The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-20

Petition IN favor Of closing public houses on
SUNDAY, u contained $50 81 signatures up
On continuous roltof paper 4. $50 ward,
long and weighed $50 pounds. In is m,
largest document Of the kind ever presented
10 parliament.
Inc 6ermans devote much attention "a
plsclcuiture. Prince Bismarck is an snthn,
siastlc hsh farmer, and the ponds ana
brooks on his estate, which formally Welded
MN less than 400 francs year, now return
MN o~,VVQ francs, and he hopes 10 make
them sull more profitable. tisciculture
classes are attached to all the Prussian az.
rieultural schools.
Pope Plus ms personal effects have hesr
sold by auction in Rome, much 10 the an
noyance OF the faithful, who consider that
the late poPe's family ought to have
preserved every atom OF his belongings as
'elc: There was miscellaneous cOllec-
uoh Oh eruslhxes, sacred pictures and i'm.
ages, portraits OF crowned heads and cele.
oriues, missals, etc, but the public was
nov very eager TO buy, and in many cases
me thugs fetched even less than their in.
trinsic value.
Josh Billings is the best paid literary
nah IN the world, possibly with the excep,
s s"n OF iennyson. He recently received
,;....'Ns "NNs' ihey were Tor MI auver'
tisement for dry goods house. MANY o,
his best things are disposed OF In this way
AS was an auctioneer and without dol.
lar TIL nearly three score years old, he is
not ABOVE peddling ont his work at the best
ngure now. He is rich, drives y fine tenn,
IS KIND and gentle AS a girl, but has an eve
TO finances.
AZ watermelon shippers convention
helu down In Georgia last week it was as.
serted that 500 carloads OF melons would
DE sent north this year. Raising water.
melons and Strawberries and oranges for
the northern market is a good deal
more sensible than the old method of rails
ing Cam with the kuklux, and we are re-.
lolceu that our southern friends have found
u out Now, II they will raise more choice
ituIt and lever democrats they will come
out all right, aud no mistake.
AT q congress of working women in Lon.
don, Mrs Bm;-described AS a Sewing
mschinisr'-s she would like ladies 10
know that the "ulsters and Jackets in which
they and their children were SO neatly clad
We're made up by poor classes of girls aud
women, who were paid at the rate OF Is cents
per dozen. Not only this, but they had to
hhu their own sewing machines and cotton,
and carry their work to and from the city,
VIten sewing machine needles broke over
the rough work, and there was more than
ine price gone IN moment for making one
ulster which REQUIRES hours" This is a
iree-trade country.
Accidents to workmen engaged in build.
ing houses in Paris have of late been 80 ire.
quent that new and special instructions
have been issued to builders by the project
OF police. Local chiefs OF the force are or.
dersd 10 visit every scailold IN their district
before work is begun, Suspended scatlolds
are TO be maintained by three instead OF
only one rope, and arrangements must be
made TO prevent dust or fragments falling
INTO the street. In the event of any work.
man or pedestrian being wounded, the
building contractorsa re to be at once prose.
cuted before the police of correctional tr
bunsls. 1t has even been suggested in some
quarters that masons should be protected
IN the same manner as acrobats who per.
form on the trapeze-namely, by q netting
placed around the building.
London is in a sad plight. A paper pub.
l'shed there thus comments on the state OF
affairs: I'VE are, so to say, in a state oi
siege; certainly under the very strictest mill.
tary and police surveillance. As night
comes on wesee all the public buildings de.
liyered over to soldiers, gates are closed
sentinels with rifles loaded with ball car
tridges pace rapidly to and fro, and some
large apartment is for the nouce turned in.
to IA guard room. This has true martial
aspect, absolutely quite picturesque and
worthy OF being commemorated by some
enterprlsing Royal academican; soldiers
are gathered around the blazing fire, arms
are glisteningin the light, the toy drummer
boy is waiting TO beat to arms, and all are
on the alert, ready to rush into the streets
ana do some bloody business there. This,
be u remembered, in the heart OF London
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