The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-04
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Mr.; Healy is now in Paris, and Is en-
gaged IN painting the portrait of the Comte
dc Paris.
A Wisconsin boy won wager with A
playmate by holding his foot longest on
Mobile on crutches the rest of his life.
A good farm in Indiana has been allowed
TO run to weeds for five years, because of a
belief that it is under the curse of a former
owner, whose ghost walks the fields Mt
night, and would make it unpleasant for a
tenant.
A marriage mt Cobb, Wisconsin, was be-
tween widow, aged ~ and her adopted
son, aged, %, her first husband had on his
death bed advised the match as "a means
OF preventing the raising OF certain legal
questions regarding his estate.
The government has informed the direc.
tor OF the Theatre Francois that il in future
its actors act in foreign country during
their holidays, this proceeding will put
| IN jeopardy the government subyention,
which is 100000.
Mr.. Mason, NJ. T., expects to bring on
the womens rights question before par
| lament breaks up. On whatever night the
resolution is introduced, Miss Lydy Becker,
surrounded by body guard Of "women's
| fighters" as the strong minded battalion is
called by the London roughs, will march
in procession to the house of commons.
The sword fell from the statute of King
| William OF glorious, pious and immortal
memory, few weeks ago, in College Green,
| Dublin. Can this be an omen, asks the
London Wrrld that the Orange dominion or
ascendency of ianaticism has departed? At
any rate, the 18th of July-the Orange Lily
day-passed oil most peaceably in northern
| Ireland.
| Being called to save the life of q woman
who had swallowed poison, Philadelphia
| physician refused to write prescription
until his foe of So had been paid AS the
money was not forthcoming he left the
house, and she died soon after. A simple
antidote would have been enough at that
| time, but an hour or two afterward, when
she was taken to hospital, it was too late.
| Professor Baden Powell, an eminent
scientist, shows that the dangers OF balloon.
ing are exaggerated. In England there
have been only six deaths in some {, GO as
cents, and four of these deaths were due to
| passengers jumping out or being thrown
out of the car and coming into collision with
some object i'll violent wind. a couple..of
cords twined around the car lines would
have prevented this.
Ariba Pasha appears to be not only dar.
| ling military leader but an adventurous
spccuator. Before the Egyptian difficulty
had reached its present stage, he was "a
bear" OF Egyptian stock in more than one
capital. London brokers, it is now shown,
have been doing business Tor the ingenious
Arab. His latest little financial operation
was to bag $4,000 from the custom house
of Alexandria before quitting the city. 1t
ispretty clear that Arab knows the value
OF money.
Gustave Dore was constant guest at
Rossini's house before the death Of the lat
ter. He was full of fun, danced ballet, sang
chansonettes (he has splendid tenor voice)
played the violin extremely well, and would
make Rossini laugh until he shook. Dor,
himself now gives dinners of u familiar
merry character every Sunday in his studio
IN the Ruse st. Dominique, where there 1,
u piano, harmonium and his violin, and al
ways some great singer, composer or actor
to make the meeting interesting.
In consequence of the failure of the mis-
sion IRON Morocco last month the sultal
dispatched another embassy to Spain
which has just arrived At Madrid to trea
upon the same question. The object is /,
buy back the port of Santa Cruz de Ia Ma
Pequena, coded TO Spain by the treaty @
1860, or to exchange it for some other pCrt
Iii, expected that this mission will like
wise prove abortive, as the government
l disposed 10 forcgo any Spanish rights, c,
pecially as it is reported that the sul,a
, wishes to recover the port In order TO pei
mitGn English company to establish ia,
. tories there.
IL is rumored that the historical bonnie,
of the Highland regiments in the BIRTHS
army are fatcd to disappear. Mr.. Childei
. says that they are "hcavy and costly" A
I q matter Of fact, says the London Worlt
4 they are neither one nor the other. A boz
. met is.merely composed of ostrich feather
mounted on thin wire, and is the best vel
\ tiated head-dress in the army. II is, pei
A haps, not generally known that u ieath,
+. bonnet lasts an officer or soldier all h
service, only requiring little "setting up
every three or four years. Colonel Loci
r hart, of thp 92d, used to boast that His boz
Il net had seen over thirty years service.
n When Mr.. Turruet was French minste
$ Of the Fine Arts an old woman submitte
= to his inspection beautiful vase, whic
! she said her son, a sailor had given he
long ago. None could decide as TO II
$ origin, but Mr.. Turguet saw that II was
fine work OF art, and gave her what sl
: asked. Some time anerward u Siames
swell was astoundcd on seeing II In I'll
: Ceramic museum ut Sevres. He declare
r II to DO one Of the sacred vases OF Sian
: whose expectation Is strictly forbidden, AM
which are only in use in the grand tempt
: at Bangkok. He valued IL at S5,CS). Th
! government gave the old woman pcnsio