The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-05
NOTES AID OPINIONS.

| NNtGn AM va lNAWN''
! 1t Is the most remarkable thiDB oil
modern times that the Boston Post has
never thought to speak Of tho Cog as n
k9.
This thing Of Gle English coming
over here to get their calicoes is rather
strange. Ifeacb piece of calico had a
girl wrapped up in It, though, II
wouldn't lie atall strange
John X. Tarbox is u member of
Congress from Massachusetts,, A tar
box will be mighty handy thing to
have about the lower house Of Con-
gress when 1t becomes necessary to tar
aud feather some OF the rascally mems
bers.
| A doctor sent back q coat, that did
not lit him, 10 his tailor. A few days
atlerwal DIS they met at o funeral, when
the tailor, pointing to the collin, SOL
EMMY said: "Ah, Doctor you're u
fortunate man; you never have amy OF
yolir bad work returned on yoar
hands ~
Two of our "kulled' citizens, after
intently witnessinga game Of base ball,
were heard conyersing as follows: ~
say, Sambo, less us jine the base be II
cluh.u "What for, nlggerY' well
Sam DO, kase it larn you bow Yer ketch
fowls on de tly--a much easier way
than stealin' dem from the rocst.'
The other day, in Havana harbor
the United States steamer Gettysburg
rot herself UP in bunting in honor OF
certain saints days of Queen Isabella
Of Spain. 1t is not known what action
President Grant and Porson Newman
will take on this brazen Insult to their
anti-Calholic platform and proclivi-
ties
Waco IIxaminer: The Statesman
saws the Convention acted wisely IN
nothing which they undertook. Now
slIpnose the Convention were to relo!t
in kind, the world would be n long
time finding out which was right, aud
civilization would be compelled to
await the decision, much to its detri-
ment, we fear.
Henry Bergh, spoiled the fu" OF New
York sportsulen by issuing an order
that no one should indulge rifle shoot
ing at Thanksgiving turkeys. He re-
dured the riliemen to cut the heads
of the birds and use them for targets.
Mr. Bergh should he required to show
the difference between blowing tur-
KEYS head of with rifle ball, aud cut
ding it oil with knife.
There Is now being built at the Inn
perial Russian Arsenal, at NicoIhien,
n steam ram, Of novel design, which
will be cased with armor plates Of u
thickness far greater than have hith-
erto been employed. This vessel,
which will have a speed OF fifteen
knots per hour, win be lifted with tor
ledo apparatus. She VIII carry no
guns, and will depend entirely upon u
formidable ram for offensive purposes.
Somebody in Oregon has protested
reljyiou and sent the Secretary of War
forty dollars which he stole While III
HE employment Of the goyerhmeht.
IF Moody and Sankey could get togeth-
er all the eX oiliccho!ders OF the coun-
try and convert them and induce lhem
to refund all the money they stole, the
C,overnment could afford to put on a
clean shirt every day for the rest OF its
life. s.r
Waco Examiner: We have had no
,unber OF the Galveston News later
Lan ,.st Friday. That there is grave
nogleot somewhere on the main line
If Tho Central, no one can any longer
Jouht. We have had no Sherman or
Dallas papers within the same Time,
though the Denison papers have come
through as usual We INSIST tnat the
nostai agent for Texas will prove great.
~ remiss in his duty if lie does not in
sfifute rigid examination. me DE,
heading of a few route agents wouiu
Inc n healthy measure. p
'Courler-Journal: During the Emper-
or of Rrazil,s absence in this country
and Europe next year, his daughter,
! the Countess D'Eu, is going to run the
GSvernmental machine for him. ana
she Is the very girl to make It spin, 100
Sona time ago She wanted the Emper'
e. 70 release q couple Of Catholic bisli'
ons he had sent to Jail, but the old man
declined to do it, whereupon Mis- DEu
walked over to the corner grocery
na,,aht n broom, and having thrown
her SHOES aud striped stockings int
tha corner. went to sweeping th'
straets declaring that she meant Z
keer, on sweeping them until the pail