The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-23

advances them as their services and ability
deserve. This seems TO me most excellent
measure, If Justly carried out, and think il
woHld be long step in the right direction II
it were extended to all departments Of gov
eminent service.
The "Gulnuro' was launched yesterday Mt
| Alexandria. She is 10 leave on the LIST OF
June for the Arctic ocean. Row incongru-
Gus the name "GulnAre" seems With the
frozen regions of the North All the tropi-
Cal glow and fervor of Byrons genius clus-
ter round the name, and when we hear it our
mercury Involuntary flies to that country of
the sun where
Not MS In Northern cimes obSCur,ly bright
But oue unclOuded blaze Of living light
O'er the hushed deep has yellow beams he
throws,
Guilds the gre n wave, that tremLles us it
flows
o'orhls own regions, lingering loves toishine
This is the scene to which Gulnare would
lead US, and now we see her adorned and tit
ted out for the very Northern climes" she
so abhorred. | wonder why Captain How
gate didn't change her name to Freya, or
IIilda, or some other scandinavian heroine
who thought nothing of II 20 mile walk in
the sun barefoot. like to see fitness in things.
wish | was going on the Gulnare, though, if
she is misnamed. Wouldn't it be poetical
Justice for the Gulnare TO be captured by
pirates?
The excitement anent the Hanlan-Court-
ney race is intense, being augmented by the
possibility Of some adroitly managed .acri-
dent which will prevent its contamination.
! saw all three oarsmen on the river yester-
day. Neither Courtney nor Riley has the
grace of Hanlan and if they really put out
their strength in their daily rowngs there is
no doubt of Hanlan's success, Courtney's
strokes are irregular and jerky, but he now
and then makes squirt that shows tremend-
Gus power. Rley's strokes are quick, but they
don't throw his boat the distance of the
Others. There are about fifty "coignes Of
vantage" advertised, each one of which is
the only place from which the entire course
cm be seem" In truth, the
press boat which is allowed
to follow the rowers is the only point from
which the entire race can be witnessed.
The latest novelty in touring is the bicycle
tour. The bicyclists are to leave New York
Saturday on the City of Richmond. There
will be twenty of them, and they propose to
travel over England on their noiseless cours-
ers. If old Merlin was to happen to wake
up MS they were passing by his cave rather
fancy he would open his eyes as these wenty
figures glided swiftly and silently by him. 1t
is far ahead of any of his entertainments.
Truly the days foretold by Malachi when
"there shall be much running TO and fro on
the earth and seeking knowledge" seem to
be upon us. What u privilege it is to be
right in the heart and centre of all this life
and progress.
saw Boyton Saturday, He seems as
much nj home in the water as any other am
phibious animal, and no doubt he has taken
step in the direction of that perfect mastery
over all other created things given toprimo.
val man.
see the Methodist church North has en-
dorsed the third-term doctrine. With the
powerful aid of what Secretary Sherman
calls "the bulwSrk of the Republican party"
General Grants boom ought 10 be safe.
Kellogg will stay the short remnant of his
term. | was surprised Mt Wade Hampton,
but he made line speech. Adios.
\. IL. MoHL.