The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-12
GENERAL AND PERSONAL.

A Washington girl can blush till her nose
bleeds.
Lace pins are worn, not only at the throat
but for drapery fastenings.
The use of instrumental music in church
worship is decreasing in England.
Flowers for the hair are worn just above the
right ear and are arranged in sprays.
Archimedes invented the slang phrase
"Give us rest" when he offered TO move the
world with his lever.
A learned doctor of New York declares that
worry small feet on a woman mean fiery tenn
per and prevaricating tongue.
China and Japan buy our dried apples
freely. Thus does American industry help to
swell the population ofthe Orient.
The number of cattle in the United States
is estimated at 80 6S3,365, valued at $685.,
ooo, 900. This does not include the bulls of
the Stock Exchange.
Cincinnati Times-Star: Alabama's treas
urer is still absent, though not forgotten. Is
it not about time for some Texas detective to
capture him and make him divide?
Secretary Blaine is preparing political his
tory entitled, Twenty Years OF Congress,
from Lincoln to Garfield history of Ma
tional Legislation from 1861 to 1881" 1t
will make two octave volumns.
The Queen of the Carnival ball in New Or
leans was Miss Susie Richardson, the cotton
kings daughter. There were over 5000
pearls used TO embroider her white satin Dress
which was trimmed with rare lace.
The Empress of all the Russias can very
properly sing with Tennyson, 81 am to be
Queen of the May" bombs and dynamite not
preventing. The naughty Nihilists have four
months yet in which to prepare for their part
in the coronation.
A distressing accident occured.in St. Louis
last week, some fiend throwing large stone
into the local room of a daily paper and
seriously wounding several colonies. The
brigadier generals in the adjoining apartment
fortunately escaped injury.
"G-r-e-a-t God !" was the exclamation of
Senator as he gazed on ,Tabor's enormous
diamond ring. A correspondent says: eta.
Dor looks well, but must shoot that diamond
ring. 1t is unsenatoriai, and if any burlesque
actress should happen around it might get him
into trouble"
They undertook to present gold-headed
cane to the handSomeSt man in Lawrence
Kan, the other night, but there were so many
black eyes and bloody noses in the crowd of
lame cooper, who prideS himself on being the
homeliest man on earth.
The most pictureSquely venerable beggar
in New York holds out daily on Rector street,
near Broadway. Imported Italian. First
class whine, ditto stooP and apparently 100
years old. Owned bya stock company, who
plant him iudiciously from time to time. Pays
10 per cent. on capital stock. Shares at a
premium.
Thr Conciergerie, where Prince Napoleon
was confined, has twice served as prison for
members of his family. Prince Louis Nspo-
leon, afterwards Emperor, YVES shut up there
in 1870 when he was awaiting his trial before
the Chamber of Peers for his Boulogne ex-
petition; and Prince Pierre Bonaparte was
detained there in 1870 after his manslaughter
of Victor Noir.
Some years ago the officers of an American
railroad required its engineer to have his
plans for iron bridges approved by English
experts before beginning their construction.
Now famous English engineer, whose work
has been criticised, cites the opinion of an
American engineer in support of his plans,
who, he says, has built more iron bridges than
there are in the United Kingdom.
The present King of Portugal is fully
aDIGdSl Vi HIS lGllON SONSlClSIlS III Europe III
education and advanced ideas. He keeps
close watch upon inventions and discoveries.
and is quick to adopt any that may prove of
real merit. He has just had an elaborate
telephone system established between his
library, the offices of the various ministers,
and the opera, so that he can without moving
from his chair alternately occupy himself with
his books and the translations by which he
has distinguished himself, with music, and
with the duties and cares of State.