The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-11-13
ELLANEOUS NOTES.

Without earnestness no man is ever
great or does really great things.
Experience is a trophy composed of
all the weapons we have been wound
ed with.
Twenty-Five women working in the
chain gang has been one of the sad
sights at Atlanta, Ga.
Large null and .nansook handker-
chiefs for neckwear have borders of
bright blue and red leaves printed
around the edge
1t is currently reported that some
single colonies of California bees have
produced as high as 600 pounds of
honey this season.
More apples are eaten in Paris than
in any other large city on the glade
and Parisians attribute the genera
good health of their city to this cause.
Dresses are made for little girls Of
all sges of Persian embroidery in vivid
cardinal and deep blue. The material
is very thin and suitable for sum
mer.
,Ginghams in monochrome, trimmed
with many rows of white washing
braid, will be favorite utility dresses
for the mountain and seaside this
summer.
From certain remarks alleged to
have been made, Bismarck, as well as
Emperor William, must have been
mashed" by the Czarina Is it case
of ''like master, like man..
A great novelty in dress material Is
nuns yelling brocaded. SoIe OF the
palest colors are remarkable for their
beauty, and will make admirable
evening dresses for summer wear.
The acreage of wheat in the united
kingdom has, within a few years, been
reduced upwards of 100000 acres, with
the prospect of a further reduction of
area, IN Consequence of the poor
financial returnf to the farmers.
A two-year-old son of a saloon keep
er at Mumford has for some time been
allowed to finish off the ginger ale
bottles, there usually being some left
in them. He struck bottle that had
carbolic acid in it, and it finished him
off.
The Newark authorities have COM
menced a warfare against people who
stand in groups, who walk two or
more abreast, who trundle baby
carriages carelessly and who push
handcarts contrary to law and other
wise obstruct the sidewalks.
The gathering and curing of sumsc
is big industry in Virginia The
sumac leaves are carefully dried on q
scaffold. It takes several pounds Of
green leaves to make one pound of
dry leaves. The price paid is about
S1.25 for 100 pounds. A man has to
be very nimble picker to secure
enough green leaves in one day to
make 100 pounds when dried. Sumac
grows wild and requires no cultiva-
ton.
There have been some curious coin
cidences in the dying sayings of great
men. Aria said, "My Petus. it is not
painful;" while Louis XIV remarked.
al thought dying had been harder"
DR.. VIM. Hunter sad, IF had the
to hold pen / would write
down how easy and pleasant thing it
is 90 die" Vespasian and Louis XVII
both said, "a king should die stand
ing" The last words of Charlemagne,
Lady Jane Grey and Tasso were,
Lord. into Thy hands I commend my
spirit" According to G coro, Angus
tns, after asking how he had acted his
part in this life, said to those around,
"give me.your plaudits," and died. De
monax, the philosopher, according to
Luclad, said, you may go home, the
show is over" AS is well known Ra-
beIais said, "Let down the curtain, the
farce is over" Goethe asked for more
light, and Talma said, SHE worst Is,
[ cannot see"