The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

Last year was too 2, and it does not
yet come handy to write '83.
Prick the tariff at any point, and
somebody is bound tosq1eai.
Nothing is ever said of Lan0try's
acting on the stage. 1t is her acting
OIL that makes her famous.
lt is to be feared that plays dosed
with the most slang and acted by the
worst actors, take the dramatic cake
this season.
Gen. Jackson's battle behind cotton
breastworks was nothing compared TO
what is going on now behind cotton
bales in future rooms.
james Redpath will free Ireland
about the time John Is. Cough makes
the whole world sober. 1t is one thing
TO lecture and another to be patriotic.
The reciprocity treaty is now occu-
pying the attention of statesmen.
This is best understood in the bar
rooms of Washington, where treating
goes by turns.
Ciyility costs nothing. At the same
time the man who gets up TO pass the
1are OF Lady in crowded car will
lose his seat before he can get change
and return to his place.
The key of safe in a railroad Office
at JollOt, Illinois, was lost, and there
being no honest locksmith in town of
sufficient skill, a well-known bunk
burglar was employed to pick the lock.
1t is said that the life of the poet
Whittier Is much disturbed by wo-
men. One wealthy widow actually
proposed to him, and other women
nave made violent love to him with
out avail
1t is reported that carp gain twice
as fast in the southern states as in the
northern, where the winters are very
long. This is owing TO the tact that .
they remain dormant whl
water are very cold. Se the air anu
Whenever you see it stated that
owing TO family troubles" such and
such man attempted suicide, you
can make up your mind that his wife
was troubling him TO let whisky alone
and use the money to clothe the
children.
A temperance movement of consid-
cradle strength in Chicago looks to !.
the raising OF barroom licenses too
500 year. 1t is calculated that this
would reduce the number one-half.
and improve the character OF those
that remain.
AT the headquarters of the knights
'remplars in each of the cities OF Prov
idence, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Fred
and Richmond, precisely ut
noon ON Christmas day the members,
by Encouragement, drank one an
others health In bumpers Of punch.
a man at Clarksville, Arkansas. was
struck by lightning, which split open
his boots without lnjuring Ine man
That is probably true. We should
think that after lightning struck an
Arkansas mans feet it wouldn't have
enough strength left to do any great
lamage.-Hawkeye.
"Are you the judge of reprobates ?.
said Mrs. Darlington. as she walked
INTO an office OF u judge Of probate.
$ am a judge OF probate" was the
reply. Wen, that's it, l expect"
IuOth the old lady. you see my
-ather died detested and he left sew
,ral little inidels, and l want to tQ>ha
heir executloner."
The startling discovery has been
made by NJ. Pilsteur that the saliva of
person fasting Is venomous, as it
contains parasites which will inocu-
ate. Breaking the fast deprives the
allva OF its poisonous quality, as the
PARASITES are then taken into the
tomach with the food. The eminent
biologist gives for the present only
ne TACT, and makes no attempt at ex-' =
,lanatiOn.