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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-29
Edgar Nj. Forest. a reformed gam

Edgar NJ. Forest, a reformed gam
bier who is becoming famous as an
evangelist in Western Missouri and
Kansas, formerly lived at Lewisbnrg,
Pa, where his father was postmaster for
sixteen years. He says that about six
months sgo he was running game in
Parson, Kan. and one night, while
dealing. being several hundred dollars
ahead of the game, he felt as though a
hand was laid upon his shoulder and
heard voice saying. ''Stop!" He
threw all his earnings upon the table
and exclaimed: Right here l quit. )"
He went to work the next day exhort-
ing the drunkards and gamblers to fol-
low his Chicago Journal
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-29
WIT AND WISDOM.

-COntentment is better than money,
"A man can fall in love on a six-dOl-
lar salary, but can't keep house on it,
NeW HaUen Ne,Us.
What is culture worth if it be
but the whitewash of a rascal.-Sam
Jones' Sermons.
Every time we decline to do that
which is wrong we increase our desire
to do that which is right.-PailadelphiG
Press.
-GOOd-nature, like bee, collects it's
honey from every herb. Ill-nature,
liEe- spider, sucks poison from the
sweetest tiOwers.-BostOn Globe.
lit makes the mind very free when
WE give up wishing, and only think Of
bearing what is laid upon us and doing
what is given us to do.-George Elliot.
No Norwegian girl Is permitted to
have beau until she can bake bread,
and the consequence is that she is an
adept in this culinary art long before
she masters the art of dancing, painting
trightful-looklng objects on plaques,
and spelling brass by hammering it.
Montreal Witness.
Jones, what about Smith? Do
you think he is honest?" "Oh. yes, I
think so; he paid me-" What did he
owe you?' "A sound thrashing. He
paid it without being dunned for it.,
too. "-NeUman Independent.
why. good gracious, Daringer!
You look as if you had been shot
through a grain elevator" Il was out
in the country, Bromley. arranging for
summer boarding" swell, but what
happened to you?' I'll was inter-
viewed" interviewed! BY a report
err" mo" "a slugger, them" no,
BY Farmer Watson's bull. "-PhiladeL-
phia Call.
Miss Cynthia Mushroom-Now, Pa,
do be careful at dinner and don't morti-
fy us before Mr.. Stuyvesant Sturtevant.
Mrs. M.-Yes. Phineas, do mind your
manners. and remember our instruc-
tons about etiquet. Mr.. M.-Well,I
that's all right; you kin 60 ahead and
arrange things to suit yourself, but I'M
darned if III eat pie with fork for
anybody. Chicago Tribune.
Now. pa, DEAR" said Hartford
girl, '.you will do just one or two little
errands for me to-day, won't you?'"
'.Why, certainly. my dear" Oh,
that's ever so good a pa. You just
match these seven colOrs in wOrsted,.
buy me three good crochet needles. you
know what kind, and a-a-package Of
caramels." "An right. my dear. III
remember the caramels." And that
was all he intended to remember
Hartford Post.
AS the car reached Westville, an
old man with q long, white beard rose
feebly from . corner seat and tOttered
toward the door. lie was. however,
stopped by the conductor, who saids
Your fare, please" 'Ipaid my fare.
''When? i don't remember it. why,
paid you when you got on the car.
.'Where did you get on?" cat Fair
Haven" THAT won't do" said the
conductor. when 1 left Fair Haven
there was only little boy on the cal"
YES" ansyered the old man, 81 know
It. Twas that little boy."-GsW HdisN
Eeaaa
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-29
Massachusetts has expended min,

Massachusetts has expended ninety
thousand dollars in the last twenty
years in trying to stock her ponds and
rivers with fish. In the rivers the eff
fort proves a complete failure. and. so
far a. trade results are concerned, tho
reports are discouraging. Ponds.
leased and protected BY sporting clubs.
have been successfully stocked, and
that Is about all-Boston Herald
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-29

"A well-knovn resident of Lambert.
vile. n. j., affirms that he has drank nc
water for twelve years past--M +
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
Analysing The Bakng Powders.
Royal, only foud rec from lime, alum, and
phosphate ACID, and absolutely pure.

Under the direction New York State Board of HEALTH
eighyou different kinds of bangpowders embracing all the
brands that could be found for sale the State were submitted
to examination and analysis by Prof G. F. CHANDLER
Der of the State Board and President of the New York City
Board of HEALTH assisted by Prof EDWARD G. LOVE, the we'll
known United States Government chemist
The official report shows that large number Of the powders
examined found contain alum lime; many of them
such render them seriously Objectionable for
in the preparation of human food.
Alum was found in twentynine samples. This drug en-
poyed baking powders to cheaper their cost The presence
lime is attributed the impure of Of
merco used in their manufacture Such of also
analysed and found to contain lime and impurities
samples the of 98 per cent of their entire weight
All the baking powders of the market with the single excep
of Royal no including the alum phosphate powders,
which long discarded unsafe inefficient by pru
housekeepe made from the impure Of tartar Of
commerce. and consequently contain lime corresponding
extent.
The only baking powder yet found by chemical analysis to
be entirely free from lime and absolutely pure the "Royal"
This perfect purity results from the exclusive of
of tartar specially refined and prepared by patent processes
which totally remove the tarae OF lime and oher impurities
The cost of this chemically of tartar is much greater
than any other and it is used in baking powder but the
Royal"
Prof LOVE- who made the analyses of baking powders for
the New York State Board Of Health, well for the
Government says of the purity and whoesomenes of Roya
81 have tested package of Royal Baking Powder which
purchased in the open market and find it composed of pure
of Of
high degree of merit and does not contain either alum
phosphates or any injurious substances
sc. G. LOVE- PHD"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

published Ia ali the DUsGon DANES SIX hloh1hs
ago, and it still appears, each paper in turn
giving il one weeks gratuitouS Insertion Our
Investigation las shown the existeneo Of
cruel and widespread fraud, for IN the long
list Of parties thus advertising we have NOT
found one which does the business it adyer-
Uses though m a few instances q small guam
tity Of work may be given out in order to Sc
cure witnesses in cnse Of arrest for fraud
while the promised materials IL sent, are not
ucrth TIE money demanded for them.
As soma check 10 this evil our union has
issued warning circular 5000 copies OF
which were sent for publication to news
papers throughout the country; and mas re-
cejyed in response numerous postal cards and
over / 200 letters of inquiry, chiefly from re-
mote sections of the country, many OF them
giving sad experiences of disappointment and
loss by the home work fraud. This of course
is only representative of the vast number
reached by our warning, but at the same
time shows the wide dissemination OF these
plausible promises We cannot express too
warmly our acknowledgement to the press
for its valuable assistance i'll this work, which
all must admit to be of vital Importance. -
Abby Morton Diaz, Pres't Woman's T. and L.
Union
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

What is good for lacerated wound made
partly by barbed wire fence and partially by a
coarse, self-made dog?
For a lacerated wound made by barbed
wire fence and an impulsive dog, would
suggest change of scene and rest. You could
rest standing up no doubt better than any
other way.
State what you know of the mind cure, Of which
we hear so much.
The mind cure is something that 1 know
very little about, and yet l often very cheer
fully write about things of which l know
even less than l do about this The mind
cure is kind Of scheme by which one mind,
through its power over another, banishes dis
ease from the physical being. l once en-
ployed tall thoughtful man to come and
treat me on this plan. He came several days,
and the results were not very satisfactory.
One day it flashed over him that he had for
gotten both days to bring his instrument
with him. The following day he came in
with his mind done up in shawl strap. He
began to work on me, but did not succeed.
Then he rose, buckled up his shawl strap and
started to 60 | asked what the bill was, but
he said nothing.
1.-THE principle" said he, dis this: One
mind, by its control over another, works the
cure So it is necessary not only that have
q mind that can apply, but you should also
at least have scar or something to show
where your mind used to be. You should
have been fair and square with me and told
me in the first place that you was destitute OF
anything OF that kind. That was the way to
treat afellow man who had never harmed
you in any way" He then strobe out of my
apartments.-Bil Nye in Boston Globe.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

1t is hard to imagine a house running
smoothly without household ammonia. 1t is
very cheap, and for cleansing purposes it is
invaluable, A little of it Softens the water,
and makes it easier to wash blankets; it takes
out grease, removes stains from paint and
carpets, cleans brushes, brightens jewelry
and all metals Always dilute it well with
water.
Aromatic ammonia is most useful house
hold remedy. Half of a teaspoonful taken in
half tumbler of water is far better for
faintness than alcoholic stimulants. In the
temperance hospital in London it is used with
the best results. 1t was used freely by Lieut..
Greely's Arctic party for keeping up circula-
ton. 1t is a relief in nervousness, headache
and heart disturbances. l have seen it re-
store person FRUSTRATED by the fumes of
gas, ard the recovery was without bad after
effects. AS in the case of all home dosing
aromatic ammonia should be used sparingly
and kept out of the baby's eyes.-The Elk
aminer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
How to Amuse Children.

While children are satiated with artificial
means of amusements the simplest and most
natural sources of pleasure are often entirely
neglected. For instance, child brings in
handful of field flowers; the mother says:
"What a litter you are making with that
rubbish; let's clear it all away, and play
with your pretty doll" What source of
pleasure and instruction might have been
derived from examining the different colors,
the different shades of the same color, and
the shape and texture Of the buds and leaves.
once saw a child take up dead spider;
the mother said: "Horrid, nasty creature;
throw it away; never touch these nasty
things you may be bitten and hurt one of
these days" What an opportunity was here
lost of telling the child number of interest
ing and entertaining particulars respecting
the eyes, the feelers, the thread spun by the
spider, the web, etc. And afterward, what
useful lessons might have been given, by ask
ing little questions in order to lead the child
to repeat clearly the information it had re-
ceived, and TO accustom it to an accurate
method of expressing its ideas Mothers
Magazine
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
Proper Propagation of Food.

Mr.. Ruskin says to young girls: sect quit
of the absurd idea that heaven will interfere
to correct great errors, while allowing its
laws to take their own course in furnishing
small ones. If food is carelessly prepared
no one expects Providence to make it palat-
able The consequences of great mistakes
are just as sure as those of small ones, and all
the happiness Of your whole life, and of all
those over which you have power, depends as
literally on your common sense and discre-
ton as the order and excellence of the feast
of day."
Some young ladies who pride themselves
upon what Mr.. Mantalini calls "the SYM
metry of their outline" and the delicacy Of
their skin object to usefulness in the vulgar
sense. Sad it is and bitter co know that the
man who lives on limited income has pal
ate as delicate as the millionaire who pays his
chef enough to support dozen families.
What picture of feminine polo tennis,
archery, or being in at the death agonies of
the wretched little fox is so touching, so
gracefully feminine as the preparation of the
beefsteak pudding by Tom Pinch's sister2-
New York Mail and Express.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

II the feet get very much chilled number
of times, or frozen, they should be put into
tepid water until feeling returns. When
frozen, they are generally very white, all of
the blood having been driven from the sur
face, and if frozen repeatedly, become tender
and painful They swell with every colder
change of The weather, or crack open and
bleed between the toes; again, the heels and
large toe joints are the only parts affected,
except general heat and swelling, or pain
full itching. The feet, in the morning, are
very sore; shoes which were comfortable
enough yesterday, are at least three sizes too
small to-dG If the large toe joints remain
swollen fof several weeks, they press against
the shoes and form very painful bunions. A
hot borax water bath of half an hour with a
thorough rubbing with glycerine is good
The feet should be thoroughly dry Tor well
died and warm before the glycerine is ap-
piled, otherwise they will stay damp. Then
put on old, loose stockings, cut off at the
ankles, and keep warm. A preparation made
of two ounces each of glycerine and coal oil,
with one teaspoonful of carbolic acid, is said
to be good, applied with the hand twice day
for five minutes Pauline Adelaide Hardy
in Good Housekeeping.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
A Curious Habit.

What we have principally to contend
against in children are little tricks, which,
scarcely perceptible at first, gradually grow
until habit is formed which will prove not
only great annoyance, but an evil that can
not be cured. A case presents itself in my
experience in shy and nervous girl who,
upon entering room, always stood at the
door, and, pressing the end of her little finger
to the woodwork, would twist and turn it
with a screwing motion for some seconds
The little popularity was allowed to pass I'M
noticed, until now, a grown woman, with
little ones of her own, she cannot enter a
room nor face stranger without the prelim-
mary of what must appear TO onloolers en-
idiotic action What notifications patient
care and watchfulness would have saved this
unfortunate person are incalculable. Baby
hood
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
All Arc Not Gentlamen.

was sitting next well dressed man,
whose hair and beard were quite gray. A
pretty young girl, modest in look and man.
ner, came in and stood quietly near the door.
The seat the other side Of the gray haired
man from me was soon vacated, and he
motioned the young lady to take it, She
politely declined, he rather officiously in
sisted, again she declined, and no other lady
coming in took the seat. Other changes oc-
curing, moved away, and the man eagerly
called the girls attention to the vacant place.
heard her say firmly: II thank you, sir, I
prefer to stand, and this little by-play went
on from time to time, as occasion offered,
until the girls annoyance was apparent to all.
1t happened that she left the car at the same
time did, and l ventured to ask why she re-
manned standing when she could have been
seated. The tears came to her modest eyes
as she said:
II have to work for my living, and have
to ride on the cars every night and morning.
| have to decline every offer of kindness
from gentlemen. have found must; they
are not all gentlemen, and this one called me
My dearp"- Clara Belle in Pioneer Press.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
MVMAN AND HOME.
A GOOD HOUSEWIFE SUGGESTS
WHAT FARMERS GIRLS CAN DO.

Fraudulent Advertisements and Circulars.
Preparation OF FoOd-To Amuse Chill
dren-Frost Bitten Feet-A Curious
Habit-Coid rictuaIs--odds aud Ends.
A good housewife suggests that the girls
save their rags and their fathers old clothes
for carpet rags " ben a sufficient runber
are collected, make them into balls and have
them woven, dark ground, with stripes OF
red, yellow and blue at intervals. have seen
rag carpets look nicer than many an ingram.
Don't turn up your noses; your friends come
TO see you, not your carpet. II it is kept
clean and free from grease spots it will do
plenty well enough. If in the course of time
you gee a nice Brussels, Wilton or three-ply,
dare say you will feel no better than when
you trod on rags. The chairs may be either
cane seat spint or flag bottomed. A little
toilet stand, with red wooden cover or blue
cotton or white Melted one, might be placed
cat-a-cornered in one corner OF the room.
A lounge may be made easily thus: Have
a frame, three feet wide and six long, made
at the nearest mechanics 1t should be
twenty inches high from the floor. Nail a
piece of sacking of sufficient size round the
edges. Fold an old quilt up to make it soft
Cover this with red, unglazed curtain calico,
with yellow, green or brown figures. A Pill
low stuffed with straw or feathers may be
added at each end; these should be tackled
down to the frame. A lamp may stand in
the center of the table on little mat Shells,
daguerreotypes and books may be ranged
about it, A vase or glass cup on each end of
the mantelpiece make a pretty ornament;
they should be filled with flowers in spring,
with gay withered leaves in autumn. Dried
grasses will fill them in winter. A shell,
crystals, snail shells and curious pebbles
gathered i'm walk will look well in white
saucers A pair Of brass candlesticks, pol
shed nicely, will prove pretty ornament.
Brick covered with cloth for footStools will
be convenient. The walls will look rather
bare till picture or two can be added. Cur
tains of white muslin and red chintz for the
windows will cost but'S2 or 50. They should
be draped with vines in summer.
Could not every one have such parlorl
Girls, one more suggestion. How many of
you could take charge of household! Could
you make the good butter, nice cheese and
white, light breadl You could if told when
to press, how long, how hot the milk should
be; if told how much salt and yeast to put in,
when to put it in the oven, when to take it
out The parlor is for recreation, for rest,
not for an abiding place. | would make a
rule not to enter the parlor till could make
good bread all alone. Then, and not till
then, should cross the threshold. Cor. Bos-
ton Budget
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
Children Earning Money.

Children cannot begin too young to earn
money. If it is only little-one egg for
every dozen they find, pay for carrying the
milk, few cents per week for washing
dishes, or bringing in the wood or coal or
kndlings; so much for every towel they hem;
or they may keep hens of their own, or pig,
or care for their own calf along with the
other cattle-how much more interest they
will takel There are an infinite number of
ways in which child can earn money, and
that, too, without paying him for his little
kindness to the home people, either; and then
he has an almost inexpressible feeling of pride
and Independence when he buys something
with his own earnings. There is no better
servant in the world than this same money;
but to be of the most use it must be rightly
managed, and only experience can teach that
lesson properly Mrs Mile S. Kedzie in
IndustrialiSt
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
An Old Fashioned Home.

There lives man within ten miles from
Boston whose love for the old takes a more
practical form than is commonly supposed to
exist in the present day. He has comforta-
BILE home in the suburbs, but in it stove has
never been placed. The house is heated en-
tirely by old fashioned fire places in each
room, and the gentleman claims that i'll the
coolest days in winter his home is warmer and
more comfortable than any of the houses of
his neighbors, heated as they are by steam
or hot air furnaces. And further, all the
cooking for the family is done at one of these
same open fire places, presumably in the same
manner as it was done at the hearths of our
fathers of the last century. And the gentle
man shifts his nose at food cooked by stove
and maintains that the old fire place is far
superior, both for cooking and heating, to
"any of your new tangled notions. Boston
Traveller
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
Romedv for Rhenmntism.

Celery root or celeriac is considered a
remedy for rheumatism Prepared in this
manner it WIN be an acceptable dish, even
should it fail as an anti-gout specific: Wash
three roots Of celeriac and boil for twenty
minutes; when cool, peel and slice them; boil
one pint Of rich milk, and, when cool, pour it
over teaspoonful Of melted butter and beat
well; add salt and soupcon of cayenne
pepper; pour over the sliced celeriac and
simmer for twenty minutes. Serve hot
az. G. w in New York Commercial Ad-
var.tiepr
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
Comnulsorr Prayers.

sWhat is this bear said Mrs Spook,
Habout compulsory prayer being abolished "
Haryar1l Did they uss 10 compel the
students to prayf
"Yes,' said young Spook, who had just
come home from college on a vacation; eyes,
the janitor used to 60 round three times a
a day, and make every student get down on
his knees and pray, and if the student re-
sisted, swore at him ike pirate"
HThat's just right" rejoined Mrs. Spook;
Iif young fellow won't pray, be ought to be
sworn at until be Is ashamed OF himself. ~
Lynn Union.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
LEGISLATURE NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that I shall apply to tho
next legislature OF the state of Texs5 for the
sage of law to authorize the state 60 pay the
balance due Kanmacher IL Denig with inteTesO by
the state under contract entered inc by them with
the state for building the East Texa Penitentiary
at Rusk, Cherokee county, Texas, which balance
has been transferred to me, or failiT IN such relief
then, shall apply for the passage Ct Jaw author
izing me to sue the state in the county II Travis
on said contract for such balance
wy. u WILSON.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
The New Broom.

II new broom be immersed in boiling
water until it is quite cold, and then thor
oughly dried in the air, it win be far more
pleasant 20 use and will last much longer.
Frequent moistening Of the broom Is con-
ducive TO It's usefulness and also to the car
pets.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
Alter the frauds.

The public may be interested in the results
of the offer Of the Womans Educational
and Industrial union to learn and report on
the character Of advertisements and circu-
lara, promising women work at home on re-
cepi Of money for materials. This offer was
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30

Careful housekeepers cover the registers
with damp cloths when the furnace is shaken
Town, thus preventing the dissemination Of
the ashes into the air of the house. II the
registers are upright the wet eloth may be
hung over them.--New York Commercial
Advertiser
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
no TIE People OF AUSTIN.

When you visit San Antonio call at L..
Rouvant's Diamond Palace Main Plaza.
You will find there the finest stock Of
iewolry in Texas, and be sgreeably sur
prised at his low prices. Courteous atten-
ton will be shown all visitors whether
they wish to make purchases or simply
look through the magnificent display Of
articles for holiday presents.