
the Waving of the Bloody Shirt.
Nothing excites the rancor of the
rabid element in the Republican party
so much as the peace and prosperity
that characterize the new South. They
are deprived of their favorite argument
of claiming power in order to protect
the Nation against the unregenerated
rebels who are plotting again to destroy
the Union and nullifying all the results
of the war. The industry and enter
prise apparent in every part of the
South give an emphatic refutation to
the slanders daily poured forth by the
Republican press, and the folly of the
bloody-shirt policy is pointed out by
the colored people themselves. one of
their most influential organs. the New
York Freeman, saying that lit smells
most rankly in the nostrils of the race
as counter move by the party. based
as much upon barefaced hypocrisy as
the absence of living issue with which
to confront the Democratic party"
AS the bloody-shirt policy is alleged to
be inspired by compassion for the me-
gro, the reputation of it by him should
convince the most infatuated follower
of Foraker and Sherman of the stupid
ity of maintaining it as an issue in
this campaign. Indeed, the Southern
people have enough of a pleasureable
nature to occupy their minds without
dwelling on the hearthurnings and Bit
terness of the past. They see their
beautiful country teeming with wealth,
and hear all around them the incessant
hum of enterprise and business activity.
Northern capital is being invested with
out stint in manufacturing lines, the
construction of railroads and the de-
velopment of mines. The crops were
never so abundant.
In South Carolina there will be an in
crease OF 1000, 900 bushels of corn and
800, 600 bales of cotton over last year,
and in Georgia the increase in the corn
crop this year is estimated at 5000, 600
bushels. Lands which were untitled
and consequently unproductive in the
days of slavery are now fruitful
and profitable, owing to the intro
Iron County register., 1885-10-15
Improved Gas Generators.

A great Improvement in gas genera.
tors is said to have been made in
France, rendering it practicable to con.
struct such apparatus with comparative
ease from materials which are usually
to be found in every laboratory. The
device is said to leave little to be de
sired in its line, being equally adapted
to the production of sulphuretted by.
drogen or any other gas. is always
ready for use. and can at once be taken
apart for cleaning or to add fresh ma.
terials. With small generator, about
two feet high, some forty quarts oi
hydrogen have been manufactured in
twenty minutes. Another valuable fea
ture is its comparative cbeapness.
nearly all the materials being ready al
hand. and the requisite tubulated jal
being of small cost-N Y Sam
Iron County register., 1885-10-15

CHATTER XlA.-CONTINUED.
The road by which they had come
the night before could be seen at one
point onlT. and that nearly mile dis
tent, whzfe it wound around spur of
the mountain and dived down into a
ravlne from which it emerged only to
wind around other bluffs and spurs and
dive down into other hollows out of the
range of vision of any one standing in
the door or at the windows of the
shanty.
By ascending to the summit of the
mountain, a succession of lower ridges
and hills could be seen stretching away
towards Phippsburg and the river. with
sometimes glimpse of the valley be-
yond, and of thin line of smoke from
the steamers that went putting up and
down that highway of nature; but from
the lower ground on which the shanty
stood thi. view was shut out by inter-
vening hills, and there came feeling
OF loneliness, and sequestration indie
scribable, to the three women as they
looked out upon the scene that first
morning.
A thick crop of self-sown oats mixed
with weeds had sprung up on the
ground, untitled for two years. These
the rain had beaten flat to the earth in
places, while in others they still kept a
half erect position and were twisted to-
gether in punches.
The few scattering grape vines, left
to themselves, had broken from their
supports and run riot among the weeds
and grass. The peach and pear trees
showed the same lack of care, the very
luxuriousness of their growth and their
untrimmed appearance adding to the
general look of desolation.
And this was the scene upon which
Martha Parsons looked, standing in the
door of the shanty with her two
daughters. Contrasting it with the home
they had just left, and recalling the fact
that the nearest neighbor was two miles
away, is it any wonder that her heart
sank and that for a moment she almost
wished they had gone down into the
valley and rented, instead of buying
this isolated and lonely place upon the
mountain side?
Iron County register., 1885-10-15

An English exchange says: I'm
this country (England) eggs are sold by
the score, but in America by weight"
This will be surprising news to Ameri-
can poultry-rxisers and to American
egg-consumers. who have never sold or
bought eggs, save by the dozen, in them
lives. Christian ut Work.
Iron County register., 1885-10-15
fCepTsoht Secured al Rights Reserpe4l
Driven From Sea to Sea,
Or, JUST A CAMPIN'.
BIZ O. Q. POST.
CHAPTER Mx.-CoNr1sUEp.

PUBLISHED BIT PERMISSION OF J. z. DowNIY
Co., PUBLISHERS. CHICAGO.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

size, Montague, Texas, is about the size OF
Palestine, Texas.
The AUSTIN STATESMAN is one of the pref
test and best eight-page papers in the
state. In its old form it was the homeli
est.-Floresville Chronicle.
Now you have gone and let the cat out
the bag! 1t is only pretty by compari-
son! Never mind, The STATESMAN will
get even with you.
The Abilene Cyclone always sends two
copies to The STATESMAN as exchanges.
This enables THE STATESMAN to empty the
contents of one into its columns and place
tEaalther on file.
SsKender unto Caesar etc. The following
is from the Laredo Times:
Texas Tidings" has fallen into the
same error that the old Alcalde, and a
great many other learned, and generally
well posted men on Texas affairs, did, to
the effect that west of a given line, agri-
culture could not be proftably pursued;
but it is found impossible to locate the
line of demarkation. The further west it
uran the more violently did the
lie kick against it, and to prove the
injustice OF the allegation to the 6etri-
ment OF west Texas, they proceeded to
grow crops, and this demonstration has
been made to the banks of the Rio Grande
itself. Mr.. Henry Becker, an honorable
citizen of Laredo, is now advertising III
the Times to purchase agricultural
lands in the vicinity of Laredo,
upon which to settle German
farmers. It is no experiment on the
part OF Mr.. Becker, as he has practically,
and very probably, demonstrated the
fact that farming can be made to pay
here, at present, better than in Travis
county, for the reason that the home de-
mand is largely in excess of the local
supply. The STATESMAN is too just to
ignore practical demonstration, and the
Times feels that Laredo is ustifable in
the belief that the rich valley lands here
abOuts are eminently adapted to the Guilt
Walton of cane, corn, cotton, many fruits,
vegetables, and perhaps small grain. At
all events Mr.. Becker is willing to back
his Judgment with his money, pretty
sure test in pure business issue. Come
out to visit Us, and you'll change your
opinion OF Laredo.
Texas Tidings has never been in Laredo
but he has been in several other places.
He knows nothing of that Rio Grende
city other than what he has
heard about it. Hence he would
not willingly disparage its sur
rounding5. He still labors under the
impression, however, that good crops can
not be raised in the immediate vicinity
of Laredo with much degree of certainty
without irrigation, and if you will keep on
up the river until you come to Valverde,
you will find a county that has only 5000
acres in it, where crops cannot be raised
even with irrigation. But what Valverde
can't do, and what Laredo can do, are two
different things. If you think you can
raise good crops, either with or without
irrigation, try it and then send The
STATESMAN your figures, and T. T will
see that they are published, if he does not
become too aged to do so before they ar
rive.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

carrier, were both severely bitten yester-
day at Mr.. Heinrich's home, on East ave-
nue.. The dog, which is part mastiff and
part bull tarrler, had been raised by him,
and IS not supposed to have been affected
with rabies, being, however, of a very fe-
rocious disposition.
1t seems party came to the gate, ac-
companied by dog which was about to
enter the gate, when the bull tarrier Jump
ed at the other dog, which got out of his
way, and being enraged perhaps at being
fooled, turned and caught the child which
the mother was holding in her arms, and
bit the child furiously, fairly biting a
piece out of the feshy part of the rear
portion of the little fellows body. When
Mrs ID. pulled the baby lose, the dog turn
ed upon her and bit her also, with great
feroclty, near the back of her waist In
TINS dire extremity, while crying aloud for
help, she threw her child, in sheer desper-
alton, over the fence into the hands of a
lBdy who by this time had reached the
scene of the terrible struggle, but vainly
essayed to to help her. In the meantime
hel husband, who was some distance away,
rushed to her rescue with a pistol and shot
the dog dead, while it was still clinging to
It's hold with tt rel, ntless grip character
istic of the bull tarrier species.
The mother and child were quickly at
tended by DR.. Mclaughlin, and, though
both are very badly bitten, the child es-
pecially, are doing well-their injuries not
being vital. 1t is strange dog raised in
the family should so suddenly have evinc-
ed such a ferocious disposition to mem
bers of the household. It shows that such
brutes should be more carefully guarded
and watched, even in families with which
they are raised.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
EASTERN TEXAS.
POINTERS FROM RUSK, HARRISON
md OTHER COUNTIES.
Cnrresnnndenca of the Statesman

AssA - O1I1EE
Correspondence of the Statesman.
RUsK COUNTY.
HENDERSON, Texas, December 14.-R.W.
Oliver, an old and highly respected citi
zen, was buried yesterday.
Rev. Professor Coleman gave two very
entertaining lectures here this week to
crowded houses, On the Holy Land. He
lives in Louisville, KY, but has travelled
all over Palestine and his lectures are very
instructive.
At Pettys opera house Friday night
there was an entertainment for the bene-
fit of the Methodist church at this place.
1t consisted of readings by Prof. Holo-
man, of Glen Fawn, and music by local
amateurs.
County court has been in session this
week and good deal of business dispos
ed of.
Hon. G. j. Garrison, state senator from
this district, left for Austin yesterday
with his wife to visit relatives at the Cap
ital city.
The new STATESMAN is the admiration
of everybody and under its present man
agement will soon be sought after all
over the state.
HARRISON COUNTY.
Marshall is talking Of organizing a
building and loan association.
two-story business house, occupied by
J. Fl. Brantly as hardware store, on the
square, and Mr.. W. E. Lindsey's gun shop,
and also Mrs. Krautz' store, we're con-
sumed by fire Thursday night last The
fire boys, with their new engine, did noble
work.
By the explosion of lamp in the hall
of E. A. Boyd's boarding house, near the
depot, last Saturday night, the entire block
was destroyed by fire, including, besides
the boar ding house, W. T. Arnolds resi-
dence, and two cottages owned by W. FL.
Lane. Loss, $4,000.
A great many new houses are being
built in Marshall.
The new cotton compress has been kept
busy for the past month.
The schools of Marshall, both public
and private, are well patronized.
SMITH COUNTY.
Whisky won by a small majority at the
local option election in Troupe precinct.
J. G. Garrison, Esq., of Tyler, has been
appointed receiver of the Kansas d Gulf
line railroad, pending controversy as to
who is ''boss," between the Texas and
New York stockholders. Col. w. S. Hern-
don, president of the road, has gone to
New York in the interest of the same.
Rev. Dixon G. Williams will begin a
series of meetings on the 18th instant.
DIR. Hicks is fitting up a private hos
pital.
Troupe is going to have newspaper.
The young mems prayer meeting is
growing in interest.
Lindale has 1t harp and string band,
and debating society.
Pamela COUNTY.
The editor of the Waterman will issue a
special edition of his paper on Christmas
day,
Fred Robinson lost three fingers, and
had his right hand terribly mutilated, in
w. l.. Walkers gin, last week.
Near. the residence of G. Wall, three
miles from Carthage, on the Clayton
road, the citizens had considerable ex-
element chasing large black bear, who
seemed to be stranger there.
Col. Allen Baker and party returned
Sunday, from their camp-hunt. They
killed Is deer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

Rev. DR.. A. E. Goodwin, who for the
last four years has faithfully and very eff
fciently served his congregation as the
pastor of the M. E. church south, in Austin,
will leave tomorrow, accompanied by his
family, for his new charge, at Brennan.
This change of his relations with our peo-
pie is necessitated by the memorable disci-
pline of the Methodist church, which takes
from us not only a noble worker in the
cause of his Great Master, but a
worthy citizen and a most polished gen.
tleman. AS monument of his wofk out
side of his spiritual ministrations, he
leaves a fine church building here
nearly completed, and largely the result of
his active solicitations, ready for his sue
cessor, Rev. w. w. Pinson, who comes to
the charge with good recommendations
from the Tennessee conference.
It is quite an agreeable coincidence,
too, that, in leaving a new church in Aus
tin, DIR. Goodwin will find at Brennan,
ready completed, under the ministration
of Rev. G. F. More, new, and about
equally as fine, church edifice as the one
he leaves in Austin. And, as a further in
teresting coincidence, the annual confer
ence which closed it's session here with
the close of his years work, follows him
to meet next at Brennan. Austin Metho-
dists can heartily commend DR.. Goodwyn's
estimable wife and interesting young lady
daughters to the good people of our
neighboring city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
TEXAS PATENTS.

The following patents were granted to
citizens of Texas, bearing date December
1, 1885. Reported expressly for this
paper by Louis Dagger & Co., mechanical
experts and solicitors of patents, Wash
ington, D. G. Advices free.
Dunn, H. F., Eagle Lake, gate, 331,778
Lewis, W. j., Tyler, locomotive valve
gear, 331, 799.
Moore T. M, Rusk, pillow.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

A healthy body is indispensable to a
vigorous mind. A bilious and dyspeptic
man, whose blood drags sluggishly in his
veins, can neither think clearly nor act
wisely. Ayers Pills will stir up the liver,
excite the stomach and bowels to activity,
open the pores of the system, renovate
the blood, and restore a healthy tenement
for the mind
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
LESSON FROM A MAsToDoN.

The tusks of mastodon recently found
in Illinois weighed It's pounds each. What
a gigantic toothache that animal must
have been capable of having! And such
neuralgia! Neuralgia, or nerve-ache, gen
orally proceeds from disordered condi-
ton of the blood. Browns Iron Bitters
enriches and purifies this and drives neu-
ralgia out. Mr. w. w. Redman, Pixua, o.,
says, Browns Iron Bitters permanently
cured me of neuralgia"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE.

J.W. Graham. Wholesale Douggist, of
this city says: Il have been handling DR..
VIM. HALLS BALSAM FOR THE
LUNGS, for the past year, and have found
it one of the most salable medicines
have ever had in my house for Coughs,
Colds, and even Consumption, always Civ
ing entire satisfaction. Please send me
another gross.n
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
CANON FARRER.

Has been a frequent contributor to the
YOUTHS COMPANION for several years past
and just before leaving England wrote an
eloquent article for it on "Obscure He
roes," which will be published shortly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17

II STRAYED-By Sim Foster, before j. J.
f1IParsley, J. P. r. C, January %, 1885, sorrel
mare. branded NH on left shoulder, p on left
thigh one black spot on left fore leg, blaze or
white face, 1415 hands high, about II years old.
Appraised at SO. FRANK BROWN Clerk G. G. i. Z.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
CRANKS MAY CAVIL.
NEVERTHELESS AUSTIN Is
PROUD

bI11ELESSS A IL SIIN
PROUD
Of her history.
Of her cemetery.
Of her opera house.
Of her free schools.
Of her waterworks.
Of the Driskin hotel
Of her several banks.
Of her morning paper.
Of her many churches.
Of her mountain laurel.
Of the State university.
Of her new fremen's hail.
Of her liberal business men.
Of her cattle trade this year.
OF her many excellent drives.
Of her military organizations.
Of her handsome court house.
Of her gallant fire department..
Of her magnificent Union market.
Of her many handsome residences.
Of her musical and dramatic talent.
Of the state charitable institutions.
Of the superiority of the Austin bar.
Of her many beautiful flower gardens.
Of her superiority as lumber market.
Of her railroad and telegraph connec-
lions.
Of the medical profession, as an en-
5irety.
Of her pretty girls and handsome
Of her seminaries, colleges and private
schools.
Of her many matchless turn-outs and
roadsters.
Of her beautiful and picturesque sur