The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-07

own business niAnagereas, aud Will
hope that she viii succeed equally well
nv an edilreSs aud publisheress, and a
lnoulderess Of pnbllc opinion, aud pre-
diets that she viii be 4 lehderehs In
local literary circles, u position which
her attalnments ~ u sehnlafess and
ability as wrlieress enlltle her Il
take,
A dwelling house on Clifford street
took lire In QUE OF The Ohanlbers the
other ulght from an exploding kero-
aene lamp The flames were eNlingulsh.
ed after sharp struggle by the woman
81 the house, who had her hands pretty
badly burned, She was relating her
adventures 10 a nolbhhor next morn.
lng, aud the woman asked why
dldu't YOU raise an alarm where was
Bessie ~ "Bessle aud her beau were
counting In The parl0rn was the calm
reply, "AndyOu never called 10 thomGn
mot a word. have known Of cases
where u sudden alarm has upset q
young man just ~ no WAS about 10 pre-
pose aud changed the whole iuturo OF
two liyes,h
When an American girl govs over TO
Europe 20 learn TO slug, lhe llrst thing
she does IL 10 annex u toreign name
aud throw her own overheard When
an impressarlo brings u new soprano
prliha donna assolutA over here, tie
FIRST thing he does IL 20 yet her Judged
up IN the papers as "a blue'blooded ma
live American. The st. Louis Re
publican would like 10 have the reason
Tor this.
Mr. Kortright, her Britannia Ma
Jesty's Consul In Philadelphia, IN n
great swell, aud represents his Queen
with all possible dignity. No OUT can
see him without being impressed ny
his appearance, The story ~ told that
one day rs he was walking down Wal
nut street. u stranger aoc0sted him ~
follows: win } Oh bv kind enough
TO tell me, sir, the price OF that holse"
pointing across the road. ISL y the
Consul said, "do you take me- for
real estate agent 20 ooh, no, indeed,
sir" replied the other respectfully,
"but supposed from your appearance
that you owned it--that you owned
the whole clty.n
A beautiful aud bashful young
woman OF about nineteen summers
called ut the Office of life assurance
agent last week, and asked: "llow
long will n man OF sixty seven, aud
who eats peas with his knife, llvepp
According 10 our table, madame re-
piled the agent, she should on tho
average, survive eleven years, three
months and sixteen days "rhnt,h
said his visitor "would be TIN tbs first
OF August, lsST2' Precisely, mad
ame.n "And how much could 1 in
sure his life fore" ooh, for any
amount, say S5O,0uO,n ho answered,
taking up u blank form of application.
"Well, said the young woman, Think
III marry him." ENSURE him, you
mean?n replied the agent, "No, marry
him; you insure him, You seq she
added. With burst Of confidence, 81
love Herbert, aud Mr.. Dawkns Is old
enough to be my grandfather, But Her
bert IL poor and ! Just worship the
corner lots that Mr.. Dawkins builds
on. Aud Herbert Is very patient, and
says II viii only fix day, no matter
no " long he may have to wait, he will
be happy. Now, you say Mr.. Dawkins
will die by the first Of August, 1887,
and rs IL wouldn't be decent to marry
again till I've been year in mourn
ing, III arrange 10 marry Herbert on
the I'd OF August, 1851 poe
There appears to be a fine opening
for terrier dogs and active cats IN Brit.
ish Burmah, which, according To the
annual report OF the chief commission
or on the administration OF that coun-
try for lS74.75, lately issued, is In some
parts overru by rats. These animals
make periodical visitations to certain
where they are not only "A
serious nuisance, but owing to their
voracity, reduce the inhabitants to u
state bordering on starvation. The
Karen district, east Of the Slttang
river, was again afflicted with u vlsi-
Lation In the shape OF rat plague,
which caused alarming ravages and
such deficiency OF the food supply |
that the unfortunate inhabitants We're
reduced to u precarious subsistence gu
green bamboo shoots aud jungle roots.
rEeir affection for their rat-infested
homes was, however, SO great that
they could not be induced for some
time to immigrate TO the district OF
Toungoo, where ample provision had
been made for their sustenance, and
lived, or rather died, on their bamboo
shoots and jungle roots; for, owing
perhaps to the indigestible nature OF
this diet, the mortality among them
Is reported to have been excessive.
The rats have during the current sea-
son sought fresh pastures, and the
Karen district IL now free from these
visitors.