The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-18
Editorial Notes.

" oS ooAtCA - futCttg - pOoStOtS ~ Aut
choir OF the old Cathedral at Hadding.
ton, where he laid his wife twelve years
ago. He Is believed to be at deaths
door.
Kalloch st lsast said one good thing
In his memorable race for mayor OF
San Francisco. He said: 'There will
be no property divisions until God Al
mighty sees fit to make communistic
distribution of brains"
An effort has been made In Ohio to
induce Gen. Ewing to modify his soft
money views sufficiently to enable the
German Democrats to vote for him, but
it was not successful. He was willing to
sdmit that he was no longer opposed to
resumption, but that was all.
The Norwegian bark Columbia,
bound from New London for Quebec,
was struck by large fish or sea mon
ster and had hole Knocked in her
bottom, which caused her to fill and
sink in half an hour. The water
around the vessel became bloody imme-
diatsly after the shock was felt. The
men had barely time to escape in
! boats.
New York taxpayers are in an un-
comfortable frame of mind oyer the Of
ticial announcement of Comptroller
Kelly that the tax rate in that city for
the current year will be 9. So per cent,
against EOS percent. in 1873. There
was very general expectation that the
showing would be somewhat different
from this, as q reduced rate had been
promised.
The community at Wallingford, Ct,
being branch of the Oneida communi-
ty, follows 1t in abandoning the system
OF complex marriages. 1t is a curious
fact that while the Oneida communists
have reused the ire of New Workers by
the practice OF this principle of their
faith, the Wal'ingford people have en-
countered little opposition in the ''Land
of steady habits"
Kalloch's utterance in regard to De-
Young's mother has been given to the
public by the stenographer who report
ed him. His words are too vile for re-
publication. In single sentence he
charged on DeYoung, his mother and
his sisters life below the brutes. BY
no use of blanks and no arrangement
of language permissible among men can
Kalloch's meaning be given here. No
mere words can justify asmurderous
assault in contempt Of law, but no
stronger proYocation to an assault co1ld
be made than Kalloch offered and De-
Young accepted.
The Chinese in California have Or
ganized branches of the Masonic order,
and are turning the organization and
| its secret methods to considerable prac-
ticsl use. To oounteract the influence
of this fraternity, mutual protective
societies are being formed by non-Ma-
SONIC ChinameD, who assert that the
Masonic order is antagonistic to the
present Emperor of China. All of the
rival associations that charac' eIize Chi
nese life in California are noted for the
bitter anlmosity existing between
them, and these secret fraternities are
not exceptions.
Some interesting trials with carrier
pigeons have lately been made in Ger
many, in order to ascertain whether
the pigeons, after being confined for
some time at point distant from their
proper home, would still return to it
when liberated. Accordingly 149 birds
were carried from Aix-la-C -Chspelle to
Metz, and liberated after a months
confinement. By the morning Of the
day following 1874 had returned to their
cots in Aix-la-C a-Chspelle, the bird which
arrived first hsYing flown from Metz to
Aix-la- -Chapelle, lie miles, in four
hours and thirty-eight minutes.
Many persons are pdzzled to under
stand what the terms ''fourpenny,"
'sixpenny" and "tenpenny" mean as
applied to nails. The Scientific Ameri-
can explains this by saying that ''four-
penny" means four pounds to the thou
sand nails, or "sixpenDy" means six
pounds to the Thousand, and 50 on. II
is an old English term, and meant at
first "ten-poupd nails, the thousand
being understood; but the old Euglish
clipped it to 'teppun, and from that
1t degenerated until "penny" was sub.
stitutej for pounds" When 1000
nails weigh less than one pound they
are called tacks, brsds, etc., and are
reckoned by ounces.
The Journal of Commerce says
More than twenty years ago, when il
was found that prevention of cholerl
was easier than cure, prescription
drawn up by eminent doctors was pub
lished in the New York San, and il
took the name OF the Sun cholera med
icIne. Our contemporary never len
its name to better article. We bav,
seen it in constant use for nearly two
score years, and found ii to be the bes
remedy for looseness Of the bowels ey
er yet devised. No one who has thi
by him, and takes 1t IN time, will eve
have the cholera. We commend it II
ell our friends. Even when no choi
era is anticipated, it is an excellen
remedy for summer complaints-colic
diarrheA, dysentery, etc. Take equa
parts of tincture of Cayenne pepper
tincture of opium, tincture Of rhubarb
essence OF peppermint and spirits o
camphor. Mix well. Dose, IL TO 81
drops IN little water, according Il
age and violence of symptoms, re
peatsd every fifteen or twenty minute
until relief is obtained.
"Another boarding-house busted up
! see" sighed . venerable Austin land
lady, as she laid down her paper
swell, il must nave been extravaganc
on the table. Thst's what bankrupt
seven out OF ten, and even then th
boarders are crying 'hashl' and com
planning OF poor meals. Now run
boarding-house for twenty-five years
and I made money and heard no com
plants. How did do III Why. IL
al in planning. For instance, q neck
piece OF mutton can be cut to look lik
rib roast, and little extra FIRE make
il Just IS tender. Ltwd save you I'y
been compIimented q thousand time
on my selection Of choice spring lem
when the meat was mutton four year
old, and the toughest part ct that
The idea OF spring chicken on
clearinghouse table Is absurd-aye
almost wicked. 10 my palmy days
could take tough old hen, pound th
body with the potato mashsr for teI
minutes, and set before nay bosrdeTs
feast to make every heart glad. Now III
venture that there Aren't ten IAndiadIe
In the city that can bake Pigs heal
and slice d the~meat in . manner
make everybody believe that be has tn
choicest cut in > pigs body, and it's
wonder to me that there aren't NOR
failures. Lots Of landladies buy ME.
fresh butter, and tempt 3 man 70 es
1ve or six biscuits or half loaf o
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