The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-09-14

OUT lhoclty'
The latest English fashion IA. the pain
ing OF blue veins ON ladies' temples, wrls
and arms.
The municipal budget Of Berlin, Gel
D many, this year was twenty times as grci
, as In 1870.
The queen of Spain is In an intercsIln
: state again, and the ex.quoen Is going I
spend the winter In Seville.
Prince GortchakoGr has been staying a
Baden.Baden, where he spent much OF hi
time listening to the band in the concer
garden.
Lieutenant de Chair is provided by Ara
bis orders, with the best of food and win
and So day pocket money. What luck
'middy."
Sunday is the great day for base bal
games in the west, immense multitude
gathering to see contests between PROBES
sional clubs.
The latest idea of Snowman Is to dis
cover the Philadelphia girl whose proiil
was copied for the goddess of liberty on thu
silver dollar, and put her in training for al
actress.
A young gentleman connected with TIT
English foreign office the other day went t.
a telegraph Office and asked to see the orig
inal OF telegram which had arrived from
Egypt.
NJ. Saints aens has just completed a new
opera on the subject of Henry VIII. The
score has been delivered to M. Vaucorbei
with view to its production at the Paris
opera.
Arthur Chambers pugilist, wentto Phil
adelphia show, audibly criticised perfor
mer as "a bloomin' dufter, that Gavin
dawnce," and pulled him oil the stage by
the legs.
The French minister of agriculture has
lust placed at the disposal of M. Pasteur a
further sum of 900 francs to continue his
researches in connection with the contagious
diseases ofanimals.
Reyiyalist Barnes SAYS that he is now
divinely commissioned, not only to save
souls and cure the sick, but to cast out
devils. He has returned to Kentucky to
try his new power.
A Wisconsin farmer was seen stopping
up the chinks in his dilapidated log house.
A big snake had crawled in and gone to
bed with him on the previous night, and he
had disliked it.
English nautical charities, for which con-
tributions are solicited on nearly all trans
atlantic steamers, have secured unusually
| large sums this year, thanks to the lberali-
| ty and generosity of Americans.
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie e Co., of Lon
don, bankers, are receiving subscriptions
| for Jacob Brett, aged "a, one of the original
projectors of the submarine cable. lie is
ruined through an unfortunate investment
The Princess of Wales recently wore a
costume of cream-colored silk trimmed with
old gold lace, the ruff being also of the lat
| ter material, and red geranlums being
worn at the center of the low cut bodice.
1t is proposed that monumental cross
in memory of Mr.. T. H. Burke, who was
murdered in Phoenix park, Dublin, be
erected by the resident or stipendiary
magistrates of Ireland in Glasnevin ceme-
terry.
Judge Pancost, whom the democrats will
probably nominate in Congressman
Robeson's district, is gentleman who has
not been a political worker but who has
strictly attended to large law practice.
The tracking of the Joyce murderers,
near Dong, Galway, was due to the excess
sive barking of a dog, who thus reused his
master, who awoke his son and brother,
and then the three tracked the murderers
and saw the deed they had done.
A fire broke out in a trunk which was be-
ing knocked about by baggagemen at New
Bedford, and it was hastily thrown INTO the
Sound, under the impression that it con-
tanned an internal machine, whereas some
matches had kindled the flame.
Mr.. Fred. Douglass, who is one of the
shrewdest of political observers, is, sure
that Cornell will not be nominated, be-
cause the republicans dare not risk the
strife that his name would occasion. Wads-
worth, he says, would consolidate all fac
tions.
The lord chamberlain. in view of the fact
that heavy opera glass falling from a
height on a human skull may seriously
damage the latter, has ordered small or
namental gilt wire netting to be placed
upon the arm rests of the boxes of London
theatres.
The Equine Paradox is show of trained
horses, and one of their uusal accomplish
ments was to walk up and down the stplr-
ways of the halls in which they were iex-
hibited; but three pair of stairs were too
much for them at Troy and several became
disabled.
The chief Justice of one of the West India
islands, of good name and family highly
connected at home, and well known in
London circles, has just married his black
cook. The alliance has caused much sur
prise in the colony, and some admiration
among the judges friends, who vaunt his
courage.
The British postmaster has lately dis
covered that three years contract for
clothing for post-oiiice employees has been
I
in that time prices have been consider.
ably lower in the market for the kind OF
goods supplied. The business has now
been transferred TO the clothing depart
ment of the war office but it is estimated
that the cost to the country of the contract
which should have expired seven years ago
something like 100000.
1t has for some time been known tina
green is not the national color of Ireland
and now it appears that she owes the harp
in her arms to Henry WILL, though it was
not Officially marshalled in the royal
achievement" until the time of James l.,
on which occasion the earl of Northampton,
then deputy earl marshal, observed that
for the adoption of the harp the best reason
he could assign was that 1t resembled Ire
land, in being an instrument that 1t re-
quires more cost to keep in tune than 1t is
worth"
Sir Bernard Burke, the we'll known Irish
herald, has frequently been asked, What
is the surname of the children Of Queen
Victoria?" and he says: II feel persuaded
that the royal house Of Saxe-Coburg has no
surname. When the adoption Of surnames
became general, the ancestors OF that Illus
trious race were kings, and needed no other
designation than the Christian name added
10 the royal title" The Plantaganets and
the Tudors were in quite other cases, and
the sobriquet Of the former originated their
surnarnes