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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06
Nv BANANA Speculation.

Translated for The STATESMAN:
Bring us bunch of bananas from New
Orleans when you come back. Ihey oaly
cost fifty cents for whole bunch over
there, while you have to pay five cents
apiece here" This was the parting IN
junction received from my family on
boarding the train to depart for the New
Orleans Sangerfest and which l promised
to comply with.
Late in the afternoon previous to my de-
parture for home again | thought OF my
promise and soon acquired large bunch
of the fruit, containing about 100 bananas,
from a huckster on Canal street. True
enough had to .25 for the same, but
considered it still bargain in COMPARE
son to the prices asked for them at Austin.
When | received my purchase | found out
that it was heavier than | had bargained
for, besides being unhandy to carry. Luck
lily friend from San Anto-
MO happened to pass and IN
his usual courteous and accommodating
way volunteered to carry one end OF the
bunch to my quarters distant about hive
blocks. We lugged our cargo through the
mass ofhumanity crowding the sidewalk,
and relieving our hold by changing ends
occasionally finally succeeded in reaching
our destination in an exhausted and per-
spring condition. / deposited my bundle
on the floor Of my room aid left 1t there
over night.
Next morning on investigation | found
that the side of the bunch which had come
in contact with the floor had turned black
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

The statements as to matter OF
fact and natural deductions in the
following editorial from the Taylor
Weekly Texan are all correct, It'll only
as to personality there is error. The
Texan says:
The Hon. A. w. Terrell, in an adj
dress to the Farmers Alliance at Aus
tin last Tuesday, said that the news
papers OF the country were hired with
money to say last year that there
would be big crop of cotton. In
this Mr.. Terrell has tried to do the
press an injury we did not think him
capable of AS fair and just man. A
man who is so quick to accuse Others
of taking a bride leaves large room
for others to infer that he is weak
himself. We do not believe that any
paper in the country has been offered a
bride to misrepresent the cotton crop,
or that there is an editor Of our ac-
quaintance who would not spurn to
take money under such circumstances.
The editors of the country are as
honest as the politicians, and as much
interested in the welfare of the farm
ers, though they do not labor so
assiduously to try to impress the
farmers with that fact. The Texan
has heretofore admired Mr.. Terrell
but is now ready to frankly acknowl-
edge that it did not know the man.
You are all wrong neighbor; the
gentlemen who made that monstrous
speech was called Terrell, but he is not
the same who is known as the Hon. A,
w. Terrell. You have gone ahead in
excellent style to condemn the
method, and the matter of the speech
in question and we heartily agree
with you, and only wish to call your
attention to the confused personality
Of your article,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06

her TO buy good stallion. The money
can usually be readily obtained OF Tue
local banks on the joint notes OF SUN
farmers; or if the money cannot NC
had en- sufficiently long time most iii-
porters will usually extend reasohaolo
credit when desired upon such notes.
especially when accompanied oy
bankers certificate that the p*rtles
are responsible.
With the backing of a half dozen or
dozen influential farmers the morse
will be almost sure to pay for himSeli
within two years, counting service lor
fees at the ordinary rates. Announcer
plan that is sometimes adopted Is 10
select some we'll known and expert
enced practical horseman from the
neighborhood and guarantee to MN Il
certain amount of patronage at IL
stimulated rate as an inducement LOT
him to buy stallion on his own ac-
count for services in the nelghoor.,
hood. There is no cause for tear OF
hesitation in this method. The draiC
horse business is not "played out,
and it is not going to play out Tor
some years 10 come, and there Will
always be room at the top-always be
demand for the best at good prices
The same plan may be followed with
reference to stations of any other
type-roadsters, coachers or trotters
but be sure, whether it be draft
horse, coach horse or roadster, that
YOU get a good horse that is we'll bred,
Do not depend upon individual excel
lence alone, nor on pedigree alone; a
good horse and good pedigree must
be demanded and then one may DE
reasonably sure OF good results. Now
is the time to move in this matter IN
order to be ready for business IN
March. Gazette.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06

THE STATESMAN asked question
concerning q matter of local San An
tonic interest, and the Express re-
plies with this reference to an insti
tuition that should be of State pride {;
"THE AUSTIN STATESMAN inquiries
whether the Express has heard any
thing drop. 1t has. 1t has heard the
d-l th-d which accompanied the Ell
forts of The STATESMAN to build q
Confederate refuge, after playing into
the hands of the Georgians by shout
ing, Stewart, come homeW We
deny the d. th-d impeachment: but
with sorrow must confess we have
been disappointed in the conduct OF
the Express, that has done little less
than throw cold water on the Confed-
eratd Home plan since it was first
projected, Possibly, and doubtless, had
all the newspapers Of the State taken
the same keen interest in the success
of this noble charity as THE STATES
MAN, this Home would long since
have been handsomely endowed. II
is not too late for the Express to
change its course and do creditabIt
work for this most worthy cause.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06

fectly is lost, with great many Others
that were known to remote antiquity"
Surely this is to be Worlds Fair and
the resources of the world are to be
drawn from to make it the most COM
plete success. Mr.. Barnum has given
Chicago a pointer and the entire
Union should join hands with her in
making the Worlds Fair what Mr..
Barnum says, the greatest show on
earth"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06
p. t. BARNUM's IDEA OF A WORLDS
FAIR,

In the March number of the North
American Review the greatest show
man on earth, Mr.. p. Il. Barnum, has
an answer to some questions pro-
pounded him touching the conduct of
the Worlds Fair. AS to it, general
plan he says, make it bigger and bet
ter than any that have preceded it.
Make it the greatest show on earth. "
This has been the way Mr.. Barnum
has succeeded, and he is eminently
fitted to give advice in such matters.
But he also shows wherein his sue
cess has been when he makes this
shrewd proposal;
What novel feature would Ipropose
for the Worlds Fair? Now, | will pre-
sent the Fair Committee with one OF
my ideas-an idea that might bring
me in q million of money. In the
museum at Boolok, in Egypt, lies the
mummytied corpse of Rameses H., the
Pharaoh of the Exodus, with that OF
his daughter, the saviour of Moses,
and other less distinguished OF the
royal Egyptian family of that era. |
had authorized an agent to offer the
Egyptian government as much ~
100000 to allow me to exhibit those
remains in Europe and the United
States. ! will relinquish my right OF
priority of claim in the idea to the
Fair Committee. Let them obtain
the loan OF these mortuary relics from
the Egyptian government, and allow
the Khedive to send his own soldiers
to guard the collins. Think OF the
stupendousness Of the incongruity
To exhibit to the people of the nine
tenth century, in country not dis
covered until 1000 or 5000 years after
his death, that corpse of the king o
whom we have the earliest record
Consider, too, that the corpse Is Sc
perfectly preserved after thousands o
wears in the tomb that its features are
almost perfect; 50 perfect that every
man, woman and child who looks upor
the mummy may know the counte
nance of the despot who exerted 81
great an influence upon the history o
the world. And it might be a usefu
thought to this generation, proud o
its scientific and mechanical triumphs
TO bear in mind that the art that EN-
balmed the body of Rameses SO per
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06

The board of trade by unanimous
vote yesterday afternoon formally in
vited the Democracy of Texas to hold
their approaching biennial convention
in Austin. A typical committee was
appointed to forward the invitation,
see that it is accepted and to make all
necessary arrangements for the time
when the delegates will be here. The
city council will join in heinvitation.
The gentlemen of the committee al
ready appointed should hold an early
meeting.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06

any other sarsaparilla or blood purifier.
But the explanation is simple enough
When the tide of popularity began to set
in i'll favor of Hoods Sarsaparilla a few
years ago, competitors were frantic in their
endeavOrs to stay it, but their efforts came
to naught, because they utterly failed to
oitera remedy which could stand moments
comparison with Hoods Sarsaparilla in the
clear sunlight of honest investigation and
the Keen Judgment of the people. The SUI
perlative smaltnesS to which the success of
HOODS Sarsaparilla is credited, really rests
sole. in the fact that the medicine is of
superior mer,t-the production of thor
OughIy trained pharmacists, - who have used
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06
REASONS FOR DEFEAT.

The bitterness and wild and frantic
gesticulations OF the World over New
York's defeat in its quest for the
Worlds fair are truly ludicrous. The
World grows hysterical and assigns all
sorts OF WHY'S and wherefores for the
discontinue of the metropolis Chief
among them is that the treachery Of
Platt, Quay and other conspirators,
backed by their folio wers did up New
York, for the reason that if the fair
were held there it might rebound to
Democratic success in 1892. 1t is also
charged that "the fanatics OF New
England Joined hands with the over
persuaded people of the South, who
allowed their sectional prejudices to
follow their mercantile interests"
Likewise that New York was punished
for the crime of being Democratic
city.
Evidently the World in its wrath
loses sight of cool judgment, and in its
anger suffers from distorted vision.
The victory of Chicago may partly
have been as charged by the World,
the scheme of Platt, Quay and the ma
tional Republican committee for keep
ing the Northwest solid in 1892. The
fair may become, as is held by the
same paper, a mere Republican parti-
san machine. But to those who had
no special interest in the fight there
was less of politics than pure section
alism of the most gratifying type
sectionalism prophetic OF the hinge
on which the great contests OF the flu
ture may turn. An analysis OF the
vote shows it was really the union
OF the West and South,
not of the Republican contingent
that won the day for Chicago as
against the monied East. May the
two great sections whose growing
power already casts its shadow east
ward stand together on still more i'm
portant occasions yet to come!
The World might have avoided its
little fling at the South. Its memory
is short. 1t has forgotten that it was
the State of New York that elected
Harrison and put the opponents OF
the South in power;it was in the city
of New York where Cleveland was
basely, treacherously slaughtered in
the house of friends by the hands OF q
New York Democrat. While the South
did not do so it would have been fully
justified in voting solidly against the
metropolis for the purpose OF punish
ment. The World might as well stol
its rantings and settle down to the
quiet support of the Worlds fair ever
though, as it says, it is to be held il
the corner of prairie at the lowel
part of Lake Michigan, and whose
chief exhibits will be potatoes ant
pumpkins.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06
Now is the ] lime 20

should take Hoods Sarsaparilla at once. 1t
will purify and vitalize your blood, create u
good appetite, and give your whole system
tone and strength.
- wish to enroll my name as one of those
who have derived health from the use of
Hoods Sarsaparila. Germany years have
taken it, especially in the early spring, when
an troubled with dizziness, dullness, un-
pleasant taste in my mouth in the morning.
1t removes this bad taste, relieves my head
ache and makes me feel greatly refreshed.
Tho two bottles Ihave used this spring have
been worth many dollars to me. advise all
my friends to take it." JOHN BINNs, G63
43d Street, town of Lake, Chicago, Ill.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06

1t was good news heard yesterday
afternoon at the board of trade meet
ing, of such an early probable report
on the railroad extention to the west,
as will delight our people. If the re-
turns from the west are all right
Austin will be called upon to raise
$4,000 for the line to Llano, and that
sum she will quickly get together
On to Llano and the west
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06

The boring of the artesian well on
the capitol grounds is watched with Il
good deal of interest. The flow is
already a strong one and the water
not disagreeably affected, but the Dor
ing is being continued for further de-
velopments in the hope of striking a
larger and purcr underground CUT
ent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06

Keep DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup at
home, Physicians prescribeit. Thou
sands take it. Price % cts.
Mr.. Henry Mylander, we'll known
tailor OF Baltimore, writes I'll do not
hesitate to pronounce Salvation Oil a
most excellent liniment."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06

Ny back aches! / am 50 tired and
similar expressions are often heard
rom women who could save themselves
much suffering by the timely use Of
DR.. Droomgoole's English Female Bit
tiers. Don't wait until your trouble
becomes chronic.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06

WE congratulate all United States
district judges and especially the ele-
CANT scholar and jurist who presides
over this district, upon the action of
the senate inr Using their salaries from
$500 to $4,000 a year. May the house
quickly concur!
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06

To regulate the Stomach, Liver and Bow
L., DR.. Pierce's Pallets excel. % cents
vial; one dose.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06

This column is edited by Mr.. John C.
Edgar of Duval, to whom all communica-
ions should be addressed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06
TOO MANY ACRES.

The failure to make good crop is
oftener due to attempting to cover too
many acres than to drouth or other
visitations of providence.
In this blessed country where land
is so fertile and so cheap there is
strong temptation for farmer to at
tempt too much. He knows that
with an average season any crop will
grow and produce well with very little
cultivation but over)ooks another
equally well established fact-that
weeds and grass thrive with even less
cultivation than his crop. And so it
comes to pass that after short spell
of rain the grass and weeds take pos
session and refuse to quit long before
he can give them attention with the
labor he can control and the result is
he makes no more off forty acres than
he would have done had all his labor
been expended ON ten or twenty.
OF what advantage is it to spread a
crop over two, three or four acres that
could be raised with much less labor
and consequently expense on one?
The importance of thoroughness can
not be too strongly enforced in this
land of corn and cotton. In small
grain sections where cultivation during
growth is not required mans crop
need only be limited by his ability to
SOW and harvest, but in Texas our
our staple crops demand thorough and
frequent cultivation and in proportion
us they get it SO will the return be.
PLAN BY WHICH GOOD STOCK MAY BE
INTRODUCED.
The Gazette would remind its new
farmer readers of a plan that has
been followed in many neighborhoods
with great profit to those who engage
in it. In is this: In every locality
where there is a lack of well bred
draft stations let some enterprlsing
farmer who has from two to . halt
dozen mares that he wishes to breed
this season, set out at once and enlist
the cooperation of half dozen or
dozen of mis- neigIbors who are SINH
larly situated, form some sort of an
organization and send one OF the num-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06
CHECKING CORN.

The check system is good one for
all crops needing much cultivation, as
it lessons both labor and expense and
puts the soil in better condition to
resist drouth than when the painting
is done in drills. ED.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-07
the Gifnwood tracts, be placed upon
the furnace bank at 81 per ton.
rRATG'g CnHEK

-
The Craigs-Creek property, 1o,on
acres, is forty miles from Glasgow on
the Chesapeake and Ohio (Alleghany
division) railway. and branch that Is
now under construction. The ores are
pronounced by Mr.. Moore rs valuable
to mix with the Glenwood ores and VII,
make excellent iron. "Prachcaliy,,
says this expert, "there are twelve NIL,
lion tons of ore there that can be landed
at the furnaces at Glasgow at 81 per
ton, or say s2.25 per ton
COAL AND LIMESTONE.
Besides the aforementioned and other
iron properties, the company owns i,sVo
acres OF coal land on New river on the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway, 100 miles
from .Glagow. This coal is of the finest
quality for domestic and cooking pur-
poses, and ct Glasgow limestone for flux
is abundant. In addition to this there
are on the company's possessions cement
rock, glass sand, pottery and DrlcA-
clays, flag-stones, quarrlos OF trap-rock,
sandstone, and other building maternal
The reports of both Mr.. Moore and Pro-
fessor Proctor are exceedingly interest
ing, and Of them may have more to say
hereafter. They show not only the
richness in minerals of the company
properties, but that the purchase OF the
properties at the prices given Will pay
most handsomely.
TOWN PROPERTIES PROPER.
AS to the town properties OF Glasgow
proper values have increased most rapid
" under the impetus given the place
by industrial plants already III pro-
cess Of erection and being negotiated
for and by tho improvements III the
way of grading streets. building resi-
dences, &c. For example, lots that cost
stockholders only 80 for every two
shares OF stock are estimated at from 600
TO $1,000 apiece and their stock without
the lot feature is quoted many points
above par. That these values will
be immensely enhanced when profits
commence to come in from electrlc-light
plants, hotels. waterworks, furnaces,
and from dividends from stocks invested
in profitable manufacturing establish
ments is clear at glance. The COM
pany has already sold in the present site
Of Glasgow S2OO,345 worth of lots and
have on hand nearly 5000 lots, exclusive
of the tracts set aside for industrial pur-
poses and Of the building property avail
able in the Glenwood tract as al annex
to Glasgow. Not a day passes that
General Lee, the efficient president OF
the company, does not receive letters
from manufacturers North, South, East,
and West inquiring as to the advan'
tages Of Glasgow, nor does a day pass
| that he does not receive a number oil
visitors making the same inquiries. But
this is only prologue. Further details
of what is going on in and around elias
cow, an enumeration of its manufactu
ring plants and notes Of the financial
success of the company, whose assets
are now S2,000,000 in excess OF its La
bilities. must be reserved for future let
ters. Glasgows development so lar Is
marvellous, but it is none the less sub
stantial, and none the less an earnest o.
what its future development will be.
ARABnSTA.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-07
Mrs. Davis's Explanation.

Louisville Conyior-Jouraal, October sSi.
A friend of Mrs. Jefferson Davis in
this city received letter from that lady
Yesterday. In it Mrs. Davis stated that
tho engagement Of her daughter, Miss
Winnie. was broken off solely on account
of the young lady's bad health. Mrs.
Davis is at present with her friend, Mrs.
Alexander, on Fifty-ffth street, In New
York CITY. where she Is reading and re-
vising the proof-sheets of Mr.. Davis's
biography. AS soon as the work is COM
pleted Mrs Davis and Miss Davis will
90 10 San Francisco. where they will
spend tho remainder OF the winter on a
visit to Mrs. Davis's married daughter,
who il now living there. Mrs. Davis s
health is very poor, and she is constantly
confined TO her room. The work she has
undertaken is an srduous one, and Is
having bad effect on her health.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-07
The Home Truth of n Foreign Proverb.

The Spanish have proyerb-dsmdsfddo IS
peligroso-" TOO much Is dangerous" II" bro
witty IA the soul Of wit" this means great deal
Rxcesses and other imprudonces In eating aud
drinking are productive OF one tremendous
eviI-the progenitor OF many oshers-and these
are among the foilies 70 which this pithy saying
has direct application. Tho evil 70 which we al
lude 10 indigestion, to tho relief ana cure OF
which Hostetter's Stomach Bisters has con-
tributed more tnan any medicine which science
hss given 70 the American peopie. This invigo-
rating stomsehSc and corrective 10 the means
no, only Of reforming disorcered OK enfeeblsd
condition Of mo digestive organs. BUS Of renew
nsssss his, Il counserscts a tsndcory 70 rnsu-
NATHAN and kidney complaint sxtirpstes and
prevents rnsisrious disease, 10 . potent re-
lucrative Of strength which Ia failing, hastsns
convslsscsnes, and niusstss me inarmitiss Oh
age - kWlNfAsa