Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-09-19
A wonderful Scarf Pin
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Saratoga Letter.
Simon Wolf, a former consul general
to Egypt, when he was here last week
showed a very beautiful scarf.pin which
was given TO him by one of the highest
officials Of Egypt This pin is made Of
the body of a scaTabee. This, In plain
words, is a petrifed Egyptian beetle. JIG
is over 1000 years old. 1t has q cutting
upon the back representing one of the
high priests standing before the king.
The color of this scarabee is a faint
greenish blue. The marks of the beetle
are perfect in this petrifcation. The
beautiful object was found in the tomb
Of one Of the PharOahs. It is one Of the
most perfect specimens Of these very
rare and much coveted relics. ME. Wolf
says that he was offered 81, 600 for it by
the British museum. A number of peo-
pie have tried to tempt Mr.. Wolf TO part
with this keepsake, but he refuses to give
it up for friendship or money. The
grateful Egyptian officer who gave IL to
him had been befriended by Mr.. Volt 70
this extent. The khediYe was very
friendly to Mr.. Wolf, and it was through
the influence Of the latter that the khe-
dive gave the ribbon of the legion Of
honor to the ambitious Egyptian official.
He IN his burst Of gratitude for this IA
vor pressed this royal present upon hIr,
Wolf One evening when Mr.. Wolf was
exhibiting this jewel q beetle identical
in size, shape and marking lighted upon
the dark coat sleeve of a gentleman who
q moment before had been looking at
Mr.. WGIFs prize. This Saratoga beetle
was perfect specimen of the Egyptian
scarabee, save the AemeriCan beetle was
light yellow in color. 1t is possible that
the process Of Petrifcation, however,
would have changed this color.
Newton Republicans A disease resem-
bling the cholera is making great ravageB
among the hogs. In Richiand township,
particularly, the disease RACES violently.
In the neigh borhOod of AnneilY several
farmers have met with heavy losses
among the number being -. j.. Libby
and Mr.. Sandback, each Of whom have
lost over 100 head. The cause Of hog
cholera has not yet been discovered and
farmers may as well try everything that
is reliably recommended, IN the hops Of
hitting q cure sometime. An EXCHANGE
remarks on the subject Every paper
IN the United States ought occasionally
TO keep the fact before its readers that
burnt corn is q certain and speedy cure
for hog cholera. The best way is to
make a pile Of corn on the Cobs, enectu-
ally sCOrch it, and give the affected hogs
Tree access TO %. The remedy was dis
covered by accident by =. u. Locke. Esd.
at the time his distillerY was burned 81
this county, together with a large lot eff
stored corn which being so much infur-
ed as TO be unfit for use, was hauled out
and greediIy eaten by the hogs. several
Of which were dying daily. After ths
second day not a single hog was LOST. and
the disease entirely disappeared. The
remedy has been tried since i'm q nuubsr
Of cases, and has never failed
Dodge City Colg50g Ludwig Kramer
arrived in Dodge City this Week. iuTf
nom his ranch. he says that ths ~
port about Texas fever being among cat
Tie on ms range % incorrect His cattle
were never healthier or ia bette con-
dition than they ale now. lie VIII ai5fu
about 500 splendid beevss TO marEsf
this lail, VIA Dodge City. His bssvas
ere large and fats being threea, l0urs and
hVes.