The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-05
MEN AND THINGS.

Artesian wells in Nevada are spoutlng speckled
trout.
Ex-Governor sprague, of Rhode Island, is in the
City OF Mexico.
In case of the death of jeff Davis Mr.. Endicott
must close the War Department. Old jeff was the
Secretary of War under Pierce.-ChcHHdu Com
inerciat gazette.
BY reason of the French blockade Of Chinese ports
fears are Entertained that this county viii be at
fected with a tea famine
James Gordon Bennett not only took no part in
obtaining the appointment of his brother-in-law, but
caused word to reach the President that he desired
nothing from the Administration.
William Putnam Endcott, the father Of the secre-
tary of War, Is still living at Salem, Mass, at the
hale old age Of eghty-two He says he Keeps up his
health by walking 1--WE miles day.
Another death OF woman while skating at a
roler-skating rink has aroused attention IN New
York There is no question that the exercise Is full
of danger to the health of young women.
There will he some curiosity to know why Mr..
Edward j. Phelps. any more than any other respect
able somebody in the United States, was appointed
Minister to Great Britain. (S ca Nstcs.
Professor Morses plan of utilizing the suns rays
IN heating and ventlating apartments, which is III
successful use at his house in Salem, Mass, and also
ut the Boston Athcnmum, Ia to be exhibited by him
At an early meeting OF the Society OF Arts.
Lawrence Barrett has just contributed to the mon
ument fund of the Twenty-eghth Massachusetts
REGIMENT Of Volunteers, who served in the CYL
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that regiment from October s, 1861 till August 1863
The Amir of Afghanstan has been obliged to bear
bad toOthachc without relief, for of state.
Abdul Rahman asked British dentist in Upper In
da to come TO Cabul aud treat the Objectionable
tooth. but the Foreign once actually forbade the
dentist TO take the journey, according to the Times
OF Hdid
A Louisiana Frenchman, lecturng in New York,
attacks the distinguished novelist, Gable, as "a
NEEDY reporter whose distorted deneatons of
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truth art. but in the interest of his pocket which
he sought to FIJI by panderng to the sectional and
| race prcjudices of the Yankees"
| 1t is seldom that an accident contains more
elements of grotesqueness than that which befell a
| German at Oshkosh. He tapped maple tree with
| an aX and then inserted wedge. STOPPING TO sip
the ooZing sap, his nose became inserted in the slit
| in the tree. The wedge then became disodged and
| his nose was caught as in wise. II was two hours
before he was discovered and rescued.
Z. Mr. Yulee served in the United States Senate for
two terms, but was not in the Confederate Senate
aud was moi an " ardent secessionist." The change
| of name from Levy to Yulee was made at his own
request by the Florida Legislature about the time of
/ his first election to the Senate. The Tallahassee
Economist thinks that Iulee was originally the
family namc others say that II was merely an ana
gram of Levy.-JnchSonpfiie (Fld.) TimeS-Union.
A novelty in the shape of lectures has just been
introduced In the triple war lecture on the Battle Of
Gettysburg, given In Brooklinc, Mass, on Wednes-
day evening, in aid OF the Soldiers Home Carnival,
Walker, ana Col. Charles T. Hapgood, and was a
unique and most brilliant success. The speaker de-
scrbed the three days OF the fight In the order named
and the result was peculiarly vivid presentation of
the whole.
The to the honor and estates of the Scotch
earldom OF Lauderdale, which is now in dispute in
the Court Of Sessions in Edinburgh, turns upon the
question Of whether not one Maitland, an ancestor,
was horn in or out of wedlock, the defendant claim
ing the former, and that the marriage was performed
by the assistant rector of Trinity Church, New York,
on July II, lI72 The case IL now under COnsdera-
ton pending examination OF the colonial marriage
laws of the State OF New York.
| Now that the Democratic party has come into
power, and the blues have settled upon our Repub-
lcan friends Cox can go. His mission In Congress
is at an end. No Democrat needs tickling now TO
| make him smile, 70 "Sunset" goes TO Turkey.
| Even the dogs in Constantinople Will laugh when
they hear he is coming, But we shall al miss MS
| wilt, his humOr, aud his laugh. Goodbye sunset y
May your smile never grow less AMI the light of
your countenance never fadc.-A,5nny Journal
one of the rising stars of the billiard world is now
Billy Cation, and his start was rather curious. lie
was n ncwsboy on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy road. and handled cue at every chance.
One day in saliva, ILL.,, when both penness and hare
footed, he stole into a billiard saloon to get warm.
There he picked up an idle cue, and bysiander,
ragamunin against friend whoposed AS an expert.
Cation won, and receiving me -sS,clothed
and shod himself and took the billiard world perma-
ncnty, where he prospers.
The Downievillo (Cal) Tribune relates this bit OF
history concerning "Mss Eva Macsay," who re-
Gently married an Italian prince: Her name Is. or
was before she was married. Eva Bryant She
was born In Sierra County, and after her father Dr.
Bryant, died, her mother, daughter OF Mayor Hun
gerfOrd, u Downevillc barber, packed the young
princess on a mnlc over the mountains to Carson
rlcd John Mackay, VINO before the silver excitement
~ virginia Clty broke out was mining on inc north
In hard rock cut at 81 a day."
Some Interesting discoveries have hppn ma1n An
Florida by Professor Lawrence johnson, of The
United States Geological Survey. just south OF
Alachua County line he found several specimens am
skeletons Of animals which relatively belong IN
not far distant periOu In piles, aud somewhat
mixed, there We're the remains of q lnastodon, two
or three specimens of the rhlnoceros, a large stag
camel, fully as large as the Arabian camel, but IL
structure more allied TO the llaa also tapr very
much like the South American tapir, which lives ii
swampy places; two teeth of some carnlyoroui
animal allied TO the tiger and panther; one set o
teeth and bones OF ahppopoianus; several croco
dies or agators, and innumerablc other homes, no
identified. Apparently the territory south of Alachui
was ~ one tune a large resl-water lake.
The inclination 10 look into the future forspecu,a
tive purposes has received a fresh illustration II
New York Far ahead AS Wall street sees, Nader
Iane seems to he able to 90 II one better. Weel
before last a large manufacturing jeweer in tina
Nlrtuous thoroughfaro went TO tho representative o
Chicago house IN this city aud gave him an orde
for large short sale of PORK. The broker remon
strated pointing ont the low price OF hog products
Never mind, young man. satd the sharp Hebrew
- know what am about. We are going to hay
cholera here next summer have shut down OF
all my fancy jewelry, and an making nothing bu
Jet ornaments, for every one Will be In mourning
In the name of Father Abraham, who viii want pOr
with cholera rampaging around? Sell all you can,
multitude OF auherors from the great ear nui
sance are blessing the Introduction Of dumb piano
for practicing. 1t ia said that loosely, The plants
practices hours daily upon dumb piano, amt No
liuow carries one with HIM in his travels TO IL, u
MS practice, and s2i IL said 10 use one assiduOuslN
Inc OBJECT al substituting silent instrumen
winch ~ SAID 10 he growing IN favor With musician.
$40 huooruinule the senses OF hearing in practice
ana 70 protect tile player from the nervous fatlgl,
produced 10y the use OF that sense at the same tim
that the senses OF sight aud touch are employed.
skilled musician SAID recently that the eAhaustio
from pravtlclng upon piano was greater THAI mo,
persons Imagined. lie doubted whether u stree
payer was as much exhausted 10y u days labor as
man WHO Is obliged 10 practice all the Afternoon
lie favored The use OF plano that made no nois,
lie lad heard physician say that the neryou
healAehes VI yOung women IN musical OOnserYale