The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST

The whole of Gambetta's estate will not
realize moro than $4,000.
Within few days a remarkable cast of a
lying lizard has been received at the New
York museum of natural history from Pro.
lessor Marsh, who owns the original, The
animal was bat-like, but had tail as long
as Its body, at the end OF which wasa yeri.
table paddle or rudder.
w. ii. Starbuck says the steel steamers
for the Puget Sound trade will cost 5000, 600
each, and will be the finest steamers of their
class in the world, He adds: 1--WE have
also just contracted for magnificent new
iron steamship for the Lower California
route, to be ready in October
The young son OF Melvin Batchelder. of
Piermont, New Hampshire, aged q wears,
came to his death . few days since bv Il
very SAD accident At play with screw,
II became lodged in his throat, and, though
the mother could touch it she had no
means Of removing il, and the child lived
but few moments.
MIR. Fink, manager Of the freight bureau,
has received a letter from Liverpool which
brings assurances that the MeSsrs Harri-
son will put on q regular line of steamers
between Liverpool and New Orleans. The
service at first will be monthly, and will
become weekly line Us soon as the patron
age permits.
Mr.. B. had married the divorced wife of
Mr.. c., but had never met him. One dav n
friend introduced them Hello said g..
is this this John J. C.?" The same" said
Mr.. g. II ought to know YOU we're kin. 4"
How do you make that out?' "Why, we
are husbands-in law, amt wen The re-
latlonship was duly acknowledged f The
Drummer.
The Commentators; First Quidnunc lin
an ecstacy)-"l've just been writing to the
New Shakespeare Society. Believe I've
let's iatherl' Second Quidnunc ten.
chanted)-"You don't say so!p First
Quidnunc-"Mv dear sir, doesn't Hamlet,
when he handles Yorick's skull, address
Horatio, And smelt 50, PAP think that's
conclusiye!"-[ London Punch.
The death of Mrs. Baker recently at Fort
Fairfield, Maine, aged nearly 9S years, re-
| calls curious story. Years ago she moved
with her husband 10 the upper st. John and
| settled on land that alterward became dis
| puted territory. AS the Fourth of July
| drew near she manufactured gorgeous
banner in stars and stripes. For giving this
flag to the breeze ON British soil, her hus.
band was arrested and confined year in
| FREDERICTON jan.
About the 10Th instant Bishop Iittleiohu
| will lay the cornerstone of the new chu.ch
building IN st. Johns parish Dr. sder
This is the only Protestant Episcopal lhn c'
| in Germany. Since 1878 its services nave
been held in the Borsen Saal, which is used
| for stock exchange during the week. fut
site OF the new structure has been paid for
and of the $4,000 still desired, one hai Il
now in hand. Bishop Littleiohn officially
| approves an appeal to Churchmen to supply
tho lacking funds.
| The Bangor(Me.) Monumental SAYS that an
examination Of the books of the collector Of
| internal revenue ut Portland shows that
| ! ,l62 licenses 10 engage in the wholesale aud
| retail liquor business weresgranted by The
| United States authorities TO citizens of
Maine during the year beginning May l
| 1882. The Commercial adds; " No abso-
| lutey correct estimate can be made of the
number of persons engaged in 'he business
without license, but good JUDGES vut theil
number as high as 200 in Pc tiand alone,
and at about LOCO in the state at large
To the French belongs the distinction OF
producing the first iron-clad, La Glore
commenced at Touon in 1858. England
though at first inclined to scott, soon fol
lowed the leader, and by 1865 had no less
than thirty iron-clads. So early as 1862 Sir
G. j . Reed introduced the cellular system,
which is presumed to be the greatest safe
guard against the sinking OF ship in case
of being attacked by torpedo. The high
est expression of the concentration of ar
NOR is said to be reached in the Intlexible
whose power is greater than that of any
existing ship which could be brought against
her.
Mr.. Trevelyan is the first literary CHIEF
secretary of Ireland since Addison. Add.
son was a whig, and went over in l70S un.
der Lord Wharter. He went over again
after the collapse of Queen AnRe and her
tories in TIA, under Lord Sunderland, and
left Ireland to become secretary of state
and cabinet minister. During his second
term he had Tickell MS assistant secretary
They both lived at Glasnevin, where their
cottages are still pointed out. TWAS during
his first seoretaryship that Addison, along
with the Dublin-born Steele started the
Taller, and from his Dublin office some o.
his best Tatlers were dispatched.
From the eighteenth annual report of III,
trustees of the Peabody requests in London
1t appears that 1923 rooms, occupied by II,
s0i persons, have been provided for the la
borers of the metropolis. and that 80 blocks
containing $50 rooms, will be opened dur
ing the present year. The vital statistics o
the Peabody buildings are striking. Tn,
birth rate for the past year was 1904 pei
geo, whit is 1914 per 1000 higher thai
than that OF all London for the same period
the death rate was 1912 per 1000, which
is 29S per 1000 lower than London. Tn,
infant mortality was 1912 in each ,0N
births, or 1889 per 1000 below that of Lon
don.
The new town of Naples, in Idaho, on u
Oregon short line, has novel jail. ltuou
sists Of n hole in the ground, into whicl
, prisoners are dropped. The guards gis'
strict orders that any man whD puts hi
, head out will become a target for their Wis
chester rifles. Although the number ,
prisoners is large, no escapes have been re-
ported. AS the majority of jailbirds hav
been used to living in "dug.od ~" thei
/ health does not suffer from the under
4 ground prison, The peculiar nature OF th
r Jail does not admit ofany attempts to set I
on Ere, and, taken altogether, It has merit
;. which more civilized communities Nigh
4, adopt with profit.
In many parts of Switzerland are ottel
found smooth, Hat stones, evidently hanC
A polished, aud covered with dots, lines, eli
a ces and half circles. The origin and use {
y these stones, known among country peopl
L Us schalcnsteiue, has long been II moo
l. point umOnk lnb leuTutu, SOHle nav
A thought they we're charms. others this
they meant 10 commemorate the dead, {
: that the signs on them were undecipbe
& able hieroglyphics; but It has been reserve
{, for Herr Rodiger, of Bellach, In Solothuri
1t to suggest theory concerning them whC
/. seems to meet all the necessities OF the cas-
:. The schalenteine, no says, are topograph
|, cal charts, rs comparison of them wit
u auy modern map Of the districts in while
3. they are found will show. The engrave
. dots correspond with existing towns an
Of villages, the lines with roads. Even III
10 fords and mountain passes are indicated.
10 -
d IIorsford's Acid Phosphate for Women u,
Q. Children.
" DIR. Joseph Holt, New Orleans, Louisian
4 says: III have frequently found IL excelle
10 service In cases Of debility, loss of appetil
- and In convalescence from exhaustive 1
m ness, and particularly Of service in treatme