The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-30
HAPS AND MlsIIAPs.
lsOera,

Tho sang froid of baltimore TheaieT
a0ers,
Al u matinee performance the othel
day gas cylinder exploded, woundiul
four ~ the employees, 0na OF them fn'
tally, The noise excited some commu'
ton In the auditorium, but when W.,
facts were stated by tho management,
the crowd reHumed their seats aud AL
dressed themselves 10 the placid en-
I0yment OF the hill Of fare, while The
poor lellOwa behind the scenes Were
undergoing the surgeons manlpula'
lions, aud one of them suffering the
pangs Of approaching dissolution,
English Romance IN " Nutshell,
Scene London Beautiful young
woman runs oil with handsome actor.
They are sought 10y her ma and aym-
pathetic young cousin, After three
weeks they are found Beautiful young
woman does not faint, but phil0s0pli
Oally bids the actor amen, saying that
her duty 20 the sympathetic young
cousin, whom sho had married 81.
cretly month before her elopemenl,
c0mpels her 60 return 10 her rightful
lord The ma fainla.
Death an tho kcnnoId IN u New Years
Giu.
The New Year brought death on the
scnlleld TO poor wretch In Paris,
Early In the morning one OF the keep
era asked him II he would drink some
wine. What's the good 2" asked
Corsenicoi "ln few minutes | shall
be dead % When he walked 10 the
scatlold he had to pass all the other
prisoners, drawn up In u double line ;
aud every Que raised his cap ~ the
condemned murderer went 10 hiq
death. Among those who saw him
pass by Was the man In whose interest
the murder had been committed, Az
the knife cleaned In the sunlight this
mans face WAS CHASTITY white, and u
moment afterward he shrleked and
fell TO the ground unconscious. But the
murderer was calm and self-pOssessed
even when the knife fell.
The Monkey M u Nurse,
A pet monkey In Atlanta was care
fully trained to watch baby, and
rock It's cradle when II cried. He was
considered very Trustworthy and use
ful brute, bue one day, being left alone
with the infant, and finding him
self unable to stop its crying, he
jumped into the cradle, scratched the
chld's face, bit its ears and nose, tore
of its clothes, and, when discovered,
was stufllug the bits of cloth into its
mouth. lie Is no longer employed as
nurse.
A GirI Falsely Charges Her Father
win murder.
Not long ago Il French girl, named
Benoit, living on the west coast Of
Newfoundland, told story of the
murder Of seven shipwrecked sailors
by her father and his two brothers, the
result being that man'of'war was
sent up the coast, and the men were
arrested. They have now been dis
charged, as there is not even evidence
that Captain Ridout and his party
were killed II Ia suggested that many
of the wild stories of murder and
wrecking on that lonely coast are
baseles fabrieatious, morbid invenN
tions OF credulOus and ignorant set
tiers.
Never Looh Gin Horse in the Mouth.
A Russian prince, who is II n usical
fanatic, ordered u splendid necklace
and earrings of st. Petersburg jew
eIer, with the intention of presenting
them to . celebrated prlma donna on
the occasion of her benefit last month
at the imperial opera. The prima
donna, hearing Of this, called on the
jeweler and inspected the jewelry. 1t
was not to her taste, and she required
several alterations TO be made. The
jeweler proposed to consult his en-
ployer. The benefit was held, but the
jeweler was not forthcoming. The
prince had reserved the necklace and
ear. rings for some less exacting recipi-
ent, and the prima donna was left to
mediate on the homely proverb.
Crazy on the silver question.
An old man in Virginia City imag-
ines that all the silver in the Com
stock mines il his, and every day he
busies himself about the neighbour
hood, belie"ing that lie Is superintend.
ing all the operations. He has long
white hair and whiskers, is exces.
sively dignified in his manner, and
expects everybody to treat him with
Difference. He is especially particular
about the shipment OF bullion, for he
fears he may be cheated out OF some Of
the products OF the mines. Generally
he Is humored in his mania, and re-
Gently Flood, O'Brien and Mackey
obeyed his peremptory summons for a
conference. He told them that he was
dissatisfied with their management Of
the details OF his business, and that
he would certainly discharge them II
they did not do better.
A Libel suit abe Latest Advertising
Dodge.
When Dom Pedro was last in Paris
he routed out Turkish bathing estab.
lishment at an early and unaecustom.
ed hour. The proprietor was delighted
to have so distinguished customer,
aud treated him to the very beat arti>
Gle OF bath to be found on the premises.
The emperor was in turn well pleased,
but his five franc piece, the usual
charge, was declined. A Paris paper
charged next day that the establish
ment had taken in the Brazilian and
done him to the tune Of 500 francs.
Sued for libel, the paper was fined 800
francs, the emperor testifying that he
had splendid bath for nothing, and
ali Paris ia now bathing where the
emperor bsthed, bu, unlike the en-
pernr, are paying for the wash. ii
now transpires that the proprietor oil
the establishment stsrtedl the Fleeing