The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-10
Editorial Notes.


Protestant church members of the |
United States are said to give an aver |
age of fifty cents each annually to for |
eign missions. Baptists give $242. 900;
Congregationalist. $457, 900; Episeo-
pslians, 500, 900; Methodlsts, $342, 900;
Presbyterians, $500 COG; Reformed,
$50, 900 = in all $l,74S 900. The !
| amount ia increased to 81 600, 900 |
through Bible and tract societies.
The most costly school building in
the world is probably the new Poly
technic institute in Hanover. The late
King of Hanover commenced the con-
struction Of q magnificent palace, upon
| which he expended about five million
dollars. When the government. was
overthrow and the kingdom of Hano-
yer became q province of Prussia, the
building was found in half finished
condition. For several years the win
dows were boarded up and the empty
I rooms became the residence of bats and
birds. At last the German government
! resolved to alter the building and
adapt it tn the use OF the polytechnic
school The work has been going for
ward for several years, aud is now
/ nearly ended.
1t is stated that Is per cent. Of all
| the children born die in the first year.
This results in summer, largely, from
improper food. 1t cannot be made too
widely known that the addition OF a
4 teaspoonful of common lime-water, to
he had at the druggists Tor mere tri-
1 fl :, to each bottle OF milk adapts cows
| milk to the human constitution, and
renders it perfectly digestible to either
! adults, invsllds, or sucking infants
For the latter the milk should he dilut-
ed with tepid water and slightly sweet
ened with moist. not loaf, sugar. Be-
sides the effect on the digestion, it may
be assumed that the lime goes 70 the fol-
nation of the bones; hence children
thus fed have none of that softness In
their bones SO plainfuily displayed in
1 what is termed "rickets."
Henry Taylor, cOlored, was hung for
rape at 2 O'Clock Friday at Forest City,
Arkansas. He protested innocence
1 to the last. Death resulted from
strangulation. Taylor was sentenced
to be hung ON the thirteenth of May,
but was reprieved by the Governor un-
til Friday. Every effort was made by
his former master, who doubted ms
guilt, to obtain communication to i'm
prisonment for life, but without sue
cess. Repeated interviews failed 10
elicit a confession. He ascended the
| scaffold with smile on his lace, de-
livered an address to colored people
protesting his Innocence, calling upon
all to meet him In heaven. Tears and
loud groans greeted his words. The
cap was placed over his face and after
a song by the negroes Sheriff Parhsm
sprung the trigger. His neck Was not
broken and death ensued from strangu-
lation in fourteen minutes. The body
was cut down at seven minutes to 3
o'clock. Taylor had been Baptist
preacher. af -l
The price of crude oil has tumbled,
now that the Tide Water pipe is deliv.
ering at Bayonne, N. j., $500 barrels
OF oil day, which runs through the
six inch pipe OF that line Is miles from
Bradford, Pa, 10 Willismsport, Pa,
and is then transferred to the tank cars,
in which it is hurried To the market.
The crude OIL was 1-2 cents a gallon
two months ago. 1t is now2 cents
q gallon, with q decreasing tendency.
The monopoly of the United pipe lines
has been broken, and their rates for
transferring oil from the wells to the
railroads have been reduced from
twenty cents t. five cents q barrel.
The new line delivers oil In opposition
to all the trunk lines. It has been con-
solidated with the Equitable line, in
the interest of the outside companies
and in opposition to the great Standard
monopoly. Kerosene OIL will probably
become much cheaper as result Of the
fight. $500 ~ .r SOL. .l.f
The Madison Square garden, former
ly Gilmore's, il illuminated by ten cleo
trio lightsi Of $500 candle-power each,
under q contract with an electric light
company, which claims 70 be able to
furnish slight with three or four times
tue illuminating power Of gas at one
third or ope-fourth of the present cost.
The light serves to render the garden
much cooler as IL rsdistes scarcely one
tenth the amount Of heat as the same
power OF gas light, and this develops
curious fact that while the heat Is so
intense at the electric arc that IL will
reduce the point OF knife to vspor
almost instantaneously when placed at
the point Of the positive carbon, one
can light cigarette 1t the blszs with
out q sensation OF heat in the hand.
The experiment is deemed an extreme
" favorable test Of the electric light for
Dpulsr uses. The lights are run BY .
single engine. Similar lights are be
ing placed at several Of the beaches
ong Coney island. Under the light
there is no change Of color as by lamp
or gas-Hght, and the most delicate
shades worn by women are a. easily
distinguished as By sun-light. M
The spirit pilot graph business is
now at discount in Rochester, N. y,
AT Q gallery conducted by Iong-hair-
ed priestess, photographs have been
taken Of sitters, and on each negative
has appeared spirit outline. Two
ladies had their pictures taken the
other day. In the frat photograph the
spirit was that Of young lady on 3
balcony with her hand % her face. her
hair aud costume being in the fashion
| OF thirty years ago. TIE other
photograph showed the spirit OF Q
woman dressed in . costume Of about
the same period, her hair 10 riuglets,
banded on the top near the temple
with strings Of pearls. In her hand
wss rose. The pictures Of the ladies
themselves were clear and sharply de-
feed, While those o. the iDt5u Ter we're
hsry. bat sta the Outlines clearly de-
fecd. Wbes the pietares we're finish
ed the ladies' took them home, and on !
examining them closely concluded they
bad ssen the spirit spsrs somewh here be-
foss, aBd in. turning over the leases Of
cone magszipes ran seToss the epgrAy-
ings Of the originals. The first one
gas taken from 40 engraving represent
ifnO ssrIourFaa hAi ~ aad thu enrf.,,4 -.