Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-01
were and their value, and, in fact, ,ev.
cry subject worthy of interest has

int diligence, some good, some bad.
How in one part q dreadful famine
prevails, While in another the coun.
try. was bringing forth the richest
crops of rice, silk and other cOmiho-
dities. From China 1 have received
Intelligence that the tea plant yielded
q large crop. From Turkey that the
Sultan was son the point of send
| ing, An ambassador to- Ispahan
| about some question. connected with
| the Faithful. From all parts of the
world received Intelligence concern.
ing the large money stransactions !;
alSo. the lists of ships which had ar
rived In England the day before,
those W hich had been lost at sea, and
the number of brave sailors who had
,perished in them. Other intelligence
has beeu sent to me concerning the
breed of horses, and the great races
which had been run, not only in
kEYgland, but, in other parts of the
Ew,orld. In fact, not only were sub
fjScts of great Importance transmitted
to me, but others of the most trifling
description I received intelligence
of an enormous gooseberry having
been picked from u bush fifty miles
| distant Of cat having been born
with three legs Of large fish which
| had been thrown ashore mauy hun
dreds, of miles to- the north Of our
capital. Also that one lords dog had
run faster than another's; how many
birds some individual had killed in a
day how the boys at 1.-TWO great pub
lie schools had played a match at
football how man in some place
had lived. till he was one hundred
and seven years of age; while in an
other town three fourths of the chill
dren died before they were five years
of age. Ihave also had Intelligence
son t me a. to the state of tho wealth
the wind, whether strong aud stormy,
or mild aud gentle, as to the weather,
If wartn or cold, as well as the pro-
bable state OF tho weather t0-Inor-
row. AIn fact, whether on great or
small subjects, the amount of intelli-
gence have received has been t"1ly
surprisings But that il not. all. Per-
hapss the lnOstswonderfult thing about
the whole is the Immense Dumber OF
persons-msnys hundreds-who have
beeu empioyed during the Whole OF
the night finding information, and
for whose e1ertions no higher com.
pensation is required, than the one
copper coin l spoke about 81
"'Y0ur lordship greatly surprises
me- Isaid. sThisi is indeed a won
dertul country But will your lord
ship allow me to ask question: IL
the amount of information you re-
ceive merely that which you desire
to hear, or are other subjects brought
under your notice as well?' az
"'As you may easily imagiue.
Hassan, from the detailsI have given
! you, u great deal more information is
brought uuder my notice than am
at all interested in. But why do you
ask the question p
"'Because it appears to me very
hard that you may occasionally ire
ceive bad news as well as good. You
may hear of things you don't want to
know, as well as those pleasing 10
you.' l-f f-'"Aas.'l"' 80 - ~
"'There, Hassa,, my friend, you
are right. And, in fact, L have this
morning received intelligence which
has caused me great pain aud uneasi-
ness. A misunderstanding lately oc.
curred between two potentateb on
the continent of Europe, both rich
aud powerful, with many hundred
thousands of armed men ut the COM
mand of each, and the result has been
terrible war, which is now raging
fearfuliy. One party, the German Cot
which your country knows but little)
has hitherto been the conqueror, sue
cess having followed them in almost
every action they fought; and grad
ually they. are advancing on their
ncighbor's capital, which, it is ex-
pected, they will soon besiege. Now
| Ihavea sister married to q French
nobleman, who has been wounded by
the enemy and taken prisoner, aud
she is at present laid ou bed of sick
ness in the capital of the country, far
away from her CASTLE, which, L find
from the information L have received,
has been attacked, aud III great part
destroyed. This has caused me great
sorrow, not only frem the loss her
husband has sustained, but the de-
struction of SO beautiful an edifice,
for there were few to be found su-
perior to it in the whole country -
"'Do you mean that the castle has
been totally destroyed p inquired.
| "tNo, Hassan,' said his lordship,
but il has been greatly injured.
However, expect to hear more about
it in the course Of q few daya, for l
am now upon thespoint of writing 10
France TO request that as soon as
possible they will catch on paper the
shadow of the castle, and send it to
me- t' ''f f-H af r.
"'Did l understand your lordship
to say you were about to order then,
n 0Qf ah <>f
'Such ls my Intention, Hassau. ,
replied his lordship, and as you pos
sibly may doubt what saw, as soon
rs it arrives will show it to YOU. or
| rather should say them, for l intend
having many shadows caught, az thew
are thrown from different parts of the
building ra@ ell = 5I
"Seeing looked puzzled at his
statement, his lordship remarked.
Ou seem surprised, Hassan, at
what l tell you, but it is a fact. There
are genii so wonderful that they will
not only catch the form of the castle,
with its windows, doors, roofs, ami
battleInents all complete, but the
shape OF the stones which compose its
walls as well. They will do more, for
they will catch the trees, and every leaf
| vASioiS oh lAcius Lucy Will also catch
on paper the very shadow of bullet as
it passes from gun through tile air,
and send it any distance they please.
But as / see you still have doubts of
the truth OF what l tell you, l will
say no more, but wait till the shad-
ows arrive, aud then you shall Judge
for YOURSELF iag
"a few days aiterward his lordshiu
sent TOR me to come iutJ his private
room, and there l found spread ON
the table before him mum Der of these e
shadows which had been caught, and
printed ou sheets OF paper. His lord.
ship had not i'll any manner oYersta-
ted the case. Not only were the large
breaches which had been made in tlc
castle perfectly visible, but every
slight damage that had been done to
the stones I'll the wal, or the carvings
! round the windows, and every bro
ken pane Of glass as well. The trees
surrounding the castle, with every
broken branch, and every leaf, were
derfectly visible. His lordship also
showed me another paper on which
was the destroyed dwelling OF q la
berer, the man lying dead on the
ground before his door, and the wife
ana children weeping beside him.
After had admired the wonderful
ingenuity which had produced such
great results, his lordship said To