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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

In the interest of common decency, it
would not be bad idea to whitewash the
Evans gang.-Nashville American.
Whitewash might stick on the Evans
gang, but it could not change the color
Of the Turney gang. There is no kind
of wash that will conceal the blot this
latter gang hath stained the Tennessee
Democracy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04
OFFICE OF THE AUSTIN AND
NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD
COMPANY

Austin, Texas, March q, 1895.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Austin and Northwestern Railroad
company will be held Ut the company's
office in Austin, Texas, on Monday, April
20, 1895.
By order of the board Of directors.
p. J. LAWLESS, Secretary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

1t Is most time to take the Monroe
doctrine down off the shelf, dust it and
keep it ready on the table to apply at
any moment it becomes necessary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

1t would be well to put sign on the
palanquin of Ii Hung Chang as follows:
Don't shoot this Chinaman; he has been
shot once and he comes around to deed
~ q big slice Of China"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

Captain, Sweeney, U. S. A., San Diego,
CAL, says: "Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy is
the first medicine l have ever found that
would do me any good" Price SOC. For
sale by John H. Chiles, druggist, Austin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

Lord Roseberry's nervous condition is
lamentable. He is the victim Of insomnia.
1t is feared it will incapacitate him per
manently for the delicate and responsible
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04
TRAVELLING AGENT.

Mai. j. 8. Crawford. The public. is
cautioned not to pay money to any other
person who may represent him or them
selves MS travelling agents of this paper
AZ all authority heretofore issued to any
other peron Is hereby revoked.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

Shiloh's Cure is sold On u guarantee. 4;
cures incipient consumption 1t is the
best cough cure. Only one cent dose.
nc &c. and 81. For sale by John IL.
Chiles, druggist, Austin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

"Kis-Me" is the name of the best
"Kis-Me" and you will use no other.
chewing gum. If you chew gum try
For sale by all druggists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

Karl's Clover Root. the great blood
purifier gives freshness and clearness to
the complexion and cures constipation,
25c, SOC 81. For sale by John H. Chies,
Druggist, Austin, Tex.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

Elmer & Amends prescription No. 2S51
has cured thousands of cases of rheu-
matism. No sufferer should fail TO give
I a trial. G. w. Preston & Co., agents
Galveston. Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

want every man and woman In the United States
Interested in the Opium and Whisky habits to have
one of my books these diseases. Address
b. Nj. WO0LLEY, Atlanta, Ca, Box $50, and one
will be sent you free
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

Caution: Buy only DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons eye water. Carefully examine the
outside wrapper. None other genuine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

Angostura Bitters should find q place
in every household. The best cure for in
digestion. Manufactured by DR.. J. G. B.
Siegert & Sons. All druggists ,,,s.:n,.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertising rates will be made known
On application.
Eastern business office, 48 Tribune
building, New York. Western business
Office 800 "The Rookery," Chicago
s. G. Beckwith, sole agent for foreign
advertising
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24

and presents a view of lofty hills,
gentle slopes, dotted with live oaks
here and there, and valleys of
meadow land and prairie, the whole
carpeted with 1uxuriant native
grasses. The timber i'll the north
ern portion is live oak on the hills
and high plateaus, post oak on the
flats, and elm, walnut, pecan and
blackberry along the streams. To
the southwark, the country is
gently undulating, with stretches
of level ground, and relieved by
occasional groups of hills, covered
with mesquite, and along the river
and creek bottoms, with pecan,
elm, blackberry, sycamore, cotton
wood; and on the Medina, with
cypress. The average height of the
county above the sea level is from
600 to I 100 feet, the highest ele-
vations in the upper portion of the
county reaching 1900 feet.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24

greatly modified by the perennial
trade winds from the Gulf of Mex
leo.
RAILROADS.
The International and Great
Northern, San Antonio and Aran-
sas Pass, and the Galveston, Har-
risburg and San Antonio railroads
pass through the county, having a
combined mileage of over 90
miles.
CHURCHES.
The Methodist North and
South), Baptist, Presbyterian,
Cumberland Presbyterian, Catho-
lie, Episcopal, Lutheran and Jew
ish churches have organizations in
the county.
POPULATION.
In 1880 the population of Bexar
county was 3o,47o; in 1890, 49,
ESQ, while today Bexar county
boasts of a wide-awake population
of 10000.
SCHOOLS.
The county has a school popula
ton of over 4, 900. The schools are
looked after by competent teachers
and are conducted upon the lates'
and most improved plans.
LANDS.
Improved lands sell from 81 t
$50 per acre unimproved for s. t
S. per acre,
COUNTY TAXATION,
The rate of county tax OH tn
500 valuation for 1895 was Sill
\ STOCK RAISING
Is another branch Of bushes
which is OH the increase here Bel
muda grass has been extensivel
planted and much success is at
tending the growth of fine cattle
mules and horses, while the count,
has largely increased the production
of hogs within the last few years
There is no county where NOR
of the valuable crops can be grow
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24

than in This. All the cereals,
wheat, oats, barley and rye sue
coed ; millet, sorghum, milo maize
and most hay crops do well. Stock
peas and ground peas are grown
extensively for forage. The ribbon
sugar cane is cultivated in every
part of the county, and thousands of
gallons of syrup are manufactured
each year, much of it being shipped
to the western counties, where it is
not grown.
Poultry is handled with great
success and finds a ready market
at remunerative prices. In brief,
industry meets It's reward in what
ever direction it turns.
NOTED BUILDINGS.
There are several historic build
ings in Bexar county which are
worthy of mention, the most noted
being the Alamo, In the city Of
San Antonio, founded in I744 ;
Conception, two miles below the
city of San Antonio, founded in
1881 Espada, nine miles below
San Antonio, also founded in 1881;
San Jose, established in 1918, stu
ated four miles below the city of
San Antonio; San Juan, six miles
below the city of San Antonio
founded in 177I, and San Fernan-
DEE, built in 1882 in the city of San
Antonio, and now forms the sa-
cristy of the present Spanish Cath
Ole church.
The garrison of San Antonio de
Bexar was established, in all prob
ability, by the governor or com.
mander of the province of Monte
rey. The exact date is not known,
but it was somewhere between the
years 1000 and 1900.
NEW COURT HOUSE.
Bexar county will soon throw
open therde&ss Of her elegant new
court hVlIse, built at cost of
500, oooA 1t is one Of the hand
soonest irsIhe state, and syill long
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24

live as monument to the intelli-
gence and progressiveness Of our
wide-awake people.
AGRICULTURAL, DEMOCRACY,
which in comparison with the old
cotton planting order of wealthy
landlords and a dependent tenantry,
is infinitely better for the country.
Every lover of this kind, every
friend of social, intellectual, moral
and material progress, every capt.
talist, railway man, editor, banker,
merchant, investor, manufacturer
and level headed planter, will glad
ly welcome the new order and bid
the old a cheerful goodbye.
THE PEOPLE
of BeXar couuty-7o,ooo strong
are in the main as intelligent, re
fined as any rural population in the
older states, and I beg to remind
my eastern readers that they have
much higher measure of hospital
| ity-a genuine social and business
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24

has sprung up of late years, is
large enough for fuel and fencing.
The entire area is arabic, except
small portion near the headwaters
of the streams, where the valleys
are narrow and the ranges of hills
too rugged for cultivation. The
native grasses, mesquite and sedge,
are abundant everywhere, and fur
nish excellent pasturage but for
large herds of cattle and flocks of
sheep, the range has become too
limited, owing to the number of
farms and enclosed pastures.
The prevailing soil is a friable
black earth, very deep, with lime
stone foundation, and occasionally
interspersed with a chocolate and a
reddish soil, and in the bottoms by
a rich, dark loan, all being very
productive. The average yield per
acre is, of corn, IS bushels; cot,
ton, half a bale oats, As bushels
wheat, IS, and sweet potatoes 100
All fruits of the latitude, and gar
den vegetables of every variety dc
we'll with careful culture. The
gardens of San Antonio, and many
farms below, are irrigated from tn,
San Antonio river by canals an(
bitches, constructed by the Spanisl
founders of the city. With thi
exception, the farmers depenC
, wholly OH the rains for field an,
gardei, crops.
The climate is mild i'll winter
very little cold weather Is eXperl
enced, nearly all the cold days &C
curing i'll the month Of January
The heat of summer is not oppres
sive the thermometer rarel,
ranges in the nineties, and when i
does, tie heat is tempered by re
freshing gulf breeze.
The mild climate, pure water
and elevated, rolling topograph,
give the people good health, 81
necessary to success in the affair,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24

of the window on the other, obscure
ing from view to the benighted
traveller the succor so close to him
and chilling the blood aud marrow
in his veins and bones, as he tolls
by, hoping for that which. did he
but know it, is close at hand.
Come and see us aud welcome
hands will be extended to greet
you, and hospitable doors will
swing easily back and let you in.
One word more. This is no place
for drones But to the industrious
citizen who is willing to work we
say, come and see Nor yourself that
this fair land is the nNor mans par
adise. Come
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24

Everywhere are myriad fowerets,
Decking hill and plain and dale
Blushing rose Of rarest beauty,
Purest lily, waxing pale,
And so peerless is their beauty,
Seeming as if fairy wand
With enchanted hands had touched 1t,
ShoweriDg blossoms Ger the land.
Hal David.
A splendid country, this broad,
beautiful and fertile county OF
Bexar, with its matchless land
scapes, clear streams, generous
soils, magnificent forests, genial
climate and grand agricultural pos
sibihties !!
A region that embraces more OF
the elements of cheap, independent
and enjoyable human living, and
offering more to the investor and
enterprising settler than any other
county in Texas.
The wealth of soil and capabili,
ties of production have long since
characterized it as the Garden
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24

can work in your shirt sleeves and
a genial sun in the midst Of winter
gives life and warmth, health and
strength to the young, and quiet
and contentment to the old. Come
to this fair southern land and help
us to make it bloom and blossom
as God intended it should, and as Il
will do under proper conditions.
Help us to wrest from the bosom OF
Mother Earth the vast stores OF
treasures which lies hidden beneath
her bosom, and again peep out here
and there as if to tell us where they
repose and saying come and take
us.
Why will you delve and toll IN
the cold region Of the north, where
you labor six months in the year to
provide food and raiment for the
other six, where the snow blows
up high enough to cover the friend
| ly latch string on the one side and
hides rom view the welcome light
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24

The San Antonioj Medina, and
Cibolo rivers flow through the
county, the first named stream
winding its tortuous course through
the city of San Antonio, and af-
fording an abundant supply of
water for domestic use, extinguish.
ing fires, irrigation, and motive
power for mills and factories. Be
sides these rivers, there are the fol-
lowing creeks The Leon, Culebra,
San Geronimo, Balcarez, Olmos,
Helotes, Elm, Medic, Salado, Cal
averas, Chupederas and Martinez.
There are springs in many places,
and pure, wholesome water is to be
had from wells, generally at a mod
crate depth.
The timber on the uplands is
small and stunted, and the growth
is not dense, as in eastern forests,
but presents generally park-like
aspect, a resemblance which is
heightened by the absence of I'M
dergrowth and by the smooth lawn
of native grasses. Onthe bottoms
the timber attains large size, while
the mesquite on the upla Ids, which
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24
JOSKE BROTHERS, BIG STORE.
Corner of Alamo AMI Commerce SIS.
Albert oske.-PrOprietors-Alex JOske.

'"Nis establishment was founded
O. "ising from its UMPIRE
tentious beginnings, 49, ~
management, with energy ~"
push, and meeting with constant
phenomenal success by intelligent
fair dealing, it has won its way to
popular favor, and today stands UNI
rtvaled as a favorite resort for the
popular trading public, and mon
ument of pride and credit to the
city of San Antonio.
Its reputation is no longer local,
but has become state wide, and Wis,
itors from abroad are surprised to
find such store in this section of
our Country-so complete in all its
appointments. Every line Of goods
has its own department, viz
Clothing, Gents Furnishing Goods,
Shoes, Hats and Caps, Trunks and
Valises, Ladies Dress Goods and
Trimmings. Ladies Furnishings,
millinery, Shoes and Slippers, Kid
Gloves, Cloaks, Ready Made
Dresses and Dressmaking to Order,
House Furnishing Goods, Lines of
Imported German and Irish Linens,
Carpets, Rugs, Mattings, Portieres'
Linoleums and Curtains, Blankets
and Comforts, etc. Each depart
ment is in the hands of an expert,
and in all, Joske Brothers employ
$50 people. Thus some idea may
be gained of the enormous business
transacted by them.
A large line of Holiday Goods
and Toys are carried. One feature
worthy of special mention is the
magnificent Window Display this
firm always makes. The Mail Or
der department is given careful at
tention, and those residing at dis
lance can go shopping without
leaving home, always sure of get
ting from Joske Brothers the best
and finest goods at the lowest
prices.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24

Spot of the Great Lone Star State. "
1t is in the very heart of this grand
region of Texas that is yet to sus-
tain the densest population in the
interior of the Union.
BEXAR COUNTY,
one of the oldest counties of the
state, was formerly a municipality
of the same name, prior to its erec-
ton as county in 1886, and whose
boundary was originally co-exten-
sive with the limits of Texas under
Spanish and Mexican domination.
The district of Bexar was created
in 1880, and was named in honor
OF the Duke of BeXar, then viceroy
of Mexico. The county lies be-
tween the Colorado and Rio Grande
rivers, in the heart of Southwestern
Texas, and contains an area of
I,I75 square miles.
The county is divided in twain by
what is known as the Chalk Cliffs,
an elevated ridge, tending eastward
from the Rio Grande, and turning
to the northeast st a point seven
miles north of San Antonio. North
of this ridge the surface is broken,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24

of life, and to the enjoyment of the
good things which ihdhstry and
economy will bring us.
The population is thoroughly
Southern. The people are edu-
Gated, industrious and refined, and
the moral and religious status will
compare favorably with the people
of any of the Southern states.
Nearly every neighborhood has its
neat church and comfortable school
house. and under our liberal school
system the children are receiving an
education at the expense of the
state.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24
BOOK STORE.
VI. WEINSTEIN,
Esd - 2as EAsr HousroN

Is dealer in new and second
hand books. The store is stocked
with a large quantity OF new and
second hand books OF German,
French, Spanish aud English.
1.-THE Christmas books are very nnel
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24

hospitality-thal any community
of equal numbers in the eastern or
northern states. They are
MORE COSMOPOLITAN
too, in their general makeup than
the people of the older states. They
are congregated here from the older
southern states, New England, New
York, Pennsylvania, the older
western states, and western, central
and northern Europe, and represent
a high average Of the best thought,
impulse experience, enterprise and
skill of the civilized world. The
friction of divers religious, politi-
cal, social, mental, commercial, in
dustrial thoughts and habits has
worn away the principal conceit
and prejudice born Of more homo
geneous conditions, and developed
in this Heterogeneous mass, and on
the border fields Of opportunity, a
liberal and comprehensive
world CHARACTER, "
m51actt3 thu best thought, exper-
fence and tendencies of all the peo-
pie represented, dfid the result is
everywhere seen in the boundless
enterprise, liberal intelligence, lib
eral views and progressive ways of
the community. The work of the
ages in the older lands is compassed
here in decade by quick, ready,
self-reliant, self-helpful, brave, con-
fdent and eminently practical PEG,
pie, with whom there is no hating
doubling or waiting. They not
only grow the grain and herds and
cotton to feed and clothe the mil
lions, but
FOUND AND FOSTER SCHOOLS,
build temples to the ideal and spir-
itual, cultivate literature, flowers,
music, art and the higher social
graces like men and women who
are here to stay.
BEXAR COUNTY OFFERS:
The cheapest lands.
The most productive lands, taken
year after year.
The greatest variety of products.
The best naturally drained farms:
The richest farms.
The best pasturage and protec
ton to stock, price and climate CON
sidered.
The finest fruits in the world.
The best water and healthiest.
The grandest possibilities that
the mind can conceive.
You farmers and people of the
north, whose feet for six months in
the year tread the frozen SHOWS of
a frigid cline, turn your eyes to
the Sunny South, where you can
live in peace and plenty and comfort
where you can till the soil every
month in the year-behold a land
where nature has bestowed with
lavish hand her every gift. See the
cheap land which you can have al
most at your own price-where,
even in January or December, yoV
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24
FERTILE LAND,

Nine -tenths of the land of the
county is highly productive most
of the land is not worn, and pro-
duces good crops without the aid
of fertilizers, and, although the
yield compares favorabiy with any
other section, no COMMERCIAL fer
ti1izers are used thus heavy ex-
pense incurred by the farmers of
other states is unknown here:
Thousands of acres of the best quail
ity is yet in the virgin state, having
never been cleared. This land can
be bought at a cost of from s. to S.
per acre, on easy terms. The tim
Der on these new lands is not
heavy, and the land is easily cleared,
yet fencing and building material
is plentiful. These new lands pro-
duce excellent crops of cotton,
corn and other products the first
year.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24
HEALTH.

Situated above the region of ma
laria, Bexar county enjoys excep-
tional healthfulness. Invalids, es-
pecially those suffering from con-
sumption and kindred diseases,
flock thither in large numbers.
The winters are so mild that flow
ers often bloom in the open air in
January, and the summer heat is
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24
NEW COURT HOUSE.

Bexar county will soon throw
open herd6Ass Of her elegant new
court hVlIse, built at a cost Of
100000, 1t is one Of the hand
soonest inlhe state, and sSiu long
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-01
GOOD SUGGESTIONS ON HONEY
PRODuCTION

At a farmers meeting in Ohio bee
keeper present made some good sug-
gestions TO farmers regarding honey
and Its production on the farm. lie
said there are few localities where the
small hee-keepcr or the farmer may
not keep d few colonies OF bees, and
raise enough honey for his own family
use, and he would strongly advise
them to do IT, for II they depend on
purchasing 1t, nine times out OF ten
they will go without IL, Continuing he
said; II is well known that a few colo
MES will do In an average year fairly
well I'm almost any locality, but If an
attempt is made to increase the num-
bor OF colonies 10 any extent disaster
Is sure to follow, and even the keeping
of few colonies Is given up In disguest.
would therefore, insist that unless
the locality is an exceptionally good
one, but few colonies be kept by any
one person or family. except the
specialist For II locality is found
capable Of supporting probably as
many as 100 colonies In one yard or
apiary. / would as strongly ndvlse the
ones so situated to devote their whole
time to the production OF honey, for l
have found by practical experience that
1t Is almost an imposslbility TO give that
close application to details that sue
cessful honey production demands, II
time, labor ana abillty nave TO be given
to some other pursuits in connection
with It.
Honey is luxury and not a neces-
slty Of life. and to command paying
prices 1t must be handled in such a
neat clearly and attractive manner as
TO attract the sttentlOn of those who
are able and willing TO pay fair or even
fancy prices for tirst-class article;
and to produce such an article In pay
ing quantities, a bee-keeper must be a
specialist and master Of his craft.
Too much honey OF low grade Is
now raised, and being of unattractive
appearance and quality, 1t cannot bring
a remuncratlve price; in nearly every
case 1t costs more TO raise 1t than can
be obtained for II, and l contend that
the future production Of first-class
honey must be made by the man who,
having good locality and the requi-
site knowledge, ability and "knack,'
devotes his whole time to it--in one
word. is specialist. Am l right or
WrouR7