The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-02
ITEMS OFINTEliEsr.

Since tho late war 3. l.. Spisr', Of faEoo
county, Mississippi, has bought only SIX
teen pounds OF meat and twenty-five bush
els Of corn for family use.
Mrs. b Y. DsDison, wiis OF prominent
Judge, vi Vancouver, Washington territory
has been appointed notary public, she be-
Ing tue hrst woman 10 hold such position
Ia the territory.
0entlemeu's hose are nov mad. with sep
srate compartments Tor toes. Each toe 10
provided with rs own private apartment.
Desirable Tor gentlemen WHIT have little 10
do bu, worry on tight gloves aud fingered
socks.
An inquirer asked what he should do with
q horse that was troubled with periodical
dizxiutss. and the editor AUS wered In these
words: "Our advice, based on the perushl
Of the valuable book. Every Man His own
n orse. Doctor would be- to take the horse
some day when he IL not dizzy ADD sell him
10 a stranger"
The New York Commercial Advertiser
.ay.' baltimore has never produced any
great statesmen; her specially lies in pro-
duoinR big oysters" Thiscountry would mt
mis. her great statesmen hail rs much
rs it would her big oysters.
Our tariff ia contradictory and absurd be.
cause "a 10 Is uast.ful, )2) 10 unstable, 90
robs ihe poor man, ~ enriches only the
m nopolists, (5) cheats the government
IL is an Insult to American Intelligence.
Ii is noted that in countries where to-
bacco smoking among women Is common
| practice, the gentler ser have more durable
teeth and are freer from pulmonary CON.
| D aints than In countries, as England ana
| America, where tobacco ia hny form 10
looked upon with horror.
Tho Mormon church now includes pres
| idsnt, - apostles, 5S patrisrcns, $50 ssnti-
nels, Z 1853 high priests, II Ucu is, loo
bishops aud 4 40OdrcCou.. Zoo ~ z'n= aero
| Is q mem bersbip u ~. H IDAHO tNlcs ~
many, aud MotluOu m 3 Unar!cs are at
work oil over Europe and the UHi'rd States,
Kentucky hsp 2O59 psupers, or one 10
800 OF tue populsuDu, Wrie IN Indians
there wss 1866, or one 20 svefy 800 OF the
population. In ONO there are 40S, or
one 10 every 1880 In Pennsyivania tnsrs
are L., GAG, or one 20 every $50 OF the popu-
lslion. In Massachusetts there are 5,f32
p.upsrs, or one TO every 800 inhabitants.
The rattle OF suicide in the great cites for
sysry million Inhabitants AVERAGES yesriy
as follows Naples, "a; Rome, a; London.
81: Gsnos, 1856; New YORK, l43; Berlin, ITO;
Florence. is9; 1t. Petersburg 205; Dresden,
24O: Brussels, I'll; Vienna, 2S7; Conenhaeen,
3O2; Stockholm, $751; Paris, 402. New York
IL will DO seen, Is well up in the list, though
a msioriiy Of the suicides there are said 10
be Germans.
The clock and watch trade Of Berlin has
grown to enormous proportions IN recent
wears, And in some OF its departments the
German capital bids fair to lead the world
A very large business is done in curious
time-pieces Designed to crafty cspricion'
and whimsical tartes-in watches set 10
coins, ivory, gutta-percha, ETC.. and IN
clock cases carved In fantastic shapes. FOL
instance, one can buy . clock IN the form
OF dog. the face appearing among the
ribs OF the animal, whose tail serves as
pendulum, while his red tongue slides IN
and out ut every tick
Stag hunting Is now the fsvorite amuse
ment In Be, GUM. Gamo OF oil kinds is 90
plentiful that 1t Is necessary to destroy II
Duri,g Tho war Of 1870 numbers OF the dee
fled from Ardennes and took refuge in thu
, Belgian frontiers at the Bt. Hubert eide
where they multiplied enormously. Bsror
II ,ogroses, q rich Re gian landed proprietor
is al M o.t oyerrun with Cana 1isn deer, whicl
he imported into bis domain some year
: since asd 10 now snxiously DESTROYS OF thin
. Mug his herds.