The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

North Carolina sent $4,000 men to the
Confederate army--a larger number than
was furnished by any other state.
For the month of January. past, 2,2D
Mongolian laborers arrived from China and
disembarked at San Francisco ports.
Boys will be boys. The sons of the Prince
of Wales have had their arms tatooed In
Japan with storks and dragon.
In China they punish the adulieration of
food with death. In this country tho
adulterator goes free and tho consumer
dies
What is called respectability is great
help TO- many men. Once they have at
tanned 1t they can put in lie where II will
do the most good.
AT recent sale ofselected sheep OF Mel,
bourne, the champion Merino ram brought
40 guineas. Thirty-one rams fetched an
average of li52 guineas. The sheep are val
liable chiefly for their wool.
You make great mistake in thinking
that tho world will break all in pieces when
you leave IT,. II is barely possible on the
other hand, that you are persistently stand
ing In the way OF a better man.
Nebraska will this fall vote on oonstitu-
tional amendment giving women the ballot.
Public opinion has in many quarters, and
among the most intelligent. been changing,
TO the affirmative of this question.
British lndia's wheat crop has within A.
few years increased from 20,0OO0O0 10 g3,,-
oo'uoo bushels. England hopes in time %
obtain supplies from her own dominica.
anu Do independent OF the United sta
1.-The Princess Of Wales is very fonAofD.
my up her own bonncts She willpuF a.
hall a dozen bonnets from as many a rr
| al
OF them before she will consent a. p.it.
them.
HAT the end of the Sunday discour.t .,l
VIII say TO yourself "All that the min tp.
has said will do" you will soon dise,r -
that 1t Is u great deal easier to be minisi, r
and say things than to be layman and i,
them.
Two Austrian detectives watched even,
movement of General SkobclcI after he
crossed their frontier. He seys he tails 10
understand why his recent speech created
used In Russia daily.
The last Of the statuary for the Lincoln
monument, being the artillery group. mr..
rived at Springfield, Illinois, on 'ihp the aith IN
ult., and will be placed in position, with
appropriate ceremonies. at the approach
ing extra session Of the legislature.
The giant, Charles Drummond. n colorod
DAY laborer In Onancock, Is In his 10Th
summer. lie measures six feet eight inches
IN height; his shoes are 10 inches long, and
weight. ~ pounds. His principal diet
since boyhood has been sweet potatoes
Brenham Banner: Jim Williams. N
thrifty colored man livingin Braxos bottom.
burleson county, has bought and paid
Sl,2oo In cash fer 100 acres OF improved land.
A colored man can make money as easily
as white one II he will attend strictly 10
business and let politics and camp. p.meetings
Farmers In all parts of this country raise
smaller number Of crops than they did
iifty years ago, and those in the west neg
raised In the east. Many western farmers
buy q large number OF articles Of food
which they could easily raise and Others
deny themselves their use:
The London Live Stock Journal rivea
two methods Of startling o balky horse /.
"First,Tirc your steed out by remaining
perfectly quiet until he starts of his ow n
accord. Second--when n horse reillses 10
draw az all, put him In cart In q shed and
keep him there until hc walks out. In one
instance the obstinate was thirty-six hours
IN the shafts before he gave inn
We have noticed the proposition made to-
restore the temple. OF Solomon at Jerusa-
lem. II appears that there Is no longer
any doubt about the thing The SULTAN
rom pilgrims TO BE- devoted 10 the ex-
penees OF reconstruction, and two officials
d the sublime porte have been dispatched
2 see that the decree Il properly execnlsd.
teetorations Vore befun under Abdul
I. Iis, Pr ior the Last nvs years have tsen
IIscontin ued.