The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-08-24
PEN AND SCISSORS.

New ORLEANS, among its other
attractions, shows a beautiful girl
with hair five feet ten inches long.
SOLDIERS widows are to be ap-
pointed to vacancies in the public
libraries in Germany.
THE Cinnamon at North Adams
have already learned how to treat
the Yankee girls to ice cream.
SEVEN hundred and forty German
emigrants passed through Columbus
on their way west last week.
Miss ISABEL HOOKER has become
disguised with the Woman-Women and
turned parson. She breaches in
New Haven.
"MY friend, have you sufficient
confidence in me to lend me a
dollar ?" "Oh, yes!-confdence
enough, but no dollar!"
AN Indiana widow so worked upon
a young mans fears by threatening
to marry him, that he turned over all
his property to her and ran away.
MRS. GRUEMANN, of Utsalady,
Washington Territory, has just re-
turned from trip to China, whittier
she took out cargo of lumber.
The women of Philadelphia are
talking about having a statue of
Martha Washington placed beside
that of her husband on Chestnut
street.
THE prominent pious women of
Boston are described by Norah Perry
as "given to lankiness, slinkiness,
and an ironed-doWn the back express
sion."
The womanewomen hope much
from the coming Iowa Legislature,
and confidently believe they will sub
NIT to the people a proposition to
take the word "male" out of their
State constitution.
THE Ladies' college at Evanstown,
Ind, the corner stone of WHICH was
laid on the Fourth of July, will be a
frst-class collegiate institution for
the higher education of women. 1t
will be under the management of
women entirely.
The peach was originally a poi
soned almond. Its fleshy parts
were used to poison arrows, and the
fruit was for this purpose introduced
into Persia. The transportation
and cultivation, however, not only
removed its poisonous qualities, but
produced the delicious fruit we now
enjoy.
In Dallas county, Arkansas, an
extraordinarily long. lived and prolific
pair reside. The father is 108, the
mother log, and they are the parents
of no less than twenty. nine healthy
and vigorous children-ffteen boys
and fourteen girls-all of whom pro-
mise to reach ripe old age. Who
thinks the American race is dying
out?
THE drouth still continues in the
southern part of this county and in
Delta; but we think there will be
half crop of corn raised even in the
injured districts. In the north part
of Lamar and in Red River, and we
suppose everywhere east, there has
been a fair season, and the farmers
have raised an average crop. West
and southwest we hear great COM
plains of the drouth.
In Pekin a newspaper of extraor-
binary size is published weekly on
silk. 1t is said to have been pub.
lished more than a thousand years
ago. In 1927 public officer caused
some false intelligence to be inserted
in this paper, for which he was put to
death. Several numbers of the pa
per are preserved in the Royal
Library of Paris. They are ten and
quarter yards long.
NARROW GUAGE RAILROADS.
General Rosecrans, writing from his
home at San Rafael, California, upon
narrow gusge railroads, says that
the change of guage of the railroads
in the United States from broad to
narrow will save the enormous sum
of $247, 540,575 annually, and ar
CUES that so great a burden taken
from the trade of the country is
worthy of the highest consideration.
The taxes collected in Texas for
the support of the State Govern
ment in 1860 are given as $454 ,804.
In 1857, under the Andy Johnson
restoration of civil government, they
were 1914, 208. For this year,
1871, the assessments are $685.
953. In 1860 the tax rate was 123
cents per 800; in 1867 it was Is
cents; and now it is 1925. It is
not remarkable that q paper publish
ed in the region tormented by re-
observes: FThe pa
tience of the Southern people is a
naryelin the history of oppression. .
" ?. World.