The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-24

"Fay," in recent letter, Is dreadfully shock.
ed that through the ignorance Of this or some
other white house official. on Mrs.
Gsifield's frat Saturday reception,
Lady Thornton and her distinguished
friends, Lord and Lady Campbell, were
forced to "battle for one hour with the
promiscuous crowd" instead of being shown
In at the private entrance reserved for high
officials" Dreadful. suppose being
compelled at all times TO see people you
don't know nor care for, is one of the
penalties presidents wife has to pay for
her position. Every American citizen and
bis family think 1t their duty to look in on
the presidents family and see if they're all
right, and the presidents family i. to feel
Itself honored by this evidence of care and
interest in its welfare. No matter whether
we voted for him or not, after he is elected
he is our highest public servant, and VIZ
want to look in on him from time TO
time.
In one of my letters not published 1 gave
little sketch of the zero motor. Ii is
we'll worth my readers sttention-the motor
not the sketch perhaps-ss q revoluti ion
in locomotion. Water is the fuel
used, and the engine room of a ship propelled
by the zero motor will ba as cool and clean
as the ladies' cabin. The loss by friction is
also very much less than by the present mo-
tive power, and explosions almo impossi-
BILE. Mr.. Gamgee is the inventor and is now
working an engine at the navy yard with
every prospect of complete success.
The national board of science met this
week; their meetings are always full of inter
est to me. l suppose they will be hold in the
chapel at the Smithsonian, which il now
emptied OF the stores of curiosties, which
have filled 1t 80 long, to the exclusion of its
legitimate use.
Monday the Fsrragut statue is to be I'M
veiled. VOORHEES, is the orator of the day.
There will be a fine Grafton. The invitation
cards are engraved al the Engineer Print.
ing bureau, and are Us fine
specimens of that art as l have ever seen.
The head of Farragut, which adorns the
right hand corner, 10 masterpiece.
"Revenge is sweet, especially TO women,'
says Byron, and Mrs. Kendric, formerly the
divorced wife of Arthur B. Wood, United
States consul TO Belfast, lately confirmed in
his office IS proving the truth of the poets
words. She says Mr.. Wood is not fit to
represent civilized government, and she
threatens to republish all the evidence in her
divorce trial, and a good deal more besides,
If the secretary of state don't recall him. She
means to nave him asked to resign If she
can, and to "mske it pleasant for him." if
she can't. So fancy Mr.. Wood is having
rather an exciting time TO come away his pos
sibilties.
Like the Beecher trial, the senatorial cir
Gus is furnishing the world with some good
expressions Among them is "the Bantam
crusade to secure the south from her
solidity," which appears in to-
days Post, but frs: in the New York Times
l see that q relation of General Grant is
going to start radical paper in Dallas. Its
very easy to start paper anywhere l sup.
pose,the difficulty seems to be to keep il going
I'm sure wish ii all the success such paper
deserves In Texas.
The newest style of bonnet is about as big
as q wash tub, and shaped something like n
policeman's cap. The crown is ten inches in
diameter. What next? Dear readers, it is
not my fault that you have not read letter
every week since my return from Texas
Ask the editor Yours,
A. Ii. MoHL.