The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21

duced by coolie labor. If the produce
tion OF tea must depend upon hand la
Dor the objection will be powerful; but
yankee ingenuity which has done so
murh to revolutionize the old order of
things must surely be capable of in
venting some means of lessenipg hand
labor in the production of tea. And
when that Is done we may find some
of our southern cotton ridden states
|rivalling some of the celebrated prov
1nces OF China and Japan, for great is
American enterprise.
WATERMELON TIME.
A poetic Georgian editor thus in
structs his readers how to select and
handle melon:
When you thpmp it with your fingers and it
Like summer rain a-fallin' on the dry and dusty
ground
Jes get your barlow TT ady aa prepare to make
And carve II straight and steaiy till it opens
red and ripe
Then fold your barlow careful, an take your
Put one half on this side O you-the other half
on that;
Then take the biggest in your lap an tear the
heart out-so!
An smack your lii s, an praise the Lord from
whom all blessings flow
A NEW HORTICULTURAL FRAUD.
Every new year brings with it, new
lodges for fleeing simple people, and
these can be found in the country as
we'll as in the city.
One Of the latest schemes for captur-
ing the countryman's dollars, Is a.
plant described by the peddler as a
tomato potato plant, which is
said to grow tomatoes on the vines
and potatoes on the roots. AS growing
specimens are exhibited by the enter
prising drummer, showing the double
iruiting capabilities of the plant, it is
not surprising that the combination"
should find favor with the novelty
hunters, and those who would like to-
swap nickles for dimes.
The plants are not for sale, but only
the seed, which is simply that OF the
tomato. This is, of course, sold at
fancy prices, and the decep-
ton is not proved till the fol-
lowing season. when the ".wonderful'
new varietyn IS found to he an ordin
airy tomato. The plant exhibited is
produced by grating a tomato vine
be done, as the plants are of kindred
habit; inded experiments are now be-
ing made with view to developing
tubers on tomato roots. In the mean
time those wanting supply of toma-
toes and potatoes had better stick to
the old fashioned way of producing
them.
SULPHURED EGGS.
Fortunes have been made by the
sale of 'egg preservatives One Of
them, sold at the moderative cost of
50, consisted of few pounds of COM
mon salt. There was no fraud in that
beyond the excessive charge for the
material, as salt is true preservative;
but this can not be said about all the
"grand discoveries" from time to-
time pressed upon q credluous public
One of the latest frauds In this line is'
the discovery" OF California doc
tor, which Is credited with the power
to preserve eggs for eighteen months
in such perfect conc ition that they
hat h as If newly laid.
The Fanciers Journal says: The"
doctor is a retired dentist and also
a fruit grower, and 1t was while he
was sulphuring fruit before drying
that he made the wonderful dis
covery thar he is willing to part with
in county installments in big sum.
A ccording to the doctor's statement,
the eggs are placed on ordinary fruit
trays and into the sulphur box, where
they are treated to the fumes of sui
phur and six other substances that
may not be detected by sight. smell
or taste, but are necessary to COM
plete the process. The eggs are left
in the box the usual time for sulphur
ing fruit, viz: forty minutes to an hour
but " long,r time will not harm them.
This process not only preserves the
eggs so that they look and taste like
fresh ones after lapse of eighteen
months, but the most wonderful part
of it is that they will also hatch
Such is the gullibility of the public
chat this Californian dentist will draw
more money by the sale of his stuff
than he ever did by drawing, teeth.
"Tired all the Time"