The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-10
EDITORIAL NOIES.

box was shipped to that market.
Victor Hugo, whatever others
may think Of his political career, re-
tains warm place in the affections
Of the people OF Paris. His seventy
ninth birthday, which occurred re-
! Gently, was made the occasion OF
various demonstrations in his honor.
An immense number OF people, es-
rimsted at 100000. took part in
them.
The Inter Ocean says: ado not
worry and abuse man who spends
his money in building railroads,
deepening canals. or erecting tele-
graphs. Such investments belong
to the public. Your Jay Goulds are
far greater public beneiactors than
if they locked their money up in
bonds and sat down to a life of in
tiyity and case.
"A beautiful girl, the daughter
of a beer saloon keeper in New York,
is said to receive forty dollars per
week from Murray Hill robe and
cloak concern merely to display
upon her person the articles of APP
parel that are for sale. She has the
department of an ideal princess, and
anything and everything looks well
upon her. She commenced with
the firm when only sixteen, and she
is now twenty years old.
Gen. Grants visit to Mexico is
not regarded with universal favor
in that republic. The National, for
instance. in its issue of January 80,
SAYS that this expedition is connect
ed with railway projects and specu-
lative schemes with which no Mex
lean who loves his country can
agree This speculation, the No
tiORd says. cannot fail to bring great
dangers ON the Southern Republic if
they are not averted in time.
Although Mr.. Vanderbilt was
unable, on account OF illness, to be
present AT the ceremonies attending
the formal presentation of the ODE
lisk TO the city of New SoIk on
Tuesday, vet il was officially an
nounced that he was the great UNI
known who has been paving the cX-
pcnse of the shaft all the wav along.
When the obelisk reached New
York last summer Mr.. Vanderbilt
advanced $4,000 toward defraying
expenses already incurred; on Feb
ruary /, he invested $lS.732 more.
and on February Z, $4,000 more
making a total of $10S,732.
The Japanese are advancing so
rapidly IN the principles of Western
civilization that it is hard to keep
up with the changes introduced in
the MikadO's empire. Hitherto
prejudice has forbidden to women
most every kind of work, but sew
eral OF the principal manufacturers
are now experimenting with female
employees. Thus far the result is
considered favorable. The work
done by women compares so well in
quality with that done by men that
several new cloth factories are about
To be built exclusively for women.
The British have again been de-
fcated by the Beers. This time the
affair seems to have been decidedly
serious. Upon the arrival of British
rcinforcements under Sir Evelyn
Wood. the Beers retreatcd from the
position where they lately defeated
Gen. Colley. The latter pursued
with a considerable force, and il APP
pears that he overlook them at his
cost. Few details of the engage
mcnt have yet been furnished, but
enough is known to show that il
was extremely disastrous to the
British. Gen. Colley himself is re-
ported among the killed, and of the
entire force under his command
only 100 escaped.
Boston, following the example
of Chicago, has adopted style of
fire alarm box, which might offer
some suggestions to Texas munich
palities. 1t is what iseknown rs the
open or unlocked box, and thus does
away with the necessity of key,
which has sometimes proved very
hard thing to find when wanted. OF
course the objection is at once rails
ed to the open box that false alarms
would be constantly rung in by mis-
chievous persons, but as precau-
tionary measure, the box is so ar
ranged that as soon as the handle
which opens it is turned, it sounds
a sufficiently loud alarm to be heard
several blocks away, and until it has
ceased to ring, the regular fire alarm
signal cannot be given. No joker
would stay at the box long enough
to finish the alarm, and thus no
harm would be done.
"A dwelling house made of pa
per-on of the most interesting OBJ
iects offered to public inspection at
the Sydney international exhibition,
was a dwelling house exclusively
made of paper and furnished
throughout with articles manufac-
tured from the same material. Walls,
roofs, foorings, and stSircases alike
consisted of cartonpierre; the car
pets and curtains, bedsteads, lamps,
sheets and counterpanes, towels,
boot-jacks, baths, kitchen utensils,
etc, were one and all prepared of
paper-mache, as were the very stoves
used for heating the rooms, in which
large fires were kept burning
throughout the duration of the ex-
hibition. Several banquets were
given in the paper house by its own
ers TO tho commissioners, members
of the press and foreigners of dis
tinction. All the plates and dishes.
knives and forks, bottles aud drink
ing vessels used ut these entertain
ments were fabricated entirely and
solely of paper. :.