The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-08-17
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don merit season.
Senator Hen ilill kept his cancer secret
from his wife three years.
Mark Twain Is supporting q colored stu.
dent at Lincoln university.
Young ladies' Of fashion at Mount Desert
prefer the banjo to the hotel piano.
Five women are nominated for county
superintendents of schools in Illinois.
II Is said that Henry Irving has relin'
pushed the idea Of coming to America this
summer.
Miss Nellie Grace edits tho largest paper
at Eureka Springs-a daily and double
sheet weekly.
The "Eberon walk" is the latest. 1t Is
something between the "Grecian BEND and
the Lady Longsdale limp"
The czars widow, the Princess Dolgo-
rouki, is to buy Kuskau. the splendid seat
of the late millionaire, Prince Frederick OF
the Netherlands.
Mr.. w. w. Astor is expected to entertain
magnifcently during his residence at Rome
as representative of the United States gov
eminent.
Mrs. Langtry is ill-so i'll that she is I'M
able to keep her immediate engagements
in England which consequently, have
been Cancelled.
Ex-President Hayes and. his wife are at
ChautauQua Lake. Mrs. Hayes has been
presiding over the meeting OF the Womans
Home Missionary society.
Mr.. Parnell is not expected to resume his
seat in the English parliament during the
present session. The death of his sister has
seriously affected him.
The queen of Roumania, by name Eliza
beth, has been elected to membership III
the Roumania Academy of Sciences. Her
nom de plume is Carmen Sylvia.
If all the rumors concerning President
Arthur are true, he is engaged to at least
seventeen ladies, and intends to spend the
summer at forty six seaside resorts.
President Arthur is being urgently
pressed to visit the west this summer, and
it is understood if business will permit, ne
will make the trip about the beginning OF
September.
A relative of the car, Duke Constan-
tines oldest son, and otherpersons high IN
o Gcial circles in Russia, are said to have
been convicted of nihilistic principles by
the confession OF Kyriioff.
The marquis of Lorne and the Princes
Louise set the queens subjects in the do
minion an excellent example in tie matter
of church-going. They are exceedingly
regular in their attendance at service.
An elderly man in Boston is so polite and
loving that when he IS dining with the
young lady of his Eeart he puts syrup on
his bald head to attract the flies and pre-
vent them from annoying her.
Victor Hugo seems to be in good health,
though somewhat feeble. His mental fac
ulties have for some time shown certain
decline. He has frequent, absences OF
mind, and lis growing deafness prevents
his taking much part in conversation.
Gustave Dore has completed the design
for a shield, representing Peace and Con-
cord; and this shield, which is to be made
of massive silver, will be presented by the
city of Buenos Ayres to the American min
lister there.
A play entitled Brother GARNER and
his Lime Kiln Club" will be produced i'll
the Detroit opera-house toward the end OF
this month The chief characters are those
made familiar by the discussions OF the
Lime Kiln club.
George W. Robertson. of Peekskill, has
formally announced that his increasing
business engagements, which require Cola
slant personal attention, will not permit
his accepting a denomination for the assem-
bly, this tall.
Bishop McNierney, of the Roman Catho-
lie diocese of Albany, who has has been
very ill for some time, hass so far recovered
his health as to be able to leave his room.
and DIV tlG auVlCe Ol HtS uc HAS
gone into the country.
Longfellow's brother, Rev. Samuel Long
fellow, who is going to write detailed BIZ
ography of the poet will give his whole
a tention to that work. resigning his pas
toral charge in Germantown, Pennsylvania,
and taking up his residence in LoDglellow's
old home.
Gourmet, in the Hour, writing of cooking
at seaside hotels, says: lone would ike TO
see the culinary sanctuary in which these
things are cooked preparatory 10 being
iostled off on the full arms Of perspiring
walters. Happy are those whose lmagna-
tive faculties are undevelopedl"
In October next the Paris section Of the
Union Universelle de Fart Culinaire viii
have O grand exhibition of food in that
CITY, with dinners and suppers after the
style and manner of all civilized nations.
Ii is 10 be hoped it will be q greater success
than the one held in New York last spring.
An English magazine truly says that
mutton chops are without doubt as great II
not greater institution of British cookery
than the roast beef OF old England. ASK
any English cook to select something Tor
dinner and you will baye chops; ask any
other English person, and the answer will
be chops again.
The Prince of Wales recently attended q
private dramatic entertainment, and led
the applause SO no;iceably that one of the
actors, NJ. Coquelin, said to him after the
play: "Your Royal Highness, you are the
most amiable leader of claquers have ever
seen''-a remark which did not all please
the prince.
A successor TO the oyster, the extinction
of which is from time to time predicted,
has been found in Washington territory, |
and is huge soft-shell clam. The new as
90 10 fak VI
of It's home, is said to resemble plump |
duck. The edges of the shell are separated
by breast OF flesh, which is cut into slices,
rolled in meal and fried, the flavor being |
equal to the best oyster, while it is very |
tender, juicy and sweet.