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Napier and the Indian swa sdsman.


sword as also of Ma piers simplicity ofcharacter,
After the Indian b;,lrs, ON one occasion a fam
ons jug.cr visited the camp and performed
his. feat before the general his family, and
staff. Among. other performances, this NAB
cut III Two with stroke of his sword a lime
or lemon placed in the hand of tis assistant.
Napier, Thought there was some collusion'be.
tween the jugggier and his retainer To divide
by sweep of the sword OH ii na,'s hand SO
small an object without touching the flesh he
believed to be impossible though, a similar
incident is rcasedby Scott in his romance of
The Talisman. 10 determine the point, the
General offered his own hand for The cxretf.
mcnt, and lie stretched out his rigl,: arm a'Fhs
jaggler looked attentiveiy at tile hand, and
said he would not make tial. ."I thought +
would ful YOU out" exclaimed Napier. "Buti
STOP" added the other, "lct me see your frh
hand" The left hand was submitted, aud the
n'aa then said firmly, '1f you will hoi6 your
arm STEADY | will perform the feat" "Baewfy~
lhe left and hot tho right?" "Bccause the
right hand is hollow in the~ccnter, and there 4:
risk of cutting of the thumb; the left is.high3
and the danger will be less. Napier was star.
tied. Il g., trightened,' he said; "I saw IL
WAS M actrh feat of delicate swordsmanship,
and if / had not abused the man as did before
nry staff, ,and challenged him to the trial; / hon,
cstIy acknowledge would have retired from
the encounter. However, / put the lime on
my hand and set out my Tin steadily. - The
juggfer balanced himself, and with swift stroke
cut the limeIn two pieces, Ifeit the edge of.
the sworo OH my hind ae ifa cold thread had
been drawn across it; and SO much Cie addedJ
for tue brave swordsmen Of India, whern our
6ne fellows defeated at .Meeance' This aheca
dete, is certainly proof Of the sincerity of an
he,,est mind, ready to acknowledge error, and Of
bravery and ofoalmness in espiaing that error.
OrrpEssroN IN 'GERMAxr.-Not the least
important item of intelligence received to day
BY the Pacific relates to tho action of the Ger
mamie Diet at Frankfort upon the claim of the
mobiles Of WmtcmburG, to Le rcinstated in the
e1joyment of all the oppressive baronial p1vi.
lcges which they rehuunced in 1S4s, when
struck by the panic of the revolution. They
have sufficiently recovered from the panic to
demand that the old state ofthngs shall be
restored. Accordingly they make an applica.
ton to this effect to the Diet Of Frankfort,
and we have the ncws to day that the Diet took
cocrizance ofthe affair in is sitting Of the 26th
Of October and admitted the claim Of the no
blcs
1t accordingly adopted resolution in Sirture
of which the government at Stutgardt is en-
Joined to make arrangements to the end that
the claimants may receive an indemnity for
having lost their rights of vert and venery, their
matrimonial jursdietion, their exemption from
certain imposts &C., which they had renounced
in lS4S. According 10 the Diet, this step is
Indispensable for putti,rg the laws Of the king
dom of Wurtemburg in unison with the federal
laws. D.
Thus we see that the Diet at Frankfort is
nothing moro nor less than a great Juggernaut
in the hands of the princes and mobiles of Ger:
many, for the purpose of crushing out the lib.
the mobiles Of ~Wuremburg is a long stride in
the reactionary movement which seeks to brush
away all traces of the revolution Of 1913. This
movement will continue until the people, exas-
perated at the wrongs thus inflicted upon them,
will embrace the first opportunity to preciritate
"a crisis and raise revolution -Erening Post.
SETTING TYPE BY SrEAM.--It may not be
known beyond very narrow circle that five
full sized and expensive machines are IN full
tide of operation in setting type, in the establish
ment of MIR. Trow in this city, There is bsfev-
ed to be one in use to some extent in Paris;
but with this exception these are the only nfs.
chimes actually working for this purpose within
our knowledge. These five give, employment to
ten large and. an Equal number of small girls.
swSitha foremalisto osersee, and one additional
female to supply the macl.iaes with type Two
composttors alternately relieve eaclpother, first
serins and next justifying aquantity Of matter
while the smaller attendantssbasy themselvesin in
distributing and axranging'tEe type for the ma.
Chimes. Ihree thousand ems of long primer
have been set in an hour or twenty six thousand
in a dayaften hours BY one gal; but much
depends, Of course Oh the skill Of the operator.
The extreme caVacity:oftee machine is ten
thousand per hour eqpalto about a column
aud half of this typein the Tribune; but
this limit will probably never be reached. The
machine is driven by a band on puv, and
the labor of setting consists in lingering a set
of KEYS ike piano. Each kinds carried for
ward on separate band, and deposited continu.
ouslv on single tape, running diagonally across
the line of the first. From this second tape
they are dropped into a wheel which in turn
leaves them standing single file on a long gal.
lev from which they are taken and made up
into lines Of proper length, The enterprise has
not until quite lately been made to assume a
form in Which it appears pecuniarily profitable,
ard even yet must be rcckoned as hopeful
experiment ratl.cr thana triumphant success
Tribune.
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