The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-18

Then he is growing strawberries-had
 strawberries Thanksgiving and Christmas
 day, and has been selling right along ever
 since; TOW selling at fancy prices berries
 from the same plants that he sold from
 Christmas.
 Here the strawberry is almost perpet-
 ualebearer. Then MT. Nye was selling new
 potatoes while I was there. selling for 3
 cents per pound or $1s0 per bushel, and selling all on the home market. This all by the way is to show what a man can
 do who understands his business, and who
 Is willing to give It attention.
 I put in Wednesday and Wednesday
 night at Laredo. Left early Thursday morning over the International and Great Northern railway for Austin, a distance of over 200 miles. the route being over a fine farming country. Between Laredo and San Antonio I saw many acres planted to
 nelons--one field of 100 acres of water rnelons-beans, cabbage and other garden crops.
 At New Bramfelds we came to another section where large crops of onions are being grown. I also noticed many acres of potatoes now ready for market. but the heavy, excessive rains through all this section Is bad on both onions and po- tatoes, as neither can be harvested, and the onion will soon become soft and dis colored, and potatoes will rot In the ground-they cannot dig now-and this Is hard on the grower, as the early truck trings the fancy prices, and then the loss to both onion and potatoes by dirt and discoloration will be heavy
 Visit at San Antonio.
 We reached San Antonio at o'clock D. m. got dinner and had a few minutes to view this beautiful city. At o'clock D. m. we reached Austin. Here had un- Ill 12 o'clock at night. So the first thing was to see the great capitol building, and 1t is worth a trip here to see, builded cut of native granite, all donated by one man. This stone Is as durable as time Itself. It takes an expert workman with the best extra hardened tools to work 1t. The building cost s7,000,000 but the State did not pay cent of cash for It; but in- stead gave 3,000000 acres of land up in the Panhandle country for 1t. I think the state made a great hit in this deal. and she could afford to make numper of such bargains-that is If she needed the never miss the land.
 I was very much disappointed In the city of Austin, for the state house Is all she can boast of, and aside rom tn,s would call her only second or third class county site town. At 12;30 D. m. Friday morning I left Austin for Houston, reaching Houston ct o'clock Q. m.; got breakfast and went down to the historic city of Galveston, where I had until l:So n. m. to see this city and to visit the sec lions where such great destruction was wrought by the floods.
 Is Fast Recovering.
 Galveston Is fast recovering rom the effects of the flood. The great sea wall that is being builded here Is of the same granite as that of which the state house at Austin Is constructed. Saturday morn ing at 12:D I left Houston for El Paso. leaving on the Sunset Limited, special train and very fine one which makes good time between New Orleans and San francisco. This Is not only one of the finest trains in the country but 1t Is an extra heavy train, carrying day coaches, dining cars, tourists and Pullman sleep CTS. as we'll as very heavy mail and bag gage cars The engines use oil for fuel. and so we are not troubled with smoke or cinders. It Is great comfort as well as pleasure to make a trip on this train.
 At o'clock in the morning we reached the beautiful city of San Antonio, where we stopped for two hours, and this gave me time to see this, by far the most beau tiful city of Texas, and time to visit the historic Alimo, which is open for visitors. I was greatly interested in this old his- toric relic, and think 1t a shame that the state has failed to provide the neces- sary funds to keep this sacred to the people of Texas.
 Women Take 1t Up.
 The good women of the state have taken this matter in hand and are raising the necessary funds for buying and presery- ing to the state the Old 'Alimo. This is another strong proof of the patriotism of our American women The good women of America have always been first in patriotism, first in war and should al- ways be first in the heart of every loyal American citizen. While we ever hold sacred and dear to our hearts the mem ories of our heroes who fell on hundreds of bloody fields and who gave their lives for freedoms cause. yet we should also remember our loyal women who stood