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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22
Why Reporters Don't Contribute.

An old newspaper man of Austin
was commenting on the article we
published, a few days ago, in reference
to the erroneous ideas the public
formed of the reporters work. He
called especial attention to the para
graph that told of everybody think
ing that reporter "dead-headed" into
everything. The old newspaper man
said that there was only one exception
to this idea, and that was in the case
of the man who engineers the contribu-
ton plate at church. He said that the
latter gentlemen, no matter how well
they knew reporter to be reporter,
and that he was at church in
a business capacity, they were no res
pector of person on that account, but
showed the plate right at him. and
frowned as much as to say: young
Teller, if you know what is good for
your eternal welfare, you had better
put in something" This D. n. NJ.
said that he knew church reporter
who regularly attended church in a
strong religious community; and that
the continual drain on his purse by
having to put in or bear that frown
bankrupted the reporter. That re-
porter formed reportorial association
then to prevent church reporters from
giving at all while on duty, as a mat
ter Of principle. And all good church
reporters follow that custom to this
day; and they always go on duty.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22
Value of Pure Bred Fowls.

l.
The editor of the Poultry Monthly
says:
Our experience campels US to say
there IS no stock as productive as our
thorough bred; because they have
been bred in accordance with a sys-
TEN, and with the object in view of
peoduclng qualities of great excel
lence. 1t matters not what branch OF
the poultry trade you begin with
whether you breed the fancy varieties
for sale or exhibition, the heavier
kinds for the food market, or the me
dunn size for their eggs alone.
Under the very best management
our pure bred invariably give better
satisfaction and prove more remuner,
alive than fowls not bred to any de
gree of excellence. But it is with
these as with all kinds of stock, or en-.
gaging in any enterprise or occupa'
ton, the interest and pleasure that
is awakened by the first step in the
right direction goes great way
to gain in much shorter time the
experience necessary to success
which only could be gained through
years of arduous labor and attention
if the wrong course were pursued in
the beginning. Poultry-keeping can
be made an auxiliary to other pur.
suits without infringing upon the
time of the keeper, and will bring in q
quick and handsome return for the
food and care given them. 1t cost:
no more to feed and keep flock OF
improved fowls than 1t does the com
mon sorts. 1t is a waste of time and
money to breed from poor stock, anC
it is the poorest economy to buy pool
trash, though represented to be a:
good as the best. Those who have
turned their attention to breeding an6
keeping up the character and excel
lence of their fowl stock, have salts
fed themselves of the importance o.
keeping good birds, and know thu
higher the quality the better the re
suits. and that they never will be, II
our generation at least, a drug In tn
poultry market.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22
No Smallnnx.

The STATESMAN is reliably informs
ed that there has never been a case OF
small pox at the Hord Hotel in San
Antonio. One Of the clerks at the
hotel was taken down with pneumo-
mia, and was taken to the Sisters
Hospital. The case afterwards deyel-
oped into small pox, but he remained
during his entire illness at the h0spi-
tai and WAS not at tho hotel. The
hotel, under the new manage So
admirably kept and the travelling pPi'|
lie need have no fears about stopping
| there. =
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22
Face Powders.

1t is necessary to raise a warning
cry against a mischievous statement
which has recently been circulated,
and has already done harm, to the eff
feet that arsenic in small doses Is
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22
Symptoms Of Scab.

1t is seldom the case that the first
attack of the acari is observed, even by
the careful superintendent, for the
mites are barely visible to the naked
eye, and their presence cause no par
ticular irritation to the sheep, until
they have been located in the skin for
several days. The earliest evidence
that sheep are infected with this
plague, is a certain restleSsness and
uneasiness, and unless the shepherd is
on the alert. this symptom is passed
by unnoticed: consequently the dis
ease is rarely discovered until it is
fully eStasiishea As it progresses,
about twelve D. - I.1u.sa
attacked, they arc dung Inef1-
selves against trees, fences and other
hard objects manifeStly to gain relief
from an irritating itching sensation.
An examination at this time will
show the following result-pimples
have formed and are filled with pus,
which by rubbing becomes broken
and in the course of a few days acrid
matter escaping from the pustules
dries and forms a scab, hence the
name OF this disease so much dreaded
by sheep breeders.
The parts chiefly affected are the
neck, back and flank; the belly and
legs being comparatively free from
these parasites during the early stages
of the disease. With the formation
of the scabs the sheep obtains no de
liverance from its misery, but the itch
ing continues with re-doubled force,
and in the vain endeavor to find some
relief the animal is noticed scratching
itself with its feet, biting at the parts
affected, tearing off the wool both in
this way and by rubbing, until it be
comes most woe-begone creature
denunded of its natural covering
mass of nauseating, fostering sores
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22
Poultry Notes.

If hens have plenty of coal ashes to
wallow in, in the hen-house, they will
not be annoyed with lice.
When you boil vegetables save the
water you boil them in, and use it to
mix your chicken feed with.
The product of the thoroughbred
game hen and full breasted Dorking
cock is remarkably fine, growing rap
idly to large size, and the flesh is de-
liciously favored.
Don't suppose that because corn is
high that hogs or poultry cannot be
protitably fed on it. Pork and eggs
are also high. The good feeder can
generally make it pay if he watches
all the modes for success.
Poultry suffer more from dampness
than any other cause. Therefore, see
that their houses are carefully con-
Stru' ted and the floors of them raised
several inches above ground. Provide
them with low pert b IS and feed them
regularly, and half the battle will be
Won.
Poultry houses should be white
washed, inside and out, two or three
times a year. Into the whitewash fol
the inside of the house put a little
glue or a teacupful of soft boiled rice
to pail Of whitewash, and also add
ten or twelve drops of crude carbolic
acid, as safeguard against vermin.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22
A Machine for Picking Cotton.

Mr.. Ransom, national statistical
agent for South Carolina, describes a
cotton picking machine, and believes.
from its success in recent field trial,
that the inventor, Mr.. d. b. Halle
ton, of Charleston, has solved the
problem of picking cotton by ma
chinery. The implement somewhat
resembles a long wagon on two
wheels, from whose naves motion is
conveyed by band or chain, horses
or mules furnishing the motive power.
The pickers are toothed steel discs
revolving between the wooden discs;
the latter prevent unopened bolls,
foliage, ETC., from ENHANCEMENT,
while the fibres of the blossom, drop
ping even but slightly between, are
caught, drawn entirely in, and taken
clearly from the boil by the teeth of
the swiftly turning metal. A revOlv-
ing brush removes from the teeth the
fibres, which fall upon an endless
apron and are conveyed to the body
of the machine. AS the machine
moves forward, V shaped device
converges the plants to the pickers.
The shaft on which the latter re-
wolves is inclined in such way that
the blossoms at any distance from the
ground are reached. Motion is also
conveyed to brushes on front of the
implement, by which sand and dust
are removed from the plant.
NEURALGIA AND RHEVMATIsM.-
A very simple relief for neuralgia is
to boil a small handful of lobelia in
half pint of water till the strength
is out of the herb, then strain it of
and add a teaspoonful of fine salt
Wiring cloths out of the liquid, as hot
as possible, and spread over part
affected. 1t acts like charm. Change
the cloths as soon as cold till the pain
is all gone; then cover the place with
soft, dry covering till all perspira-
ton is over, so as to prevent taking
cold. rheumatism can often be re.
lieved by application to the painful
parts of cloths wet in weak solution
of sal-soda in water. If there Is in
fiammation in the joints, the cure is
very quick; the wash needs to be luke
warm.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22


R.-What are the duties of the mas
ter in lunacy?
DR.. This duties are, on in
formation conveyed to him by
superintendents, to report twice
in each month as to the admissions,
deaths and discharges, as to the pro-
perty owned by the patient, or sup
posed to be owned by the patient, and
as to the relatives next of kin - that
is. brother, sister, father or wife-whC
under our law are supposed to con-
tribute to the maintenance of the pa
tient, thereby making our institutions
very largely self-supporting. He may
sell freehold property, he may estab-
lish a wife in business; he may see
that the children of the issue are pro-
perly cared for and educated. If it is
| a paying business, he may see that
| it is carried on for the benefit of the
wife or children; or if not, he may
sell the business and put the wife and
children in the best condition.
Rim other words, he becomes
| trustee?
DIR. T.-Yes, sir; for every insane
person in the country. There is no
fear of single pound or dollar of the
insane mans property going eStray
| He is under a very heavy bond to the
crown. But then, you must bear il
mind that our officers are fixed officers
and are paid such amount, as scientific
| or professional men, that it is not
worth their while to take a paltry
bride.
Besides, in his department, or in any
other department, where there arr
monetary transactions, the money is
paid into the treasury in the john
names of so many officers, and NJ
one officer can draw that out; it mus
be in the Joint names of all the officers
Again another check. / may go Il
my Office and find on my tables a not
giving me weeks leave of absenc'
and a gentleman in my chair; ant
consequently my books and account
have to be made up to the last night
No one can ever know when a per
son IS 70 be put In his chair.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-11
LATEST NEWS.

LONDON, Oct, Counsel for O'Donnell
have asked for a postponement of their eli
cnt's trial until November, and the request
will probably be granted.
The Russian Nihilists have issued procla.
nations sentencing the Gar 10 death.
The Students in tho st. Petersburg Uni
versity were the authors of the recent pnii
Jewish riots.
The Pope made an address yesterday. III
which he deplored the treatment of the Holy
See by its enemies.
The Swiss authorities have yielded to the
popular demand for the expulsion of the
English Salvation Army.
An Orange procession was attacked ia
Belfast by Catholics, and a desperate fight
ensued. One death has resulted from the
encounter.
Conservative journals in Spain are dissat
iSiied with the published apology. They ask
that the full text of President Greevy's com
m9nication be made public
eire at Frankfort Ky, oct, I, de-
stroyed the Keatucky River Hemp Mills.
Loss $S5,0 Goo
A large force is now at work on the Della
ware sections of the Baltimore and Phila-
delphia Railroad.
A fire at Memphis, Tenn, yesterday, de
stroyed a building occupied by b. Lowen
stein & Bros, causing total loss of about
$4,000.
The Eleventh Industrial Exposition in Gin
cinnati has closed. The total attendance
dnriug the exposition was $4,000. All eX-
penses were paid and good surplus left.
Mrs. Shaw, of Gatesville, Texas, being de-
rcived of her grandchild by her son-in-law,
saturated her clothing with coal oil, tied her
self to fence and burned herself 10 death.
The Rev. NJ. Ii. Houghton, who preached
a sensational sermon on the Rose Amber
murder in New Haven, has received notice
from his congregation that his services will
not be required after the 1st of April next.
Eighty-one missionaries have been ap.
pointed by the Mormon Church for mission
work in this country and Europe. Eighteen
are set apart for work in the South, where
the Mormons claim 10 be meeting with con.
siderable success.
At Dallas, Texas, fire was discovered in the
engine room of tho Teas Elevator and
Compress Company's bul,hhg, an immense
structure, occupying an entire square in the
business part of the city. For fifteen min
uics the flames burned fiercely in the boiler
H.. 4 h -, a. ~
rapidly spread TO all parts of the building.
In that portion of the building used as a
warehouse there were stored 1000 bales of
cotton, and in a very short space of time the
whole thing was one mass of flames. The
large compress opposite the elevator was
on fire at least fifty times, but was as often
extinguished.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-11
Washington Note c.

ine anti-Gquor- selling people are making
ers of the city, with the object of preventing
the issuance of licenses for the coming year
to as great an extent as possible.
1t is said by officers of the Postofice De
partment that the new postal notes are prov
ing great convenience 10 lottery companies
and to firms and corporations which have
been blacklisted by the department and de-
MED the privileges of the money order and
ccgistry system.
The Acting Secretary or the Navy has re-
ceiyed a telegram from Comm ndant Welch,
of the Pensacola navy yard, in which he says
there YVES one new case of yellow fever yes
terday--a man jus. from Alabama. Business
at Pensacola is prostrated, and merchants
are suffering greatly.
Inquiries from many persons as to whether
they could be compelled to pay for news
papers sent 10 their address without autho.
rity have called forth the following ruin
from the Postoffice Department "rhe lia.
bility of party to pay for newspaper must
be determined by the rules applicable 10
other contracts. When publisher, without
request from party, either expressed OF
implied, sends paper, the mere fact that
the party addressed takes the paper from the
postolfice does not of itself create liability
to pay for it. 1t takes two to make con-
tract, and one party, without the consent OF
the other, cannot make him his debtor"
The London Lancct is not in sym.
pathy with those who oppose the use
of common salt. "It is" says The
Lancet, "the most widely distributed
substance in the body it exists in
every fluid and in every solid and not
only is it everywhere present, but in
almost every part it constitutes the
the largest portion Of the ash when
any tissue is burned. The blood will
take up just 50 much and no more
than it needs, however much we eat
with our food. d."-Dr. Foote's N0nthly.
An able author says: pickles are
exceedingly unwholesome as articles of
food, and often cause acute dyspepsia.
Young ladies addicted to their free use
may be assured that they must certainly
part with their favorite dainty or bid
farewell to good digestion. Cucum-
bers preserved with salt and vinegar
are next to impossible of DIGESTION
Dr.. Foote's Monthly
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-11
Choosing q Husband.

Mixed with the humor and nonsense
Of the following selections are many
shrewd and valuable hints to those
voung ladies' whose minds are prone to
thoughts of love.
First catch your lover
Hold him when you have him.
Don't let go of him " ''''i' 0''i1
new one that comes along.
Try TO get pretty well acquainted
with him before you take him for
life
Unless you intend to support him,
find out whether he earns enough to
support you.
Don't make up your mind that he is
an angel.
Don't palm yourself off on him as
one, either.
Don't let him spend his salary on
you; that right should be reserved till
after marriage.
If you have conscientious scruples
against marrying aman with a mother,
say SO III time, that he may get rid of
her to oblige YOU, or rid of you to
obllSe her. as he thinks best
If you object to secret societies and
tobacco, it is better to come out with
your objections now than to reserve
them for curtain lectures hereafter.
II your adorer happens TO fancy a
certain shade of hair, don't color or
bleach to oblige him. Remember your
hair belongs to you and he doesn't.
lie very sure it is the man YOU are in
love with, and not the clothes he
wears. Fortune and fashion are both
SO tickle, it is foolish to take a stylish
suit OF clothes for better or worse.
If you intend to keep three servants
after marriage, settle the matter be
iorehand The man who is making
love to you may expect you to do your
own washing.
Don't try to hurry aproposal 10y car
rylng on filtration with some other
fellow. Different men are made of
different material, and the one you
want may go off in fit of jealousy
and forget to come back.
If you have love letter to write,
don't copy it out of a "letter-writer." J"
Ii your young man ever happened to
consult the same book he would know
your sentiments were borrowed.
Don't marry a man to oblige any
. third person in existence. 1t is your
right to suit yourself in the matter.
But remember at the same time that
love is blind, and little friendly ad-
vice from one whose advice is worth
having may insure you lifetime of
happiness or prevent one of misery.
In love affairs always keep your eyes
wide open, so that when the right man
comes along you may see him.
When you do see him you will rec
ognize him and the recognition will be
mutual
If YOU have no fault TO find with
him personally, morally, religiously, CT
any other way, he is probably perfect
enough to suit YOU, aud you can afford
to believe him, hope in him, love him,
marry him.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-11

Mr.. CHARLES w. MoRRIs, Eagle" Office,
Pittsfeld, Mas, writes, May %. 1888: "For
several months my wife's mother (Mrs Amy
BoyCe) had been in a very IrscaTioUs con Il
ticn with dropsy or Br.ght's disease of the
kidneys, and having used all me hods and
measures for her re toyation in the line OF
treatment by our leading physicians, and
having failed to benefit her, her family de-
SPARED of seeing her relieved, and gave her
mp TO die. Happening TO run across tie tes-
timonyof Mrs. Dawley, who had been cured
OF similar sickness by using Hunts Remedy,
We at once procured bottle of it, and CON-
nenced giving it as directed. After using it
three days she was so far improved that she
could get from her bed TO her chair without
assistance Ga rcumstance that had not hap
Iened for months). Previous TO taxing it
she was troubled more or less with short
breath, requiring n continuous tanning %
keep her alive. This gradually improved as
we continued The use of Hunts Remedy, and
on the fourth bottle she was able to set up all
day. She was bloa.ed terribly in both limbs
and body upward 10 the lungs. The ton.h
day the bloating left her bowels, and now she
is not swollen above the knees. Her kidneys
were very bad at the time, discharges beng
of bloody character and emit ng sicken-
ing odor. ] can say that the change in her
case has been wonderful, and Hunts Remely
has worked a miracle in her."
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-11
$1,OOO,OOO IN ASHES.
LII OF PITTsBURG IN MOURNING,

The Magnificent Exposition Buildings De-
stroycd by Fire All the Exhibits, Including
the First American Locomotive, DestrOycd'
The magnificent buildings of the Pitts
burg Exposition, on the north bank of the
Allegheny river, have been totally destroyed.
The immense structures, with their almost
every branch of art, science and mechanical
skill, which were yesterday visited by thouS-
ands of people, and since tho >1ening, on
September 9th, by hundreds Of thousands
are now a mere mass of splintered and pow.
dered embers and curled and tangled iron.
The destruction is complete, and nothing but
the site remains of the home of specimens
of brain and Drawn in which Pittsburgers
felt so much pride. The fire was first dis
covered at two o'clock this morning in tho
boiler-room attached 10 Machinery Hall, at
he south end of the building, aud before
the watchman could give an alarm the flames
had spread to Floral Hall, Machinery Hail
md the Main Building and III less than ten
minutes the buildings were on fire from end
10 end, and when the fire department arrived
On the ground the flames were beyond con-
troll. Nothing was saved, and the fremen
turned their attention to saving adjacent
property, many residences on South avenue
being in flames. BY hard work, however,
they succeeded in saving oil these, with no
more damage than the burning of cornices
and fences. Repeated alarms soon aroused
almost the entire population OF the two
cities. and 10 is estimated that not less than
1900 to 100, people witnessed the conila-
grafton. The reflection of the flames illumi-
mated the country for miles around. In one
hour from the discovery of the fire n mere
attenuated skeleton of q once magnificent
structure was all that was left. The exhibits
consisted of all varieties of our products and
industries, including many valuable relics,
among which was the Arabian" the old
locomotive of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, which was the first locomotive built in
this country.
The loss will probably reach S1Oo00OO
Secretary Patterson places the value of the
buildings destroyed ut S150,0G0, the insur-
ance being $40 COO. The exhibitors will sus-
tain less of about $SC0,Co0. An irrerara-
BILE loss, however, was occasioned by the de-
struction of the relic d. partment. The cash
value of the articles contained therein did
not exceed $1,000; but many cannot be re-
set of splendid instruments. In the safe
we're $4,000, the cash receipts from ycstCr
days admissions, and LeVy's gold cornet.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-11

The hoochinoo, SO called from its
first being made by the Indians of that
tribe, is the great enemy of peace and
order among these people. Govern
ment orders prevent the Importation
of whisky, rum, and the like, but the
ever vigilant officers cannot keep
watch of all the illicit stills that the
Indians set up in their houses or in
lonely spots in the woods. A deserter
from a whaling ship once taught the
Indians how to distill hoochinoo, and
the secret of manufacture has never
been allowed to die out. An empty
oil-can, some sections of rubber pipe
or the hollow stems of the long sea
onions furnish sufficient apparatus,
and molasses, sugar, and most any
thing else supply ingredients for the
fiery stuff that can be distilled in a
short time. The mariners from the
man-of-war are always on the look
out for hoochinoo, and with the first
signs of it raid is made on Siwash
town and the supply destroyed if pos
sible. With the cunning Of a savage
race the Indians have most wonderful
ways and places for concealing the
hoockinoo, and it takes the keen scent
of detective to find the underground
and up-tree hiding places they can de-
wise.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-11
Happy Once More.

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-A Chronicle re-
porter was told by Mr.. Alfred j.
Papin, of this city, that his nephew had
the most obstinate case of inlmma-
tory rheumatism which bafiled all
kinds of treatment until st. Jacobs Oil,
the great pain-conqucror was used.
1t cured the young man. and he recon-
mends it as the greatest cure for pains
in the world.