The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-23
fnlIoalAL NOTES.

The White House VIII soou he
an agy!un for pedagogues- Mrs,
Garfield has selected = schooliua'Gn
10 assist her in doing the donors OF
her new mansion Both the PrcSi-
dent-eIec; and his wife lFere school
teachers at one time III their lives
There is no royal read 10 Dob!l
ity, and the advantage Of birth does
not amount TO much in this country
At the same time ii I'D United States
man wants 10 be born so that he can
achieve greatness, or have it thrust
upon him. he had best be born in
Oh
Mile. Jeanne Bernhardt, sara:
sister, arrived i'll New York from
Havrc yesterday. She was dread
fully seasick all the way over. When
her tall form. encased from head 10
foot in an olivc-green cloak and
capped with n marvellous piece OF
head gear. glidcd along the gang
plank the bystandcrs all exclaimed
How like the B. herself"
-Cctcwavo Is certainly not
starved by his British captors, as az
pears froia the following memOran.
DUN of the rations issued to him
daily: For Cetewayo and women, IL
pounds beef (fresh), 9 pounds bread
q pounds sweet potatoes Tor other
kind, l pound coffee, > pounds SUI
gar, ounces salt, > candles (peI
week., so pounds coal or 100 pounds
1 wood (the wood for preference, !
bar soap (pcr week.; for four men
attendants, four ordinary native ra.
tions, viz: pounds mcalie meale, {
pounds fresh meat, . ounces salt.
| The next United States Senate
will contain quite a number of mil,
lionaires among its members. Sena.
tor Brown, of Georgia, is reported
to be worth three millions; Fair, OF
Nevada, twenty millions; SAWYER
of Wisconsin, two millions; Oliver
of Pennsylvania, one and a half mil
lions: "oecor" Robson, three MIL
lions; Levi Morton, if elected. ten
millions; Dagley, Of Michigan, one
million; Cameron of Pennsylvania,
Davis of Illinois, Jones of Nevada,
Hill and Teller of Colorado, Blaine
and Hale of Maine, and Mcpherson
of New jersey, ali over million
each.
"A World cablegram says: "a
| gloom was cast over the first meet
of the Cottesmore hounds now
under the mastership of Mr.. DANES
| Gordon Bennett. The meet took
place at-Burley-on-the-Hill, the mag
nificent seat of the Earl of Winchil-
sea, and & country ball was arranged
to be given at Normanton Hall by
Lord Aveland, whose ancestor, Sir
Gilbert Heathcote, was d famous
Master Of the. Cottesmore in his
time, But the Prince and Princess
OF Wales, who had promised to at
tend on both occasions, uneK-
pectedly postponed their visit, and
thereby eclipsed the gayety Of Rut-
landshire." e4
The Atlanta Constitution tells OF
the good luck of a young oolored
girl III that city, pupil In Clark s
University, who has just come into
an inheritance OF $4,000. Clark's
University was finished and dedi-
Gated last summer 1t is,fur colored
people alone. Chrisman Hall, the
main auditorium, was built and
furnished in accordance with a be-
lquest Of Mrs. Chrisman, a wealthy
lady of Boston. The young girl
VINO has just become the FORTUNATE
heiress of $4,000 has determined to
fit up an elegant parlor in the Uni.
versity for the use of the colored
school girls. Her generosity is
highly appreciated by her school
mates and the professors In the
University.
Virginia City, Nevada, is mos
dangerous place 10 be out in of G
dark night. Not only the whole
| Comstock lode, but every lamp-post
is liable to be highly charged will
electricity. An unwary man, wand
erihg homeward with confused
brain and unsteady gait. runs an aw
4 full risk of being blown as high al
Franklin's kite; and if he ventures
Pc; STTTSif ms TioIi TdIcn Kew III
may be Immediately resolbed int
his constituent elements. Such NJ
unfortunate succeeded, few night
ago, in extracting sparks from irol
door frames and from the tops of tn,
hydrants. On looking at the irol
flagstaff on the top of Noun
Davidson he found that about thu
top of it was visible large anC
brilliant corona of light. In two o.
three places on the steel wire guy
by which the flagstaff is stayed
were seen small but bright balls o
light. These appeared to glide VI
aud down, and occasionally disap
peared for some seconds, but that a
the top of the staff remained con
stantly in view, though it was oh
served to contract and expand. On
brushing the sleeve of his coat Will
his hand the gentleman observe,
that sparks were produced. simila
to those seen in stroking the back o
q cat.
"A story comes from Yokohama
by way OF San Francisco, relatins
the adventures of q young woman
connected with the family of one 0
; the commissioners sent out by tn
American government to secure
notifications In the treaty with Chi
IA. The young woman alluded, t,
visited the jewelry shop of Misha
l,Shiva, in i okohama, and though sh,
purchased nothing she carried OF
one Of three very oddly-shaped ant
peculiarly -finishedlockets, Thislock
ct she gave TO an English officer .wht
had been a passenger in the SAM
: ship which took the American com
misSionere TO Yokohama. The Jew
eler saw the locket on the guard o.
the English officer, and it was sool
made known that the young Am, ri
can woman had given 1t TO him. Thu
ieweler had the young woman takeI
before. the American consul, who in
vestigated the case and tried TO pac
ify the ieweler by telling him tina
the taking OF the focket was a cas-,
, of kleptomania. The Japanese con
{ suited dictionary, but his Limited
knowledge of English did not en-
able him to distinguish between
kleptomenia and stealing, SO h,
placed in his show window a care
bearing on it in large letters this leg
end, " By American Law Kleptoma
MIA is no crime"
A correspondent or the EpresS