Year: 1874

The Doc THAr CARRIED FooD TO
BEsIEGED CIrY.-The following story o
the sagacity of dog is to be found il
an old volume in the British Museum


When Duke Robert and Richard
Duke of Capua, besieged Palermo
which the furious Prince Gisolfe de
Tended, the sufferings of the inhabitant
through hunger and misery are de
scribed by Monte Casino as resemblin,
those experienced by the Jews durin
the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans
The interests of humanity required
that an end should be put to the horri
BILE rule of Gisolfe, by winning the town
SO that great suffering seemed una
voidable. Two young men on this
occasion, followed by a dog, contrive6
to escape from the besieged city, anG
came to where the Duke was and begged
bread, which was given to them. The
youths gave third part, to their dog
and the dog that evening ran back tc
the city, carried the bread to theil
fathers house, placed it at his feet, and
then returned to the lads.


The next day they had bread enough,
and gave more to the dog. though they
knew not what he had done with il
before, and the next evening the dog
carried it to their father, and the third
evening likewise, and the father, be.
heving that Christian had sent him
bread for the love of God, tied a label
round the dogs neck, on which he
wrote 81 thank God for these aims,
and cease not to pray to God for him. u
With this the dog returned, and when
they had read the card they carried the
dog, leaving it still hanging round its
neck, to the duchess. but she would not
believe their report. However, she
caused little sack of bread to be fas-
tened to the dogs neck.


He loiteied about the place as if
afraid of the people until the setting of
the sun, when he passed out of camp
and made his way safely into the city to
the fathers house, who on receiving the
bag attached a card to the dogs neck,
on which was written, "Greater thanks
l render thee for these greater aims. "
Bearing this he returned and was again
presented to the Duchess, who loudly
expressed her astonishment at the won
derful cleverness of the dog. Its fame,
however, led to its destruction. The
story of its marvellous feats reached the
ears of Prince Gisolfe, who caused a
watch to be set for it at the city gates,
it was captured by the sentinels and
cruelty put to death.


The book from which the above is
translated was printed in Florence,
upwards of two hundred years ago.


THIMBLE MAKING.-The manufacture
of thimbles is very simple, but singu-
larly interesting. Coin silver is mostly
used, and is obtained by purchasing
coin dollars. Hence it happens that
the profits of the business are affected
instantaneously by all the variations in
the nations greenback promises to pay.
The first operation strikes novice as
almost wicked, for it is nothing else
than putting lot of bright silver dol
lars, fresh from the mint, into dirty
crucibles, and melting them up into
solid ingots. These are rolled out to
the required thickness, and cut by a
stamp into circular pieces of any re-
quired size. A solid metal bar of the
size of the inside of the intended Thin
BILE, moved by powerful machinery up
and down in a bottomless mould of the
outside of the same thimble, bends the
circular disks into the thimble shape as
fast as they can be placed under the
descending bar. Once in shape, the
work of Frightening, polishing and
decorating is done upon lathe. First,
the blank form is fitted upon a rapidly
revolving rod. A slight touch of a
sharp chisel takes thin shaving from
the end, another does the same on the
side, and the rounds of the rim. A
round steel rod, dipped in oil and
pressed upon the surface, gives it a
lustrous polish. Then little revolving
steel wheel, whose edge is raised Or
nament, held against the revolving
blank, prints that ornament Just out
side the rim. A second wheel prints a
different ornament around the center,
while third wheel with sharp points
makes the indentations on the lower
half and end of the thimble. The inside
is frightened and polished in similar
way, the thimble being held in revolv-
ing mould. All that remains to be done
is to boil the completed thimbles in
soapsnds, to remove the oil, brush them
up and pack them for the trade.


TWENTY IMPoLITE THINGs.-Loud and
boisterous laughter.


Reading when others are talking.


Reading aloud in company without
being asked.


Talking when others are reading.


Splitting about the house, smoking OF
chewing.


Cutting finger nails in church.


Leaving church before worship is
closed.


A want of respect and reverence for
seniors.


Correcting elder persons than your
selves, especially parents.


Receiving q present without an eI-
preston of gratitude.


Making yourself hero of your own
story.


Laughing at the mistakes of others.


Joking others in company.


Commencing talking before Others
have finished speaking.


Answering questions that have been
put to others.


Commencing to eat as soon as you
get to the table and


Not listening to what one is saying
in company.


How TO TALK.-lf you have the
ability to amuse, talk often in company
and in a way which shows that you
understand what is said around you.
But do not talk long. In that case you
are apt to tire your hearers. There are
many persons who, though they have
nothing to talk of, never know when tC
leave off talking. There are some who
labor under so great and Unsuitable q
desire for talking that they will ever
interrupt others when about to speak.
We should in society never talk OF oul
own or others domestic affairs. Your
are of no interest to them, and their
should not be to you besides, the sub
ject is of so delicate a nature, that will
the best intentions it is q chance if VI
do not make some mortifying mistake
or wound the feelings OF some OF th'