The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-15

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The Fort Worth Gazette has heweC
out the corner stone of prosperity fol-
the farmers of Texas in the sentence
"Save your own bacon" We are
taxed by the tariff, by the state, by
the county, by our vices, by our lazi
ness, but the sum total of all these
multiplied by the double-distilled es
sence of the internal revenue system
does not equal the tax imposed on oul
people by the smoke houses of Kansas
and slaughter houses of Chicago
"Save your bacon. Waco Day.
In the country tributary to Fort
Worth there is the largest crop pei
acre ever raised. On the Texas and
Pacific to the Pecos, and on the Den.
YER to Carson county, the yield from
the seeding and the pillow is immense
while the prairies are covered with a
heavy growth of grass that will keer
cattle in fine order until January
The condition is unusually favorable
and unusual results may be expected
Fort Worth Gazette.
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN opens its
nineteenth anniversary with a new
dress. THE STATESMAN is an excellent
Texas journal. 1t has a live, active
corps of reporters. Mr.. r. L. RUSSELL
our district clerk, is reporter for
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Appeal.
There is no law to prohibit third
term for Gov. Ross, nor is there any
usage which denies a third term to any
governor whose services may be de-
sired. No two-term governor has ever
expressly or ostensibly sought a third
term, hence there has been no decis-
ion of the dominant party or of the
people upon the question, if there
really is any question of eligibility in
such case as that now presented
Dallas News.
The STATESMAN repeats the re-
nomination and reelection of Gov
Ross would make him the most dis
tinguished democrat and the most il
lustrious citizen in Texas.
An exchange kalls attention to our
spelling the word gnat with k.
This we konsider kruel and koniectu-
raj kussedness, if not a klear kase of
konkokted kontortion which we hope
will be rekonsidered and the konklu-
sion KUN to that our contingent of
blame kannot be komputed without
kontrariety which might lead to kon-
travention.-Texas Panhandle.
THE STATESMAN came out on the
9th, its eighteenth anniversary, in fine
new clothes, and if the capital city will
only appreciate its efforts, it can keep
up its progressive work for itself and
the city.-Mason News.
The Elixir of Life can be prepared
by any careful person. Take the flesh
of lamb, trituate it in mortar, add
fresh water, tiltrate it and the reddish
colored precipitant is the elixir. 1t
should be applied by hypodermic in
lection in the arm. Perhaps the old
way of frying the flesh of the lamb
and applying it by way of the stomach
had better be adhered to until the
value of the new process is better es-
tablished-Waco News.
From the books of the assessor we
learn that there is the following in
crease of taxable value in this county:
Value of property 1889, $3,137 200;
value of property 1888. $2,S70,175.
Increase, $267 ,O25-Lampasas Leader
Cameron received her first bale of
the season last Saturday. The bale
504 pounds, was raised by w.
I. Rogers, and was sold to E. j. Nc
[ver for III cents. The contributions
to $56; Mr.. Rogers re-
,eived in all $112.70. The two banks
So each and John B. Nc
Lane was the donor of fine silk hat
worth $7-Cameron Herald
That was a handsome bonus for
Cameron. Let's see; how much was
he premium Austin offered for her
irst bale? Well, really, you must ex-
use us, but we have forgotten.
Train after train of wagons loaded
With lumber have gone out of Elgin
his week. The two yards can hardly
,eep supply. The prairie north of
lere is getting most of this lumber
1urrah for this section! We want |
traight roads now and should have |
hem, and no one or two big land |
should prevent us from having
asy access to the prairie trade.-Elgin
Times.
THE STATESMAN is one of Texas
'est dailies, and we can't do without
t.-Clarendon Traveller.
The chatelaine has had one NOR
hahn added to it. At the end Of it
angles a tiny box, shaped like the
which has a quantity OF
lack courtplaster patches, cut in cres-
ents and stars. The French renais-
ance is plungfng wildly along, and
DON the courtplaster will take the
orm of the coach and six, which used
o adorn the cheek of the kings
avorites.