The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-11
MRS. MOHL's LETTER.
Correspondence OF the Herald,
HARPER'S FERRY, July 8,


ran down to Washington Saturday tc
see how the capital looked with its brain:
and heart gone. | found it very quiet and
very warm. The great fine houses on X
street and Conn. avenue were closed and DIES
olate; Everybody" was out of town. Yet
among the "nobodies" who still remain ]
found some most delightful people with
whom it was a real pleasure to meet and talk
again. People they are who are moi
ashamed to keep their front doors and win
dows wide open and be at home even in
midsummer Comparatively few of the
government employees are leaving the city
this summer. La view Of the uncertain pc.
litical outlook they consider it wise to
economist as much as possible
The new building for the bureau Of engrav.
ing and printing has been completed and oc.
cupied for q month. The chief of that
bureau deserves credit for the manner in
which the removal from the treasury build.
ing was conducted Instead of "furlough.
ing" all the per diem employees for month,
thereby depriving them OF their pay, he fur.
Laughed half of them for tlle first two weeks
and half for the second two weeks in June
Thetask Of moving was perfectly stupendous
One can get u faint idea Of it by
going through the new building and seeing
the thousands Of articles required in the
mandatory Of currency, bonds, revenue
stamps ETC., all of which are male by the
bureau, Indeed, so rapid has been the
growth of this bureau that some think (espe-
cially, opine, the heads thereof it ought to
be made separate department, as the "inte-
rior' was.
The Gulnare is gone. She was pronounced
unfit for the voyage by the government
inspectors, so that she was not differed from
the navy, as was at first supposed But
enough adventurous and risky people were
found to man and officer her without any
trouble. She is commanded by naval off.
GERS, but they have leave Of absence for the
purpose, and the government takes no risk
and no responsibility, such us it would have
done if she had gone out MS government
vessel, AS was intended. Some rather strong
comments have been INDUCED in about the
matter, and sneering questions asked rs to
why Lieutenant Howgate did not 60 himself
in his condemned ship. Since the recent
unparalleled succession of disasters in Long
Island sound people are especially prone to
croak over all maritime adventures.
Governor Hubbard's speech in the con-
venton and his address at the recent
college commencement are being
greatly praised in the papers, which makes
] Inn nc | al Una mn ruh al.
the rank that is hers, by right, in the
world.
There ia plan on foot among the Demo-
Gratis to send Colonies Hubbard and
Throckmorton, Judge Hancock and few
other eloquent conservative public men of
Texas to make speeches for Hancock and
English in New England. 1t is good idea;
very likely people in that region would
would visit menagerie of ur-
will confidently expect to see the wild Texan
arena armed to the teeth "a walking arsenal
and stamping up to the speakers stand,
throw down his sombrero, lean his rifle up
against the wall within easy reach), lay his
reyolyers carefully and conveniently on the
bCsh, pun ilcsl NulSl VI NUDdEtu III MS
mouth, take Bowie knife in each hand, and
after performing War'dance give war
whoop and Texas yell, and begin his
Grafton. Fancy any one OF the above
mentioned gentlemen figuring in this picture
The reaction consequent upon finding, in
stead of the standardization described, quiet,
well. dressed, intelligent eloquent gentleman
will be OF tremendous effect If my readers
thiplr + huya tr o. e
the "down casters idea of Texan, have
only to ask those readers to go to a New
England rural district and see whether the
picture is overdrswn.
On the 90th of June, 1880, lunatic scien-
fist, DR.. Tanner by name and title, began
forty days fast. So far as | can gather his
object seems to prove that Owen Meredith |
WAS altogether wrong when he said, "civilized |
man cannot live without dining" 1t will be |
a great step gained when eating and drinking |
can be dispensed with. Socisbility will |
suffer, but science and literature will be ben
Gifted. The grave question arises, "what
will become of church fasts Who can |
properly keep Lent, or what merit will there |
be in sbstaining from meat Wednesdays and |
Fridays, if nobody eats at any time? Well
| dare say this condition is long way Off !
ptt anu bucIo wiz pt Alllid enough |
to think about it. Another quite
appalling thought connected with this is
universal toothlessness. \ long time ago |
Darwin advanced the theory that nothing in |
nature was unnecessary; that rs man ad. |
vanced in knowledge of the true art of cook
cry, food would be prepared already masti- |
dated and ready for immediate absorption !
and digestion, and that with the necessity for
teeth, those troublesome and aching append |
ages would gradually disappear as have the
enormous tusches from certain animals. [ |
looked upon this theory as horrid when first
read It, and l still view it in that light. |
What would mothers have ito talk !
about if that difficult and
interesting period vaguely called |
"cuttng its teeth j." were eliminated from the
vocabulary of maternal cares! What is |
hone without coral rattle? and what on
earth would become of the dentists? But to
return to ourTanner. He pronounced him
self fresh as a daisy on the evening of the
sixth day of total abstinence from food, and
almost from water, having drunk only once
in "a hours.
clip the following from the Washington
Evening Star of June Goth, to show you how
reliable some newspapers are:
Romance of the Sea Shore-Though the
bathing season in Galveston harbor ends as
early as October party of men and WON.
en- went out by steamer to an island in the
gulf on the evening of October ~, last year.