The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-05
PERSONS AND THINGS.

American actors are very popular in Lon
doii-un, they ret.
What has become Of Mr.. Bartlett and his
little Couttsay-wootsv9
Edmund Yates says that the only rival TO
English womanhood Is American womanhood.
7. Hubley Ashton, of this city. was regis
tered Friday last at the tinted States, Saratoga.
Mai. Henry r, Ctosbv, chief clerk of the
Wat Department., has retuiilcd fidnin tt'r IN the
Western country.
IN English writer says that people look
upon the misspclling ~ THEFT names rs the most
deadly Of All insults rintcts ate deadly nsutets.
"bedr child" said the fond mamma to
het son at tho iocl. "sou have not got al the dirt
oil your lace But MA, am 50 near. sighted. "
"Will you have eight plumcs OH the
~ said the disconsoiatc widow TO the stony
undmtakcr. yves. madam, he shall 80 IN full
fcailor.'
should smilc, said the Baroness Contts
II my wishes are thus to bc thwattcd
By lot of unmanly galuus,
When once fof u husband I've started
DR.. Tanner makes his first appearance in
the lecture field at Bootl's Theatre Thursday even
Ing next. The subject Is, ''What Know About
Fasting IS
Northern people in political times raise
nnnets, while southern people have batbacues aud
scud theft candidates around the country accompanied
hy cavGlcidcs.
The canip-meetiiig mosquitoes sing rs they
allgl,t uion mlnistcr, al need the every hour My
spirit 10 sustain; oh, lovely, neshly flower, When
SHAH We meet againY'
/ Gen. Francis A. Walker, Superintendent
Of Census Is spending few days at hts elegant resi-
hencc IN New Haven, Conn. Col. e. W. Seaton,
chief clerk Is acting superintendent.
81 have nothing hut my heart TO give
You" p" said q spnsier 70 lawyer who had coiIcllcd
u suit fdr her. "wtll," said the lawyer. grunly,
'go to my clerk he takes tile fees. "
A California convict who was about to
oca, journals io not know the name ~ the song. II
must have been. ' Break the Moose Gently
The marriage of Rudolph of Austria and
Serh'nie Of Belgium Is set for tho 18th OF February
next. There VIII bc magnificent enter talnmcnts upon
the occasion and lavish distribution of aims to tho
poor.
The daughters of present European rulers
o not support the common theory Of tho novel and
the stage, that a'is,ucraiIc bocd delIcacy aud
refinement NJ lace, They are. US rule rather coarse
ami common ~ to features.
Gen. A. Il. A. To,beit. one of the pass,u
gers the supposed lost steamer Vera cruz, was
many yeats Consult General At raiis Gen. Toibct
distinguished himself at the battle of Winchester for
his great bravery a,id strategy. by which that event.
ful contest was won to the uHon Army.
There are more ways than ono to keep a
husband home evenings. The wife might put M u
c,sk Of beer In corner of the dining room. cover
the nnof with saul and hire two or three dirty fellows
I" MI the place full ot sluuke from yilc cigars. A
woman with any sort Of tact eau make home as happy
and cheerful as a beer sacon.-N .. Picoyune.
Miss Mamie Lancaster, Frank Lcslie's
brilliant Young contribution. Is the adopted daughter
of Mrs. William \. wand. the artist To whom she is
hovoicdly attached. Pretty young gcunScs picn-
titu' now a-days al the world over, hut our little
Washington ronc would e hard 10 eclipse, with her
irdiiH gold hai aud sweet, SAIL eyes, such rs titian
loved To paint.
nt ~ eli l,s br lx,, nd
soda are called ''imrcrial t"kny.' In this country,
IN the halls of statesmen, whisky Is called "cold
tea. Al n soda water fountain ''rXtra ginger, -
'anneS syrnr,'' and "rian spray" have
played out witt, prescription powder. and tho
man who orders "tcn grains uf quininc'' may get
what he asks for.
Professor Alexander Graham Bell, the in
ventor ot the tclrphonc, Is described as handsome
and courly man, stu young, and the possessor of
very black eyes. lie is - Srotchinan AMI was edit
Gated In Edinburgh. The Volta prize, lust awarded
tn him as having nale the best electrical discovery of
the past hltcen years, h,ngS linn the pleasant of
$40 GOO lie is about to sail for Europe and will
ceive the prize In person. i'