The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-13
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Sir Frederick Leighton does not now
p.int the prophets, but the classic and the
nude.
Paterson, New Jersey, is supposed to pos.
sps more one-eyed men than any other
city in the United states except perhaps
PttsbuTg, Nine-tenths of those thus af-
aic,ed axe workers in iron and steel and
have been struck in the eye with the metal
clippings
During storm, a few weeks ago, at
Hampstead Texas, the lightning struck a
negro cabin in which several darkies We're
sitting up with corpse. The attendants
ran ON, and when they returned the coffin
lid was Oft, and there was hole in the face
ofthe corpse as if made by the lightning.
The St. Louis medical society has been
considering the question of so amending
their code as TO permit consultation with
homeopathic The majority of a committee
reported that the change ought to be made
soon, but not Just yet, and the minority
favored immediate action.
Lord Beaeonsdeld's collection of engrav.
ings and etchings, lately sold in London,
contained few prints that were rare or fine.
The best Of them were the uncut series OF
William Blake's illustrations. All these
brought large prices. The whole sale real
lied about 81, 1856.
Speaking Of books in foreign languages
Ralph Waldo Emerson recently said: II
should as soon think OF swimming across
the Charles river when want to go TO Bos-
ton, as of reading all my books in originals,
when | have them rendered for me in my
mother tongue"
Lord Cranbourne, an elderly brother of
the present marquis Of Salisbury, and who
died before his father, was stone blind, but
he could distinguish colors by the touch as
accurately rs Others can by the sight. He
could also tell by sound the extent and
height Of any room he entered
Statistics reported in the Union Medi-
Gale give the number of deaths in the
French army from smallpox at 1857. In
the German army during the same period
there was not single death from that
cause. Vaccination and revaCcination upon
entering another army corps are compul-
sorry in Germany
\ big party was given Cinnamon of New
York on Saturday by Tom Lee, who is de-
scrlbed as a deputy Sheriff. the richest
Chinaman in the city, Roman Catholic,
q citizen, republican, an importer and
tee'grower, agent of the Six Companies, a
general trader, and his big basement store
contains all sorts of merchandise imported
from China ranging from dried oysters to
suits ofclothes. He is proprietor ola cigar
and tobacco store in which the dearest cigars
sell most quickly, but chewing tobacco i,
never called for except by Caucasian sight
seers
The Socorro Sun gives gives the following
IS the history of the Socorro grant; After
the reconquest of New Mexico by the Span
isrds, through the influence of the mis-
sionary priests the crown of Spain conceded
one leage Of land where the town of So
zorro now stands, to tribe of Pueblo In
dams These Indians subsequently aban-
doned the grant and it remained without
any claimants until 1915, when one Manuel
TrujIo secured from the Mexican governor,
on the plea of the grant to the Indians
aforesaid, the 100000 acres now claimed.
The Journal L'Electricte of Paris an
nounceS that premature burial can be ren.
dered absolutely impossible by applying, in
cases where the certain signs of death are
wanting, an electric current TO the body.
Such test beng applied five or six hours
after presumed death, non-contraction Of
the muscles will prove beyond doubt that
life is extinct. The discovery is received
with much satisfaction in France and Ger
many, where the laws requiring prompt
burial admit the possibility of horrible mis-
takes, which, in the belief Of many person,
competent to form an opinion, are Of moi
very inirequent occurrence.
The transit of Venus on the 9th of De
cember will be observed on behalf of III,
French government by eight expeditions al
the following points! The French Antilles
the coast OF Patagonia, Santa Cruz, Chu
buth, Chill, Cuba, coast OF Florida, aud the
coast OF Mexico. The stations selected are
situated nearly on the same meridian, and
permit complete observation of the entire
phenomena. Astronomers anticipate that
this occasion will enable them to determin,
with an accuracy never before attained tn,
members of the several expeditions are nov
preparing tor their work at the Observatory
in Paris.
Close upon the heels Of the discovery OF ,
compound by which burglars can in an in
slant render an officer insensible, and III,
discovery in Germany OF machine for eI
torting money from prisoner, there come
Philadelphia invention intended to aiC
needy detectives in the discharge of thei
duty. One of the Philadelphia firms of op
tclans has just made an opera-glass which
can in moments notice be made to take
picture. 1t is suggested that such glas
may be used to great advantage in order I,
obtain, unobserved, instantaneous picture
OF professional thieves in their den.. Tn,
arrangement OF the opers.glsss is very sim
pie and ingenious. The object glasses ar,
movable, and can in moment he change,
Tor dry-plate Photographic camera nun
Der OF which are kept in the satchel con
tanning the outfit. The glasses at the op
pssite end can be covered so rs to exclud
the light by touching spring. The slac
o. the dark room is taken temporarily by