The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-08-05
N0ica and Opinions.

In summing up the present state
of politics the Chicago Times con-
cludea that IA great deal Is going 10
depend on tho way the eighly-siX
Confederate generals conduct them
selves next winter"
The San Francisco Call says that
our trade dollar, after reaching China,
is sent thence to India for the pur-
chase Of opium, where il is recoined
into rupees, aud that the amount of
American silver that goes to India
from China to pay for the drug Is I'M
mensp. "a base use for 50 beautiful n
coin rs the trade dollar"
The Milwaukee News thus solves
the financial problem (: "Wheat has
gone up twenty cents II bushel cotton
Ia cash (gold( article. This is the
true solution to the specie payment
problem. Let American crops cross
the ocean and bring back European
gold, then there will be no difficulty
about resuming specie payments"
This may be@ chunk of financial wis
dom.
If initiation was represented by
ladies dresses few years ago con-
traction il well represented by them
now. Tho Bazaar says one can neither
sit down nor walk in them, and they
are 40 long that ii is impossible to raise
them in walking. "Never," says that
oracle of fashion, "has u lady 50 close
~ resembled m umbrella tightly en-
cased in its sheath rs at the present
time"
Dion Boucicault has explained
himself in the California Alta, rs fol-
lows. al critics mean by the term
originality that my works are transla-
lions In any sense from foreign works,
they are mistaken. II they mean that
like Shakespeare, Sheridan, Bulwer--
have accepted n formulation, taken
into the womb OF my mind incidents
and characters which have been found
elsewhere, and built up and elaborated
such materials, ! profess to have fire.
qucntly done 80. Such is the function
and art of the dramatist, aud no dra-
the drama, from those of .Eschylus to
the present time, has done otherwise
The New Orleans Times says
"Longstreet seeks permission to over
haul records and documents ia the
War Department ut Washington in
order to rectlfy errors and vlndicate his
conduct ut Gettysburg. He had better
trust that to the future historian and
turn his attention ~ his subsequent
career and record. As u soldier he
was mertorious, able, truce and stoi-
cally brave. As q citizen he has since
deprived his countrymen of the pleas
ure of praising him" So there are
"none so poor AS to do him reverence
This il the natural effect, however, of
being found in bad company--that of
Kellogg, Casey and Pinchback.
1T is proposed to have Moody and
Sankey preach and sing in Washing
ton city. This is right, il these evan
gelists postpone their crusade In that
quarter until winter when Congress
VIII be in session, and the President
ana Cabinet Will have returned to the
winter capitol. Then Washington will
be one of the best fields In America for
the efforts OF these missionaries. If
the 'rugged eloqucncen of Moody, or
the sweet singing of the modern Jesse
who accompanies him, can reach and
soften the hearts of the Solons and
sagcs that most do congregote I'm WASH
ington in the winter then shall we be-
lieve that these evangalsts possess
something more than human power.
Il Philadelphia Times.
The Chicago people think they
have invented an improvement upon
the lamp post letter box arrangement.
They place boxes for the collection of
mail matter Oh their street cars. A
marked box of sheet-iron hooked TO
the rear platform Is used, and is re-
moved by a postlnan and an empty |
one put In It's place whenever the car
passes the postollice. Any time be-
tween dawn and dark resident
within three miles of the postolllce can
mail letters ut his own door, and they
viii rs surely and speedily reach the
table ms II he had himself ia
zen the car and carried them thither.
This must be very convenient where
always run near the postofllce, as
most Of the passenger lines do In Chi
ago, but the system would scarcely be
worth adopting In this city. i