The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-12
Bacterial Notes.
Papers multiply in Texas, but die "A

FN'S ~NS~-tAJ AZ A0AAs, out ule al
'apidly.
Business is decidedly Frightening
With the Norwich, Connecticut, cotton
They feel that the
lowest point of the depression has been
aud report good prospect
ahead. ..E
The shoe manufacturers of LYNN.
state that their business
at this time is one-third better than IL
was year ago. All the shoemakers
there have work, and most of the fac
tories are running on over time.
There is to be soon published at &c,
ncvs blind mans newspaper, to be
called the Journal Dcs Ancitoles. I,s
editor and his assistants will literally
be blind, leaders of the blind.n
though not, let US hope, in an invid-
lous sense. 1t will be printed on type
invented by gentleman named Recor>
don, which is said to be a very great
improvement both in point of simplic-
lty ana cheapness, on previous meth
DDS. A principal feature is that each
letter has small holes in it, to which
the fingers quickly become sensitive.
and the position Of the holes determine
the letters.
The debt Of New York City is so i'm
mense as to attract abroad as well a. at
home. The London Tunes saws it is
most astonishing fact that the debt
should have increased from $l9, 000,-
600 in 1860, to $40, 900, 900 in 1876.
1t is believed by some that unless cur
tAilment of expenses be made there
must come insolvency and reputation.
The municipal taxes are now beyond
the ability Of the people to pay, and
the debt has doubled three times during
the period in which the security for
the debt has doubled but once. So
that the ratio of debt to valuation.
which was S.s1 in 1860, is now 1880.
The general postmaster at Berlin, in
Germany, has received petition from
the Society for bird protection asking
that he shall make arrane ements to
save the birds from being killed by the
pneumatic post. 1t seems that from
the large air-compressing steam en-
gines chimney pipes lead up to the
roof, and through these the required
air is sucked in. The power Of the
suction apparatus is SO great that both
large and small birds which happen
to be flying over the tubes when the
engine is in motion ard drawn down
into the chimneys and destroyed.
\ New York letter says: "Wall
street has lately crowded over into
Pearl and Beaver streets and taken a
hand in the cotton market. The finan-
cial operations have been nearly all on
the ''bsar" side, and it is owing in a
great measure to their movements that
Gotten has been depressed to the point
where it is. With unlimited means at
command, a defiant boldRess and q
sharp encounter with every attempt to
rally, coupled with increasing stocks
here and in Liverpool in their favor,
these Wall street gentry have been en-
abled to virtually control the cotton
market for weeks, and to amass enor-
nous profits"
There were over one hundred and
fifty babies in the recent show in Gin
cinnati, and the enterprise was great
success, the hall being crowded for
several days by visitors. Lines had TO
be formed, under the control of police
men, to prevent confusion. The babies,
on their mothers laps, were ranged
at the sides of the hall, behind rail-
ings. There were twenty-five pairs of
twins and two sets of triplets. Prizes
were given, the award in each class be-
ing given by two women and physi-
clan, and the mayor presided at the
distribution. Health and beauty, sep
arate or combined, were the merits that
won, except that the triplets triumphed
through force Of numbers. The dresses
of the little ones were in mary in
stances elaborate and expensive.
Stanley must look to his laurels. In
the last session of the Berlin OoosraDh-
ical Society the president, DR.. Bias.
tian, announced that the well-known
African traveller, DR.. Gustav Nachti-
gal, intended to undertake a new Jour
ney of exploration into the interior
from the coast of equatorial Africa
This field, now rendered vacant by the
death of Edward Mohr at Molange, has
always been the favorite territory Of
the German explorers. DIR. Nachtigal's
peculiar qualifications for the under
taking, as well as his six years' varied
experience in the hardships of African
travel, wilflend an important character
to this new attempt to penetrate into
the unknown interior Of the Continent.
Says correspondent who saw Wag-
ner, the composer, at one OF his re-
treats In Germany: "Dressed in gown,
slippers and cap, his fayorite method
Of composition was to tramp up and
down the room, humming and scoring,
scoring and humming, until one would
have thought he was striving to score
ahundred miles day. About O'Clock
in the morning he would ring for cof-
fec, and, on the walters appearance,
Wagner would leave him standing un-
noticed for many minutes, until at
length the waiter would ask his wants,
and he would reply: 'Ohi are you
there2 Bring Coffee The coffee
brought would perchance remain un-
touched for an hour. At other times
Wagner would quit work and roam
over the country all day, getting, pet
chance, only bread and milk for lls
dinner at some shepherds hut"