The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-01-15

4. The call of the civil docket jury
and the nonjury will BE- resumed, il
necessary, after the criminal docket.
3. Motions will be heard on Satur.
days
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The Germans now use paper instead
OF wood in manufacturing lead-pen-
ellis.
: In Texas there are three collectors
of internal revenue paid respectively,
$1,000, $500 and $2,375.
Princess Beatrice, only daughter of
Don Carlos, Of Spain, entered nun
merry just before her father sailed for
India.
In the department of customs we
wonder how so many men can b3 en-
gagged. There are four uOlleci OTIS of
customs, receiving $500 each, and
fees.
The artesian we'll which is now be-
ing sunk by the Central Pacific Rail-
road company at White Plains, Neva
da. has attained depth of 2,lO0 feet,
and is now in solid rock.
1t is alleged that opium is SNUG
gled ashore from vessels in the bay of
San Francisco by means of floats made
OF bladders, which are thrown over
/ board at night, and which ara then
picked up by the occupants of row.
boats.
! Thousands Of paupers are now be-
ing shipped from Naples and Genoa
! to South American ports, where they
are left burden on the local authori-
ties. The latter have decided to adopt
the New York plan, and compel the
vessels TO carry them back.
"Yes,'' said an enthusiastic western
admired OF Mr.. Robert Ingersoll, "he
spoke once in this town, and at the
conclusion of his lecture thirteen guns
were fired" sis it pOssible?" was the
surprised response; "and no. one of
'em brought him down"
The paper bottles now madein Paris
are built up out of sheets of paper
somewhat after the fashion of rocket
cases, but the cementing material is q
mixture of blood, albumen, lime and
alum. Neither water nor alcohol has
any action on such bottles, and it is
expected chat they will prove of great
value to travellers, and there is but lit
Tie rear Oh DreakaSe.
For two centuries the entire indus
try of Mattenwaid, town in Bavaria,
shut in by snOW-clad mountains and
| dense forests, has been violin making,
! for which tie surrounding forests
finnish the best, of material. Every
I'd is crossed by labyrinth of ropes
/. Il poles, on which hundreds of Vio-
Inns are hung to dry. Every kind of
stringed instrument, from the finest
violin to the cheapesi banjo, is manu-
featured and shipped.in large quaint
ties to all parts OF the civilized world.
1t is not known jus6now how many
bushels OF baked beans Boston con-
sumed on Thanksgiving day, but it Is
fact that the Bostonians received for
that days use 400 bushels. The con-
sumption of beans is increasing year
ly all over the country. The increase
in the crop has grown from 1,341, 945
bushels in '83 to fully 100000 bushels
this year. This may be accepted as
substantial evidence that the value of
beans as palatable, nutritious and
economical article of food is becom-
ing more widely known.
Indications are not lacking that
the various Photographic repro
ductive processes will soon, practi-
cally, usurp the province of
wood engraving. Steel engraving al
ready is virtually extinct. The wood
eDgraVer of the near future must be
master of bis art-an artist, in fact
TO obtain employment. There will be
plenty of potraiture for a Cole and of
landscape work for Kingsley; but
the days OF journeyman of the BURN
are numbered. 1t is not easy for
thoughtful person, familiar with the
| technical and commercial conditions
of book and magazine illustrating, TO
gIahce at some OF the holiday books
and come to any other conclusion.
When midnight strikes tonight two
| felloW-travelers, who have long been
trampiDg, one just halt length in ad-
vance OF the other, will link arms and
continue their unwearying journey
side by side. They are the two days,
| the astronomical and the civil, and the
former will adjust his pace to that of
! the latter, falling back twelve hours
to get in step. So the astronomical
day that begins this noon will be only
halt day, and at its end the hands of
the great twenty-four hour clock at
Greenwich will be turned back TO be-
gin anew, and corresponding changes
will be made at other ohservatories
throughout the world, in accord with
the Recommendation of the late con-
ference at Washington.
Forty-five years ago the Britannia
was considered a remarkable ship.
! She was 207 feet long and her tonnage
l,I55. The new Cunarder, the Etru-
ria, is 500 feet long and her tonnage
nearly 5000. The Britannia had en-
gInes of $50 horse power; the horse
power of the Etruria is $4,000. The
Britannia carried 220 tons of cargo
and 100 passengers; the Etruria 5000
tons of cargo and 1900 passengers.
The Britannia carried 500 tons of coal
and her speed was So knots per hour;
the Etruriap carries $500 tons and
makes 10 knots per hour. Five years
ago the Arizona made the passage in
z days and Z hours. The builder OF
the EtruTia says she will do it in one
day less. and IN another five years it
will be done in five days.