The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-14
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

y negro child was recently born at
Laurensburg, North Carolina, with a
| full set of whiskerS and a moustache.
Arabs fighting qualities should oc-
casion no surprise. Though still
young, he is living with his third
wife.
The latest idiocy among Young
ladies is lisp, and it is reported as
| epidemic at some of the eastern fash
ion centers.
Seventy mills in the south now work
up 100000 tons of cotton seed.
making 100000 gallons Of oil, worth
100000.
The cotton mills of the north Weld
but AN average profit of Z per cent,
while Is per cent is realized on those
of the south.
The church membership in Balti-
more is larger, in proportion to the
population, than any city of its size
in the Union.
One reason why you don't see more
bald heads may be found in the fact
that there are $4,000 wigs being worn
in this country daily.
Missouri farmers realize harvest
of over 100000 bushels of wheat in
1882. In 1881 the census returns gave
the crop as 24,971,727.
\ Chicago butcher has been fined
500 for knocking out the eyes of
cattle before slaughtering, in order to
make them tractable.
North Carolina has 178 varieties of
minerals, twenty-five more than any
other state can show up. There are
112 varieties of woods.
The sweet girl graduate now divides
her time between the picnic and the
| hammock, while her mother plays a
solo on the washboard.
The sting of a bee is only one
thirty-second of an inch long. It is
your Imagination that makes it seem
as long as hoe handle.
Of course, whip your children if
you cannot govern them by moral
suasion; that is to say, if you are
stronger in the arms than in the brain.
For the year ending June 30, the
revenues of the Dominion of Canada
amounted to $33,3S1, 1881, the eXpendi-
lures to $27, 1885, 1902, leaving a surplus
of 6,225,479
| Hawaiian coins to the amount of
100000, and corresponding in value
and denomination with our silver
coinage, are to be struck at the San
Francisco mint.
A telephone has been successfully
operated between Dover and BruS-
sells, distance of 260 miles - sixty
miles of the telephone running through
a submarine cable.
Isn't this shirred bonnet just toe
sweet for anything?" asked Mrs
Smith of her husband. Il shirred
think it waS," answered Mr.. Smith, as
he inspected the bill.
The German empire has now about
100000 acres Of forest, valued al
$400, 100000, and appropriateS $500,O0t
every year to increase and maintain
the growth of trees.
Miss Mary Ann Little, of Leaven
worth, Kansas, rejected a sutton be
cause he could not support her. She
weighs 800 pounds. Just imagine
what fat thing hat fellow lost
Abr moaned a widow recently
bereaYed, "What misfortune.
know what kind of husband hav,
lost, but how can l know what kline
of husband his successor will be?"
a rich vein of copper has beer
|, struck at WayneSboro, Pennsylvania
1t is thought to be the long loOked-fo
copper ridge which biologists hav,
maintained could be found in thai
section.
A $1,000 diamond was found recent
" in the bed of a creek near Danbury
North Carolina. AS it was in the
rough, and other large ones have beeI
found in the state, the charge of salt
ing will not hold.
The women suffragists, having takeI
account of stock this fall, find that il
twelve states women are permitted tt
vote on educational matters, while il
) four constitutional amendments Civ
ing them equal voting privileges will
men are pending.
Silver veins have been found in the
PalO Pinto mountains, Texas. Tit
ore has been assayed at III ounces tt
the ton. Negotiations are now being
carried on with tWoV mining com
panies-one of New Mexico and the
other of AriZoI a-to open up thes,
, mines.
During the five years 1S77-1SS1 thu
: average loss by fires in the United
: States and Canada in the month o.
September alone was S5,950,000. Thi.
year, emitting the fires in which thu
loss was less than $4,000, the RECORD
shows 123 in number and the aggre
gate loss $6,205,O00.
: The centennial exhibition ground
: at Philadelphia row presents a scene
of weary desolation. Where the mali
, and machinery buildings once reared
! their imposing structures, an empt!
waste tires the eye with a desert O
, mud, bitches, decayed lumber, twisted
pipes, rusty iron, and broken rubbish
: of every kind. The destruction of thu
two great buildings has left the acre
they covered looking like an old bat
tie field. In the rear of this sea O.
confusion CLEANS the massive front o.
memorial hall, the two bronze figure.
in front standing out in strange con
trast over the ruins over which theN
: look. To the left and rear the brighf
hues of horticultural hall give tn,
scene patch of color.