The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-08-14

/ anu Stb nun w bhhts
came out white /; the fire had not been
strong enough. The Great Spirit be-
gan his work again, and this time
the man came, out quite black he had
remained too long in the oven. II wa;
necessary to try II third time. The en-
pertinent at length succeeded, and
man came out done to n turn he was
the red skin, the most perfect OF hu-
man types"
"A curious story has been raked up
among the old accounts in the War
Department, showing how clerical
error had Il tragic result. An officer
during the war was wrongfully charged
with Il defalcation amounting to Sl6OO,
and, being unable readily to demon
strate his Innocence, he committed
suicide. The balance enormously made
out against him was placed in favor of
another officer, who, knowing IL to be
II mistake, caused the matter to be
hushed up. The result is post NOR
decentralization of the man who pre-
ferred death to undeserved disgrace.
The story is interesting by reason of
its three unusual incidents-the clerk IS
fatal error, the suicide from such II
cause, and the living officers refusal
to accept money which was believed
to belong to him.
The following interchange of
compliments took place ut Il hop
given at one of our fashionable water
ing places last week. Middle-aged
party, envious of the belle of the room,
and determined to put her down I:
"How admirably your dressmoker has
altered your dress | vow | hardly
recognized it rs the one you wore last
yearw Young party, with outraged
feelings, oYinr ~ me consciousness
th"t the lnsulted garb had come direct
from Worth's, and was now worn for
the first time: "Yes, it is nicely done,
think. by the way tell me, Mrs. Y,
where did you procure your new teeth?
They are perfectly lovely; but | must
say that / liked your last years false
hair much better than that you now
wear" Stately courtesies ON both
sides and mutual resolve never to
recognize that creature again.
in French journals sketch of the
late Sir Michael Bale occurs IN anus
ing story of the way the Theater Mali
bran, in Venice, was christened. Bale
was then baritone singer, and was
supporting Malibran in LA Sonnam-
bula," there being a crowded audience.
AT the end of the "Ah! non giunge,"
Malibran's foot slipped as she trod on
II leaf of one of the bouquets that had
been flung on the stage. She would
have slipped but Balfe, who was the
Rodolfo, caught her up. Even rs it
was, her slipper came off and fell into
the pit. Immediately there was a
skirmish for it's possession, and to
create some diversion from that part
of the house, Malibran deliberately
threw the other shoe in an opposite
direction. The curtain fell, and, amid
deafening cheers, the manager let out
the prima donna, and announced that
this theater should be called, from the
event of the evening, the Theater Nal
ibran, name which it still retains
Exchange.
The Northampton Miss Gazette
tells the following story of the first
minister at Pelham, Miss. 'Some of
the mem bers of his church somehow
got the idea that the minister was u.s.
Ing too much rum in the way of flip,
and committee of five was chosen to
wall upOll anu
not against the practice, which was
common, but in relation to the quanti-
ty used by him. Mr.. A. was appraised
of their errand, and knowing that,
Notwithstanding the object thereof, he
would be expected to treat them to
flip, instructed his wife in regard to the
strength of the beverage. First time
around considerable water second
time, more rum and less water third
time all rum, or as near so as possible,
and have it palatabl The result was,
the committee passed jolly evening,
after concluding their business, and
three of them passed most of the night
on the floor, being unable to go until
early morning. AT the appointed time
they made report to the church to
this effect Your committee called
on Mr.. A. and demonstrated with him,
and have to report that he gave us
Christian satisfaction We had this
story from a grandson of the aforesaid
Mr.. A., and it ought to be true"
During the recent building of
bridge in Holland, one of the traverses,
400 feet long, was misplaced on the
supports. 1t was an inch out Of the
DIoDlCih NdS bo" w ~
place it. Experiments proved that the
iron work expanded small fraction
of an inch to every degree of heat re-
ceived. IL was noticed that the night
and day temperature differed by about
degrees, and that 1t was
that this might be made to
move the bridge. In the morning one
end of the pieces was bolted down Sc
curely and the other end left free. In
the heat of the sun the iron expanded,
and toward night the free end was
loosened. The contraction then drag
ged the whole mass the other way.
For two days this experiment was re-
peated, and the desired placed reached.
The contraction and expansion Of iron
bars by fire heat has frequently been
used to move heavy weights over short
distances. Broken walls and strained
roofs and arches have been brought in
to place by simply heating iron rods
until they expand and then taking the
slack by screws and nuts and allowing
by cold to pull the wall or
roof into place.
Monte Cristo's escape from the
sack in which he was flung into the
sea from the Chateau DIFF has been inn
itated by an ingenious Persian. Hav-
ing incurred the displeasure of a high
at Shiraz, Mohammed
Miraz was condemned to he fastened
up In sack with a viper, a cook and a
cat, and after an hours time, when the
happy family had improved their ac-
the sack and its contents
were cast in the river. Fortunately
for Mohammed Mira, his executloners
forgot to search his pocket, which con-
tained q small knife. Directly the
mouth of the sack was closed upon him
and his companions, he cut in half the
viper which was already eDcircling
his leg, the cook and the cat were
next dispatched, and the Persian oc-
,upied the remainder of his hour by
a violent fight Of the ami
mails and giving forth the most excru- !
eating cries of agony. In due time
sack and all were consigned TO the |
water, and them Mohammed Mira,
speedily freeing himself from the
prison, gained the other side of the /
liver and came post haste to Europe,
Tor the future voluntary exile from
he fatherland.
A Chinese Solomon has come to
light in Nan Kin. His latest wisdom /
vas developed under the following cir /
DuriuU fhe TaqDinR re-