The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-08-31
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

ment 10 pTeslucnls, ~ vice. presidents,
33 secretaries of state, 81 secretaries of
the treasury, AZ secretaries of war, IS
secretaries of the navy, II secretaries
of the interior, 80 postmasters general,
As attorneys general, and 50 speakers
of the house Of representatives.
The funeral OF sewing-machlne
Singer, in England, was made inter
esting by the removal of the panels of
the hearse, so that the coffin, covered
with flowers and immortelles, could
be seen by all who might have curl
osity to see it. In life, Mr.. S. used to
dress his men servants in different
livery, and at one time he undertook
to drive six horses, three abreast.
The official figures show that the
National banks, with II circulation of
S35l 600, 900, have only SlS,0O0,OOO Of
specie In their vaults. That looks flat
teringly suspicious for an early re-
sumption of specie payments does it
not? Add the sum total Of specie in
the National Treasury and we have u
grand total of about one hundred mil
lions of specie out of which to perfect
the redemption of seven hundred mil
lions of currency. Horace Greeley
said that the way to resume was to
resume-but who is to provide the
means? If not the banks then who ?
"A notable person has just arrived
at Paris. His style and title is Duke
of AIarmelade. lie is friend of the
Semi-barbarous Souloque, who was
born n slave in 1889, helped to eXpel
the French from Hayti in 1903, rose
through the grades OF the local army,
till in 1919 he declared himself Emper-
or and after displaying gross incapac-
ity and misconduct, was driven from
Hayti in 1859, and took refuge i'll the
country of his old foes-France. The
Duke of Marmaade Is, like his late
sovereign, negro, and is very tall and
stout. He il seventy-three years old,
and having scraped together consid-
cradle fortune, has gone to Paris to
spend it. His name strikes one as
rather comical but Duke of Marina
lade is not more outre than King Cot
fee.-[N. Y...Herald.
This is the way Radical member
OF the Ohio Legislature testified his
hatred for rag money. He made ar
fragments for board at the United
States Hotel, and was to pay fifty cents
n meal, and whenever he was absent
from meal he was TO be credited that
amount. He then hlHted up some
cousins in the vicinity, an old school,
mate, a man who had once conrted
hls 1.-THE member's) wife, ana several
other relations, and sponged his living
off of them for the larger part OF the
session. When he settled up with the
hotel on the day of adjournment, the
landlord was astonished to find that
he owed his thrifty boarder seventy
six dollars. the amount credited nm
for absence at meals over that charged
for presence at meals. Here is the
man for the Radicals to nominate for
President next year, if Grant should
happen to fail in making the nomina-
ton. He is a statesman after Grants
own heart, and is decidedly the smart
est of the two on the "make."-
lPittsburg Post.
Don't kill the small birds, even
though you lose few cherries or
grapes by them. A farmer boy IN
Ohio, noticing small flock of quails
in his fathers corniield, resolved to
watch their motions. They foraged III
the field in u very systematic way, De-
ginning on one side and taking about
five rows, and following them uni
formly to the opposite side; they then
returned in the same manner over the
next five rows. Thus they continued
until they had gone over the greater
part of the field. Believing they had
been pulling up corn, the boy fired lnto
the flock and Killed one, after which
he examined the ground. In all the
space they had gone over he fouhu puI
one stalk disturned-partially scratch
ed out, but still adhering to the earth.
Examining the crop of the quail lie
found one Cut-Worm, tWehty-oie
striped vine bugs and one hundred
chinch bugs, but not one kernel OF
corn.-[ Battle Creek (Michigan) Jour
nal.
Mr.. Plimsoll's statement IN the
House of Commons, relative 10 tho
shipment OF seamen ON uilseaWor,hY
and poorly-eluipped vessels, was Illus nus
trated in San Francisco, the other day.
on the arrival of the ship bremen,
from Liverpool. This vessel lett thaI
port on the 9th of February win tl'ir-
ty-seven negroes before the mast
Thirteen of this crew died on the pas,
sage out and the remainder were III
seriously i'll when the Bremen got 10
San Francisco. The cause of TINS NOR
tality was the lack of vegetables our
ing voyage lasting 1871 days, the men l,,
had nothing but poor salt PROVISIONS
most of the time. Scurvey broke ouI,
and the sutlerings of the victims are
described by them as terrible Ill me eA'
IRENE. Mr.. Plimsoll appears 70 haVe
had the right idea when he SAID Iiiav
'the government was playing INTO the
hands of maritime murderers, ana lie
laid upon the head of the Prime NH,
lister and his fellows all the blood Oh All
the men who shall perish from pre-
yentable causes"
Something refreshing comes IRON,
Brooklyn, refreshing because IL y ho'
II scandal. 1t is told in "Stiles' Histoly
of Brooklyn and relates to TWO Wor,
thy men, Cardinal McClosRey an,
Attorney General Pierrepont, ana u
two worthy women, the mothers re
spectively of those two gentlemen
The Cardinal and the Attorney Geher
al are both natives of Brooklyn. an,
Were both born in the middle OF TN
same cold winter. McClosky's ihther
who was poor milkman, lived in 81
humble house near the residence 0
Hezekiah d. Pierrepont. Just aite
the birth of the babe who was 10 grow
up and become a prince of the churcn
Mrs. McCloskey was taken very ~ an al,
Was unable to nourish her chiiu; ~
this emergency Mrs. Pierrepont, mem az
Ing of the helpless condition OF sa'