The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-26
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ChdriUdri declares that London has
eight months Of winter and four months
Of bad weather.
Chicago has the scandinavian in
politics. When it comes to close quar-
tiers he fights NIT Sigel.
Butler gives Packard this immense
testimonial: ''He does not like me,
but concede his abilities"
A New York milkman tarried at
the pump and was sentenced to fine
of $50 and thirty days in Jail.
Two Frenchmen have patented a
somniferous apparatus for putting trav
elers to sleep on railway trains.
Verdi's "AIda" is not considered
his best work. but he out-tromboned
Wagner in his triumphal march.
Cham dominates merchants who are
deeply in debt for switch tenders.
No danger of their going to sleep.
Eleven prominent families In New
York remove from Washington Heights
this spring on account Of hard times.
Pinchback says that he was offered
the governorship OF New Mexico, but
by whom and for what reason is not
stated.
1t is hardly fair for the Nashville
american TO call Kate Claxton a fire
fend. Why not a flame fairy or
smoke seraph2
"Here, James, take this key, rope.
ladder and parachute, and show the
gentleman up to 1852. Lunch at 2 A.
NJ, sir, if you can't sleep"
A French philosopher declares that
much more depends on how a woman
wears her dress than on what it is made
OF, and on how u man talks than on
what he says.
Secretary Thompson enlivens the
cabinet councils by "reminiscences OF
the days OF Adams and Jackson, when
he was . young man and president
Hayes was an infant.
One is not an spostste for having
followed his convictions, nor a de-
bauchec because he is married. Those
are my two crimes, and | do not re-
pent of them.-Fdther Hyacinthe.
Important official papers relating to
the strength of the army have been
stolen from the French war minister,
and the government has not succeeded
in getting any clue to the perpetrators.
Maggie Woods, child of four and
half years, recently arrived safely in
Stockport, England, having made a
journey from Chicago without any care
but that of the railroad and steamboat
employees.
Every one of the Cabinet has great
big mouths, noses and ears. The size
OF the fourteen ears and seven noses of
the Cabinet is something remarkable.
Mr.. Evart's ears and nose, compared
with his body, are immense.
James Barrett, head porter at Par
ker's, in Boston, owns a hotel of his
own, and one Of the walters in the
dining-room, who works for twenty
dollars q month, is taxed for $25, 900,
the accumulation of many tips.
Mrs. 8. NJ. Fassett, of Washington,
is painting an immense picture of the
electoral commission, the lawyers who
addressed it, and the notable men and
women who witnessed the scenes in
Congress during its deliberations.
Senator Lamar, who personally IA
vors Randall, thinks Morrison most
likely to be elected Speaker. 1t is said
the Southern members will demand
control Of the Committees on Appropri-
atoms and on Pacific Railroads.
Toombs, of Georgia, is chided by
the Augusta Chronicle for his opposi-
ton TO the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments, which, says the ChrOni
Gle, 'iniquitous as they are, have great
ly augmented the political power of the
South"
Senator Blaine is conspicuously rep
resentative Republican.-BO Trdc-
eLter. But Hayes, without working
for them, picked up more votes in u
national Republican convention than
Blaine could get after the most frantic
efforts.
Victor Hugo thinks reconciliation
with Paris is necessary to the universe,
and that the exhibition of 1873 is go
ing to bring it about. At all events it
will be worth trip to Paris to see next
years leaders of fashion trying TO
walk with only two inches play at the
knee.
The opinion is given by New York
physician that the young man who died
the other day, as the result of the bite
OF a cat, was victim of Imagination
rather than hydrlphobia. = Boston
GLJJe. No matter about that; the
young man IS dead, and who can speak
for the doctors imagination.