The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-16
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Odds ana Ends of Current Newspa-
per Literature.

: MISCELLANEOUS.
The Odds ans-Ends of Current Newsp
! per Literature.
!, About 10000 Jewish immigran
f land at our ports yearly, and the
:, have been coming at that rate for Il
: years.
1t is said that the largest grape viz
g in California IS at Ventura, and is
4 inches in the trunk, though only
J, years old.
! ! Only one-seventh of the inhabitan
OF the 100000 of square miles owe
which Britain's flag floats in trump
2 are Christians.
1t is said that Edison now coaxe
fishes to swallow little electric lamp
and then investigates their interic
economy at his leisure by the powel
full light.
There are in Chicago not less tina
from 10000 to $4,000 women, girls an
children, who perform various grade
OF labor which were formerly man
province.
The cooperative store system ha
been in operation in England for neaI
ly quarter of century. The "arm
and navy" stores alone now do busl
ness OF 100000 annually.
The two tiny satellites of Mars
which were discovered by Prof
Asaph Hall, in 1877, have diameter.
of less than ten miles each, and ar
the smallest celestial bodies known.
No Wonder the Prince of Wales ha
led fast life and has not tried to lay
up anything for old age. It is sale
that he has superstition that he viii
not live to reach the throne of Eng
land.
At recent service at Mount Desert
the elders prayer realized at least the
dlstracting element of a fashionable
season. He prayed: "Oh, Lord. now
that our summer visitors have depart
ed, wilt thou take their place in our
heartSP
The winter, which is just ending in
Australia, has been unusually severe.
1t is said that snow and ice were. seen
il Melbourne several times. The ther-
mometer has been down to "a degrees,
which is something remarkable in
that mild climate.
Of the 100000 in taxes received
in one day by the tax collector of
New York city, the Astor family paid
$425, 900, the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad $4,000,
James Gordon Bennett $29, 800 and the
Goelet estate, in part, $4,000.
A Belvie Lockwood campaign club
was organized in Railway, n. j., on
October End, with a membership of
seventy-f1e young men. Their uni
form consists of a highly colored
Mother Hubbard dress and poke bon
net. Being the first in the field, the
tair Bolivia should see that they are
duly encouraged.
The death of Field Marshal Won
Betten6eld, at the age Of lightweight,
leaves the Emperor William as the
oldest officer of the German army. He
was one of the few surviving Ger
man veterans who earned their first
laurels at Waterloo and Leipsic. He
took a leading part in the three great
wars of the present Emperor, and was
present at Alsen, Koniggratz and Sc
dan. His age exceeded the Emperor's
by only one year.
The first instance of the cremation
of priest in Italy occurred the other
day in Milan. The Rev. Don Gloyan-
nj Sartorio had lett instructions by his
will that his body should be burned.
eleven priests who had been retained
to perform the funeral service return
ed their fees, and the priests remains
were committed to the flames unac-
companied by any christian rite.
The lamented Frank Chanfrau
leaves a son, who is quite q promising
actor. He was attached to his fathers
company, and viii probably succeed
him in the title part of exit" Henry,
another son, is also an actor, and has
been playing in Barley Campbells
play of separation" There is a
third son, who is as yet schoolboy.
The dead actor leaves a fortune OF
about 100000, including valuable
property in the theatrical colony at
Long Branch.
The Paris newspapers denounce the
demolition of the old Cafe de Ia
Rotondp, one of the most celebrated of
the resorts for Partisan loungers. 1t
was in the Palais Royal and in the
days of the old revolution, Danton
showed his head there every evening
until he was called upon TO take it to
the scaffold. Robespierre often went
there to admire the beauty of Nine.
Cuisinier, the wife of the proprietor,
who was renowned for her fair looks,
and even the young Bonaparte was
one of its habitues.
E. K. Carpenter has on the common
in Lexington, Mass, a boulder weigh
ing twenty tons, on which he is hav-
ing engraved a fiint-lock gun and
powder horn and the words of Capt.
Parker: "Stand your ground. Don't
fire unless fired upon; but if they mean
to have war let it begin here" He
is also getting out a stone cannon
mounted on wheels, which will bear
the following inscription: "On this
spot Earl Percy, with reinforcem ents,
planted a field piece to cover the
British retreat.
The simple making and selling OF
mems clothing is the greatest local in
dustry in New York city. 1t employs
nearly double as many people as any
other single occupation, not taking
into account the workmen who man.
ufacture and finish the cloth. Inside
the city limits about eight hundred
establishments are devoted to the
business with an aggregate capital OF
nearly $25,000OO0, employing 10000
operatives and paying out $l5,0OO,O0C
a year in wages. Coats and trousers
made in New York are worn by work
ingmen in every state and territory in
the union.
A recent observer says that Denver
is not prosperous. The mining indus.
try is not at flood tide. Comparative
ly few mining camps are booming
The day of speculative mining is gone
also. A hole in the ground can nc
longer be capitaliZedat $10,O00,0OO, anG
Eastern gudgeons found to invest in
the stock. There are mines in Colora
do producing, and abundantly. The
yield of Leadville last year was great
er than that of any other locality il
the state. Some of its mines will
continue to yield rich ores for years tt
come, but hard-pan has been reached
end only legitimate mining will pay.
1t is said that Miss Elizabeth Gar
rett, only daughter of the late JohI
w. Garrett, of Baltimore, is now tn,
richest unmarried lady in the Unite(
States. Miss Wolff, of New YORK, ha
until now been considered the wealth
lest unmarried lady in America, bu
Miss CARROTS fortune will be ever
greater than hers. Miss Wolff is
maiden over fifty years of age, WIN
has devoted her years to deeds o
charity. Miss Garrett is only twenty
eight. but has had more eXperienc