The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-09-25

sis, and the latter is, beyond all doubt
grave error. No new facts ar,
needed to demonstrate this; it il
necessary only to put the by gotheSiS
and the conclusions following from it
to the test, to discover the delusion.
An interesting archaeological dis
covery has been made in France, al
Tulette. in the department of the
Drome. A small bronze She-wolf
which had evidently formed part of d
Roman military ensign, was found in
gravel pit. Her head Is turned as il
to look at the Roman twins, who are
however, missing.
The old question of a speedier means
of official killing than the blade or the
! moose is again being discussed in Eng
land. The Lancet not only thinks
that decapitation does not cause in
slant death, and that hanging is tor
turiDgly slow, but that neither prus-
sic acid nor electricity would be quick
enough in fatal effect.
Shaw, Colorado surveyor, reports
that he and his party of surveyors
have found almost solid mountain
of alum over mile square, some of
the cliffs of which rise to an elevation
of 700 feet above the bed of the ella
river. Most of the alum is in an i'm
pure state, tasting very strongly of
Sulphuric acid. Some of the cliffs
show immense quantities of almost
pure marketable alum.
Clifford Lloyd has brought from
Egypt the Mahdl's flag, captured at
the battle of Tamanieb. The ground
work is red, the lettering is worked
in with white, and two crescents and
two stars are on the side nearest the
staff. The inscription, in Arabic
characters, which read from left to
right, consists in praises to God and
of MahOmet as his messenger and
apostle, the names of the four Caliphs
who succeeded Mahomet, and the
word 'Mirghamy," meaning a reIig-
ious teacher of to-day, which is
thought to refer to Osman Digna.
Dog bedsteadS are now popular. |
One owned by anew Y ork lady is the |
lower part of a barrel sawed through |
at ten inches from the ground. The |
mattress is filled with hair, and has an
artificial leather ticking. The wood |
is painted in dark colors, and around |
the edge is an embossed leather trim
ing fastened with brass-headed nails.
On the front stave is an oval, in
which appears the dogs name in gold
letters. From a bar attached to the
back falls mosquito netting, en-
veloping the bed and occupant.
M. Pasteur sucks up the liquid con-
aiming the microbes of rabies through
4 glass tube. to inoculate the unfortu-
nate animals who die from hydro
Dhobia few hours after the poison is
injected into their veins. This he is
able to do with perfect safety, for the
'abid virus is only dangerous when
conveyed into the system through
The scientist is not yet
certain as to whether artificial inocu-
alton applied to a subject who has
already been bitten by a mad dog
would prevent the appearance Of
of hpdrophobia.
A writer, Mr.. Henry Chapman, says:
The main cause of the present diff
,ulties experienced in the disposal of
he sewerage of large towns is the
allure to obtain an economic system
# pure filtration for such enormous
OF liquid. This is PROCEED by
he fact that, out of the numerous
iltering processes, both mechanical
md chemical, that have been tried,
lot one has been generally adopted:
md even such important centers of
utilization as London and Paris con-
inue to have their rivers polluted and
he health of their Inhabitants injuri-
usly affected by the unfiltered Sc wage.