The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-14
Personal NOTES.

Sarah Bernhardt intends TO re-
appear in Paris directly after her
return from America. She has
signed a three years engagement
with the Vaudeville.
The daughter OF ex-President
Zachary Taylor was paid $4,000 a
few days ago, the balance Of salary
which Gen. Taylor would have re-
ceived had he lived until his term
of Office expired.
~ California Justice. in n mo-
ment of anger, said that the lawyers
in case ON trial before him were
no better than horse-thieves. Then
he apologized and fined himself $40
for contempt of court.
"A girl was frightened TO death
by dream at West Chester. Pa.
She was recovering from typhoid
fever and was so weak, that. awak-
ening in terror. the violent action of
her heart proved instantly fatal.
-Fifty-two years ago Henry CLAY
secured the position of messenger
for the Secretary of War for Charles.
/ a ectared man OF Lexington, Ken
tuck Charles still performs the
du;ics Of the position. and is said To
he the politest man in Washington.
A prize was offered for the
mother who presented the greatest
nImber Other own children at the
Indiana state fair. Mrs. Smith and
Mrs. Line were each accompanied
To the fair by nine. bat Mrs. Line
gave birth TO tenth ON the grounds.
and so took the prize.
There is isarevival ofpopularity in
ankec plays and characters ON the
| stage. About ten years ago the lik-
ing for them faded out almost en-
tirely, and even J. T., Owens Solon
Shingle ceased TO draw anywhere.
Now the largest theaters in the coun-
try are filed by Denman Thomp-
sons Joshua Whitcomb, Charles l..
DaVis's Alvin ,losli.. Bernard
Macauley's Uncle DAM, and Ned
Burgess's Widow Bedort, una-all-
these are characters of the onl-
fashioned Yankee kind.
The prosecution of the man
ayers of the horses-agamst-men
race. in Chicago, has resulted in ore
being fined $50: the rest are 10 be
tried. The testimony in this case
showed that the prisoner got a fine
| gelding iuto the contest. and forced
him 10 go 525 miles in six days.
Whip and spur were freely used,
and toward the close boys were
stationed along the course 10 prod
the horse with sticks. His legs and
back were terribly swollen, and he
tottered feebly rs he walked
The London Lancet SAYS: "The
man who eats regulated number
of meals daily, with duly stimula-
ted and organized habit, probably
eats much more than his system re-
quires, or the organism. as a whole.
is constituted 10 deal with. The or
gans of digestion and assimilation
are overworked. and hence, doubt
| less. many of the most troublesome
diseases. a glance ut any table
showing the length of time which
the comm0nest articles of food take
to digest, will show that the fashion,
able stomach can scarcely ever be
empty"
The new Warner Observatory
which is now being erected at
Rochester, New York, is attracting
much attention in social and literary
as well as scientific circles. the new
telescope will be twenly-two feet IN
length. and its lens sixteen inches in
diameter, thus making il third in
size of any instrument heretofore
manufactured. while the dome of
the Observatory is TO have some new
| appliances for specially observing
certain portions of the heavens. II
is to be the finest private obscrvato-
ry in the world, and has been heavi-
ly endowed by Mr.. II. II. Warner,
proprietor Of the Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, and other remedies.
Professor Swift has laborcd mder
numerous disadvantage in the past
and the new comet which he recent
ly found was in spite Of many obsta-
cles, but as the new institution Is 10
be specially devoted TO discoveries
there are good reasons 80 expect
very many scientific revelations in
the near future from the Warner
Observatory at Rochester