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, 1876-10-06

WONDERFUL FEATs OF INDIAN Cox
JURoRs.-One OF the many wonderful
tricks Of conjurors in India, is to make
the dried skin of a cobra live. They
allow the beholder every opportunity
10 see how it is done, and at the last
stage Of the jugglery but one, he may
examine the basket, to see that nothing
but the serpent skin is in it. A white
cloth is taken by the juggler and placed
over the basket, after having been we'll
shaken, so that you may be assured moth
ing is in it. A pipe is produced, and
with horrible noise, similar to that al
ways made by snake-charmers, and not
unlike the sound cracked and badly
made bagpipe would emit, is made. No
one goes near the cloth or basket except
me almost naked man, who cannot pos
sibly hide any live snake in his sleeves,
for the simple and sufficient reason that
he has neither sleeves nor jacket. The
sheet is lifted, and, on the lid being
opened, most distinctly energetic
serpent is discovered. No sooner is it
stirred than it rises on its tail, spreads
out Its hood, and strikes with its fangs
and tongue at the charmer. The snake
gone, stout, strong girl comes for
ward, makes deep obeisance, and then,
Stepping back, throws a man weighing
iuily one hundred and fifty pounds over
her shoulders. Nor does she stop here,
iSr she seizes her victim once more,
places him crosswise on her back, and
yoSses him IN the air as though he were
made OF feathers, and not q broad
snonldered human being, Turning
backward on her feet, she picks up
straw sIraws with her eyeids, throws somer-
saaits, and lifts weights which would
y sssonish the ordinary acrobat. While
sI sIe Is thus performing, jugglers are
changing pebbles into birds, birds into
Ssgs, and eggs into plants; men thread
.s1 leads with their tongues, join innumer-
I Iole pieces of cotton into one long cord,
asep half score Of sharp knives in the
~ At once, throw cannon balls with
s .ner toes, and spin tops on the end of
'"ies.-PaH Mall Gazette,
, 1876-10-06
How Wounds are Produced.

Many cases are coming up continually
before coroners, and coroners' juries,
which require Judgment to be pro-
nounced on the probable cause of death
wounds.
DR.. William Macewen, in the Glas-
gov Medical Journal, gives q careful
study of II cases, including 104 wounds,
produced by 81 different articles. He
concludes:
l. Blunt instruments sometimes pro-
duce scalp wounds having straight out
lines, and sharp. clean edges, which in
these respects could not be distinguished
from the wounds produced by sharp.
cutting instruments.
2. Scalp wounds, which exhibit en-
tire hair bulbs projecting from the sur
face Of their sections, have been pro-
duced by blunt instruments.
3. Wounds exhibiting nerve fila
ments, or minute blood vessels bridging
the interspace between the lips of the
wound, toward the middle of the depth
of the section, while the tissues have re-
ceded all around them, below as we'll as
above, have been produced by blunt,
non-penetrating instruments.
4. When a wound, even with sharp,
well-defned margins, bears in contour
resemblance to an osseous ridge in
close proximity, there is a probability
that it was produced by blunt instru
ment, through forcible impact against
the underlying osseous ridge.
5. Cut hairs, found in the immediate
vicinity of a wound, are valuable aids
in determining whether a sharp or blunt
instrument has been made us of.
6. As to the diagnosis between
wounds produced by instruments of the
knife kind, and other sharp-edged sub
stances, such as glass, earthenware, etc.,
no dependence can be placed on the
mere regularity of outline or sharpness
of edge, or the reverse.
7. Sharp, clearly defined wounds, in
certain cases, present peculiarities in
their termination which may be sufl-
cient to enable probable diagnosis as
to whether they were produced by a
knife, or portion of glass or earthen-
ware.
8. The same instrument, used by the
same person in delivering several sue
cessive blows, may produce wounds OF
different characters.
, 1876-10-06
Lrritated Days.

There are times when everything
seems to go wrong. From seven o'clock
A. NJ, till ten P. NJ, affairs are in twist
You rise in the morning, and the room
is cold, and button is off, and the beef
steak is tough, and the stove smoke,
and the pipes burst, and you start down
the street, nettled from head to foot.
All day long things are adverse. Insin-
uations, petty losses, meanness on the
part of customers. The ink-bottle up
sets, and spoils the carpet. Some one
gives a wrong turn to the damper, and
the gas escapes. An agent comes in, de-
termined to insure your life. when it is
already insured for more than it is
worth, and you are afraid some one will
knock you on the head to get the price
of your policy; but he sticks to you,
showing you pictures of old Time, and
the hour-glass, and deaths scythe, and
a skeleton, making it quite certain that
you will die before your time, unless
you take papers in his company. Be
sides this, you have cold in your head,
and grain of dirt in your eye, and you
are walking uneasiness. The day is out
of joint, and no surgeon can set it.
The probability is that, if you would
look at the weather-vane, you would find
that the wind is northeast, and you might
remember that you have lost much sleep
lately It might happen to be that you
are out of joint, instead of the day. Be
careful and not write many letters while
you are in that irritable mood. You will
pen some things that you will be sorry
for after=ard.
Let us remember that these spiked
nettles of life are part of our discipline.
Life would get nauseating if it were all
honey. The table would be poorly set
that had on it nothing but treacle. We
need little vinegar, mustard, pepper,
and horseradish that brings the tears,
even if we do not feel pathetic. If
this world were all smoothness, we
would never be ready for emigration
to a higher and better. Buster
ing March and weeping April pre-
pare us for shining May. This world
is a poor hitching-post. Instead of
tying fast on the cold mountains, we had
better whip up and hasten on toward
the warm inn, where our good friends
are looking out of the window, watch
ing to see us come up.
, 1876-10-06

WINES FOR THE Stockport wine is
more used than any other kind of wine
for the sick, but it is also o wine more
adulterated than any other, and there
fore requiring extreme caution in its Sc
lection. A new adulteration Of the arti-
Gle is mentioned as having been recently
introduced, and which is in some cases
actually dangerous, especially when
partaken Of by feeble or delicate per-
sons. This is described as an artificial
coloring, consisting of a mixture of
ozalin and Magenta red. The sniline
colors, Objectionable in themselves, are
the more dangerous because they not
unfrequsntly contain arsenic. The adul-
teration is detected by shaking the sus-
pected wine-and all cheap wines are to
be suspected-with an equal volume Of
amylic alcohol, that is, fusil oil. If
genuine port, the amylic alcohol re-
mains colorless; if adulterated, it dis
solves out the celoring matter, and itself
appears of purple red.
, 1876-10-06

IT iG difficult to convince an English
jury that a man has not an inherent
right to be eccentric. In the will case
of Purdon against Lord Longford, it
was shown: First, that the testator,
Adolphus Cooke, did not believe in
Christianity; second, that he believed
in the transmigration of souls, and
would not allow dog to be hurt, mas
much as the soul of his grandfather was
in the animal; third, that he used to
have twigs carefully collected, to save
the crows the trouble of looking for
them to build their nests; fourth, that
he had windows shaped like dddles
built in his house; fifth, that he be-
queathed his property to q son of the
Earl of Longford, and left the heir-at-
law, the plaintiff, out in the cold. The
Jury decided that these eccentricities
were not proofs of mental alteration.
, 1876-10-06


How THE TURKISH TRooPs LOOK
The correspondent Of the London
Standard writes as follows:
81 had scarcely been two hours in
Widdin when part of the victorious
Aash- -Bazouhs returned to the fortress.
No one who had seen the procession
could form an idea of the wonderful
picture it presented. The greater num-
Der of the riders, mounted on their
ugly, lean little horses, which, however,
seem capable of bearing great fatigue,
were Circassians, in long black, gray or
white coats. with half dozen little car
touch pockets in row on each side of
the breast. Among them were q few
Turks and Arnauts, a negro, two men in
European dress, except they wore the
fez, Tartars, Kirghizes and Armenians.
Each one was dressed differently, most
of them barefoot, many without saddles
or on high peaked wooden ones. The
Circassians carried their arms in q
shaggy, black woolen case, attached by
strap to their backs, and every one
held the muskets taken from the enemy
upright in his right hand, resting the
butt end on his leg. The same hand
held short whip, wilhelm the left hand
were the reins. and from the shoulder
hung a scimetar in leather case, red at
one end and black at the other. Men
over seventy, boys under twelve; white,
red, green and many-colored turbans;
yellow, gray, blue and black trowsers,
and in some cases none at all; on all
faces the excitement OF battle, the dark
eyes glowing with a dangerous fire;
never was such motley group, and to
put the climax to this strange sight, a
gigantic Circassian rode along under q
green silk parasol, and several CT these
savages wore spectacles. No prisoners
were brought in, as quarter is not
given"
, 1876-10-06

THE EARLY PREACHKRs.-It is a curl
GUS fact in the history of Australia that
the first Protestant minister and the
first Roman Catholic priest in the colony
were convicts. The Rev. W! Fulton
was transported in 1913 for taking part
in the rebellion at Waterford. After
suffering for some years at Norfolk
Island, he was permitted to go to Sgd
ney in 1906; was after q year appointed
as acting Protestant chaplain, but after
a short time returned to Europe. Rev.
W. Harold, a Catholic priest, was trans
ported at the same time. He applied to
the government for permission to Off
ciate as Catholic chaplain, but was not
permitted. He was subsequently allowed
to return home. Father Peter ONeill,
of Youghsl, was a transported rebel,
but got an early pardon, and was sent
home in 1902. The first priest who was
permitted to oficiate was Father Dixon.
He was also a convict, but gained the
favor of the authorities, and when he
returned to Ireland in 1908, in the Ian
guage of the Irish rebel chief, Colonel
Holt: "They were left without pr est
or minister, or any kind Of preacher,
except a barn ranter that neither Ro-
man Catholics nor Protestants would go
to listen to-"
, 1876-10-06

To him who is profoundly in sympa-
thy with Nature and his fellow man,
life is lovely and full of sweet harmo-
nies, until the necessity arises for him
to tear around his bedroom nights won.
dering whether he hann't better have
that Internal baby's gums hnced.-
Brooklyn Argus.
, 1876-10-06
The Japanese.

nh. Japanese are a mixed race,
med mainly by the amalgamation of
distinct stocks; one of which,
wv W. Inv Mr.. Griffis, the Yamato, from
SHIoo ov;nce of that name in Central
adpndo came apparently from the South,
ud long before the Christian era, were
.ur rno.session of the Southern islands,
y p, which they set out for the con-
nOn.t nost Of Hond, which, with Yezo, was
quo,Ied by a race contemptuously
PiPpJ sbisu. or "barbarians," who had
s,y!.oended from the northeast of Asia,
oe es are identified with the Amos, a rem
SUI ut of whom are still found unmixed
nA Yezo. and are occasionally to be met
u m;tb in the capital. Mr.. Grifis gives
'bsrscteristic portrait of one of these.
The complexion is a dark brown; the
iIos lnS NOT set obliquely; the nose low,
C;,S rounded lobes; the mouth large;
,hs hair black and abundant, clipped
.bort In in front, but falling in abundant
o.ossas over the back and shoulders;
.5s heard and moustaches usually long
nd thick. They are emphatically a
Ssiyv race, the entire body of the males
bs;nc sometimes covered with fell of
hair an inch long. The Amos are the
stock upon which the other races have
SSen grated, and whose language forms
tbe basis of the Japanese of to-day,
compelling the numerous words which
have been adopted from the Chinese to
oonform to its own laws of construc-
tion. somewhat as the Saxon masters
tLe latin element of the English Ian
SnaUe. "The Japanese vocabulary" T"
avs DR.. Hepburn, has been greatly
enlarged and enriched by the introduc-
ton Of Chinese words, all taken from
tbe written language and not from the
colloouial, which has ever been spoken
in japan. So extensively have these
words been introduced that for almost
avery native word the Japanese have an
eouiyalent Chinese word. But in com
mon usage the names of things, family
Relationships, and the words which ex-
press the wants, feelings, and concerns
Of everyday life, are for the most part
native words, while the technical, philo-
sophical and scientific terms are Chi
nese."
The distinctive types of the two races
are still apparent among the Japanese.
In the upper classes we see the fine,
long, oval face, with prominent, we'll
chiseled features, deeply sunk eye-sock-
cts, oblique eyes, long dropping lids,
elevated and arched eyebrows, high mar.
row forehead, round nose, bud-like
mouth. and pointed chin; contrasting
strongly with the round, hattened face,
less oblique eyes, almost level with the
cheeks, and straight noses expanded
and turned up at the roots, which pre-
vail among the agricultural and labor
ing classes. = Hapsr's Magazine for
September.
, 1876-10-06
BOOts and Nlloes.

SDSYCHOMANCY,o or Soul CharmIng-
Il How either sex may fasclnnte and gain q
love and affections Of any person they choose, In
stantly. This simple mental acquirement all can
possess, free By mall. for Is cents; together with
Marriage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, Hints 70
Ladies'. A queer book. 10000 sold. Address T.
WILLIAM 4 CO., Publishers, Philadelphia
, 1876-10-06

PERSONS who like to contemplate
their own Importance, should consider
that the world got along very we'll be-
fore they were born, and will probably
get along equally well after they are
dead.
, 1876-10-06

l..t illinois minister announced ON
funs,SsIu sunday nights bulletin, 'The
an I; oh,;i oi Judas Iscariot." To which
As dsatslng fellow added, friends Of
deceased are cordially invited !"
, 1876-10-06
Winning his Wager.

A young Irishman who boarded at a
house near Aberdeen, where there were
three coy creatures who seemed to i'm
agine that men are terrible creatures,
whom it was an objectionable sin to
look at, was one afternoon accosted by
an acquaintance, and asked what he
thought of the young ladies. He re-
piled that they were very shy and re-
served, but he would bet sovereign
he would kiss the three before twelve
o'clock that day. He went in, sat down
in the presence of the three demure
ones, drew a long sigh, and said:
" 1t wants five minutes to twelve; the
spirits hour is coming"
Here the girls looked at the agonized
young man with astonishment.
"The spirit gave me warning that l
should die exactly at twelve o'clock to-
day, and you see it wants but minute
of the time" said he.
The girls turned pale, and pitied the
forlorn-looking youth. He then walked
up to the eldest of the girls, and, taking
her by the hand, bade her a solemn fare
we'll. He also imprinted kiss upon
her trembling lips, which she did not
resist. He then bade the second and
third farewell in the same affectionate
manner. TIE clock struck twelve.
Hereupon he looked surprised, and
after minute exclaimed
"Who'd have thought that an appari-
ton would tell such lie?"
1t was some time before the sober
maidens understood the joke, but when
they did they evinced no resentment.
, 1876-10-06

LIVER OvER EDUcArED.-At no period of
sousn should education be pushed be-
yond Its proper limits, OF the mind be
" rDthed /. beyond its powers the welfare
~ =, .ae pupil demands the observation
q. ss.,-a1 sniS rale on the part of the master
ven as the parents, more especially
',,s srsn me child belongs to that class Of
n.a. rranous children whose intellects are
esernaturally acute. Unfortunately.
sslsc."' lssseT' these are generally the pupils
~ iS:iected by the master to do credit tn
i - rsss1sohshment; and thus the health
r;saniseoied, and even life is often sac
VIZ % At period of brilliant promise
!, bnen y, hopes of friends are buoyed mn
r:,;a ~ ;rllacious expectations, which a more
rasI;ll IGnAl system Of education might have
~. soeo'-Sir James Clark on Gonslmp-
WI
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-02

terast. Tho Democrats 1rst offered
testimony to show that the alleged
affidavit from Green r. Moore purport-
inv to deuy certain facts in another
AFFIDAVIT that he had made, WAS datsd
aud executed on the goth instant,
while the affidavit he proposed to re-
tract and cnrrect was dated and exc.
cuted on the 23d. They then pro.
nnunced the affidavit p%urportiny to be
from Floyd Dukes y square forgery.
They then introduced Moore and
Dukes a. witnesses. Moore specific
ally stated that all h points IN ms
affidavit of the 23d were true; tina he
had stated the facts therein contained
openly time and again; that he was
inspector ut Archer. and that only $40
votes were cast or counted; that 535
votes wore not cast; that he signed thd
election certificate in blank, not think.
ing there could be any dispute; that
no was approached the other day by
Barnes, the Republican sheriff OF the
county, who offered him ono hundred
dollars If he would sign the paper.
He asked If he had to swear TO it. He
was told he would not. He then signed
it and roreived the money. This pa
per was the produced by the Court
A. q counter affidavit.
Floyd Dukes, cnlored, swOre that he
was an inspector at Archer precinct.
Only 3l6 votes WERE cast. He can moi
read Or write, and that he never signed
tho paper saving 535 votes were cast,
Upon the counter affidavit alleged tr
have hcen signed by him being read
no swOrs that he did not sign that,
Ex- Congressman Wales and Justice
Bolton came to his house 70 get him to
sign it and offered him twenty-five
dollars il he would sign it, but he rc-
fused to do SO.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-02
TIE SITUATION.

The general tenor Of the news. both
by our exchanges and kilograms, is a
little moro favorable for Tilden and
Hendricks. The situation in the three
Southern States is still unexpicable,
the latest news being the admitted ac-
ception of brides Of some OF the Florida
officers of election.
An effort will be made to irlpeach
President Grant, Secretaries Robson
and Cameron for the unwarrantable
course pursued by them in resorting
to the uncalled-for military meas
ures in South Carolina.
The session OF the next Congress,
which convenes on Monday next,
promises to be q strong one; the Dem
ocrats are sanguine of ultimate success,
while the Republicans claim tina, it
will be only q matter Of time when
they will be triumphant. For the
latest intelligence concerning the mud
die, we refer our reader TO u tee.
graphic columns.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-02
o ELECTIONS.

This il not the first time there has
been . close election In this country
John Adams had q majority OF only
three over Thomas Jefferson in 1897.
In 1901 Jefferson's majority over Ad.
ans was only eight. At the next cleo.
ton Jefferson and Aaron Burr had an
equal number of votes, and the for.
mer was elected by the House of Rep.
resentativss after thirty six ballots had
been taken. In 1926, John c. Cal.
houu was chosen Vice President, but
there was no choice for President, the
votes being divided between John
Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and
William II. Crawford. The first ol
these was elected by the House. In
1886 q change of 5000 votes in Penn
sylvania would have defeated Van Blu
rem. The vote of New York elected
Polk in 1874, and his plurality in that
State was little more than 5000. A
change Of nineteen electoral votes
would have elected Csss instead OF
Taylor in l848.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-02
VOLUME XII.

With to-day's issue, the Eureka
SENTINEL enters upon its twelfth vol
utne. Six years ago, when our now
thriving town was marked ny but a
few scattered tents and hastily con-
structed houses, the SENTINEL first
made its appearance weekly and = few
months later as = daily, and from
then until the present time it has been
the sole endeavor Of its proprietors to
make it a newspaper worthy the sup
port Of the people who have como
and cast their lot with ours, and
who, by their liberal patronage, have
30 much assisted in tho carrying out
OF this endeavor. Through FIRE and
food, when times we're lively and
when darkness Swallowed our dreams
of prosperity, the SENTINEL has
maintained its position, one day
leaving as the only trace of its former
existence a pile Of smoldering ashes,
the mex arising from the smoking
ruins %rejuvenated and moro persever-
ing than v Again, enguifed in
the sesthing waters OF q summer
food, it escaped the general dsstruc-
ton that at the time overwhelmed
our town and dssolatcd many happy
homes, only moro determined than
ever to perform its mission. AS in
the past, 30 will the course Of the
future of the SENTINEL be, a Jealous
advocate in the cause of tho right,
having always the interest Of our
town and county at heart, giving the
latest intelligence, the news of general
and Of local import. To those who
have for so long by their cordial
support assisted us in this undertake
ing, We can hut make ILL., return In
offering our heartfelt thanks, and hope
that the future of tie SENTINEL will
be such as to merit the same kindly
feelings that it has always net with.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-02
LOUISIANA.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CAN.
WASHING BOARD.
Addresses to be Prepared by the
Democratic and Republi.
can Committees
DEMOCRATIC PRECINCTS TO BE
THROWN OUT.

New YORK, Nov. 30.
A Times New Orleans special says:
No doubt the examination of witnesses
will be concluded tomorrow and a
final decision reached on Monday.
The COMMITTEES of Northern Democrats
arc actively preparing an address In
the people of tho United States. The
Republicans will also issue an adore
hut not till the board has made its
final decision. There are reasons 10
believe that Grant will make the mat
ter the subject Of a special message tn
Congress. Both committees leave on
Saturday Or Sunday.
A World New Orleans special says:
The board will probably deduc: q few
Thousand from the Democratic majority
on this pretext: The ward Republican
supervisors have neglected or refused
I o send in tho returns from three city
polls which give Tilden 2.l70 and
Hayes 53l. In tho same way they
have omitted the returns from two
Democratic polls in Lafayette and one
in Tongipahoa, and other Democratic
polls in other parishes are similarly
excluded by this process. They take
a few thousand from the Democratic
majority.
The Republicans in caucus are to-
night engaged in making up figures
for the Returning Board. The com
pilation made by the ucu will be
promulgated by tho board.
1t has transpired that they intend tC
return At least = portion Of their city
ticket, though it was beaten by ma
~joritios ranging from 1000 to 10000
Democratic.
Visitors no longer have any hope o.
justice ut the hands of the board.