The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-16
SPIRIT OF TIE HouR

"Uncle" Rufus Hatch, of New York, is Of
stocks, "
Senator Miller, Of New York, has expressed
the bect that Governor Cornell wouid he ren6minated
and reelected.
Luke +. poland's friends have brought
him tOtth as candidate Tot Congress In the Second
vermont District.
Gcu. Gordou's visit to Europe is said TO be
Tot the purpose of Interesting foreign capital In
southern enterprises.
Tho Arlae>r, .Sisic Gds,Ns concludes that
Atthm's chances OF election In 1854 &c are bcter than
those oi any othcr Republican candidate" "
The bimetallists are propagating their
doctrines with no littlo energy and success IN Ger
many. An interesting pamphlet on the currency
question by Dr otto Arendt an ardent bimctallist,
Letter W aud purpotts 10 he addressed to Ludwig
Bdmbergcr
Robert Emory Pattison Democratic candi
date for Governor Of Pennsylvania is described as
pleasant hammered, rather quiet young man, quick to
point careful IN making decision, and hard to
change when once he has made mp his mind. " lie
Is moro than six feet tau Stoops slightly has dark
complexion, black hair aud eyes, aud wears small
mustache.
A mad woman at the Salpetreire Hospital
Paris WAS placed In bath. tub having locked down
Ill., with an orlacc through which her head and neck
passed when the hot water was Oh the servant with
the key went to fetch linen aud remained to CossIp
The screams of the lunatlc, she being reputel ylo
lent were UNDECIDED, aud she was boiled to death ue
fore their negligence was discovered.
The practicablity of running cheap cabs
Is shown In Hartford whcro hackmen are prohibited
10y law from charging more than twenty -avo cents
fur each person within measuring about two
miles across. Formerly the charges wern double this
or more, hut the amount Ut eat riding has Increased
to such extent that the hackmen make more money
or II they wish to- than they did before. Many
petsonSrdc In cabs now who never thought of doing
1t formerly.
On the 18th of September Dress and
Fashion Exhibition the first held is to he opened
| at Munich. Many Of the leading mliners aud dress
makers have promised TO compete. The oytensble
purpose of the exhibition Is TO Improve taste aud make
our modern costume more artistic. Before anything
worth speaking OF can he done toward efecting these
most desirable objects we shall, Of course have to
part with our pants and throw our chimneypot hats
Into the sea, They must 90.
A highly romantic explanation of the
Egyptian question has been furnished by lady corr
respondent In Alexandria. Early In his career It ap-
pears, the amable Dictator Arab loved and wooed
dark Egyptian maid, the daughter OF . fc ah. Isma
| the ungodly eN.khediye however also took fancy
10 the lady, and. being all-pOwerful rs well as un
scrupulous, had her carried oil to his harcm. To
pacfy the uckless Arab thus cruelty cheated Uf his
ihGihordiJ, he raised him to the dignity of u hey.
Hut Arabl never forgave the Injury, and from that
moment vowed dire vcngencc against iSnall and all
| his family. And now you have the key 10 the fgyp
| tlan mystery.
But if assessments are to be cut OFF, where
are the snews OF war to bs raised Political cinS
| paigns involve expense and where arc tho means To
| he procured? The answer " obvious. In the first
place, III We destroy this evil by law, 10th parties VIII
bc placed on an equal footing and neither viii have
| an advantage the other In the second place,
| make your campaign on principle, and men of prnci
| plc Will furnish the means The pocketbooks thus
opened would he worth more than all the treasures of
assessments. Such campaign would cost less and II
| would produce more II needed, Even on thu low
ground of interest 1t pays to do right. -Phtddslphtd
| Press (RtpD
Personally Judge Black is nearly six feet
in height, with shaggy gray eyebrows, that in repo
give his features sternncs5 Of expression which Is
quickly melted away In the humorous expression Of
his eyes or as the animation OF expression steals
his face, which has never worn beard. lie Is OF
rnddy, healthy c0mpleNion strong bodily frame and
Greet carriage and his careful habits OF living and
cheerful mind give promise of still many years of life.
In ls6S, while going to Texas TO argue railroad case,
| freight car bumped against the side of the car In
| which hc was riding and crushed his right hand,
| which was lying on an open window. The arm was
saved imputaton, hut was never afterward use
ful hut In few weeks Mr.. Rack learned Ia Shave
himself with his left hand and to write clear beau
| tiful back hand. Mr.. Blacks wife, daughter of
Chauncey Forward, whom he married hfty-one years
| ago, still lives to grace is home. About the time
he married he also embraced the religious faith Of the
| Disciples Of Christ, or "Campbalites, - of which
church he IS sti member. Mr.. Blacks pen is
hardly ever idle, and volume of his writings edited
hy ex-senator i'uckaiew has been proniscd.-H Y.
| Tribune.
Col. Tom Ochiltree announces himself as
candidate for Congress In the Galveston district
in Texas. Tom Ochlltroe's presence in Congress
would have effect similar to that OF wit din
ner- -tabl funny paragraph in a column of heavy
| editorial articles. lie would not lie backward In
pressing measures In which he interested, and he
has never been accused of lacking 'cheek since he
had that sign painted for his father sliw OlCe. The
story about that sign Is good enough to repeat Tom
had come home from school and leading an idle
life, when the old Judge, his father concluded to
teach him the law and took him into his Office
a student. Tom did not like study very mucl but he
WAS naturally quick witoh, and finally succeeded Ia
gaining admission to the bar Then the Judge took
mis- son into partnership with himself, aud Tom began
to feel though lie had settled for life. one day
long after Judge Ochiltroe was starting OFF upon a
circuit, when he remarked 10 his son that the sign
the door of the little OiCe, standing at the door
yard, getting old and weather beaten, and sug
gcsted that new one he painted with the firm s
name upon It, on his return, some days later, when
lie first came in sight OF home the little looked
rs though the mansail of brig had been set upon It,
ON coming nearer he discovered that a sign had been
erected In his absence many times too large for the
building, on which had been painted In enormous let
the legend, 'T ochiltrGo & Father, CounselOIs
and Attorneys-at-Law." Tom says that lhoro was
something about that sign that the old did not
like, but he could never 1nd out what II was.-PTOUi-
dsHce Press.