The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-13
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

ducts OF their island continent AT the
Centennial
Tennyson's "airy fairy Lillian is
now very stout, and dev0tes most OF
her time TO spanking seven dirty
faced children of whom she Is the ma
ternal progenitress.
The condition of the Republican par
ty has become deplorahle enough when
u veteran like old Simon Cameron Is
compelled to eXclalm in Washington,
while he fetches deep sigh, This is
hi OF time"
General Babcock's friends explain
his accession To great wealth on 81 900
per annum as the effect of sudden rise
in value of some Kansas lands which
he held. The story is susceptible Of
amendment
The defeat of Hesiug, the ring cali
didate for Treasurer OF Cook county,
Illinois, the county IN which Chicago
is situated, IL victory for the people
over corruption. There is no political
significance In his defeat.
Columbus tGa.) Enquirer-Sun "0f
the probable candidates named for the
presidential nomination, no one is
more popular at the South than Gov
ernor Hendricks, of Ind aua, and no
one retains his popularity BETTER
Dir. Delano, the editor OF the London
Times, is just now taking his third va
cation in thirty-siX years, and during
that period he has never suspended his
newspaper work except when ALSO.
lutely broken down in health.
The Rev. DR.. Lorimer makes this
rather broad statement in his lecture
in New York on Lost Virtue: "lf
there il any one thing for which the
human race Is pre-eminent IL Is for
profound and solid lying"
An item is floating through the
newspapers TO the effect that Chandler
was once . clerk in Nashau, New
Hampshire, and when people read it
they are filed with deep regret that
Zach isn't clerk in Nashua still,
In Burnett county, Wisconsin, during
the recent election, the Radicals made
good use ola tribe ofwild Indians who
were providing about, by marching
them to the polls, making them vote
for Ludington, and paying them with
potations of Chicago Whisky.
Another contradiction ofthe story Of
the completely Of Orville Grnnt aud
General BabcoCk in the whiskey
frauds comes from Washington. II
they don't stop sending so many con.
tradictions people will begin to believe
there is truth in the report
Schroeder has issued invitations to
photographers and scientists 10 accom-
pany him In his balloon ascension and
trip across the North Pole. Up to the
latest advices he had not been kept
awake at nights by applicants pulling
at the bell handle Of bis residence.
New Albany (Ind. Ledger Standard:
The pledge glren by the Democratic
State Central Committee In MISSISSIPPI
pi Is fully Justified by the result, The
people left to themselves IN the South,
will secure home rule and an honest
government" Fl
"rhe Victory of the people in Missis-
sippi IL something to beproud OF For
the first time since the war they Will
have home rule. IN that State. This
breaks the Radical line In the South,
and opens upa way to real freedom"
When Kaiser Wilhelm was visiting
Victor Emmanuel in Italy the other
day, the two royal old fellows dined
every day from u service of silver and
Sevres porcelain, and washed their
dainty viands down with Tokay wine
| lI5 years old. A royal business visit
| IL not without It's charms. ..t.a.
The Meridian Gazette says that the
next Legislature of Mississippi viii be
a body of unusual intelligence. For
the most part the people selected their
best men. In the Senate we have such
men as Colonel II, o. REYNOLDS, Judge
Amos II. Johnson, Capt. j. w. Fewell,
et. al, men of brilliant talents and
solid worth. In the House there are
men like the veteran Featherstone and
the ready Street. Altogether 1t will be
an able Legislature, upon which we
confidently rely for fair, just and sensi'
bic legislation.
Memphis Appeal: 1t never rains but
IL pours. On top of the indictments of
the Presidents friends at st. Louis,
and the possible impeachment Of him
self as u party to the whisky frauds,
here we have Mr.. Lane, the newly
elected congressman from Oregon, col
Letting material for what he claimed
will be startling eTpoSe to be made at
the approaching session Of the condi-
ton OF affairs In Alaska, under the
management OF the Alaska CONNER
cial Company, aud the military au-
thorities which there take the place OF
Territorial government. The ball IL
rolling
The Philadelphia Chronicle thinks
there's hope for the country after al,
since o Republican canal ringster in
New York, who enjoyed q salary OF
from four to six dollars per day, and
managed in n few years to have one
hundred thousand dollars out of bis
earnings, committed suicide the other
day rather than be called upon to rise
and explain the mysterious process by
which he managed TO make so much
out Of so little. Now II every Repub.
lican official who has robbed the peo-
pie would go and do1ikewise, wouldn't
there be a lot Of vacancies to be filled!
The British are having trouble on the
Malay peninsular, where they have
three small settlements-Penang, Ma.
lacca, and Singapore-which are said
to contain half the population Of the
country. The Malay States are ten In
number, most Of which are indie.
Tendencies under the protection of the
British. The dispatch from Singapore
states that the Malayans are besieginp
the British residents at Peruk, In theii
territory. The cause Of the difficulty
appears to be the proposed investiga
ton into the late murder OF the British
. ! n,aly thu MaIauu,a aan.