The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-23
MISCELLANEOUS.


The principal fruits shipped to the east
ON California, so far this wear. are the
plum and the pear, though grapes are now
coming forward Ill large quantities..
A photographer in Strasburg was recent.
~ startled by the entrance of young lady
attended by two lions into his studio. The
huge animals We're under perfect control.
The yourg lady requested photograph of
the three; the artist complied AM. the re-
suit was y fine picture. Hundreds of
copies have been sold. The young lady
was connected with menageIie then in
the city.
Widowers will be in the ascendency in
washington this season, as the president is
a widower; the new British minister is also,
and so is Mr.. Allen, the Hawa an minister,
now tie head OF The Diplomatic corps.
There are also several widowers in each
house of congress. Among the senatorial
widowers are Anthony, David Davis, and
Jones' of Florida. Senator Ferry is q
bachelor.
Politically, the senate of ,he United
States is so evenly divided that the lottery
OF death, to paraphrase Senator Edmunds.
might give nllZe' to eithe side. Thus, if
Senator Ne ogg were to die, Che democrats
would gam one senator, because the gov
ernor of Louisiana, who would have the au-
polntme 1t UNI! The legislature met, woulu
as matter OF course, appoint as Kellogg's
successor democrat.
Opium consumption in iscountry is in
creaslug at an ala minr rate. 1t is esti-
mated that 4,U Americans, at least, are
victims to the baleGul habit ofopium smok-
ing, while oyet 1000 Chinese in he coun-
try prsue the same vicious practice. The
use OF opium in other forms, however. ia ,
exceeds this The 'prortation of onium
in lvSO was lTlSGpoun,.s, an increase of II, =.
GO pounds in one year.
There are now four vacant congressional
DIS riots in New York to be filled in Novem-
ber Inc death of Fernando Wood creates
one vaccine .; The transfer of Mo,on 20 the
French mission creates another, and the
election of Miller and Larham to the senate
makes the other two. They viii be flied
before the meeting of cong. esS, and ii is not
probable that there will be any poll ical
,hanges in the representation Of The dis
tricts.
A German statistician calls the attention
OF his countrymen to the fact that while the
great and important beet u gar industry
boasts OF but ID manufactures the little
kingdom OF Wurtemberg alone glories in
its 1888 breweries and Is proud of the fact
that they consume annually l35,179,9OO
oounds of malt. In this happy and flour
lshing monarchy there are 1920 sa-
looms where bee is sold by the gac
or one beer shop for every 100 inhabitants,
man, woman and child, including infants.
AS Wurtemburg is not no.ed for The excel
lence of is beer, ii may be safely assumed
that but little of it is exported from the
kingdom. Yet the Bavarians look upon
the Deer drinkers of Wurtcmberg wish the
utmost contempt and say they are but
mere noyices in the art Of beer guiding.
The s,atstician winds IN his pamphlet
Wi'h the observation that Inc people OF Ger
many have become utterly demorali2ed
through beer drinking, and, unless the
prac ice is restrained by law. The empire
will degenerate into patton ofsots