St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-09-29

numbers, say 100000 that could he
marshallcd on the west side of il man
who was standing for that purpose on
the European shore of the BOsphorus.
Now il fullgrown, healthy, male flea.
will .iump-say the length of ii man, or
principle that action and reaction are
equal, we may. suppose, estimate this
To be the force of his kick. or in other
words, standing on one bcdpost he
could kick another flea of equal weight
with himself six feet, to the opposite
one. This is our unit of measure he
fOrce-unil, and the peight-unit is the
weight of one flea avoiriupois. APP
plying it now to the case of the man.
The combined kick of our whole force
of :}OO,OOO lusty flcas. would tlten he
equivalent to 3OO,O0O force -sAfts; or
l.Sm,OlW feet, (34l miles nearly.) the
distance through which one weight-unit
Ia tica) would he projected. But we
have already estimated the man to he
.72S 900 flea weights: hence the dis
tance to which he could he projected
must he proportionately less, or about
l.Ol feet Now the Bo>phorus being
nowhere less than half mile (26lO fl. }
in width the proposition is manittstly
! absurd and demand for my clients
heavy damages from the unprinciplcd
caumniator. of the kind demanded bv
Shylock the jew.
have passed worse nights than the
one III the little mosque room ut Franli.
In the morning we made our breakfast
on bread. milk and youourt, and then
dropping Il few pia>trcS in the hand
OF the rndm of the village to pay for
our lodging. AS we rode away, the
Whole village came ont to See us calling
ont roJhoor oIdr oIsoon, roJLoor oldr
oisooH the common salutation to one
setting out on Il journey. meaning, bon
roydge'
This morning We took Il guide from
franli I" conduct u> up t" the top of
Il mountain Mt. Chi"ni. some 1000 feet
high. ON the top OF which are the uin>
"t an ancient city. Ii was Il Wild coum-
Try through which We passed. covered
with rocks and hnudcr>. which re
minded me "t New Hampshire. Om the
side of one of these large b"uldrrs. our
guide pointed out IN ancient inscription
in Greek. and beside il Il rude cross
carved III the rock. which were pIuha-
hlN t"r beams "r rattcrs. and seemed to
show that some time long ago there
had been there a little church or shrine.
1t must have been ut least five hundred
Years ago us the Turks held the Truad
long before they came to Constantine
Pile. After two hours of climbing among
the rocks. We reached the top uf Mt.
| Chigmi. The ancient city wall. of which
| spoke. can hc traced foI Il long dis
tamcc around its summit. and II Is said
/ that there are remains of buildings. but
We did not see them. The walls are
| quite massive and the city must have
been Il very strong one. 1t is quite re
maI kahle that history preserves III"
name for this mountain city. Straho
mentions several cities in the Troad
| that were strongly fortified from their
| position, and among others hc speaks OF
Ncandria. which WAS probably the one
/ situated here on Mt. Chigni. One ap-
/ prc"latrs the marks that Time makes
when he comes to stand on the site of a
cit! which not only is entirely destroy
ed, hut the very name of which is for
gotten. The view from here waS very
fine, embracing the vast vaonca forests
toward the south and west, bounded bv
Mt. Ida and the Igcam. and the VALLEY
of the ScInIandcr on the east and north
stretching clear across the Trojan plain
To where the river cmptics into the
lIcllr>pont.
Coming down from the mountain
which WAS 80 rough that we had to lead
our hnrSeS. we after Il little struck the
bed Of Il stream and followed it until it
cmpticd into the Scamander near
the Turkish town of Inch. We
stopped here for an hour or 81 to
rest our horses and take il lunch. Ii
WAS in IL khan. The khan You know is
the oriental hotel. kept on the "Eu-
ropcan PLAN" to the extent that You
pay for what you have, and can take
your meals where You choose. but in
every other respect is decidedly oriental
| We rode into Il large open court and
hitchcd our horses. Around this court
there were several small rooms. into
one of which we were shown. Its only
furniture consisted OF IL raised bench
that could serve for Il seat or bed and
several populouS mattresses. Not car
ing t" engage with the enemy in the
daytime. however. we let the mattresses
entirely alone. and called for table
( and some stools. After our lunch of
cold chicken, bread, lemons and raisins.
we strolled about the town little, and
then mounting our horses rode on down
the river. During this afternoon. moth
ing of special importance or interest
occurred. 1t was Il beautiful ride down
the valley of the Scamander. as it flows
between two ranges of hills. Some
times 1t was almost il PERCEPTIONS ascent
from the stream to the height of sew
| er;ll hmndred feet. and tLen nnain tLu