The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-26
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Fictitious coffee, artificial butter, bogus
chickensalad and spurious French peas ar.
things now complained of by cpcures ana
astronomical students. Ills evident that
we live in the age of deception and fraud.
President Arthur has still many foreign
appointments to fill, and Tie noble army of
applicants earnestly wish Ac would fin
them. Long residence on the anxious seat
maketh the heart exceedingly sick
On the London & Noitnae,ten railway
travellers can Tor three shillIngs procure
conveniently.iit basket, containing
half chicken, ham or cold beef, salad, ice,
bread, cheese, butter, etc, with half bot
tie OF claret or bottle of stout
A joint stock company, with a capital of
l0,OOO,0OO francs, has been organized for the
purpose OF erecting steam cotton mill in
Venice (alas ,, commencing with $1,000
spndlcs lin Venice } 10 be increased to lOO-
600.
1t costs something to enter the British
house OF commons even when the cand-
date is unopposcd as is shown BY the fact
that the cost of Lerd Algernon Percy's un.
opposed return to Westminster In the first
week of the present session was $9,9S0.
To Governor Crittenden, Jefferson City
DEAR SIR: Your request for the loan of
my boIer-ron top coat is to hand. cheer.
fully comply and hope it won't inconven-
fence you when you want to 20 out and
celebrate the Fourth of July. Your fellow
ruler, A , RoMANorF
The total annual production of the bark
from the cinchOna Calsaya in Bolivia il es-
tlmated at between 5000 and 10000 uuin-
tails. The price has, on account of the
great destruction OF the trees, risen gradu-
ally from 90 sofa in 1866 to lOi sofa per quin.
tai at the present time.
The rise of bicycling as q popular sport
has given great impetus to the industries
engaged III producing the numerous arti.
| cles supposed necessary for the comfort of
nders and the durability of the machines
such us paten bearings or saddles, lamps,
bells and lubricators.
Under the operation of the treaty. with
Hawaii, the California sugar company are
Building in San Francisco one of the largest
| relineries in the United States, expendinc
| over 81 100000 in its erection, and intending
that when finished it shall give employ.
ment to n small army of work people.
The Russian bath is said to have oripi.
mated with Peter the Great. Ii is recorded
that when he was advised by foreigners To
Introduce hospitals and dispensaries into
Russia he was wont to reply that: "While
Russians had baths they needed nothing
else as health-giying remedy against moral
ills"
Az arecoht meeting of silk manufacture
ers, held in London, il was resolved that il
| IS desirable that an exhibition of bona fide
British made silk goods shall be held in
London with view of showing their excel
lence and of removing any predijuce which
may exist against them. A committee
was formed torthe purpose of organizing
| such an exhibition.
Lady Wilde receives "intellects" every
Saturday in darkened room, dimly
iGhted by rose-shaded lamps tea and re-.
freshments being freely served. On these
| occasions Oscars elder brother, Willie. is
the soul of the entertainment, chatting
lcarnedly to one and another, and
| giving, when requested, admirable imita
tons of Irish life and dialect.
The correspondent of the Times at Alex
andrla says that despite the fact that it i,
known that the CircasSian officers had
! formed design to stab Arab Bey, minis
ter of war and had the assassins actually in
waiting, IL is probable that the officers will
| be promoted, InSubordination in the army
Is increasing. The troops at Danictta have
released an officer who was under arrest,
The growth Of Texas is something astound
ing for a purely agricultural state. IL is
plausibly accounted for because of the
| lllimitable extent of rich land to which the
| immigrants can secure clear titles from the
state at 81 to 500 per acre. In 1870 Texas
| hai less than $4,000 inhabitants: in 1850 il
had l,oo2,oOV, and now has LOO, 900; and
YET us largest town is short of % 900, and il
| mas but five towns above 10000.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, April n-Monday
evening Miss Jenkins, of Blue Creek, appa.
rcnt,y died. She was dressed for the grave
ma taken to church where tho minister
held services. After the services the lid of
the coffin was removed tor friends to take a
last look, when the face of the young lady
revealed signs Of life. She was taken home,
sndis said to remain In torpid state with
Indications OF life. At times her limbs are
stiff and then timber.
Judicial inquiries concerning the ante.
cedents OF the assassins of General Strelni.
Roii show that the actual assassin was the son
OF collegiate Counsellor Schelvakoff His
accomplish, whose name was Chalmurin.
was peasant and was implicated in the
Winter palace explosion. He had been
sought for by the police for the last two
years, during whicl, time he lived in
Odessa and Mosco with forged passport
aud was engaged in propagating nihilsm.
II, IL. Foote, secretary Of the Grand
kapids chair company, solcmnlv swear,
hat a hollow log drawn out of the river
into the saw.mill Of the company, one dny
last week, on being sawed through the cen.
ter, revealed fourteen black bass and ono
bnllhcod, which Topped out of their hiding
place and were taken home by the work.
mon. The tish were quite large, so large ne
10 lead TO the belief that they found Their
way into the log through small hole, and
anerward grew so much they could moi
get out
The eminent French phystoloei.t, Flour.
ems, liking the complete DEVELOPMENT OF
man at 20 years, teaches that he should
i've five times as long as II takes him 10 no
come an adult. According to this author
the moment of a completed devslopment
may he recognized by the fact of the iupc.
ton ofthe bones with their apopyses. Thi,
junction takes place In horses at five years
and the. horse does not live beyound
twenty: five years with the OK at fou ycars,
and II does not live over twenty year; with
the cat at eighteen months, and that animal
rarely lives over ten years
Hosc.jhicyes will do we'll TO- tese sws.,