Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-03-29
ODDS AND ENDS.

ERlsCo- o-kRitKY.-Rsd-headed girli
are called 'raging blondes" In saE
Francisco.
Tms is world Of secondhand goods
Every pretty girl has been some Other
felloW's sweetheart.
In Cordoba, Mexico, q lady Of l1C
Aprils amuses her great-grandchildreu
BY dancing the mlnuei.
THR New York Tribune solemnly
declares, editorially, that no one needs
redress more than Dr.. Mary Walker.
AMERICAN bonds are coming hone
With . Slowness that is very provoking
70 the anti.nlveF prophetS.-fSt. Louis
Times.
LENT 10 the season set apart by the
Church for the female members TO gel
their dresses ready for Easter.-[ Bos.
ton Post
Or ell the attentions paid to Gene ral
Grant abroad, few will be reeollected
with 90 much pleasure as the visit paid
him yesterday by Cardinal McCloskey
and Count Gerbaix, In the Capital OF
Italy, and under the shadow Of the
VAtican.-tNew York Star.
WHEN Senator Howe goes prancing
around in the Senate, next Monday,
according to advertisement, he should
exercise the greatest care not 10 admin.
lister himself q fatal kick. Such 9
thing has happened, and Howe isn'l
above doing it.-[Philadelphia Times.
THE following is q San Francisco ad.
vertisement: Correspondence Is solic.
tied from bearded ladies, CiTcassians,
or other female curioslties, who, In re.
turn for true heart and q devoted
husband, would travel during the Sum.
mer months and allow him TO take the
money at the door"
TIE Confederate soldiers of New
Orleans and vicinity have warmly re.
ceiVed the proposition to join the
Union veterans In . reunion Of the
blue and gray OF Cincinnati, in Sep
tember or October next, and Q formal
call will probably be Issued In the
course Of . week. Memphis Herald.
The Government can make one Pa.
cific railroad hand wash t'other II II
chooses to do 90. If the Union Pacific
Company is compelled to pay the $685..
600, 600 It owes for back interest, etc,
that sum will supply the Texas Pacific
Company with ell the aid II asks for.
The money might be turned over to
the latter company 10 installments as
needed for the prosecution OF its work
i Philadelphia Record.
PEOPLE who adhere to the belief
that the human race is degenerating in
North America, would not find much
support for their theory in a visit to
the public schools of New York
Healthy and handsome faces, bright
with intelligence, meet ones gSzt
everywhere, and give hopeful augury
that the rising generation will not bC
behind their progenltors in phySica
or mental development.-[New Yorl
Sun.
The Chicago Times and Tribune, fol
lowing the example of the Globe. Dem
Ocrat, are fighting vAliantly for reform
iu the management OF the schools Of
that city. With uF, they hold that tht
true function of the public school is L
afford sufficient facilities for the educa
tlon Of all our youth in the common
branches, that they may become intel
ligent and useful citizens Of free Gov,
ernment. "Dlnna, ye hear the slo.
gan I"-[St. Louis Globe. Democrat.
We see no reason why the Wander.
bilt will case should not outlast ell the
parties to II If the contestants have
their way. Mr.. Lords offers of prooi
yesterday would keep the Court busy
for some years to come. OF course
that is nothing 10 the dlscredit of Mr.,
Lord or of his case. But IL testimony
to show how the Commodore was iu
the habit of getting the better of per-
sons with whom he had dealings is "a
be admitted, there is no reason why II
should stop at the watering of Central
or the treatment of the city in the
Fourth avenue Improvement. II those
things are evidences OF insanity, whst
shall be said OF the reckless fury with
which the Commodore ran his steam
ers or the bowling frenzy by which ht
acquired HarlemI 1t was q mistake
to let the venerable Mr.. Drew leavI
the stand without delivering himsel
on these points. He could have told
many instances in which the Commo
dore had shown an unsound mind b.
his unhallowed thirst for gain, whicl
he frequently slaked at the fountains o
Drew. Il may not be too late to Obtain
some of this information.-[ New Yorl
World.
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