Litchfield enquirer., 1880-12-09


cious metals. What has been the drain ON Eau
rope for coin in silver and gold for India and
China has never been accurately studied
From the middle of the sixteenth century up
to-day Mr.. Del Mar thinks its approximates to
50, 760, 000, 900, from which must be deducted,
however. Something Hike a tenth, which has
come back to Europe from the East. Gener
ally, however, what precious metal goes to the
East is, for all practical purposes beIieged to
be forever lost, as 1t cutters into objects, per
sonal ornaments, and thus becomes useless as
acirculating medium, The relative hftori
cal values of gold and silver have been SUD-
iect to great fluctuations. Psychologists be-
lieve that some centuries before Christ silver
was worth more in Egypt than gold but the
Ph9nicians, who were the great traders of the
world. soon found silver enough to change the
rate of exchange. very early ratio OF gold
to silver is found on q cuneiform inscription OF
Ninevah, (707 B. c. where 1 of gold is
worth 13 SO of silver. The Persian ratio, &C
cording to Darius was Of gold to IS of sill
yer. Something between Is and Is times the
unit of gold was the ancient standard of
silver during the CLASSICAL period. When
America was discovered, IL units of silver
were worth of gold. Il Efs
CRUELTY AND CIVILIZATION. The" mutila-
tons of prisoners exhibited on Assyrian sculp-
lures are not surpassed in cruelty by any we
find among the most bloodthirsty of wild
races; and Rameses H., who delighted in hay
ing himself sculptured on temple walls
throughout Egypt as holding dozen captives
by the hair and striking off their heads at a
blow, slaughtered during his conquest more
human beings than thousand chiefs of saw
age tribes put together. The fortunes inflicted
on captured enemies by Red Indians are not
0forf hop xUa ipf1in of an
feions by crucifxion, or on suspected rebels
by sewing them up in the hides OF slaughtered
animals, or on heretics by smearing them over
with combustibles and setting fire to them.
The Damaras, described as 80 utterly heartless
that they laugh on seeing one of their number
killed by wild beast, are not worse than were
the Romans, who made such elaborate pro-
visions for gratifying themselves:by watching
wholesal slaughters in their arenas. IT the
number DESTROYED by the hordes of Attila
were not equaled by the numbers which the
Roman armies destroyed at the conquest of
Selucia, and by the numbers of the Jews mas
sacred under Hadrian, it was simply because
the occasion did not permit. The cruelties of
Nero Gallenus, and the rest may compare
with those of Zingis and Timour sand Wllen
we read OF Caracalla, that after he had nlnr.-
dered 90, 600 friends of his murdered brother.
his soldiers forced the Senate to place him
among the gods, we are shown that in the
Roman people there was ferocity not less
than that which defies the most sanguiaary
chiefs among the worst of savages. Nor
Christianity greatly change matters. Through
out medieval Europe political offenses andre
Iglous dissent brought on men carefully de-
yised agonies, equaling, if not exceeding, any
inflicted by the most brutal of barbarians.-
Herbert Spencer IN Fortntghtly ReuteU
A BAsHFuL MANS EsoAPE-Some people
never seem to get the right idea of the subject
anyhow. They were talking at McAllister's
the other evening of the suffering of the poor
people turned out doors by the recent hurri-
cane in the Southern states when bashful
young man with agreen hectic, who was ST.
lently squirming on straight. back chair in a
corner was asked how much exposure he
thought il was possible for the human being
to endure
Exposure, mum? Yes, num- Well,
the most terrible instance of exposure ever
knew was something that happened to myself
q few years ago." -
Indeed" said the young lady. Tell us
about it"
"Well, you must know had great habit
of walking out through the park and stroling
on the beach near the Cliff house. One Sun
day morning, very early, was tempted by
the extreme heat to slip into the surf andstake
abath, which, as there was no'one around at
chat hour, l. finally did. Judge to my horror
when came out and found that the tide had
risen and carried of my clothes ~
"Ahem !" interrupted the hostess? Won't
won't you try some chocolate, Mr.. Skid
more P" g e
.ssThanks-in minute-just as soon as
finish my story. Yes every stitch l had in
the world was gone-everything except "a
Ntn0f - IN, -
fanNess avenue, where lived, with nothing
in theworld but that between me and the
sneers of the heartless world. I'll tell you how
managed. Lust tied the pro" Pa
just here one of the ladies tainted, while
another, with great tact sat down at the piano
and shrieked 'Nancy Lee at the top of her
lungs, under cover of which the dead and
wounded were carried off, while the sincere
but misguided youdg man was coaxed ont in
to the hall and handed his hat lex.
A carriage in the train bound from Vienna:
to Pesth contained one evening lately five pas
sengers, AN Englishman, two Magyars, a.
mild-Iooking man Of go, and a handsome
young German, who seemed dreadfully
sleepy. The Englishmen observed that the
sexagenarian essayed to chat with the
young German, who. however, yawued, and
soon slumbered. The sexagenarian became
garrulous, and lamented his sons carelessnssse
in money matters. 'See him now, going to
sleep in a carriage full of strangers | think
I'll give the young man fright for once in
his life" and lifting up the lapel of his coat,
he lapel of his coat, he laughingly drew out
pockethook. At Pressburg the careful father
said he must get out for minute, but when
the train moved on he didn't return. When
the young man woke up they told him that
his father had got out and taken his pocket
book my father !" he shrieked, and clutch
ing his empty. pocket, burst into volley of
most unfilial imprecation. Il haven't got
father" he howled out, II never saw the
old sconndrel before Good God .sthats
pocketbook contained 8, 600 forms He must
have seen it when took my ticket Not
unlikely.-That genial, Soi-dtsdnt parent has
not yet been heard from. ~FF SO
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