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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24
HUMAN SACRIFICES.
Reminders Of the Dark Ages still to be
Found In Greece.

The tourist among the temples would lind
that even where human sacrifices were dis
used, theo had once been customary, and
ceremonies existed by way of commuta-
ton. This is precisely what We find in
Vedic religion. in which the empty form Of
sacrificing a man was gone through, and the
origin of the word was traced to the frag.
ments of god sacrificed by gods. All
Sparta was an altar of Artemis 0rthia aud
wooden image OF great rudeness and an
tiquity. 60 rude, indeed, that P-usanius,
though accustomed to Greek etish-stones,
Thought it must be of barbarlc origin. The
story was that certain people of different
town, when sacrificing at the altar, were
seized with frenzy and slew each other. The
o aclecommanded that the altar should be
tsprinkled with haman blood. Men were
feed, till Lycurgus commuted the
offerings, and sprinkled the altar with
he blood of boys who were logged before
he goddess. The priestess holds the statue
OF the goddess danng the logging, and If
any of the boys are but lightly scourged
the image becomes too heavy for her TO
bear. These rites are on Il par with the
initlatory ceremonies Of the Hottentots,
Mandins and Australian natives. They
lasted till the time of Pausanias, and per
haps We may some day lind the rude figure
OF the goddess, which was held upright by
shrub into which il was thrust. At Pa
trie was temple of Artemls, called "the
implacable, and TO her il had been GUS
tomary to sacrifice yearly youth and
maiden OF transcendant beauty. In Pau
saDias time The suman sacrifice was com.
muted. He himself beheld the strange
spectacle Of living beasts and birds being
driven into the ire to Artemis, and he had
seen bears refuse to face the lire and rush
back among the ministranis. But there
was no record that anyoae had ever
been hurt by the wild beasts
on these sacred occasions. The
bear was beast closely connected with
Artemis, and there is even reason to sup
pose that the goddess had herself been a
she bear in the morning of time. There is
good deal of mystic speculation about the
idea OF motherhood as symbolzed in the
She bear in Bachofen's Der Baer in den Re.
ligion en- DIES Alterthures. But, as in all
savage religions, beasts were the first gods
OF which We lind trace, and as they slowly
develop into anthropomorphic beings, 1t
seems simpler 10 regard the bears of Arte-
mis- as surylvals OF period OF barbarous
thought. Among the IheSpians, Zeus at
one time demanded that human sacrifices
should be offered to dragon This
legend, like the sacrifice OF Andromeda,
probably refers to some such custom as that
which oilers human victims TO sacred sharks
Oh the African coast.-I Saturday Review.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24

The surrogate of Queens county yester.
day settled the estate OF Isaac Smith. The
deceased was an unasscming bachelor liy-
ing on modest farm in the town of Oyster
Day. lie was never regarded as a man Of
wealth. After his death, when the apprais.
ers We're making an inventory of his effects,
they found an old iron'souud, hair trunk
under the bed In the room which he had oc.
cupied. II seemed TO contain, at first sight,
only lot OF Old almanacs; but between the
leaves were found government bonds ofthe
appraised at $4,000, The money was
divided among relatives, In accord snce
with his viii. -IBrookiyn Eagle
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24
THE DALLAS HERALD SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY

made in checking intemperance- The cities
and towns lose the revenue derived nom
license fees, only q fow low places are
closed, while the rich proprietors OF the
best saloons pay "hush money" 10 unscru'
pulous public officers. This is all there Is
to such an experiment.
But how about the Pine Tree stale /!
Maine has tried prohibition for about thirty
years. In looking at the list one would
naturally suppose that Neal Dow's state
ought to be purified" by this
time. But, no; II is seen that the
namber of saloons inreased from $50
in 1881 to 9lS in 1852. The thought
occurs, if the open bars can increase at this
rate, how 1t must embolden the secret sell.
ers to increase the number Of
laleh.keys TO back rooms. And even vir-
tuous Vermont gains twenty-six saloons,
aud ii is . notorious fact that, like Maine,
the G reen Mountain state does not lack Sc
cret bars.
In striking contrast TO the above it APP
pears that under license law the number
IN Massachusetts, has decreased from 1919
in 1851 to 6,923 in ls72 Further argument
to prove that wherever given good trial
license is preferable to prohibitory legisla-
ton would be superbuous. As John B.
Cough says, moral suasion is the best means
by which to reclaim the drunkard, and the
sooner the prohibitionists recognize this
great fact the quicker they will accomplish
the result they have in view. Boston Her.
aid.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24
2r,u ADVERTISEMENTS.
The UNION TRUST COMPANY
GIL AND 6l3 CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA, 4. pa

CAPITAL, sl,CC00C0 Charter Perretu
Acts as executor, administrator assignee, re.
reiyer, guardian, attorney sger' ustee end
committee, alone or in connection, with an ind.
yidual appointee.
Takes charge Of the property OF absentees and
non residents, collects and RENTS income
promptly ard discharges faithfully the duties Of
every tiduciary trust and agency known 10 the
law.
Safes for rent within Burglar.prcof Vaults Of
the most appro'ed construction.
Wills kept in Fire aud Burslar-proof Safes
without charge. Plate, securities and all other
valuable securely kept al rodersta annual
charce Tor safe return or specie ir6 ~ nifty,
Car trusts aud other approved ,curlles for
sale.
Interest allowed on moneys deposited for def
mite periods or upon ten days notice.
W. PATTERSON, President.
HESTER CLYMER. Vice. President.
MAHLoN 5. STOKES, Treasurer.
FRANCIS BAcON. secretary and TrustOniecE
DIRECTORS.
". G. Patterson, Hon.'T. T. Bayard,
James Long, Wilmington, Del;
Alh.d S Gillet, DR.. George W. RELY,
Hon. ~ son white, Harrisburg, Pa;
Or. Tur Hon. J. S. Africa.
y, l. ''r''' ', Huntington, Pa;
JOhl r'' Hon. H. Clymer.
Joseph ',, Reading Pa;
Thomas X. Patton, Henry $. Eckert,
W. ]. Mead, Reading, Pa;
James S Martin, Edmund ), Doty
Dr. D. Hayes Aguew, Metilntown Pa;
H. II. Houston, Hon. r. T. Monaghan,
John ". Reading, West Chester Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa; General WV. II Davis,
Hon. t. i. Eandoluh, Doylestown. Pa;
MorriStown, n. j.; Charles W Cooper
Allentown Pa,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24

By cheap We DO not mean common roo,,
goods at commonly low prices. wemesr $50
thing of unusual advantage to the pnrch...
something worth your while looking Az, ~
have boys 10 clothe our winter season 4. Nv
half over, ead W. are finding what 49,
are not selling freely. There is No ,,no -
IIains ana The SLOW sellers must be copva,,s,
into quick sellers, so We mark:
40 Pleated Blouse Suits from, 4n,os
200 ID, q. Blouse Suits from ..bI1iosSwso
20 school suits from. .......,.....,s IQto$%%
~ Boys suits from ..............gE 10tosgw
% School Suits trom..,9 10 & Ilto7GS@
~ boys SUITS from. lilo, II & II 20 4 AZ
The above are special bargain otfer,nc 49,
DO not conihet with our complete stock Of rsor a
lar goods OF every grade. You know ,S,,
wekeep Boys Furnishings" o. all kinds =.
sides the Hats ard Caps.
Our intention is 10 make this gres. ie,,,
for the supply OF complete outfits for men and
boys so that parents may be able to find ey.rv.
thing needfnl for their sons attire in one hons.
and at prices more advantageous than comb
be obtained by shopping all over the city.
We keep our house open until 10 oc,oo.
Saturday nights TO accommodate late ,bon
pers,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24

We are persuaded that the ancient Her
mes with all the subtle art and natural re-.
sources of the Alchemists, was very poor
doctor compared with Mrs. Lydia Il Pink.
ham, of Lynn, Massachusetts,, Hermes
toner OF the black art; but We know there is
no humbug in the pharmaceutical chemistry
of Mrs. Pinkham'S vegetable compound.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24

When Edwin d. Morgan was Il years old
he engaged himself to his uncle as clerk
binding himself for three years, at salary
of 500 for the frst year, SIS for the second
and 800 for the third. He worked hard
and soon mastered the business, and at the
beginning Of his third year he was sent to
this city to buy tea and sugar, and also
| corn, which was then an article of import
instead OF export, for his employer
Edwin returned TO Hartford in due time
and his uncle asked him about the corn.
The quality and price paid were satisfac.
tory TO the old gentleman, and he then
asked his nephew how much he had pur.
chased. 1t had been usual for dealers to
buy 200 or 800 bushels at time, and the
uncle was somewhat startled when the
young man replied that he had bought two
cargoes, and that the vessels Were probably
in the river. why, Edwin,
exclaimed the old gentleman
cargoes Of CORN" oh" answered the
yonng man II have disposed of all that
you don't want at an advance. | could
have sold three cargoes If | had had them.
stopped in the stores as | came from the
stage office and made sales" 1t was Il new
idea to his employer, and quite out of the
Old routine OF trade, but the gains
and results were not to be questioned. The
next morning Edwin was at the store bright
and early as usual, and had taken the broom
TO sweep out the counting room, when his
employer entered. II think, said the old
man, I'VE can find some one else to do the
sweeping here. A man who can go to New
ork and buy two cargoes on his own re-
sponsibility and sell them without consult
ing his principal, can be better employed
than sweeping out store" Although Ed.
win was then only 20 years old he was
made partner in the business, and his sue.
cess in life began with the purchase OF those
Two cargoes Of corn,-[New York Tribune.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24

Cramps and pains in the stomach and
bowels, dysentery and darrhma are very
common just now, and should be checked
at once. Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
will positively cure all such cases and should
be Kept in every family.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24

Coughs,
Browns Bronchial Troohes will allay ir-
ritstion which induces coughing, giving
relief in bronchitis, influenza, constructive
aud throat troubles,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24
Horsford's Acid Phosphate - Indigestion
From OyerwOrk

DR.. Daniel L. Nelson, Chicago, says: ~
find it II pleasant and valuable remedy in
Indigestion, particularly i'll oyerworked
men,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24
CEYMOuR. HUNT 4 90 LsrABLIsHEp

CEYMOUR HUNT y co ESTABLISHED
- IN leo Exchange court, New York, Us
La Sale street. Chicago.
BANKERS AND BROKERS
special facilities for the purchase and sale OIL
Stocks, Bonds, Grain. Provisions
Refer 10 Mechanics National Bank, New York;
tlitn National Bank, Chicago, and Germans Sc.
cnrity Bank, Louisville, Ky.
change
A. HUNT. Member Chicago Board Of Trade
a. l.. SEYMOUR
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24

The most distressing case of scrofula or
blood poison that We ever heard Of was
cured by Parsons Purgative Pills. These
pills make new, rich blood, and taken one
night for three months, will change the
blood in the entire system.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24
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condition Indicated
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-24
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pamphlet oi 5 JuaSsoS U.s.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
The Tehuantepec Rai,u..

ST. LOUIS, April 17.--Tba m,
Democrat tomorrow will Saw. o1ooe
proposed ship railway across Inc
Isthmus of Tehuantepec has not hs ens
abandoned, as many suppose. Eau
its protector, has returned home a aug,
from him it was learned that w aug
was being vigorously pushed "urk
that the massive r. r. will he f, ano
ed long before the De Lessons 1 .su,
is opened. Six weeks o p stro nai
syndicate was formed for the nnrnnlss
Of beginning work and MAX inc a 1HSe
tional surveys, to see if tho r n"u
selected could be improved n ,uuse
Four parties of engineers are alrtrad,,
in the field under the general char1ss
of NJ. Van Brocklin, and a large forse
of laborers and mechanics are q
gagged in the construction. ~ Hu'
neighborhood of Minllitlan. on nc
Coatgueolcoe river; has been s%electass
as the northern terminus of the rail'
way. A survey of the nortborr
terminal sections has been filed viii
the Government of Mexico and an
proved by its officers. Mexico bas
GDPoAutCu WIG vi us llOSC 0latip
guished engineers to be associatas
with the work in accordance with
the terms of the concession. !,
now at Salina Cruz, on the Pacifo
and has been ordered to 20 to MINI
titilan. M. Corthell, who was Cant
Eads' chief engineer in the constrnc.
ton of the Mississippi river iettieS
is Chief Engineer. Sir Edward Reed
and John Fowler, of London. and
Eads will be the c%onsultina
engineers. Col. James l.. Andrews
who built the jetties, and Hon. A.
G.. Cochrens, Capt. Eads' attorney
have been in London the past thirfv
days to complete arrangements for
the advancement Of the project. The
road will be constructed to carry
ships and cargos of the gross weight
5000 tons, which will accomn,o.
late ninety per cent of the tonnage Of
he road. In speaking of the pros.
poets of the completion of the road
Capt. Eads said he had not the
slightest doubt of the work being
finished and the line open for traffic
before the end of 1887.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
The Sprague-Chase Divorce Suit.

CINCINNATI, April 1~7,--Judge
Hoadley Of this city, and Winchester
Britton of Brooklyn, N. Y, counsel
for Mrs. Katharine Chase Spraeue,
to-day sent from here 81 letter to the
editor of the Vndicdtor, published at
Staunton, Virginia, referring to a
statement published in that paper
of March is, in which Governor
Sprague was represented as having
said to the clerk of the court and to
the commemorative attorney anu to
Rev. J. D. HullihaD, that in order to
procure license to marry and to
induce the minister to perform the
ceremony, he brought suit against
Mrs. Sprague asking for divorce on
the ground of adultery; that she
answered charging him with some
offence; that afterwards she with
drew her charge against him, but his
remained, and he was granted u
Divorce on the ground named in bis
petition, and the court divided the
custody OF the children for the sake
of accuracy. The minister reduced
the above statement to writing. The
counsel say they can hardly believe
it possible that such a perversion of
facts could have been made, but as
they have een no contradiction, they
asked the editor of Abe indicator to
publish the facts as they are, in Just
ice to Mrs. Sprague.
They then recite that Mrs. Sprague
brought suit for divorce in Rhode
Island, charging adultery, cruelty
and failure to support.
He answered by cross-bill, cbarg-
ing her with adultery. She prepared
proof to support all her allegations,
but on trial Governor Sprague aud
counsel propos d if Mrs. Spracue
would waive the proof as to his
adultery, he would withdraw his
and permit the case to pro-
,eed on the mIlder charge of nom
support.
The proposition was accepted, and
decree was granted Mrs. Sprague
IN this ground, and she was given
he custody of the three younger
children, the other child being, I'M
Ter the laws of Rhode Island, not
to the control of the court. In
of the facts, counsel say they
'''vised Mrs. Sprague to avail herself
ii the permission of the Court to re-
u.:ie her maiden name.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
Crop POOsnects

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 17.-cak;,n
q Co., this city, have received o,,as
thirteen hundred reports concern;nn
every important wheat or,u;nsg
county in Ohio, Indiana. fiIino;s
michigan, Kansas and Nissour;'
one quarter report the present cond;.
tlon OF wheat very fayorahle. nna
guafter falr ; one-third poor, and
SKIN very poor. One Quarter renort
us present condition 40 mrch hattar
nan two weeks ago; one-half renort
~ as slightly better; one-sixth aho,,t
the same; one-twelfth worse. ona
sixth say better than the averane
Nearly half report it worse thap
year ago. The season ia hack"and =
~ acreage averages about ths
last season. time
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
A GOOD JOKE.

The Herald regards Governor
Crosby's dispatch about the hanging
of the Greenhorn postmaster as a jest
which "other people can relish if the
Independent can't" A fine Jest in
deed! But just where the laugh
comes in the Governors apologist
fails to state. Probably the enjoya-
BILE point was when the unfortunate
man was torn from his weeping wife
and children and hurried to his
death, or it may he at the moment he
was struggling in the agony of stran-
gulation. Men differ so much in
their ability to appreciate the deli
cate points of a joke they do not in
cases laugh at the right time.
The Herald should explain the point
of His Excellency's joke so that We
may all enjoy it. Nero fiddled while
Rome was burning. Probably the
Herald can show its readers the II
oyable side of the old tyrant's act.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
Foreign News.

LIVERPOOL, April 1.-THE Queen
left Windsor this morning Tor Os-
porn. Owing to trouble from her
sprained knee she was unable to
walk and had to be lifted into her
carriage. The route was carefully
guarded.
DUBLIN, April 17.-I'he trial u
Curley was resumed this morning.
LONDON, April 17.--The first da.y
OF the EPSON meeting tI'e great
metropolitan stakes handicap was
won ty Roseberry's Victor; lorA
Marches Alison, second; Count fea-
tetlcs Berseneze. third. Five ran.
berlin, April 17.-Prince Thomas
uuke OF Geneva, and Princes Isabel
Ia, OF Bavaria, were married.
VIENNA: April l7.-Three hundred
and thirteen petitions were presented
TO the Reischstrath urging the deIeaI
OF the Reactionary school bill. Inc
greater portion o: the German eie-
naent looks uDnn the measure with
disfavor.
LONDON, April l7.--oir Philip
Rose, legal adviser OF the Tory party
is dead.
LISBON, April 1.-THE French
occupied Porte Negro on the Congo
after some resistance by the natives
PARIS, April lit is stated that
should the Emperor of Amman refuse
the demands of France, a Thousand
troops and several gunboats WI. DC
sent to occupy strategic points on the
oangkoi river. The government.
expelled the Nihilist Chestapapellcn'
PORTSMOUTH, Mass, April H.
Two children, a daughter Of j.. T.
Howard, and q son of Peter VINE,
were burned to death in a large boA
playing.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
The Charges Against Architect
Hill.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE
charges preferred against Architect
Hill by representative Murch were
made public to-day. The papers are
drawn up in legal form, and are quite
volumincus. The charges are classed
under five different heads. The
principal charges are general charges
OF corruption, fraud and extravaganza
against the ring in the architects
office, composed of assistant secretary
French, architect Hill, assistant
architect Jacobs, A. G. Thompson.
VIM. H. Fowls, B. f. Little, Cannon
Church, Jordan Bartlett, Robbins &
Co., and others. Also that Hill cor
ruptly administered his office. and
that contractors known to be guilty
of fraud are especially favored, and
that the supervising architect had
been largely overpaid by the mama
ger to the extent of thousands of dol
lars, and otherwise %corruptly bene-
fitted. Another specification is that
employees in office have used govern
ment time and material in the de-
signs and construction of private
dwellings. Among the names of
witnesses are Secretary Folger, Sena-
Dawes, and A. B. Mullett.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
OMAHA,
NORTHERN PACIFIC FREIGHT
CHARGES.

An Oregon exchange reports an
interview recently had with Mr. Vii
lard in which that gentleman says
in substance that the extortions prac-
ticed by the Central Pacific railroad
system regarding freight charges,
will not be followed by the railroads
under his control, nor will any rea-
son be given for complaint by invid-
ious determinations against inland
towns. This is agreeable news to the
people of Montana. 1t has been
reported that determinations in
freight charges were to be made in
favor Of one or two places on the line
of the road in this Territory, thus
forcing the smaller towns to pay
tribute to the larger opes. This u
NOR is now authoritatively denied.
In noting it the Oregon journal OBJ
serves that this is but another
instance of the evident in
tention of MI. Willard to.
operate the vast railroad system un-
der his management in : manner
conductive to the interests of the pee-
pie as well az his corporations, Since
the day when his hand was first
noticeable in the transportation affairs
of Oregon There has been but little
cause for complaint in his manage
ment of them. What has been made
came from ignorant and misguided
sources. Or those worthy only Of con-
tempt. There has not been the
slightest attempt to charge exhorbi-
tant rates, ven when the road was
operated at actual loss. On the con-
trary, a steady diminution Of
charges has been made upon all lines
placed in operation: and a dispo-
sltion continually shown to meet the
wishes Of the people fully half way. |
These last statements of Mr.. VII |
lard show him to be fully awake to
the wants of the growing empire
through which his system of rail-
roads runs, and anxious to preserve
the most friendly relations with its
While he maintains his
present position this will be easy of
accomplishment. There are many
who look upon all monopolies as
great evils, but such monopolies as
The one presided over by MI. Willard
ire not undesirable, especially when
hey show such q keen desire to treat
he people from whom they derive
heir support with courtesy and jus
ice.