The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A Pennsylvania paper urges the use Of
cold sassatras tea for the blood.
Not free trade, but freer trade" is the
platform ofthe Boston Herald.
new style of arranging the hair is said
to have been introduced by Nilsson.
Professional beauties in England and
America are way below social par.
Three thousand fine oranges were gath
cred from single tree at Sumpterville, Fla,
| 1t is a sign Of the times that two new
gambling houses are to be opened at Sara
toga.
Real estate agents at Newport begin to
realize that the days OF fancy prices are
over.
The photographers say that there is no
longer demand for Mrs. Langtry's
pictures
| New York dude has astonished every
body by declaring his intention to study
for the ministry.
Mark Twain is one Of the guests of the
Marquis of Lorne during the meeting of the
Royal Society, of Canada.
| Iowa sends more butter to market AMI
takes less "buttered watermelon" in its diet
than any state in the Union.
The New York Sun says the 500 gamblers
driven out of Nashville mostly went 10
Carter Harrisons nest in Chicago.
NJ Damala, Sarah Bernhardts husband,
Is distinguishing himself by bravery IN
Tunis. II he can advertise Sarah In no
other way, this will do. ~
Gilbert X Sullivan have q new opera
ready for the fall season. No more saiires
on the aristocracy from the pen of Sir Ar.
thur Sullivan, Bart, however.
The British Columbia government will
soon sehu out party of explorers to exam
inc Queen Charlotte's island, with view Ia
establishing colony of Europeans there,
The tenth annual meeting of the nstiona
conference OF charities and corrections will
be held at Louisville, Kentucky, beginning
1888. 81
Forty thousand dollars worth of powder
Will be used in the explosion by which
mountain OF rock is to be tumbled down
into the Yuma river, near Smartyille. Cali.
fOrnia. '''' o"'''
Mr.. Bancroft, the historian. intends N
deliver the Grafton at the ceehration Of ,h 1o
iOOth anniversary of the foundjng Of
month. "'A'
They are a well-red people in Paris th;s
season--eveIything is red: entire snito ' ars
made OF red velvet, cloth, satin and silk.
red also. "'''i''"ss "re
The largest mandatory of hall hate 10 ~,
Hastings, Mich, where loo men ara :, an ~
pl0yed. Halfa million bats are snnno.ad
70 pc the demand for the present wear, Ash
IL the staple wood. '"'' ash
Jarvis Brush, who In 1910 established ,ho
American Howe Pin company of R;rm,n mo
nam, connecticut, and sent ont tbe fret
soiiu-neaded" pins the world had seen
died few days ago. 'N '''N'
| Delaware has increased tbe SALARY orh,.
governor to the sum of $2,5OO n vasr " n "a,
the same price per square mile for covern'
nlg, the executive of Texas would have nm
annual salary of $25O,OOO. '"'' "n
one OF the best definitions of faith v.,
given by Albright Sunday school how n we" h;.
!eacnSr; AS near as | can make i ont III IL
~ ieelihg perfectly sure of a thing when vo,,
nave nothing to back II up" ~"
- mosquitoes have appeared In Hartford
connecticut, and the Courant saws hat
tnls IS tae earliest debut since the cold
spring OF 1877, and what is more. thn Cour'
ant quotes its files to prove it. ''' ''''
:, new York customs officer seized from,
| italians on the steamship Elvsia a fan,
uays since, lot of daggers, each severa,
lhches In length and concealed in woodar
sheaths made to look like fans. 'N'"'"
| AZ marriage which took place n row
weeks ago at Newport, In England. the
orlue was widow aged 49, and the bride.
groom, Dachelor aged Sc, and the hr;ds
was gwen away by her grandson.
! There are l,29l newspapers and nor;oa,
cars OF all kinds now published in psr;,
Ihree are devoted TO the art of hair. dress
ing. All me papers published in C;rcat
britain and Ireland number ,962. '"'
me suggestion is made in Paris that n
wouiu De an appropriate act to elect n nov.
| Gus, TO the French Academy as n successnr
20 me late Jules Sandeau. Friends Of M
Aiphonse Daudet are pressing his election
The Kansas City Times says that in these
cyclone days 1t isn't best to believe in
sclehtinc discussions about storm halls u
put TO hold fast to the Scripture STATE
menu Inc wind bloweth where it listeth ;,
san Francisco, California, claim, to maLe
| more ana better chocolate than anv othsr
place IN the world. The ingredients ars
sugar from the Sandwich Islands. COCOA ,s
uom hqcuador, and vanilla from Caliior.
The youngest telegraph operator in rho
world IL probably little girl Io'vso ~ yne
liallie hutchinson by name, who lives IN
Iexas, and has charge of The tele,ranh,
resides. ""'0n SIG
The Sewanee coal seam OF Tennes.oo
covers an area of 5000 square miles in
whlch there are 10000 acres, which M a
low estimate, will yield an average of 2 en-
.ons per acre, or u sum total of 81 6TO OOO .
900 tons. " '''oV"'oVV'-
VI. JACOB 3: Elliott, an old resident of
minneapolis, Minnesota, but now living in
southern california, has given Minneanohs
DOCK OF ground valued at $4,000. and in
the heart OF its resident portion, for public
park purposes. '' p"o'''
In la9 Harriet Martineau found seven
vocations open to women in the state nf
massachusetts, now there are 2Sl occune.
ions IN which 25l l5S wearers of petticoats
earn Their mel own living, receiving from $50
to $4,000 per annum. ~-o'
A lady wanted her little girl To ba,ha 4,
q room, the windows of which opened into
tue yard, In which we're some fowls. "Rnt y
said the little girl, ~ don't want to batbs
the rooster, anyhow" ''''''
A Maryland girl has Just married, which
| woulun ce asinEulhr inCt, only she Ia the
first to make a break In a family of sixtesn
daughters, The probabilities are that
there Will be some of the tallest interview.
ing OF the year done in that family.
Before the war Island No. 10 contained
400 acres Of cultivated land-a fine resi-.
dence, asplendid orchard and grove of fiy
trees, negro cabins, fences and all that voes
to make up prosperous plantation. In
the time OF the war the shores Of Island No
10 were lined with batteries supported bv
1000 men. To-day this island does not EXIT
the place where II stood is known bv n
slight ripple on the surface of the water. "
A young lady. Of Utica, N. v, has: &C m.
posed q poem In reference to the resting.
place OF her bones when death shall over.
take her. She seeks eternal peace for her
mortal part. and asks not to BE- laid by tbe
side Of babbllng brook, nor under the shell.
ter OF the. pathetic elms, but she desires 10
be buried under the counter Of the mar.
chant who does not advertise. She Ia n
young lady Of observation as we'll as senti.
ment. 'N"''
There are sixty vacancies In the grade of
IL n n La. =