The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-02-19
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ID ana F.sncesca, Gatibaidfs rev
wife. VISA the nurse of his greadchal-
drer; bv Der be i,ss hsd t~o children,
named MsnlIus and Cleiiz-
Gov. Williams OF Iudisns, has par
donei two clnvicts on the condition
that they abstain from drinking l;qaor
during fhe tsIm foS which they were
seDieD ed.
N1th.pg wall more nightly convince
"a man If he t,uth Of religion than 20
mark the Il renee in ones feelings
when he ICES kind deed or when he
does mean ont.
Maggie Macbsil says she Is not
ashamed o. her sge, and confesses to
being 10 heF foE'y-fourth year S =
made her debut on the stage in 1850 in
the old New York Park Theatre.
Ia 1919 the loss of crops IN IRELAND,
chiefly tbe potato crop, amounted to
$50, 600. 0oo. The loss OF potatoes alone
during thai season was estimated by
the London Times at ten million OF
tone.
The aggregate cost OF Improvement, s
and grounds OF the 81. Louis F ,lr Asso-
ciatioa has been. $346 0O0 The cap'-
tai stock j $50 coo, and Is divided In O
1850 shares, held by 1896 men. The
Ascot ton Is now $40 600 in debt.
The gate receipts last fail were $Sl. 0SS +:
both sales, $i3 95S There were $685.
627 paid out for premiums. The ae-
gregate cost of the animals belngiug to
the Association was $23 1i9.
DR.. Talmage is tired of the chains OF
the Pr5sbytery and essays to be free.
We sdYerted 10 the probability of 3
move in this direction some time ago,
and predicted that the hour was close
At hand when he would tire of the
p. esbytery or the P fesbytery would tire
Of him. Il nsy be that it is the Pres
bytery which is tired, in which case il
VIII have the sympathy of all earnest
men and their congratulations. Re-
iigion can stand any strain except that
of buffoonery. Il may be misrepre-
sented, but it can't be altered into a
roaring farce without detTimens to some
one.
Prof. Cameron, IN his treatise on the
food of animals, gives numerous IN
stances to show the serious functional
and structural dIsarrasgements which
overlooking produces in neat stock.
In one case he states that the heart of q
one-year old SOuthdown wether, fatten-
ed on the high pressure system, was
found to be little more than mass Of
fat. A four-year-0id Devon heiier,
which had won prize at the Smith
field show and vas slaughtered SIS
''pr'zs beef" had its heart nearly ell
converted Into fat, one of its muscles
was broken mp and many of the tibres
of Others were ruptured. It's meat WAS
wholly pronounced unfit for human
food. This animal had been fed TWEEN
ty-one pounds OF oi,cake, besides other
food, per day.
The body of the unfortunate Prince
Imperial OF France is creating nearly as
much disturbance IN Eogland as his
father did in France during life. The
protests made some time ago against
the burial of the young Princeln West
minister Abbey, the msusolem of the
illustrious dead of England, were so
loud and vigorous, coming as they did
not only from all the Liberals but from
number of leading Conservatives,
that Dean Stanley hesitated and seemed
inclined to follow the public feeling in
this matter and 10 refuse the Prince
burial. The Queen however was de-
termined on this point, that the son of
her friend should have rest in the Alb
hey and nowhere else, and by her per-
tipaclty has succeed ID in having her
will carried out. 1he completed statue
OF the Prince will be erected in West
minister Abbey at once.