The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
MISCELLANEOUS MATTEKS AND
THINGS.

One Of the Saddest features of thI
food; according to the Cincinnati En-
quirer, is poem by Col. Will 5. Hays
Leap year is evidently alluded to il
the Bible where it is said that sever
women shall take hold upon one man
A series of sharp earthquakes hav'
been felt in Central Asia, Tashkend
Titlis and Gosh all report them during
January.
An official commission, in Belgium
Is seriously considering the proposal:
to replace the wooden sleepers now
used in railway construction by stee
ones.
Eyes, Wall street ought really t.
be a warm place." said he. "AnC
why 2" asked another. Its lineC
with lambs WOOL" was the sardoniC
reply.
Of 1900 members of the New York
stock exchange it is estimated that
500 are not worth 5000 and have
mortgaged their memberships. which
are worth $4,000.
In spite of business depression il
Holland a company has recently beer
formed at the Hague with sub
seribed capital of 100000 fioril-s t.
construct railways in Japan.
A Cincinnati man, driven to his ROOT
by the floods, would take bricks from
his chimney to hurl at the man who
came by in a boat and said word
against the climate of Cincinnati.
OF course one louisville gentleman
wouldn't suspect another gentleman OF
cheating: SJill on sitting down to d
game of poker it is considered the
ceurtecis thing for gentleman to tie
| up his sleeves.
In England two weeks ago butter
| flies were numerous, peas were above
ground, and fuchsias and roses were
| in leaf, some of the former haVinz
made vigorous shoots from four to
F., six inches long.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, has four
iron mines in the northern part Of that
sat,-, in which he has now employed
nearly one Thousand hands. The pro-
| duct Is Gre OF great richnt S.; which
| finds ready market
w. W. Corcoran has presented to the
Southern society the original draft OF
the "Constitut on for the Provisional
Government of the Confederate
States" bearing date February s, 1861
and signed by representatives of the
Sec ding states.
An English noblema7, now travel
ing in the West; is charged with fall
ing in love with the housemaid of a
Denver hotel, and wanting to marry
her. This may be true and it may be
the invention of Denver hotel keep
| er who wants to hire chambermaids
cheaply.
The census of sporting men and
| athletes has been taken in Canada,
and the yield is 5000 lacrosse play
yers, 5000 curriers'; 1000 snoWshoes
1900 or 1000 cricketers, 1000 football
payers, 1OC0 rowing men, 1860 bal
lists, 1000 bicyclists, and 10000 given
to other sports.
During the last scene of Richard
I'LL" at a Portland (Me.) theatre, re-
Gently, in the combat with erich
mond," Richards" sword broke
swapping off some six inches from the
hilt. The piece flew directly into the
| audience, striking a gentleman on the
nose, cutting a cash which extended
nearly to the eye.
An old-time clergyman of Eastern
| Connecticut was very quick at re-
| partee. Once, when on an exchange
he was annoyed to find the room so
dark, and reckoning to person near
the pulpit, he asked him to open the
blinds and let in more light: "We eX-
| pect light from you;" exclaimed the
gentleman. "But l must get it from
heaven first" was the quick rejoinder
The are now forty-eIght lady stu
dents in the Harvard Annex, and it is
the testimony of some of the Harvard
professors that the average scholarship
of the classes in the Annex is above
that of the classes in the college This
year thirty-fve of the forty-eight Ia
| dies have chosen Greek electives. Two
| enthusiastic Texas girls sold land anC
travelled 1000 miles to get to the col
lege.
During speech in defending one Of
| the saloOn-keepers indicted at Quincy
Ill, for selling liquors to minors re
Gently, re of the council said: "Now
gentlemen of the jury, you need moi
believe what Mr.. Covert, the prose
cutting, saws: He is talking for pecun
larry fee-ard so am l." This con
WINGED the jury that the defendant was
not guilty, and verdict to that effect
was rendered.
The Massachusetts legislature Il
considering bill prohibiting the lock
ing or boiling of factory entrance.
during the hours the employees are a.
work. Many mills lock their doors il
the morning and do not open then
until evening, so that the work people
cannot slip in and out when they like
In case of a fire or panic, however
great loss of life would doubtless oc
cur through this practice.
One of the Rothschild ladies wen
lately to Montmartre to relieve in per
son some of the ragpickers who wer
deprived of their livelihood by M
Poubelle's decree ordering he rubbish
from houses to be transferred directl,
to the dustmen by the porters. Th
distress was great, and many famille
were being evicted. The large mum
Ter of children about ELECTED the fac
that, with the singular kindnes
shown by the poor to one another
they were in many cases the adopte,
orphans of rdgpickers deceased.
Of the Central Pacifi" snow shed
the Reno, (Nev) Gazette says: eth
snow sheds re really beautiful now
Sufficient snow has sifted through tn
cracks to cover the track several feet
The ploughs have showed it down an
packed it into a solid white marbl
pavement, with only two streaks
steel to afford contrast. The side
of the sheds are banked up on the out
side, and through the cracks the SUI
light is strained through snow enoug
to color it an exquisite blue, too del
cate and transparent for imitation"
A telegram from Kingston, Ont, t
the Toronto Mail, tells this story: -
resident of Collinsby objected to
Young man paying his respects to hi
daughter, and set a large rat trap 9
the spot over which the lover Woul
surely pass. The parent was nc
aware that his wife was visiting whe
he set the trap. About II o'clock q
, night he was aroused by the scream
of his wife, who had one of her fee
caught in the trap, but she was n
,, leased by the lover, who was in tn
,, parlor at the time, before the husban
!, arrived. The young man is now
T welcome visitor at the house.
: The most exciting leap year incideI
! so far reported is that which come
: from st. Elmo, Ill. 1t appears tia
[ on Sunday last, while the Rev. M
| Pierce, a young divine, was cupy1n
! his pulpit IN that city, Mrs. Maj
, Smith, a dashing young widow, Lei
) her seat in the body of the church an
| or