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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
Fancy Chickens.

THE STATEsMAN's Hayseed does
not want to place himself on record as
an enemy to thoroughbred stock OF
any kind, but would advise his read
ers to look at both sides of $40 bill
before letting it 20 for thoroughbred
rooster. If the fancy strains had been
bred from their foundation by irtelli-
gent breeders with view to utility,
all would be well; but too many
breeders who knew better have PAM
pered and petted their stock, and bred
for "true markings" regardless of
utility so far as the standard would
permit, and another and much larger
class of breeders being totally devoid of
knowledge of breeding and likewise
Integrity, that it is questionable If
many birds put up as "iancyn are as
valuable as common barnyard chick.
ems. 1t Is better to spend little time
hunting varmints and let the hens
hide their nests In the brush than to
spend the time necessary to house,
feed and keep free from vermin some
OF the fancy breeds. In the former
case the eggs and chickens you get
are nearly all profit, while in the lat
ter case. time, medicine, etc., may
overbalance the value of returns.
believe an infusion of Leghorn or
game, and perhaps other blood, will
pay the average farmer, but unless
you are good fisher for suckers go
slow on the fancy chicken craze on
the farm.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21

soaked for 2 to IL hours in the melted
naphthalene att temperature of about
200 degrees Fahrenheit. = Scientific
American.
DO not underestimate the value of
the wood ashes produced on the farm
this winter and so let them go to
waste. They are valuable in the
garden and for corn and wheat as
well, and the value of liberel appli-
cation of them will be seen for years.
Keep covered until you are ready 70
apply them to the land go they do not
leach.
One important point in arranging
for garden is to put the ground in
order in the fall SO as to get an early
start in the spring. The garden plot
should be cleared of rubbish and
broken up this month. 1t is a good
plan to throw up into ridges three or
four feet wide, so as to allow the water
to run off and leave the garden dry
for early planting.
Young trees that have their roots
bruised or injured in any manner
should be carefully trimmed, cutting
away the injured roots and also short
ening the branches to correspond with
the loss of roots. The trees may be
planted at any time during the fall or
spring. The use of mulch around
each tree during the winter will aid
IN protecting them against sudden.
changes of temperature.
An experienced butter maker
claims that if the churn is first scalded
with hot water then rinsed with cold
water the cream will rot pack into the
corners or crevices, nor adhere to the
sides. Then after the churning and
the withdrawal of butter and the but
termilk reverse this process-that is
FIRST thoroughly rinse with cold water
and then scald with hot water, and
the operation is complete.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
About the Farm .

Cheap flower pots may be made by
taking tin cans, covering them with q
coat of paint and rolling them in fine
gravel. After the paint dries the
gravel will adhere, giving the cans
quite rustic appearance.
If an orchard is to be arranged on
sod land the ground should be plowed
and cat up with disc harrow. When
young trees are planted in grass land
that has not been well prepared they
do not thrive. The land must be kept
clean for the first two or three years.
ate blowing will kill the cut
worm and many other insects. Cold
does not injuTe insects in the ground.
1t is the exposure to cold, warmth and
dampness that destroys them. Late
blowing brings them to the surface
and renders them liable to destruc-
ton.
The Hessian fly is so called be-
cause it was supposed to have been
brought from Germany during the
revolutionary war in wheat imported
for the use of the Hessian mercenaries
in the British army. 1t has travelled
west at the rate of Is or 20 miles a
year.
-Naphthalene, which fs a product
of coal tar distillation in appearance
something like paraffin, has been
found useful in England for the pre-.
servation of timber. The wood is
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21

should silence criticism of his course
in the matter. That most fragrant
outrage was committed by Minister
Stevens no fair minded man can DOUBT
a ter reading this message; and that
President Cleveland, in repudiating
the transaction, has pursued the only
honorable course possible, is equally
plain. No matter what kind of gov
eminent the queen was giving her
people, it was satisfactory to a large
majority of them, and President Cleve-
land, the fearless, honest statesman, is
not afraid to call attention to the
wrong done a weak nation and ask
congress to right it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
Farm Profits.


The profits of farm are what? asks
correspondent of Our Grange Homes.
Some consider the profits to be what
is left after the family living is had
and the current expenses of the farm
are paid. Others are W illing to credit
the farm with the living and call that
a part of the profit. Which is right?
lt depends upon whether the farm is
charged with the farmers labor. A
man is certainly entitled to living il
he works for it, but if the farm
Is not charged with the value
of the work of the farm.
er, it is reasonable that it
should not be credited with the living
Strictly speaking the farm should be
charged with every days work done
upon it; and it should in turn be-
credited with every thing grown or
produced upon it, whether used upon
the farm or not, even to the rent of
the fam home. But with the maiori
ty OF farmers this would necessitate
an account of details that would be
rather tedious to keep. If the farm
living is to balance the farmers work
this Iessens the small accounts ard
makes the profit only the surplus.
Upon this basis, considering tho
amount of capital invested, the farm
would be paying very good per
cent OF interest ii there was no sur.
plus. The living for the farmer and
his family would show profit equal
at least to what is made in many other
lines Of business. Whether or not in
doing this the capital is iniringed
upon depends upon the management
given. With good care good crops
may be grown on the farm every
year, and the fertility of
the soil, as we'll as the farm, be
generally improved. Another, with
fully as good an opportunity, will
gradually sell his farm. In the latter
case he is losing money, while in the
former profit is being realized, al
though there may be no visible sur.
plus after the living is taken out.
There is one advantage at least on
the farm; although the profits may be
small, the farmer is reasonably sure
of good average living
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
The Loco Wead

In bulletin No. 25 of the Colorado
station some doubts are expressed
about the socalled disease of being
"locoed," which animals in some re.
gions of the West are subject to, be-
ing caused by the "loco weed" 1t
has long been supposed that this eed
when eaten by the animals made them
wild and semi-intoxicated, 80 that
they would be seized with hallucina.
ton and mania, and finally die of
starvation. The disease is very pecu.
liar, and as the affected animals were
always fond of certain leguminous
plants that are called "loco
Weeds" The trouble was supposed to
come from eating these plants in ex-
cess. The examinations conducted at
the station show the disease is caused
by parasites in the liver. Expert
ments with the plants have not re-
vealed anything in them that would
cause the trouble, although the as
sertiop is not made that they are not
at the root of the trouble. Simply
doubts are expressed as 10 the correct.
ness of this view, and more observa
tlon and investigation are urged upon
those who are with the animals in
regions where the 50 called "loco
weeds" flourish.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
Proved TO be- the Best.

Tested and proved by over 80 years
use in all parts of the world, Allcock's
Porous Plasters have the Endorsement
of the highest medical and chemical
authorities and millions of grateful
patients who have been cured of dis
tressing ailments voluntarily testify
to their merits.
Allcock's Porous Plasters are purely
vegetable. They are mild but effec-
tive, sure and quick in their action
and absolutely harmless.
Beware of limitations and do not be
deceived by Misrepresentation. Ask
for Allcock's and let no solicitation or
explanation induce you to accept q
substitute.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
Butter Contracts.

The prevailing scarcity and conse-
quent high price of good butter in the
local market brings up again the
vexed question OF butter contracts
with farmers. Casual inquiry brings
to light many families who have made
yearly contracts with farmers for q
constant supply of butter at a uniform
price the year round, 25 cents pound
being the general figure. Many of
them are now complaining that they
can not get any butter from their but
ter men, though private investigation
has shown that the same men are
selling butter to the grocers. They
also report that when the market price
of butter is only IS to 20 cents they are
fairly deluged with butter. When the
price rises above 25 cents, however,
the unanimity with which farmers
sick and can not churn, is said by
contractors to be es surprising as the
fact that the same farmers who have
no butter to sell them have plenty to
sell the groeers. Such is the situation
which makes aquestion of the ad-
Visibility of contracting for butter in
stead of paying the market price. The
matter seems to resolve itself into
about this: If your butter man has
no butter for sale when it is 80 cents q
pound, don't pay him 25 cents when
you can buy it in the market for 20
cents,-Appleton Daily Post.
We have heard no complaints of
this kind in Austin and hope we
never shall.-.Ed.]
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
Treatments Of Orchards.

Although there Ia some variation
in the practice of good orchardists,
yet all agree in the opinion that for
the first few years after setting the
trees the orchard should not be per.
mitted to bear any other crop than
the fruit, except it may be hosd crops,
the soil of which should be kept both
mellow and clean. Soils which possess
much natural fertility may form ex-
captions to the rule that all bearing
apple orchards should be treated with
broadcast mulching with barn
manure.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21

Matching q days thereafter, which
date we are to mark on the hive as the
time we are to count from, az there
will be no black bees matched after
this. At the end of 40 days the black
bees will be found to be very few in
number, while at the end OF the As tn
dag not black bee will be found in
the colony.
If the colony is mate queenless at 20
days after the Italian queen is intro.
duced, then the length of life ~ the
workers will be prolonged on account
of their not laboring SO hard, for
queenless bees never have the energy
shown by those who have their
mother with them, and it 10 the
amount of labor done which has to do
with ths length of life given to our
pets. Again, if the change of queens
is made during the fall months, we
shall find plenty of black bees in the
latter part of the spring, although
they soon disappear after the active
labor of honey gathering comes on.
This length OF life has much to Go
with spring dwindling, with prepara-
tions for winter, making new colonies,
surplus crop of honey, etc, and there.
fore should be understood by all. 1t
is impossible to secure good crop of
honey where the most OF the bees are
nearly worn out with age just as the
harvest is commencing, aud where
bees become uneasy in winter and
wear themselves out with worry,
spring dwindling is sure to occur. III
all bees are old in the fall empty
hives will result the next spring and
a colony 80 divided that one part con.
tains all old bees results in no profit
from that part.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21

lumber mea will be able to hold up
the former price of lumber, what has
prevented them using similar tactics
in times past and receiving higher
price all the time? No, cost of produc-
tion and placing goods in a custom
er's hands regulate prices as rule
and competition prevents extravagant
profits. There are rare exceptions
where prices can be held above cost OF
production and fair profit, but lum-
Der is not in that list.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
DIR GOVERNMENTS ATTITUDE.


What missrably small thing it is
for a paper protesting Democratic doc.
trines, such as the Washington Post
to attempt to create prejudice against
Mr.. Cleveland by taking up and ex
aggerating what it professedly does
not know In regard to his policy in
Hawaii. Mr.. Cleveland YVES put in a
very embarrassing and awkward sit
uation by the action of Mr. Harrison's
minister, the noted Stevens, taking
the authority on himself to aid, with
the United States troops, the over
throw of a government with which
neither we nor he had any right to in
terfere and by self evident conspira-
cy put in power set offoreign adven-
turers. If Mr.. Cleveland Ia forced by
such diatribes to pose as the defender
of monarchy 1t is simply because he
is forced into that position by
the wrongs done to an
other government by a
former administration. Mr.. Stevens
was q special pet of Mr.. Blaine's, the
editor of his home organ, the Kenne'
bee Journal, and in all probability
was sent to Honolulu with the express
purpose to carry out the well known
"Jingou ideas of Mr.. Blaine. He ac-
complished that purpose through the
grossest outrage, and in collision with
foreign enemies of a government that
had Hospitality received them and 80
treated them as to enable them to &C.
quire vast fortunes and power among
a simple and honest people, and then
taking advantage of the weakness Of
our then representative, Mr.. Stevens,
they overthrow the constituted au.
hoIities and established themselves
as provisional government, which
Mr., Harrison in undue haste recog.
nized. MFR: Cleveland fnnnd his gov
eminent In the wrong ana he was
charged with the delicate task of cor
recting that wrong. We have no pre-
cedent of policy by which we are JUS
titled for one minute in aiding the over
throw of another government however
weak it may be. Our laws are not APP
plicable in any way to such people
as the natives of the Sandwich
Islands. We could not annex them
and make them separate state like
one of our sovereign states, as our or
ganic form and underlying principle
of government would require. There
is not a single precedent in all the
history of our government by which
we could wisely establish a protec-
torate over them. There is no known
relation that we could have with them
except as separate nationality. To
attempt anything else would be vio-
lation of every policy and precedent of
this government and would be as
great wrong as Caesar perpetrated
when he invaded Gaul. Under these
and with grave
wrong traced directly toour doors, all
that we can do, as Mr.. Cleveland pro.
poses, is to "undo the wrong"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
caAyELIEe AGENTS.

Mai. !. II. Ora Word and J. N. Peacock. fhe
public = eautinoad not 10 pay money to any
othe ,,srspns ~no may represent themselves
as nVorue agents OF this paper, As all au-
tho ny qerebiore issued to any other person
o.. nose nnupec In. hereby TevOEed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
AovETIsINg RATES.

Advertising rates will be made known on ap'
plicatiO
East ,rt Bnsimsss Office: IS Tribune building
New RI. Western Business once hO9 "Ihe
Rookery. =; :hicAgo. SO. BEoKwITH,
sole Agent Foreign Advertising
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
AUSTRALIA.
REICHST

REIoHsRATH ADJOURNED.
VIENNA, Dec. 19.-The reichsrath
adjourned today after unanimously
adopting the Prague measures.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
IL Days

10 complete your list for Christmas.
Get your wines, whiskies and bran
1les at j. j. Tobin's. His goods are of
me best quality and prices rock bot.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
FRANCE.

TO PREVENT BOMB THROWING.
PARIS, Dec. l9.-Members of the
bourse have had wire netting placed
in front of the galleries to prevent
bomb throwing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21
THEY GAN,T FSrApF e

me L ga II ESCAPI
The liver when active is tn
Watchdog of the system tn
destroyer of germs and impurt
ties. The truth is: ninety-nin
out of every hundred disease
begin with a sluggish liver. !
slight cold or chill may amour
to something serious. If yo
correct the liver you'll cure til
cold. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
lets rouse the liver to vigor- 81
GUS action. After dinner 81
if you're bilious, take one -
of these tiny, sugar-coated 81
Pellets. Take them when
you have wind or pain in ! s.
stomach, giddiness, full NJ
ness, loss of appetite, or ES
when you suffer from cos u
tiveness, indigestion, sick Ef
or bilious headaches. f
The makers take the risk III I
of their benefiting you. If 81
they're not satisfactory. IA
your money is refunded. -
Can you ask more? -
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21

.,, Inc hing to tie done in cholera is to use
hlersteads King Of all Pain, externally to the
stomach on flannel and internally, and its won
SUhdu power Will relieve and cure CSC every
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21

Children's overcoats from 3 to 6
years cheap at Don Wilson'S.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-21

THE Hawaiian message of President
Cleveland presented this morning
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-12-07
A Hero Reinterred.

Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. Ito
day the remains of Gen. H B Gran
bury. general of the Confederated
States, were reinterred at Granbury,
Il small town on the Fort Worth and
Rio Grande, thirty miles from here
The General was killed at the battle
of Franklin. Tenn, November 13,
1864 His body was buried there,
but about three weeks ago the re-
mains were disinterred and brought
here. Nothing remained but the
bones. fragment or two of cloth
and some of the Generals long
black hair. Delegations from various
Confederate camps. and especially
the the local Camp II. L. Lee. &C
companied the remains to Granbury
The exercises there consisted of
memorial addresses. procession and
religious ceremonies. Gen. Gran
bury was of exceptional valor. He
was Texan. aud his brigade was
composed of ten Texas regiments.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-12-07
A Mad Cow.

DIR. Porter, the veterinarian. this
told us of mad cow he
went to see yesterday The animal
was on The farm of A. Wisner, four,
miles west of Foster, and was Il woe
ful sight to behold said Dir. Porter.
She was bitten by Shepherd dog
last July, but showed no symptoms
of hydrophobia till day Or two
since, when she began f.othing at
the mouth and hooking and biting at
everything within sight while the
spasm was upon her. The bovine
was securely tasted to a tree, 30 is
olated that she could do no damage
to persons or other stock, and has
no doubt been killed ere this. Mr.
Wisener lost another COW month
ago from the same cause, notwlth-
standing he killed Every dog on bis
premises after the discovery of rabies
in the Shepherd above mentioned.
Every animal known to have been
bitten by this dog has since gone
mad.-Rich Hill Review.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-12-07
OTHER S'rOCkHOLDERs
They Give l.lbsraIly.
OF BUTLER, NC

western Kan Spirit.
A clergyman at Mcpherson has
recently written letter to the press
acknowledging the courtesy OF rail
roads in giving half fare permits to
clergy,nen and thereby contributing
literally to the cause. lie says:
II now have in my possession (be-
ing travelling svangelist) annual
half fare permits over eleven differ
snt roads, and each of these permits
contains the number OF clergyman
who have received like permits up
to the date when mine was issued
The aggregate shows in round mum
bers 56,734 preachers who are annu
ally travelling over these roads at
one half the regular fare. Tho rail
road men give it to them Then let
Us see what they give. Suppose
that each of US would pay these
companies only ten dollars each
year (and that Is very low sstimate)
the amount would be the handsome
sum of 1861, $40 paid, or rather Civ
en-, BY railroad men to the support
of religion. And this only represents
. few of the many railroad systems,
aud only partially represents those
few. Where ia there another corpo
ration, organization or church that
gives so much toward the Lord's g
work annually"
The railroads of Missouri treat the
ministers in like manner, with the
exception of the NJ. K & I which
charges full fare.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-12-07
Revival Tornado.

+. \, Hampton, pastor of t. +.
church and Rev. Aid pastorssof II. f.
Church South, at Spruce, united in a
revival meeting which contiue,t more
than four weeks, closed Thursday
night. with 13. professions of faith in
Christ.
One characteristic of the meeting
was its deep spiritual power, that was
felt for miles around. Men were con-
victed every where whether at church
or not They were converted at
home, in the cornfield, and on the
road to and from church. Those
that were converted, everybody
knew it because they went TO work
to try to lead some one to Christ |
never saw christian people work bet
ter in meeting any where
We are now i'll a meeting at Foster
with Rev. Hamilton of NJ. f. Church
South. We anticipate great meet
ing here. T. 4. HAMPTON.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-12-07
Almost a Fatal Accident.

Messrs. W. n Woodson and Chas
Rice, were out in the pasture yester-
day afternoon on little ThanksRiv
ing hunt. They had a single barrel
breech loading shot gun and Rice
had fired it successfully several tunes
when Mr.. Woodson attempted to do
so, however, he met with an accident
which proved well nigh fatal. He
probably did not get the gun closed
up properly after loading, anyway
when ne fired, the butt of the shell
flew back and struck him sauarelv
between the eyes, knocking him
senseless and almost frightening his
companion out of his wits. The
latter promptly gathered up Mr..
Woodson aud conveyed him home.
The shock caused total blindness to
ensue, but Mr. Woodsoa recovered
his sight this morning, aud under
the care of Drs. Hsylmun & Youngs.
is reported much improved at this
writing. He is q brother of C. C.
Woodson. Rich Hill Review.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-12-07
Virginia Items.

A light SNOW fell here Saturday
night but not enough to encourage
sleighs to venture out, our old sled
was seen in our burg Monday.
Coney Morris of Hume stopped in
Monday and left his name for the
TIMES to enroll as subscriber Mr..
NJ. is a Liveryman of Hume.
Ed Dudly is Buying and shipping
game.
Uncle Billy Drysdale and wife have
just returned from a visit at VIM.
kennedys, near Passaic.
Mittie Boone is here on visit from
Lawrence county Kansas.
Geo. Metcalf stretched a months
work on his back.
Harry Parker has gone To Kansas
to work in the timber.
q. W. Park is getting out tirnbers
to build a new barn.
Ben Watkins has been fixing up for
plastering till it froze up.
Green Parker of Rich Hill was up
on a hunt last week.
w. J. Bard has gone to kas. to
bring in dozen mules that he has
bought.
want to pay all l owe by Jan. 1st
1894, and | will if the good people
treats me as well in this month rs
they did in last.
Some talk If marriage miles
south soon.
Mrs Humpry & Daughter Miss Ole
OF Butler was ont to a big turkey
dinner at John Hedgers Thanksgiv-
ing.
Uncle Billy Hutchison of Eldorado
ls up on visit.
Mrs. Jennie gordon has the TIMES
sent to her address Harvey, Okla,
The wagons are rolling in to Her
rick Bros. coal bank for coal.
Luther Judy has moved on his
farm and says he is home again.
G.. Fl. Morrison and Nestlerode did
not catch old Curley he went over
the wire.