The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-03-03
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stylop In dates Still prevails
-Four hundred vibrations In u minute
Is M much as u bees wing can do,
or course the mlddlcs are 'nice,n
They cost The government $4,000 Il
piece,
There are only about quarter Of u
million school teachers in this coun-
try.
Queen Emma will probably be the
next sovereign Of the Sandwich Is
lands.
a number Of Bibles were among
the presents TO the Grand Duchess
Marie,
The potatoe rot Is now ascribed to n
deficiency Of lime and m0gncsla In
the soil.
Two Of the New York synagogucs are
discussing the proprlety Of consolidate
Ing,
Twenty thousand dollars have been
subscribed TO start smelling works In
Sacramento
"a Connecticut matron Of seventeen
summers Is one Of the latest appli-
cants for divorce.
Jumping on or of moving train
within the limits Of Dayton, o., Is
now criminal oilense.
1t is computed that II, 3Gi old hoop
skirts are annually thrown into the
lake at Cleveland.
Colonel Wallen, of the Second Uni
ted States infantry, has been placed ON
the retired list.
Thirty-six valuable horses, belonging
to Queens circus, at Morris, H., were
burned to death Tuesday last.
Young lady-"Did you know Strauss
was dead?n Second ditto-"It is only
the theologian, though" p Boston
Post.
John Uline, Of Troy, n. y, died of
grief having been compelled to pay n
note which he had fooishly endorsed.
a father in Wisconsin offered his
boy five dollars to take dose of castor
oil, and then get counterfeit bill of
on the boy.
Indiana has new kind of beef,
which is called chat rack" and signi-
lies beef SO lean that you can hang
your hat on the bones.
The Count dc Paris looks very like
an American--'which is saying more
for the Count de Paris than has been
said for him for some time.
The Nashville Banner announces the
failure of the proprietor of the Vulcan
iron works at Chattanooga. Hisiabil-
tiles are said to be heavy.
Bette NJ. Harding, granddaughter
of the late Commodore Maury, was
lately married to New Orleans jour-
nalist named Wilkinson.
A car Of Russia visited Great Brit
ain in 1914 another one in 1914, and
the next year the present ear will
cross the channel likewise.
Waitsfeld, Vermont, proudly shows
the record of town meeting held in
1916, at which the congressional salary
grab Of that year was denounced.
Swinburne's sole ambition is to get
into Parliament, but his father, the
Admiral, sternly represses him with
threats of docking his allowance.
The Waukegan, (lllinois) Gazette,
speaks of civilian Wager, nee con-
ductor on the Northwestern railway
Now, was William really born u con-
ductor?
There was colored wedding in town
last week, which boosted cards, nine
roasted pigs and hundred cakes, and
tapered oft'With three reception days.
columbus Miss Index.
Over 10000 votes were cast in the
late parliamentary elections in Great
Britain. The total amount of voters in
the United Kingdom is about 100000.
Fifty years ago there was only 100000
voters.
The New York city tax payers paid
81 Obs $50 for cleaning the streets during
the year ending December 81, 1873, and
yet the Tribune says, at this moment
the appearance of the streets is "un-
speakably hopeless"
Ben Zine asked O'Shea: Chow is it |
that the most reliable account of the
deluge makes no mention of Irishmen
having been taken into the ark?'
"Divil one was there" said O'Shea.
GLOW, then, was the race perpetuated?'
queried Ben. Faith said O'Shea,
Gin those days the Irish were wealthy
and had boat of their own.n
The indications are of an early open
ing of lake navigation. The straits of
Mackinaw did not freeze over until late
i'll the season. Reports from points
near the straits state that the ice is
only moderately thick, and the weather
almost unprecedently mild. Chicago
shippers are already making inquiries
for vessels to load with grain for the
lower lakes.
A former clerk in the Salem Mar
chants bank, when Judge story was
president of it, writes to the Salem
Register to say that in 1917 the India
trade was carried on wholly with Car
olus milled-pillared dollars" no credits,
exchange or other specie being used,
and that it was his duty in that primi- !
tive time to count and key the silver.
a roundvoyage consumed from twelve
to eighteen months.
Citizen-"Well, you see how it is
yourself, Mr.. Plumber. The girl left
the laundry window open, thermome-
ter touched zero, water pipe froze, then
burst, and no one knowing how to shut
Off the plaguey thing, the water ran
half the night" Plumber-"Yes, |
see; very bad break; miserable pipes
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it didn't happen
long ago. Citizen-"How much is it
going to cost to plumb it up in good
shape, including henderson Plumber
"Well, l don't Know, but / think | will
take the house in part payment"