The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-08
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.


1t is estimated that there are be-
tween 100000 and 10000 cattle on the |
Black Hills range, and not less than
$4,000 horses.
In the slang of the New YORK COM
mon restaurant walters a plate of
ham and beans is known as 'Stars and
stripes" Goldfish balls as sleeve but
tons, and hash as mystery"
The sale of liquor is now prohibit
ed, IN whole or in part, in seventy one
counties OF Georgia, leaving less than
half OF the counties in which the sale
Is unrestricted. The last legislature
prohibited the sale in nine counties
more and provided for elections in
thirty others.
Baltimore, having more than $780,
100000 invested in oyster packing, and
over 10000 persons engaged in the
business, is taking measures to pre-
vent the destruction of the oyster
beds in the Chesapeake Bay. 1t is
proposed that the period of rest for
oysters shall be heightened, and ex-
tend from April until October 1.
The newest thing in human curios-
ity is the stiff1e. He has an express
sionless face, always speaks in cold
and Indifferent tone, and tries to be
as Indifferent as to all his surround
| ings and all common mortals as if he
were dead. He gets his name from a
slang word of stiff, by which dead
body is called, and because that is the
thing he nearest resembles.
The Mormon apostles, who travel in
luxurious sleeping coaches and repre-
| cont thnnCnluQC q hairO nanHoIo6
the apoStleShipS of primitive times,
own and run a bank, street railroads,
an opefa-house and a mammoth trad
ing post in Salt Lake City, control the
Utah Central railroad and collect
$4,000 year in tithes from the
faithful followers of the Church OF
the Latter Day Saints.
The Georgia farmers newest craze
is Jersey cattle-everything is Jersey
A Cobb county man had, the Augusta
Constitutionalist says, bull of ordi
nary stock that became so vicious that
he took him to Atlanta and sold him
| for $40. A day or two afterward two
Cobb county young men went to AT.
lanta to buy some Jersey stock, an6
this Identical bull was sold to them as
thoroughbred for $175.
The United States is ahead of all
the other countries in the manufac
ture of children's toys. One estab
lishment in New York has a yearly
output of $4,000 worth, of which
$4,000 are shipped to Europe. Many
of the ideas for mechanical toys are
borrowed from the Germans an(
French, but are greatly improved on
The French and German toys art
handmade; the American machine
made, and superior.
Talking about mad-stones, the AT
lanta Constitution says that Prof
Holmes dissected one the size of {
hens egg, and found it's nucleus to bt
a perfect white oak acorn. 1t wa!
covered by four layers of phophates
and carbonate of lime and iron, anC
some slick. There were two impress
sions, apparently made by the teeth o.
the deer before swallowing the nut
Acorns are favorite food of the Car
DINA deer. In another specimen Prof
, Holmes found the nucleus to be bull
, let.
1t is said that glass is gradually be
ginning to take the place of wood ant
] iron in the construction of bridges il
| England. The inventor makes block
} of glass, which he hardens by specia
} process. In solidity it is said to leav,
nothing to be desired. The expert
ments already made have given sur
! priSing results, and the cost is below
, that of bridges of wood and iron
, Moreover, the glass cannot be injuret
| by insects like wood, nor rustic lik
iron.
l The Puget Sound Argus says that
, large party recently assembled Noun
| Adams, in Washington Territory
reaching an elevation of 1860 feet
, where they descended 100 feet int,
the crater. There was ceaSeless driI
of water from the roof of the ice-en
cased entrance, caused by a warm al
current rising from the slumberinj
, fires far below, which issued a lou
, Kissing noise. A stone was dropped
and there was an almost deafening re
, verberation.
The Huguenot Society of America
, at business meeting in New York
Hon: John Jay, the president, in tn
chair, decided to hold three meeting
: yearly. The annual meeting will b
, held on the 18th of April, which is tn
date of the promulgation of tn edic
of Nantes. The summer lneetinl
will take place on August "a, which
commentaries the massacre of st
Bartholomew, and on the 22d of Octo
Der will be held the autumn meeting
the date of the revocation of the edic
of Nantes. Next month a public
meeting will be held, at which Bishop
Quintard, Rev. DR.. Vermilyea, Hon
Chauncey Depew, Prof. Baird an(
many other prominent gentlemen viii
speak.