Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-05-26
FUN. FACT AND FANCY.

s'The maiden treats my suit with
scorn," as the young man sang, whose
pretty whist partner trumped his ace.
The Pope has given $4,000 francs to
an institution founded by Plus TX. for
the protection and education of young
mechanics.
1t is the fashion in Milan to grow
fruits instead of flowers for house plants.
Some elegant parlors are almost con-
verted into little orchards.
King Theebaw, of Burmah, has put to
death an inferior wife, two half sisters
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
fifty of their relatives. Several Ohio
men will leave for Burmah this week, to
run for Coroner Journal.
A Chinaman has opened an employ
ment Office in New York, and offers to
supply Chinese house servants, cigar
makers, shoemakers, etc. He finds the
demand for Mongolians good, and antic-
ipates that there will be before long
quite Chinese emigration from the Pa
cifc coast eastward.
A clergyman was travelling through
the Humboldt mountains with an old
miner. Said the miner: ''Do you really
believe that God made the world in six
days," ''Of course l do" "Well, don't
you think, " returned sthe miner, "that
he might have put in one more day to
advantage right around here?"
They say Mrs. Van Cott, the revivalist,
ipso devoted to religion that she never
thinks of dress. But sometimes when
Mrs. Van Cott sees one of those tall
angular females, all angles and joints,
come Looping up the aisle into the sane
tuary, she murmurs to herself: eff |
looked like that woman I'd pad or die. "
A correspondent at Naples writes: 81
told you some time ago of the capture
by brigands of M. Notarbartolo, ex-
Mayor of Palermo and director of the
Bank of Sicily. He has been released,
his family paying ransom of $4,000
francs. The successor Of. this band has
greatly stimulated the business of brig
andage in Sicily"
The Detroit Free Press says: "They
don't call Cincinnati man over half
drunk when he pulls off his overshoes
before going to bed. In st. Louis he
isn't drunk if he can even catch the bed
as it whirls around" Now, then, when
you are visiting either Of those cities
You know Just how much fun you can
have without becoming scandalized.
It is the intention of M. Baccelli, the
Minister of Public Instruction, to ask
Parliament for an appropriation of
5000, 900 for the restoration of the
Pantheon. 1t is said that Baccelli's idea
is to pull down the houses that surround
the Pantheon, and dig to the level on
which the building formerly stood, thus
making kind of sunken square, as is
the Forum of Trajan.
Wagner is in Venice. He goes very
often to the Piazza to hear the open-air
concerts. A few days ago he entered
the circle of musicians, shook hands
with the leader, and expressed desire
to hear rendered the overture to "La
Gazza Ladra." The leader despatched
q messenger for the score, and the band
played it on the spot to the immense
satisfaction of Wagner, who was profuse
in his compliments.
Kentucky furnishes queer story about
. youth who had been courting for some
time at Fernleaf. One evening themater-
familias noticed that he made frequent
visits from the parlor to his satchel in
the hall, and concluded to ascertain the
cause of it. She was much relieved to
find that it was only quiet bottle of
bromide of potassia solution that he was
using to quiet his nerves. He doubtless
popped the question that evening.