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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-23

1ttIes Ji conversation were
4ewaag 9rusque in 1893.
Brutus sat down. Citizen" said he
your name is on the list of the sus
pected."
u thought so."s ss<afg aM
You will be condemned to death be.
5a1 fore many days. uof,A
.ss ID. ,as $50 I suppose. But still T may es.
, i cape. have only eight days longer to
IS. sa ive.0, ss. fi,.,,1
8 Eight days. do you say? .,.,.
{ 4Rt9f1sst'lI am Brutus." ae8sas IA
sst.sg IL D What! the Roman? 30 k,.f
ea tt s51g I. No;spresident offthe revolutionary
81 tribunal. = ,ssE $1,000 ais9e faa
So aess Why do you come to see me? 4 tie
.ea will inform you presently. But
first tell me. Isit true that you make it
habit 81 t9 gaze at ten female citizens per
That il 50. Your spies have told the
truth. / have q good many love affairs
on hand. Lovers are becoming scarcer
every day in this city"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-23
SPRING.
BY JOHN THOMSON.

In leafy woodlands birds are singing,
Thrushes calling through the dell
In open fields fresh flowers are sprinyinQ
Violets bloom on hill and fell.
In shady woods and sunless places,
Orchard, forest, field and plain,
Cowslips show their modest faces.
March leaves sing through April's rain.
In the Spring the earth rcioices;
All the tuneful feathered throng,
With one instinct lift their voices
Burst with rapture into song.
lis the time OF Joy and gladness,
lis the crescent of the year;
Winters past with gloom and sadness.
Snow and sorrow, frost and fear.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-23
The Jackass Rabbit.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.

Inc JackaSS RaDDU.
From the San francisco Chronicle.
The clerk of the United States district
court of Utah, having an idle hour on
his hands at Beaver City, recently sat
down, and'in burst of inspiration pen
ned this essay on the well known hare
of the Pacific coast, popularity named as
above on account Of his exaggerated
ears:
I've been over a good deal of that kind
of country that grows the jackass rabbit.
He is a serious, thoughtful appearing
animal anywhere, and in Utah is real
solemn. The territory produces large,
fourishing rabbit, but he wears counte-
nance like good many of the saints; it
says: wish / hadn't to come" This
rabbit is rightly named. He has the
gray color, mixed with black, and the
eternal solemnness of the old, original
edition Of the ass, which Noah had the
poor taste to preserve. The most no.
ticeablc trait in his disposition is to sit
down. If any one comes on him sud
denly and secs him before he leaps, he is
sitting. If seen at a distance, quiet and
giving himself up to sweet reyerie, he is
sitting down. Should he have occasion
to rise from his seat and run only fifty
yards, he is tired at the end OF it, and
he sits down.
The jaekass rabbit has sociability, but
1T is very thin. 1t is not probable that
he would leave comfortable seat and
20 few feet for the sake of company.
J ct occasionally several Of them may be
seen together when they think no one is
watching them. At such times they are
quiet and undemonstratiye-seem to be
holding social converse and & sort Of tea
party. 1t is the custom Tor all to take
seats at these parties. Now and then
some ijttle matter of courtesy will call
one 70 MS feet, when it is attended to he
sits down without delay. 1t makes one
feel at peace with the world and kindly
toward himself to see bench-legged fee
that thinks he amount, to something
and every hench-lcgged fee thinks he
doe~-chas'ng a jacka,s rabbit up hill,
for The ra0b.l5 when once compelled to
ST sc from his scat, recognizes no differ,
onee In bis speed between uphjli and
down Ones thoughts are not So much
~ be race as Tire cnPtines Of this:
Where there. will there's a way.
Eve seen q digniicd, sensible dog rush
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-23

sli The reason given for girls not be-
ing able to throw anything with, the &C,
cnracy Of q boy, is that her collar bone
inches longer and several de-
grees lower down, and being long and
crooked, interferes with the free action
of the shoulders.
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..aIt is horrible! horrible z, eriedspanla

9'a" 1t is horrible! horribleN cried PAUL.,
as pale as death, recognizing his ten be-
loved ones. ~,
The lovely widow, Madame; Arnaud,
here stepped forward, and pointing to
the rest, said: a.
Did you whistle for them, too?'
An absurdity is sometimes irresistible,
even when the executioner is waiting for
his victim. A laugh burst FROM them
all, in which Brutus joined.
f." Citogennes," he cried, "Paul Jan
guard can not marry you all before an
officer of the municipality; the law for
bids it. But our law only claims au-
thority over the living; perhaps after
death you may all be his wives"
Rallying the little streno7 tn that yet
remained to him Paul shook his fist at
Brutus, crying, Wretch are you
thirsting for our blood?"
said you should live for week,
citizen, and I'll keep my promise" re-
piled Brutus, in an Indifferent tone.
" Now, follow that man (here he pointed
to the squalid, red-haired iailer who was
standing in the room;) he will fasten
you upin the next chamber, There YOU
can whistle for hours to your innets if
you wish, and may thank me for saving
you the trouble of walking or standing
seven hours and half day for the re-
mainder of your life"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-23

BISHOP LITTLEJoHN refused to confrm
Ada Latin, "a little colored girl who pre-
sented herself with other children at
Emanuel church in Brooklyn last Sum
day, becauses she Mexhibitad nnbecoming
|!levityY II appears, however, that she
belongs to familyof tsborn" laughers,
sind her father says that she has been
Fsalaughin' ever since she was born she
can't help it no more'n the flowers can
help growin'; she's allus alaughin'."
The bishop tells her to learn her cate
chism and be good girl, and promises
to confirm her next year.
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would have made him the talk of Mar
settles, had a complete success.
The toll and exposure of such love
making became so great that Paul lost
ali his flesh and his vitality. His pur-
pose was to die of love- and he wasin a
fair way of accomplishing His eyes
We're becoming hollow; his nose, which
was by nature very handsome, was get
ting too large for his other features; his
cheeks were falling in; his legs were get
ting shaky; his heart lin which there
burned ten lames) was like brazer.
When he began the ladies saw in him
man of cheerful countenance, rather too
stout, perhaps, but well proportional,
graceful and well-bred in his manners,
we'll dressed and we'll fed. But every
thing about him dropped in ruin by de-
greas. His state Of mind appeared to
have its influence upon everythin 9
Each of the ten ladies felt proud of the
rHyage- that her charms had made upon
her adoror. Each thought herself of
course his only love The idea that
Paul repeated nine times every day the
part each saw him act before her house
never entered their imaginatiOns. Jan
GUARD had chosen loves who lived at
some distance from each other To sum
p ALL the state of solitude and general
oi-tru~t i'm which everybody lived ia
E0rod Tins tcnfoId lover
All last some one denounced him to the
revolutionary tribunal The man who
had -eDtlu his name to Brutus accom-
panied 10y memorandum was q sort of
Tub orator who lived on the frs, floor
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atr From the Skies.

0aL ballast or any small
balloon, certain degree
is requisite, as a bottle or any
object falls with such velocity
ta. were it to strike the roof of cot
rago, It would 90 right through it. We
are told that GayLussac, in an ascent in
1904, threw out common deal chair
from a height of $4,000 feet. Itfell be-
side a country girl who was tending
some sheep in field, and, as the balloon
was visible, she concluded, and SO did
wiser heads than hers, that the chair had
fallen straight down from heaven, a gift
of the virgin to her faithful followers.
No one was skeptical enough to deny it,
for there was the chair, or rather it's re-
mains. The most the incredulous could
venture to do was to criticise the coarse
workmanship of the miraculous seat,
and they were busy. carping and fault
finding with the celestial upholstery,
when an account of NJ. Gay-Lussac's
aerial voyage was published, and extin-:
guished at once the discussion and the
miracle Chambers Journal. %
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Paul was almost sutlocated with his
excited feelings, He dared hardly
glance at those poor women, now all
upon their knees in their despair. When
he flung himself upon the wretched bed
in his prison chamber he was alarmingly
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-23

y
cession, The case of the Irish obstruc-
tives at the close of the last session is a
case in point. 1t is a noteworthy fact
that the present speaker of the house is a
member of the liberal minority, though
| the custom is to select that officer from
the dominant party.
Members receive no pay, and hence
must usually be men of Independent for
tunes. In some cases, however. constiu-
encies make up purses for their mem
bers if their means happen to be small.
Nominally the house consists of 658
members, thus distributed: England and
Wales, 493; Scotland, so, and Ireland,
los. Four bOroughs, however, with six
seats, have been disfranchised, and the
writ for Norwich has been suspended, go
that the house really consists of $50
members. Members are, divided into
two general classes, known as borough
and county members The Oxford,
Cambridge, London, Edinburgh, Dublin,
and some other universities, are also en-
titled to members. Each of the first
two named has two members. Bank
rupts are not eligible for election to the
house of commons. al
Members may represent other Dor
oughs or counties than those in which
they reside. This is a very important
provision. In the United States, if a
man belongs to the party which is in the
minority in his own district, he has no
hope of election to congress. Eminent
services are thus frequently lost to the
country. Here, on the contrary. ,if
John Bright should fail Of election in
one locality, he is available as candi-
Edate fornthe first vacancy that occurs
anywhere in the kingdom. The effect
|Yis, that q man, who has given distin-
guished service in parliament is rarely
allowed to remain without q seat in that
body during the remainder Of his active,
life While the British house ,of COM
mons is b. no means wholly made UP Of
able men, it seldom permanently loses
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t - more aUElOUsly than even
~ MIMI .lt,.nnN La .n,,, :, ln,,nl.. e. !.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-11

A correspondent tells u pretty little
story of n pet canary which, though il
may not be an addition TO ornthologi,
cal lore, is fresh incident in bird lore
and habits. His canary ia two years
old, and he calls him Pet" The bird
has the ireo range of the pailors, and
only uses his cage as u place of re,ire>
ment when weary of hopping and sing.
ing. Pet has n great deal of excusa-
Bile curiosity, and can tell in minute
when anything new or strange comes
within the range Of his domain. Other
canarles are Gagged in the room, but not
one OF them has ever been let out of
prison. Pet is the only privileged Jail.
bird. A lady of the neighborhood was
to be absent from home few days, and
lett h,r canary at Pets house, to be
taken care of until her return. Pet at
once became friends with his visitor.
and exchanged songs aud sang duets
with it, The visiting bird was
turned out Of its cage as a mat.
ter Of curiosity. lie had no idea
OF distance nor Of objects, and nut
tered and tloundered around the room
in an awkward manner, striking against
everything, and he came down to take
rest on the carpet in the corner of the
room. Pet was evidently troubled. lie
had seen birds in cages, but had never
seen any bird except himself at large in
hislittle world. lilo evidently Thought
II was an escape, and cried and lluttered
In alarm. No attention was paid to him.
and he iiew to his own resources. lie un.
dertook to capture the escaped prisoner
ana return him TO his cage. lie darted
across the room and took position
close beside his visitor. lie twittered
and hoped closer 10 the cage. The
o.ner hoped TO his side, and 90 tha
Journey was made by the two into The
empty cage. Then Pet appeared 10 he !
perfectly happy, and the two went ON |
Win iheir concert. The escape ami
capture did not occupy more than FIVE |
Rnce for bird.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-11

10 open Martin street, uurphU street dnd pj,lJ
street. Jfom Nam street 70 Elm street, 49,.
Be II ordained by the City Council of the
city OF Dallas:
Section /. That Martin street, Murphv
street and Field street, from Main street on
the south 10 Elm street ON tn north, be and
inc same are hereby established ns Nj rpCta
aud tho proceedings necessary for the open'
Ing OF the same are hereby ordered,
Sec, =. The Mayor, City Engineer and CITY
secretary are HEREBY ordered to prooeed ma
provided in section l63 aud succeeding sec.
lions of chapter TX of city charter, Ia per.
form their respective duties for the opening
OF said streets,
Sec. 3. The private property necessary In
ne condemned for use In opening said streeis
shall be paid for by special assessments ne
provided Tor In section i6I and another see
Ton OF chapter IN of charter of city.
Nee. I. said streets are ~ be opened "a
prayed for In petitions Of citizens. Martin
street anu Murphy street To be of the width
OF ldOl feet, and on line with that porlior
ol said streets lying between Commerce. AMI
MAIN streets, and "a continuance OF the sans
sec. .. Field street shall begin AT a polnt
ON the north side OF Main street ligL tee,
west OF the alley at Leonsr,i'S soui6eest
corner thence west 80 feet; thence norih 9o
feet 10 Elm street; thence east 81 feet aiop,s
south side of Elm street to said Ieonardis
n rthesst corner thence south 40 feet 10 be
ginning wv =" "e
Sec. T. The said streets ma t,ho mai, n,s
by special assessments, nd the general rain NM, nj
OF The city Ia not To be used for The nurnn1a
sec. !. The requirements OF city chartsr 10
De strictly complied with In opening said
Sec. s. That this ordinance 20 into sos.,
irom and after lis passage.
Approved December y, iST7.
J. d. IIKREr RID, seciy. A', 5ss Ss ,Sim;
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-11

Mn, SouLrlouRR has called upon the
president to protest against hOsty
recognition Of the Dioa government, on
the ground that M the subject has been
brought to the attention Of congress the
president should give that body tho OPP
portunity to express It's views belore
taking any final executive action, The
president and Secretary Evarts in re.
ply, have distinctly intimated that they
do not intend TO take final action until
congress shall have had full opportunity
to pass upon the subject Mr.. SchleiN
cher's report will show that il has never
been tho policy Of the United States to
recognize the Mexican government with
out waiting too see whether it was able
TO maintain itsefand fulfill treaty stipu-
lations.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-11


THERE are numbers of men of sense
in the north who, without understand,
standing exactly how the thing can be
done, really believe in the existence OF
determination in the south to force
the government to pay for the slaves
liberated, for all property destroyed
during the war and to pension the
soldiers of the confederacy. 70 quiet
the fears of the careless readers of the
Fourteenth amendment, u bill has been
presented at this session of congress-
which confers upon the court of claims
oil jurisdiction over claims which may
be constitutionally paid, and as this
court is wholly made up of northern
men, and republicans at that, and
most of them radical republicans, it is
likely the country's interests will be
well looked for after the bill passes. 1t
is not the south that is trying to re,
open questions connected with the war
but agitators at the north
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-11

Dlgoasoa Of u choleralc type prevail, or thore
IN cause to Npprohund visit rom them, tho
syEtBm should bo toned regulated aud rem.
forced by u course OF llOHtolierB stomach
Bitt0rs. Perfect digestion ana regular
habit OF body nTo tho best safeguards 1gnlns
such mnlndlos, and both nr0 secured by Ills
inestlmablo tonic aud alternative. Tho hit
tens aTo nlHO OK remedy sorYicruhlo In romo-
DIVING shGh disorders II promptly lhken Ia
bilious collie, dinnhwa aud cholera lnurnus,
the dlsonsO in usually frustrated, IN dlar.
rhma cases, ~ IN only necessary 10 restore
tho tono of tho relaxed bowels, and THIS Il
one of the specific effects OF this medicine.
Wind on tho stomach, heartburn, bilious
noss, nausea, headache ANA olhor syn lptnlhs
oi dlsturbnucr In the gastric nnd hcpatic To-
gions are nlso speedily relieved by tIiscN-
Gellent remedy, AZ Il family medicine II IL
In valuable, since II promptly nnd completely
remedies those allmonlH which nro ct most
frruucnt occurrence. dtillanlb'wlt
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-11

TnE postoilice department has pre-.
pared catalogue OF over 5000 articles
accumulated at the dead letter office, to
be sold AT auction, commencing on the
10th instant, A special to the Chicago
Inter Ocean says the catalogue includes
1875 lots of jewelry, 2l6l books, cngrav.
ings, chromos, etc, and over 60O0 miss
cellaneous articles, embracing almost
every description of wearing apparel,
from babies socks to womens dresses,
and a heterogeneous collection of objects
In the enumeration of which are spcci,
fed such extremely miscellaneous arts
Giles as cundlesticks, clocks, reyolvers,
wax toys, false hair, Easter eggs saws
feathers, surgical instruments, stuffed
Lizards, bed quilts, and preserved pota.
to bugs.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-11
STATE OF TEXAS.

~ ~ giVes 10 the Passenger view OF the grand
',p., sVenei! nhest agricultural district md
b'Vu' kIullhg grounds OF the West.
AVh Passenger and freight trains are guI
b3nVh ~ none IN the State. pullmulg
il "'ace Drawing ltoOm and sleeping Cars
at 10 o. Louis daily via the NJ, X. q 4. E'y
=, S ~ M'i hannibal at 10 q. ~ ., and Sedaiia
81 ah 20. 49, p M running through to Deuiauu,
t3,,eIIu1h, DallaS, hearrc, Aus,tn and Hon #.
ov't nItnOul chAnge Connection f. rl"o r4ai8
-, eluihh with the Ieyu and Pacific rail-.
Wy lot the above uaa.tJ points.
L &c SouhrtiIrh. %! tuls Road with the IL,
~ ~ ,S. a, VI ptnlsuu FOR 81. Louis, Hannibal
1Suu,uuse' F9fL scott, Kansas CITY and all
piU ,lt ,0rth ana East; with the a xas a Pa.
IN I'M AT sherman for ~ Louis, Cairo, Nom.
pms anI All points East and .s1utrla8i, and
q. houston with the g., n. A D. a for F-l
1hIl me g., II. q II iur Galveston. tt9
h heAas q rev OT!esns Railway for Beaumont B.
t,tanst, etc., the MuTgun and tluiio.y Sief,t
IN ; lor ~ points on the Gull ANA Atl.U b.
TIasts ,Ahd the Liverpool & IBxa- steamship
Line 70 liverpool, Iavre and other Iul.s
Zen len Citles are perieci, while it, ifeetDl.
IIv ~. uusi ana neat on account Of the D.. tU-l
VI t wy h1ll anu the open prairie couutry gEet
, mIaSn ~ passes with a. ryliil. trH l...a.,
P Ioseinl scenery Of bread lIllltlt, Itauiilll
saONSt, Wen cultivated fields OF cotton. corn,
5ulall ihln, ana fruits, render ID especially
~ tI hDle anu udVuntas eUu- TO travellers ard
'ni PpeIs IN preference 10 other,
. y, Louis Express leaves Galveston d.iIy
EAScpt Saluruuyl at 2.2U u. M. Hurt.cu =
~ y m :, Heariie et 10 PM, Dslies is q,
"i' anu DenlsOn at ll;i5 q. In.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-11


OH PRon, grievel by the diversity
OF the clocks throughout the country,
proposes to have IN electric clock placed
in every railway station, which shall be
regulated by the chronomoter at the
observatory, and that all trains shall be
moved upon Washington time, Appre
bending that tho standard clock
would chronicle bedtime in Ger.
tain portions of the country when
the sun shows that il is but
afternoon, the inventor of the uni,
form time system proposes us u com.
promise that the clocks may be urnish-
ed with two sets of hands, the one
showing the old.fashionod local time,
while the other indicates the houi
according to the natural standard.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-11
IheTe's No,hing sure nal Death ANA
Aces,

A leopard aud gambler sat down 10
little game Of draw poker. The
Leopard WINS much 0lated whom he
picked up his hand and Uncovered four
seyens, aud lac had already determined
20 Invest the pot In a pair OF rubber
boots, when the gambler by neat aud
skIllfll shit Of the cnt, dealt himself
four Fights aud herewith raked down
the pile. "Oh, ho!" exclaimed the In
dlgt ant and disappointed leopard,
''you have sought 10 take advantage OF
me because cannot change my spots,
but know trick worth n dozen oI
that and 40 saying he devoured the
skillfl gambler, aud taking the pro.
ceeds Of the pot purchased pail OF
rubber boots ~ he AZ first had pro-
pOsed.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-11
"GornInn syrup"

No other medicine In tho world was over
Given such IA text of its curative qualities as
BosUHEE's GERMAN SYRUP. In three years
two million four hundred thousand small
botLlea 0f this medicine was distributed J'cc
oC ohdrga by druggists In this country tothoso
afflicted with consumption, asthma, Group
soyore con ,hs, pneumonia and other dis
ensos OF tho throat and lungs, giving the
American people undeninhlo proof mat
GERMAN SYRuP will cure thom. The result
hns been that druggists In every town ana
village IN the United States arc rec nmmend-
ing II TO their customers, Go 10 your drug
gist, and ask Whit they know about II, sam
plo bottles 10 ceuts. Regular size 10 cents
lh,ce dOa0' viii relieve any case.
IanS lW-Wlt
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-11
CHANGER HOUSE,
No. 90j 4 9O7 Naln Street, Dallas. rs,,,

bay, W. mouse i,., is new and well ventilated
ii , southern exposure, and is re,,t..sf
located. IL IA in charge OF its IA cent?. "
,,, saver, who never failed 10 ri.ss'' 4 y
sues,s. fafties ticking house ,vi,b al a y
IN e,,.s ,, OF home, cannot do heiter mn
irving In Dallas, via the Ce,i-s,F s slsis %.
S s,saI .eAen this house by taking The NJ
~, r hoi Sc cars, one block south fror, ~,
Bo. inc best 81 - & day house IN IN ~, IN
pnsyds 20 geson thesfreet cars at IN e swjt,s
y. SAWYER