The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-09
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When a girl misses = word in the free |
schools of Cohoes New York, the boy
VINO correc's her is directed by the |
schoolms'am to kiss her on The spot.
A man IN Lexington was sued the
other day for seven years rent of pew
In st. Psurs Church. The Judge
seemed to think seats in church ought
to be without money and without price,
and gave judgment for defendant.
Our abundant harv6 st and the stiff
prices caused by the short crop in
Europe, are said TO be likely 10 give
farmers of the United States $50, ,000,-
600 more for their wheat thaa they ex-
pected when they sowtd their seed.
1t Is thought that steam may he made
an effective extinguIsher of fire. The
introduction of the Holly system for
heating and cooking by steam IN cities
will make possible a test Of the value
OF that vapor in saving property from
the flames.
The excess Of specie imports over ex-
ports at New York for the past twelve
weeks was $25, 306.3 314 The balance
of trade in favor of the United States,
which these figures indicate, disclo-es
what q sound besis there Is for the
general business activity.
The Corinth (Miss) Record tells of the
exhuming of a human skeleton in
Prentiss county at the depth of forty
earth, several gold coins OF the fif-
teenth century, bearing the superscup-
ton and coat of arms of Ferdinand and
Isabella were found along with it.
The weight and value of bacon hams,
fresh beef, salted beef, pork, lard, but
ter, cheese and tsllow exported from
the United States in August, 1873,
were 102, S72, 433 pounds, worth $S.-
4S7, 120; in August, 1879. 132, 012.54
pounds, valued at 81, S95, 1OS AN in
crease of about 19. 600 600 pounds in
quantity, but a decrease of more than
$500, 900 In value.
The next time Mr.. Hlyes starts his
great variety show on the road, he will
probably select a week when Grant has
not just got back from two years abroad
and an international walking match Is
not in progress. Business is booming,
to be sure, but with Grant and the
walking match competing for public
attention a mere President doesn't
stand much chance.
Gen. Walker, the superintendent of
the census, expects to have the work
of laying out the census districts COM
pleted by the middle of next month.
No appointment of supervisors or other
officers will be made, however, until
after the meeting of Congress, and then
there will be no hurry, as the superin-
gressmen on the subj act.
Trouble is already being arranged
for Mayor-elect Kalloch, of San Fran
cisco. Previous to the election he
publicly promised that he would fill
the office to which he had been nomi-
mated for less sum than the legal SAL
ary. This is said by good authority to
amouut to bribery under the Constitu-
ton OF Q Cilifornia, and case will be
made up on it with view to getting
decision from the Supreme Court.
1t was common for old DR.. S.urm, OF
Cincinnati, to threaten suicide. He
made careful preparations for death on
several occasions, and walked t. the
river with the avowed intention of
drowning himself. but every time his
courage failed. His friends doubted
his seriousness, and the matter as a
)ke. A few days ago, brother ply
sician said to him, "Wny don't you
use chloral; that would cause much
easier death than drowning" That
very night DIR. Sturm killed himself
| with chloral.
Cardinal Manning says that women
have power in the world which is pc
culiar to them, and that they frequently
exert an Influence which could not be
exerted by any order of men, and ac-
compllsh great and noble things by
their peculiar control of men, their
husbands, sons and brothers, which no
other power on earth could effect.
Possessing this unique and grand 70 ce
in the world, it is wonder, he thinks,
that any woman should care to descend
to the inferior position Of the political
arena.
Hot-Blooded William Prett TN, OF
Kentucky, is now a quiet, thoughtful
old gentleman, passive spectator OF
political events. The Cincinnati Ga
zette found Gen. Preston at his home in
Lexington the other day, and obtained
from him many interesting opinions.
Gen. Preston's most emphatic utterance
was: 81 should be sorry to see Gen.
Grant accept third term. The ten
dency would be to q monarchy for life,
or what would amount to the same
thing, to re elections for life. Grant
would not permit 1t, but the precedent
would work great evil. 1t Is really one
of the great dangers of our Republic"
Mr.. George VIM. Curtis, editor of
Hayper's Weekly does not talk kindly to
Conkling's man Cornell. Curtis be-
longs to that amisble class OF states
man known as independents, who go
into convention singing reform -nelo-
dies and come out pledged to support
the nominee OF the machine men who
manage such things to order. Il
George William wants to make stun
ming reputation as political reformer
he must kick out Of the traces and de-
cline to support man upon whom he
has charged all sorts of political mean
ness. He is in fair way to be cIassed
as reform humbng if he continues to
lend his assistance to confesscdly cor
rupt machine ticket.
Prof. Baird, of the Smithsonian In
stitute, who is also Secretary OF the
Fishery Commission, has just returned
from his summer cruise. He reports
the discovery off Georges Banks of
fish resembling the English sole which,
he thinks, will become fully as valuable
commercially as mackerel or cod. 10
accounting for its not having been
found before, he says that it has so
small mouth that it could be caught
only with nets and not by the methods
employed in ordinary sea-6shing.
When, asked why the mackerel and
menhaden yield OF Massachusetts, and
Maine had been so small this year, Prof.
Baird gave as the reason that an excep-
tionally cold current from Labrador
had been sweeping by those coasts dur
ing the entire fishing season.
The American young lldy who be
lieved that sbe had got brIstle OF her
toothbrush fixed in her throat Q.
worse and worse, though there was no
bristle there, till she was persuaded by
her doctors ruse that he had extracted
it, after which she recovered as rapid
ly. On the other hand there are very
well attested cases, though none l.
quoted by this writer, in which mere
FRIGHT directed IN the exnaosed s,e