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 third time U. s. Senator for Delaware on Tuesday.
 The Germans of Brooklyn, N. r., have resolved to hold monster Saenger- fest in 1885. It is believed that 20. 0.00C singers from all parts of the world will be present.
 An extensive wagon and carriage manufactory and a hotel at Neenah, l Wis, were destroyed by fire on Sunday, causing loss of about S100, 1000.
 The quarrelsome bands of the Creel Indians have not yet settled their diff culties.
 -The Legislature of North Carolins instTucts the representatives from that State in Congress, to vote for federal aid for State educational purposes.
 Two children of Tobias Gimp, aged four and six years, while playing with matches at Ocala, Fla, set fire to some fodder and were burned to death.
 Three county commissioners of Nor ristown, Pa, were arrested for allowing the water supply of that town to be pol luted by factories, etc.
 Four bodies stolen from cemetery vault were captured by She police in Montreal.
 Most of the railroads in Dakota and Minnesota were blockaded by snow fo1 several days. The storm was so severe that number of persons perished.
 "A fire at night in the old Planters Hotel of St. Louis turned all the guests into the street in their night clothes, Two hotel servants lost their lives and g number of others were injured.
 A wrecking crew, of Cobb's Island on the Atlantic coast, are all dead or dy ing from exposure during their gsllan work in the last gale.
 The Board of Trade, of Portland Oregon, passed a resolution indorsine the shelling of an Alaskan village by the revenue cutter Tom Corwin.
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The Statesman and immigration

In changing the address of a num-
Der of subscribers to the STATESMAN
recently it was discovered thata very
large number were for parties who
had moved from other states to this
and adjoining counties. This led to
an examination into the subscription
books for few years back; and the
result spoke volumes in favor
of a well conducted, reliable
and tirst-class paper-especially a
weekly, as a means of in
ducing desirable class of immigrants
to come to a country. For the past
six years the number of persons who
lived in other states, and subscribed
for THE WEEKLY STATESMAN, and
then moved to Travis and adjoining
counties, as shown by the change of
their address ordered, is very large.
1t is not an eXaggeration to assert
that the STATESMAN has induced
more people to come to this section of
the state than has all other causes
combined. This should be a good hint
to property owners and others who are
interested in having an industrious
class of people settle here from other
states. Nothing could be sent to res
idents of other states that would
speak in higher terms of Texas than
the argument of "a copy of that man.
moth sheet, THE AUSTIN WEEKLY
STATESMAN. Single copies ready for
mailing can be procured at the count
ing room of the STATESMAN Office,
five cents each. at any time. The
number just published to-day is of
unusual interest. Now is a good time
to subscribe for paper for 81 that
gives more reading matter in year
than is contained in twelve volumes
of Appleton's encyclopaedia, and they
sell for S72.
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The Lady Is Right.
tCourierJournal.,

A lady employed in the treasury at
Washington has written letter to
senators and congressman Directing
to the proposed dismissal of a number
Of ladies employed by the government,
whose salaries, at $500 apiece, foot up
about $4,000. She very pointedly
suggests that these women have rela-
tives dependent upon them for support,
and that it might DO better to
reduce expenses by cutting down
the large appropriation for stationery,
newspapers, postage stamps, barber
shops, boot-blacking, soap, perfumery,
hair-brushes and other articles lavish
~ procured for the personal comfort
OF senators and house members. She
also refers to the large quantities of
whisky, cigars, champagne and other
delicacies purchased for the use of
funeral committees. The treasury
lady is right. The expenditure of
$4,000 OF $60,OO0a year for personal
luxuries should be attacked by the
economists in Congress rather than
the salaries of needy women, who do
more work than the senators and con-
gressmen. The reform should begin
in the department of luxuries.
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The Care OF Poultry.

Few people realize the value of a
good flock of chickens, simply because
they have never given the chickens q
chance to show what they can do
Many farmer who keeps his horses
cattle and hogs in good warm barn
well fed, allows the poultry to shift
for themselves. This may do during
the summer months, but even then il
would pay much better to feed and
water regularly twice each day. Last
winter we kept half dozen Plymouth
Rocks in a good warm place, and
was surprised when our good wife
told us the amount of eggs we had
gotten from that half dozen hens, and
this, too, when eggs were worth from
20 to 90 cents per dozen. We are con-
tident from our experience last win
ter, that few dozen chickens
we'll cared for, will support a
good sized family, and that it will pay
every farmer to build hen house
with a Stat partition in it, so arrang-
ed as to keep small hard-cOal stove
burning day and night during cold
weather. We did not use stove last
winter, but did the next best thing,
which was to cut a hole through from
the men house into the hay NOW in the
barn, then place the sticks against the
inside of the barn, slanting them out
two or three feet from the bottom,
and then placed hay on top, thus Civ
ing the chickens place in the hay
NOW, and at the same time prevent
ing their injuring the hay. During
the coolest days the hens would
gather into this cave under the hay,
where they seemed to be as comforta-
BILE as if by good fire. This was not
very expensive plan. but it brought
eggs by the dozen.-Nebraska Far
mpr
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fever. it should be secluded until it is
aScertained whether the child has a
communicable disease. If diphtheria,
no one but the necessary attendants
should visit, and the latter should he
restricted in their intercourse with
Others. The same precautions should
be observed as in smallpox. Other
children in the house should be kept
from school. Children under ten
years of age are in much great
er danger of taking the disease, and
after they do take it of dying from it,
than are grown persons. Contagion
should be avoided by those whose
Threats are sore or weak from any
cause, and they should not kiss other
people or touch their lips to the
same cup, pencil, pen, whistle, etc.
Clothing Worn by a diphtheria pa
tient should be destroyed. All sewer
connections should be ventilated and
disinfected, and children especially
should not breathe the air of any
water closet, ceSs-pool or sewer into
which discharges from patients sick
with diphtheria have entered, nor to
drink water or milk which has been
exposed To such all.
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HOME, FARM AND RANCH
About Bees,


Jrmes Il. Mason, of Mechanics
Falls, Maine, takes cheerful view of
the prospects of bee keepers for 1888.
He thinks they are really encourage
ing, as an extremely good season gen.
orally follows an extremely poor one,
and IL my prediction proves true, he
VINO now continues in the business, or
enters the field, will reap "a reasonably
rich reward. That Bookkeeping will
compare favorably with any other
business in life, firmly believe; and
the reason why 50 many fail is be-
cause they do not properly attend to
their business. Men will give their
cattle and horses the best of care, but
when it comes to their bees they neg
lect them entirely, with the excep-
ton. perhaps, of hiving them when
they swarm and putting on and tax
ing OF boxes. What would men
expect of their cows if treated thus
poorly. The keeping of cows means
feeling three times Il day and milking
twice, to say nothing of cleaning
stalls and other work. Now, when
men are thus willing to care for their
bees, they will find they will give IA
greater profit than can be obtained
from cows or any other stock. Bee
keeping means work. and hard work.
too, and person ought to know how
To do things just at the right time and
!. III the right place. III order to make
1t profitable We want the best strain
of bees, the best hives and all the
modern appliances. Just as our enter
priSing farmer wants the best
breeds of stock and the latest I'M
prOvementS in farming. \ man
must also have love for the business,
and no one will ever be successful in
bee keeping who has no love for it.
1t Il person is not willing to spend the
time on bees they require, he had
better keep out of the business entire
ly, for sooner CT later he will turn
from it in disgut.
The ''foundat ION" which We have
referred to in II talks about bees"
samples of Viii h have been sent us
by Mr.. Cheney, is made of beeswaX,
stamped by III schinery which forms
the cell thick Ell )ugh for the bees to
draw out, and Asily make ready for
filling, thus saving the time which
the bees would otherwise eXpend in
secreting their wax, which Is the cost
hest part of the work that they have
to co.
Two equal swarms of bees, hived at
the same time, one in the old way, In
an empty hive, and the other applied
with foundation" to start with, the
latter will fill its hive with honey,
and store forty pounds to be taken
away while the former is filling its
hive. 1t would be profitable to use
Foundation" at cost of 81 per pound,
and to some extent at even S1.5O per
pound. rather than do without it, for
with bees as with human kind, ''time
is money" Another advantage of
Foundation" is that it secures
straight combs.
The introduction of an Italian
queen into a swarm of black bees
will soon change the whole stock to
Italian. because she lays all the eggs
from which the numbers of the
swarm are kept good.
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Getting His Money Back.

\ good story is told of a business
scheme of one of Austin's shrewd
merchants not long since. His name
was Haffemall, and he owned sheep
KIDDING and shent's furnishing house"
up on north Lavaca street. Haffe-
mall came in his store one morning
and said:
ABRAHAM, (that was his bOokkeep-
er and clerk) l solt Il pair of sleeve
buttons to a shenteelmanS de udder
day, and | can't remember who he
vas. Day vas marked dree dollars, and
cost me two dollars and six bits a
dozen. Ply gracious, of We don't find
out who bought dem so as We can
sharge dem up. We lost all the profits.
See If you can't remember who it vas,
Apram."l
"Vell. Mr.. Haffemall. vas peesy
ven you solt dot seefe buttons; put |
drinks it vas one OF dem Shmit pOys.
We will enquire of it"
"No; | tell you a goot schemes.
You sharge dose sleese buttons
nit effery regular customer
We hOf, vat wears such dinks. Und
ven. don't you see, you Gift de bill to
all dose vot don't puy viii kick like
Elishas, and you ogsplain de MESH
take; and de Won VOt says nOttingS
about it, he vas oil right. In dot way
We got desc three dollars, und no Won
vas wrCng. You see; vos going to
leave you de Freshness, Abraham"
Abraham grined at the shrewdness
of his boss, and then went and charged
those buttons up to fifty-two different
men, so as to be sure to find the right
one.
IIaffemall forgot all about the
thing after that until about the mid
die of the next month, after all the
bills had been collected. He then
went into the office and said:
40, Abraham, forgot about dose
sleef buttons. Did you got pay for
dem YETI"
"Ven, 1 guess l did once. l made
dose bills, and to shust fifty-two
men; and all payt for
dose buttons except Won man, who
said he netfer wore sleef buttons in
his life"
"Vell, dot vast purity goot, Apra-
ham. Dose vas goOt scheme. Shust
try dose on again vOnce; if people pay
bills it vas not our falt, and if dey
kick We can ogsblain it vas a meesh-
take. o, we must be up to peesh-
ness"
And Abraham went back to charge
a pair of 81 boots to twenty men,
while Haffemall waited on new Gus
TONER
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Entitled to the Profit.
IHoustonlPost.l


1t is the duty of the state to care
for her convIcts. They have sinned
against her laws; they have been pros
ecuted, condemned and imprisoned in
her name, and they are absolutely at
her mercy. She takes from them their
liberty and the opportunity of pro-
viding for themselves, and it remains
for her to care for them comfortably
and humanely. If this cannot be
done without loss to the state, she
should bear the burden; if a profit can
be made she Is entitled to it,
That surviving remnant of bar
barity, the "law of nature, y
does not sanction the TAX
ing of life unless to preserve our own
and when man is confined in the
penitentiary there Is no occasion for
experimenting any injury from him
That these unfortunates are hurried
into their graves by iIl-usage and
0verwork few will question. IL has
become customary saying, speaking
OF them, HE was sent to the peniten-
tiary and died" No complaint of
theirs reaches the public ear; silence
Is enjoined upon them by rule and en-
forced by shot-guns. Contractors are
warned beforehand of the visits OF
state inspectors and prepare for their
coming.
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He Wanted Work.

\ man came into the STATESMAN
office yesterday morning, dressed in a
suit of close fitting clothes, trimmed
with holes behind and splits and tri-
angles in front, and approaching the
head subscription clerk, said:
81 suppose you have road Henry
Georges masterpiece on political econ
omy, Progress and Poverty 2"
Cant say that | have" replied the
subscription clerk. as he handed the
Office boy a list of seven hundred and
eight new subscribers that had come
in Tor the mammoth weekly, and told
him TO give it to the mailing clerk.
We'll. sir; you should read it i'm
mediately. When he rises to the
sublime and SAYS that it IS all bosh to
talk about capital supporting labor,
when labor puts spOdduliX In the
burglar proof vaults of capitol. it
makes you feel that YOU are in the
preSenceUf genius; yes, great genius.
sir"
I'd like To raad it. then; for don't
feel that way now" said the II. ;. C..
"Eh? Never mind, sir; I'm not SEN
SitiVe. When | was the editor of a
great daily, it always delighted
me 10 have cultured minds come
in and discuss leading thinkers"
Been an editor, ha ?" said the sub
Scription clerk, as he added fourteen
new cash daily subscribers to the
London subscription list.
40. yes; and that reminds me,
came in TO see if you had vacancy
on your editorial staff. / would be
willing to accept the position of as
sistant leader writer until | could
show my abilities. and then | should
want to be managing editor, OF
course"
I'VE have two men writing edito-
rialS now"
Perhaps l could get on DIS para
grapher and telegraph editor? 2"
Just put three more'men on there
yesterday"
Yes? Then I guess I'll have to
take the exchange and news editors
place. though that would be coming
down for man of my genius and &C
quiremenJS."
Very sorry. your majesty; but
there is no vacancy on the STATES
MAN in that department, either"
How about city editOrY"
"Have five already"
Amt you got any vacancies ?"
asked the man of talent.
Not a one"
well, say. can't 1 chop you some
wood, them"
I'VE use coal"
See here, then. I'm hard up, my
culture and talent are not appreciated
in this country; and l have nearly
starved TO death looking for work
I'm bound to find situation until an
opening occurs where | can turn my
intellect loose. Can't you lend me a
quarter?"
NO, sir, l can't. The only man
who knows the combination of the
safe has gone off on tear with some
representatives"
And then the great intellect filed
out of the front door in a solemn
manner.
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FIeeces of Merino Sheen.

The report of the Vermont MerinC
sheep shearing association, at theil
late annual shearing, at Middlebury
Vermont, gives much interesting in.
formation. The show of sheep is
reported to be the best ever made in
the state, and includes representatives
of the best fiocks. A three-year-old
eve, with lamb by her side, holding
fleece of 1854 days old, sheared TWEEN.
ty-one pounds nine ounces OF wool
The carcass weighed sixty-fouI
pounds, thus giving percentage OF
33.1 of wool to the live weight. The
weight of the heaviest fleece from
rams three years old and over was
thirty-fiYe pounds ten ounces, and
the lightest fleece in this class was
from "a three-year-Old, and weighed
thirty-one pounds eight ounces. In
the two-year-old class the heaviest
fleece weighed seventeen pounds nine
ounces; the lightest seventeen pounds
thirteen ounces. In the class for
yearling rams, the heaviest fleece
weighed twenty-four pounds nine
ounces. The heaviest fleece sheared
from two-year-Old ewes weighed
twenty pounds two ounces, and from
yearling ewes the weight of the heav-
lest fleece was fifteen pounds five
ounces.
The following is the summary:
Fourteen rams, aged three years or
over, cut 377 pounds twelve ounces,
or small fraction less than twenty
seven pounds each; sixteen two-year-
old rams cut 3S1 pounds three
ounces; average 23.15; fifteen yearling
rams cut 1852 pounds three ounces;
average 1877; fourteen two-year-old
ewes cut 242 pounds two ounces; av-
erage ia pounds; fifteen yearling
ewes cut 1893 pounds twelve ounces;
average 13.5.-Exchange
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would pay an exorbitant rate of in
terest upon the money advanced to
make the necessary improvements to
successfully conduct the institution,
outside of paying handsome profit
upon the productions of the prison.
Not only from a financial standpoint
is the "lease system" to be condemn
cd, but also for the sake of humanity.
The lessees of convicts and penitentia-
ries go into it for the money there
Is In it. (And II there Is money
In it for them, Is there not just as
much in it for the stateO In order
to increase the amount of money in
these leases the lessees work the con-
victs beyond the capacity of the hui
imam system, and scantily feed and
clothe them. They are crowded to-
gether in poorly ventilated cars or
buildings, where they become fly
and filled with vermin. All this is
productive of disease, increasing the
mortality among convictS to much
larger per cent than it would be if
they were worked by the state upon
plain wholesome food. clearly clad
and in well ventilated buildings,
where their sanitary condition would
be better cared for. Because a man
has had the misfortune To become a
convict. il is no reason that the treat
ment of a human should not be ac-
corded him. In New York the prison
officials are now before a board of
investigation for cruelty to prison.
ers. This question is now agitat-
ing the people over all the land. And
the proper legislation should be en-
acted that its practice may be check
ed. We are well aware that in order
To control largo number of men
some of whom are desperate and
would not hesitate TO perpetrate the
most heinous crime--a severe disci-
pine must he exercised ON or them.
But this discipline should not culmi-
nate into barbarious and inhuman
treatment. If those who have the
power to check such treatment to
their unfortunate fellow men permit
it to be practIced, they must remem-
her that there comes time VIII en- an
account must be rendered, and that
these things will be remembered
against them. We can say. however,
that in no state in the Union where
the 'lease system" is in operation are
the prisoners as well provided for as
in Texas, or where their labor is as
light. Yet the 'lease system" is not
the thing for the state and should be
abolished.
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Farmer on the Ex-GOyernOr's
Peculiar Ideas.
. MANOR, Feb. 20, 1888.

MANOR, Feb. 20, 1888.
To the Editor Of the Statesman:
The old adage, "Never too old to
learn" is again verified. l have been
serving on juries for thirty years;
have aided in sending many thief to
the penitentiary, and until read the
testimony or argument of ex-Goy.
Roberts before the penitentiary COM
mittee, L always thought we were
convicting them, and that they were
imprisoned as punishment for crime;
but the ex-governor has enlightened
me. 1t appears that the object is to
merely keep them from being at large,
thus preventing them from stealing,
whilst the philanthropic agents of
the state are endeavoring TO teach
them the error of their ways.
have also learned that cowboys have
tender hands, but am inclined to
think this is Il new breed just come
into fashion. The idea of the ex-
governor that "a thief is too good
to "cut cord-wood" is original. 1
have seen within the last two years
hundred young men with as tender
hands as the cowboys" either cut
ting cord-wOOd or seeking an oppor-
tunity to do so. They perhaps curse
the necessity which compels them to
labor. but do not, like the pets of the
Old Alcllde, try to live by stealing
the hard earnings of honest people
As to the "tender handed" convict
"cursing the power that subjects him
to slavery" Qabor), l presume every
convict In our prisons, even though
he were we'll fed and not worked at
all. would course the power" that put
him beyond the reach of good horse
or fine bunch of cattle. The eX-gover-
nor says he promised those who would
reform 'to pay them by turning them
out" II Is wonder he has not
solved this knotty question of how to
manage convicts by turning them all
out, as they have no doubt refrained
from stealing ever since they have
have been confined, and will no doubt
keep their hands off of other peoples
property until the night after their
release. This idea of reforming
rogues Is Us visionary as that of col
onizing the moon, and all practical
men have long since ceased to hope
for any method by which to lessen
crime other than by making the pun
ishment terror to evildoers. As to
the convicts working on the railroad
in sleet and rain," somebody has to
repair the roads, and many
good and honest men were also
seen working on the railroad, and
also on farms, and cutting wood" in
the sleet and rain.
JUSTICE.
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Fish Culture.

As farm crop, fish can be made to
pay. Carp raising has been practiced
in Europe for years. In many parts
of the country they have their ponds
on every farm. Holstein is as noted
for its fish as its cattle. Carp is "ro-
tation" crop with wheat. The carp,
which looks like our buffalo fish, was
introduced into the United States in
1876, has been found to pay in other
states of the Union, and there is no
reason why it will not in Kansas. 1t
won't bite" and hence cannot be
caught By the boys. Can live in
stagnant ponds whereino other fish
will, and can be fed and fat
tened like hog. Boiled corn,
chop balls, potatoes, and all
manner of refuse scraps are accepta-
bic to him. The female is very pro-
lific-a single one containing half a
million eggs. Best to have separate
pond for breeding purposes. Would
not, at the start, place them in open
or running water, lest they be de.
strOyed by other fish, birds, turtles, OF
reptiles. Being sluggish or lazy
from having always been feed like the
cattle, they are easily destroyed by
their piratlcal foes. They will attain
length of ten or twelve inches in a
year, and are said. by those who have
eaten them, to be us free from bones
as IA cat fish, and as gamey in taste as
mountain trout.