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-. . . i t ,a - I - - THg BLUE IflDGE BLJDE VOL. IV NO iii ' P" ! .1 1 aas, U IM II rW I lirDlAT) lfn . I 1 1 V J m A m m 1 m I an aw aW - - . " . 1 - - Ta ' ""- I Lg FAIR INDIAN SUMMER. At last tho In.'l . -. V a -u-uuuumoerea aays are oyer, - And f8 Ofeoon ar mollm, - rpt. vi . " LUO mora, .i6 .b?0IM npon the seeding nuu ,UBI, pJame tne jnpeng All SOttnda loaymg ana or mow . Th .. J w .v. , ow lne watM Be uncurled Miiaucaown nor gossamer is flowing. Bo lnll'd in languid indolence the world. . AwA : . vmeyaras wide and farms along the Taney Are mute amid the vintaee snd th afa.I Bare round the barns the noise of rout and saiiy , Among the tenant-masons of the eaves. Afar tfcf TLI V . ".' puvi (jiftuw TQ.oecKta in dapples By flocks of lambs C - -wa WLJ IU1U , And oiards bending beneath their weight of apples, And groves are bright in scarlet and in gold. But hark! I heir the drumming, .The turtle's murmuring from a distant dell. a uiuwBjr uee in mazy tangles humming, ,Tbe far, faint tinkle tenor of a bell. rather split, for it left a very sharp-pointed weapon in Henry's hands. The idea of lending aid in the struggle Old not seem to enter the minds of the other , in lact, what had occurred took place so suddenlv K f 11 1 .vvtvuij tUOC Dut little chance for doing anything was afforded. ' Several of the girls pushed up one of the wmaows, ana by their screams at tracted the attention of the man who had already shot at the dog, and was now look ing for him. . Meantime Henry was keeping the creature at bay, so that he could not get at the scholars, by continual blows and kicks.' He had not yet been bitten, but his tro jers were badly torn. At length he tried a new plan. . He held out big, left hand toward tho dog, and as the animal started forward to seize it, he thrust the point of the broken cane into the open mouth. The creature bit it savagelv ' hut TTonrv Lholding on to the advantage he had gained, wuimucu to pusn 11 iuruier into the dc's mouth. pheasant's muffled And now, from yonder beech-trunk sheer and sterile. The ta -tat of the yellow-hamm' r's bill. Tae sharp staccato barking of the squirrel, A dropping nut, and all again is still. A Brave Boy. I was teaching a school in a little town in a Western State several years ago, and during the winter many farmers' sons and field-boys entered, who were not able to come at other times of the year. Some of tnem were dull scholars, but nearly all were anxious to learn, and they did not give me near so much trouble as the few sons of wealthier parents who were also under my There was one among the sunburnt faces of these boys that always struck me as es pecially intelligent. It belonged, to Henry : Chalmers, a lad of fourteen. He worked for a neighboring farmer nine luuiiuis in uie year, m order to attend school during the remaining three;; but it wasevi- uent he Had other sources of Instruction be sides those given in the school, for he often cahie to me with questions which showed knowledge beyond what I could expect frpm one no further advanced in his studies. Most of the scholars were younger than Henry, Or else about his age, but there were four or five boys and several girls who were older. There was one boy of nineteen, a slow and stupid, but good-hearted fellow, and another of sixteen, George Cassell, whom I never quite liked. If he was not selfish and unprincipled, he was at least ties ; he cocked his hat on one side, Und displayed a cheap ring, of which he was evidently very proud, on his stubby little finger. Moreover, he .carried a cane wherever he went, even to and from school, .'which seems to me very foolish land conceited for , a boy with "sound legs to do under any cir cumstance, but especially so in his case. However, that cane proved itself as, ut most service to me and to the scholars if ' was not of service to Cassell, and w" 1 end in a very extraordinary manr'' ,It was one of the last day tue Jp term, and I wa-Just rea heaf recitation, ven a liv- girl burs into the school-roAn allow of breath with crying and riming, ad exclaimed, as soon as she plu-ed the r, "O, Miss Franklin, there's 4 mad d right out in the road !" . The scholars all laughed. Mad dogs are a favorite terror with little girls. "MaL'eie." said I, "come here:" and I took off her hat and cloak. "How do you knnw the doff is mad ?" "Why, he was running down the road as fast as could be, and ne looiceu awiui mau, and Mr. Atkins says he is mad, and oh, Hi.l irrui bpar that?" I Tt. was the loud report of a gun directly ' in front of the school-house, followed by a th.'h" from the scholars, and ynwi uo vi v 'oiirlll screams outside. Then another little girl ran along the walk ' .. 1 ' .1 ... t.rtwniiiiin rr witb ftll near tne siue wiuuun o, dui..uuu8 "Come here, Joe, quick!" he called: and I one of the largest hovs camp nrv I "Wnw mn i.: x "1 1 attracted hv t.hp nnnlnnio nri, ju mill Willie 1 nOlQ OH J ..j..v,oo ui 11113 lllEII The Wild Camels of Lob-Nor. The favorite home of the wild camel is the desert of Kum-Tag to the east of Lob-Nor.. One of our native hunters told me that only twenty years ago he naa seen herds of several dozen, some rimes even of more than 100, not far from where the village of Tsharchalyk is now. The old huntsman told me that during his life-time he has shot. wiui an Old, crippled gun, more than 100 of them. As the population and the number of hungers increased, the cam els wandered furrher into the desert of K.um-Tag, which, on account of the scarcity of water, is entirely inaccessi- oie to man. jo one has ever penetra ted it. Two bold hunterr made the at tempt, but after two days, during which they and their asses, carrying provisions, etc., had toiled knee-deep in me nne, dntting sand, pirehed and blinded with the dust, thev returned. aimosi overcome, with fatigue. In sea sons of very great heat the camels are here," he said, keeping tight hold of the cane, which seemed wedged into the dog's mouth. Joe drew back his heavv farm Imt and kicked with all his might directly against the creature's side. "Not there; no, not there!" cried Henry. Kick him under the stomach, so as to take away bis breath. " Again Joe drew off and kicked, and this time fortunately the dog was lifted off his ieei and tumbled senseless against the wall. Open the window! ooen the window !" Henry called out. Several boys sprang forward to obov. and the dog, on the point of reviving, was seized anu uirown out into the yard. A moment later.the report of Mr. Atkin's trnn told that. me poor creature's career was ended. I took a long breath. It seemed as though it was the first time I had breathed i, .. i . i . . we wm enierea uie room. He was.ffone and the only traces left of the unfortunate creature were some stains on the floor, two windows open, a broken cane, and several scnotars out oi their seats. Henry was coolly walking to his seat when I stopped him. ' 'Henry, are you sure you are not bitten? " I asked. I don't tlunk he bit me anywhere.", he answered, looking at his hands. I examined them carefully. How glad I was that I could not find upon them a single scratch! Involuntarily I exclaimed. "You are' a noble, brave boy ! I thank vou with1 all my heart, for myself and for the school. and shall remember you as long as I live !" rie looKed tor an instant frankly and with pleased expression into my face,' and then without a word5, took his seat. i thought thtt in the present excited state iwaiHmiwfM dismissed the school until afternoon. The entire village was much excited by this extraordinary event, as was natural it should be. Of course, Henrj was quite hero in the town, but it "''iwhat he no amount of praise T11' h- deserved. .,. nf the matter for a I wrote af vrnm that it was copied into local Jorjjjg c;ty newspapers. Falso wrote to a wealthy gentleman of my acquaintance, and told him the whole tory. He replied by an invitation to Henry to come to the city and see mm, enclosing a check to pay his fare. Acting under my advice, the brave ooy gave up 14s place on the farm and went to the city. ' My friend immediately gave him rmn ovment with good wages, so as 10 aiiow him to save money to pay the expense of his education. He had also time given him bis studies in preparation lor college, where I expect he will soon go. valleys of the Altyn-'fjag.iand ascend a? rilfrh oc 11 AAA - -Irt , ".WW ui a.uw ieet. in con trast, with the tame camel, whose char acterfstics are timidity, want of intelli gence and apaihy, the wild one is dis tinguished by a marvelous development of the senses, and great sagacity and acuteness. Hunters have assured me that with the wind they c:an scent a man at a distance of several versts (one verst is about two-thirds of an English mile), that they hear the slightest noise at an incredible distance, that tbpir visual organs are equally developed. When they suspect approaching dan ger, they fly at once, and often run a hundred and more versts before stop ping. I followed the traces of a camel which I missed for more than twenty versts, wiere it had turned into a ra vine, which, being altogether, out ol our way. I did not care to follow, 'it would seem that an animal so awk wardly built as the camel would not be able to climb about the Altyn-Tag, yet we observed, many a time, their traces uiiu imii uuug leading in narrow crevices and on steep clitls, where the boldest huntsman would hesitate to fol low. It is, indeed, so strange a sight, that I could scarcely trust mv eves when I saw their trace mixed with tho e of the wild mountain sheep. The wild camel runs very Tast. and wnnM f. take at a long distance, a good race horse. The period of heat is in winter from the jJ1 ranuary uatlljoie end oi r-uaijr. uurinir spirits are mu lleious practi in the course ... i. Lilt, I nrL'M.n flnirlrfu ma fin trta - 1 n "f " " Y "asiv rrit Micted to the m- m injuring houses erection. Tn oia,f w yi"", f piece of red ll ; .. "l jc.iiMY papcr,-. juscribed with im proper formk, to ied to the ridce- ' ur a a,t oi red silk, or cot ton is usediistead. contains a honor of five . t .-wacj- rj live iron nails 4 of dif- Another verv "stopIi Satnst evil gplTits h a ng uger, the spirits be- inat ferocious feline laie con- Hattenlng Her Finger. One evening when Ralph Waldo Em- -cr.n iva p.n craired in Dreparinz his V I .)U 11 " . - p.- - i new lecture, Mrs. Emerson, who had at that moment flattened ner nnger while trying to drive a nail with tho smoothing iron, thrust her head Into his fctudy and said : 'See here, sir I I want you to drop ?e" ?ir:JT of yours, for ner uuguv, --"o "T . , ,a t lpat fln,l crndownto building, rushed, just as auugsic uu uiu ' s ih wvmti where we were all seated. he grocery and get a mackerel for Cftsely following her, and at one breakfast. almost seizing her dress, came a large dog, .:, nnlit in a rabid condition. He had been shot at in the road, and was apparently but very siigntiy wounueu. rt .v.p mrthad closed the door behind her, 1.1. Ulv B i J i,p tmA easily have done, the dog could not have entered ; but as it was, she led the mad creature uirecuj The door was behind and on one side of me. A really mad dog, As I turned and looked my heart m fnr T beheld, what I hope I may J ppn really mad dog, his m&hiseye- glaring, and his "My dear," replied Mr. Emerson looking up from his work, "my dear can't you go? You see I am billed in a dozen places to deliver this lecture on 'Memory.' and it isn't half finished yet." And that's what you call your lnier nal lecture, is it? said Mrs. Emerson barnlv. "A nice Dartv you are, tode i - - - . liver a lecture on 'Memory!, and whv. mv love?" said Mr. Em erson, meesiy "You never go out of the house that you don't forget to put on your hat or your boots, and you never take a letter of mine to mail that you don't carry it In our nocket for six months or a j year unless I happen to find it sooner During the past thirty daysjyou have carried out of this house and forgot to back brins; no less than seventy-five or eighty umbrellas ; and you know? your- RPlf that the last time you went to church vou took out your false teeth IIIOIO. ... 13 . vninAn tht I t SA !.. V..f rmm Tie had picKed up me iiroi -v pec&use, ns yuu,aiu, mcj " j ... ..v. nrh;rh hnnnened 10 una , j ..-mr nrl lpfr thpm in came wiiuin rcci, " r- cui us, ouu lawi. " j . ;n tlo rnrnpr near uis oti. i . a.s a niip mnn tn cane siautuug . ii I m scav. x ojr .? - " - Although iU duty when in ueorge - ik () & rultured au(ience on 'Mem- hand was ory and if vou don't trot right off to nevertheless, PPu.v-X-. . . L. I'll exnose Vou before i. i n f-histir uf i h i l miu ca i sk i - B v r - ior. m - - Qu,re twcnt four hours older " I1CU . . 1 ft nlrtTTO I r TT . . n r. rt O llinill frT -mi. ii,.- ho ntnirK me uus o"" u--, nr. r.iucruu twiira n a, iuu. i. V.o animal instantly ,1 ,! ..-Kn Via trnt thuro hp over ine uacn, - ine grw-ci , wu r- tnmpd noon him with a fierce snarl. for the life of him recollect "O Henry," 1 screamed, -oe careiw, lifpt" J -t . ' w the cane lie did not db"i' "w" . , - , t 'a mouth. The animal combats ol'tpn tfko 1 , - 1 . uie males, wnicti;ieT death oi the ri-ATs old, and carries ceives sgior over a year. The hunt- 'tfrs"whbm I had sent back to the moun tains returned on the 10th of March, with three beautiful specimens, a full- grown male, lemale, and a calf. The zoological distinctions between the wild and the tame camel are not very great, and now the question arises whether the wild camel is the lineal progress from tame camels, which, having es caped from the discipline of man, have wandered away in the desert, and be came wild? It is my opinion that the former theory is the correct one. 1 think that those qualities which, in the struggle for existence, offer to the ani mal the best chances for self-preservation, are strongly developed in the s ild camel. Their remarkably developed senses protect them against their prin cipal enemies man and the wolf. A wolf would scarcely be a match for a full-grown camel, and they have little to fear from man, on account of their acute eyes, ears and scent, and their choice of abode in the most impenetra ble localities. It is probable that the deserts of Lob-Nor have, from time im memorial, been the dwelling of the yild camel. In former times they may have been scattered over a greater space; at the present they inhabit only the most remote ana impenetrate coi ner of the Central Asian desert. He stopped at the doorway for -an instant then, with a growi, ue . Tbave heard people tell about thinking nuickly in times oi great unng, m part, I can say that on. this occasion I S3 noVthink at all. Hardly knowing what uia noi i. crrasDed the two ht- 1 Old, l Bcrnci o thpm to me. The dog advanced towards us, but he had .", .ipm when a boy's form SlvSL It was Henry Chal- BUUW.i"J kinds of gr: Ive empero: ferent len ent safegu; picture of ing much A lion grtfpwinik 8word iR . but two lionseto Anmn r x f . sqn and mweenutetfi. are much better. jA made of lime and burnt clay, an$ llitirat something at a dis tance, isifilLo4 r three paper ar rows, ormJsr hoy in the attitude oi shootinrrrGW, or an earthen liou, either -ese is also good. The f 1 f a Kourd is suspended by the bef children who have not yet had tl":-P0X' 011 -e last night of the yf because the god of measles will f'V tne small pox into tnesneu laced convenient to his hand. better plan' is to cover the face with an ugly mask, and e god of measles, who is mis isly addicted to spoiling pretty will not think it worth while to his small D-iK imon "so ugly a and will pasJhim by. The fiend is tricked outfcf his victim. The hied pictured of a tiger, lizard ipede, snake .id an unknown ani with three fit, suspended round ti neck, keep off e colic. A mirror impended to a n curain, face out- rd, will keepttie deyil away, be- iise on approacEig the room, he will : himself reflecl in the glass, and, ocked with hi.'wn ugliness, will Je llimSeil 1U U UTCJJ MVMll U1I- ti he forgets his light. Of the few inBinerable omens of fOoLr evil whiahe provident gods lieiffn to manifesffew hereare given : The magpie is ad of good omeij ; and hence if a man projecting, say an in vestment in stcks, and hears the voice of this bird, its! sure sign that stocks will go uy that this investment will be i siecess. A crow on the .other hi Up bird of evil omen. A z aiming to take uphisquar- ine ienne instinct points reaboiits of rats and mice, for dilapitated houses.' A crowing ben and a whistling woman are both bad omens both being unnatural, and whatever is unnatural is also unlucky. A eoek crowing before midnight is an other bad omen and will soon be killed or sold. Disadvantages In Life. Cultivating a beard. Sitting at the foot ot a boarding house table. Wearing tight boots witha big wad of cotton-darning in the heel. Walking through a crowded ferry boat with a year-old baby in your arms. Passing the club or billiard room without "dropping in to see who's there."" Having a bad cold in the head and no handkerchief within hailing distance. Being asked what time it is when your uncle is keeping your watch to suit his time. Endeavoring to persuade a tailor that the longer your bill goes over the soon er will the sun of resumption rise like a forty cent sky-rocket. Carrying a, scuttle of coal up stairs Ten Thonmod Years Ago. About four miles below. Camn VptH nzona, there are about fifty cliff or cave dJ?Jr hf ? a solid S3 ppnp ncA"f Iaide" order to riZrr.." " rams are i, 1 wuc rwma lead- fng from the main room. Many of these side rooms seems to have hppn 7Z ananes for in them have been small cells, wherein have been placed ears of com ?cot ton and other seed, and then cemenS over and made air-tight- Whp i...Irt are picked into, you find the earsTf Wat first apparently natural h. T . strikes them, or the finirpr grain falls to ashes, leaving nothing I7t S cob, which seems to he littip frJ;t,.A one of these cells I taanArZnZTT-J? sion as to what it was made of. They also contain water tanks or cisterns neatly hewn out, in the open valleys, extensive ruins of great cities. Judging from the debris, many of the buildings have lieen four or five stories high, built of stone neatly dressed, showing considerable mechanical skill in their construction. The parts of walls that are still standing bear traces of ancient writ ings and sculpture, with crosses and notches cut deep into the solid rock at regular in tervals. There are also traces of canals and reservoirs of vast dimensions, from which it is inferred that the country at one time was fertile and well watered. But the once beautiful and fertile valleys are now covered with boulders and flat-rock from the moun tains. They are also defaced by great yawning chasms a thousand feet in depth, cut down by the winter torrents of perhaps ten thousand years since the inhabitants have fled from their homes or perished amid wars and pestilence. Several of the largest cities must have contained several hundred thousand inhabitants. With the exception of broken pottery, but few relics are found. These pieces of pottery are remarkable from the fact they have been finely glazed and bear paintings of flowers and ornamental figures, the coloring matter of a high min eral substance of some kind, which can not or has not been defaced, and appears to be perfectly indelible. These relics have been exposed to the storms, which have worn away the solid masonry of the walls, and show the colors as when new. The pottery itself has been found to be perfectly fire proof, upon a severe trial in crucibles, while the heat of furnaces will not affect it. If the secret of its manufacture could be dis covered, it would be worth millions of dol lars to the possessor. The ruins are un doubtedly those of the cities built by the Aztecs, who populated the Southwest cen turies ago, and had their capitals on the present site of the City of Mexico when the Spaniard took possession of the country. exhibited It to the youngsters there it ui.sasy sany out boister ously hailed by the same name. When he returned home, he brought, Instead Of the Jumping Jack, a silver half dol lar, for which he had sold the toy to an eager, well dressed lad of his own age. And not only this, hut h orders from the boys for half a dozed more , to be made as soon as possible, i evening ne whittled, and before night had added to his canltal thrC more shining half-dollar, tk- day he doubled his money. The deT mand for iumninr.1..b. ' ! J Boys came to the door, diver In hand! to get what he had not time to make. story shall be brief. ' Alec's Sunday school teacher, whjo was a lawyer, procured fer him a pat ent on Jumping Jacks of every des cription; a rich old uncle of Alec's mother built him a factory and started him in business; and within a year from the afternoon when the poor laid wondered at the pranks of the colored boy, Jumping Jacks from the Ramsey factory were selling in great numbers all over America. j Truly Alec did "mak'a fortoon wi' his knife." j. To school he went; into a better house, all their own the family moved; easier circumstances, better health, less weariness, and ample means for doing good, came to the Kamseys. But the best point in my story is that a fine asylum and school for hunch backs, free to the poor, is one of th noble enterprises in which Alec has been chief contributor. j Those deformed Jads in the carriage yonder are from the "Ramsey Asyluiii for Hunchbacks." i That was Alec's carriage, aud that crooked gentleman on the back seat was Alec himself. Every fair after noon he is out in this way, taking a load of "his boys," as he calls them, and thus as otten as once a fortnight; he gives every inmate of the asylum 4 turn in the park. j , m , t "Matches Against Time." ; Chinese Charms. As a general rule, anything red is earviripahlp in this wav. To mark the "stops" in a book with red ink will jugt as the top is reached, to 'drop one keep away evil spirits from the reader ; shoe,'hear it go rattling to the bottom .uie'io thj' park this fair day, for I wish to shor you a scertain carriage and occupants and tell you a story The turn-out i a magnificent matoli, roomy Bod eoatay. but not fca- uy ; anu a uriver noi in iiyery, as manj are, but looking just the man for his work ; and such a load as are making merry within every one of them a hunchback! Yes, from the crooked gentleman on the back seat to the little fellows up bv the driver, are hunch backs, well dressed, happy seeming but with a wistful look and as they roll by, you see in them the introduc tion of my little story Someth'.ng like twenty years ago a miserable brick house in a back alley was the home of Archibald Ramsey, a Scotcn carpenter, lie worKeu uown town in a shop, making cornices, mold ings, mantels, and a variety of the B-J ' " more elaborate parts employed in tin ishing houses. Every evening he took home pocketfuls, and often handfuls also, of bits and ends of the shop These oddly shaped fragments oi snft. sweet-smelling- nine furnished amusement for poor little Alec, Mr Ramsey's hunchback boy; and when they had served this purpose, they were used as kindlings in the kitchen stove Alec was sixteen years old, and not while the partner of your joys stands taller than an average boy of 10. lie in the hall, and yells "Oh, Henry what Lwa9 Tery much deforrded, and had he a dirt you are making on iny new car- njVed in an age and country of kings pet!" seeking dwarfs oddities for 'court fools' For the first time in one's life asking or 'jesters ,' he would have been a prize a girl if she "wouldn't like to go out to some iron-handed tyrant It is some evening next week." and have about his play with the bits of pine her coldly say "No, you musn't keep from the shop that I wish to tell you late hours!" Many a droll pile he built on the Taking off one's shoe in the lower kiti-hen floor; many a funny thing he hall tn walk nn stairs noiselessly, and whittled out to amuse the little ones An Arab Donkey-boy will go at a run all the way from Cairo to the Pyrai mids and back again, without any visi ble signs of fathmejAik" rl" '' HcanTper through milts of .11 C Ari era rtr so, also, win ipieces i icu . strings. As those wicked spirits very often mutilate helpless little boys un less duly armed against them, parents like the gong of eternity. Owls and their Cses. manv a comical toy ne maue aim gave wav to neighboring children. 4 1 One genial aiternoon in .may, aicc crept out to enjoy the balmy air, and Dv the noise of the crowd of urchins on vacant lot at a little distance, was drawn in that direction. Here he saw NEWS IJf BRIEF. j M"; LXila Reed DavidsoaTof Lyme, Conn., died a few days ago" at the age of 95 years. ShA W.; . JVfe.: ofsixchildien, all of whom, attained the age Of 80 rear. Th. .. . u 71 i these children died at thVigTloi ' -Samuel Earl died recently atiiis home In Newark V -T- i "v"'" t. wo og years. ?rt,7ed. M a Pr,t the American army during the war of J812. He as wounded bv the nn.in, r . IT" sine, which was Slown un hwL iJrmsn. His wife. 83 lo. survives him. . V-7 -Mr. John D. PhUbrkk, the OnJUrt Mates Commissioner of -Education. aJ the Paris Exhibition, taaallnS. tne university oi rrauoe. In the missions of South Africa there are 180,000 native adherents, lot' wonm 35,000 are communicants; cole- nlal adherents, 358,000, giving a total of 538,000, making some Christian pro fession, or about one-sixth or tue en tire population of South Africa up to the Zambesi. j At the end of January the total number of paupers in London was S8,- 663, of whom 44,709 were In workhotfses and 43,954 received . out-door relief. These figures show a marked increase since January 1878 aud 1S77, but a de- . creise when coin paired with the figures of January, 1S76. . Two of the four 100-ton gns bought by the 'British Government from the Armstrong Company,. Yor $81,000 apiece, are to be sent to Gibral tar and two to Malta, where they will be mounted behind barbcKe earth works. Bi'foie bring shipped to thfeso two important positions they wllr bo thoroughly tested. The Episcopal Church In Iowa lias received a large beijuest from the astute of the late Mrs. Clarissa C. Cook, of ' Davenport. The will gives In all ITB1, 000, ot which $10,000 goes to destitute ' parishes, nearly $12,000 to the Diocesan Board of Missions, $50,000 to the Home of the Friendless, and smaller amounts to churches and other causes. i The widow of Robert Willis, who was killed by guerrillas during. (he war, recently died at Marrowbone, , Ky., and on her death-bed told of $65,- 000 in gold and $10,000 worth of jewel ry which her husband buried tn a cave to hide It from the rebels. 1 he treas- , ure was found In the spot described. ' : The widow bequeathed most of it and her homestead to her servants. Superintendent Eliot, of the Bos ton Departmeut or 1'umic acnouis, recommends that whipping pupils jungle in the dark, with a heavy ba 1 should not b permitted, when (he on his shoulders, shaking a bunch of " 1,1 ? vh "ai "were . I aVi svti li ha an'lnrnwual KaiuaAH 4.r metal rings to scare away the tiger an "ice and 'TZuZtZT hyena. Four meare Jflndoos, who that between two sessions." Bv the Il5. sratalnX ag u oraoar and all bla kalonclnsiJ over tne ground at a smart iroi iur hours together. Even more marvelous are the achievements of the Persian shatirs (professional couriers) who,; trained from their childhood to feats of strength and activity, dally acooniplish distances bordering upon the incredi ble. Not many years ago one of these; men reached Tehersn fully two hours before his appointed time, having oov-; ered an immense tract of very difficult country in fourteen hours of almost in cessant running; but his chief, so far from praising him, simply remarked i Could you not have done it in 12 r" and on his return journey the man ac tually did so. The occupation is a dan gerous one, not only from the extraorj dinary exertions which it deniands.but also from the fact of the runners being so tightly girdled that a fall or even a stumble would be certain death. Feri sian chroniclers relate that a certain native promised his daughter to any man who would keep up with his char iot all the way from Teheran to Ispa han. A celebrated shatir undertook the task and held his own till the gate was full in view, when the Shab, alarm ei at the prospect of having to make good his rash promise, let fall his whip The runner, knowing that it would cost him his life to stoop, contrived to pick it up with his feet. The treacher ous monarch then dropped his ring, when the Shatir, seeing his fate was sealed, exclaimed reproachfully : "Oh, King, you have broken your faith, but I am true to mine !" picked up the ring and fell dead on the spot. Old Praetleas. what he had come for. TKi,. am no a heavy kick, which SVhim off his feet, Henry's motive evi dently being to knock him senseless, .demiy oei"s repeated several rnis "fuaA to geize the times, until u b-- bj8 rt and made an attack uponJJ'J out 1o88 cf a day, and I :&y' to know for the,r Froflt, 91,iOO. "To sum it up, six long years of bed ridden sickness, costing $200 per year. total 11.200 -all of this expense was stopped by three bottles of Hop Bitters ikfin bv mv wife. She has done her own housework for a year since, with want every- benefit." The utility of ths-eommon owl as a red cloth in the pock- of vermin is scarcely likely ",,v""l"v . . .. I -J - - - I A T-r mH k i!fu follora onrt hraid tne Ki ll0fl In miPaf inn at t.h msiwnt a COlorea Boy, uuiiicu ua, nuvuiiiui. eu ui iuc iiiuc itiivo i iv w 'i - i 1 - - . . n o nwnf rpd silk to pre- Li a rpmarkable instance in Doint for the amusement of the party all vent fiends from cutting it off. Yellow u recorded by Herr Grote in the Jour- sorts of pranks in imitation of circus i. pffipnoinns. Strips i a,. H.nnvr Agricultural Socie- performers. Bareheaded and clothed of this paper six to twelve inches long, Ly. Last Fear this gentleman discov- ta stripped red and yellow garmenU i.rihprt with red or black ink, are PFpJ m garden an owi s nest duui oi coarse h.., n n..rti.ins. or it is h . iw.iin tm. When first observed ed almost made of india rubber. u..,i chpa minted with tea nt.ind fnr eirgs and the bodies Alee watched his capers la amaze- UU1 lit ailU l" oav- B I lb ,vaas- - - I j m a ,,1. h.M miiP On tha fo lowinc ment. ever oeiure ii av. Ue KCU .ulu dav six of the mice had been devoured antics, or even thought them poss'hle- .A r.h ,,p intrrvinr in Itwas no wonder tbat the frail stiH- their place. On the third daV six more jointed little hunchback dreamed it all ad.iprt to the stock, and the over again, as he did tnat nignu carcasses of seven more were found in The next morning his whittling gen- a contiguous hollow ef a tree. Day af- ius took shape from this event, and be- ter day the same thing was observed, tore noon he had produced a rude pine a fresh supply of mice being constantly image of the neero-head, arms and i-.ut.wi TTromWrcumstances which legs loosely hung with bits of broom- are not specifically mentioned, Herr wire, and the whole curious arranged i ahiPtncontimiP hiaob- I so that by working a string, it would ' I ... . . I . t.irn cnmpraaults. and in the pocket or braided into the queue servatlons for a period oi iouneen aays, jump, uW - ' . r or thev mav be baten into a ring and but within that time the number of go tnrougu qu.uc mice found in tne nest was ascenainea to be more than two hundred, andln addition to these the wing cases of a large number of dung beetles were found in the same place. In order to avoid any source of possible error in or hot water and drank as a speom, against evil influences. Ancient coins are verv good also. They are tied to the w risis of new born babes and put under the bed of the newly married. The small point of an old iron plough share will do if the coin is not conven ient, for iron of any kind is potent against spirits. A knife that has been used in killing a person is very excell ent. Iron nails that have beeri used in scaling a coffin are not amiss, if carried worn in that shape until a boy is six teen years old. Yet, excellent as are these remedies, they are used only on the defensive ; but, as the fiend may feel more or less emboldened by mere defensive tactics alone, an aggressive policy is often this computation, tbe observer took the precauuou oi uiarsaua, j "f adopted especially in the case pf a man lying sick in bed. For this purpose a heranen whin is made in the Shane OI a suake, with which the bed and bedstead . . . , i vf a'titi.h tions. w ltn coioreu peutiip, .- he had gome cheap specimens, he blac pnl its head, neck, bands and feet, reddened its lips, whitened its eyes and rudely stripped in yellow and red the hndv all in imitation of the little ne- oto ovmnast. Before it was completed his younger brother who had been with In some parts of Scotland, in former times, the plow used to be drawn by four horses abreast, and required the attendance of three men. The busi ness of one man was to drive. For that purpose he placed himself between the middle horses, with his face toward the plow, to guide it straight, and in this position he stepped backward with the reins in bis hand. Another walk ed behind the horses with a check staff, which fastened in the front of the beam, and, by means of It, regula ted the depth of the furrow by raising or lowering the plow as occasion re quired. The plowman followed, with a bolt of stilts ; and with this formida ble and ludicrious manner they repeat ed their attacks on the soil. In harvest a basket machine was placed, on horse back for carrying home the grain, and persons were employed on each side, with folks to keep tt in a proper position. It is said tbat this practice la yet to be met with in Galloway. ii ui.i mil., " j gr i j v rvi nf mi whn first noticed, so as to I mm me aay r VJ " ' I ... 1 w. rr. . .L.i ....ii,. i,.. inl, -i.v v Ana in mo uwiuwu hould be counted twice. . 1 when he went to the vacant lot 8 and The American navy bas 2.020 of ficers, 7,500 men, and pays $3,822,000 annually to the formerand '$2,300,000 to the latter. The total value of cotton goods manufactured in New Hampshire 4n 1878 was $30,688,500, of woollen goods, 19.222.000, of boots and shoes, $U, 755,000, and of lumber, $6,174,900. The grand total of all manufactures was oaer, $96,000,000. i in una wita nuu. - . - r -, Of late year turn rxlloy mf ntali'taf heavy engines and long trains seems to , have prevailed on the Boston and Al bany Railroad, but the managers are' not all agreed on tne auvisaointy oi tuis plan. The testimony of the engineers and track hands is to tne eneci mat the heavy engines now being run "are tearing the track all to pleies," and will necessitate the laying or new raus and building up the road-bed anew much oftener than ought to be necessary. The usual number of men employ ed upon the scavenging of the streets of Berlin is 700. But during almost the whole month of January it was neeessarv to sunnlement the regular staff by a corps of about 1400 assistants, in order to clear away tne snow, cur ing January over 100,000 cartloads or snow were carried away, and yet a great number of streets remained tin passable. From the commencement of the snowfall (about December 11) to the end of January over 140,000 loads of snow had been carted away, and about 250,000 marks ($02,500) expended on the scavenging of the streets. , In the Government of Cberaon, Russia, in the bed of a river, a peasant found an egg of unusual size. It is equal to fortyjien's eggs, whereas the . ostrich egg is equal to only twenty four. It is of a yellowish color, and being found between the clay and gyp sum layers, is supposed to belong to the tertiary formation. The purchaser of this egg offered it to the Imperial Academy ot Sciences, St. Petersburg, ! for 1000 roublas. The Academy failed to buy it, on account of lack of means, but asked permission to take a mould from it. The British Museum hat now bought this unique egg, to the grief of the Russian students of natural science. In digging the foundations for a new shaft at the rear of premise, in lng-acre, London, a week or two ago, some workmen came upon a chest ixn taimng a large number of gold and sil ver coins of the reign of Henry VIII in a high state of preservation. Besides a quantity ot miscellaneous articles, the box contained about- twenty pieces ui church plate and ornaments. Amo.ig these were a massive cnaiice, a cioon um and a mon -trance, all set with precious stones; a flnely-carved craz ier head, a lapis lazuli crucifix, a pec toral cross and chain attached, some small vessels, and what appears to have been the mitre of an abbot or a blshep. At the foot of the chalice a cross w'.th a nimbus is engraved, and In a scroll the Iitin inscription, ."Ad majorcm Dei gloriam," MUs Lucy A. Osborne of New Mil ford, Conn., whose scalp, right ear and part ot the right cheek were torn off in September. 1874, by machinery In which her hair caught, and who has since been at a New York hospital, is now at home. A new scalp has grown upon her bead by the grafting thereon of minute bits of skin. The pieces were contributed from the arms of the hos pital surgeon.. The total number of pieces used in this operation was 12,060. One of the surgeons contriblted from his person 1302 pieces, and another gave 865. The appearance of the scalp now is similar to that of a healed wound. Of course there ean be no growth of hair thereon. In the first of the grafting process bit of skin the size of uickle pieces were employed,, but not with good success, an 1 at the suggestion of an English surgeon much smaller pieces were substituted, and with excellent results.. ; ' W1U1 .
The Blue Ridge Blade (Morganton, N.C.)
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May 10, 1879, edition 1
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