Daily Republican., 1879-03-08

| -" ,You have lost . camel, " ssid he 70
the morchAnts. BAY
"Indssd We have, they replied.
"Was he not blind In his right eye
and lame In his left leg!" said the
dsrvish. '..' " r F." ~
"He was, " replied the merchants.
Had he lost front tooth " said
tho dervish. .''..' .....
He had" rsjoined the merchants.
And vas he not loaded with honey
on one aide and wheat on the other "
"Most certainly he was, they re-
piled "and a you have seen him 50
lately, and marked him so particularly,
you can In all probability conduct us
unto him. T" ........
"Ay.friends," said the dsrvish. ~
have never seen your camel, nor ever
heard Of him, but from you"
"A pretty story, truly" said the
merch ants; "but whore are the jewels
which formed part Of his oargos"
II have neither seen your camel nor
your Jewels" repeated the dervish.
On this they seized his person, and
forthwith hurried him before the cadi,
whore, on the strictest search, moth
ing could be found upon him, or could
any evidence whatever be adduced to
convict him either Of falsehood or Of
theft. ...... .....-
They were then about TO proceed
against him as . sorcerer, when the
dsrvish with great calmness thus ad-
dressed the court: ~ have been much
amused with your surprise, and own
that there has been some ground for
your suspicious; but have lived long,
and alone, and / can find ample scope
for observation, even In . desert. l
knew that had crossed the track Of .
camel that had straysd from Its owner,
because saw no mark Of any human
footstep on the same route; l knew
that the animal was blind In one eye,
because it had cropped the hsrbage only
on one side Of Its path; and perceived
that II was lame in one log from the
faint impression which that particular
food had produced upon the sand;
ooncl uded that the animal had lost one
tooth, because wherever 1t had grszed
. ANAL tuft Of heritage was left unin-
iured in the centre Of its bite. As 10
that which formed the burden Of the
beast, the busy ants informed me that
it WAS corn on the one side, aud the
clustering flies that 1t was honey on the
other."-Penny Magazine.
FUNw WITH A SPIDKR.-Spiders, in many
respects, are jus: like other animals,
and can bs tanned and potted and taught
. great many lessons which they will
learn as rapidly Is 3 dog or cat. But
you must take the trouble to study
their way and get on the good side Of
them.
One day had been reading in book
how spiders managed to get their webs
across streams and roads and from the
top of one small tree to another.
went out and caught large garden
spider, one Of those blue gray sprawling
fellows, and fixed him up fer my exper-
imeIt.
took = stick about eighteen inches
in length, and fastened piece of iron
at one end Of it, 80 that the stick would
stand up on that end Of itself. Then
put this stick in the centre of large
tub half full OF water, and placed the
spider upon the stick. WANTED to see
if he could get to the "land' which was
the edge Of the tub, without any help
He ran down first one side Of the
stick and then the other; each time ht
would stop when he tou ched the water
aud shaking his feet as a cat does, h
would run up again. At last he came
to the conclusion that he was entirely
surrounded by water-on all island IL
fact. After remaining quiet..for Ions
while during which | have NO doubt ht
was arranging his plans, he began run
ming around the top of the stick, throw
ing out great coils ofweb with his hinc
feet. In few minutes little FINE
strings of web were floating away If
the slight breeze that was blowing
After little, one of these threads touch
ed the edge Of the tub and stuck fas
as all spider webs will. This was jus
what Mr.. Spider was looking for, ane
the next minute he took hold of Thu
web and gave 1t jerk Is sailor doe
a rope, when he wishes to see how
strong it is, or make it fast.
Having satisfied himself that it was
fast at the other end, he gathered it il
till it was tight and straight, and the'
ran OIL il quick y to the shore; res
cued castaway, saved by his own ingea
nuity Spiders are not fools, II they ar
ugly, and He who made all things, ha
a thought and care for all. The cart
is fall of the knowledgeof God.-Con
greqat,onaiist.
NATURE PRocLAIMs 4 DBITY.-Ther
is a Godl The herbs of the valley, tn
ce,lars of the mountain, bless him til
insect sports in his beam; the bird
sings him in the foliage; the thunde
proclaims him in the heavens: tn
ocean declares his immensely mai
alone has said, There is no God Unit
in thought at the same instant tn
most beautiful objects in nature
Suppose that you see, at once, al
the hours of tie day, and all tn
seasons of the year,-a morning G
spring, and morning of autumn
night bespangled with stars, and
night darkened by clouds.-meadow
enameled with fowers-forests hoar.
with snow-.felds gilded by the tints
autumn,-then alone you will have
Just con ception of the universe! Will
you are gazing on that sun which
plunging into the vault of the west
another observer admires him emerg
: ing from the gided gates of the east
By VIII at inconceivable power does tina
aged star, which is sinking fatigue
and burning in the shades Of the even
ing, reappear at the same instan