The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

tico and was closely followed by Mr..
Ridgiey. Both assembled TO the upper
landing. An OLD attache of the h use,
who tells the tale, il not clear as to
which of the gentlemen rode part Of
the way down the steps and sprang
from his horse and led il the rest of the
way, but thinks il was Mr.. May. The
Fother diSmounted aud led his horse
down. Quite crowd gathered at the
time, and there was considerable eN-
citemcrt.
Rev. DR.. Tying, jr., recently told
/ hie congregation that If the ladies of
his church would give up their three
button gloves and wear one-button
gloves instead, enough money would
Toe saved to support an orphan house;
whereup0n some of the ladies sug
gcs,ed - their rector the possibility OF
saving out Of the cigar money of the
male members of the church, from the
rector down, enough TO carry on one
ar two asylums. They suggest, also.
that thrcc-hutton gloves do rot make
\ dirt or uuSIvoTy oGOr, and that they
have no dele,erinuS effect On the nerves
Of the ladies who wear them; while,
on the other hand, the brethren would
be cleaner. sweeter and healthier if
they would quit the use Of tobacco, and
! give to the cause of the orphans the
money they now seNpend on this car
! nal qualification. Bat the brethren
cannot see it through the smoky clouds
eXha!ed from their incinerated Ha-
/ vauas.
DR.. Chenery, of Boston, pronounces
| hypoSulphate of soda a sure remedy
| for dlptheria, he having cured more
than one hundred and fifty cases with
1t. An exchange referring to his treat
ment says: "A dose of the hyposul-
/ plate Is from i've to fifteen grains or
/ more, IN syrup, every two or four hours,
! according 10 the age and circumstances
| OF the patient. purging is the only
| evil which an overdose can produce;
hence as much as the patient can bear
| without producing that result is good
rule in the seIerer cases. The solu.
ton or mixture can be used in doses
| Of five drops to half drachm, in milk.
For thorough stimulation the amount
Is greater than can be taken in water.
Dr.. Chenery usually gives the specific
IN such doses as can be readily taken
| in milk, using milk besides as food
for small children. 1t ia said, how
ever, that byposulphate prevents the
digestion of milk, and therefore the |
latter should not be given In less than |
one hour after administering the medi- |
cine"
The year witnessed the completion of |
II rNty ri .NfD Q0n al Oh r.
which have been added to the pump |
ing list. By these the daily production
has been increased only about 5000 |
barrels day, the production on the |
first day of January, 1877, being about |
%, 900 barrels per day In the entire re-
gion against %, 600 on the first day of |
January, 1876. Ia the face of this de- |
cline we find the consumptive demand |
constantly increasing. One year ago |
it was estimated, and probably with |
some degree of accuracy, that the |
world consumed %, 900 barrels of crude |
oil, and on the first OF the present |
month its necessities for kerosene, ac-
cording to the most trustworthy statis- |
ties, require from 81, 600 to 35, 900 bar |
rclS per diem. In consequence of this |
condition of affairs there has been |
rapid reduction in, the amount of stocks |
on hand, created by the enormous
overflow of 1873 and 1874. No year
in the history of the business ever pre-
scented greater activity throughout the |
region, and the time has not been when |
SO large class of producers was bene-
fitted by the operations.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg is gravely |
reported to nourish her sweet voice |
upon soup made by her admiring
mother from beef, potatoes, . little |
rice and many onions. The singer OBJ |
served to correspondent of the Mil !
waLkee Sentinel that she had never |
seen SO many young girls who think |
themselves born prima donnas as IN |
Chicago. Squeak they ever so little, |
they arc confident of shining upon the |
world as an operatic star; but" she |
added, Il think it more the fault of |
the music teachers, who, as it pays |
them, encourage the idea, and, while |
they cannot create voice IN their |
scholars. unfit them for anything else"
Mrs. Kellogg said to the correspondent |
that Der daughter sang several airs |
when nine months old, and played the
piano 1T three years; that oatmeal made
her bilious; that she injured her heel
wearing high-hecled boots; that Patti
VAS the only living singer that the
chicken" would take off her hat to
that she was pestered with suitoIs, who |
would throw themselves at her feet, |
write her frantic letters. go crazy and |
make fools of themselves generally.
The Washington Republican says it, |
proposed to postpone the count of the
electoral votes upon the pretcxt of de-
batting in Congress such questions as
may arise, and at noon on the fourth of
March next find a vacancy in the presi-
dency, and have 1t filled by the Presi- |
dent of the Senate in due course. The |
present members of the Cabinet can
hold over, with the exception of the |
postmaster general. and all will go
lovely. The party forces of the coun-
try can then be put in battle array
once more, and proceed to elect 8
President for the unexpired term.
Should this be the condition of af-
fairs, the question will soon arise,
Who shall he the candidates Of the re-
spective parties2 OF course, Mr.. Til |
den will be on hana. We may safely
calculate, also, that Hendricks and
his Indiana voters will be in Tor it
again. But what OF it, if Republicans,
the friends of Hayes and of all other
gentlemen prominently named should
conclude to have no foolIng with the
Democracy and proceed to nominate
| the ''silent man" of the/White Housed
After an interregnum of = year the
people can again choose Gen. Grant,
If they SO desire, merely to fill a vacan-
cy of three years. In this course of
proceedings the cry of Cesarism will
be unavailingly uttered. No one need
object to this except the Democracy.
Gen. Grant is safe man, and we all
know it, He would be elected by an
overwhelming majority beyond perad-
venture.
Abdul Hamid II, the present Sultan
of Turkey, was born in 1912, and
adopted by a childless lady of Abdul
Mejid's harem, who made him heir to
considerable wealth, which she pos
sessed. Like his brother Murad, he
led very jovial life, during his
fathers career, but his strong con-
stitution GRABBED him to with
stand those excuses which pros
trated his brother and caused his de-
position. He accompanied the late |