The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23


fatally TO the two persons who engaged
in 1t. Il is plain from the accounts
that no ascension should have been
made. The wind was blowing heavily,
as it is apt to do in San Francisco in
The afternoon, and the bolloUn itself 10
said 10 have been On old and patched
zee aud to have been only partly in
fl iied. Ia spite Of remonstrances, how
eyer, the aerOnaut, Mr.. Colgrove, and
sir- Williams, manager of the Wood
ward Gardens, insisted upon going up.
Toe balloon, after rising high enough
t. clear the surrounding bulldogs,
came near TO the earth and tore along
the surface, now playing havoc VI tn
telegraph wires and then bounding
hundreds of feet into the air in its
course. Presently the cloth ripped,
and the gss began to escape with loud
or. The balloon by this time was
utterly manageable, and in the end
bt tn occupants of the car were dashed
30 entity to the ground. Williams was
fr gh.fully crushed about the face and
head and died In few moments. The
hurts of Colgrove were internal, and
mis- death followed soon afterwsrd.
The unfortunate men fell from q height
of ABOUT 200 feet and were jsrked out
by sudden reversal of the car.
A. the snnual meeting of the n. 7.
Ciesring-H Juse association recently
/. was resolved that the issue of gold
certificates of deposit by the bank OF
America, these to be used in settlements
1t the Clearinghouse, be resumed.
This 10 returning to the custom which
PREVAILED up to 1862. The reason
gwen for this actio n is that it is more
convenient to deposit the gold in
bank having large and secure vaults,
and to use certificates of such deposits
than it is TO carry the gold IN bags
every day to ana from the Clearing
House. This action has become nces-
sary on account OF the abundance of
gold coin by reason Of the large impor
tations and the disbursements by the
treasury of gold coin in payment of
called bonds. It can hardly be quef-
ton that it is a better and safer thing
for the government to perform THU
duty than any bank. Yet the New
York banks have been forced to this
action by Secretary Sherman. Until
the last year gold could be deposited
with the government and certificate
would be issued, but when resumption
began Secretary Sherman discontinued
issuing gold certificates, and now he is
not only refusing to take gold on deposit,
but foreign creditors to take gold when
they don't want 1t. There was nothing
left for the banks but to substitute
private vaults and certificates for those
of the government previously used.
There is a good deal of coffee imbibed
by the lower classes of citizens, in small
coffee houses not frequented by the
elite OF Moorish society. Almonds are
occasionally roasted and ground with
the bsrIles, and the mixture is some
times scented with rose-water. In
towns, too, the water-seller's bell seems
to tinkle necessarily, as with goat-skin
water-bag he perambulatss the dusty
streets in quest OF thirsty customers.
Milk, especially sour milk, is the pet
''quencher" of the country folk. But
green tea il, if not the national, GER
tainly the favorite beverage of the
higher classes, who to q man prefer the
perilous stimulation of Hyson to the
gentle exilaration of Pekoe, Congou,
or Souchong. Most well-to-do natives
take tea both before and after the last
three meals of the day; so the reader
will be prepared to believe that the
consumption of green tea in Morocco is
larger, in proportion to the number of
its population-ssy 1000, 900 than In
any other country. The tea equipsge
usually consists of bright brass tray,
deliberately chased, wherein are placed
tiny glass tumblers and small metal
pesr-shaped tes-Dct, in which is put
half handful of Hyson, with sufficient
loaf sugar and boiling ws'er to make
thin syrup, often favored, in lieu of
cream, with mint, or mOriorain flow
ers, orange blossoms, citron leaves and
blooms, NORWOOD, or ambergrIs. To
tee Moor calmly sip dozen or more
tumblerfuls of the scaldng-hot and
slckly-sweet infusion at one sitting, is
q sight calculated to inspire the Euro
pesn spectator with profound admit
ration of the adamantine nature of ma
tive nerves and outlets.
Some interesting evidence as to the
character Of modern fighting is supplied
by q recently published volume, the
Report of the English Stafford House
Committee on their operations in the
late Russo-Turkish war. Besides q
record Of operations, the book contains
some general reports on surgical mat
tiers by the chief surgeons employed.
In these there ia to be found nearly
Unanimous testimony, first as to the
comparative fewness of wounds from
the "white arm" as swords, bayonets,
lanees, and such like weapons are col-
lectively termed in French military
language. The second point of inter.
est Is the greater ease with which such
wounds healed when they were not at
once fatal. Sword wounds were more
numerous in the latter part of the war
tasn IN the earlier, says Mr.. Barker,
and they usually healed easily. Bsyo-
net wounds we're much rarer. "Among
thousands of wounded men," says DR..
Pinkerton, ~ did notsee more than half
dozen suffering from sabre, lance or
bsyonet wounds" The experience of
SshSAS WuSA NC HuooAObCu roo VIC
same. TIE fact seems to be that not
only is actual hand-to-hand fighting
very rare in modern warfare, but that
modern weapons are very i'll adapted
for it. The lance requires elbow room
and very sdroit management; the sabre |
ueeds very great bodily strength, and |
not little skill, to make it effective;
the bsyonet Is . most clumsy weapon.
The bowie knife and tho short Ghoorks
dagger are, thinks DR.. Pinkerton, much |
more effective than the ordinary cut
ting arms. On the other hand, the |
modern rifle bullet is allowed to be |
terrible weapon In Its effects, even
where il does not kill. and the wounds |
il inf cts seem TO be much more seri- |
Gus than those Of the old spherical
ball.
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