The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-30
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TvEIZ SoT AND OTHEr DENIM
DUN RyTE HEAT CAwL.
A sign over store near the depot il
Center Ossipee, ''coffins, caske,s, auc
confectionery" amused lin somewhat,
but 1t didn't have the tffert on bin
that the shove did.
The uame given to the infant heir OF
the house of Norfolk, Philip joseph
Mary, causes much speculation IN aris-
tocratIc circles tn EnSland. The tirsi
Duke, who died at B0sworth Field,
was named John; OF his fourteen sue
cessors five have been Thomas, five
HeDry, (the present Dukes name two
Charles, one Edward and one B .rnar6.
The present son and heir is called
Philip, after St. Philip of Neri, the
patron OF the Oratofians near Birmlpg-
ham, of which Csrdina! Newman Is
head, and where the present Dake was
educated, and Joseph and Mary, after
st. Joseph and the Virgin mother to
whose pat. onage his parents commend
ed themselves on their marriage.
Barbarism runs close second TO civ
ilizatlon in Australia. The authorltics
of Victoria and New South Wales have
been at their wits end to capture u
gang of four outlaws who haye been
riding rough shod from village TO VIII
lage, plunderIng the banks, sack!ng
the stores and always escaping unhurt,
and at last black ''trackers" We're call
ed IN t. aid the police. These native
Australians were brought to Sydney to
start on their work; and the papers
gravcly mention the fact that while the
"niggers" are not asked to give quar-
ter, they have been instructed that
they must not eat the captured outlaws.
Cann.baiiam, :, appears, is not an ur-
common thing with these psid and Ell.
rolled assistants OF the colonial police :;
and Sydney has just had an iuternation-
al exhibition.
In every direction the papers are
remarklng 1Uon the increase of busi-
ness, the advance in price, and the
frightening Of the mercantile skies.
The railways are crowded both as re-
CARDS freight and passengers. The 10
crce:ed receipts Ter passengers on the
Railroad for the months
of June, July, August and September
show an average excess Of 800, 000
per month over the previous year. In
freight the Increase is even mere re-
markable. All the trunk lines find
great difficulty in keeping their tracks
free from blockade. An important
cause of this boom Is the prevailing
lowness of nearly all the naVigable
streams. Boats are laid up along the
OHIO as useless, and tens of thousands
of tons of freight OF all kinds are thus
diverted TO the railroads, increasing
the harvest.
The Irish land agitatoIs have got past
argument and entered on coercion.
The English papers are full of accounts
of threatened land lords, anl OF ten
ants who have waited in body on
their landlords to ask for lower rents.
Ga the estate of Lord Normanton, an
absentee landlord, 800 tenants, headed
by their parish jpriest, demanded lower
terms of the agent and promptly reject
ed his offer of u small eiuction. The
Marquis of HeadIort and his agent have
been serVei with like demand, backed
by thinly- Y,i!ed threat of death ] ( the
reduction was cot granted. A ''lady
of rank" writes to TIE London Times
that her agents cannot collect the rents
which make up her marriage joinuse,
because any farmer paying reus is
threatened with shot from the heiee.
These are insulated instances = hich
show q general state of sfTairs IS hich
perhaps renders the occupation OF the
country by troops only question of
time.
The ex-Empress Carlotta's health has
much improved in her new home, but
her mlnd is still dimmed. she has one
remarkable pecaliarity-tha of never
speaking in the first person, always
using the, abstract substantive son"
"On desire, on veut, on ex,ge." She
is kindly and gracious to all who sur
round her, and takes great interest ir
the families of the farmers and cot
tsgers on the estate; when inquiring
about them, she says: sit is wished
to know if they are well and happy
or she will mention to the gardener
that sit is rem irked" there are leaves
in certain alley that should be swept
away, or that some alteration has been
nicely done. Her meals are served
with the same ceremony as a. court,
and she always dresses specially for
them. When her dinner IS announced,
she enters the room, max 3 a ceremJ-
NAL courtesy to her suite and takes her
seat, eating with excellent appetite aud
talking sensibly enough.
The postmaster at Baltimore is named
Tyler. We have seen him. He is fas-
cinating in manners, and knows how
to live. His model farm near Baltimore
is the chsrmingest place in America.
Hayes and Key have both been there.
Tyler loves wine and women and
horses and who should not. But Ty-
Ter has female clerks in his postofiice,
chosen, it is alleged, with reference to
personal charms and ugly women grew
jealous and Key was forced to inquire
in Tyler's devious ways and one of the
body lice of despotism-a detective
was put upon Tyler's track and poor
glOt huob BifO " AAN l5hp-ss AAo -
piety is double distilled sud is new
sorely grieyed. But Tyler holds on
with that historical TyleT's grip we
read about. snd Key cant unlock his
grasp till Hayes comes back from Ohio.
Then the Baltimore poetcffiee wall be
vacant and five hundred fellows, in
Guiding females, all seeking the plac',
will rush frsntically down to Washing
ton
The royal family OF Denmark are
now gathered at Bernsiof Castle, with
the exception of Thyrs, the young
Duchess of Cumberland, whose little
daughter keeps her at home The fu
ture Queen of England and Empress Of
Russia. with their husbands and chill
dren, are together again in their child
hoods home, which, though small and
crowded they have preferred for their
visit to any other OF the royal resi-
deDces. The two Pnncesses, Alex2r-
dra and Dsgmar, insisted upon sharing
the same room IS when they were chill.
dren, brought up uader the tender eyes
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