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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

THEY are fighting keno in Calves
ton; aud it is saic it must go. Tt
ought to go in Galveston and every
where else.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

The beautiful ruins of Melrose Alb
hey have been carefully restored
during the last few weeks by the
Duke of Buccle.uch, to whom they
belong.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

THE Pacific railroads owe the gov
eminent just about an even 100000
000
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

T OST.-Land scrip certificates Nos. 44s4 and
Fe railway company by the commissioner Of
the general land Office on the 2Sth day Of SEP
tember. 1881. If not returned within ninety
DAYS application will be made TO the proper
authorities for duplicates.
MiDD0X BROS. & ANDERSON.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

PENDLEToN will, most probably,
succeed himself as United States SEN
ator from Ohio.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Fstraycd by b. C. Booth, before Fritz Tege-
ner, j. r., on September 49, 1888, tile following
described animal. to-wit: One dun MAJ g,
branded JaR o on left thigh, and thus, T ON
Il I
altO&VY on left thigh.
Given under my hand September &c, 1923
aug4-w3t FRANK BROWN. Clerk.
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THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.

O'DoNNELL's health, it is said, is
declining under the effect of imprison-
anput
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

NH OCHILTREE is after the ap-
pointmcnt of Judge Sabin to the va
cant federal judgship.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
[oFFICIAL.l
LIS f OF LETTERS.

List OF letters remaining uncalled for and
advertised in the Postoffice ut Austin, Tex,
for the week ending SATURDAY, October
20, 1888.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

One gray mare, about is hands high. A brown
mare about IA hands high; three one-year-old
colts, last spring; the colts branded b (sepa-
rate letters), with bar over them. Gray
mare. branded T NJ, ami the brown no brand
Liberal reward for Information leading to re-
cOvery.
j. II. BERRY.
ocl3W1m Mahomet BIIrnet county Tex
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

NOTICE Persons owning cots sired by
In Frank de Conde are entitled to compete
for $50 premiums. Show to be at the MerreI-
town Grangs meeting, On the LIST Saturday In
No o,em crd)- {. A. GRAVES.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

ESTRAYED. by II. N. Baker. residing
u eleven miles south of Austin, before +.
September 10, 1888, one iron gray mare about
six years old, about fourteen hands, high,
branded III on left shoulder. One red roam
fourteen hands high, branded OK on left thigh,
has two colts following her. the two-year old
colt branded Bill on lef shoulder, yearling I'M
branded. One sorrel mare about thirteen
hands high, about Dine years old, branded O3
on left thigh One bay mare ten years old,
branded So on left thigh. One bay mare seven
wears old, about thirteen hands high, branded
O-3 on left shoulder, with one yearllng colt fol-
lowing her. One paint mare about ten years
old, about thirteen hands high, branded Q on
left shoulder with a sucking colt All 6p-
praised at 500. FRANK BROWN,
Clerk County Court Travis County.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

PACKAGES.
Bibb, Hi L Balser, G
Crockett, L II Mrs DeavotIrs, NJ A Prof
Gaines, j L Gaffl ey, TT
Merchant & Co Means, j NJ DR.
MenZer, Ides Miss Paine, r b
Roach, j j A Rev Smelser, &c
Skirk, A RodigneZ Victoria de
Turner, r NJ Taylor, &C
Wear, Lee & Co
To obtain any Of these letters the applicant
must say advertised" and give the date of
the list If not called for within one month
they, Will be sent to the Dead Letter Once,
Washington, d. C.
JIG. DEGREES. Postmaster.
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FOREIGN DUE LETTERS.
Domenico, Ticozzi ROsenvuest, Hulda
Loahnstram, G j
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-22
Defective Seeds.

AS farmers, gardeners and florists are
about preparing for next springs plant
ing, little talk about defective seeds.
and how far seedsmen are responsible,
would be in season. There are many
reasons why seedsmen cannot and
should not guarantee seeds to grow. The
condition of the soil-too dry or too wet
planted too deep or too shallow, ETC.,
are defects the owners of the soil are
unwilling to acknowledge as the cause
of failure of seeds. And yet these are
the most prolific causes which
would financially ruin any scotsman
who made an indiscriminate guarantee
that the seeds sold by him would germin-
ate. Apart from this, there are an album
dance of inducements to prompt seeds
man to exact the most dilige nee to fur
nish the best quality of seede. The pros
Peddy Of Sa e psent. On this
great seedsmen of the United States
have attained, thst such colossal for
tunes have been made. Iut no seeds
man can risk guaranteeing the vitality
of the seeds he sells.
But there is one thing all seed stores
ought to do, and which ia no more than
reasonable which they should be com.
PEELED to do, and that 10 to be held q
sponsible for the seeds being true to
name and to be of the improved quality
they repre- ent them TO be. This may
be hardship in some cases, but it is so
important that seedmen should al
ways know with whom they are dealing
and know them to be reliable men NOR.
ally and financially. In olden time this
was not SO important, as there was but
little advance in the improved quality of
vegetables, flowers and field seeds. Now
this question is the all important one,
and q failure by wilfulness or careless
ness Of q scotsman, shoule be visited
with the severest penalties.
oferass seeds to eerminate. Much 81
this is caused By the changed manner in
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-22

which grass seeds are harvested and
threshed. The olI-fashioned way In
which blue grass seed was gathered was
with large hand comb, with which the
seeds were combed from tho standing
blue grass, deposited in basket, and
then packed for sale. Timothy was cut
with cradle, bound in bundles, and set
up in ricks to bleach in dews and sun.
preparatory to being threshed. In This
way they were thoroughly dried, and in
no danger oftheir vitality being de
stroyed by mold.
Latterly grass seeds are raised in much
larger fields, SO that the owners could af.
ford to procure the new-fanpled
machinery Tor harvesting and threshing.
Even in Iowa farmers are devoting farms
of from 1900 to 5000 acres to producing
grass seeds. When the seed is ripe and
before 1t is so dead ripe as to scatter
from the head, 1t is cut with 4 header.
and either hauled to tho thresher or to
the stack. In either case it is SO damp
thatit heals in the stack or in bulk after
threshed and cleaned. And NO amount
OF care or precaution will prevent it's vi
tally being seriously impaired. And q
!age amount of the failures in timothy,
Glue grass and clover to grow when sown
can be traced to this cause. A farmer
just beginning cannot avoid buying seed,
but old farmers who get caught with poor
commercial seeds of this kind are not to
be pitied. They should raise their own.
But while seedsmen cannot guarantee
this class of seed, vet they should as far az
possible discourage the present practice
of Wholesale flooding the markets with
defective seeds.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-22
Swiss Dairying.

Our consul at Zurich Mr.. 8. Fl. M. By
ers, in an interesting official report on
Swiss dairy farming, indicates the high
dairy qualities of the Swiss COWS by sta
ting that at the international cattle show
in Paris in 1878, every Swiss cow exhi-
bited bore off prize, although there
were competitors from England, Hol-
land, Denmark and other famous cattle
and milk-producing districts OF Europe;
and yet "those fine milk and butter-pro-
ducinganlmals ofSwitzerland are fed only
feeding on grain. bran, meal, oil cake,
ensilage and boiled fodder, so greatly re-
lied on in England and the eastern parts
of the United States for large products,
are either unknown or never prac.is ed
in that country. Swiss COWS are kept in
low, dark and warm stone stables, with
walls two feet thick. not only all the win
ter, but frequently all the summer,
their owners urging that the dis
comfort of confinement in warm wealth
er is compensated for in the exemption
from flies which harass animals running
in pastures. All the feed is taken to the
animals. In the summer they are given
as much fresh cut grass as they can eat,
and in the winter about thirty pounds
of hay a day each. A Swiss acre of grass
land on the lake of Zurich is worth three
hundred dollars to four hundred dollars,
and it is estimatrd that one and half to
two acres produce sufficient grass, green
and dried for one cow. The milk is sold
by farmers at two and one-half to three
cents quart by wholesale, and the u.s.
ual yield is two gallons to 1.-THE COW, the
year round. At these rates well-man-
aged dairy, stocked with COWS, worth
ninety-dollars to one.hundrsd and twen-
ty-tive dollars each, and worth three
per ". cent on the Investment. ooq DaiTV
hands are paid ten dollars month and
board, and one hand is expected to take
care of twelve COWS.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-22
IA RIM AND HOUSE.
Agricultural Items.

= 4 ~
Far, mers tryingt to make living of worn
out la nds must stop selling their calves and
pigs, sand sell fat oxen and hogs instead, and
they will soon see an improvement in the
fertil1 y Of their land aud in their bank &C.
count
AT q Nebraska horticultural meeting the
memba~s were invited after adjounmIsnt to
eat OF the apples exhibited, and all bvlt four
TOOK the Ben Davis variety, and yet In quail
ity it is not frst-rate.
Ordinary cattle can be bred without
horns by raising the skin. over the
horns as signs of it fist appear on the calf
and by applying hot iron. Ulen the flap
should be restored, the little. wound soon
heals, and the owner has a ps,lled animal
in prospect, from viii Oh it is said. hornless
cattae, can be bred without any repetition of
this operation. The operation is also
stated to be much less painful and danger
ons than cas:ration. The happiness of
p0lled cattle is likely to make them pop.
ular on the plains. where such cattle are
desirable, if anywhere.
Ashes are valuable es "a fertilizer, and
should be stored in Sec ire place as they
accumulate in the, Winter. To throw
them out on the s,aovf or earth ia both
wasteful and nntidy-. A barrel in q fence
corner IS better ths!n nothing, but an ash
pan OF brick or stone is the safest and
cheapest. Disastr els fires often originate
from carless ha Aaling of ashes. 4 smoke
house; that IS, IN ash pit with room
ABOVE 1or no ding meat. while being
smokeG, IS convenient, If not essential
out ou'lolng N every wellregulated farm.
Inc editor: of an eastern agricultural
journal ssSS "1n the course of ride Of
rye miles, ina good farming country in
MT! etts lately, we saw three now
; ing m nae dnes standing out in the snow,
JIhst on WV re their careless owners LIFT them
summt 4, If we were making or selling
mowr az machines, we should be tickled
10 oe 4th when we saw The farmers rusting
Gut their tools mQfe in one winter than
meg could wear them out in three sum
m Ars. :.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-22
Domestic Recipes.

BEETs AND CARROTS small heets
are boiled and cut in slices and served
In saucers at dinner, great addition
may be made by slicing some boiled car
rots with them. Do not cook the carrv,,s
and beets together, but in separate ket-
ties. Served together each gains and
neither loses. This is novel wav Of
serving them; try it.
RABB1Ts.-Rabbits, which ara in tho
best conditions in midwinter. NAV he
frlcasseed like chicken. in white or brown
sauce. To make pie, first stew Til ten-
DER and make like chicken pie. ~
roast, stutfwith dressing made Of ..>. ~
crumbs chopped salt pork. <1 ,eaa-
over with a little butter ~ ups rub
few slices of pork, add = pun on 1t
mash'ed ED no ;'nt nas'e often. Seryo with
Cuoco1 ."~ ~ Ind current Jelly:
suoar ona- xAKE.-Take two cups of
If hntte. cup OF sweet milk, half cup
two 4, two and one-half cups of flour,
ir, legs. and three teaspoonfuls of bak-
, chocolate, mix with one-half cup of the
cake, then marble through the whole.
Lady Fingers made after this recipe
are very nice for tea; they should be
eaten while fresh. Rub half pound of
butter into pound of flour: to this add
half a pound of sugar, the grated rind of
| one large lemon, and lastly, thee eggs,
the whites and yokes beaten separately,
and the whites stirred in after all the
other ingredients are we'll mixed to-
| gether. This dough. if properly made,
will be stiff enough to make rolls about
When in the oven So that it " will 9 be Of
the right size and shape. If you wish
them to be specially inviting dip them
in chocolate icing after they are baked.
Take pains to- see that the icing is so
hard that it will not run, and set the
cakes on plaster in cool room until
the icing is firm.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-22
Sargent 8. PrenCfss.

In the "reminiscences of IAN Old
Fogy," published in the Louisville Cour-
Ter Journal, the following description ID
given of Sargent S. Prentiss: "Mr.
Prentiss was rather below than above
the medium size. and lame in his right
leg from infancy. His chest, neck and
shoulders were uncommonly full, erect
and well developed. His features, taken
together, were distinguished for manly
beauty, and marked by an expression Of
qnmistakable kindness and benevolence.
His convivial habits were we'll known to
his contemporaries, but they never
caused him to neglect any importan; bus
mess he had on hand. He was always
himself at the bar or on the stump. No
man was ever more beloved by his init
mate friends, and most worthy Was he
Of their affection. No pen can describe
the charms of his conversation in mo-
ments of relaxation and social inter-
course. The effect of his eloquence still
lives in the memory Of those who en-
ioyed the rare happiness Of hearing
him. ..* S. - -. =
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-22
A SuffOcating Cough,


In q letter from Mrs. Charlotte Lisle of Chi
cago. lady we'll known rs a contributor to
the Western press, she ascribes the cure of q
dangerous cough, accompanied by bleeding
at the lungs, to Hale's Honey Of Horehound
and Tar. my cough" she says, threaten
ed to suffocate NE, but the Honey Of Hore-
hound and Tar, has removed every trace of
it."
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute
Scalps tormented with dandruff or scald
head are made healthy with Glenn's Sui
phur Soap. Ofall druggists.
HIPS Hair and Whisker Dye, black or
brown. fifty cents.
Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic for adults
travelling, a wine-glass full may be taken
three times day with great advantage. Its
tonic and nutritlve qualities are sufficient to
sustain the body without the addition of
soil food. 1t is no recommended by the
faculty, as the best remedy for consumption,
debility loss of appetite, weakness, indiges-
ton, dyspepsia, fever, ague, malaria, and all
female and children's maladies.
CAUT1oN-See that the signature of T. Col
den is on each bottle, as limitations are on the
market.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-22
tons, ana within I'VE minutes after the
had all been decoyed below and quietly

tons, ana within 11ve minutes after the
seven men stepped on our deck they
had all been decoyed below and quietly
secured. @@s , s &.
The boat was veered astern by the wrap
and the maintopsail filed on the wind,
Just as if we had made arrangements for
days "gam" according to the frequent
usage of whale ships on cruising ground,
Of course, our partner followed our lead !,
keeping company without the least sus-
picion, The remainder of our plan to
regain possession of the ship could only
be carried out under the cover Of dark
ness,
were ironed and placed in the run for
safe keepine, where they chafed under
CONTINENT, totally unable to free them
selves OF to make their situations known
to their friends. After dark we hove to
and set light in the rigging, which was
at once answered by another from the
Newcastle, as she closed with us and lay
under our lee.
Away went boat from us in charge OF
our mate, with picked crew, while a
short distance astern of her followed an
other. with Captain Watson and his whole
party. The ruffian who was in charge OF
the bark calling himself mate of her, was
amused by the first-comers with story
that his captain made a bargain for a
quantity of gunpowder and tobacco, and
that our mate had been sent for the
money in payment. Suspecting nothing,
he invited his visitor below to drink and
enjoy himself awhile. Our men man
aged adroitly to engage the attention OF
those on deck, and the second boat was
almost along side in the darkness before
her approach had been noticed by them.
The alarm was given by the cry
<'Boat ahoy!" Tut too late. As she
touched the side, her crew sprang up te
assist ours. forming a superior force with
all the advantages of surprise. Nc
Gregor's lieutenant was knocked dowr
by our mate in the cabin. The few mer
who really mad any heart in the mutiny
were quickly d. posed of, and in les:
than two minutes from the time the
boat was hailed, the quarter deck Of thu
Newcastle was in possession of her for
mer officers.
McGregor and the other principal in
the revolt, still ironed were carried to
Sidney for trial. Az our season was up,
we kept company with Captain Watson,
and made our port there, were we wera
literally rewarded by the owners of the
recaptured vessel for our share in the
business.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-22
Edison Saws.

In the course of an interview recently
Edison gave the following result of q
long extended series of observations on
the ways of mankind: ''There is moth
ing succeeds in this world unlessit is
awful, awful practical-so practical
that mule can run it. rem ember
Der once going into printing office
and seeing case which had been
carefully distributed by a compositor.
Some of the boxes were heaped up too
half enough in them. I Thought I would
equalize the distribution; but soon
found what out what q mess I had made
Of itand that my theory of equalization
was not in accordance with the practical
workings Of printing office. Since
then have been very careful to keep
my fingers out of other mems cases.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-22
The Southern Problem.
ethOrpe. IN New York Sun. I Z

Some of the mulatto and quadroon
women are very handsome. / tsmem:
Der between twenty five and thirty years
ago scene which has often seemed to
me fit subject for d great painter Of f.:
male beauty, as Sir Joshas Reynolds. In
a family of friends whom was then Wis.,
iting there was young lady who wac
very often called the most beautiful
woman of tho state in which she lived.
One etehing there wab ali >atist0ctatte
wedding. and she was to be bridesmaid.
The carriage was waiting for herself and
her maid, who was to 60 with her young
mistress and add some touches to her
toilet, when the o Id father of the young
lady sent request that she would come
and show herself to him before going,
she was a very fair, blue-eyed blon de,
one of the most beautifully formed
women ever saw, with an exquisite air
Of high-bred grace, and lovely express
sion Of gracious womanhood in her face:
She wore foamy dress of white silk and
lace. Her servant, a mulatto girl of the
same age, entered the room with her.
The girl had soft dreamy, dark eyes,
delicate features, and a somewhat path
etc expression of. face. She wore some
bright plaid stuff and white apron, and
as she stood-near the door she held ex-
tended the crimson wrap of her young
mistress, ready to envelop her. I never
saw two women such a foil to each other.
There was tender friendship between
the two women. An early battle of the
civil wat made the beautiful blonde a
widow, and she had the constant SYM
pathy and service of the mulatto, both as
' t i
The oil friendships are fast passing
away, and new ones are not forming
The new nurses do not care for the chill.
dren as they did. The writer has lived
In the house where there was needed a
nurse for baby. Ore who was tried
was trim young girl who had been
schooled at the university" She was
not unkind, but the relief of the mother
was great wher> after much inquiry, an
old soft-spoken low-country, "niammy"
was found to take care of the child.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-22
CHAMPIONSHIPS KITCHEN.


Silence reigned IN the darkness,
But out from the fireplace old,
Up to the darkening rafters,
There shot CLEAN Of gold.
lighting the face Of the dial y,
On the ancient family clock,
Showing the chairs and tables
Ofgood old Puritan stock.
The tins on the dresser shining,
The sand on the whitened floor,
And grandfather's flint-lock musket,
Above the high-latched door.
The spinning-wheel in the corner,
The silhouettes on the wall,
And shining upon the dresser,
Decanters straight and tall.
The shadows danced and deepened,
The corners filled with gloom,
The sparks died out on the hearthston
And darkness filled the room.
IN " Trihnna
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-22
How Women Of Good Sense Dress
Against Cold.

Against Cold.
Clara Bell in Cincinnati Enquirer.
Zero weather has compelled ub to look
after our underclotking. We have thrust
ourselves into two or three sets of fan.
nels at once, like man beating hotel
by walking out with his whole wardrobe
on his back. It is easier this winter
however, to keep warm than It used tc
be- for it is fashionable to wear thick
underclothes. Many objected at first to
anything except dainty. muslins Under
meath their outer carmen 9, but the use
OF colored silks leads the Wav to fiannnls
next the skin, and then to burkskin.
Inc latter material is now made up in
70 small, close shirts and Snug drawers,
Wnlcn are exceedingly COM
Portable. Those with the small
Hydrocarbons are most wholesome.
Inc outside, with or without sleeves, has
long been used under cloaks or dress
waists, and may be had with a flannel
ilnlngs a more convenient garment of
DucksKln IS an under 'kerchief,' such as
the hannel ones worn to protect the
chest an.t Shoulder blades. This extends
IN r,ofnt to the waist before and be-.
mad, and does not fill up the waist Of
the dress, as the vests do that extend
all the around tho waist. The buckskin
skirt SO long used by the English women
were introduced here last winter; to be
worn over a flannel skirt and under
other clothing, in order to keep them
clean. These are light and greater
warmth than is produced by heavier
wool skirts and may be had with scarlet
flannel for lining or for the outside as
wearer perfers. Colored flannel pet
ticota's are used for winter in varied
weights according as the wearer requires
more OF less heat beginning with the
light opera flannel Of pale blue,
rose or scarlet, made with three or four
tucks neatly feather-stiched and an edg-
ing of embroidery, up to the warm Sha
ker flannel skirts, for which only sir
gle breadth of flannel is needed as it
measures Two and a half yards in width !;
these come in bright scarlet, and are
pretty when trimmed with the crocheted
lace ofscarlet zephyr wool. Anew fam
mel, in which eider-down is said to be
woven, is used this winter. It is made
in plain skirts of white, red, or light
blue. Hahd-knitted skirts are to be hau
in nice qualities and pretty waved and
shell patterns. A ruffle of white flannel,
embroidered and scalloped in colors, or
else tWO narrow founces similarly trim
med, are the popular trimmings for the
white flannel petticoats. A deep yoke Of
the flannel double is preferred to a
waistban3 for flannel skirts, as this fits
more neatly.