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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-16

In tie District Co'rt Of the United
States for tie Western District Of
TeedS:
In the matter Of
Bankrupts.
Western District OF Texts, SIS.
The undersigned hereby gives notice Of his
appointment as assignee OF Duncan q Williams,
OF BRYAN. in the county of Brazos, and State
OF Texas, within said district, who have been
adiuVed bankrnpts upon their creditors petl-
tion nv the district court OF said district.
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NOTICE

Is hereby given that we will apply to the mex
Legislature for the passage OF an act appropri'
atlng a sufficient amount OF money TO pay loI
supplies furnished. and medical services per
formed by us, to the frontier forces in the ser
vice OF the State at RI Paso, in 1870 and 1911
and also for funds drawn by James Davidson
while acting as Adjutant General OF the State
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In 1888, New York, with popnla-
ton OF 100, 000, had so newspapers. II
was estimated at that time tast tae
United States had paper in every Is
500 of population; England, IN as
500: France, in Go, 500; Prussia ] II
As. 600; Austria. in 400. 000s Russia,
in eTs, 600; Sweden and Norway.
| in 1000; Portugal, in 20, 900
/ Snsin. / In Sos. 900.
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The press all over the State speak
Of lowsr rents being paid for property
than heretofore. This is not because
the country Is less prosperous, but be
cause the price Of everything has
been reduced, and It Is reasonable that
property should come Down along with
all things else. Living u reduced one'
hall.
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-01

WASHING IN FRANcE.-A system of
washing clothes has lately been intro
duced in some French towns which is
worthy of special mention. Its econo-
my is so great as to greatly reduce the
cost. This is the process two pounds
of soap is reduced with little water to
pulp, which having been slightly
warmed, is cooled in ten gallons of water
to which is added one spoonful of tur-
pentine oil and two spoonfuls of ammo
MIA j; then the mixture is agitated. The
The water is kept at a temperature
which may be borne by the hand. In
this solution the white clothes are put
and left there two hours before washing
with soap. taking care in the meantime,
to cover the tub. The solution may be
warmed again and used once more, but
it will be necessary to add half spoon
full of turpentine and another spoonful of
ammonia. Once washed with soap the
clothes are put in hot water and the
blue is applied. This process, it is OBJ
vious, saves much time, much labor and
fuel, while it gives to the clothes a
whiteness much superior to that obtain.
ed by any other process, and the de-
structive use of the washboard is moi
necessary to clean the clothes from the
impurities which they contain.
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Gem
A MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE
GUTTER.

To-day there is man going about the
streets of this city, ragged, dirty and
penniless. subsisting on free lunches and
the charities of gamblers, and has not
slept in bed for months, who, during
the war, was one of the most dashing
cavalry officers in the Union army, and
was promoted from the rank Of first
lieutenant to full brigadier and brevet
major-general for brilliant exploits on
the field of battle, and who for long
time had large and important COM
mand. He has been here for two or
three months under an assumed name,
being ashamed to dim the brilliancy of
his country by an exhibition of his
degradation under his former honored
name. He is generally very reticent,
having little to do with any one or talk
ing but little, save when engineering"
for drink, at which he is remarkably
successful. Night before last, while
lying helplessly drunk in the rear part
of Third street saloon, some men
thought to play joke on him by steal
ing his shirt. and proceeded to strip him.
Underneath his shirt, and suspended by
a string from his neck, was small can
vass bag, which the men opened and
found it to contain his commission as
brevet maior-general, two copgratulatorV
IeJters, one from Grant aud one from
President Lincoln, photograph of a
little girl and curl of hair-a ''chest-
nut shadow" that doubtless one day
crept over the brow of some loved one.
When these things were discovered, even
the half-drunken men who found them
felt respect for the mans former great
ness, and pity for his fallen condition,
and quietly returned the bag and con-
tents to where they found them and re-
placed the sleeper's clothes upon him.
When reporter tried to interview the
man and endeavor to learn something Of
his life in the past few years, he de-
clined to communicate anything. He
cried like a child when told how his
right name and former position was as
certained, and with tears trickling down
his cheeks. said "For Gods sake, sir
: don't publish my degradation, or my
name, at least, if you are determined tt
say something about it. 1t is enough
that I know myself how low have be
come. Will you promise that much
1t will do no good. but will do my
friends great deal of harm, as fortu
nately they think | died in South Amer
lea, where l went at the close of tn,
war" Intemperance and the gambling
table, he said, had wrought his ruin. y
Washington Paper.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-01

KEEPING MEALS WAITING.-Little
things often interfere with our comfort
very much, and one small annoyance is
for men to delay coming to dinner when
called. Sometimes they have an hour
or more of work which they will do be-
fore quitting. and then they go to the
house to find the dinner cold and the
cook discouraged.
Nothing is more dlsheartening to a
tired woman than a table full of dirty
dishes ornamenting the table an hour
and half later in the day than usual.
Punctuality.is virtue men should learn
if they are in the habit of being uncer.
tain about coming to their meals. Any
woman worthy the name of housekeepel
will be regular with her meals if il
lies within her power to have them SO.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-01

The VALUE OF A FIXED HEART.-If
any of you are so wise that you know
all the objections to Christianity, all the
dark places which faith must encounter,
all the dark sayings and perplexing
mysteries of the gospel, remember that
it is nothing to your credit. A wrecker
who lives from the goods of foundered
vessels and shipwrecked crews knows
where all the dangerous rocks are along
the coast, and he is always lowering
about them. But the shipmaster knows
more about the channel than about the
reefs. A calm. self-possessed captain of
vessel was asked, Captain, l suppose
you know where every rock and shoal is
along this whole coast, do you not q
al know where they are not" was his re-
ply. which is the more important thing.
Admirable answer. If your faith is
fixed on God and your heart is welded
to his service, you will know where the
dangers and difficulties and mysteries
and contradictions are not. Riding
peacefully upon the great deeps of hi'
love. your greatest joy will be that you
no longer live by doubts, but by afir
nations.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-01
sgadies' Column.
CARE OF PLANTS In WINTER.


Slips should be cut smoothly from
the plant just below joint, or where
they join the main stem. Any time
during the growing season will do,
though July, August, and September are
the best months. Most slips stand we'll
in sand. or a mixture of half and half
soil, kept wet. If wanted for a house
in winter it is better to stand the slips
in small pots sunk in the ground, as
they can be left in the pots or trans
ferred to larger ones without disturb
ing the roots. Oleanders, honeysuckles,
southernwood, and some other plants are
best started by putting in a vial of
water on partly. shaded windowsill,
putting piece of cotton around the
stem at the neck of of the vial, both to
steady and protect the plant, and pre-
vent too rapid evaporation. Plants for
the house in winter will not do we'll in
smaller than four or five inch pots.
Place a saucer under each Water every
day toward night, putting Oh water till
some runs into the saucer. The water
should always be tepid. and once week
few drops of ammonia or liquid manure
should be added to each quart of water.
Do not water if the soil is still moist
some plants do not need as much water
as others. A little watering only
docs more hurt, than good the water
should 60 to all the roots. After Janu-
airy they will need more water. as then
they begin to grow; before that most
plants simply live. Cactuses and aloes
should have no water in early winter
they must rest if you wish them tc
bloom we'll later. Keep callas standing
in water. Keep the pots and leaves
clean by frequent washing. Plants will
not thrive if dusty. Some plants de
better in glazed pots or wooden boxes
the common pots being so porus as tt
extract all moisture from the roots. i
you simply wish to keep slips for mex
years garden, fill starch-box will
sandy soil, set a number of slips in it.
keep wet and in sunny window.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-01
MY COMPANY.

have read (said Mr.. Spurgeon) of
one who dreamed dream, when in great
distress of mind, about religion. He
thought he stood in the outer court of
heaven, and he saw glorious host
marching up. singing sweet hymns, and
bearing the banners of victory; and
they passed by him through the gate,
and when they vanished he heard in the
distance sweet strains of music. "Who
are they ?" he asked. "They are the
goodly fellowship of the prophets, who
have gone to be with God" And he
heaved deep sigh as he said, "Alas, l
am not one of them, and never shall be,
and cannot enter there" By-and-by
there came another band, equally lovely
In appearance and equally triumphant,
and robed in white. They passed with
In the portals, and again were shouts of
welcome heard within. "Who are they %
"They are the goodIy fellowship OF the
apostles" "Alas," he said, 81 belong
not to that fellowship. aud l cannot
enter there" He still waited and lin
gered, in the hope that he mil ht yet 60
in; but the next multitude did not en-
courage him, for they we're the noble
army of martyrs. He could not 90 IN
with them, nor wave their palm branch
es. He waited still, and saw that the
next was company of godly ministers
and officers of Christian churches: but
he could not 60 with them. At last as
he walked, he saw larger host than all
the rest put together, marching and
singing most melodiously, and in front
walked woman that was a sinner; and
the thief that died on the cross hard by
the Saviour; and be looked along, and
saw there such as Manasseh and the
like; and when they entered he coulc
see who they were, and he thought
There will be no shouting about them.
But to his establishment, it seemed as i
all heaven was rent with seven-folC
shouts as they passed in. And the an
gel said to him, "These are they tha
are mighty sinners, saved by might!
grace, And then he said, BLESSED b
God l can go in with them" And s
he awoke.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-01

MAN AND THE BIBLE.

Chiefly. the Bible holds its power over
men as the record, in quaint. simple and
unconscious language, Of Life and the
victories of Life. No literary conceit OF
pride Of authorship, as we saw. No
style, long syllables and short syllables,
studied metaphor. or other critical or
linguistic machinery. Rough style, in
deed. You know the Roman Cardinal
said he found it bad for his style, SO he
did not read it. Nay, no great logic;
DO system of metaphysics; no compact
method Of government; no treatise on
natural history no science of morals.
Will it tell us whether there is an ocean
at the North Pole ? No. it will not tell
us that. Will it tell us why God per-
mits evil? No, it will not tell US that
Will it tell US whether the soul of man
existed before he was born into this
world 4? No. Will it tell us whether the
body of man Is derived in direct descent
from the inferior races? No.
Then what will it tell us 2 1t will
tell us of the power of life; Of the
power of Gcd, the Life of the Universe,
over all the things which he made and
set in order; of the power of Man,
. whom God set to subdue the world, to
carry out that enterprise when he 10y
ally engages in it; of the power of
the soul, which is the life of man, to
-------~N-- ~PrOuI0 Vu1 IuInu vi man, anu
his body. IL tells how the Spirit of
God moved on the face of the waters.
1t tells how the inspiration of God led
Israel fIom bondage. 1t tells how the
sense of God lifted Israel from barba-
rism to command, and how, as Israel
lost God, she sank back to vassalage.
And such little history is accessory only
to the history of histories. the centre Of
history when, in the middle of this
book. four untaught men, in narration
whose quaint simplicity challenges the
criticism and the imitation of the world,
describe some incidents in the life Of
Gods own Son, who had no life and
but Gods life, and Obeyed no lesser law
In those fragments. there is the triumph
of the great Personality of all time
Lord Of Life, we call him wisely. Be
cause the Bible encloses the Four Cos
pels, explains, illustrates, leads down t
them and leads back to them; because
30 leading, it shows always that life i
always master, and that forms obey
forms, methods, law, fashion, and al
the outside-that these obey and mus
obey because the Bible is the book o
Life, and the book of the Lord of Life
because of this it keeps its hold upo
the world.-EdaOdrd Everett Hale.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-01

This summer our hearts were panied
as we read an account of young man at
Long Branch who was drowned in the
surf while his friends sat on the shore
looking on, utterly unconscious of his
peril. What must have been the agony
of that soul as he realized that his signs
of distress were mistaken for the playful
movements of the accomplished swimmer,
and his cries for help lost amid the roar
of the waves. What lifelong regret
to those loving friends, that they could
not have been aware of his suferings
and flown to his relief. That was one
instance, and we cannot forget it; but
multitudes of men are going down every
day into the gulf of intemperance. Over
come by their appetite for strong drink
they yield to the temptations which sur
round them and plunge headlong into
dissipation. When a man throws aside
all moral obligations, and ignores family
ties and the requirements of society, the
world looks coldly on and leaves him to
his fate. 1t has no conception of the
bitterness of his despair when. in his
sane moments, he sees his danger. mol
of his fierce struggles to free himself
from the entanglements of the monster
who has him in his clutches, nor of the
overwhelming sense which comes ovel
him of his weakness to grapple with him
To those who are practically engaged il
temperance work comes some idea
through the related experience of mel
rescued from drunkard's graye-of the
secret longing which lies in the heart o.
these poor victims to be free.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-01
CAN A MAN REFORM HIMSELF i?

Says John B. Cough: ga great many
men have said to me, can reform with
out becoming Christian; but l say
this, within my own experience. that
nine out of ten who try it will fail. A
gentlemen that know married into an
excellent family, yet got SO far abascd
that he could drink a quart of brandy
day; how he stood it no one knows !;
man of strong constitution, splendid
physique, but he drank his quart day.
He had lovely wife and three boys,
and one day he was in the house and
he said to his wife: Come, my dear, and
sit on my knee. She came and sat. and
then she said, If my husband didn't
drink, l would be the happiest woman
in the land. Well. he said, my dear, l
married you to make you happy. and SO
| ought to do everything to make you
so; and if that will make you happy, l
will never drink another drop as long
as l live. That was seven years ago.
He has never tasted drop from that
day to this. He had cut it off just as
clean as you would cut off a piece Of
cheese. That man had mighty will
but | want to tell you something else
Walking with him up Young street one
day, he said: You see that red saloon
l have gone two blocks out of my way
many time to keep out of the way o.
that. When | came in sight of it anG
began to feel queer, l would turn RICH
down Front street; but since | have GO
the grace of God in my heart, can g
right by that place, and if l find tn,
slightest inclination to enter, | can ejac
ulate the prayer, God help me, and l g
right along. The first was risk; tn
second was absolute security and safety.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-01
RECEIPTS.

SAUSAGE REoIPE.-Twenty-six pounds
of meat; two ounces of sage; three
ounces of pepper nine ounces of salt.
CoCoANUT BALLS OR DRoPs.-One
pound of grated, sweet cocoanut, dried
few hours in the sun or a very mod
crate oven; one pound of loaf sugar !;
the whites of four eggs well beaten !;
drop on paper Ghe size you like to
bake.
CRANBERRY JELLY.-Wash and clean
two quarts of cranberries add one pint
Of cold water, and place on quick fire
in porcelain-lined saucepan, stir &C.
casionly to prevent burning, when soft
mash through colander, add one pint
of sugar boil ten minutes, and pour
into fancy moulds.
A CHEAP DIsH.-Take a piece of
homeless Goldfish, as thick and white as
you can get pick In pieces and cover
with cold water; add an equal quantity
of peeled potatoes. Boil together until
the potatoes are done and then mash
we'll.
In small saucepan melt large
tablespoon of butter, stir in an ever
tablespoon of flour, and when mixed
until smooth add half pint of rich
milk, and salt and pepper to taste. Re
move from the fire and add gradually &
beaten egg. Return to the fire and still
for minute or two. Pour on the
mashed fish and potatoes and send tx
table.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-01
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