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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-05

The Rev. A. M. Woodwork, pastor
of a church at Otisville, New Y DIRK,
lost himself the other day, and was
found by an acquaintance in Port
Jervis totally oblivious in bar-room
trying TO play cards with an apparent
loafer. The acquaintance told the
people of Otisville about it, and the
next Sunday when the pastor went to
his church to preach he found the
doors closed against him. He car
ried his sermon home and re-
fected upon the story about him,
of which he had heard Whispers.
He confessed this much: That
he' had suffered from malaria
and had taken quinine and whiskey
ut home. the jug whiskey having
been furnished by u member OF his
congregation. One morning after
the jug-medicine he walked out for
exercise, and the first thing he knew
he was on board of railroad train
with no definite knowledge of how he
got there or whittier he was going.
He got off at Port .Jeryis and remem-
bers going into saloon-nothing
more. His trip home is also blank.
Malaria WIS the cause of his moral
alteration and his people will forgive
him.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-05

Much sickness prevails In the Ohio
and the upper Mississippi valleys
lately covered 10y overllows.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-05

ABOUT the middle of April Mr..
Gould will make a tour over the
Southwestern roads, accompanied by
Mr.. Russell Sage.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-05

A wastern doctor, who was arrested
because his patient died, has just
been acquitted by "a coroner's jury
out there on the ground that he did
the oest he could, giving all the
medicines he knew the names of.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-05

DCesn w tAC n ~ arAttEs
Which hide between the gums and
teeth, and eat into them TO their de-
struction. SoZODoNT Is master of the
situation. Whoever uses IL regularly
after every meal, and cleanses his
teeth and mouth, will soon be rid Of
the parasites.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-05

Call and be convinced that you can
buy fancy goods Of us as cheaply as
staples. j. & s. KOPPEL.
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No Leader

No Leaders.
We use no leaders of any kind to
deceive the public.
m29-1md-w J. &. s. KoPPEL.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-05

Will you suffer with dyspepsia and
liver complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer
is guaranteed to care you. For sale
by Fincklea 81 Ralston. 1.
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Can IL he True 2

Austin Cor. Fairfield Recorder.l
The contract was barely ratified in
the senate by vote of one majority.
1t is charged in Austin that $1,000
were spent in the senate to get that
one majority. 1t is believed, however,
that the house will not confirm the
lease, and thus throw the contract
open again for better terms to be
made by the state.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-05

Catarrh cured, health and sweet
breath secured by Shiloh's Catarrh
Remedy. Price 30 cents. Nasal in
jector free. For sale by Fincklea a.
RaIst0n. 3.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-05

Straw hats and summer st2
coming In style now. and pl
kers are getting interest
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-05

Sleepless nights. made miserable by
that terrible cough. Shil0h's Cure Is
the remedy for you. For sale by
FinckIea q Ralst0n. 2
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-05
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,


House met at the appointed hour.
Speaker Gibson and a quorum pres
ent.
Prayer by the chaplain.
Mr.. Workman introduced the fol-
lowing:
WHEREAS, A doubt exists in the
minds of many members of the house
as to the propriety of continuing the
state fish commissioner by making
appropriations of money for that pur-
pose; therefore,
Resolved, That a committee of
three be appointed to investigate the
status as now constituted and its re-
lation to the state, the probable
amount necessary for the successful
execution and report all matters APP
pertaining to the fish commissioner as
will enable the legislature to act ad-
visedly on the subject, and that the
committee are authorized to send for
persons and papers in the transaction
of the duties herein imposed.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Foster, of Limestone, intro
duced resolution to the effect that
owing to the absence of a number of
members it is impossible to secure II
fair expression of the house on any
question; therefore,
Resolved, That ali leaves of alb
sence extended beyond Thursday,
April 5, are revoked, and that the
sergeant-arms be instructed to tele-
graph absent members and request
their attendance after that date.
Adopted.
NJ. in @Lo
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Death 20 the ParasItes

Legitimate Prices
For one and all, at j. g. s. Koppel.
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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-05


To amend section 3 of article of
the constitution of the state of
Texas.
SECTION l. Be it resolved by the
legislature of the state of Texas,
That section 3 of article Z of the con-
stitution of the state of Texas be so
amended as to hereafter read as fol-
lows:
SEC. 3. One-fourth of the revenue
derived from the state occupation
taxes and poll tax of one dollar on
every male inhabitant of the state
between the ages of twenty-one and
sixty years, shall be set apart annu-
ally for the benefit of the pub
lie free schools, and in addition
thereto, there shall be levied and col
lected an amount ad valorem state
tax of such an amount not to exceed
thirty cents on the one hundred dol
lars valuation, rs with the available
school fund arising from all other
sources will be sufficient to maintain
and support the public free schools of
this state Tor a period Of not less than
six months in each ar; and the leg
Is|ALorc 1na{ als9 ro<lde for the
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22
How to Grow Early CABBAGE.

SOW the seed a! the kinds wish 10 grow in
February. or first of March. in small shallow
hnxes in forcing pit. hot-bed. if these are moi
Ia br had n sunny window of the house will do
The boxes Use are twenty fuaT inches three
inches deep; made of unc-iHch boards The
kinds of early cabbage generally raise are Ear
IN Jersey Wakefield hest il pure) WinuInsstadt
Early Summer aud Fosters Early Drnmhead
The inst for eSrly. the other tUo far second ear
ly. only treated the first two ~ above stated;
the second early saw in common hOt-bsds from
the first 10 the 18th Of March. After the seeds
sown in boxes, say 18th of February are IN and
about three inches high, it is necessary to trans
plant them in other boxes. like those they were
snwn IN, nbont two inches apart each way: or
pat one plant IN each pot. and pots close togeth-
CT in boxes. treating the same a. f in boxes
Pots are better than boxes. and | use them
largely. About one week or ten DAYS before
planting IN the garden, they musi he hardened
OH 10y exposing gradually, night and dav in the
open air. ] set "nt NV plants from the 18th Of
April ia the LIST of May. The plants which ar.
m the boxes are taken in the boxes tn the part
Of the garden where the ground is ready To
plant. Take garden reel, stretch out straight,
take plants on; of boxes with care 80 that the
soil will stay on the roots. Plant Wakefield
twenty inches in nwS and Early Summer the
same: the other kinds twenty -fnnT inches The
rows should he thirty inches apart. 81 that a
caluVatur can be used. Early radish lettuce
spinach, etc, can can lie Sown between the cab
bage rows aud he ont before the cabbage needs
all the room. After the cabbage celery can be
grown on the same ground. In this way other
vegetable plants can lie raised to advantage In
fact, have raised at the following with success:
Early caulinower, early lettuce, early kohrahi.
early saNory, early celery, early beet. early to
matoe>, early squash. aud early rucumbeTs
GHTdeR,r's HoHtkiy
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22
President washington

General Washington being now sin season."
as the hotel bills say, 1t may he useful to re-
member that he was not the prepOsterous and
solemn old prig that Parson Weems and various
other well-meaning but mendacous people have
made him ont to be. There used to be long
faced item going through the papers to the ef-
feet that the man who never told a lie never
laughed either. The story ran that an old
''body- servant" of the Generals, Of whom he
must have had greater number than there
were soldiers in the revolutionary army, stated
that he never saw WashngtOn's lips parted in
mirth-that he did all his laughing INSIDE
But now hear Mistress Dolly Madison, who told
the following story to n little girl many years
ago: Gone day in Philadelphia was sitting in
my parlor with a very dear friend, Mrs X. Il.
Lee, when in walked Payne Todd Cher som
dressed in my calico gown. While We were
laughing at the figure he cut the servant threw
open the door and announced General Washing
ton. What Ia do with that dreadful boy, |
didn't know. He cond not face the President
in this gIrb, neither couid be leave the room
without meeting them, for the ,loonr they
entering was the only one. made him crawl
quickly under a low, broad Setiee on which
was sitting. / had just time to arrange the
drapcTy when the Washington's entered. After
the cOurily greeting, and the nsu1l compliments
Of the season, there came from under the settee
heavy sigh, which evidently attracted the
Generals notice. However, I only talked and
lauged a little louder, hoping 10 divert his at
tentiOn, when-Oh, mei-there came an outcry
and kick that could not he ignored. So |
stopped down and dragged Payne ont by the leg.
Laugh, Why, he fairly roared! He nearly
went into commissions. The sight of that boy
in that gown, also unexpected coming wrong
end first from under my seat-it was too mich
-fhieagO IR.eT-UcedH
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22
Washington's Market Cart.

On the Goth of April Braddock left Alexan-
dria. On the 9th of July, he fell. Washington
filled the mountain passes with troops, and kept
off the French and Indians from the town that
trembled and grew. When the French power
in Virginia broken, he married, and ''soei-
ETY. was ehagrined at IFS early experiences Of
his married life. Parson Weems tells us that
alexandria, though small, was lovely, but bsd
no charms for the palate. By tobacco its neigh
bors had made money. They then began to
look down on the poorer sort, and to talk about
families. of course, such great people could
not run market carts. Hence the Belhavenites
often sat down to dinner of salt meat and
johnny-cake. But when Washington brought
the wealthy widow Custis to Mount Vernon, a
market cart was constructed, aud twice q week
sent to Belhaven with fat things that amazed
the lean market. Country gentlemen dining in
town wondered at the change of fare, and thus
1t was discovered, to the modification of some
sf the little great ones, that Colonel Washing
ton ran a market cart" Society" then, il
proud was plain; for Washington writes in
his diary of ball in Alexandria, in 1860, wberu
northumberland served as table-cloths, and
bread and butter with tea, (which the drinkers
cOuld not distinguish from hot water sweetened,"
made the bill of fare, and in his disgust he
writes it down "a bread and-b ball. r-Har-
per'S Mggg-ige
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22
A Love Affair Wound Up,

Il should smile.
As Bertha Redingote spoke these words she
lay cOquettishly in q hammock that had been
swung between two giant oaks that reared
their tall heads alOft in the broad lawn, at the
edge Of which stood her fathers stately resi-
denee. A little foot, enmeshed in a silken
stocking, whose delicate texture displayed to
advantage the trim ankle within, peeped ont
from beneath fieecy, white dress, while the
laughing eyes and fair forehead of the girl were
surmounted by coronal Of sunnily- gold tresses
Of which any hair store might have been proud.
80 You like ice cream said Harold Mcln-
tyre, bending over the hammock, and looking
tenderly INTO Berthas blue eyes.
Il should smile" said the girl again. getting
ready TO put on her slipper and start.
You are right said Harold. HIce cream is
a good thing. Perhaps some day next week,
will buy you some"
The look of happy expectancy faded from the
girls face.
what time is il 2" she asked.
Ten minutes to G." replied Harold.
'Then," said Bertha, 'if yOu start right
away, you will get home in time for supper
Chicago Tribune.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22
Warm Feet. and HOW to Keen rbem So

A correspondent of the Imeriean .iqricHIiarist
furnishes that paper with the following re-
marks ON warm feet, which remarks are admra-
bly, calculated for our Latitude:
ITO 20 with cold feet is to undermine the
constitution, aud this half the women and girls
are doing. They have the habit of cold feet
and the accompanying habit of i'll health think
home-k knit stockings are not very fashionable.
Once no country gill was reckoned fit to be mar
ried until she had knit her pillow ease full of
stockings but it is not now. do not regret
that less hand knitting is done now than for
merly, bat hope shall notgve up wool
en- stockings for winter until we can replace
them with something better. Merino or the
common ''bOnghten" white wooden stockings
are rather thin, but some of us supplement them
with an additional pair of cotton stockings
wearing the cotton or wooden pair next the feet.
individuals prefer. Cold feet are often cans.
ed, at least in part, by too tight elastics or
bands at the top of the stockings. or by tight
shoes on the ankles. These interfere with the
circulation of the blood, aud there cannot be a
comfortable degree of warmth without a good
circulation and creation of the blood. Ny last
lesson in this matter came from baby's exper,
fence last September. Suddenly she contracted n
habit having cold feet, aud when warmed them
the skin seemed hard, and inactive, suggesting
the need of bath, when bath did not seem
necessary except for the feet. At length il oc-
CURED to me that her ankle ties had been too
loose. and just before we came home from
visit young lady cousin had set the buttons
back further to make the little slipper stay ON
better Ever since that change the slipper
straps had been too tight around her ankles, eS-
pecially after | put on wooden stockings. |
changed the buttons again, and her feet no Ion
ger got cold except i'll consequence of the
tual rigors of the climate. Some well-informed
persons object IN Congress saiters, the elastics
usually firm and close about the ankle
Only very loose CATERS are allowable, and these
may not be necessary when the stockings.are
worn over under-traweTs Carriers in the shane
of straps buttouing TO both waist and stockings
are most sensible for women as well as children.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22
By all Means Buy Tools for Your Children.

Buy tools for your boys, and if You have no
boys, buy tools for your girls. 1t will not harm
any girl ia learn TO drive a nail or saw in a
board, and 10 it well, and if she knows how, she
will, without any dOubt, many times find il con-
venient, no matter what may be her fortune in
life. For every one it will be a great advan-
tage tu cultivate mechanical skll-no one has
too much of it. Nothing will be handler OF be
acceptable on more occasions than to know how
to Use n few common tools. To begin with, the
outfit need not cost over ten dollars, but will
say twenty-five. For this he may buy a square,
jack plane, a smoothing plane, hand axe, a
hammer, draw shave, some dividers a bit
stock and half dnZen bits, a half dozen chisels,
a bench screw, a small bench he can make; a
few files, MILESTONE, a hand-saw, rip-saw, "A
screw driver Then with the rest of the SIS he
can buy little wire, assortment of screws a
few of kind, an assortment Of nails, and a
small quanty of pieces of board of various di-
mansions. The tools should be of good quality.
In little time some of these will be lost or bro
ken, but what of It'll So is money lost or thrown
away. Ii is profitable training for every one
to learn how to Use money properly. To learn,
they need to begin early under good instruction.
Twenty-Five dollars in money may he spent in
a thousand ways for things which will do less
good than the tools. Although this may seem to
some 4 large amount TO pay for tools, So would
he considered a small item inheritance for 4
young man. Then buy the children some tools,
and they will learn to make many playthings
for themselves and be less likely to get into bad
company. They will be happier, wiser, better;
they will have stronger attachment for home,
and.n greater love for parents, and these are
priceless fortunes. which cannot be lost 10y any
failnrr of hanks or depreciation in real estate
Rsrdl Nf- Yorker
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22
EQUAL to the Emergency.

newly arrived and singularly assorted coup
lie at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, consisting of a
Londoner and an out-and-out American West
ern man, stood watching the throng of people
coming and going at the marble counter the
other evening, and listening with surprise to
the endless number of quick questions made to
the hotel clerk about trains, rooms and individ-
uals, and his instantaneous replies, when the
Englishman broke out with:
Most extraordinary man; seems to know
everybody and everything-wonder if there is
any question about railway trains or any person
that he can't answerir
'I'll bet half dozen champagne I'll put him
a question about train he can't answer said
the Westerner.
Done! I'll stand six to see him go to grass, y
said her Majesty's subject.
well, here goes, then" and the Westerner
stepped up to the marble counter.
Say! You appear to know everything and
everybody; who is there that is going to hi,
and when'll the train start 2"
Charles j. Guiteau; starts Both of June,
sill" replied the clerk, looking the querist right
in the eye, without moving a muscle-Hotei
Nail.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22
A Scene in the Firs. Presidential Mansion

1t has become lately habit with many of
to look upon Washington magnificent pro-
per-, but rather wooden figure head of the ma
ton. There can he no donbt, from contempora-
~ records, that, ON the contrary, he eNertel
tremendous personal magnetism.
He was a clumsy, slow, heavy man; but with
a sad sincerity of great purpose in every word
and action. There was an indiscribable some
thing in Washington says one of his eOntempo-
raries. (which awed every man who come in
contact with him." We have many pictures of
this brilliant court of Philadelphia. but none
which please us 81 much the story of a girl
friend of lovely Nelly Cnstis, who spent night
in the Presidential mansion. when ten o'clock
came, Mrs Washington retired. and her grand
daughter accompanied her, and read chapter
and psalm from the old family Bible All then
knelt together IN prayer, and when Mrs. Wash
ington's maid had prepared her for bed, Nelly
sang soothing hymn, and, leaning over her,
received from her some words of counsel and her
kiss and blessing.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22
Chr fun Of the Ching.
A POPULAR OLD STORY.

Their lived once Planter,
With son his only love.
To whom. upon his birthday.
A bran new axe he guv.
The planter had garding.
An filed with apple trees
Which for the city market
He was irving for to reezr.
The boy he takes the hatchet
Quite Jolly and jocund;
And going to the apple trees
He chops them TO the grund.
The father called his seryants
And ranged them In q row;
Who has chopped down my apple trees.
and killed them root IND bow
The servants stand smazed,
All drawn up in a line:
Then comes a.running up to him
HiSconng and youthful sine.
I cannot tell a lie. papa"
The youthful boy began;
Twas ] that chopped the apple tires
Twas l. your little san
Now who, then, was this father
And who his fiial kin
II was the noble Bushrod.
Aud young G. Washington.
MORAL
Thrn whose takes a hatehiet
And apple trees chops down
II he lives lsng enough viii h.
great and pious mown.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22
He May STAY.

perfectly formed specimen of the tramp
yesterday called into a top-foor Office on Girls.
void Street, and on being asked his business,
he replied
Gould you spare half a dollar to a man who
wants to reach Buffaloi,
mo, SIR"
Could you spare quarteri"
mot unless he earned it,"
could he earn it
''fes, sir. There's ton of coal at the curb
stone which want brought up here
"A whole tonsS
That's what ! paid for
And four stories high
Yes, this is the fourth story
The man sighed heavily and was gong away.
when the gentleman called ont
We'll, what do You say p
Il can't promise, sir. I'll walk around the
block and consult my feelings a. to how bad
want to reach Buffalo. The more look at that
coal, the more think Detroit is the incest place
in the world to winter in
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22
Have a Physician.

Every man ought to have his family hysician,
just every man has his lawyer. his tailor or
his cohbler. Don't be feeling about in the dark,
and imagine this, that, and the other is the mat
ter; relieve yourself of painful uncertainties
and burtlening responsibilities, by consulting
your medical adviser, when you have any per-
siStent troublesome sensation. For the multi
tude of little symptoms which new and then pre-
sent themselves, the best plan is TO eat a little
less for day or two, take some recreation in
the country, or extra rest aud sleep and warmth
at home; and IN multitudes of cases, the symp-
toms will promptly abate and finally disappear
altogether. But if, in spite of rest and warmth
aud quiet, the symptoms remain unchanged ex-
cePt for the worse, then promptly advise with
your physician. and take nothing except by his
dictati0n. II you TO not attempt to mend your
watch an old shoe. surely the body, so
valuable to you aud so delieately framed, shonld
he put IN skiilfll hands when rrpairs are needed.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22

NEW WAY IN kEEP APPLEs.-Dr. Hexamer
says that some years ago when he had more an
pies than lac could store, he hired cellar of a
neighbor and put in II several hundred barrels.
When he came 10 take them out he found wafer
in the cellar four feet deep and concluded they
were dead loss, till he examined them. Some
weeks afterward he found them in excellent
eondt;ion, better than those which the water
had not reached. The result was ascribed to the
low temperature and expulsion of air. TO which
we would add a uniform degree of cold and free
dom from the fluctuations by air currents. We
suppose the water was near or at the freezing
point. An objection TO this mode of keeping ar
pies is the difficulty Of puttng it into practice
10 anv extent.-CsHRfrE Gentleman
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-22

DURING the war, Gen. Steele commanded the
post at Little Rock. An old Arkansawyer was
drawn up before the General on the charge of
shooting u soldier.
ed Steele
Il had right to shoot him. General.
Did he Insult your wife -
''Wussen that, Central"
Ibid he strike yon ~
"A heap wussen that"
What did he dor
why, Central, the emery euss sail that was
a uneddycated man. That was more'n could
put up with. He hit my darter with a churn-
dasher and said my wife was as homely as n
COW, but, Gin'ral, when he insinuated agin my
college trainin', couldn't stand it no longer
and lifted him."