The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-10-28

says lllHt hoSeS Wuue lue peoP1o WIN"
the golden cali; while the chemists Of
our day tell US they have no means OF
making gold liquid except by acids or
by heat, neither Of which would give il a
iorm which we would be pleased 10 drink
The Roman walls were built without
morler, aud yeI so nicely joined lha. you
could no, get pen,knife between them.
One Of the obnlisks that was taken in
France was worked upon by an cngraver
for three weeks, and after spelling several
cases of bis best tools, he could only en-.
grave two lines. These would imply IN
s,rumcnts superior TO our own, II Cham.
polIion can be trusted, the Damascus
blades Of The crusading times cannot be
equnlled. They could bt n, double without
breaking. Allusions 10 the cold blasts
may be found in the Hindoo writings Of
700 years ago, whero it is said that a
thiefain had no sword, AMI was waiting
for one to be forged, grew so impatient that
he Sc ized il from the anvil while red hot
and rushed up the mountain side 10 j"in
The fray, where the cold air tempered II
botore he could meet the foe. Every
one who has read Sir Waller ScoIl's
works, knows of description of a BAN
qnet meeting between Richard Cor dc
Lion and Solad,n, where each tested the
character Of his weapon; Richard cut an
iron bar al a blow, but SaIadin severed a
light cushion al a touch, and throwing up
a handcrch;efso light that il A ,ated away
upon tho air, drew his blade across It
Without any disturbance Of its easy mo-
ton, dividing it III Two pieces.
In tho mechanic arts. When we look
upon tho immense masses OF tie ruins OF
Carnac, upon the Pyramids and find
lever 10 move such blocks wanting in our
day, we are led TO infer that the ancients
possessed great mechanical conrVances.
" hat was that means by which The great
porpbyry block we're conveyed frnp he
quardes into Thobes- but one Of which,
and the smallest, did the Roman cons
querers, in later times. find possible, with
all their appliances. 10 remove TO Rome.
Arogo says that the ancicnts used steam
lie has seen on a painted ring the PIC
ture Of boat with paddles, which must
have been propelled either by hydrostaI
les or by steam; and i, is we'll known thai
the ancient Egyptian priests used steam
to perform miracles. The priests were
men Of science, ard Jealousy keep, in their
own ptivlledged order, as the basis Of
their influence; SO that, when Cnm-
byses the Persian conquerer thundered
over Egypt and crushed out the p'est-
hood, the science that built the pyr;mds
aud piled giant masses Of stone, and per
formed other equally wonderful leafs, was
was los, with them. There is now in
that country canal choked up with sand,
many miles loug, forty feet deep. and
wide enough for Two war galIeys 10 Iidc
abreast; GlO0,000 would pu. it in com
pIele repair; Hrrodo,us tells us hat il
was bull, by Sesoslis, the contemporary
of Moses.
Tho very ancient cities for fear Of p>
rates, we're built inland. Thebes was
80 miles inland, and good distonce from
it's qunrrics. Extending from the quar-
ries 10 the city and port, we find solid
bucks Of stone, laid on level, which
anccu, writer's tell us were used Us roads
and here we have the first principle OF
,nodcrn railroads. Along this stone lcv|
81, parallel groves were cut, and here VIC
have a second principle Of the railroad
i Stephens in lis recent travels in Central
America found there just such levels
with the remains of iron or other metals
set in the grouves, and here wo have the
third principle.
Braham's celebrated lock, wo are told
was partially copied from pictures o.
Egyp,iau locks in use three thousand
years ago.
Many of fus may have heard of the ma
goians who came before the monarchs o
Delhi, and performed seven wonderful
fea,s, and we cannot doubt the lhruih o
| the narration, for six Of those tricks, tray
elers tell US, can be seen TO this day for {
guinea on the banks Of the Ganges; The
Hindoo will willingly perform :hem for
compen sa,ion. The seventh feat, whicl
is lost, was this: at midnight mighty bal
Of fire was suspended over Delhi,and sucl
brilliant light flushed downward from /