The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-27
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

who 1T them neatly together. IN
finest shawls rarely hnd their way int,
the hands Of dealers. The ralah
Keep them for their own use. IN,
Calcutta dealers first ask three time
the amount they arc actually able [,
take for their wares, and the highes
price there Is generally twice that o
New York and one.third more THAI
London. The cheapest way to buy
ilrst'class Cashmere shawl Is to MARI,
n rajah.
Hop Wough sat down In an ic,
cream saloon, and said 10 the waiter
ME want dink Ice cream-same like
Michigan man, An iceberg of the
coveted article was placed before him,
and with the recklessness he had seen
exhibited by everybody else, he dived
into 1t. But ms he gulped down a
mouthtul OF the frozen mass, terrible
expression OF suspicion and dismay
crept over his face. He looked Mt the
plate minute then tried II again.
His teeth began to chatter. He but
toned up his jacket aud swallowed
another mouthful. That settled It. He
Jumped up from the table and started
to where the sun could shine on him,
eXclaiming; "Whoopee Plenty cold
grub! No cooke null Freeze belly all
same ice-wagon, n-Exchange.
The Grand Theatre ut Vienna was
crowded, The Emperor Francis, with
several members Of his family, was In
the Imperial box. The play, Schiller's
Robbers" had reached its third act
when cry arose that the stage was on
fire. Emile Devrient signalled at
once to the proprietor, who lowered
the curtain. The actor stepping In
front of II ere it wholly fell, in his
clear, clarion voice, said: "The En-.
peror has been despoiled of an aigrette
of diamonds. No honest person will
object to being searched. You will
pass out one by one at each entrance,
and be searched by the policestationed
at the several doors. Any man at
tempting to go out Of order will be ar
rested" The crowd, deceived 10y the
GOODNESS and the charge, poured out.
AS each reached the door he was sim
ply told to hurry on, and just as the
last rows of the upper gallery We're
filing out, the flames burst through the
curtain. But not life was lost, though
In less than an hour afterward the
building was in ruins.
The Chicago Times thus predicts a
general dlsintegration about the White
House: "rhis week will probably wit
nesses the termination of the official
status of Mr.. Bristow, as Secretary Of
the Treasury. The Babcock case will
be given to the jury to-day or to-mor-
row; the jury will return verdict of
not guilty; the whiskey-ring thieves,
both in and out Of States prison, will
send up shout OF joy which will be
re-echoed from the White House by
the announcement of the retirement
from the Cobinet of the only man who,
since the whiskey ring was first formed
in the reign Of A. johnson, has shown
sufficient energy and persistence to
break up that giant combination of
ewindhng and punish the swindl era
Bluford Wilson will also be retired;
perhaps also Elmer Washburne, and
so will be fulfilled the prophecy of Will
son upon the dismissal of Henderson
for revealing the crookedness of Bah
cock, that 1--WE shall all fall together
The hour of victory for the thieves APP
proaches. And Grant stands waiting
to hug the scoundrels once more to his
corrupt BOSOM"
Troy Times Some years ago, j. w.
Serviss, of Amsterdam, and David
Nanny, of the Nanny House, in order
to play n joke on Stephen Arnold, of
the Arnold House, both of that place,
went to him and said that they had
bet drinks on certain question In dis.
pute, and that they desired him to act
as referee, the drinks to be paid for
when the bet was decided. Mr.. Ar
mold accepted the terms, and drinks
to the amount of two dollars and fifty
cents were disposed of. Mr.. Serviss
then said that he had bet Nanny the
drinks for the entire party at Arnold's
that when the spire of the new Cathe-
dral fell it would fall to the west; while
Nanny had bet that it would fall to the
east. OF course the laugh was upon
Arnold. He looked puzzled for a mo-
ment, then quietly producing book,
he carefully noted down the terms of
the bet. During the gale of last week
the spire of the Cathedral fell. 1t fell
to the east Tidings of the fact reached
Arnold, who drew OH his Ulster as If
he had been creased, drove up to his
house as rapidly as possible, produced
the book In which he had recorded the
bet, and almost before Mr.. Serviss had
heard of the fall of the spire he was pre-
sented with bill for two dollars and
fifty cents worth of drinks, with seven
years interest added.
New York Evening Post: The ru-
mors of Cabinet differences which from
time to time have been heard are re-
peated to day with an emphasis which
makes 1t impossible to disregard them.
1t is easy to see that the solitary posi-
ton of Secretary Bristow in the Cabi-
net must be far from comfortable; but
what is bis duly?
Clearly it is his duty to stay where
he is and to Coon as he has been going.
He has done excellent service. He has
demonstrated his own honesty, fear
lessness and ability. He has saved the
administration from reproach, which
else would have rested heavily upon
Il. He has shown that 1t Is not always
possible to cheat the Government with
impunity-as until lately 1t seemed to
be. This is just the kind of service
which the country needs, of which 1t
does not fail to take notice and which
Il will not forget. Mr.. Bristow can
not do better than to continue to per-
| form it. -,
The Secretary of the Treasury should
hold fast to his portfolio. II it Is forci-
Div taken away from him the response.
bility will rest on other shoulders and
he would suffer nothing from the act
of violence.
Cincinnati Commercial; 1t Is
thought queer in Washington that
Col. Broadhead should have followed
so close, in Babcock's case, tho line OF
argument by Henderson in the Avery
case. There will be more coincidents,
before we are through. Broadhead
and Henderson have done their duty
that is all. The President should have
Col. Broadhead removed at once. The
colonel spoke very plainly OF the wnls-
key thieves and their friends, anu eVe.