The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-14
EDITORIAL NOTES.

REPORTS relating to the wealth and
| trade of France say that the domestic
| fowls of that country number 45,000,,
| 600, valued at 1924, 100000. The annual
chicken yield is 100000, of which
100000 are reserved for ~repreduc-
ton, 100000 are lost by disease OF
| accident, and 100000 are marketed
The saleSof fowls and eggs realizes
about 100000 in the year. But all
this does not satisfy France, and the
| journals devoted to poultry interests
| are pointing out how the industry can
| be quadrupled, and effort in that di-
rection is to be undertaken.
WHEN Boston suffered from her
great fire, other cities began to put
their hands into their pockets to as
sist in relieving the necessities of the
people who were left homeless; but
the spirit of '76 arose in the sons of
the Pqritans, and at a town meeting
they resolved to refuse outside aid,
and themselves care for all of the suf-
ferers. This display OF independence
was justly considered touch of the
heroic, and a thing highly creditable
to the Bostonians. But Racine, Wis,
which suffered so severely from the
tornado less than two weeks ago, dis
played the same self-reliant feeling
and, like Boston, declined the proffer-
ed aid of neighboring towns and
cities.
In party in st. Joseph, missouri,
were a young man, NOTED for his
brilliant conversational powers" and
a beautiful girl ''from one of the up
per counties" and in the course of a
struggle for the possession of a
trinket "the girl sank her ivory teeth
into the fieShy part of the young
mans arm" He politely concealed
his pain till he returned home, when,
on removing his garments blood was
found trickling from the wound.
Next morning the lacerated arm was
swollen to twice its natural size, and
he was laid up for several days. The
st. Joseph paper, in relating the incl
dent, refers to another and worse one
of similar nature that occurred at
Cape Girardeau few years ago, in
which a young gentleman actually
died from a playful bite on his thumb
by young lady. The paper remarks:
at frequently happens that the bite
of woman is poisonous"
Butler says that the refusal of Har-
ward college to confer the degree of
Ii. d. upon him is clear gain to
him of 10000 votes in the field. The
corporation of the college urged the
comforting of the degree, but the over
seers, after a discussion of four hours.
refused by vote of 10 to IL. 1t was
decided to break the usual custom and
make the action public. 1t is
learned from members of the
board that the discussion was
very lively. As the matter
was finally disposed of, it was held
that the governors character was in
consistent with the motto of the col
lege, ssVeritas," and that the prece-
dents of the century were not by any
means binding Resolutions were
offered setting forth that the degree
was not essentially a tribute to the
office, but to its incumbent. and that
in refusing to confer the degree on
the present governor the board i'm
piled no disrespect to the people of
Massachusetts,.
Rev. Mr.. Williamson, of Baltimore,
who was delegate to the recent mis-
sionary convention at Waco, has been
giving an account to his congregation
of a visit he paid to the Indian coun-
try. One of the most intelligent of