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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

Having paid some attention to the
subject of increasing and diminishing
the amount OF adipose tissue in the hu-
man frame, perhaps may be permitted
to say word on the matter. 1t is
quite true that certain kinds of diet
are more fat-forming than others, but
it does not therefore follow that a per-
son living on this kind of diet-say,
for instance, buckwh0at cakes and
Barbados sugar-will become fat. In
many cases which have come under my
own observation all attempts to in
crease the amount of fat by means OF
special diet (carbonaceous) have ended
in the person becoming bilious and suf-
fering from q congested liver and con
stipation. On the other hand, l have
known persons to fatten on bread and
water. The late Mr.. Swain, OF Phila-
delphia, for many years of his lie ate
nothing but bread and molasses, and
yet he was a short, healthy looking
man. Mr.. Mechi, the eminent English
agriculturist, according to his own
statement, can increase his weight ma
terially by merely taking an extra
lump or two of sugar in his tes. An
other gentleman became fat and
ruddy checked by adding a
pint of ale to his midday repast.
But these are exceptional cases. AS a
general rule, If a person in good health,
obtaining seven or eight hours sleep
per night, and not overworked. does
not get fat on mixed diet, he won't
get fat at all, and neither buckwhest
cakes and Barbados sugar, nor cod
liver oil, nor any other fat producer,
will fatten him. Sound sleep is one Of
the best fat producers that know Of,
and then it has the advantage of in
creasing the general health and strength
at the same time. Beware of altering
your diet for the mere purpose OF put
ting on more flesh. Results may fol-
low that you dream not of. It is easier
to reduce flesh than to increase it, as
general rule. But there may be dan
ger even here. Many OF those obese
gentlemen who have followed the Bant-
ing system and tried to live on lean
meat, a very little bread and a glass or
two of sherry per day, found them
selves with seriously disordered kid
neys, the result Of highly nitrogenous
diet. They might have obtained that
looseness for which they sighed and
retained their health had they re-
duced the total quantity Of food con-
sumed, and eaten less bread, potatoes,
and starchy food, and more turnips,
cAbbages, beets, cucumbers, tomatoes,
melons. and other watery articles Of
diet, and taken more exercise and less
sleep. As rule, fat people are large
eaters. They will tell you they are
not. Don't believe them. Flesh and
Fat are not formed out Of nothing. A
stout youth Of my acquaintance told
me that he ate "a mere nothing" and
only slept four hours per diem. !
found that he really ate e. much at
one meal as ! could eat at three, took
little or no exercise, and slept nine or
ten hours out Of the tWeuty-four.
'Laugh and grow fat" Is an old say
ing, out I have not found fat people,
- q rule, mirthful, but, on ne con-
trary, rather grave. / mean the very
fat, not the merely plump. / hsye,
too, met with fat people who were ex-
ceedingiy nervous, though il Is gener-
ally supposed that nervous people
must necessarily be lean
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28
Cheap MONEY.

We have reached another period 81
ou;cry against banks and clamor aghfnsE
the money power The nationaI
banks have certainly no sins to answer
for, such as those which have been
above referred to on the part OF banks
in former times. Neither have they
made offensive exhibitions Of the pow
er of wealth. 1t may be doubted
whether they care very much for the
threat TO deprive them Of the power Ia
issue notes. With the resumption st
specie payments that power would lose
much of the value which it has had.
The proposition to retire the national
notes and replace them with greens
backs is q question OF public politv.
in which banks are especially inter-
ested only as they are financial insii.
tutions. fthe proposition is discussed
at all it must be discussed as Qucs
tion of public policy.
The issue of notes to Circulate Is
substitutes for money is monopoiy.
Taking the supply and demand OF tn.
precious metals as they stand AZ
moment, the United States need
certain number of grains OF gold to do
its business with. We put SO and 50
many grains into q single piece and
call it dollar; then we.need 50 manx
dollars. The total amcant cf ao.lase
for which we can issue notes is thos
fixed 10y the requirement for moneys
The notes displace gold to the extent
TO which they are issued, and ii this Is
less than the requirement, the remains
der will be specie. II the notes cx-
ceed the requirement, specie will be a.
premium. 1t is immaterial whether
there be one issuer or two thousand.
The gain of the issusr comes from
the fact that he, in effect, gains pos
session of the coin which his note dis
places; with the coin he buys capital
and earns interest. He has, therefore.
printed promise to pay for winch -
gets interest. IL he keeps q dollar ii
gold In his vaults for ever, uoilar ho.
issues, he loses an equivalent interest,
and the note only saves wear of coin
aud serves convenience. Therefore,
the proportion of gold which he
keeps goes just so far to Offset the in
terest obtained for his notes, and il hd
has no gold at all and is issuing
purely irredeemable note, he iswinnina
interest on the product of the press,
as if it were capital. An irredeemablo
bank note is therefore pure swindlo.
On the other hand, the public is often
told about the economy and profit OF
paper currency, convertible, but only
partially protected by reserve. It
should not be forgotten, however, that
this gain is not won bv the public, but
by the note issuer. In any case, the
public pays for value currency to the
full amount of its requirement, and Il
it gives up any part of it, and makes
use of substitute, it makes a gift OF
just that amount to the issuer of the
substitute. Cheap money is never
cheap to anybody but the issuer.
iScriJner for December.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28
NO. S
The End or P.or rI.den.

The New York SUH has a, las. aban-
doned Mr.. Tilden. After rejecting
over the cipher dispatches Mr.. Dana
concludes that if Mr.. Tilden is not per
sonally responsible for the lniauity
which they reveal, yet the people whom
he has around him have iFreparably
damaged his character, sn that he
Twill not again be the presidential
candidate of any party" A Washing
ton telegram says:
The sensation in political circles To-
day is the formal farewell of the New
York San to Mr.. nlden. Since the
day when Gen. Grant refused to make
Charles A. Dana collector OF the port
of New York that able editor has de-
voted all the influence of his ,urnal
to denunciation of the Republican and
advocacy of the Democratic party.
A personal friend and a warm
admirer of S,mucl J. Tllden, he
has stood by that gentleman through
thick and thin. Since the organization
of the electoral commission up to the
time of the publication of the cypher
kilograms he day by day piled column
on column of fierce and bitter wrath
on the heads of those who deprived
Mr. Tilden of the presidency. until
even his iRcisIve logic aud brilliant
rhetoric failed To redeem the subject
from utter weariness. Now Mr.. Dana
comedies, what has all along been
charged, that to NJ. Tllden'5 own
timidity and indecisisn was due the
loss of his office, and he tells him that
he will never again be the presidential
candidate of any party. AS for the
Democratic party. as it now exists. he
says ''thc observer cannot draw
strength for single patriotic hope"
This article has created a profound
sensation. Republicans are delighted
with it; Democrats are surprised.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

Bat 1t is well to see the end before
we have adopted conclusion. The
Prcsident may do no more than exc
cute tie law ss it is written. He could
do no less. Meanwhile it would be
well FOR intelligent people to instruct
tine ignorant and plssionaye. The gov
ernment of the Union by euacting and
enforcing this law surely intends 10
separate the races. We should respect
the law aud, especially, ourselves, and
he who causes or participates, when
evasion IS possible, in these alleged
conflicts with blacks deserves, if in
telligent enough to be morally respon-
sible for his crimes, the severest pun
ishmcnt
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28
THE Meridian 0osone conn,v, ri


THE Meridian (Bosque county, Blade,
of November II, vouchsafes the t, l.
lowing information:
The Austin STATESMAN is informed
that John Hancock will never be
Speaker of the House of Represents;
tives. The rebel element of Texas, as
those are called who oppose the traitor,
will not permit it.
When we said some days ago that
the difference between Hancock's
vote and that of other Democrats was
measured accurately by the strength OF
the Galveston original secession NAL
contents, there were those who dlsar-
proved the STATEsMAN's assertions as
ungeneTous and even incorrect. We
refer these good people to the state
ment of the mild and amiable and
fierce and furious Blade.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

A leading cotton raiser OF Halo
county, Alabama, has introduced upon
his plantation one thousand English
sparrows, in the hope that they will
prove eifectual destroyers Of the cotton
worm.
Memphis Ledger:: The city ia crowd
ed with young as we'll as old men, who
come from abroad with the hope OF
getting employment here. Ninety
eight out Of every hundred OF these
applicants will be sadly disappointed.
Before the election in Massachusetts,
Ben Butler openly proclaimed that n
he was defeated he should retire per-
manently from politics. Since the
election to every one he has talked
with, he has gently sung, 'Resurgam
A personal friend OF his, who undoubt-
edly is posted, says the General in the
ensuing session OF Congress win lift
up his voice in the Republican cherus
of the "Solid South"
Thomas Conroy, shoemaker al
Tanners Falls, Pa, hammers away At
his last, rather than return TO ireland
to accept the fortune Of $25, 900 hia
father left him, but which he refuses
to accept from his uncles, who falsely
accused him of being Molly Mcguire,
because he would not marry the rich
young woman they picked out for him.
Conroy left ireland in disgust, came to
America and married and takes no mo-
tice Of the annual notification from 1iis
unciea' lawyer to come and get his
money.
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Tup nev Governor-General ~ {

THE new Governor-General Of Cana
da made q very respectable and inge-
NOUS speech at Liverpool when about
to set sail for Amenca. His address
vas devoid OF the infinite wit of the
eeHtleman he succeeds; but il he is
the author OF the speech, LOrne viii
make q wise zsd just ruler Of the De-
n,iniou
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

lions listen, would make the masses of
Southern people responsible for these
Florida and other outrages inflicted
upon negroes. We hope the President
Is wiser aud more liberal than the Sec
retary of State, even though he chooses
to confess that the ''pismires go crazy
over trifiea."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

THE Morgan steamers come TO Hous
ton without the obstruction OF quar-
antine, and yet Galveston does moi
quarantine against Houston and still
enforces rigid quarantine against New
Orleans, whence come the Morgan
steamers. The process becomes devil-
ish thin.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

THE 81. Louis Times, heretofore
fercely partisan and Democrat, its
mission on earth beng the overthrow
Of the Rspu5lioaa, has quietly cooled
.>soyn into an independent" ''non-
partisany sheet. II is none the worse
papsr for Us reason.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

THERE is nothing clearer Of more
certain than that the white man of~she
South who robs negro Of his vote By
violence is = better Republlcan than
Blaine,
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THE TREE IS EN0WS BY TTy iRUIT. !"

"Tutt's Pills are worth their weight n gold. !"
REV. I. r. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.
TUFTS Pills are special blessing of the
nineteenth century,"
REV. F. r. oseoop, Ney York.
"I have used TUFTS Pills for torpor Of the
liver. They are superior 10 any rnedidne for
hillary disorders ever made"
.. P. CARR, Attorney AZ lsw, August, Ga.
"I have used TUFTS Pills five years ia m; fam
lily. They are unequaled for costiveness and bill,
iousness."-F. R.WlLSoN, Georgetown, Texas.
~ have used TUFTS Medicine with great
benefit."-W.W w. MANN, Editor Mobile Reester.
ave sell fifty boxes TUFTS Pills to he Of
all Others. .r-SAYRE & CO., CartersviIIe Ca.
"Tuu's Pills have only TO be tired {, es-
tablsh their merits. They work ike matic."
w. n. BARRON, 90 Summer ST., Boaon.
there is no medicine so well adapted tC the
cure OF bilious disorders as TUFTS Pills"
JOS. BRUMmEL, Richmond, Virginia.
AND a THOUSAND MORE.
Sold bU druggists. 35 cents n boa,. OFce
S5 Murray Street, HeiO York.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28

A marble stratum has been found in
Cooke county.
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Editorial Notes.


Col. G. G. Jones, of Augusta, has
written the life of Commodore Tatts
nall.
A North Carolinian staggers In withf
a sweet potato three feet in circumfer-
ence.
Jere Haralson, the Alabama coloEed
candidate for Congress, only carried
one county in his district.
Chairman Purcell, of the New York
Democratic State committee, thinks It
was the cipher dispatches that did it.
North Carolina has lunatic asylum
at Raleigh, one for colored patients at
Goldsboro, and is building a third at
Morganton.
The decomposed bodies OF cate, dogs
and birds are found in cellars and.
houses of Memphis that were clQaa.3f
during the epidemic.
1t is said that CongressG
of Tennessee, will
member of the
ing but twenty
The revenue d
the past week is
terially increas
dispatches to G
in various Statesl -.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-27
KEEPING TOO MANY FOWLS

in one place, in one yard, or in one house
together, is quite as often the cause of nom
returns from the flock as is any reason that
can be given why hens don't lay, why they
get sick, or why they "don't pay" for their
sert.
Everybody who has ever had any expert
ence among poultry knows that domestic
fowls are peculiarly restless race of bipeds.
They are continually on the move, if they
are at liberty, and it confined they are con-
stantly striving to get7at liberty. If they
can fly, they will get over the highest fenc-
ing. And in every way they show US
more than do ordinary animals Of any sort
how we'll they love the free open air and the
range of field or pasture.
We, therefore, suggest to all who keep
fowls for profit, the Importance that attaches
to giving the flock cultivated all the roam
ing space we can allow them. And if this
cannot be furnished at all, then how much
more important it is that we do not keep
TOD many birds confined within the limits of
the fowl-house, exclusively.
However well you may feed and tend to
them, when thus restricted to the limits of
four blank walls, if there be an excess Of
numbers crowded together the hens will
cease to lay, both cocks and pullets will get
i'll, they lose flesh, and will become miser-
able in short time and in no instance can
they be made to give you good returns when
thus ill-treated as to quarters. If you have
hut Ill Il
up but few adult birds in one flock, or you
will reap no profit in your experiments at
chicken raising. g.-Pouztyy Yard.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-27
A~GREAT FARMERS MAXTMS.

The successful lite of Mr.. Jacob Straw,
the princetot American farmers, is attribut-
ed to the close observance of the following
maxims, originated by himself,
Make your fences high and strong so they
will keep cattle and pigs out. Ii you have
brush make your lots strong and secure and
keep your hogs from the corn.
Be sure to get hands to bed by O'Clock.
They will rise early by force of circum-
stances.
Pay hand, if he is a poor one, all you
promise him; and if ne is a good one, pay
him a little more; it will encourage him to
do still better.
Always. feed your hands as well as you
feed yourselves, for the laboring men are the
bone and sinew of the land and ought to be
well treated.
am satisfied that getting up early, indus
try and regular habits are the best medicine
prescribed for health.
When rainy, bad weather comes, so you
cannot work outdoors, cut split and pile
your wood, make your racks, fix your fences
or gates, and patch the root OF your barn or
house.
Study your owninterests closely, and do
mot spend your time in electing presidents,
'goyerliors and other small officers, or talk
of hard times, and spend'your time in Whit
tling store boxes. =
Take your timeand make calculations; do
not do things in hurry, but do them at the
proper time, and keep your mind as we'll as
your body employed. 81,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-27
FARMERS, SUPPORT THE AGRICULTURAL
pRESS"

Farmers will become healthier in body
and mind, says Halls Jon7ssa! Of Health, in
proportion as agricultural papers are taken,
for several reasons. These publications un-
iformly contain a large amount of unexcep-
tionabfe family reading, as to health, tenn
perance and sound morals; they also grad
ually .waken up the mind of farming people
to experiments, to what is often sneeringly
called scientific farming" Every day the
helter-sketer mole of agriculture is becom-
ing less and less remunerative; every day it
is becoming more and more necessary to
study the laws of vegetable growth, the
hahitudes and needs of plants and grains
and trees ;and in proportion as this is done,
and the analysis of soils becomes prerequi-
site, there will be world of novelty and
light to break in Upon the farming mind to
interest, elettrity and enrich. The time will
come when to attempt the successful man
agement of farm large or small, without
some considerable practical knowledge of
chemistry and botany and geology, will be
considered the extreme of Quixotism.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-27
THE HOUSEHOLD
RECIPES.

White E7l.it Cahe.-Take two cupfuls of
white sugar, three cupfu1s OF flour, one and
one-half cupful of butter, three fourths cup
full of sweet milk, four cupfuls of currants,
one cupful of raisins, the Whites of six eggs,
one teaspoonful OF cream tartar, one-half
teaspoonful of soda, and one nutmeg. This
makes two loaves.
Delsct6us Gsmss.-Takefwo tabiespoonfuls
of sugar, two eggs, two cuptuls of flour, one
heaping tablespoonful Of Indian meal, one
cupful of sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, and little salt. Bake fiji
teen minutes.
Stale BreaA-Every housekeeper will find
occasionally bits of dry bread accumulate.
This is a good way to utilize them: Soak
in warm water several hours before supper
or breakfast adding plenty of milk, if con-
venient; mash up with u spoon, when
soft, adding one beaten egg, a cupful or
more of flour, a teaspoonfu1 Of sofa if need
ed, teaspoon of sugar. Bake same as
buckwheats. They are very nice No bread
need be wasted, even if somewhat sodden,
heavy, or little sour. S.
Hair hauigoyator.-One pint bay rum, one
half pint alcohol, one-llalt ounce castor oil,
one-fourtl ounce carbonate of ammonia,
one-half ounce tincture of cantharides; mix
well. This mixture will promote the growth
of the hair and prevent it falling out.
To Cure Bilious Headache.- the
juice of two oranges or of one lemon about
half an hour before breakfast every morn
ing. q Dissolve and drink two teaspoon
tuls of tinely-powdered charcoal in half
tumbIerful OF water; it will relieve in fifteen
minutes. Take Scidltz powder an hour
.afterwartls. -
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DIAMOND CITY, M. T.. JUNE 27. IT'S.

the other returns nothing, but continually
clamors for further disbursements.
After your crop has been raised, it will be
wisdom to raise any mortgage which may
be resting upon the farm. This will raise a
heavy load from your mind, and raise your
courage and spirits beyond measure.
DO not curry favor with the rich or great.
If you must do something of the kind, just
curry your cattle and horses. This will do
them good, and benefit you also.
When, by reason of inclement weather,
you cannot cultivate the soil, it will be wis
dom on your part to cultivate the mind A
valuable harvest will reward all earnest and
tatful culture.
Never allow yourself to be inveigled into
''running in debt" When you are tempted
to do SO, go into your field and plant an ex
ira acre with some edible crop.
The sheriff is an undesirable acquaint-
ance. Avoid him as you would a pestiIence.
This cain easily be done by paying cash on
the spot for everything you purchase.
Remember that everything Of value we
honestly obtain is the result of diligence and
intelligence. Do not, therefore, expect
prosperity unless you are willing to work
for it.
Make the collection and composing of
fertilizng materials constant employment.
The odor of your manure heap should be
more attractive to you than the SMELL of the
whisky shop.
OF course you will become the owner and
raiser of stock. No farm is complete that
ignores stock raising:;: Get the best, which
is always the cheapest in the end. Give the
scrubs wide berth.
Never purchase farm utensils because they
are cheap. Cheap tools are an 'nmitigated
nuisance. The best workman in the world
cannot make good job with them. 1t is
economy to buy the best, no matter what
the price may be.
Do not unwisely imagine that you will be
able to get along" without books and pa
pers relating to agriculture. Successful
farmers read extensively, and consider the
money they spend for the purpose their best
investment. Occasionally some ignoramus
gets rich by "main strength and awkward
ness.'' This is an exception to the rule,
however. Read good agricultural books,
and subscribe for at least one agricultural
journal, but it will pay to take seyeral.-ET:
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4 AGRICU 1 7 i RAJ.

l,vrrs who have planted orchards this
no must remember that there is some
\ more than planting reqdired to make
success. The selecting OF a suitable To-
N and proper planting is of first import
\ hut the attention and care of the trees
no means a small consideration. The
@ra must be fenced separate from the
4 and no stock allowed within. A close
4 must be made'to keep out rabbits, or
tree must have separate protection,
II the location is not indeed remark
wvlI-protected one it will be found
Nv beneficial to prepare a windbreak.
Iferce winds Which prevail at some sea-
Dot the year have a tendency to Loosen
Nee in the ground and may cause it to
and after it grows up and begins 20 bear
break the boughs. The chill winds of
hg are also liable to blight the fruit. All
hay be avoided by preparing wind
K This can be grown as easily as the
! trees. A good thick hedge of cotton
A, willows or quaking-asp should be
He'd at the same time the orchard is, and
Ne time the latter begins to bear the
Il will afford sufficient protection. Let
" one who has planted his fruit trees
4 out a good windbreak on,the west and
u at least, and alt around it would be
4. Besides being Of great value, it will
knamental to the premises. This hedge
I'd be planted thick, and let grow close
Y ground. Our people would expert
less difficulty in getting trees to live
\ reset if they were protected from the
q When there is no other means, a
#plan is to brace each tree thoroughly.
Greens would make a good hedge tor
fclard, but cannot be grown so easily
4llows and cottonwood. ALI that is re-
~ to ensure the growth of the latter is
Ping and watering, while the evergreen
&d be prepared for stransplanting' the
previous by topping and cutting the
n root. When this is done less difficulty
kperlenced in getting them to live.