The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03


Editor Brann hobs up serenelyha,
different places now and then. W.T.
presume that he is out in search o fe
new supply of putrid matter for the
Iconoclast.n Now, "Mr. Pessimistic
Iconoclastic Brann,r the gage of battle
has been thrown fairly down. Load
to the muzzle with rattle snake fangs
and rusty nails and let 'er go.
The Houston Post jingles it's cash
and chuckles audibly: The people
of Austin know good thing when
they see it, and thirty-five new sub
scribers from there in one day show
that the Post has been well adver-
tised in that vicinity" Yes; since
the IcOnoclast cleansed the POSTS
"personaln column quite a number OF
Austin families have consented to sub
scribe for it. And yet the Post dOea
not appear profoundly grateful to tbs
benefactor.
The Fort Worth Gazettee puts Doc
Macune in the role Of Iago: whether
Cassie kill Roderigo or Roderigo kill
Cassie, or each do kill each other,
every way do make my gain.
Whether the alien law ruin thousands
of farmers, or bankrupt thousands of
men in other lines of business, or
whether it eXpel millions of cheap
foreign money to be replaced by us
uriOus New England millions, every
way makes the gain of the subtreas-
uryites, and the law was indorsed
with wild hurrah. Long live Ruin
and Misery!
The WaXahachie Democrat mis-
takes the "rawhidingo that certain
fiery young Texas editors have been
giving each other for a yearning de-
sire to paddle around in top boots
through oceans of gore. The Demo-
crat should be "carm;o the boys were
but working their neigh bOrs for lit
tie free advertising. They got it and
are now drinking pure spring water
out of the same jug, dancing around
the divine temple Of Bacchus and glee
fully chanting: "What fools these
mortals be-"
DR.. George Byrne Of the Waco Day
denies that EX-Speaker Reed is the
originator of that beautiful, musical
and expressive word "catawampus,"
and says that it has long been one of
our most cherished southwestern
words. ave have not used it often,"
he says, "only calling it into requisi-
ton upon occasions of great emerg-
ency, then carefully busting it off and
laying it fondly away until needed
again. Catawampus is not much to
look at, but it is holy terror in con-
troversy, and we have it copyrighted,
Reed can only use it by paying roy
alty.n
The Texas Reformer (Afro-Ameri-
can) says that Africa must be re-
deemed, and that the instrument set
apart by God for the accomplishment
of this purpose is the negro who is
born and educated in the United
States, and the San Antonio Express
replies that there Is a good deal
of poetry in the idea, if not much of
common sense. At present the Afro
American is too busy with politics to
think about redeeming himself, let
alone his brothern in the heart of the
dark continent.
The Galveston News strikes journal
istic fakes side swipe that would
make any concern within the pale of |
it's Indictment and not entirely desti- |
tute of shame curl up like cutworm
beneath sultry summer sun: The
difference in the scholarship gamble
and game of faro is that in the
scholarship contest the candidate who
has bought the most chips gets about
5 per cent of the money paid in and |
the owner of the paper pockets about
90 per cent, whereas at common faro |
bank the winners get the 80 per cent
and the bankers commission is only |
10 per cent. There is nothing like |
educating our orphan girls!