The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-11-17
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Thousands of Girls In Switzerland, Ger.
many and Norway devote themselves IL
thg cultivation of their hair ~ resoutcy as
a farmer does his crops. Once year the
merchant verv omen nm old woman, ar.
rives In ihe villocc and n brisk trnde Is car.
ricd nm The Swiss girls make the most,
ms nature has bestowed upon them an
abundant croD of the blonde color which is
hardest OF all toobtaill, ana the ciilIiai c, Is
evidently propltious 10 lts grown ny
price obtained depends upon lne ienglh Vi
the redundant tresses. HAIR clSht Inches
long is worth twenty-five cents an ounce
while that thlrty-six Inches IN ieneln WIN
bring the fortunate possessor Is an ounce,
ana IN cases o. 90 exceptlonai ooa1.s r aal'
thickness even 800 an ounce may DC re"i-
lied.
August Belmont, IT,. is soon to be mar
ried TO Miss Morgan, daughter OF Hon "a
win d. Morgan. Young Belmont is SAID to
be brighter than his brother, Perry Dol
mont,so 1t is not so very one-slded q match. :
Mr.. Morgan is best known and best respect
cd in good society for being. the owner OF
1000 shares of Western Union Telegraph
stock and about S12,0OO,WO OF dlyldend-
bearing stock besides. Thisis match WIN
beauty ana bullion on one size anu oui'io''
ana pralhs OH Ihe other'
An old peach tree near Vallejo, Caliior,,
MIA, has developed a singular freak. A BUD
voluntarily appeared from two-icnh limb,
which T.. IS year bore dozen or more sweet,
soft-sh! almonds, while nothing but insis-
nifci ;,,rhcs were produced by the re-
mainu 80: ne tree. The bud started ABOUT
four FEET from the ground. NO other ieat-
ures are oDserVaoie 10 lhuicate lllat llie
tree is any other than an ordinary peach
tree
The French are VIGOROUSLY an ingenious
naomi, The dearth of game this season
hos created new art. The mice of pleas
ants. cartridges and similar birds is extract
ed byu process imperceptible to the buyer of
the birds, and these juices, placed III her
metcnlly sealed bottles, are subsequently
used TO give a gamey flavor to entrees of
pigeons and chickens, which are represent
ed, and, above all, charged for as the real
article,
/ The Few. |. N. Tarbox, secretary of the
American Educational Society; the Rev.
Howard G. Durham, secretary of the
American Peace Society; the Rev. John l..
Withrow, pastor of the Park street church,
and John W. Guiteau. brother OF the as,
sassin, all Of Boston, have been .subpnnaed
to attend Guiteau's trial as witnesses for
the defense.
In Montreal breach-of-proniise suit it
was shown that the pair agreed upon i day
of marriage, and marked it in calendar of
her diary, and that he twice surreptitiously
rubbed out the mark and put it month
ahead. She caught him at it on the last
occasion, and sought by recourse to the
law 10 compel MIN 10 keep inc orisinai
promise
The people of Marcellus, New York, are
G. cited over a suoterranean cavern which
was discovered by workingmen who were
blasting last week. 1t has been penetrated
about $50 feet, but none have dared to go
further. me geologlsts are now a. WORK al
~ ana eApect 10 reVe"i ri'ai W Ho"es Vi
the Maihihoth cave.
The prevalence of,diptheria at Frederick,
Nd, is truly alarming. 1t is said that
there are as many as 175 cases, and that
five funerals OF children have taken place
there in single day A number OF chill
dren nave been sent away rom o ,ne to tha
unul colo weather arrests tne spreau Vi the
disease.
San Francisco harbor has seldom been so
fall of ships as now. All the vharfroo
is occupied, and scores OF shlps "a 9 anchored
IN the stream. Inc view OH yaileJo street
wharf Is very nhe; oyer my shlPs can De
counted from single polht, ana there are
more than that number elsewhere IN the
pay.
Mrs. CARRIED mas removed 10 Cleyeland,
having rented the residence OF MT. burke,
| 80
dren TO school ana qeyole the WIN
ter TO the arrangement OF her late nus
JAW pt'pe - +ba ostoto wa "o' 60
ihl, -, VI 'ii1 o''"'e' ,,, :.
The American line steamer llllnols saileu
IRON, phlladelphla SATURDAY, having on
BOARD the non. HahHDai Hamllh, Dniteu
Stales nili,tsIer ~ IPa;n ndSs p T',itnJ
% &c Iob,, ST. ~ paunsviyan;o
II;;a Pc ,,;f 3o nd Souabtor '''''
iis WIG anu
Denerai EDWARD pealei ueneIuL 9I ~ y
personi ilte ~ Wiz oy,i Ia go so
seIie'ai -, oii5 T., i;fo II hos 1arra ,aos
VIA T., ToI;ror,;a of Which Stata 40 wo.
sessions III Tai.io aa,a ~ ~. homa /; a ;n
| WASHINGTON.
ri. -. uorold which lood. a n,ost
o,ai ny &c, ~ .nnroii,, t;iIo5
f two or tbr.o tines 2 year s bS tbe fnrkisb
oovernment is ON lis legs once more and
must really he credited with n more than
feline tenacity of existence.
| Iy;ll;or, pylo nromipent c;t;zen If
Patterson N and the most extensive
sill imnnrter in This country died ON SAT-
urday. He leaves an estate of about three
millions to be divided among his wife and
seven children.
Efforts are being made in New York to
secure the release of Harry Genet. county
clerk under the Tweed ring, whose term OF
imprisonment will expire next Friday, but
opposite, the Italian bandit captured at