The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-15


recognize his masters voice among n
dozen, and VIII single him out of A
crowd aud viii follow him around like
dog. III his master starts out of a
Store or any place In which he may
nave been sitting, quick as thought
Mr.. Gander lsafter him, While walk.
ing along the streets win engage In
conversation II solicited to do 80 by
MS master, but willtalk to no one else.
Considering that the gander Ia gener.
ally considered one OF the least intel-
leotnal ofall fowls, so much no that
his name has been a byword and re.
proach from THE time that the men,
DRY OF man runneth not 10 the contra.
ry," this biped IL considered rara
avis.
the two most ancient manuscripts
OF the Bible known are the Codex
Sihaiticus of the Imperial Library at
~ petersburg, and the Codex Vatican
us OF the Vatican Library at Rome.
Dolh OF whom are believed 10 have
oeen written about the middle of the
Iourth century A. ID. The Slnaiticus
so called because u was obtained IN
1850 from the Convent of saint
Catherine, on Mount Sinai, IL suppos.
ed by 'rischendori, its discoverer, to he
one OF the ifty copies OF the Scriptures
which the Emperor Constantine direc.
ted TO he made for By7antum, i'm the
year 33l under the care of Euseblus of
Cmsaren. 1t consists of 3i5l leaves of
very fine vellnm, made either from
the skins of antelopes or of asses, each
leaf being l4s inches high by l3i
inches wide. The early history Of the
Vatican manuscript Is not known, but
Il appears in the first catalogue of the
Vatican Library in l475. IL Is a quarto
volume, containing l46 leaves of fine
thin vellum, each l0I inches high and
10 broad. Both manuscripts were writ.
ten IN Greek unclals, or capital letters,
are without space between the words,
and have no marks of punctuation.
First Madhar Sahib squatted down
before the Prince of Wales, says DIR.
Russell In the London Times, and put
down u small basket on the carpet
about the size OF those in which q lady
would carry Berlin wool. 1t was
empty, Of course. Madhar Sahib was
almost undressed-his arms were quite
bare. He turned his basket down and
cEatted at 1t, then turned 1t over, and
10! there was All egg on the carpet,
which was handed around to be looked
at Then he put the basket over the
egg and chatted at 1t again, turned il
up, and 10 out walked pretty pigeon,
so tame that 1t let itself be caught by
the hand. Next Madhar produced an
other egg from beneath the basket, and
then placed II under the basket-any
one could see that the latter was q
thin, lrail composition, without cover
or false bottom. Then, after mean
lions, he raised the basket and out
'trutted the first pigeon and another
exactly like II, and went pouting over
10 the SPECTATORS. Other things did
Mahar Sahib, but none so striking, for
peas under thimble have before now
exercised the finest intellects and bafll- |
ed the greatest intelligences in Eng
and. Poolee, who came next, think,
was a performer of extraordinary
merit. After some tricks of no great |
novelty, but executed with much neat.
ness, he converted himself into
of horrors took five live
scorpions, which he handed with i'm
punity, out of his mouth; spat out
stones III large as plums one after
other, or showed them between his
lips and swallowed them then evolv-
ell from depths unknown to q car
penters shop, full of nails, large aud
small, and coils Of string, until there
was pile of his products before the
Prince.