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Uses of Charcoal.

Charcoal, laid fiat, while cold, on
a burn, causes the pain to abate I'M
mediately; by leaving it on for an
hour, the burn seems almost healed
when it is superficial. And charcoal
is valuable for many other purposes
Tainted meat, surrounded with it,
is swcetened; strewn over heaps OF
decompOsed pelts, or over dead ami
mails, it prevents an unpleasant odor
Foul water is purified by it. 1t is a
great disinfectant, and sweetens the
air if placed in trays around apart
ments. 1t is so very porous III its
"mipute interior,"it absorbs and con-
denses gases most rapidly. One GU
bic inch of fresh charcoal will absorb
nearly 100 of gaseous ammonia.
Charcoal forms an unrivaled poul-
tice for malignant wounds and sores,
often corroding away dead flesh, re-
ducing it one quarter in six hours.
In cases of what we call proud flesh
it is invaluable. 1t gives no disa-
greeable odor, corrodes no .metal,
hurts no texture, Injuries no color, is
a simple and safe sweetener and dis
infectant. A teaspoonful ofcharcoal
in half a glass of water often relieves
q sick headache; it absorbs the gases
and relieves the distended stomach
pressing against the nerves, which
extend from the stomach to the
head. rf .......- r
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SAN ANTONIO.
Especial to the statesman.l

DESPERATE FIGHT WITH DEsPERADoEs-
NEWS FROM THE WEST, ETC.
SAN ANTONIO June 25.-The fol-
lowing dispatch was received from
Stockton June 25th: "Last Sunday,
on the Pecos river, near where the
railroad was being graded, Mr.
Krempkau was shot at and narrowly
escaped the ball. II passed through
his clothing near the abdomen. The
assailant is supposed to be BILLY,
the KID who has been figuring in
Arizona and New Mexico. Reports
by the people living on the Pecos
are that the kid has been seen and
has from fifteen to thirty men with
him, and has fine horses and is well
Equipped with the necessaries for
camping. 1t is expected they may
cause trouble in this section.
Information has been received
here of the appointment of Mr..
w. Young, successor to j. Friedland-
er, postmaster at this place, and the
change is quite a surprise, as it
seems that Friedlander has efficient
ly performed the duties and been
very accommodating in office.
Crops in this section are very
good. The yield of cereals this sea-
son is far greater than the
previous year and will average
twenty-five to thirty bushels to the
acre."
H. G. Buhl, of Detroit, Michigan,
! is here to invest $4,000 in an i'm
proved horse rancho in west Texas.
Pat Kavanaugh returned to-day.
He says work is vigorously pro-
crossing on the Texas g. Pacific, and
will be completed by fall.
A party left here to-day to test
the international bridge across the
Colorado river at Austin.
News reached here to-day of a
desperate fight, near what is known
as Tordillo Hill, between Mccoy
of Gonzales and posse, and band
of LaSalle county desperadoes. One
of the latter was found dead in the
road, and soon Fred House, OF
Karnes county, was picked up with
bad wound in the right thigh, and
thought others were killed. They
had with them fifty head of cattle
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BERGH has just discovered that an
old and cruel system of improving
the quality of veal sold in the mar
kets"has been in Practice in Wash
ington for some time. This is known
among the butchers as whitening
veal," and ID done by bleeding the
unfortunate calf slowly to death, SO
that it remains IN torture sometimes
for twenty-four hours. The result
is that the veal produced is exceed
ingly white and tender, and. com
mends a fancy price. Mr.. Bergh
promises to move at once on the
butchers thus violating the S. P. @.
A. laws; and everybody will cer-
tainly wish HIM success in his cru
sade on barbarous practice.
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Especial 70 the Statesman .

UvALDE, June 24.-The corner
stone of st. Phillips Church, tn,
only Episcopal Church west of Sar
Antonio, was laid this afternoon BY
the Masonic fraternity. in the
presence Of a large concourst
of people, many arriving
from neighboring towns and
ranches. The orator of the occa-
sion, Rev. DIR. Stanley, to whom the
credit of the undertaking is largely
due, delivered al eloquent address
The weather was propitious, the
handsome regalia of the Masons,
tire gay dresses of the ladies and
the pretty family groups who sought
tho shade of adjacent trees.
made a pleasing and picturesque
scene. Appropriate hymns were
ably sung by DIR. Stanley's choir.
There will be a meeting of citi-
zens in the court house this evening
to further the erection of Masonic
hall and high school, for which lib
eral sums have been subscribed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-06-30

ACCORDING to the New York Star
Tammany proposes to make the
Fourth of July memorable by cele-
bration that shall revive the ancient
glories of the natal day of the re-
public and remind the world that,
although the corrupt Republican
party has disgraced the country, yet
the Democracy of jefferson and the
spirit of '76 yet survive to redeem
the errors of the moribund Republi-
cans and restore the presidency to
the grandeur which it lost when it
was profaned by Hayes and polluted
by Garfield. Every honest man, ir-
respective of party, will say "Amen'
to this patriotic effort. g.
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The Tnrf. FYeld and Farm says

THE TNrt; Field and Farm says :
"At Yuma, Arizona Territory, a
gunsmith is the fortunate possessor
of a rare firearm. 1t is a double
barrel, one smooth bore, the other
rified, of Damascus steel. By touch
ing a spring the strap band is lifted,
and a bayoIiet is thrust into place.
The gun is engraved in gold. and
bears the Lone Star of Texas, and
the name of General Joseph Green"
Probably some of the readers of
the STATESMAN may be able to
throw more light on the subject. If
so, we would be pleased to hear from
them.
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THE English House of Parliament

THE English House of Parliament
did really adjourn to attend the
Derby. Web. Flanhsgan's effort to
adjourn the legislature to look al
the circus procession was not adopt,
ed, but Web. saw the pageant in
spite of the failure of his resolution
Web. Flanagan has English blood,
or Irish, which. is the same, in his
veins.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-06-30

ADELINI PATTI values her chin
music very highly. She was offered
5000 a night for fifty nights in
America, an extra sum for NicOlini
and all expenses paid. She refused
it, demanding $1,000 for each night
upon which she appeared.
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IT seems that the greatest crime
Conkling has committed, in the eyes
of the Republican party, is giving
up his Office and relinquishing a large
amount of patronage. His party
could forgive him for anything else
but that-it was 80 entirely foreign
to Republican ideas and principles.
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% A dispatch from San Antonio says
tSome three years ago full account
was given in the NeeoS of difficult
surgical operation on the child of s.
T. Lumley, a printer ofthis city. The
child had swallowed concentrated
lye, which had closed the throat, and
the child was starving for the want
of a passage through which to pass
her fosd. DIR. Herff made an incis-
ion through its side and into the
stomach, and placing therein tube,
passed the tube through into the
stomach. In this way the child was
not only kept alive, but thriyed and
grew for three years. A few days
ago the child was chewing some
dried apples, and piece become
lodged in the throat, and in its et-
forts to extricate the same it was
worked down the throat through
the food passage tothe stomach in
its natural way, and from that time
it has begun to take its food again
in its natural manner, and can now
dispense with the tube in its side.
The case has been published all over
the world in medical publications,
and its termination is as remarkable
as the operation was difficult and
extraordinary"
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Is 1T not strange that while some
of the Republican organs are con-
demning "bossism," they do not, in
some degree at least, act impartial I?
Why condemn in Conkllng what
they endorse in Blaine? Maine is
more cursed with machine govern
ment than New York ever was, yet
not a word is heard from these great
Garfield reformers (0 ON that point.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-06-30

THE use of fertilizers in some of
the southern states is rapidly in
creasing from year to year. Fhe
amount of manufactured fertilizers
shipped to that section for the five
months which ended May 31st last
was 1885 tons, against 20,381 tons
shipped during the corresponding
period in 1871. The amount of crude
phosphates shipped from Charleston
and Beaufort for the year which
ended May 31st, 1881, was 266, 748.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-06-30

NERVOUS DEBILITY. Vital Weak
ness, Prostration from Overwork or in
discretion, is radically and promptly
cured by "St. James Vitalic Pills." They
renew the vigor of youth and are posi-
tive cure for Spematorrhea, Impotency,
Sexual debility, etc. Price one dollar and
fifty cents per box, sent by mail by the
sole agents, Lobdell Chemical Co., st,
Louis, Mo. For sale in Austin by j. w.
Graham. ja26 dAwly
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Peddlers of the revised New Tes-
lament do tolerably well in cities
and large villages, but make hardly
any sales in the country, where any
alteration of the sacred book is gem
orally regarded as awful iprofana-
ton. The pious women of Welden,
Iowa, chased an agent out Of town,
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CHARLESTON, s. c., June 22.-A
special from Darlington says the
trial of 4. b. Cash, who killed Sh an
non in duel, was begun here to-
day. The evidence for the state
was the same as on a previous trial.
The defense put forward Col. Shan
mons second, who testified there had
been no effort at a compromise on
his part. Col. Cash was placed on
the stand, and said he had wanted to
fight Shannon to get revenge for an
insult to his wife. Solicitor Dargan
spoke for the state. Judge Citteron
then charged the jury that the crime
of which the prisoner stood accused
was murder, the essence of which
Is malice. The killing was admitted,
and the jury must decide ifthere was
formal design to take the life
of the deceased. IL has been argued
that because the law has been al
lowed to sleep, it has no force. This
is not so. The law has never been
abrogated. 1t is alleged this duel
was fair, but self-defense is no plea
where one has purpose. The Of
fense can not be condoned because
Shannon participated in IT. The
killing in a duel is murder and the
penalty is death. After reading the
testimony and again charging the
jury as to their duty on the case, the
judge closed and the jury withdrew,
They will probably be out all night.
CHARLESTON, s. c., June 22.-At
late hour last night, the jury in
the Cash duelling case, returned q
verdict of not guilty.
WASHINGTON, d. G., June 22.--
The following table shows the total
product, in pounds, IN the leading
tobacco states of the United States:
Kentucky, 100000; Virginia, s0,-
100000 Pennsylyania, 37,OO0,0O0;
Ohio, 36,OO0,OO0; Tennessee, $1,000
600; North Carolina, 27,O0O,OOO;
Maryland, 28,O00,O00; Connecticut,
IA, ,O00, 900 Missouri, 100000; Wis
consin, II, ,000, 900; Indiana, g, 1000, 600:
New York, $500, 900; Massachusetts,
{, 100000; Illinois, 5000, 900; West
100000, l I1I0si
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SAN MARCOS.

DRUNKEN ROW AMONG MExIcANs RE-
sULTING IN DEATH.
Especial to the Statesman.l
SAN MARCOS, June 25.-A diff
Guilty occurred here this evening
among Mexicans, resulting in the
shooting and instant death of one
of them. The murderer attempted
to escape, but was pursued and cap
tured by officers. Cause, too much
benZlne.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-06-30

A. L. Davis, Judge of election. at
Dsnville, Virginia, charged with OBJ
'structing voters, was acqui' tied,
the United States district ~ ddge
finding the evidence insufficient e to
sustain the indictment.
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fspecial to the statesman.l

SAN MARCOS, June 24.-Judge
McAdoo, of BRENNAN, is here, and
has been very sick for several days.
He is suffering from heart disease
and has been in a precarious condi-
ton for several days past, but is at
present improving. ..es
Business is good for this season OF
the year. Many strangers are here,
and new arrivals by every train,
The hotels are doing a good bust.
ness, and altogether, everything in.
dicates good times ahead.
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lopccial 10 the SLateshhn'I
LAREDO, June 25.-The city coun-
Gil has granted TO Governor Hunt
the privilege of laying the street
railway, and establishing a tele-
phone exchange. Work is TO begin
within four months.
1t is hot and dusty, but healthy,
Plenty of strangers.
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Papa; rtJohnnie, give Willie the
SOLDIERS. eYon know the big should
always give way to the little ones"
Johunie you're always felling
me that papa; butT don't remem-
Der your ever giving way to me-"
This is not original with the STATES
MAN.
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Father O'Connor, who is about
to depart on o mission to America,
has letter from Archbishop Croke,
commissioning him to proclaim, ev-
erywhere in America that the Irish
people are determined to carry on
the present constitutional agitation.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-06-30

At a picnic near Decatur, Georgia,
thirty-fve persons were poisoned
from eating chicken salad, some in
gradients Of which were cooked In \
brass kettle. All suffered severely
none died.
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A Methodist presiding elder has
been on tour through the White
river conference In Arkansas, and
finds many settlements where there
has been no preaching service since
the war.
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A company of Atlanta capita lists
have been in Conyers for the pur-
pose Of purchasing the paper mill
property and converting II into q
cotton mill. ruia
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q
THAT heavenly procession, which
has been attracting so much atten-
ition in the east for the last few
mornings, does not look much like
the forerunner of evil, but so many
regard it. Here is what Mother Ship
ton said, as TAR back as the fifteenth
century: '
Carriages without horses shall 60,
~ And accidents fll the world with voc.
ID Around thelw0rid thoughts shall fiy.
In the tvinkling Of an eye.
Water shall yet more wonders do,
e. Now strange, yet shall be true.
ID, The world upside down shall be-
- And gold be found at root oil tree
Eii Through hills man shall ride
Id q. And no horse or ass shall be at his side
Under water men shall walk
SHAH ride, shall sleep, shall talk
In air men shah be seen
n "a In white, in black, in green,
Iron In the water shallhoat
- AZ easy AZ q wooden boat
I'D Gold shan be found, and fouad H 2
- In a land that's not yet known. r- III.
Fire and water shall wonders do
5fJ England At last shan admit Jew
lo, The world 70 an end shall come frff..f.f
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one
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Do you ache suffer from rheumatism
for murcuria- polsonfs. g. DiAl osrs 70
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FROM LAREDO.
Especial to the statesman.l

STREET RAILwAY-TELEPHoNE EX-
CHANGE, ETC.
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ESTRAY NOTICE

State Of Texas, county OF Travis, April 8, 1881.
To the Honorable County Court OF Travis
announce the following eetrays, to-wit One
black mare, 0or f2 years old, iax hands high,
branded JS on the lcit thigh, also LEVI on the
right shoulder. Also one hay, 3-yeAr-ol ally,
branded IS. Also one a-yearold dun horse,
brand rs with half circle ab0ve-the II being
scripf. w. III. HOLLAND. :
leia wSt County Commissioner. d
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Especial to the statesman.l
WACO, June 25.--David Kemp,
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Descriptive Circulars SENT FREE.

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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-05-28
The Golden Fleece.

Since 1909 our improvement in the
sheep that ploduee clothing (fne) wool
has been very great. Then 81 per cent.
of unwashed wool TO the live weight of the
animal was the standard in 1864 the
best recorded yield was p per cent, and
the heaviest fleece 81 pounds. Three
rams bred since 1873 in Vermont have
yielded 27.3 per cent. of unwashed wool,
vhile the average weight of the heeces
was 341 pounds. The fneness Of the f.
bre equalled that Of the Saxon super-elec-
ia. Breeders Of Australia and South
America are importing these animals to
improve their foeks. The secretary of the
National Wool Growers Association has
lately taken 200 of our sheep TO Japan
for the Government of that country. We
have made equal progress in the produe-
ton Of long eombiog wool, or mutton
sheep hus6andry. In 1860 very little
long combing wool was raised in Maryland
and Kentucky, and the proprietors of our
worsted mills had to 60 away from home,
chiefly to Canada, for 100000 to $780,
900 pounds annually, the impression ihen
being general that these woods could not
be grown in this country. Now Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maine and other
Sta ties are producing, it is estimated, TO-
600, 900 pounds annually-equal in quail
ty to the best English wool Wool yield
ed by eross-bred Merino and mutton sheep
is held by the manufacturer to be OF great
value, producing a co mbiDg wool that
gives softness and cloth like character to
onr fabrics not found in those abroad, as
admitted by the best London and Paris
tailors.
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Ghe Garmter.
Care Of Horses Legs and Feet.

The Veterinary Editor of the Prairie
Farmer makes the following reply to
correspondent upon the above subject:
1t is a well-known fact that horses will
work and remain sound for many years,
with legs apparently much out of order
Enlargements take place in the sheath ct
tendons after strain as also from blows,
where the parts become lined With thick
coat of lymph; and sometimes the body
of the bone itself is found thickened from
a deposition of bony lamina over the orig
inal bone. When all this has been in
progress, we question the propriety of any
active measures, unless, as is generally the
case, a feeling of soreness is exhibited after
work by shifting or favoring Of the limb
or limbs in the stall, or by "feeling
manner of going, on first being taken out
of the stable. When the legs are really
calIous little impression can be made upon
them, unless by active measures; but rest
and proper attention are the best preser-
natives of these most essential members OF
the horses frame, with the friendly auxil-
iaries of hot water, flannel bandages and
freedom in a box stall, after severe work,
and good shoeiDg at all times. Provided
no internal disease attacks the feet, they
will not only be as sound and healthy, but
in better form, from having been properly
shod, than if they had not been shod at
all. Some hoofs, however, having great
er disposition to secrete horn than others,
and thus called strong feet, should never
remain more than three weeks without
being subjected to the drawing-knife Of
the blacksmith, and the shoes properly re-
placed. Neithersheuld stopping with damp
tow be omitted; as moisture, not 'oet, is
beneficial to the health of the foot Do
what we may, however, horses that are re-
auired for work on hard roads, or to $50
the PACE, will always be more or less sub
iect to diseased feet, quite unconnected
with shooting. The action Of the hinder
legs of horses remiizds US of one useful
hint to those who have to use their horses
on long journeys. If we follow we'll
formed horse, with the free use of his
limbs, on a road upon which his footsteps
are imprinted, we shall find the hinder
foot oversteps the fore foot in the walk,
but falls behind it 10 the slow trot. Ex-
elusive of relief to the muscles by the
change of action, then, it is safer to vary
the pace from walk to a slow trot on a
tourney. as causing less fatigue TO the hook
Joint, by which curbs and spavins are fire.
auently thrown out. Add to this, the
slow trot is the safest pace horse goes,
because his step is shortest.
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The Farmers Garden.

The garden is not luxury only, but a
necessity TO the farmer who wishes TO have
an attractive and healthful bill Of fare !;
and it seems very strange, indeed, why ii
is so badly neglected by many farmers.
One reason, however, | think is, that it IS
usually in some corner near the house,
and 50 small, aud planted in such a man
ner. that all the labor of wedding and hoe
ing has to be done by hand. Now, | be-
lieve in large garden and in planting the
rows the whole length, leaving space
enough between the rows TO work cult
vator. By this method most Of the work
eau be done by the horse, and in such a
garden it is a pleasure TO work, while IN
the old fashioned one of Que or two rods
square, Is is a baek-aehing, disagrceable
lob. aud no wonder it is left to grow up
to weeds.
The location Of the garden Is Of great
importance prefer a gentle slope to
the cast or south, so that the young plants
may receive the sun early in the morning
II should net be very steep, for if it is,
much damage will de doue BY the rains Of
summer; and IL should also be protected
from the north and west winds, by high
fence, or evergreens set along the border.
Many people never know the luxury OF
a good vegetable garden They live from
youth to old age without learning how TO
manage one. They never taste the best
products except at the tables of others.
People are too apt to forget to plant a sue
cession Of vegetables. The soil must be
rich. the land we'll cultivated every week
or oftener. We need not here sepeat the
special directions for the time OF sowing
aud the treatment of each vegetable. Ey-
cry seed catalogue gives these directionsi
and catalogue can be had for a postal
card. Plants which thrive only in warm
weather must not be put out too early.
Wait till the sun comes out hot Toma-
toes. squashes, sweet potatoes, corn, egg
plants, viii grog then as if by magic
Rural NeIc Yorker.