The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-09
General Notes.

There il religious miner out in ArlZo-
Ma who, though industrious, was uniformly
unlucky. He was reading his Bible one
day not long ago while sitting on the edge
Of a precipice. Dropping asleep the Bible
fell down to the bottom OF the preciplce.
When he climbed down to il he saw that it
was lying open and that bit Of quartz was
living directly over the verse, "Ask and it
shall be given you; seek and we shall find"
Taking this as Divine intimation, he be-
gan seeking very diligently, and soon
found ledge which was very rich in gold.
| He is now unable TO decide whether 1t was
reading the Bible or going to sleep over it
that brought him his good fortune, but, on
the whole, is inclined TO think that here
after he will be able TO get along with less
Bible.
Ex-Mayor Bookstaver, OF Syracuse. has
horse named DandeliOn and dog named
Juno that are astonishingly fond Of each
other, The eX-mayOr once went driving
with Dandelon and Juno. 1t was his in.
tention TO have the horse draw him down
to the Wieting Block and to have the
dog follow the vehicle. Juno sauntered
along in that busy idle way peculiar to
dogs. Dandelon forgot all about his re-
sponsibihties and wanted to go back, with
the wagon and the eX-mayor, to see where
Juno stoned. When the dog ran ahead
the horse followed her Zigzag tracks on
the street and started TO go upon the side
walk. Juno went upstairs with her mas
fer 10 his Office in the Wieting block, and
Dandelion was left in the street at one end
Of n weighted halter. He did not stay
there long. His master, summoned by an
alarm soon afterward, rushed downstairs,
not waiting for the elevator. to lind Dan
delion in the vestibule and trying TO drag
the carriage upstairs.
The "forehead fight" brutal combat
Inherited from the old Turks, still survives
in some districts among the Tartars OF the
Crimea. A duel Of this savage kind took
place short time ago in Crimean village.
The report of it Is given by physician
who was called TO attend to the defeated
Icombatant. The two foes take their stand
at measured distance from each other,
with their heads bent forward; then, at a
given signal, they rush at one another,
butting forehead against forehead, like
two goats. The remainder Of the duel Is
fought wholly with the forehead; neither
blows nor kicks are permitted, as the man
who uses any weapon except his forehead
is disgraced. In the recent case blood
streomed from the heads OF both the semi
soyaces. Nevertheless, they continued
buttinp at each other with ferocious pas
sion until at length one Of them fell en-
housted TO the earth. He gathered up all
his remaining strength to draw his knife
from his girdle, and, with one determined
stroke. he then cut wide cash across his
throat. The physician states that the act
Of suicide on the part OF the beaten man
is 10 be regarded as direct consequence
ot the injury done to the brain by the fear
full conclusions OF the hight.
Postcards have never been successful in
France. Only 32.000,000 were used in
1880. against lao. 900, 900 used in England
The Pal Mall Gazette accounts for this
lack OF popularity by the peculiar condi'
tjons OF French social life. "FOr one
thine.n IL saws, "the French live more
than the neighboring nations under the
rfqime OF the concierge, and we dc
not care TO take into our confidence
this intermediary, whose discretion
lis at the best doubtful. Abroad every
body has his letter-box, and the interior
epce OF the concierge is dispensed with
| Another reason Is That the postcards arr
too dear. They cost centimes; the oil
, ference between this and the postage oil
letter is trifing. To remedy these incon
yeniences, ingenious inventors have pro
posed to n. Cookery TO create closed
/. postcard, resembling the kilograms uset
at Paris. Secrecy would thus be assured
the form would allow sufficiently Ions
correspondence, and the treasury coult
only gain by II, especially IL, as II has beer
proposed, the price Of the new postcard
|. : ehoIild he centjmesV