The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-22
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

After fifty years the sealed private
papers Of the Russian General Benuing
son, who commanded in chief against
Napoleon Mt Friedlnnd, have been
opened Such was his will.
The warden Of the Oregon peniten.
tlary has DISCHARGED the prison doctor
and detailed one of the cOnvicts, who
Is m educated physician, to perform
the duties. The warden claims that
he saved the State fifteen hundred dol
lars year by this arrangement, and
is always sure to have medical attend
ance "within reach" when needed.
San Francisco has forty.seveu foun-
dries, etc., one rolling mill, one wire
works, one wire rope works, one saw
works, two cutlery works, two screw
and bolt works, one electrical instru-
ment works, one spring works, aud
seventeen other iron or steel working
establishments making total of sew
enty-seven. Besides these are one
lead smelling works, one sheet works
two type foundries, seven brass and
bell foundries, two glass factories and
one oil refinery.
When Bessie Turner who is on her
lecturing tour, registers her name and
asks the hotel clerk to give her Il quiet
room where she will not be disturbed
~ the tramping through the hall and
otherwise, lie glances ut the signature,
smiles Il light, sarcastic smile, and
thinks of n long-haired, thin-legged
man in iluttering night-shirt, lug
ging her at the dead of night, from the
basement to the garnet of a house in
Brooklyn, without disturbing the tram
quillity Of her slumber. -[Chicago
Times.
The Fincastle, Va, Herald has been
Informed that n piece of iron hung on
fruit trees will etiectually prevent the
ravages of frost. The informant states
that in the freeze in April he hung
several pieces of old iron in ten of his
peach trees, and the trees were loaded
with peaches, the yield being not less
than seventy-hve bushels. The fruit
of the remaining trees sixty in num-
ber) in the orchard was killed. A
piece of horseshoe was hung in a cher
ry tree in the same orchard, and the
yield was abundant while in three ad-
jacent trees the fruit was entirely
killed. He says the idea originated
with his mother, and that he, by her
instructions, when a boy, tried the
same result, This is important, if
true, and it will cost but very little to
test the truth of it.
Babcock is reported by all the news
paper correspondents as possessing all
the lineaments OF an exceedingly
handsome man. His lily-white hand
and auburn moustache, his gentle
blue eyes and rose ct lis complexion
have been profusely dilated on. We
have received picture Of the gentle
mar, however, displayed upon the
first page Of the st. Louis Times,
which raises very serious doubts as to
the general correctness OF the descrip
ton heretofore given. "Bab" is rep
resented as first-class burglar or
confidence man. One.half his face is
an ugly blOtch Of ink. The amber
moustache appears like a black bat
which has fastened itself upon his
upper lip, and altogether the represent
tation is so villainous that it is no
wonder we read in some of the papers
that "the defendant appeared with a
haggard and pale countenance.
Such picture is enough to make the
White House Adonis miserable and
his reported perturbation doubtless
arises from the consciousness of the
published distortion. Justice should
be accorded this defendant. The
crooked whisky men are generally
good looking fellows, and the king of
the ring must, of necessity, surpass
them ala very Saul among his
BRETHREN TCourier-Journal.