The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Odds and Ends of Current Newspa-
per Literature.
Mr.. Blaine writes "the United
States has,"
Rum is made from sweet potatoes
in Louisiana. Seven barrels of pota-
toes yield barrel of rum.
When Mrs. DIR, Lozier was asked to
run with Belva Lockwood she ran the
other way.-New Orleans Picayune.
Men can often learn lessons of pru-
dence and forethought from animals.
A pig never dies without leaving his
s-Will.
In Bremen, if a patient requests
that his tooth be ex tracted with gas,
the dentist forthwith lights the chan
dilier.
Lord Salisbury is described by an
impressionable Chicago journalist as
"the Conservative volcano" A sort
of lava-Tory, as it were.
The value of the estate lett by Mr..
j. W. Garrett is only matter of sur
mise. 1t is variously estimated at
from 100000 to $20,O0O,O0O.
Mrs. Lockwood should see that Ros-
coe Conkling gets the vacant place be-
side her on the woman suffrage ticket.
He is an Apollo, Belva dear.
The use of bitter willow in flavor
ing and coloring tobacco is vehement
ly denounced by Prof. Deschamps of
Paris, as causing softening of the
brain.
Herr Sonenthal, the famous Ger
man tragedian, leading actor of the
Vienna Holbnrg theatre, has deter
| mined to make todr of America dur
| ing the coming season.
Mr.. Hendricks sat on a stool at the
station in Buffalo the other day, and
without murmur or complaint, ate
railroad sandwich. Here is true
patriotism and simplicity.-Cincinnat
Enquirer.
Paris has I72.00O acres in parks, or
one acre to every thirteen inhabitants;
in Vienna the proportion is one acre
to 100 persons; in Chicago, one to 200;
in Philadelphia, one to $50; in New
Y ork, one to 1853.
The topography of the moon is well
known to astronomers and has been
carefully outlined on detail maps.
| These are five mountains in the moon
more than 10000 feet high, the highest
measuring 28,975.
Boiled peanuts are a favorite dish
with the Chinese. Long cooking be.
meath water extracts all the oil and
fiavoring principle and leaves dough
that can be used in the same manner
as that made from flour.
MIS-. Herricl, wife OF the rector d
the pretty Episcopal church at Foi t
res5 Monroe, has dressed 5000 doll
within the last two years, which sh'
sold ct 81 each for various eeclesiasti
Cal and charitable purposes.
In excayatipg a well at York. Me
the roots of neighboring oaks and hick
cries were found imDedded in the rocl
. forty feet below the surface. From
either pressure or absorption they h&'
in many instances formed cylindrica
channels in the stone.
In excavating a well at York, Me
3 the roots of neighboring oaks an
{. hickories were found imbedded In til
rock forty feet below the surface
r From either pressure or absorptio
thew had in many instances forme
i CT lindrical channels in the stone.
t Mr.. Livesey, the founder of teetota
f ism in England, who died lately,
the nineties, lost his father and mott
: er from consumption when he waa
and had a most discouraging exper
f ence of water in early life, as he Ia
!. TO work in a damp cellar, often inu
i da ed, for years.
% An epidemic of deep religious ferv'
in Newman, Ca, led the inhabitan
= to mob and hurl rotten eggs at your
E man Who attempted the other day
h give an entertainment which includ
"A limitations of various noted actO
. Religious jerycr has often aided
( accomplishing valuable reforms.
t. VIM. II. Travers is noted both I
his wit and his stutter. The last 81