Daily globe., 1882-09-26

would the ladies ike TO nave Htlle
sherry?" Everybody looked at each other
| for moment as if in doubt whether to ac-
cept or decline, when one lady with char
acteristic frankness, exclaimed: "Well, L
should hate to say didn't like it," The
ice was broken, and the glasses clinked
merrily as the host was toasted.
| Great events may grow out of the con-
ference of the Irish leaders in parliament
! to be held on Oct. II. The circulars of in
vitation have been issued by Parnell and
Dillon, and the question to be discussed
will be the advanced policy of the aglta-
tors, to which at least Parnell Is commit
ted. This is, in word, that movement
shall be at once inaugurated to have re-
stored to Ireland its right of self govern
ment. The pressure of this question Will
probably be deciced upon, and If so, the
next session of parliament is likely to be
lively one.
Kentucky Herald: Gen. Cassius M. Clay
has been invited to deliver the annual ad-
dress before the Cotton Planters assocla-
ton of America, next month, at the state
fair at Little Rock, Ark. Forty years ago
these same planters would rather have tied
Gen. Clay to wild horses and had him torn
limb from limb than to have listened to
one utterance from him Ideas have out
| lived passions. Gen Clay, the emanclpa-
tor, addressing this grand body of South
ern planters by their invitation, can truly
be called the funeral services of the dead
passions.
A Vienna journal mentions death that
has occurred in Warsaw in consequence of
wearing cinnamon colored undsrclothing.
The dye faded under perspiration and
was partially absorbed by the skin, and
the poison contained in it caused death.
The first symptoms were vertigo, bleeding
from the mouth, and loss of sight. Physi-
clans were unable to give relief, and the
victim died in agony. He gave the name
of the trader from whom he bought the un-
derclothing in Vienna, and the Warsaw
andViennese police have been in communi-
cation about the occurrence. A solution
of the dye given internally to dog pro-
duced instant death.
The shocking destruction of school
house, together with its inmates, including
both grown persons and children, is re-
ported from the town of Grodno, the capi-
tai of one of the governmental dempart-
ments of Russia. A hardware dealer used
the cellar of the house for storing powder,
| in which he secretly conducted a contra
band traffic. While he was moving about
incautiously in this place with light, the
powder was ignited, and the whole build
ing was blown into the air. The number
of persons killed was not at latest ac
counts, accurately known, but many dis
! figured corpses and many mangled limbs
and fragments of bodies have been taken
| from the ruins.
A London grocer issued an almanac to
advertise his wares, and intended the illus
trations to combine humor with business.
He designed these pictures himself, and
one of the specifications, as given to the
artist, was as follows: ''There is double
row of canisters on the walls marked with
! the names of the months. An interna-
| tional tea party is going on. Out of the
December canister Queen Victoria is fill
ing the teapot and smiling at Gladstone,
who is burning his fingers with hot ket-
tie just in the act of upsetting through
tumbling over an Irishman. Bismarck is
| looking on; Gambetta is flirting with
France, and Turkey sitting asleep in a
bloated way in the corner" The book did
not satisfy the grocer, however, and he re-
fused to pay the artist, on the ground that
the portraits were not recognizable. In
court the pictures were submitted to the
jurors,who deemed them tolerable, ,and gave
verdict for the artist.