Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-07-10
NUMBER %.
from the very earliest period. Mr.. Charles

lIou tlc very earliest perlOQ. Mr.. Charles
Vincent, in an English scientific journal,
sets forth some new facts in reference to
| this subject: In the sepulchres of Thebes
may be found delineations of butchers
sharpening their knives on round bars of
| iron attached to their aprons The blades
of the knives are painted blue, which fact
proves that they were of steel, for in the
| tomb of Ramases III. this color is used
to indicate steel, bronze being represented
by red. An English gentleman has re
Gently discovered near the wells of Moses,
| by the Red Sea, the remains of an iron
works so vast that they must have en-
| ployed thousands of worknen, Near the
works are to be found the ruins of a tenn
pie and of barrack for the soldiers pro
tecing or keeping in order the workmen.
| These works are supposed to be at least
| three thousand years old.
| A SAD SToRY-It is not hard to believe
/ that Dickens early hard experience was
/ grief even in memory. The despair of
children is keen-as keen as Their innate
sense of justice Here is a sad little story
| from Germany, the moral of which is ap-
| plicable to any civilized country. In
Muirenburg boy only ten years old lately
! hung himself in his school-room, leaving
letter in which he placed his death at
his teachers door, lbequeathed his small
! property to his sister, and asked pardon
of his father and mother for the sin he
was about to commit Inquiry showed
that during the mornings lessons the boy
was inattentive, and his teacher, instead
of suspecting fatigue, could think of no
! better remedy for this than censuring and
Furnishing him, in spite of his being
usually a willing and industrious scholar,
and of a constitution not strong. Taking
| exhaustion for laziness, the master struck,
/ threatened, and at last locked him alone
| in the school-room, where the unhappy
and tired little fellow, utterly hopeless,
scribbled his pathetic letter and went out
of the world
SOLDIER Misunderstanding to good
authority, MacNahon, the soldier Presi-
dent of France, is q true military republi-
can in many of his ways, and vastly popu-
lar. He lives a retired, unostcntatious
life; and, though he displayed eXtraordi-
nary pomp when sent, IL few years ago, on
an embassy to Prussia, his manners are
unpretending and his dress plain. He
seldom appears in uniform, and the only
mark of distinction he wears is the red
ribbon of the Legion of Honor. His most
marked characteristics are "A love of chill
dren and fondness for study. He made
a triumphal entry into Milan in 1859, with
a little girl, who had offered him a nose
gay, perched upon his holsters. He is
probably as well versed in military his
tory as Faidherbe, and is often busy with
a child and map upon his knees. His
tavorite amusement is riding In society
he is shy, almost sad, and seems i'll at
ease. He likes to saunter about the boule-
ward, with his hands in his pockets and a
cigar eternally in his mouth, when he is
not on horseback; and he is seen to most
advantage at home, surrounded by his
family.
HIGGINs's DoG.-It was a great many
years ago, at camp-meeting, that Brother
Higgins, a good man but passionately
! fond of dogs came in one day accom-
panied by a black and tan hound Some,
body asked him to address the congrega-
ton, and he mounted the stand for that
purpose, while his dog sat down on his
launches Immediately in front, looking
at his master. In the midst of the dis
course, which entertained us much, an
other dog came up, and after few social
shifts at Brother Higgins's dog began to
examine the hind leg of the latter with his
teeth, apparently for the purpose of ascer-
tanning if it was tender. An animated
contest ensued, and one of the cOngrega-
ton came forward for the purpose of sep
arating the animals His efforts were
not wholly successful. He would snatch
at the leg of Higgins's dog, but before his
hand got there the yellow dog would be
on that side, and would probably take an
incidental and cursory bite at the dea-
cons hand. Brother Higgins paused in
his discourse and watched the deacon.
Then he exclaimed, "Spit in his eye,
Brother Thompson; spit in the hounds
eye." Brother Thompson did, and the
| fight ended. "But | just want to say"
continued Mr.. Higgins, "that outside of
the sanctuary that dog of mine can eat up
any salmon colored animal in the State,
and then chaw up the bones Of its ances-
tors for four generations without turning
hair! You understand me?" The ser.
| vices roceeded.-Har Adeler.