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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-13

So ,clal to the Herald.

sp aclal to the Herald.
WACO, April 12.-Judge Mccormick will
reopen Federal Court here tomorrow morn
ing.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-13
Against Grant.

Lexington, KY, April 12.-Delcgates to
the State Republican convention go unin-
strueted. The minority report in favor of
Grant was voted down.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-13

Richmond, Va, April l2.-H. N. Bennett,
an organist, who has figured as bigamist in
Baltimore, Richmond and Norfolk, was to-
day sentenced to three years in the peniten-
tiary.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-13

New Orleans, April 12.--David Crawford,
an engineer of the Morgan railroad line, fell
from bis engine and was run over and killed
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-13
A Report That BARLOW Has Left Hi
Post.

BpeciAI o the IIefhd.
Houston, April 12.-It is reported that j.
L. Barlow has left the Post newspaper on
account of a disagreement with G. w. John
son about The use Of the word ''canaille."
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-13

London, April l9,-prInoo GorlschakoG
pAssei u Quic, but slooplCss night Ili
mental faculties are clear but tho action Of
his heart Is weaker
CABINET COUNCIL.
Summons have been Issued for cabinet
council Rext Wednesday
GLADSTONE pRcLlSru a RECEPTION.
Mr. Gladstone hN declined y public ~
coptlon IN London,
sryEs thousand HUMAN nEINos sAcm.
rICKp,
Rangoon April IA dispatch says ,h,i
seven thoufand men, women, boys, girs,
priests aud Foreigners were buried alive M
der the towers of the city walls M n sacrifice
for the restoration VI the Kings health Thc
panic was maddoning and ifighthl and hun.
dreda ara leaving the city. The Kings w.
moss "a said 10 be- leprosy.
A dispatch from liangoon 10 the DAILY
News says tho following IL an explanation
Of n massacyeo nj Mandnllayi When cig
Il built IN Burmah, human sacrifices nv
Offered up, A new monarch usually has
new capital. Evil spirits aro created thai
there has been no change of capital; aud tla
virtue Of the odd sacrifices IL begun. 10 ap-
penso them, astrologers declared II WIS noC-
cessary To otlorup seven thousand lives, Tho
sacrifices were made by order Of King Ths-
baw
TllE JEsulTs.
Paris, April l2,-Tho RcpubliQuo Fran
caise, In m article supposed 10 have boen
written by NJ. Gambetta, denounccs the Jia.
uits ne unauthorized religious congregations,
Jerome Bonupartlsts, and even tho church
itself as the sworn foes Of tho republic.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-13

San Antonio, April l2,-General CaDalos
and staff leave here for Mexico seXt Wed.
nesday via Galveston. They will bo given
q grand banquet Tuesday night.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-13
Mems Tropical Hats,
HAT RrimS.
Hat Brinls.

Tropcn useful Hat for the field and fishing and when
ocs known will no popular They late invention
and have already very extensively throughout the South We sell
them rs cents.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-13
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
\ HORRIBLE REPORT FROM iNpn

@es
seven Thousand Human neinEs Sal
~ Have heen Huried Aiiye ~ y Nae.
rinee for the Restoration %
hing's Health That Monarch
said ~ Have Leprosy-
General Foreign News,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-13
STRAW MATING

Rolls Straw Mating which we bought really 10
while studying own interest," we ann also
to secure seaonabe goods prices and sell accordingly
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14
= Mean Man.

Speaking of g.l,n remarked Z printer
in Nevada beer saloon, 'tGlking OF solid
cheek, / never saw a man who had more oi
it than Pete Bliveus Of Kansas City. Three
Of us used TO room together there in 1872.
One night in ,Iuiy-it was 50 hot that il
you'd chuck water on Tie side Of house Ii
would sizZ Ike 50 much hot IrOu-we con-
cluded to 90 down aud sleep on one Of the
timber RATS on the river. Well. we got on
the RATS with cur blankets. Just before
turning in, Pete Bliycns said he guessed
he'd cool OF by taking q swim. knew
the current would snatch him right under,
but didn't want 70 give him any advice,
and he divcd OF the end OF the raft. Tie
unGertow caught and sent hun out of sigl.t
in about three seconds. As soon rs we sag
that he was drowned, NE and the other
chap went for his effects. We found IS 20
in his pants pocket and. en- old watch. We
took EN- up town and soaked the clothes
foI 50 and sold the watch for Sl2. Then
we went round town on q sort Of a JAM
boree and spent the money. About ) o'clock
in the morning we were drinking Up the
last dollar with some OF the boys at the
Blue Corner, when who should walk in but
Pete himself in an old suit Of clothes that
he'd borrowed Of man three miles down
the river And hang me If he didn't de-
mand his clothes. and the next day he was
round dunnIng us for the paltry sum Of
IS. 30. The gall OF some men enough to
paralyze q Louisiana alligator
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14
a .;iraculous Escape.

Mark Quinn, q miner, employed in the
Ell Paso mine, on Freyer Hill, Leadyiiie,
took a terrible tumble recently. He had
lust fred off q blast at the bottom Of the
shaft, 225 feet below the surface, and had
started down in the bucket or tub, which
was being lowered by q man named Patrick
Roach. When about ten feet from the
windlass the brake bolt broke and for =
moment it looked as if Quinn's time had
come. But Roach, with rare presence of
mind. caught hold of the detached rope on
the lower end of which his friend hung sus
pended. s'Hotd on there, Mark, my bey," "
shonted Pat, land I'll bring ye up" Quinn
held On, but Pat found it impossible TO hold
him. Little by little the rope slipped
through his hands. he held on like grim
death, but the cruel rope dragged through
his grasp, tearing away skin and flesh.
Finding he could not sustain the weight, he
despairingly cried: 81 can't hold on 10
longer, pard-good bye, " andlet go. Down
went Quinn into the dark, deep abyss-a
sheer fall of nearly 225 feet. Pat started
off for help to take out, what he supposed
to be, mangled corpse. The surprise OF
the rescuers may be imagined when, going
down the shaft, they found Mark Quinn
almost unhurt. lie was able to walk homs
70 his satin without assistance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14
superst.tions About Rabbits.

In nearly al the languages the syllable
,rG is the prefix of the Indian name for
rabbit. while the word Tor white is nab or
pcB, indiffcrentiy, i writer mentioned
many examples, rs wap-me-me, ''vhite
pigeon" The Illinois name waGos was pro-
baby applied 20 the Lcpus Americans,
whose winter coat is white, and hence the
connection. The roO.-woTd Tab, however,
forms 4 pofion of words OF seemingly to-
tally different meaning, but Judge Hender-
son thought 4 key was to be found 10 the
whole diversity. White is an emblem of
purity and sacred color, and with it is
associated the idea Of light, which isof such
fructifying power in the earth, and calls
forth so many beauties. With it is also
associated the idea of heaven and angels of
goodness. Amo-g The Cherokees, Leni-
Lenape, and other tribes white was an en-
blem OF peace, friendship prosperity, and
holiness; and tie IrOquois sacrificed
white dogs 10 the Great Spirit, and consec-
rated to Him all other albino animals.
Among the Apaches OF The West white
birds were regarded as possessing souls Of
divine origin, snd 10 the Plains Indians the
white buffalo is a sacred object, like the
white elephant Of Siam; while some of the
Ca iforria tribes consider white wOlf-skin
badge of cbicftainship. This was carried,
10 a great extent, III the robes Of the High
Priest Of the Cberokecs, and they all wrap
pad their dead in pure white deer-skin.
Various Eastern tribes sent white wailpum,
feathers. ard other objects as symbols of
peace, jnst as red was sign of war; and
they had Imperial standards" Of feathers
from the white tail OF the bald-eagle.
Among the So.hcrn Indians the white laurel
was the tree Of peace, and they spoke OF it
| as spreading its branches over the white
/ ground. Light or white being sacred,
therefore it is easy to understand why white
animals should be also regarded so. The
third brother of the Great Spirit, Nabosso,
who fed to the north as soon as he saw the
! light, and who changed into white rab-
bit, under tha. form became canonized.
The name OF the great central Deity Him.
self in many languages has the root
''whiten in it, as also the word for heaven,
and the word for sorecery or medicine y
Tic sacred regard which It was known was
paid to the serpent, also, is shown in the
fact that in Algonquin the syllable ira
occurs in many OF the names of reptiles.
The three most sacred animals to the
Indian were the hare, the owl, and the
serpent, and they are the ones around
which cluster host Of myths in the Old
World. The superstition about the evil
omen Of hare crossing your path, for in
stance, is very ancient Inhabitants Of Ire
lond killed all tae hares they found among
there cattle on May day, believing then,
witches who had designs on the butter. i
Calmuck regards the rabbits in the samt
light, and many primitive people used;hen
for divinetiou, and refused 10 eat their aesh.
The reEpaias Of the lake dwsllers OF switz-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14
TIE Coekney walk.

Most Englishmea Of the lower middle
class and the lower class in cities have q
way Of walking which is distinguishing
habit Of common life. They lay themselves
out in their walking, as If they were doing
g days work. They walk rot only with
their feet and legs, but with their hips ahd
their shoulders aud their arms, not swing
ing the latter; but aFehing them out more
or less from their sides and putting them
forward s;ilfly - they step. Niihal thcy
look conscious Of their walking and seem
well pleased that they are doing the correct
thing. This gait anu carriage OF body is
most remarkable in the soldiers that one
see about the streets OF London and Of gar
risOn towns, Ike Canterbury, and in the
vulgar creature who has come to be known
by the generic name OF AIRY. You VIII meet
two soldiers tightened up to the extreme OF
endurance in their scarlet shell jackets,
with their little flat caps 50 far down the
sides of their heads that you cannot see
why they hesitate at coming down all the
way, and these two fellows, one Of whom
is pretty sure TO carry rattan with . jaIlfy
air, will take up the room Of three meg by
the set-out OF their four arms from their
four sides, and will walk as if their locOno-
tion, instead OF being by human muscles,
were by clock-work and steam. Tie nun
Der of their imitators cannot be told, In. an
English gentleman has none Of this toilSOme
swagger. He walks quite easily and, gen
orally, with good, manly stride, Just rs
men Of corresponding condition OF life in
Boston, New York or Philadelphia will
walk. But in those places you will not see
in persons OF inferior condition that strange
mode Of locomotion which have endeay-
ored to describe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14
Rain In DRY Weather

Gen. Daniel REggles, Of Fredericksburg,
Va, has devised plan for producing rain
in dry weather, and he wants Congress to
appoint q special committee to consider it.
His method is to send up balloons charged
with dynamite, the cllcJssi0H caused by
the explosion to prodGce the required rain
fall. The Government should practice
economy, but We are willing that Congress
should spend so, 600, 600 in experimenting
with Ruggles' plan, provided we are per-
ulitted to name the men who aae TO accom-
psny the balloons in the air and explode the
dynamite. But seriously, we haven't much
faith in Gen Ruggles' plan Il strikes US
that it would be better TO have the cars OF
his balloons constructed in the shape Of
large tubs, with perforated bottoms, and
then I'LL EN- with water at the river, and
ascend in the air and sail over dry coun-
tries with his balloons, and let them act as
arial sprinkling carts, as it we're. This, it
seems, to US is a more sensible plan than
exploding dynamite. A Sunday school
picnic brings on rain quick enough, but il
would be rather expensive travelling over
the country with several hundred children
and fifty grown up persons holding picnics
in localities suffering from drouih-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14

One day, some Years ago, when her
Majesty was standing on the pubic road,
near Baimoral, sle.ching the castle from a
particular point, a flock of sheep ap-
preached. Her Majesty, being intend on
her work, took little notice OF the flock,
and merely moved little nearer the side
Of The road. \ boy in charge of the sheep
shouted at the top of a stent0rian voice:
''otaH' GOT o the road, oman, and let the
sheep sac by"
Her Majesty not moving out of the way
quite 50 fast as the shepherd wished. he
again shouted:
Fat ar ye stan in there for? Gang
oot o that and let the sheep pass -
One Of her Maiesty's attendents, who
had been at q distance, on hearing his
Royal mistress thus ruIely as sailed, went
u2 to the shepherd and thus addressed him:
''Do yOI know whom 1t is you have
been speaking 50 rudely TO, boy e.
'NO-I neither ken nor care; but, be she
"a she likes, she sudna be i the sleeps
road"
That's the Queen, said the Official.
The boy looked asioaisled. and, after
recovering Lis senses, said, with great
simplicity:
The Qgeenl Oh, fat way disna she
pit on cloes that foulk can ken heel"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14
Electric Ecis.

The gymlOtu5 Is that peculiar FISH which
ct is pleasure gives electric discharges,
and thereby stuns the animal it desires to
make its prey. It's principal home is in
the rivers and lagOOns of South Africa,
where il IS the terror of all other animals,
not even excepting the cayn2n, the Ameri-
can crocodile. One Cf these eels, two
metres Il length, can give & shock which
viii reduce 70 pOver.essness the oxen and
horses that come down to drink at the
poinls /, fre1uenls, cnd thus render them
an easy prey 70 their aquatic enemies.
Man himself, although not 50 sensitive to
the shock as other animals, is still liable to
very serious inconvenience from lis effects.
u. Marcy has found, during his investi-
CATION that a syBlnOJus, a metre in length
has 81 electrical surface Of about 600
square feet equal TO 3 very powerful bat
tury. The animal owing 20 its length
and suplencss OF Its body, can produce diff
lercut electrical effects according as It is in
a straight line, convex OF cencaveas regards
lis prey. It's general mode Of procedure
is to form s semi circle and p ace the fish 1t
is intent On in the diameter Of the circuit
When the discharge IS delivered, the prev.
as if struck by thunderb0it, is rendered
pOveTless; the gymnOtUs swims around it
IS IL to be assured Of the efficacy of
the shock, aa1 then swallows
its victim. The arc nos the only fish
which possess his singular power OF
launching elce..ical discharges on their
prey or on tEeir enemies Many others
are known, but lar inferior in force to the
terrible gymno,Cs- Among them are the
torpedo fish a.i some species Of
snake which iuhabit the coasts of Grea.
Britain and France, and some spec es found
il the Nile and Senegal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14

The trail leading to the Metsmoras mine
Nevada is both steep and narrow, and winds
along the side Of Prospect mountain from the
base to almost the summit. In places the de-
scent from it is very PERCEPTIONS. falling of
almost perPendicuiarly for distance Of
two or three hundred feet. Several pack
mules have been killed by being pushed of
at these points, but no accident has ever
happened to the hardy miner and prospecjor
who pass over i. until recently, and this
fortunately was not a fatal one. The snow
fall had almost obliteTated the pathway,
making it peculiarly dangerous, and when
James AheaTn attempted to make the as
ceut, he was forced to grope his way biiRdly
trusting 10 his knowledge Of the route 20
carry him over safely. It was not sufIi-
cient, however. fer when about half way
up he slipped from the icy crust, and before
he could recover himself he was travelling
down the side Of the mountain at rate OF
speed only egualed by meteor. While
the snow was the immediate cause OF
Ahearn's disaster, It was also his salvation,
for it no: only preserved him from contact
with the rocks rs he plunged down, but re-
ceived iIiTa in It's soft embrace at his stop
ping place, come 250 feet from the point Of
departure. as il was, his clothes were
rent aud torn, so was his skin in sundry
places, and. while no bones were broken,
there were aggregate bruises that viii pain
fully remind him OF his experience for some
time TO come.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14

the following sup.rstitions handed down
by tradition, are yet fervently believed in
many parts of America: White specks on
the nails are luck Whoever reads epItaphs
loses his memory. To rock the cradle when
empty is injurious TO the child. To eat
While BELLS toiling for a funeral causes
too.hache. The growing of a hen indicates
some approaching disaster. Wuen mouse
gnaws gown some misfortune may be
apprehended. lie who has teeth wide as
under must seek his fortune in some distant
land. Whoever finds a four leaf trefoil
(shamrock) should wear it for good luck.
Begger's bread should be given to children
who are slow in learning to speak. II a
child less than twelve months old be brought
into q cellar he becomes fearful. When
children play soldiers Oh the roadside it
forehOdes the approach Of war. A child
grows proud if suffered to looli into mir
Tor while less than twelve months old.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14
The Coolest Town.

This is Jakutsk or Yakootsk, chief town
Of the province of that name in Eartern
Siberia, or the left bank Of the river Lena,
II deg. min. north, longitude ll9 dee.
20 min. east, and distant from 81. Peters
burg 5,95l miles. The ground remains
continually frozen 10 the depth OF 500 feet,
except in midsummer. when il thaws feet
at the surface. During ten days in August
the thermometer marks 50 degrees, bct from
November TO FEBRUARY it ranges from - to
6S degrees below zero, and the river is solid
lee for nine months ont Of the twelve. The
entire industry of the place-population
about 5,000-is comprised in candleworks,
and yet it is the principal market of Eastern
Siberia for traffic with hunting tribes Of the
BuriGts. Tue former, mostly nOmadic,
having large herds of horses and cattle,
bring TO market batter, which is sent on
horseback TO the port of Okhotsk. The
Buriais. also nOmadic, bring quantities OF
skins Of sable foxes, martens. hares, squirrels
and the like, and many Of them are sold 1t
the great fair in June, which, with May,
is the active period Of the year. In May
collected goods are conveyed to the seaports,
whence they are sent in every direction.
The merchandise, chiefly furs and mammoth
tusks, sold at the fair amount in value 100,
900 roubles (S300, 00O).
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14

snowfall in ths higher mountains and val
| leys; indeed, in places it frequently showed
without interniszion for upwards Of ten
days at time. At Drss, which has an
elevation OF ten thousand feet, hIr Ly-
dekker estimated the snowfall. from the
native account. ss having been from thirty
10 forty feet thick. The effect of this
enormous snowfall were to be seen
throughout the country. At Dras, the
well-5uilt travellers bungalow, which has
stood some thirty years, was entirely
crushed down by The weight Of snow which
fe.l upon it. In almost every village Of the
neighboriu- mountains more or less the log
houses had fallen, while q: Gulmarg and
SOrOuaTE, where no attempt Wa made to
remsve the snow, almost all the huts OF
the European visitors were utterly broken
down By i. In the higher mountains
whole hiilsides have been denuded Of vege-
tati0r and sol by the enormous avalanches
which swept down them, leaving vas. gaps
in the primeval forests, and closing the
valleys below with the debris of rocks and
trees. As an instance of the amount of
snow which mus. have fallen in the higher
levels, Mr.. Lvdekker mentions the Zogi
Pass, leading from Cashmere to DEcz,
which has al elevation Of II, 500 feet. He
crossed this early in August last year, and
then found that the whole OF the ravlne
leading Upto the pass from the Cashmere
side was sill filed with STOW, which he
estimated in places 10 be ct least one
hundred and fifty feet thick. In ordinary
SEASONS this road in the Zogi pass is clear
from snow sometimes during the month Of
June. As another instance of the great
snowfall, Mr. Lydckker takes the valley
leading from the town of Dras up to the
pass separating that place from the valley
Of the kiskengUnga river. About the
middle Of August almost the whole of the
first mentioned valley, at an elevation of
twelve Thousand feet. was completely
cholsed with snow, which in places at least
was two hundred feet deep. In the same
districts ali passes over thirteen thousand
feet were still deep in snow at the same
season Of the YEAR Mr. Lydekker gives
other instances Of snow lying IN places in
September, wh,re no snow had ever before
been observed in June. As to the do
s,ructron of animal life in the upper Ward
wan valley. large numbers Of IbeX were
seen imbedded in Snow; in one place up
ward of sixty heads were counted, and in
another not less than one hundred. The
most convincing proofs, however. of the
havoc caused among the wild animals by
the great snowfall is the fact that scarcely
any hex were seen during last summer IN
these portions OF the Wardwan and Tilail
valleys which are ordinarily considered as
sure finds. SO, also, the red bear and the
marmOt were far less numerous than usual.
Mr. Ledekker estimates that the destruction
10 animal life caused by snow has lar ex-
cceded any slaughter which could be in
hieted by spOrtsnen during period Of at
least FIVE or SIX years.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14
Never.

Never eyaggera:e.
Never po.nt at another.
Never De;ray a confidence.
Never vantonly Tighten others.
Never leave hone with unkind words.
Never neglect to call upon your friends.
Never laugh al the misfortunes Of others.
Never give promise that YOU DO rot
fulfill.
Never send q present hoping for one in
return.
Never speak much Of your own perform
ances.
Never fell 10 be purctual at the time ap-
pointed.
Never make yourself the hero of your
own story.
Never pick the teeth or clean the nails
in company.
Never fail TO give polite answer to a
civil question.
Never present n gift saying it is Of no
use TO yourself.
Never read letters which you may find
addressed to others.