The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.

-ctudAoI Logan proposed all-
pointment as minister TO England is
opposed by the Chicago Times Oh.
account of his Ignorance of the
language spoken in that country
| Maryland Is looking up az Il co =
ton manufacturing state. Recent sta
tistics show Iliat she has twenty-Onc
cotton mills, 1904 spindles, 232j
ooms and 4l59 employees. Last year
46.379 bales of cotton were consumed
1t is said OF Mr.. Mackey. the
millionaire, that when the Sisters of
Charity began to establish asylums
in Nevada, he sent for the mother
of the order and told her he would
be responsible for all the bills.
Mr.. ii. j. KmbalI. president of
the Atlanta, Georgia, cotton factory,
makes the remarkable statement that
the manufactures alone of that city
take twice as much coal for their
own use this season ne the whole
city used last year.
The richest gold mine known in
the United States, before the acqui-
sition of California, was in Rowin
county, North Carolina, which in
1910 yielded $500 TO the busheI Of
earth. or $3,OOO,O0O in ali, when the
mine became flooded. In 1899 a mug
get found in Cabarus county weighed
seventy-eight pounds. For years a
number of gold veins and placers or
gravel dep sits were extensively
worked over n large territory on
both sides of the Blue Ridge.
Speaking upon the subject of
insanity at a recent meeting Of the
Medico Legal Society, in New York,
DIR. Geo. NJ. Beard remarked: "In-
sanity is barometer of civilization,
and as we advance higher in the arts
and sciences, so will insanity become
mere prevalent among us. Intense
application, brain work and indoor
life are the agencies which most fire.
quently bring il about. Among
savages or barbarians there is little
or none of il. The intellectual ac-
tivity of the women of TODAY is
another great cause of insanity.
What the mother is, so will the child
be. An improved system
of education, with less examining,
would tend TO reduce the increase
of insanity" While the doctor may
be somewhat broad in his assertion,
there is much in his remarks that
at least interests teachers and parents
Of the present day in bringing mp of
the ''rising generation" 'i''
In Berlin the average number
of horses killed for food this year
has been $50 per month, while last
year il was $50. All the horses eat
en- are killed in central slaughter
house, and each horse before il is
killed is carefully examined by two
veterinary surgeons. At the pres
ent time the butcher pays about
forty-twO marks, or 81 30, for a piece
of .horseflesh weighing from $50 to
800 pounds, but he retails it at
40 pfennige cor about 10 cents)
pound for the filet, % pfennige per
pound for other pieces, and twenty
pfennige for parts only fit to be made
into sausages; and as horsetiesh is
naturally very dry, a good deal of it
can only be utilized by being mixed
with lard and converted into sausages
which are, it is suspected, largely
consumed by persons who are little
aware of what they are eating. In
one or two other German towns the
consumption of horsefiesh is, in pro-
portion TO their population. even
larger than in Berlin.
MIR. Edward Langtry. whose only
distinction is that he is the husband
of Mrs. Langtry, the famous British
beauty, is the subject of much
American interviewing, and he
seems to be a good subject too. He
talks about the Langtry as a coming
show, and has apparently come over
here ahead of the show to do a little
advance advertising. He evidently
does not want the LangIry to be fail
ure, and seems not 10 fear the result,
from what he has seen of American
beauties. He says his wife has
lasted three seasons in London,
where pretty women do not usually
hold out over one year. Therefore,
her powers of endurance have been
proved extraordinary, and there is
little doubt that she will be able 10
stand at least one American season.
Langtry candidly admits that his
wife is a very beautiful lady, but
does not want the Americans to
take his word for it. They shall see
her before she fades, and the "beauty
business" is likely to be lively ON our
shores next season. \ beauty bench
show will be in order when the
Langtry comes.