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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
GERMAN TRADE IN AFRICA.
Tobacco: Its Use and Abuse.
CONTRIBUTED.


While the great good that tobacco is
doing in the way of soothing aches
and pains, healing wounds, and
drawing out poisons,is being discussed
we must not fail to protest gainst the
detestabIe use of it in the way of chew
ing, smoking, dipping and snuf1ng.
Like arsenic and strycbnine, tobacco
is good as medicine, but it is the re-
verse as an every day article of use, or
rather abuse. The very fact that it is
so disagreeable to others should re-
strain any thoughtful, considerable
person from using it. The fumes of
a tobacco breath, the scent Of the
cigar, or the old, black pipe is forever
floating on the air in all public places
and in a majority of private ones. In
deed it is the exception and not the
rule to go into any public gathering
and find no scent or sign of the filthy
weed.
True, smoking is not allowed in
the church, but chewing abounds
from the pulpit to the pews, and
majority of the mems clothes are full
of the detestable and disagreeable
smoke. The spittoons watt their
scents around, the Vestibule floats it
in, and the open windows in summer
time are filed with it.
However disagreeable it may be
to US there is no way of csc aring
the ubiquitous fragrance CD of the
filthy stuff. You Gift" a book from
the public library and its pages reek
with the vile odor. You pick up a
paper from the table OF the reading
room and there it is again-some old
smoker has puffed il full of the ever
lasting scent of the weed, and you
read with bated breath and protesting
heart.
1 have heard loving wives groan in
deep distress while they lamented that
for long years they had not one good
clean breath of pure air in their
homes, but that every corner of the
house was polluted by the stencil of the
filthy stuff. The best land is given VI
to its culture. Millions of money is in
vested in its manufacture, and yet
like alcohol, it is one of the greatest
enemies of the human race.
1t is time that we had anti-tobaccC
societies all over our land. We nee(
them as much if not more than tenn
perance societies, for the evil is NOR
insidious and undermining, because s.
few realize the great harm to health
brain and life that is being done b,
this almost universal habit of chewing
and smoking. For the greater part O
my life 1 have studied, thought an
protested against it.
Years and years ago, when L was
! girl, remember of offering my grand
mother present if she would sto
snuffing. The good old woman TAI
aside her snuff-box and gave up tn
: habit of half a lifetime, doubtless nc
for the present. but to please favor
tie grandchild and set a good exampl
to her descendants.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
The Sea of GaIiIee.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
One of the first things fer which
looked here was the fishing industry,
but found it not. There is evident
ly oaly one sailing vessel on the lake,
and but very small handful Of
clumsy roWboats. When one of these
boats gets out of order there is gen
eral CONSERVATION, it is said, for the
art of ship-building is no longer
known here. When we sent our ser
want to-day with instructions to pro-
cure Galilee fish for dinner he was
unable to find single fish In the mar
ket. This is especially strange, mas
much as have had especial evidence
that the waters swarm with pisca-
torial life to-day, just as in
the days, when Christ called Cali
lean fisherman to his discipleship,
Yet, fishing is carried on here on a
small scale. Even last night 1 saw a
boat push out to sea with nets aboard,
just as Simon did, no doubt, when he
was bound to "toil all night" at the
same business.
This leads me to guess, or, at least,
to hope that the citizens were not so
lazy and worthless in the days of the
Son of Man. They could not have
been any worse. The modern Galile-
an would ride two-thirds the way
around the lake on the ragged back of
donkey or camel rather than display
the enterprise required to effect a
crossing in one-sixth of the time by
boat. Stupidity and cupidity are ev-
everywhere linked in a way that tries
occidental patience,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
Table Customs in New Orleans.

Very few housekeepers set tables.
You are served in the morning before
you get out of bed with cup of coffee
as good as can be found anywhere in
the world, and some bread or little
Creole pic-erust cakes. There is no
trouble lbout your meals. There is a
restaurant on every corner or so, or
you can have your meals served hot,
and at the most reasonable rates. AS a
general thing, however, they do not
Ego in heavy" for breakfast. Your
coffee is supposed to satisfy you until
midday, when you take slight lunch
at some saloon. About six in the
evening you sit down to the big meal
of the day, supper there is none, unless
you duop in at a theatre after which
you eat something light. This, at least,
you will find the natives doing, and
these who have been visiting New
Orleans each winter for some years
will tell you that it is the most com
Portable way to live there and best
suited to the climate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
A Yankee Farmers Wife.

She has received certain amou Mt
OF instruction at public school, tn en-
marrieS young, and begins her, to me,
Herculean labors. It's her part to
perform all the daily household tasks
with but seldom any outside aid. She
must make butter, milk the cows, feed
the chickens and attend to the kitch-
en-garden, as well as to her special
pet tlower-beds and vines. Then
she harnesses her horse and drives
TO neighboring town to barter
Gas no one else CAM with
her BUTTER eggs and garden produce.
If anything is broken or out OF order
in the house or farm she mendS il, and
being a woman of infinite resources,
she may even construct some of her
own furniture or paint her fence. Her
"parlor" is adorned with all the latest
absurdities in the way of worsted
work or pressed bouquets, while her
Store-closet is well stocked with pre-
serves and her garnet hung with dried
fruit. 1t is probable that she has chill
dreD, and none are more thoughtfully
tended in all their needs, be they phys
ical, moral or mental. The clothing
of tho family, even to their stockings
and mittens, is her handlWork, while
occasionally garments made for one
of the village poor.
But where is her self culture? say
you. All! there is the mystery; how
and when is it accomplished And
there is no denying the fact; a narrow
provincial education it may be, but
tLat is owing solely to her circum-
scribed life.
If you were to enter small, COM
monplaee, white washed farm house
in any of the struggling New Eng
land villages, which appears little else
than cluster of huts in wilderness
to English eye-if you were so bold as
to enter in, and so fortunate as to have
an uninterrupted conversation with
the mistress of the house, you
would find her "a plain,
probably faded woman, clad in
neat calico, sharp-voiced and sharp
visaged perhaps, but gentle in man.
ners, and displaying as she talks a
well-cultiYated intelligence, and more
or less familiarity with literature in
all its branches of history, philosophy
science and belles-letters. You would
find her member of the neareet
library, and a subscriber to all the lead
in periodicals
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
HOME. FARM AND RANCH.

Small Orchards the Most Profitable Ones
In speaking upon the profits OF or
chards the Country Gentleman says
"The abundant supply OIL apples the
past season, and the low prices they
have brought in market, have induced
landowners to hesitate in plant
ing for future profit, ana some
are even prepared to cut down
thelr'trees This result teaches use
f1l lesson-to plant less in number
and give better Gaze and cultivation.
Many have been so eager 10 grow
rich fast, that they have extended
their orchards beyond their ability TO
give them the best management.
The crops have been large, put or
moderate or poor quality.
"a certain amount of expense must
always be incurred in gathering. pack
ing and shipping the fruit, and IL the
prices obtained are sufficient only for |
covering all these expenses nothing Is !
gained. Half as many, II weIl-groWn
and exec lent in quality and appear
ances, may sell for higher price and
give positive and satisfactory returns.
The man who raises fine fruit, care
fully assorted, packs well, and marks
his name on all his packages, Will ul-
-imately acquire reputation among
purchasers by which he can always
obtain a ready and good marget when
the country is flooded with second
ate pIOductsl..
The aim for success should therefore
,e TO select the best varieties, give the
rees the best cultivation, prune to
prevent a mass of brush, destroy in
ects, gather carefully, assert the best, (
'ack securely, and ship to intelligent !
nd competent vendors who know the r
Inference between the finest and only .
ledium fruit, and who can take adj +
antage Of this difference in supply q
lg purchasers" +
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
Feed for LAYING Hens.

Mr.. A. G. Hawkins told the Massa-
chuseJts farmers, at a meeting Of the
state board, that they should feed the
fowls at daylight each morning, all
they would eat, of mixture of one
third in bulk Of corn and oats ground
together in equal parts; one-third
wheat middlings; one-sixth boiled pO-
tatoes, and one-siXth meat scraps or
cooked meat. Ii this is mixed with
skim milk so much the better. Next,
cut or chop nice cover hay, put it into
a tight barrel and wet it with boiling
water, covering tightly and let
ting it stand till one o'clock, when the
fowls should have all they will eat,
which will be large quantity. AT
the same hour give reed of corn,
broken or cracked, mixed with wheat
or wheat screenings. This should be
thrown among the litter, that they
may have plenty Of exercise in
scratching for it. Just before dark
feed all the whole corn the fowls will
eat, that they may have something
that will be nearly all night in digest
ing. With all these and plenty of
fresh water, or, better still, milk,
ground oyster shells and green food,
such as cabbage, mangels, potatoes or
turniDs, and with quarters kept clean,
warm and well ventilated, they will
reward the owners with baskets full
of eggS.-TEX,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
The Prisoner Leak,


By his own confession, Leak, the
forger, is at heart as much murderer
as is Yeager or as was Pitts. He
knew that brave and good man was
going unwittingly to his death that at
least one man he knew to be a thief
and murderer might have chance
of liberty, but never raised a
warning voice. His plea of fear
of Pitts Is untenable. IF he was
possessed of any such fear while
locked IN the cell with the murderer,
he could have no possible ground for
any such fear after the murderer left
the cell, and he. had plenty of time to
give notice of the plot to officers who
could have warned Gosling even be-
fore he left Austin on his last fatal
ride, or if not there, by telegraph long
before the fatal shot was fred. If
there is any way possible he should be
held as an accessory to the awful
crime.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
The Use of sleeping POtiOns.
from the Duhlin Lancet


Those who give or take chloral or
bromide of potassium for sleeplessness
are guilty of a deplorable error and
do a grieyous wrong. The narcotics
which poison sleep also deprave the
higher nerve centers, enfeeble the con-
trolling powers of the will, and leave
the mind prey to the depressing in
fluence of a conscious loss of self-re-
spect and self-consciouness. The Gull
tured mind feels the ignomy
of the intellectual and
moral depreciation with great
acuteness, and in the end SuccumbS to
the sence of powerlessness to recover
self-control and do right. The deprlva-
ton wrought is purely physical. The
baneful influence of the lethal drug
is, so to say, organic. The essential
elements of the nerve tissues are
blighted by the supplying poison, as
by alcohol in habitual drunkenness.
In short the recourse to choral and
bromide is precisely the same thing as
recourse to alcohol. The man or
woman sent to "sleep"-the hooking
semblance of physiological rest-by a
dose of either of these narcoticiZers
is simply intoxicated. No won
der that habitual drunkenness of this
class first impairs and then destroys
the vitality of the mind organ and
places the subject of miserable arti-
flee at the mercy of his emotional ma
ture, and makes him the creature of
his passions. When will the public
awake to the recognition of facts
with regard to these most pernicious
of stupefacients? Persistence in re-
course TO them has no better excuse
than unwillingness to search out the
cause of the "Wakefulness" which
prevents Natural sleep.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
mr.: CleveIcnd nd the clerk.

OlllOetSO AAOAoAN'
A clerk in one of the departments
wrote a letter to Gov. Cleveland the
other day, acknowledging the corn
and begging off. He had purchased
house in Washington a year ago and
had made two payments on
it. Another was nearly due.
If he was to be dismissed
he would not make the third pay
ment, but would let the house revert
to the original owner and go out into
the wide worldin search of something
else to do. If he was to be retained
in the government service he would
make the payment and stay at his
work. He humDly requested the presi-
dent-elect to let him know what his
fate was to be. The fellows frank
ness pleased the governor: and he
wrote him IN reply that if he was a
faithful employe he need have no fear
for the future,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
The Confederate E1-President.

Observation-Disclosures
The train drew into the city, Mr..
jefferson Davis, sitting at the window
was drawn to notice the manifold ac-
tivity within his view. There were
numbers of people along the road at
every station, az at the foot of Canal
street, especially, large crowd; but
though the late chieftain sat in plain
view 1 noticed that no one seemed to
recognize him or to make the slightest
demonstrations on his account. The
same was true when he
finally stepped from the platform and
after courteous farewell to
us and an invitation to visit Beauvoir
took carriage and rode away. Have
the people of the South forgotten this
man? Is his face unknown to his
very neighbors? Is twenty years the
measure of all fame or notoriey?
asked myself these questions as the
carriage sped up Canal street and dis
appeared from view. 1t was bound
for the home of Mr.. Payne, who has
been Mr.. Davis broke and city agent
for forty years. With him the latter
always lodges OF his visits to New
Orleans, declining all offers of hospi-
Uality from whatever other source
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05

spoonfuls of baking power; flavor
with nutmeg or cinnamon. The
dough made IN this way will be thin,
and you will need to sprinkle flour
enough over it and on the kneading-
board to roll it out nicely. do not
handle it any more than is necessary.
Cut the cakes out with biscuit-cut-
ter; then take knife and insert it at
the edge OF the cake until the point of
the knife is at the center; then take
out the knife and press raisin into
the center of the cake; press and fat
ten the cake, and cut it out again
with the biscuit-cutter. This opera
ton prevents the raisin from bursting
out when the cake rises. Fry in per-
fectly clear hot lard. When the cakes
are ready for the table sift powdered
sugar over them. The bowl used to
the milk or water in, holds a
little more than a large coffee cup
1oes.-Pbiladelphia Ledger
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
buried Alive.

Mary Cox, beautiful and popular
young lady who lived near the mouth
the Little Capon river, was taken sud-
denly i'll. The physician decided that
she was suffering from neuralgia of
the stomach, and prescribed morphla.
A dose was administered at once, and
another left with instructions to give
it in twenty-four hours. For some
reason the second dose was given in
a very short time. An hour or two
afterwards the death of Miss Cox was
announced, and two days later the
body was buried. At the funeral one
lady insisted that Miss Cox was not
dead, and begged that physician be
sent for. That night the dogs of
man living near by the graveyard,
stationed themselves near the tomb
and kept up persistent howl
ing. The next day the
grave was opened, and, to the
horror of all, it was found that the
girl had been buried alive. The lining
was torn from the sides of the casket,
and the pillow was in shreds. The
poor girl had literally stripped the |
clothes from her body. Her hands |
and arms were torn and bleeding, and
,he lips were bitten through, and |
landsful of hair were torn from her |
lead. The girl had come to life, and
lad made fearful struggle to escape. |
The awful affair fills the community |
With horror.-Springfield CIV. Va.)
star,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
Unoerked its Wrath.

The Dallas Times has uncorked the
walls of. its wrath on Mr.. AFmistead,
and the member from Marion will live
to wish that he had never said that
newspapers could be bought for a
drink of whisky" The Times is of
opinion that Criminals will take a
hint hereafter and purchase the press
for one drink to form public opinion
in their interests rather than hire law
yers for two drinks to convince jury
of twelve men of their innocence"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05

Do not overdo the rooster business.
! Too many loosters in one flock are as
bad as not enough; in fact, too much
rooster is worse than not enough, for
in the latter case more of the eggs
will be fertile, but in the former the
hens are so worried by the everlasting
attention Of the males Of the flock
that they soon become Disguised and
dodge them altogether. For the non
sitting breeds and the Dominiques,
WyandOts and Plymouth Rocks
allow one each to every fifteen
or twenty hens when on free
range; when confined to yards allow
one each to every dozen hens. For
the Asiatic breeds, allow one each to
every twelve or fifteen hens, when on
free range; one to every ten or twelve
hens when confined in small yards.
When one has only a pair or two
thoroughbred fowls, put a few COM |
mon hens, that lay eggs of different |
color, in the yard with them. When
ever practicable it is better to keep |
the male birds away from the hens,
out of sight and hearing, until about |
two weeks before the eggs are wanted |
for sitting - Fanny Field in the i
Prairie Farmer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
DR.. Nswman.s New Departure.

|. A dispatch from San Francisc O
says: DR.. John p. Newman has fallen
on his clerical feet again and will soon
be IN rich religious clover. As readers
know, the eX-New York preacher
came to San Francisco as the hired
orator over the dead body of Leland
Stanford, jr. 1t has since come to
light that between DR.. Newman and
the Stanford family there has existed
bond of common feeling which has
been studiously kept from the light
of day. DR.. Newman and United
States Senator Stanford, as well
as Mrs. Stanford, are all more
than tinged with spiritualism. Mr..
Charles Croker has joined this associa-
ton of faith. and to-day the cores
pendent has learned that the parson
is to have a tabernacle. OF this the
lady patrons will be Mines Stanford
and Crocker, while their husbands
will metaphorically lay their check
books on the altar of the lucky high
priest.
Ostensibly the church will be for
The easier salvation Of poor people, !
since all seats will be free. 1t is also |
expected that the announcement that |
10 synod or conference Will have a
voice in the direction of affairs will
BRING a general congregation to its
'pen doors. 1t is known, too, that the
office Will be an architectural poem,
hat the service will be a musical de-
lght. But it is not generally known
hat spiritualism will not be
riven from its undeaconed portals.
Us a matter of fact the tenets of this
eculiar faith will be both promuI-
ated and practiced. So that DR..
'ewman's new church will not only
e non-sectarian, but also of a relig-
)usly free and easy character.
1t was intended to purchase and {
use DR.. SCOTS Presbyte-
an church, whose pastor died some
Tree weeks ago, but the trustees {
ranted $4,000, while the doctors &
ackers were only willing to give
$4,000. Hence the determination to E
'ect grand new conventicle. 1t |
i'll probably be located in that quar- q
r of the city known as the Western /
ldition, any will be so muniicently t
allowed that the former pet of Madi- d
n avenue devotess will not bemoan 7
le loss Of the thousands which they v
lnually furnished him. 2
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
Measuring q r c-Course.


The conventional line upon which
race-course or trotting-frack is meas
ured is at three feet from the rail or
pole, which for running or trotting
horse under saddle is correct, assum-
ing him to maintain uniform line at
that distance. A horse in harness,
however, allowing for width of sulky
or wagon, cannot with safety be driven
in line less than six feet from the
rail. This would make the dis
lance over the ordinary or ac-
cepted design of track of one
uuarter-of-a. mile turns of 1885 equal
TO IS feet 1912 inches. Then, for a
horse trotting over such track in
2 minutes and 30seconds, there should
be deducted from his time half sec
ond. A double team would require
this distance ofsix feet to be increased
fully one foot, if not more. When the
time is 2.O8 the deduction should be
forty-sixth hundredths of second.
When the design of track is of If
regular contour the increased dis
lance will vary with each design.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
COWBOYS CAPERs.
In painting the Town." Two of Thel
get Painted

COLORADO, TEX, February 25.-
The particulars of the shooting at
MaIienfeld, in Martin county, a few
days ago in which one cowboy lost
his life and another was badly wounded
are these. so far as could be CLEANED
from reliable sources. A. party of
Slaughter's cowboys, four in number,
were in town drinking freely and
from their actions seemed bent on
painting things red, riding up and
down the streets shooting at chickens,
goats and anything that happened to
come in their way. Peoples
lives were in danger and
the town constable summoned three
men to assist in scooping them. Upon
being ordered to surrender they opened
fire with their shooters. which was
quickly responded to by the constable
and posse with Marlin rifles, killing
one man and badly shsttering the arm
of another. None of the citizens par
ty were hurt. The cowboy who was
killed was known among the cattle
men as John Doggy. Yves Stuart, the
wounded man, was brought here for
treatment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05

gainst any temporary measures In
ase of a horse showing any symp-
tom indicating a possibility that 1t
is suffering from CHAMBERS. In such
case a Skilled veterinarian should be
called at once, and if the case proves
to be CHAMBERS the animal should be
destroyed at once and the premises
thoroughly disinfected. The disease
is readily conveyed to members OF the
human family by any Of the matter of
the discharges coming in contact with
any abrasion of the skin. The risk is
too great to be tolerated for single
day. The state board OF health has
Iuarrantined the family, thoroughly
the house, and IS taking
every possible measure to prevent the
disease being communicated to Others.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05


The newspapers of Texas are not
going to fly into a rage and make
fools of themselves just because a
second rate committee of the senate
has declined to report favorably the
bill framed by the Texas Press Asso-
citation on the subject of newspaper
libel. We Judge the committee is a
second rate one, as it is labeled "Ju-
dietary Committee No. 2" Houston
is chairman of Judiciary Committee
No. l, and we know his committee
Doesn't belong to the second class.