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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
Embroidery.

Home and Farm.
We respond to further inquiries
in reference 10 embroidery, and sup
ply some useful hints beloY, to those
OF our readers who are unable to
avail themselves Of lessons and are
trying to do good work of this kind
without help from trained and
experienced embToiderer.
The best embroidery needles for
ordinary creWel haud-work are
numbers five and six. For very
coarse goods, such as sail-coth, num-
Der four. For frame embroidery or
very fine hand-WoTk, the higher num-
bers, from seven to ten. 1t is mis-
take to use too fine needle. The
thread of crewel or silk should al
ways be able to press loosely into
the eye, so as not to Tquire any pull
ing to carry it through the material,
CreWel should lie cut in short
threads, never moro than half the
length of the skeip. If long needle
full is used, it is only apt to pull the
work, but it is wasteful, as the end
Of it is liable to become frayed and
unfit for use before it is nearly work
ed up. In creWels of the best quality
tbs colors are perfectly fast and will
bear being repeatedly washed, pro-
yided no soda OF washing powder is
used. OF course careless laundress
can easily ruin the colors. While
good creWels can be washed with
out injury, cheap, and an inferior
quality of BorStedS will soon lose
their color. Ordinary crewel work
on linen may be washed by plunging
it into lather made by water in
which bran has been boiled, or even
with simple soapsud, SO long as no
soda or washing powder is used. j.
should be carefully rinsed without
wringing and hung up to dry. When
almost dry, it may be stretched out
and pinned on clean covered board
and left until quite dry, then unfasten
it, and if necessary, comb OUT the
| fringe. Ii it is new work it should
not be fringed until after it has been
stretched. 1t viii not require iron
ing. Always avoid using an iron to
embroidery, it fl items the work and
is apt to iDjure the color. Embroi-
derry on cloth or serge may often be
cleaned with benzoine applied with
piece of clean flannel. Crewel is
suitable for embroidery on all kinds
Of linen, on plain or diagonal cloth
serge, etc. 1t is also very effective
when used in connection with cmbroi.
derry silk, either in conventional de-
signs or or where flowers are intro,
duced. The leaves nay be worked
in crewels and flower: in silk, or the
effect of the crewsls increased by
! merely touching up the high lights
with silk.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
SAN MARCOS.
horticulture by Irrigatiom-A Lady
DfSannParS


SAN MARCOS, January 31.-One of
our most reliable citizens, Mr.. Ezell,
tried an interesting experiment last
summer on half acre tract adjoin-
ing his residence. He planted in this
irrigated garden-corn, cotton and
sweet potatoes. The corn ripened
and died, thus givingkh cotton plen-
ty of sun shine, while the potatoe
vines covered the ground with a rich
mating of green. Harvest time
showed up thirty bushels of corn,
half bale Of cotton and potatoesi in
super abundance.
The heaviest looSer among our sheep
men is Capt. Forgey-200 dying out
of 1900.
Mr.. L. Myers, whose child fell from
the train when near Dupre, has ar
rived here. The boy is nine years old.
He had wandered TO the rear end of
the car where his hat was blown off
and through the open door. In trying
to get it he fell from the Car. His
wounds are about the head and Shout
ders and not dangerous.
A Mrs. Bush has suddenly diSap-
peared from Winters hotel, where she
had been sojourning two weeks
awaiting her husband from San Anto-
Mo. She had paid her board for one
week. There is no trace of her having
| left town by train or carriage. She
| has left her trunk and dresses behind
Day after day she would go to the de.
pot expecting her husband, but he
never came. Her prolonged disap
pearance has caused some talk Of
dragging the river.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
Rest a While.

You are wearing out tn vital forces
faster than there is any need, and IN
this way Subtractlng years from the
sum total of your life. This rush and
worry, day after day, this restless
anxiety for something you have not
got, is like pebble-stones in machinery,
they CRATE and grind the life out of
you. You have useless burdens; throw
them off. You have a great load OF
useless care; dump it. Pull in the
strings; compact your business: take
time for thought Of better things.
Go out into the air ana let
Gods sun shine upon your busy head.
Stop thinking of business and profit;
stop grumbling at adverse provi-
dences. You will probably never see
much better times in this doomed
world; and your most opportune sea-
son is now; your happiest day is to-
day. Calmly do your duty, and let
God take care of his own world. He
is still alive and is the King. Do not
imagine that things will go to
the everlasting smash when you
disappear from this mortal stage. Do
not fancy that the curse Of heaven, IN
the shape of the vain task of righting
up disjointed earth, Is imposed upon
you. Cease to fret and fume; cease to
jump and worry early and late. The
good time is coming, but you can
never bring it. God eau, and will
Take breath, sir; sit down and rest
and take a long breath. Then GO
calmly to the task of life, and do your
work weIl.-Dr. Z. Taylor.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05

NdVdSOtd label.
The man who edits the average
county newspaper must tread on some
body's toes continually; must expect
to be censured often for unintentional
failures; must expect hard work and
little thanks; must expect to be called
a coWa-l because he doesn't 'pitch
into e. ything that somebody thinks
is WHO'S, and fool if he speaks out
too plainly on public evils; and he
must expect to grind other peoples
axes, and turn the grindstone himself.
And still we think it the noblest pro-
fession on earth; the one in which an
honest man can do the most good to
his fellow men, a4d in which the hon.
orable man can yield more power than
the minister in the pulpit or the ora
Tor in the forum.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
CREOLE"
How the Term Originated-WhO Are
the steal CreoieS,

the Ieal Creoies.
Creole is not used by Americans IN
less referring to people of Spanish or
French descent. The Americans in
Louisiana ontnumber those of French
descent. and the native Americans of
the state never call themselves Creoles.
he word Creole is of Spanish origin,
and was used during the old Spanish
colonial rule in Spanish America; and
as this city of New Orleans was for a
long period under Spanish dominion it
was but natural that the French and
their descendants horn here, who COM
prised a considerable portion of the
population, should adopt the term. To
conclude, / will copy portion of the
History OF Mexico and Texas" by the
Hon. John NJ, Niles, member of the
senate of the United States, in 1913:
THE existence of various castles, or
mixed races. which now constitute SO
large a porii ion of the whole popula-
ton Of the country, is the conseq 1ence
Of the subjugation OF the natives The
whole population of the Spanish colo
MES is divided into classes; the natives
Of old Spain, settled in America, were
danOminat-d chapetOneS, or gachu-
penes; they claimed the first rank and
engTossed most of the places of power
and profit, merely On account OF their
birth; she defendants of European
Spaniards in the colonies were CTeoles,
and although they enjoyed the same
civil rights as the natives of
old Spin, they were treated as a dis
tinct ard subordinate class, and en-
tireiy excluded from al situations of
any Importance. OF the mixtures, the
mestizos are the descendants of a
white and an Indian; the descendants
of an Indian and a negro are called
zembes. and these casts produce other
mixtures of different shades of color
and degrees of blood too various to be
divided into distinct classes
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
Europeans in Algeria.

Philadelphia Press.
The area of land cultivated 10y Eu-
Topeans and natives in the colony of
Algeria is 100000 acres, and the ag-
r!cultural population is nearly 3.O00.-
600, having at its disposal 1868, TAI i'm
plements valued at SS,905,000. The
animal population consisted at the be-
ginning OF the year of 164,421 horses,
90. 246 mules, 235, 543 donkeys, 181, $50
camels, 1,l04,829 head of cattle, $685.
663 sheep, 3,6lS,3S2 goats and 1874
pigs, making in all II 400, 395 head of
stock, out of which number 663,S91
belonged to Europeans and 1886, 504
to natives. These figures show an in
crease CT 1,580,OOO over the previous
year, the number of sheep alone hay
ing increased by nearly 100000. The
area Of land sown in grain was about
1,l5O,O Goo acres belonging to Europeans
and 100000 acres belonging to ma
tives, the total yield for these $780,
600 acres being 40,377 ,293 bushels or
less than six bushels an acre. Up
ward of 1900 acres OF vineyard were
planted in the course of the year, and
Algeria has a total area of over No.
600 acres. the wine crop for 1883 hay
ing been I8,485,29 gallons.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
Fossils in Mississippi.

Enterprise (STiss) Courier.
Seeing IN the papers the mention of
some large fossils now on exhibition
at the Worlds Fair brings to mind
the fact that there are some in this
county. On the farm of Mr.. Bare
field. between Pachuta and Barnet
stations, are tbs remains of a huge
reptile, probably sixty o. seventy feet
long. They are only few feet below
the surface, and might at one time
have been gotten out without a great
deal of trouble. TIE backbone of this
creature is fully eighteen inches in
diameter,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
MORSE MYTHOLOGY.

Reasons Which Commend Its Study to
Those Interested in Such Subjects.
While eI cry nation has mytholo-
gy, that of the Norseman is one CT the
most interesting. Although the
Norsemen were heather, their my
theology, more than any other, seems
to hint of the true religion. The
Morse, like other mythologies, told OF
the force and workings of nature; as,
in the thunder-s storm. Thor rides in
his chariot aud strikes with his ham
mer (Mjolner). In the growth of
fresh grass, Loke (heaO cuts off SITS
hair grass and the gods force
him TO make dWarfS
forge her golden hair anew. The
coming of winter was because Loke
(heat) had the blind god He'd (winter)
Stay Bladder (summer). The aurora
was Loke's tears over the deSolation
caused by him.
From giving personal attributes to
the causes and effects of nature, the
system of mythology expanded into
describing the characteristics of those
gods: as, 1hor's strength was. doubled
whenever he put on his gloves of
steel; double strength was also con-
ferred on him by girding himself with
his belt OF steel. Odin had two
ravens: Hugin (rehection) and AIu-
min (memory) which perched upon his
shoulders and whispered IN his ears.
At one time the Morse mythology
extended oyer the present Scandina-
via, including Iceland, England and
much of France and Germany. Only
in Iceland was written anything like
a complete record of it. The Grimms
aud their school have done much TO
revive interest in, AID increase Bnowi-
edge of, Morse mythology, The two
EdlaS, enb med in Runie, reveal the
soul OF the story OF the early Gothic
and Teutou nations. What an I'M
mense intiu nee the Morse and Greek
\ Hydrologic have had upon Europe's
social, poll zeal and literary destiniesi
| Mythologies are developed like Ian
guages. Greek mythology grew and
tiourished 10 sunny climes. 1t was
nourished by genial influence. Morse
mythology also partook of. the nature
4 of its parentage and surroundings,
being strong acd rugged. The Greek
| mythology is an epic poem; the Morse,
a tragedy. The Greek is more hui
man; the Morse, more supernatural,
While the Greek has many beautiful
parts. it lacks unity; the Morse has
more central ideas. the Greek is diff
fuse in treatment of subjects
and results; the Morse, con-
/ centrated. The Greek has
! more grace and beauty; the Morse,
more power and grendure, The Greek
is like vine; the Morse, like an oak.
Comparative mythology is an inter-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
4 money Making Woman.

The failure of John J. Cisco 81 Son,
New York bankers, has again brought
prominently before the public Mrs. f.
H. Green, who is reported to be the
richest woman in America. 1t was
the determination of Mrs. Green TO
withdraw a portion of the very large
amount that she had on deposit IN
the Cisco bank, that caused it to sus-
pend. She is the largest creditor of
the bank, and while she may lose a
few thousand dollars of her deposits,
her securities, amounting to $26,000,-
600, which were in the bank vault, are
safe.
Mrs. Gree. S a marvelously shTeWd
financier She manages her own
affairs, and thus far has managed them
successfully. There are very few men
in Wall street who are as well acquaint-
ed with the value of the different kinds
of securities dealt in there as she
She is credited with having engineered
more than one corner in stocks, and to
have gotten the better on many occa-
sions of the ablest Of the Wall street
sharps.
She is the daughter of a New Bed
ford whaler named johnson, who died
a few years ago, leaving her about
100000. That sum would seem to
be sufficient to satisfy the desires of
any woman, but it dldnot, it seems,
satisfy MIS-. Green. She began at
oace to speculate, and, through either
her luck or her ShreWdneSs, accumu-
lated money rapidly. Those who
know the most of her financial trans
actions say that she was never known
to make a mistake in her business at
fairs. She could not have made many
mistakes of a serious character. If she
had she could not have accumulated
| the vast fortune of which she is now
mistress.
She is credited with being very pc
NITROUS. AS in instance of this
characteristic, it is stated that on one
occasion she alighted in front Of the
Cisco banking house from public
conveyance, with great bundle in her
arms, and entered the bank. The bum
Ole proved to be 100000 worth Of Sc
curities. The banker, Cisco, asked her
why she did not take a private car
riage instead OF trusting herself with
SO many valuable securities in AM ON
nibus. She replied that Mr.. Cisco
might be able to afford carriage, but
that she was not.
Her thrift is apparent in every way
that it is possible for it to show itself
In her home life she is very economi.
cal. She doesn't seek to have the best
of everything. 1t is SAID that she has
been known to walk to social gath
eriDg when the streets were hardly fit
for woman to he abroad, rather than
! to pay for carriage. 1t is related that
on one occasion when there was {
contest between two factions for the
cont oil of a great railroad property il
which she had q large amount Of
stock, instead OF Teting hel
shares at the election for officers sht
sold her proxies to one of the parties
OF course she had right to do this
but the incident nevertheless shows
if true, that she never let's an oppor
: tunity pass to turn an hone t peIny
What does this woman intend 10 dt
with her vast wealth t? It may b.
that she has never given this question
serious consideration. Her pleasur,
is to. make money, not To spend it
Those to whom she leaves it will TAX
pleasure probably in spending it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
A1exander on Dat Culture.

II has become plain to the southern
people that the long-neglected oat crop
has been one of the heavy clogs to the
wheel of fortune, that we have all
been striving to roll up the hill of
adyersity. To make oats a success,
the preparation of the land is the great
'seed bed" This preparation guaran-
tees, first, a good even stand; the
loose earth resists the hot autumnal
SUE, furnishes moisture in the dry
weather, drains off the surplus water
in u wet winter, and, most important
of all, is non-conductor of cold as
well as heat, and will not freeze so
hard and deep as badly ploughed land.
1t requires no argument to show an
intelligent farmer (and no other should
try to FARM that these are truths that
cannot be contradicted. To make a
Seed-bed in stubble or clover land IS an
easy task. As soon as the corn and cot
ton have been finished, the tWO-hOrSe or
turn-plows should be made ready, so
that with the first rain in August the
sod can be turned; and in turning this
sod the harrow should follow within
two hours after the plow. Clay land
never pulveriZes so well afterwards.
Not necessary to say what kind of a
ploW to use, only the twister and
schooter won't do-the land must be
turned. The farmer who relies on
these kind of scratching plows to
bring up his land and make an oat
crop, Will certainly fail. l prefer the
Avery steel and the Oliver or Poland
chill plows, but suppose there are 9th
ers equally as good.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
Important InsuranceIsuit.

special telegram 10 Inc OGaCSSilldn.
DALLAS, Texas, January 28.-The
suit of Fred Ende VS.. the Star Insur-
ance Co., to-day was concluded in the
United States circuit Icourt, the jury
returning verdict giving the plain
tiff judgment for $4,000, the amount
sued for, with interest from the date
of the damage, in October, 1888. The
Ende hotel, at Greenville, the capitol
OF Hunt county. was either blown or
burned down during "a cyclone, and
the defendants declined to pay Il e in
surance on the grounds that the build
ing was blown down or fell down and
was afterwards burned. 1t Will be
remember ell that some fourteen people
were killed and burned to death in the
building. The case has excited con-
siderable interest in insurance circles,
as it it is understood suits for insur-
ance will be prosecuted by the owners
of many of the other buildings des-
troyed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
GIris na IsuIi. Firhters-

1t IS said that the latest wrinkle in
81 aiu is to have gcmeD huIl.ighters
instead OF men. 1t must be d noble
sight to see one OF those dark-eyed fe.
males in the ring facing Z mad bull.
but how different would be the scene
if one of our American girls should at
tempt it. The sight would bring tears
to eyes that never wept before. If
any one has ever seen an Ameri-
can girl climb rail fence
at the sight of 4 cow in an adjoining
field, they can form some idea OF wnat
she would do If brought face to face
with mad bull. No wall would be
to high for her to climb, and you can
gamble on il that she wouldn't let any
grass grow under her feet while getting
into the next county. OF course there
are some girls-lke Lula Hurst, for
lnatauce-Who would take bull by
the tail and throw him over the fence.
bu the majoriy of them would want
t. :. home to their ma.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
A Confidence Game-J. III. Blake Prepar
ing Statement.

Special to the Statesman:
HOUSTON, January 28.-An old man
from the interior by the name of Hell
Ter fell into the hands of confidence
men here this morning and was done
upon the bogus draft racket. The old
gentleman soon discovered his mistake
and placing the matter in the hands OF
the police authorities sought to have
the sharps arrested, but they had
boarded the train for New Orleans
and have not yet been oYerhauled.
Heller is sad over the matter because.
he saws, ne will have to give up his
trip to the great Exposition.
Mr.. J: II, Blake is preparing a state
ment for publication, showing his con-
nection with the failure of the Gal
weston Savings Bank. His friends say
it will thoroughly vindicate him from
the charges of wrong dealing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
TkeAnstrisn Empress.

According to Mime. Adams Nou-
velle Revue, hardly any one at Vienna
knows the empress, and many Wen
nese have ever seen her. Though a
grandmother, she is still an elegant
figure. She owes this to horseback
exercise, and to early rising Her dis
dain to popularity and the people has
its source in her attachment to the old
prerogative Of the crown, which the
emperor has resigned. She guards the
court against the invasion of new
ideas, and would consent to min.
gle with the people at fetes if she
thought they still respected their
princes. But she knows the sacred
character of the throne has disap-
peared in their eyes. This empress,
who diSdains to show herself at balls,
is curiousiy enough the intimate
friend of circus riders. On the evSbf the
grand religious professions in which
former expresses took part, escorted
by pages and ladies, she has
convenient illness, which enable heI
to go to the country; but she has one
virtue, rare in emperors' consoFts, she
never NEEDLES with politics. She is a
despotic mistress of her household, thu
first huntress in the world, and might
be the first. professor of circus equita
ton of her time. She believes il
homeopathy, violent exercise and i!
| ShampoOing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05
Royal Authors

From DemOrest's Monthly.
The royal family of England are all
of literary or artistic fame. Queen
Victoria has writ; n several books.
The published diary OF the dead Prin-
cess Alice proves that had she been
an author she would have taken fair
position in the weird of letters. The
Princess Beatrice draws aud paints
cFeditably, and now the two soHs of
the Prince Of Wales, Albert Victor
aud Prince George, are about to pab-
lish book. When cadets on board
the Bacchante they kept Gaily note
book, wherein was recorded the
strange things they encountered IN
the cruises of that vessel ia distant
seas. OF course the book has bsen
touched mp by the Rev DIR. Dalton
who was their coach and companion
on the voyage Those who have seen
the proef-sheets say that the work
will be an interesting one.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-05

Boston Journal.
A new light has been thrown upon
the sewerage question in England, and
it is now believed that the discharge
of the immense sewerage of London
into the Thames is the best disposition
that could be made of it. The reason
for this belief is found in the extraor-
binary abundance of fish on the south
ern and eastern coasts. The west
coasts of England and Scotland, tOgeth-
er with the whole of Ireland, only pro-
duce per cent. of the catch of fish of
Great Britain, the waters Of the North
Sea and English Channel supplying
the rest. The cause of this eXcep-
tional fertility Of the fish in the south
and east is supposed to be an abundant
food supply. 1t is evident from the
constitution Of the fish themselves
that they obtain from something or
somewhere considerable quantities of
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
in excess of what Is obtained in sea
water. These are precisely the ingre-
dents which are found valuable in
sewerage used as manure, and which
restore the fertility of exhausted soils.
Hence it is concluded that the enor-
nous quantities OF sewerage, which
are poured into the Thames are not
wasted, but are most probably used in
converting it into an immense spawn
ing and feeding bed for the fish which
swarm into the neighboring seas.