The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-01-12

ternational court to deal with out
RACES connected with the kidnap-
ping of natives of the south Pacific.
Additional precautions have been
taken for the security of the late
Prince Consort's mausoleum at
Frogmore since the discovery of the
sacrilege committed at Balcarres
Castle. The contents of FrOgmore
would indeed be worth kings
ransom.
Thomas Hughes sent Fullerton f.
Armstrong to his Rugby COLONY as
editor ofthe Rugbeian. Armstrong,
whose mother is Lady Armstrong
of Sussex, and whose brother is Sir
Richard Armstrong, has disap-
peared from Rugby under dark
financial cloud.
"From Italy," says a New York
hair dealer, "we get what is known
in the market as Italian hair. This,
of course is dark, mostly black. 1t
is obtained in the first place by pick
ers who make a special business of
going around to ash-barrels and
picking out the hair that is found in
the ashes. they can only get it in
small quantities, as it has come from
the brush or comb used in making
the toilet. 1t takes a great many
combings to supply enough for wig
So, you see, wig of italian hair is
probably made up of contributions
from a hundred heads or more"
The correspondent of the London
World at Nice writes: 1.-THE death
of Mr.. Vesey, who was for ten years
the American consul here, has cast
gloom over the American and Eng
fish colonies. The funeral took place
Monday, and although of private
character, was attended by nearly
800 persons. The flowers sent were
magnificent, and among them were
lovely wreath of violets, several
feet long, sent by the consul general
in Paris. Mr.. Vesey will be missed
by many, and will be sincerely
mourned by those who were hon
ored with his friendship. He was
the dOyeR of all the American con-
suls, having been upward of forty
years in the service"
Cold chills run down many Eng
lish backs at the prospect of a Chi
neSe invasion. Some enterprising
merchants of the Flowery Kingdom,
with $750,O00 to work on, have act
ually established line of steamers
TO run between Shanghai and Lon
don. The first vessel, the Meifoo,
proudly flying the flag of China,
steamed up the Thames a short time
ago with a cargo of tea. On board
OF her there were two managers,
with extra long names, for the tea
house which the company proposed
to establish right under the noses
of British, East India and China
merchants. The event is thought
very important, because no Chinese
trading steamer ever before deliv-
cred a cargo of tea at a London
wharf. 1t is also pointed out that
the arrival OF the traders may be
but the first drops of a shower of
Chinese which will fall on the Eng
lish shores without better welcome
than it got in Australia or Califor-
MIA. The MongOlians, as all the
verdi knows, are adopts at certain
trades, and the hard-pressed British
artisans will find them no mean
competitors.
Italy seems to be afraid of her
shadow, or something more sub
stantial. Ever since the French I'M
dertook their scheme of aggression
in Africa, the kingdom washed by
the Mediterranean has been uneasy.
Italy, remembering the days when
she was Rome, and Africa was Car
thage, looks upon the region about
Tunis as of right belonging to her
rather than to any other European
power. Not the best feeling, for
this and Othor reasons, now exists
between the Italians and the French.
On the French side, the tone of
the ministers has for a long time
been rather hostile to Italy. The
menaced country is reaching out in
every direction for succor. No al
lance would be despised. Austria,
Prussia, Russia-anything, anybody
would be accepted. But Italy is
by no means n puny infant, or an in
significant nation. She can hold
her head well up among her neigh
bors without being justly accused
of undue pretentiousness. Her
navy is very strong. Her finances
are in tolerable shape. Her army is
nearly as large as that of France.
But, even so, an increased vote has
been asked for the army, more iron
clads. of fabulous strength and
power, like the Duilio, are to be
constructed, and new Notifications
are to be built on the mountains of
the frontier.
The latest gossip about Queen
Victoria is interesting. Boulevard
journalism Processes TO have learned
that her majesty is not as rich as she
is reputed TO be. 1t is even set down
in black and white that "the Queen
really does not put by as much as
100000 100000 OF our money!
per annum, on AN average of years"
If this is true, of course she must be
pitied. Prince Albert, when he
died, unkindly left behind him
some debts, which his widow
has had to pay, and then,
live a good-hearted mother, she has
given each of her daughters a mar
rage portion of 100000 on their
respective wedding days. Speak
ing of weddings, by-the-way, the
same veracious story-teller has it
that her majesty was much put out
because the Duke of Albany, Prince
Leopold, went off and engaged him.
self to a German princess without
asking the queens leave 1t is also
affirmed that maps have been in
great demand of late at Windsor
Castle, because not one of the royal
family had the slightest idea where
the principality of Waldeck, to
which Prince Leopold goes for his
bride, was situated.