The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-11-14
PERSONS AND THINGS.


The carriage ponies of Mrs. Ole Bull at
tract much attention they driven through Boston
streets.
A society Of Mormon girls, having for its
object the securing Of homogeneous husbands. has
bee been discovered and broken up at salt Lake city;
not pledge himself to he content with wife, Five
granddaughter Of Brigham Young had Joined 1t.
Sir Bartle Frere, who Is great favorite at
court, and, In spite Of his strong self wi OF Mr..
ber Of her Majesty's Indian Council In London, an
appointment much more agreeable In every way than
that he held In South Africa. The salary Is taO 900
year.
heller belonging to farmer near NorthalIerton re-
Gently broke Its leg and 1t had to be amputaed. The
animal has since been fitted with wooden leg, on
which It moves about with the utmost ease, which
proves the absurdity Of hastily ordering the destruc
tion OF animals that meet with such accidents"
Mr.. d. d. Thompson, of Cincinnati, has
article In the baptist Rspiso tho " Destruction
of American Forests ana tho Consequences, In
which he epitomzes the results Of the work Of schools
and commissions OF forestry In Europe: reviews the
extent Of the destruction OF American foress quotes
from Mr.. II0ngh, Mr.. u. B. Emerson, Mr. u. u.
NOrbrop, and Others on what has been done and is
doing In the United States and ends with appeal
for the establishment Of Government Forest Com
mission.
parted by q scratch from the teeth OF mad dog for
about twenty-fonr hours after Its death. As this
power OF cOntagiOn may not be confined only To the
dog. great should he used In examining within
such specified time, the mouth Of any animal who IL
supposed to have died of rabies According to cor
respondent Of the London Lancet, strange deiusiOn
prevails in somo Of the rural districts Of England,
which WAS recently Illustrated IN tho ease OF boy
who was @ bitten By raod dog. ror tho purpose oi
bites were well rubbed with as much saliva could
DO procured from the dogs mouth and then the dog
WAS shot, This procedure II regarded an infalble
protective against hydrophobia.
Mohan and Gilliland were well known In
Utah as desperadoes. They rode into Eagle Rock In
quest Of amusement They hogan by compelling
being instant death Their next diversion re-
peatedly cross bridge and dare the gate tender, a
noted athlete 10 come out of his house and collect to
Then they shot all the dogs and hens In the place By
this time the Inhabitants were terrified. and nobody
but the two marauders were out Of doors. Their
browning exploit was to fire at who was try
ing to call her pct dog into the house. Keller and
Chamberlain were cattle herlors, and they got weary
OF being imprlsioned IN store where they hal gone
rifle apiere and went out 10 rid the town Of tho NUS
Mohan and Gilliland fired nrst but missed aud
were speedily killed by he hcrders.
Mr.. Ruskin some time ago wrote letter
In which he said he was the staunchest Z" Kings
man " or conservative In England. Another letter
addressed 10 the conservative students OF Glasgow
University In published II ~ an answer 10 note
addressed to him In the month Of July regarding Ills
candidacy as Lord Rector, and II runs follows,
" What Ia the DEVILS name have you to do with
either MIR. Disraeli or Mr.. GlalstOnoY You stu
dents al the Uniyerslty. and have more business
with politics than you have with rat catching. Had
you ever read ten words OF mine with understanding
you would have known that either Tor
Mr. Disraeli or hIr. Gladstone than for two old bag
pipes. with tho drones going by steam; but that I
hate all Liberalism as do Belzebub; and that with
Carlyle stand-wc two alone now Ia Engiand-for
God and the QUEEN
Mr.. Louis jennings writes from London to
the World: ''Mr. Irving has perhaps not added To
his reputation by his performance of tho Corsican
Brothers, but he has managed TO make the play and
his theatre the subject Of conversation eyerywhere
and In these advertising days 1t Is result worth hay-
ing. He has done this by the simple OF a cur
tain We all know what stage curtains look Ike and
how tired aud weary we soon get of gazing upon them
Mr.. Irving ordered new one and hs ordered IT, not
Of the scene- painter but Of the upholserer IL is
the whole length height Of the Gtage and Is made
OF hne crimson velvet Of very rich and beautiful
shade 1t only does duty In part OF the pay-ihe bal
masque scene-and cost between 200 and $500. Tho
ladies all 20 10 II, aud no would believe how
grand display 1t IHakes. The entire theatre seems
% consist of one large and snmptuons curtain. Mr..
Irving has ertrayagent Ideas hut he akes them pay
The public viii 60 To anylng that Is nav and ont
Of the eOmnon way. and the crimson curtain helps
wonderfully 10 draw them 10 spo the 'Corsican
Brothers, II was very riAky thing, however, 10
spend fr0m s25 600 10 ESQ., 600 Ia tho reproduction of
ineodrama which has already bean pretty nearly
threadbare but already 1t is announced that eight
performances week are found necessary"