The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-11-22
AN ASTONISHING NARRATIVE.

4 traveller in the East. who is evident
ly giving a careful account of what he saw
is writing serious Of articles in Black
/ Goods Magazine about Syria and in the
current number thus describes a portion
/ of holiday lev &C: 4 braZicr Of burning
charcoal was brought in and the charcoal
famed intoa blaze. The sheik then went
through an iuvocat ON, and suddenly with
his bare feet jumped upon it and stood
! there for nearly 4 minute, the lurid flame
curling round them. The moment he got
of the serpent caters rushed forward and
/ filled their mouths with the red hot char
coal, which was again famed, the smell
of burning flesh becoming powerful and
( sickening as the crunched the glowing
morsels. Live Goals are possibly the an
/ tidotc to snakes after You have eaten
them; but the general effect of all this
strange diet was beginning to havea pow
erlul influence upon the nerves of some
Of the lady spectators. who protested they
were unable to witness further horrors.
\ man now stepped forward, stripped to
the waist, with skin almost as fair as Il
. Europeans His face had none of that
expression Of ianatical insanity which
characterized some OF his fraternity. but
! was calm and somewhat commonplace
/ he Shelk reappeared armed with Il
/ Skewer OF larger dimensions than he had
thrust through the cheeks OF the first
/ victims, TO the end OF which was attach
! ed 4 heavy Iron bail. and proposed to run
! it through the mIn ) throat from the
/ front. bringing it out al the napr OF hi.
neck. At this there was Il general scream
OF horror and diSlnay. In vain dId the
Sheik protest that the operation would be
absolutely painless, ana SHOW lis the in
( durable spots on the opposite sides Of the
( man neck through which the instrument
was i'll the habit Of passing while the MAJ!
/ himself smiled with Il bland expression
! OF disappointment at being deprived of a
/ pleasure to which he was apparently LOOK
| ing forward. The rcpugnance OF some o.
our party was not to bc overcome and
| the sheik turned with an expression of
contempt to make preparations for what
was to follow. Pushing the same der
| wish waiSt-cioth down an inch or two
he revealed Il row of cicatrices which
made a scmicirclc extending round hi,
body lie then drew Il curved knife.
about eight inches long and nearly two
broad. from Il sheath, and proposed to
plunge it to the hilt in his stomach. 1t
had Il short wooden handle about four
inches in length, and there was no posi-
bility of the blade slipping back into the
handle. But here again he was stopped
by :; cry Ct horror from the ladies. This
time the Ran earnestly joined his protes-
tationS to those Of the sheik;ssnis credit
seemed at stake, as there were women on
the house-tops who began to chatter, and
a general look OF dissatisfaction on the
part Of the spectators i'll the courtyard. |
| examined both the sears and the knife.
The former were thin. beautifully hcaicd
inciSionS: the latter as sharp as Il razor
and of the finest steel. | am very sorry
that vcracity compclS me to leave this
most interesting experiment to the read
er's imagination. The party had now
made up their minds to laay" the place,
and seemed 10 have no other idea than
hurried escape from its precincts SO we
made rather an ignnminious exit. leaving
the sheik bewildered and somewhat indig- |
nant al our pusilaitimoua conduct.
-<z> So
FARMER-STor AND lHINk.-ihe lar |
mer may well now ask himself the ques-
ton. as he looks back over the season of |
growth. wherein he has failed and where |
by. The person who does not do this,
either in a recognized form or in the in |
tutive manner which often leads to SINH |
lar results. is the non-progressivc man. !
the stuff from which common laborers |
are formed: he who does this faithfully I
and conscientiouSly as best he can is fit +,
ting himself to become director of farm :
Ing nations. the leader over srainful cldus.
Our failures are often our best teachers, /
as being more impressive than our success
ses: but whether we inquire into the one .
or the other, and search for the discern |
bic causes of either. nothing but progress |
can result