The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

assembly to abrogate all Sunday laws
and make Sunday absolutely free day.
There seems to be every possibility that
the measure will be passed end that by
an overwhelming majority.
The lower jaw of human being, said
to have belonged to the primitive race,
has been dug up on the banks of Lynx
creek, in Arizona. The jaw never had
more than six teeth, and from its con-
formation the possessor subsisted wholly
on fruits and grass.
The two cent postal card will soon be
in circulation. 1t has two stamps, one
sages, The sender occupies one of the
spaces, and the return correspondent
the other. One stamp Is cancelled at
the Office from which it is sent, and the
other at the return office.
Mr.. Seymour remains immovable in
his determination to never re-enter
public life. "When l sea-" says he,
'stottering grsy-beards, about the edge
of the gravs, engaged in scramble for
place aud power, l am reminded of
Holbein's Dance of Death / have a
morbid horror Of such picture, and l
shall never be found making one in
such a co.illiop."
The suit against the st. Lois Post
Despatch for publication of an article
from the Leavenworth Times, which
reported that Patti, the opera singer,
was drunk in Leavenwortb, is making
q sensation. The despoitlon of all the
members of the troupe are being taken
in ST. Louis to show that Patti was not
drunk in Leavenworth, was never
drunk aud DOME drink. The suit is
for $50, 900 damages.
The population of the globe may be
roughly assumed at 1,421 600, 900 d.
vided thus: Europe, 800, 900 900;
Asa, 1874, 900 900; Africa, 1919, 600. 900;
Oceanlca, 900, 900; America, 50, 000,-
900. 1t has been calculated from the
mortality tables of known countries
that the annual number of deaths
throughout the world is 35 693 $50, or
that, in other words, 81, 100 persons die
balance of population is more than kept
up by births at the rate of 104, 500 per
day. Seventy new lives are ushered in
every minute of the twenty-four hours.
The bark from the root of the mes
quite tree Is said to contain medicinal
properties which render it most excel
lent blood purifier. The roots should
be taken from the ground during early
spring, or when the sap begins to rise.
-Scraping off The rough bark and dirt,
the inner pert of the bark should be
pulled off mas he'd -zs3 -pIslia6e& IN water
and thoroughly boiled. Then strain
and drink the water at proper intervals.
Mr. George Hilgers, saws the San An
tonic Express, who has tried this reme-
dy time and again. pronounces 1t an
unfailIng method for Kidding the blood
of impurities and toning up the sys-
tenn.
Plans have been completed TO
monster boat that is to bridge the
dreaded English Channel and abolish
sea sickness on the journey between
England and the Continent. The boat
is to be $50 feet long and $50 feet wide,
(nearly the length and more than twice
the width of the Great Eastern but
drawing only eight feet of water. 1t is
to be propelled by numerous paddles
and screws, and will have "beneath the
skin q railway station holding $50
trucks, and along the md lie of the
back magnificent passenger sccommo-
dations, $50 feet long and so feet wide,
the remainder of the back giving place
to the waves to break over as the huge
fish glides quickly through them"
One of the latest and most important
discoveries in medical science If true
is that of DR.. NJ. NJ Griffith of Brad
ford, P. who reports some astonishing
results achieved by the administration
of crude petroleum TO consumptiyes.
He claims that twenty out of twenty
five cases of well-merked tuberculosis
have been cured so far as any outward
signs of disease are concerned and that
the Others have been materially bene-
flied. To obviste the nausea attending
the use Of ordinary petroleum DR.. Grif
fifth uses the semi-solid oil that forms
on the casing and tubing of the wells
giving it in the form of pills from three
to five times day.
Some people are puzzled how q sheet
of paper can be made unbroken seven
miles long. But what can exceed the
ingenuity that constructs q machine
that with the push of q lever takes the
snowy psper into its ponderous jaws,
and, with the speed of an express train,
imprints upon il even the faintest hair
line Of the smallest type, divides it
uniformly and accurately into psges,
places il in book form, glueing the
backs, cuts the edges, and then folds
thuse edges as eTenly and smoothly as
. girl would fold her first love letter,
delivers the perfect newspaper; sx,
seTsp, eight in one seconds