davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

! be desired. The fact that frost never
forms in the ground here and also chat
rain as much as it may the porous earth
absorbs the water us fast as it Tails &C
counts for the durability of such light
and superficial supporting walls.
There are comparatively few two story
buildings, the prevailing residences be-
ing what are called cottages" The
first floors are elevated from four to
eight feet above the ground, and are sup
ported upon 3 by 4 scantling stood on
end. The frame and floor joists are put
down, and the floor is laid before the
house proper is framed. Then the stud
ding is put up, resting Oh the floor, and
the framework thus completed. The
siding is nailed ON and holds the frame
together. The basement is rarely uti-
LIKED otherwise than as "catch all' for
odds and ends. One corner may be
floored and used as a laundry and coal
bin is also boxed off in one corner. The
object of these high Easements is partly
to get away from the dlmpness of win
ter, and also to give the sand feas do
main of their own.
In this way also the windows of Sleep
ing apartments are elevated above the
line Of vision of passing pedestrians and
peppers" In rare instances kitchens
and dining rooms are finished in the
Easements, and where Chinese servants
are kept they have a kennel in the unfn-
ished basement.
Very rarely are sleeping rooms pro-
vided in the attics The rule is to have
from four to six rooms on the main floor,
and dining rooms serve also as sitting
rooms, while the bed chambers are
small rooms cut off on one side of the
building.
Cellars are but little used, for the rea-
son that vegetables, potatoes and apples,
and such ''truck" as the eastern house.
keeper stores in the fall, are not stored
here. The people depend upon the
markets and greengrocers for every
thing in season 1t would not keep
long if it We're stored, and the same need
for laying by winter provender does not
exist here
Two story houses must also have the
high basement, and this makes the ap-
pearance of such buildings out of grace
full proportion. Bay windows prevail
everywhere, the object being to get all
the sunshine possible.
Brick residences are rare. The coars-
est kind of brick used in foundations
cost so Der thousand laid in walls, and
pressed brick are $50 per thousand in
walls. SO that even if brick houses were
desirable here the cost would prevent
many from building them. Redwood is
used universally for siding in rustic
form and also for finishing purposes.
Oregon fir and pine form the frame
work. Redwood shingles are used for
roofs. Redwood is not readily combus-
tible, and hence fires are not as frequent
as one might expect in wooden city.
Another fortunate fact in connection
with the wooden structures is that fires
are needed but little except for cooking
purposes. The soft coal burns freely
and makes but little spark, and is safe
from tie fire risk standpoint.
w. G, BENTON.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
AN authoritative announcement

AN authoritative announcement
comes to the board of public works
that the "suit for time" filed
against the dam project will weigh
for nothing with the money centres,
and that the board will have plenty
of substantial bids for the dam bonds
on October 18th. This is as the good
people of Austin have hoped, prayed
and believed it would be. This as
surance comes not from some idle
romancer, but from quarter that
even should all other markets fail,
would prove amply competent to buy
every one OF our bones. Austin has
her teeth set to accomplish certain
purpose, and win she will-there can
be no doubt about it. On with the
booml
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTURE.
Houses Built on the Sand That Do Not
Fall Down.
Especial Correspondence. !

Especial Correspondence
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-TWO men
once upon time builded each house.
One was wise and built upon a stone
foundation and it stood, while the other
fellow built on sand bank and his
house fell. The inference to be drawn
from the incident is not to build on
sand. But whether or not that is ten
able conclusion depends upon the char
acter of the sand.
In these parts not to build on sand
foundation is not to build at all. And,
furthermore, there is no better founda-
ton than this same California sand.
In the lower parts of this city, where
the land is filled in with rubbish, such
as tin cans, old boots, etc., before a
foundation is laid, long piles must be
driven to great depth, in order to secure
any degree of stability to the building.
In some instances piles are driven down
ninety feet into soft earth, and are al
most solid, so close together are they
put. Then these are covered over with
pounded dirt, and coating of cement
forms Il basis for the stone or brick work
In the suburbs, however, where the
land is not filled in bay or marsh, all
that is done before building is to level
off the sand and lay few courses of
brick, simply enough to keep the wooden
sills from the damp earth in winter, and
then raise the building.
The common custom is to have four
or five courses of brick under the sills
They are arranged with the foundation
course made by laying two rows of brick
end to end, thus making foundation
10 inches wide. Then upon these is
laid a second tier, 10 inches wide,
or one whole and one half brick, ends
joining. Then a third tier consists of
one brick on top of the second tier.
Then one or two bricks are laid end to
end, parallel with the sill, which is 4
inches wide. A sectional view of a
foundation will illustrate the common
residence support.
The bricks are inches wide, inches
long and 2 to 8 inches thick. They are
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
GOOD OUT OF EVIL.

Awhile back, and for some months
Senator Quay OF Pennsylvania was
held up before the eye of the nation
as the most corrupt politician at the
National capital. His course, in his
own State, was riddled with the fierc,
est criticism, and he was very gener-
ally mathematical. Since that time
he has been found capable Of father
ing policy that, in its results, must
prove productive of great good to the
nation at large and especially to the
South. 1t matters not what may have
prompted his opposition to the force
bill, it remains, if his efforts can
kill it, he will be entitled
to the gratitude of our people.
1t has been charged against
him by his particular enemies that
his action has been dictated to him by
the manufacturing barons in Pennsyl
vania who fear in the quarrel over the
force bill to find a menace to their
tariff bill. They could not at any cost
allow the latter to be jeopardized, and
they ordered Quay to muzzle the force
bill and push the tariff meas ure
through to victory. This may and
doubtless has been his object, and he
has not been animated to action by
any love for the South. But must
we not consider results, not motives,
and be duly grateful? If the South is
the winner we can afford to let Quay
and his Pennsylvania hackers
settle home affairs to suit
themselves. For as to The tariff
business, if congress determines
to give us such a law as now seems
probable, it will only act as a boom
erang, and win for the Democrats this
fall. Let Mr.. Quay keep his eye on
the presidential chair if he will, but
let him in trying to leap into that
seat, use only such means as he is
now adopting and the South will call
him blessed. His conduct will prove
shining example of the proposition
that good may come out OF evil.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

The Kansas City Times makes this
announcement for Missouri: at is
particularly noticeable, in Missouri,
that it is the Republican counties
which are running after the Farmers
Alliance. Thelt Democrats, for the
most part, are standing by the party.
The whole truth of the matter is that
exactly those things which the Alliance
is demanding have been for number
of years incorporated in the Demo-
cratic platforms, and the policy of the
Democratic party has been to secure
to the people exactly what the farmers
now call for"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

The great double ender" insists
the commission amendment means
nothing, says nothing, changes
nothing; that it will not affect the
constitution ;sthat it is so much VERT.
able rot. sS Then, in the name of saw
ing your.breath and energies, why do
continue making such fuss about it?
The people seem to want it, and why
not peaceably let them 90 on and
have it?S, If it is nothing and can hurt
nothing, wherein will you be injured?
What queer world Of contradictions
this is, after all!
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

ing upward of $5O0,0O0, will be pushed
to completion rapidly. The corner stone
was set in place by Bishop Vincent, and
Sam Small, the Georgia revivalist, who
is to be president of the university, made
his official address.
There were deposited in the treasure
box of the corner stone many interesting
articles, including autographs, letters
and photographs OF President Harrison
members of his cabinet, Vice President
Morton, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Rt
Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, editors
of the leading American journals, Gems
W. T. Sherman and Oliver o. Howard
presidents of American colleges and
universities, bishops of the Methodist
churches, north and south, and senators
of the United States.
Gladstone cabled President Small as
follows:
heartily desire success to your noble purpose
OF helping to rescue fellow creatures and fellow
countrymen from deplorable deusion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
To Honor Little Turtle.

The wonderful progress of civilization
in America has few better examples than
the city Of Chicago, which is now the
second city of the Union in point of pop,
ulation, and is the chosen site for the
Worlds fair. One hundred years ago
that is, in 179O-the swamp wherein the
city now stands had no white in
habitants, and the area of real prop
erty, now worth countless millions of
dollars and belonging to thousands of per-
sons, was all controlled by one man, Lit
tie Turtle, chief of the Miamis. 1t is pro-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
President Earrison's Cow.

President Harrison has valuable Jer-
sey cow at his indianapolis home which
he left in charge of Il friend when called
to Washington to assume his Office. The
other day the COW, careless of her dig
nifty and the respect due her distinguished
owner, wandered away, raised hob with
vegetable garden, and was ignomin-
iously dragged to the pound. Her rescue
was effected by the proprietor of The In
dianapolis Journal
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

THE Philadelphia Record thus
sounds a note of warning that may
prove of value in Texas: "When the
provisions of the lottery bill now I'M
der consideration in congress shall
have been put in working order our
esteemed contemporaries who are
zealously trying to promote their cir
culations by guessing matches, prize
offerings and gift enterprises of one
sort and another will please have a
care. The postotlice department may
pounce ON them and punish them.
Brethren, don't be caught in the
Louisiana trap"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
THE PEOPLES FORUM.

ARTICLES appearing IN this column are
written over individual responsibility and
are published as matters that may be of
general interest and simply to point dis
cussiOn. The STATESMAN will not be re-
garded as indorsing anything herein below
contained unless favorably commented on
editorially.l
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
The fight was bitter, but Quay has

THE fight was bitter, but Quay has
won. The election bill will not come
up at this session of congress but will
stand first on the December calendar
1t is we'll The country will not at
least in this falls elections be affected
with the enforcement of such mon
strous measure as is embodied in the
force bill. The "cherub Hoar" has
caught the blow square between his
eyes, and even sympathy will not
crush out the hope he may long be
disfgured.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

posed, in connec-
ton with the Co
lumbar exhibit
ton, tocommem-
crate the deeds
and greatness Of
this famous war
liol, w h o was
never defe q t ed
but once, an d
then only because
his tribesrnen in
sisted OIL giving
battle to Gen.
Wayne again s T.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

THE Laredo Times and Congressman
Grain do not seem to be maintaining
those sweet and amicable relations
that should exist between a congress
man and one of his home papers. The
Times Is pleased to quote the exam
pie of "fools," and Mr.. Grain throws
contempt on the border editor and in
Inmates he is willing to settle personal
matters Trough other weapons than
a sharpened lead pencil. They are
now fighting at very wide range,
and from the looks of things congress
through continued session will not
let them get any closer to each other
before March 4. 1t is well, for time
is a great healer of wounds.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
boom !

THE Farmers Alliance IN session at
Dalls have done the eminently wise
thing in refusing to endorse the sub
treasury bill. That is a measure
fraught with much danger to the
nation, while in reality and in the
long run proving2of but little value to
the farmers. The Alliance did we'll to
follow the precedent established by
the Democratic convention of San An
tonic. The Southwest is no lover of
paternalistic government.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

sermon on National Apostasy" changed
the current Of his religious views. He
became Puseyite, u tractarian and one
of the chiefs of the Oxford movement.
Then having to a large degree cut loose
from his original doctrines he decided
that the Church Of Rome is the Catho-
lie church." and made confession of
faith. His career since that time has
been one Of activity, and is well known
to all phases of the literary and religious
world.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
SALE OF BON DS.

Glad Things of Great joy, the Bonds Will
Be Taken.
Mayor Mcdonald and the board o.
public works have assurances from
the highest authority in the mon etary
circles of the country that the dan
bonds will be purchased on the day
they are advertised to be sold, ant
they will be sold at a premium.
The suit by Victor Mather OF
rumors of suits to be filed have no eff
feet whatever on the bonds, and they
will be sold as stated.
No doubt about this.
On with the dam!
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

their chiefs advice. 1t was after the
disaster then sustained that Little Tur-
tie ccdcd to the United States the land
on which Chicago now stands. For the
rest of his life-he died in 1S12-the Mi
ami leader remained the firm friend and
ally of his conquerors.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
sam omALL's UNIVERSITY.

Ceremonies Connected with the Laying
of the Corner Stone.
The ceremonies at the laying of the
corner stone of the Utah University OF
the Methodist Episcopal church drew a
large crowd of people to Ogden the
other day. The landed and money en-
dowmcnts of the university are already
large, and the series of buildings, cost
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
Dentistry an Ancient occupation.

The expert dentist, as shown by recent
discoveries, had place in society six
centuries before the Christian era. Ex-
cavations among the ancient tombs of
Etruria brought to light many skulls
provided with false teeth and others the
decayed molars of which had been filled
with gold.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
A Public Library.

The Hon. J. ]. Williams has offered
to expend 1928, 900 to build library
for Beaver Dam, Wis, and equip and
endow it if the city will provide suit
able lot in a central location, and con-
tinue its present aid to the institu-
ton. The city has accepted the offer
and selected lot already, and work
on the building is to be begun as soon
as the plans can be prepared. Beaver
Dam is a small city of 5000 inhabit-
ants, and is the seat of Wayland uni.
versity, and has fine water power.
1t has one National bank,
two weekly papers, and is
the commercial center OF Il large
and rich codntry. Now is not Austin
the same and twenty times that much,
and we have no city library, and
more, would the city sustain it if
there was one built here. Work is
quietly on foot here in Austin to build
library, but where is the Williams
who will expend $4,000 on a library
for Austin. l am afraid he is not III
at present. But, citizens, good pub
lie library for the city of Austin would
be something great and appreciated by
all. A book is a bottle which fills us
without emptying itself. Give the
matter ca.efuls attention and let us
have library here we can be proud
Of. Not as we use to have in Austin
so to $50 books for 10000 people.
A Book MAN.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

Popular taste in women's dress is grow
ing more refined every season, and the
present styles leave little to be desired,
except in the case of some of the 'out-
ing" dresses, which are very fashy to say
the least.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

1915 an Episcopa-
liam clergyman.
Previous to hi s
change of faith
he suffered much
b o h me n tally
d n d physically.
Indeed it W as
while FRUSTRATED
by illness that he
wrote the world
fam GUS hymn
Lead, Kindly
T,irht Z" Kebla's
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

In view of the wild cry that has
been so persistently going up from the
opposition, to the effect that rail
road commission means death and
destruction to railroads, the following
editorial squib from the Baltimore
Sun will prove refreshing reading. 1t
must be remembered Georgia is one OF
the staunchest OF commission states
"The Macon Telegraph claims that
Georgia is the only state in the Union
that can boast OF a railroad which has
made profit of 30 per cent. during
the last year. This is the proud
record of the Wrightsville and Ten
uille railroad. For the year ended
June 30, 1890, its net earnings above
fixed charges and operating expenses
were S36 ,39024, which is little more
than 30 per cent. on its capital stock.
The road was built as public enter
prise, and the stockholders did not
calculate on any considerable return
from their investment"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
HOW TT ADDS ZIP

Much interest has been taken in
what the Grand Army of the Repub.
lie at their Boston meeting would dc
with reference to the pension business
On one of the resolutions tue New
York World thus comments. Truly
the grand total of expenditure is enor-
nous. The World says:
The Grand Army Of the Republic
votes in favor of "a monthly pension
to every soldier who served sixty days
in the United States army, equal to a
penny day for each days army ser.
vice render ed" At this rate the
sixty day man would receive 81 20 per
annum, the four years man $175.20.
Taking a rough average of service
time and supposing that we still have
some 100000 survivors of the war on
the Union side, the cost is about $685.
100000 per annum. Add to this
$150,000,000, the present pension list,
and we have $21S, 100000 in pension
outlay, actual and contemplated, per
annum.
True, the service pension propo-
sition went through the encampment
on thin house, but there is no COM
plant but that it passed regularly,
and it must therefore stand as official
action until properly rescinded. If,
as stated, it does not truly represent
the sentiments of the order, it is the
duty of the order to at once rescind
the vote IS formally as it was adopted.
If this is not done, the majority affirms
and ratifes by its silence the action Of
the minority.
Do we want penny-a-day patriots in
this country?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

laid in common
plasterers' mortar
of lime and sand.
The walls upon
this flail founda-
ton are entirely
secure. The sand
is of fine grain,
and packs as
firmly as cOuld
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

STRAYED-Or stolen a bay horse about
~ 15% hands high, branded under half
circle. | will give liberal reward for the
horse delivered to me at Leander. VA.
Armstrong.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

TOR SALE-My entire stock of merchan-
IL disc, consisting Of dry goods, notions,
hats, boots and shoes groceries and store.
fixtures, also store for rent, one of the old,
est stands i'll Austin. Will be sold at a bar
gain on account of owners bad health. A
rare chance. John Stelfox, 5O6 Congress
Ave-, Austin, Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

Tie dry weather has injured the
second crop Of sugar cane.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

A PPLY to the undersigned Tor cneapes
n steamer rates to New York per NAL
Tory line and from New York to Europe by
any first class steamer line Prepaid and
round trip cabin and steerage tickets very
low. Cabin excursion rate for physicians
from Austin to Hamburg and return, to al
tend the Berlin medical congress, only$lSi
Correspondence solicited. r. Bertr I'M, agt
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28
WANTED, FOR SALE, ErC

Advertisements inserted in this column
the rate of 25 cents for four lines and s
cents Tor each additional line, each inser-
ION.
must invariably be paid for in advance. No
executions will he made to this rule.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-28

Cardinal Newman's Long Career.
Cardinal Newman, the great English
bulwark of the Catholic church. who died
the other day at the age of go, was until
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-28

was written, with leave Of absence
pending its acceptance. The next
hour he. took train for the far,, far
West, poor, penitent, sick aud miser-
/ able Molly with him. He never for .
moment thought of leaving her-Jack
wasn't that sort. She had stood BY
him in his need: she needed him now,
and he answered the call like . soldier.
Sometimes. after years of silence, I
would hear from him or OF him, we'll
and prosperous on the Pacific coast,
doing his full duty ever. Dear old
Jack!
If this were fiction IL might be
proper to find my friends parents,
rich and noble; to have Miss Dollie
marry him. spite Of all. and to have
Mother Molly become an aged saint.
But the fact is, when I last heard
from Jack he was still single and still
ignorant as ever Of his real relations.
| Molly. averaged four sbursts" per
year. each one lasting about three
months; she smoked q clay pipe CON
tinually and could ontswear any from
tiersman on the Slope. Miss Dollie
has been the happy wife Of captain
for twenty years. ssssi
CHICAGO, III. esq
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-28

holding this busy world of ours, and its
IN aiming must be we'll understood by
even the farmer among Ills flock of fowls.
Those who raise broilers must keep away
stray cats, rats and wandering. dogs;
they all do sad work at times among
Your chicks. Plenty of wire fencing will
be needed and all avenues of ingress
from marauders closed up securely.
Those who do not wish to raise broilers
can keep flock or hens for eggs protita-
bly, in a house 1Ox12 feet. and with good
handling find both profit and pleasure
the result of his labor, with but little
expense. If you do either, be in earnest,
waste no time, but do everything up
we'll, and you can't say poultry-keeping
is failure, for it's false and can be
proven success in multitude of cases
Observation-Disclosures Farm, Field
and StOcklnu7.