The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-02

I chase the leStlNe jack TaoDlV' III
/, was accepted in good faith by his oil
friends. A subsequent visit and a
interview, in which he :gave AustiI
and surrounding country "taffy," le'
some of the knowing ones to suspec
that Knox was here for business.
AND so He WAS.
1t may not be generally known tina
The now wQrld-famous Sitter was once
Travis county farmer and in tina
capacity cultivated literary taste, a.
well as blisters On his han, s. During
that period of his life he discovered
two things-that the soil was mex
haustably rich and that he was mex
haustably poor. The convittion was
forced on him that literature, not
farming, was his vocation. He there
fore quit the pillow for the pencil, and
has since been narrowing the visible
faculties OF an innocent and long SUI
fering people.
Having become satiated with lit
erary fame and imbibed some Of the
financial and cOmmercial spirit OF
Wall street, his thoughts flew back
on memory's wings to his black land
home in travis county.
He remembered the bale of cotton
and the fifty bushels corn he used to
raise on an acre and the giant cab
bageS and pumpkins, all of which
grew "as 1t were" spontaneously and
without skill or care on his part, and
he reasoned, that soil which could
give such results must have within il
vast possibilities as fertilizer.
He got friend to ship him barrel
of average black soil ard had it an
alyzed by Prof. N. r. Wright of New
York. This showed the presence oil
all the essential elements of plant food
in quantity and just proportion not
equalled by the most complete com
mercial fertilizer.
Keeping the facts to himself he set
to work to devi:e plan whereby this
superintendent material could be
transferred to sections naturally poor
or impoverished by long and unskill-
I'll tillage. He designed and patented
a kiln for drying the soil without re-
moving or iDjuring its chemical and
gaseous elements so as TO minimize
The cost of handling and shipment.
He then organized a stock company
and obtained charter under the title
of the
TEXAS BLACK LAND FERTILIZER COM
PANY,
with a capital of 100000. His next
move was to secure q tract of land
suitable for the operation OF his
scheme.
This he did the first week in January
by securing 300 acres adjoining Hyde
Park on the Fiskville road. The
strange looking fire brick structure
which has been developing 80 rapidly
during the past month is now com
plete, and is the kiln before referred to.
Every thing is now ready for a start
and the him will be fired at II a. m.
today. 4sos 49,. 49, .tss'e
The company has already on its |
books orders from Georgia, New Jer-
sey and several of the New England
states that will keep the works in full |
operation for the next six months. |
The capacity OF the kiln is sixty tons
n day, but another Of larger size will
be erected at once. 1t is expected
that the Austin and Northwest rail-
way will run spur track out to the
works.
Recognizing the importance Of this
new industry TO the county and par,
icularly the city, it has been decided
o celebrate the opening day with a
,icnic, at which the great humorist
md other distinguished citizens will |
peak.
AS the electric cars run within five |
minutes walk of the place, big crowd |
s expected.
There will be free lunch to all |
,Omers.
Disorders which Affect the Kidneys
Are among the most formidable known. Dl-
abctcs, Bright's disease, gravel and other
complaints of the urinary organs arc not or
dnarily cured IN severe cases, but they nav
be averted by timely medication. A useful
stimulant of the urinary glands has ever been
found in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, med
icine which not only affords the requisite
stimulus when they become inactive, but in
creases their vigor and secretive, power. BY
increasing the activity of the kidneys and
this medicine has the additional
effect of expelling from the blood impurities
which 1t is the peculiar office of those organs
to eliminate and pass off. The Bitters is also
apurifer and strengthened of the bowels, an
invigorant of the Rtnmach. and q mRtch1nsa |