The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-11-24
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Cambridge England University has the
largest freshman class it has ever known.
1t numbers 1856.
French capital to the amount of $56,000,-
900 has been invested in Canada during the
last eighteen months.
There are said to be 10000, 900 acres of
land in California that are admirably
adapted to grape growing.
1.-THE Thane of Petersburg has it all )" is
the way the Richmond States puts it "and
is Governor of Virginia as well as Senator
of the United States"
The New York World calculates the
status of the new Legislature as follows:
Embellishments II, Republicans Is; As
sembly-Democrats CT, Republicans 81.
DR.. Cory, who is mentioned as Wander
Garden, in New York, to be converted into
great safe for the storage of valuables.
In 1880 California produced from her
vineyards 10000, 900 gallons of wine, 100000
gallons of brandy, $l00,0 worth Of raisins
and $4,000 worth of grapes for table use.
Prof. K. A. Willard, an authority on
dairy matters, estimates the number of
creameries and cooperative factories in the
United States at 5000. And they are only
Just beginning.
1t is stated that $50 butter and cheese fac
tories have been built in Iowa during 1881,
making a total of 450 now in that State
There will probably be large addition
made to this number next spring.
The channel tunnel between France and
England is no longer question of prelini-
nary experiments. The boring has already
been effected to the extent of L $50 metres
from the English side. This makes alto
gether rather more than one-tenth of the
entire distance to be pierced.
The poison Of a sting from a bee, wasp or
hornet may be almost instantly neutraliz' d
by the application of little liquid amonia,
and is said that the poison anu sting may
be forced out by pressing the barrel Of a
small key firmly for q minute over the
wound. No pain or swelling will result.
An old and valiant French Legitimist
has Just breathed his last in Paris at the
advanced age of 90, General the Comte de
st. Priest, Commander of the Order of st.
Louis and of the Legion of Honor. He was
the son of one of Louis XVIs last Minis
tiers, and the godson of that monarch and
Marie Antoinette.
A Swiss matchmaker, of Vouvry, in the
Valais, is reported to have invented pro-
cess by which watches will run for years
without winding up: A sealed box, con-
cipal authorities on January 10, 1879, has
been opened within the last few days, and
the watches " ere found going.
Hans Makart's large picture, " The
Summer" has been sold to an English col
lector for Is, 900 marks (f5, 1907 and the same
gentleman has also purchased direct from
the artist the important work. entitled
1.-THE Wise and Foolish Virgins" which
Herr K. Won Piloty, of Munich, has only
was 10000 marks (fS 1000.
q 4. All 81
straight back without the slightest inclina-
ton to steop and tapering towards the
waist, a high forehead, blue eyes, prominent
brows and cheek bones, nose like an
eagles beak-such are the physical char
acteristics of Jesse James, the notorious
train robber, outlaw and general devil.
Gambetta's platform, or programme is
said to be: A reduction of the military
service from five years to three years; the
service; the fixing of the standing army at
COG, 900 men; the formation Of separate
colonial army for service in Algeria, to be
recruited bv voluntary enlistment from
those who have served IN the regular army.
John Tenniel, the cartoonist of Punch, is
a bachelor, and is beginning to look "gray
and grizzly" In the season you may see
him almost any day in his cab in Hyde
Park. 1t is not generally known that he
has one eye. and that Du Maurier is SINH
larry afflicted. A. b. Houghton. who years
ago did series of grotesque illustrations Of
America in the Graphic, was also blind of
an eve.
King Ludwig, Of Bavaria. took fancy
the other day to see how his fairy palace on
the shore of Chem See was growing. and
accordingly desired that the scaffold;ngs
surrounding the still unfinished building
should all be removed. He came, looked.
nodded approvingly and left in a quarter of
an hour. IL took week 70 replace the for
est of poles, etc, and the fairy Schloss is be-
ing rapidly completed.
The Chinese are an observing peop'e.
The lesson of the little war ship Huas ar
beating off two large English vessels b. cas-
on Of her GREATER speed and activity was not
lost upon the Celesfials. Recently they
had thirteen war ships built in England.
Instead of the pondcrous slow-moving ships
like those in the English, French and
Italian navies. the Chinese boats are orbut
1 300 tons each, but have a speed Of sixteen
knots. A recent test made by the Fnolsh
Admiralty has shown them 10 be only sec
ond in efficiency to the largest English
ships.
There are fffy-scven drinks Of whisky 10
the gallon, az ten cents a drink, $50
Whisky sold at ten cents never costs over
81 20 $3.50 per gallon. ofen the
seine article Is sold at fifteen cents per
drink. bringing Ss.55 per gallon. In the
majority Of saloons the ten-cent whisky is
manufactured from French spirits or raw
alcohol and costs. when smooth" and
ready for customers, 81. 25 TO t1.75 per gal
Ion. Good honest whisky, costing - 10
- IS per gallon By the barrel, is sold At fif
teen 70 twenty cents per drink, or fs-s5 TO
siiz0per gallon
Farnboroueh Hall. the new home OF fhe
Empress Eueeuie. stands In grounds 0f190
scres: vel fimbcred, with splendid gar
|dcns, and amid a charming, home-like
couEfrv. The estate was b0urht for her
for z50lo0 although Il = aid that the man
sions nl0ne could uuf have been built for
much les than E0.0r. Alterations are
heiur made which were originally esfima-
ted 20 cost ff7.n00. bntit Il probable. that
nearly tire times that sum VII b er-
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