Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-11-23
STRAY BITS.
--Emilo do (ilrardin il about 10

marry nn English countess.
bohemian garncts sot in silver
are becoming fashionable for dOlni-
toilet jowciry.
1t will cost $500, 900 to restore
tho Escurial, and King Amadeus
will pay the fiddler.
GA sclfconsciousness Of olo-
gance IL said to DO the leading foa-
turo in Whitolaw Reid's manner.
Wen wager rod herring and two
dozen crackers that We can namo
the man who said il.
Tho peopls of Franco never,
liked Charles Dickens works, and
it is said that mono Of the French
translations of even his best pro-
ductions had a rcmunerativG sale.
1T would probably afford Til
ton intense delight TO rowrite his
gushing life of the Woodhull, now
that she presents his private grieis
to the world. And couldn't ho get
up a lively funeral notice with
the same subject for II theme.
Nice promises to he Us much q
rendezvous for Brother Jonathan
next winter as ever. Nearly all
the cottages have been rented, and
board at the leading hotels is quite
difficult to obtain, 1t is, of all pla.
ccs IN Europe, the most delightful
during the winter season.
Tho San Antonio Herald says:
"Prosident Juarez left minute ac-
count of all sums of money received
by him since his elevation to the
Presidency. If Gen. Grant should
do that, wouldn't it be funay read
ing? Thrilling ifnot funny.
Literary men, who havo mado
patient researches in the matter,
are pretty well united in the opip.
ion that the first book printed on
this continent was by Combeyer, in
Mexico, in the year I544.
Certain French bankers have
Just obtained from the French Gov
ernment The monopoly Of the man.
ufacture and sale of matches. For
this concession an annual payment
ofsixtccn million francs is to be
paid. Match that for privilege
Emilio CASTELAR, and King Am
adeus of Spain met recently in a
side path in the Madrid Prado.
The King, who had never been in.
troduced to Castelar,, approached'
the great Republican orator and,
shaking his hand, said to him !:
"Senor, 1 admire your genius"
"And l." replied CASTELAR,, "admire
your majesty's courage" "When
quality meet &c.
1T may not bo generally known
that Washington Irving was the
anthor Of the phrase "the almighty
dollar" He used it in a sketch en-
titled "The Creole Village" pub
lished in 1888, and it quickly passed
into universal usage. He himself
says of it: "This phrase used fos
the first time in this sketch, (The,
Creole VilIagc,) has since passed
into current circulation, and by
some has been questioned as savor-
ing of irreverence. The author,
therefore, owes it to his orthodoxy
to declare that no irreverence was
intended, even to the dollar itself,
which he is aware is daily becom-
ing moro and more an object OF
worship.
The postofice authorities of
Great Britain have resolved TO in
troduce y large number of female
clerks into tho department. Forty
young ladies are also to be shortly
placed on the establishment of the
Savings Bank Office, notwithstand-
ing the vigorous protest Of tho
Comptroller, who, in common with
the entire staff, fools "the griecous
dangers, moral and official, which
are likely to follow the adoption OF
so extraordinary n course" We
have always been very careful OF
dangerous predicamcnts," IN fact
are too modest to seek opportuni.
ties of displaying our grand cour.
age-and do not now seek Same in
that line, but it strikes us that this
situation of affairs in tho English
Post Office is just tho sort OF dan
ger we could face with some degree
of cquanimity.
The name of tn, thimblc ia
said to have been derived from
"Thumbell," having been first worn
on the thumb as tho sailors thin
bic still is. 1t is q Dutch invention.
and was introduced into England
in 1CO5 by John Lofting, who man
uiacturcd it at Islington.