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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

To THE stranger in our midst {:
Don't judge us too harshly,we are not
rs filthy as our streets now indicate ;
and then we hope to have street
crossings some of these days.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

A CITY of 10000 people, we have
but one street crossing, and that built
by a private citizen. Are we not
proud OF the record?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

THAT electric street railroad from
Glen Ridge to the southeastern part
of the city will be a good thing for
Austin and should be encouraged. We
want life, activity and hustle in every
part os-the city, and we must see that
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

WHEbE is that advertising COM
mittee, and what are they doing for
Austin?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

In THE name of all that's decent
let us put stone crossings on our
streets at once. Why should we
longer continue to walluw in mud
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

How many ladies are on the occasional
sick list, but still NOPE about? How many
are unable 10 attend TO heir household
duti IS with any satisfaction 10 themselves
Nearly all of these chronic troubles could
have been averted at the beginning and
they now can be cured by the use of Dr.
Dromgoole's English Female Bitte1s.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

The Globe-Democrat thanks God
that Vermont was saved to its party -
why are you not grateful also over
the reelection of Lodge and Reed2
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

THERE is no punishment that
would fit the crime of the council in
allowing our streets to remain as at
present
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

If IT was put to the popular vote
DR.. Swearingen would be chosen State
Health officer three to one.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

On! for Indian snow shoes when it
rains in Austin! Anything to float
us across the streets.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13
AUSTIN CEMENT.
The Works Under Way and the Cement
Eminently Satisfactory.

The Works Under Way and the Cement
Eminently Satisfactory.
The Austin Cement works re-organ-
lied some weeks ago have got down to
work and are turning out a superior
quality of
PORTLAND CEMENT.
A STATESMAN repC rter was shown a.
sample Monday, and as far as he
could judge, they were equal in every
respect to the best brands OF English
Portland. Indeed the tests show that
it is superior, and they come up to-
the tests of the best German cement
used in the con struction of the found
alton for the goddess of liberty at the
entrance to the harbor OF New York.
There are several sidewalks in town
laid with this cement years ago, nota-
bly, the one around the residence Of
Dr.. Bragg. These walks are as hard
and stand hard use as well as the side
walks laid with the best English Port
land
The Austin cement is being used in
the construction of the piers for the
railroad bridge over Waller creek, and
on other work now in progress in the.
city, and it is giving entire salisfac-
faction.
1t is understood that the company
will put in new machinery soon, which
will enable them to fill all orders,
something just now they cannot do.
The company are very sanguine Of
making a success of their enterprise,
and indications are that it will prove a
paying business both for it's members
and the community at large.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13
GLOVER PLANTATION, J
GLOVER, Miss, Oct. %, 1890. {

Messrs. Il. N. Estes & Co., Memphis, Tenn.
GENTLEMEN; 1 have this day ship
ped you one bale of cotton
picked by one of the Todd
cotton picking machines" AS you
are aware the crop is very late, only
one.third to one-half being open,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13
RED COTTON.

surface fertilizing.
Kyle. JOHN X. BROWNE.
RED COTTON.
1t has been the dream of photo
graphers since the discovery of the ar
to reproduce objects in their natura
colors, and all the appliances of science
and chemistry have been called in to
secure the desired result, but so fal
without success.
In like manner it has been the am
bition of many sanguine cotton plant
ers to produce staple of different
colors, which would render unneces-
sary the dye pot.
| From time to time we have read Of
a planter who had succeeded in hi.
efforts only to find that the statement
was hoax.
According to the Baltimore Manufac
turers Record, a planter in Georgia
has an acre of cotton every stalk o.
which is deep red color.
This novelty is the product of seed
derived three years ago from two
stalks of red cotton found in field.
We are told that the leaf, boil and
bloom are red, but left in the dark as
to the color of the lint. Should the
latter be the same color and perma-
nent that cotton planter has got q
bonanza.
| shall wait further evidence before
accepting the report as fact.
THE NEW COTTON PICKER.
The newspaper reader has for so
many years read at very regular in
tervals such circumstantial and sen.
sational stories about the sea serpent
and the cotton harvester, and never
seen or met with anyone who has seen
either, that he begins to think their
existence apocryphal.
Like the old lady who believed the
story of some of Pharoh's chariot
wheels being fished up from the bot
tom of the Red sea, but refused
to credit the fact of flying
fishes, there are those who have nc
difficulty in accepting sea serpent
yarns, while they denounce as i'm
possible the construction of ma
chine that will pick cotton.
Unless Mulhatton or one of hi,
disciples has been at work, the long
lookedior and much desired machine
is now a reality.
The Memphis Avalanche publishes
what purports to be description O
the new Todd cotton picker and says
"The machine has a rotary cylinder
provided with large number of 70
tary fingers, which seize the cotton
leaving the closed or half open bolls
untouched.
"The cotton winds itself round thes,
fingers and is drawn from the bolls
The fingers are cleaned at every revo
luton of the cylinder and the cotto.
passes over in an endless belt into tn,
receiver. and is then ginned in the or
binary way. The machine as nov
perfected is about the size of an ordi
nary reaper OF light draught. 1t i
drawn by two mules, and two mel
can do the work of at least twent,
hand pickers." 1t is said to do TIN
work better than the average hand
and if the whole story is not an elab
crate hoax, the following extract
from afiidavits on the subject opel
up visions of wealth and fame for tn,
inventor:
GLOVER PLANTATION
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13
FARM NOTES.
COLORED COTTON IF IT CAN BE PRO
DUCED WILL BUILD UP HUGE
FORTUNES.
Some Ahidavits that Good Cotton
Picker Has at Last Been
Invented.

rThis column is edited by Mr.. John C..
Edgar of Duval, to whom all communica
tiuns should be addressed.l
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

Beecham's Pills cure sick headache.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

EuRdT Oh DuNdl, W NllOlI an
tiUns should be addressed.l
JULY FLOWING AGAIN.
Agricultural Editor of The Statesman.
SIR-Have read with much inter
est the discussion about summer pillow.
ing and its effect on the land, and
must say l think your Ideals the right
one. Every observing, practical
farmer knows that The more land is
shaded during the hot summer months
the better the chance for a crop next
year. Why is this? Simply because
the shade or mulch, no matter whether
it is OF loose fine soil, vegetable matter
or even rocks, prevents the evapora-
ton of the moisture from the soil and
the escape Of gases along whit, which
are needed for plant life.
Now, if stubble land is turned over
in July it is exposed to the almost
vertical rays of the sun, and being
without shade or mulch, every drop OF
moisture is drawn out of it, and as
you say, rendered for time less fer
tile.
Where the land is naturally rich
and moist the damage may not be
noticeable, except to close observer,
but it is done all the same.
Mr.. McIlroy drew his conclusions
from very imperfect premises when he
gave July blowing credit for what was
plainly due to October rain.
do not think the cutaway harrow
will ever take the place of the turning
pillow. l have been using one for
nearly two years, and as pulverizer
it has not an equal in my opinion, bnt
does not bring the subsoil to the top,
and that must be done to keep up
surface fertilizing.
Kyle. JOHN X. BROWNE.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

AS far as returns have been published
the people of Texas appear to have voted
IN favor of the road amendment by large
II ajorities. Dallas, McLennan, Hays and
other black land counties have voted two
to one in favor Of improved roads
and the intelligent citizens over the balance
of the state who voted for the railroad
commiss on in such overwhelming num-
Ders, cannot have failed to supporta change
so eminently wise and conducive to the
well being of the state. Between deep
water ports, railroad commission and a
damned Colorado truly Texas has got a
move on her that will shortly astonish the
world
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

mostly cracked bolls, the balance
being green bolls, blooms and squares,
the plant also being very rank, over
six feet high, in places full of green
leaves, the rows very grassy and weeds
in places as tall as the cotton. Not
withstanding all this, the machine
picked. the cotton cleaner than the
hands would do, as you will see from
sampling\the bale. The machine did
no perceptible injury to the plant, It's
blooms, squares or green bolls, and it
will not gather leaves, hulls or grass.
should Judge it could pick in fully
open cotton about 800 to 1000 pounds
an hour. am yours truly,
w. G. KNIGHT,
Manager.
We, the undersigned, corroborate
l. 81
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

We have sampled upon the cotton
exchange, with members of other cot
ton factors, the above referred to bale
OF cotton, and find it worth one.third
to half cent pound more than hand
picked, at the same time shipped from
the Glover plantation.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27
Organize. Edocatel

The Independent Peoples party was
born a little over four months ago. 1t
has developed its principles so strongly
in that length of time that in the fu-
ture all the combined forces of corrup-
tion cannot stay its onward progress.
The people Of Kansas -andin many
other states 7 resting under its ban
ner for new vigor to snatch the gov
eminent from the hands Of the power
which has no sympathy for the prin-
ciples taught by united labor. In 1892
every state in the union will do as
Kansas has donein this campaign if
they are interested in having agovern-
ment for the people instead of a gov
eminent for politicalrings and q class
of autocrats who can now be found on
the street corners OF every city and
village damning the E. M. B. AZ, the
Farmers Alliance, the Il. Of u. and.
all kindred organizations. Farmers
and laborers who have more sympathy
for the welfare of your families and
neighbors than for the old parties and
their rings, listen not to the carping
and sneerso OF Political slaves who have
never inhaled a breath Of ~independ-
ences III EaveSalWayssSbeen plant
LRerY8ntS OF MISREPRESENTATION WorshipS
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

], Talking of patent medicines
you know the old prejudice.
And the dcctors-some Of
them are between you and us.
They would like you to think
that what's cured thousands
won't cure you. You'd be-
llsve In patent medicines if
they didn't profess to cure
sgsvytAlMg-and so, between
the experiments Of doctors,
and the experiments of patent
medicines that are sold only
because there's money in the
"stuff," you lose faith in .evg,y,
thing.
{ And, you can't always tell
the prescription that cures by
what you read in the papers.
So, perhaps, there's no better
way to sell a remedy, than to
tell the truth about it, and
take the risk of its doing just
what it processes to do.
/! That's what the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, Of Buffalo, N. Y, does
with
DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery,
Favorite Prescription,
Pleasant Pellets, and
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
: If they don't do what their
makers say they'll do-you
get your money back.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

Says the New York Herald Of the
operation of the Australian ballotla
in Newark, N. j.: Several men of
excellent education were agreat deal
more Hurried than the laborers and
others whoitwas expected would make
many mistakes. In one district two
blind men were voted. Friends Of
these men, whom the election OFFICERS
placed under oath to make up their
tickets accordingto administrations,
accompanied them into the booths.
1t was the most orderly election every
conducted in Newark. nOf course
money is spent to-day, but it is not
for buying votes as in old times. We
treat in saloons and restaurants
and give out ballots. / notice the
money men known as ward strikers
are hanging back from voting, but no
candidate is such a fool as to give
money to a man if he cannot satisfy
himself that he goes into the booth
and votes for him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

at the shrine Of the golden cali. The
time has come when every honest
man, we care not whether he Id
9 farmer, laborer, merchant or minfs.I
ter OF the gospel, shouldhDld q solemn
counsel within his. nWh bOsom. first.
then with his heighbOfs, then resolve
individually and in your unions that
you WILL do your duty regardless Of
sneerS and threats OF the class which.
has no interest in the welfare Of the
3toilers. Then victory and justiee will
be your reward. Don't forget that the
patriots uf 1778did hothave the nriyi.
ISege OF gaining their freed0m frbM Tie
financial lords bf lombard street.
Through the ballot, but it was done
t~hroughthe bullet in a long seven
years war, IN which many q patriot,
gave up his life blood to obtain thai
which you must now sustain thrtuph
the ballot. No delay, HIust be msSds
IA this matter. The great plain peon1e
of this land must be up and doing If
they wish to restore The p%rincinles
advocated by Washington, Jefersnn.
uvne under q plain Peoples party. No
:an who loves his country will how
refuse t9, give up his political Qteju-
dice. no time must be lost. Reor-
ganize;. elect national, state, county
and township committees at once.
There must be no cessation in this
battle that will give the enemies of
prosperity and equal rights a chance
to disorganize the Independent force,
il we wish to make sure Of a victory
in 1892, The inohopolists are well or.
gahized in the old parties, and their
journals are always ready to report
everything to their interest and how
meekly laboring men submit to theft
will. Let the words, ssorganize and
educate" pass along the line until ev-
cry freeman has enlisted to help drive
the slave-loving parties to their final
resting Washington (Ind.) Anti-
M01nnO1iaf
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

GOES without saying-Ad dumb waiter.
A PAwNRRoKER who receives stolen
goods is a sort of aSloan highwayman.
sWHY don't YOU marry one of theme
Don't they know ennnghan sYes. they
No too much
ETHEI.-Poor Clara, She is growing
old. Maud--It must seem sad 10 YOU,
seeing you have known her since she was
an infantin arms
WHEN the hlmorist who US always
1oked abous ps~ttingsua, steYes comes TO
put onenp himself osssc: he realizes that
putting Vi stoves is NJ Joke.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27
rhs Child IT "a Esii Parent.

Malvoro says in shakspsars's comedy 81
sTwslfth Night. .Boms are born great. some
aohieve greafness, mi soms have greatness
thrust upon them" So It Il with %1ousn
aoms ars born nervous, some acnievo nervous.
nsss " their own imprudencs and neglect, and
disease. The basic starting point Of this edi-
mont, which grows rapidly and assumes alafm.
ing proportions whom It reaches tho stage Of
hypechondris and chronic slesplessns.s, =
many evils. For the i1capscity Of the stomach
to digest food, and Of ths system 70 assinilats
y after digsstion, Hostetters stomaeh bitters
becomes tranquil, appetite improves, abnormal
sensiiveness Of the nerves - succeeded By
stsadiness and vigor in those deleate tissues.
bodily substance Increases when that signal
rsstorative Of digestion IL systemstically used.
Conquer also with it malaria. rheumatism, hid.
MY inactivity, Liver complaint and constipa-
kion. 4lrgEl r.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

SUGAR was, unknown to the ancient
Greeks and Romans, even as a medicine,
and not until tea and coffee and alcoholic
beverages created q popular demand for
tts use, early in the eighteenth century;
did it become an Important diet in Eu-.
rope. The annual consumption in Eng
land was then only three pounds per
capita; it is now at tho rate Of sixty-two
pounds
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27
Amount of Money in Circulation.

It is almost impossible to pick up a
Republican journal without seeing
the statement that there is plenty Of
money in the United States to do
business with. The following table
has been taken from the LnterSOcean,
one of the foremost Republican jour
nails of the northwest. It speaks for
itself:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

TIE real grandeur of a nation rests
in the happiness Of the people. The
happiest and most patriotic people
are those who own their homes
Some people mistake pomp for gran
deur and display for patriotism.
True patriotism and unalloyed hap
piness are anchored in the homes Of
the people. This is a principle Of ma
ture. 1t is imbedded in the deepest
recesses of our sonls. Give a man a
home, and you make him happy: rob
him OF home, and he becomes des-
perate. There is an important lesson in
this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Reforner.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

We were glad to SEQ that most of
our merchants we're in sympathy with
the farmers and voted with them.
This is right. Their interests are
identical Embellishments and what
willpenshJ the farmer will benefit the
merchant.MGrattop Ns6.1 Leader.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

TIE Mckinley bill in n parti-
cular is different from all others. All
articles imported by the government,
which are not on the free list, must
pay duty the same as if imported by
a privatescitizen. Thisis not the last
analysis; the people will pay taxes to
the government, to enable the gov
eminent to pay taxes to itself. All.
this gives employment to the tax
collectors. Dye see?-Aiastoo,th tNeb.)
Home Rule,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

THE saving In clothing where Dobbins'
Electric Soap is used is tloenty times the soap
bill. 1t is no new experiment, but has been
sold for "a years. To-day just as pure as in
1865. Try it. Your grocer has 1t.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

MONEY and transportation are the
vital questions before the masses to-
day and their attention should yig-
orously be to those issues. We have
squarreled over the miner issues long
enough and now our necessities drive,
us to look at the facts.-Ainstcorth
(Neb.l Home Rule.
Ills it not time we had an amend
ment to the constitution OF the
United States making the election
OF president and senators subject to
direct vote of the people? We
have been voting by proxy too long
Observation-Disclosures ithans) Tines.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27
The sub-Treasury IDEA.

The idea of making government
loans directly to the people, instead of
to the banks for speculative purposes,
does not, of.cOurSe, meet with very
warm favor in Wall street nor any Of
its outlying provinces. The enactment
into law Of such an idea NEAR simply
that all other lines of business shall
be placed on an equality with bank
ing, where each must stand or fall on
it's own merits, and where neither
shall have power to destroy the other
at will. To the banking syndicate
which has had the exclusive privilege
of government loans for a period OF
nearly thirty years,-loans which have
cost them but one per cent. per an
num-such a law, no doubt, seems al
most like giving up the pound of
flesh. @
But the surrender Of a privilege
which has enabled them by its enor
nous profits to obtain title to and
control Of the entire money supply Of
the country in little more than a quar-
ter Of a century, is not all that they
foresee in the enactment Of such a
law. With the loss Of their 'dear in
terest" would go their power. to con-
troll prices and markets and exchanges.
and it is from the first Of these that
their principle profit has been derived,
large as have been their incomes from
interest.
Or course they do not want any sub
treasury law, any more than a thief
wants locks and bolts. But the honest
business of the country does want
such a law, and is going to make a
vigorous effort to get it at once. 1t is
greatly to the credit of the farmers
that they are leading in this effort
SiotI City Liberty Bell.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

QUICK work without loss or waste Is Sc
cured by SAPOLIO. Thu only exception
to tho saying, Quick and well don't agree.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

THOUSANDS of mothers bless the name OF
DR.. John Bull for inventing his celebrated
DR.. Bulls Worm Destroyers. Children
good.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27
ENTITLED TO THE BEST.

ENTITLED TO THE BEST.
All are entitled to the best that their
money will buy, so every family should
have, at once, a bottle of the best family
remedy, Syrup Of Figs, to cleanse the sys-
tenn when costive or bilious. For sale in
soc and $1.oo bottles by all leading drug
gists.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

CALIFORNIA KIDNEY TEA.
WIN positively cure kidney troubles Cali
fornia Kidney Tea has been sold for
many years. and has cured thousands.
California Kidney Tea will relieve and
cure all Urinary diseases. California Kid
ney Tea will cure liver and stomach
troubles. California Kidney Tea is not q
vile mixture. but q tea pleasant to drink.
Try 1t. Price. SO cent per package. Sold by
all druggists. or mailed on receipt Of price
by California Kidney Tea Co.. Fairfield.
Iowa.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

ScHwEtNFuRrH, the Rockford impos-
tor, may be also the Messiah OF the
Sioux, suggests the Kansas City Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27
NDNEY TFA.

STANLEY has brought with him from
Africa two native boys, who serve him
IS Wallets.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

A MAN of 80 years arrested at Will
Transport, Pa, for larceny, gave his
occupation as that of o dude.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27

When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria,
When she was . Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria