The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-12-11
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

English bondholders hold Mexican
securities to the value of $13,C0OC10.
The Italian cities stick to hand-en-
gines for their fire departments This
is little better than waiting for rain.
Thirty-one men in Arizona have
sent representative, equipped with
their photographs, to search the east
ern cities for women willing to marry
them.
Leicester, England. whose charter
in 1870 excluded all Jews from resi-
dence within the limits of the town,
has recently elected a Hebrew mayor.
Israel Hart.
Eating small piece of soap at stat
ed intervals, is recommended by
Berlin physician as better remedy
for dyspepsia and sour stomach than
soda, magnesia or lime water.
Sixty Harvard freshmen have drop
ped their Latin, 80 their Greek, and
100 their mathematics. This will give
them sufficient leisure to study some
thing more Am9rican-probably po-
ker.
Utica, n. Y has nine clothing man
ufacturers who make clothing for the
western trade. Western gentlemen
whose pantalcons give way prema-
turely now know where to lay the
blame.
"Will you help me press some
leaves?" the maiden asked her lover.
eff you will fasten them in your waist
belt I'll see what can d." he ans
wered. And thus popular method
of pressing autumn leaves was in
vented.
Europe and British India consume
about 10000 gallons of handkerchief
perfumes yearly. There is one great
perfume distiilery at Cannes, in
France, which uses yearly 100000
pounds of acacia flowers, 100000
pounds of rare flower leaves, $4,000
pounds of Jasmine blossoms, 10000 of
tube-rose blossoms, and an immense
quantity of other material.
A great English authority once de.
clared that no good girl would have
more than three propoSals-the first
!, she would be too inexperienced to I'm.
derstand what was coming to pass; a
second offer might happen without
her fault, but the third time she must
be forewarned, and unless she meant
to accept the man she ought to save
him the pain of a refusal.
Here is a portion of an interview
with Queensland native, as reported
very good fellow. Missionary he CONF
, along an see Kanaka boy with ban
ana leaf around him. Missionary hi
say: white man God he no like ban
, ana leaf; white man God like calico.
4 oh! and who sold the cAlico2' Oh
/ missionary, he sell calico"
l From the diary of hypoehrondri
3 cal husband: 1t Is the misfortune o
g my wife that she has too little to d.
and too much to say My wit
is very accomplished; she used &c Civ
;. public lectures, but since our mar
rage these have been given only il
: only ID private. >. My wife i
= tomb with tombstone which say
everything. have only on
t FAULT, and that is my wife.
e An English editor in a recent arti
J: Gle on the scandalous attacks on presi
II Dental candidates, says the late cam
S paign reminds him of remark O
b Sam Ward. When that gentlema
was told by friend that Prof. HUI
ley had pronounced the modern hors
> to be descendant of the ancient me
3 sohippus, he said that it was very sal
and be added that the scandal woul
never have come out eff the hors
it hadn't been running for something"
: The late Duke of Wellington got
! letter once from a lady saying 81
was soliciting subscriptions for a &c
tain church in which she was nuC
K interested, and had taken the liberi
+ to put his name down for EGO, ar
st hoped he would promptly send her
he check for that amount. He forthwith
replied that he was glad she though