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Animals wil

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Kickapoo Indian Sagwa Shows Blood Cleansing Qualities of

5 Roots, Barks and Herbs.

MERIDEN, N. H., Dec. 3, 1862.

I was a con- stant sufferer from Blood and Skin Dis- eases forfour years, end em~ ployed the best 2. ysicians in

ew Hamp- shire and con- sulted different specialists in i> Boston without

Uy, benefit. eae 7S ~ Finding no ge help, I Kicka-

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I’m holding my own—banker. Spreading considerably—gold beater.

Fair—restaurant keeper. Forging ahead—blacksmit All in your eye—oculist,

Spanking—school teacher,

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I’m loafing—baker.

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SOME OF THE WOND.RS RELATED BY ANCIENT TRAVELERS.

The Vanishing Moy, Panther, and Tiger

}

—Strange ‘hinese Performances —The

Wonderful Peach—Mr, Maskelyne Puz- sledi—A Priest's Miracle.

We are learning the secrets of Orient.l magic, says the London Standard. Tales which horrified our forefathers while

they were trusting ard ignorant, which

|

stirred a later generation to mirth, and

| were dismissed ut lengtn as threadbare

jests become interesting once more, now

t | TWO WEEKS vs. FOUR YEARS ORIENTAL MAGIC.

VOL, 32.—NO. 60.

nearly alwars a bleeding head makes its appearance, Magistrates and torturers come on the scene. Tne single fact that Chinese fairies —that is, the nearest eau.valent f. r them—are foxes “speaks volumes.” When you meet a stranger it is always prudent to a.k yoursei! whether he is not a fox —more especially she, in the case of a lovety girl, Such is the utter confusion of ideas that offi cials of the heavenly pol.ce, so to call

| them, may be servinz an earthly magis-

| gize handsomely for the mistake.

| that we can perform those miracles our |

| welves. | have been learned iu

|

| tribesmen.

| the original, | their modus oper:.ndi is the same. | naked juggler who performs in the bak<d

}

}

' }

The best of our con jurers’ tricks the East, and in many stances they have improved on bui it is not certain that The

earth of a *compound”™ cannot have at his command the elaborate machinery of Egyptian hall.

The most ingenious ‘‘professor’ iu Europe might despair when set to achieve that feat wiich is the first trial of an as- pirant among the Kuk!uens, as Sir E. Slade describes it. The neophyte must climb a ladder of which the rungs are naked swords, edge upwards, aud sit upon a platform thickly studded with

spikes for au uncertain time tefore he |

even “goes up ior examination” —and this is in the open air among a crowd of Ot the stories told by Ton Batuta some have been verified, so to speak, but not all. One, day, when he was talk ng with Mohammed Tuglhilak, at Delhi, three Yogees approached, and the Emperor told them to astunisias his guest. Forthwith one took the form of a cube, rose i:.to the air, and hung above their heads. Ibn Batuta fainted prompt- ly, but the Emperor gave him a dra: a, which promptly brought him to in an instant. It has been suggested by those whocan read the original text that this must have Leen alcohol in some form. However, when be recover- ed his senses the object was still sus- pended. The second Yogee then snatch- ed a sandal from one of the bystanders and struck it sharply on the ground, thereupon the sandal mounted, and slap- ped the cube, as if upon its face, when down the Yogee fell. Mohammed Tugh- lak promised to show his guests things much more surprising, but Ibn wae seized with a palpitation of the heart, which put a stop to the entertainment for that time. Pcrhaps the:e was no “draught” handy. On anotl.er occasion, however, some Chinese jugglers gave a performance. ‘In my presence,” says that respectable traveler, **they produced echain fifty cubits long, which they tossed upwards, and it stood erect. A dog was then brought forward; it ran up the chain, and, on gaining the top, vanished. In the same manner a boy, a panther, a tiger, and a lion, mounted one after another and disappeared. At last they took down the chain and put it into a bag, no one discerning how the animals were made to vanish in the mys- terious way I have described. This, I Inay venture to affirm, was beyond mea- sure strange and surprising.”

An exact pendant to tiis is tale civ, in the ‘Liao-chaichin-i,” translated by Mr, Giles under the name “Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.” The author de- clares that he himself beheld the marvels related—the only instances, we believe, in which he vouches his personal experi- ence; a fact worth noting, for he tells a theusand marvels of the sort. When a little Loy, Sung-lung was taken to the provincial capital for the Spring Feast, and fullowed the crowd into the judges’ yamen. In the middle of the hail was a man with a little boy, who undertcok to perform anything demanded of him, The great men seated round asked for

aches—it was the month of March,

uch ‘“bsiness” followed, but at length the juggler said he must get them from the orchard of the “royal mother,” who dwells in heaven. He took from his book a piece of cord, ‘‘some tens of feet long,” arranged it carefully, and threw one end into the air, where it re- mained fixed, ‘‘as if caught by some- thing,” and he paid it out from below, Higher and higher the rope mounted, watil a small piece only remained in his hands. Then the man called his boy and bade him climb up. Up went the boy after more ‘‘gag,” like a spider running up its thread, andin a few minutes he was out of sight.

Presently a peach fell down as large as a basin. Yhile the magistrates were examining it, the rope dropped suddenly in a heap, and the man cried, “Alas! somebody has cut it! What will my son do now?” At the same in- stant the boy's head fell from the heaven, and lamentations which may be imagined followed. Limbs and body came tumbling after. To omit *‘busi ness,” the juggler collected them, put them in his box, and begged help for the funeral expenses. he horrified spectators subscribed liberally, and when they had given as much as could be hoped, the man tapped upon his box, saying, **Why don’t you come out, you rascal, and thank the gentiemen ?’ Forthwith the boy threw up the lid, aes out, and bowed to thecompany. Sung-lung says, ‘I have never forgotten this strange trick, which, as I have heard now, is performed by the White Lily sect, who probably learned it from this man”—the White Lily, otherwise “Do Nothing,” Wu-WeiKeaou, is tlie most dreaded of all the secret socicties of China, said b Mr. Giles to date from 1450. Mr. Maskelyne, we hear, has been consulted upon Ii.n B:tuta’s trick. He answered: ‘*Thes: apparent effects were due, doubtiess, t the aid of concave mirrors, the use oi which was known to the ancients, es- ecially in the East ; but they could not

trate, and a corrupt one too, for wages; they may arrest the wrong man, be corrected by their employer and apolo- Bat to give un idea of this ordinary state of things. an article would be needed, Re suming our proper theme, the common story of the priest and the pears may be cited. A man was selling trait in the market place, when a priest came up and begged a pear. He was refused. A cre wd collected, an} the teadle erving ‘Pas on, pass on,” bought one oat of dis Own money and gave it to the priest. He ate itup., then masic a hole in the earth and plant-d one of the pis, At his re quest a bystas iit, aud forth- with a shewt appeare, It grew into u big tree wails the P ople lovked O14, flowered and fraite: Yue priest dis- tributed pears all round ull none were left, cut down tic ire, shouldered it, and walked off. ‘The stallkeeper, mean- whi-e, had been wa cuing intently with the rest; when jn t.rued round he saw his barrow e:aniv., i: eceurred to hin at ouce that the pears distributed had been his ows, and (:+ set off ufier the

waier

| priest, catch ia’ jets a giimpse of him as he vauisued. UO. ccnc.itg the spot a

,ave been produced in the open air.” T.re |

explanation seems almost as incompre- hensible to the uninitiated as the state- ment itself. Asa matter of fact, however, the Chinese performance did not take place m the openair. Sung-lung men-

tions distinctly that a hali in the judges’ |

vamen was the scene. Upon the other hand, bow could the rope—and the bor — penetrate a roof? But then, again, Mr. ‘Giles does not notice this difficulty, if the hall were but partially covered in, Mr. Maskelyne's objection might be met.

| China is the most favored home of magic in these days. The bewildering conditions sketched with grotesque extravagance i) Thessaly of old are accepted there as « natural order of ~—. Dead men cons to life ee likely hs not, poi is equally , anevil spirit takes eementan a their bodies, to play th« mischief under that respectable disguise. ‘There are no fairies in China, no pretty jtales of magic. Often enough a super- ‘natural being falls in love, and the moti lof a fanciful romance is vided; but i works out in a business-like way. Vcr)

Hawker’s Liver Pitts contain no mer-

| cury, are purely vegetable, safe, sure and

effective. Do not gripe, small, easy to take. Sold everywhere.

PROGRESS. It is very important in this age of vast

John Beer, Corner Cumberland Fitzroy | material progress that a remedy be pleas-

ing to the taste and to the eye, easily

uated house fitted throughout with hot | taken, acceptable to the stomach and

healthy in its nature and effects. Pos sessing these qualities, Syrup of Figs is the one perfect laxative and most gentle diuretic known.

of life which Apuleiua |

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ientle lay on the recogniz-d as from a

fragment of b rios grouuad, Wi Ce be Misa like his own, wai eo rv turmng fruitless searca, te dic were l that ow handie of his barrow had i eca Caoepped of. Of thix, we understand, tue pried had mule his pou: One wou d al- most veuture tu say tiat Mr. Maskelyn> hiawelf could find no explanation of this trick.

ee,

MANY KINOS OF MILES. Four Different Sorts in HNaglish-Speaking Countries Alone, English-speakin. countries have four different miles—tie oriinary mile of 5,280 feet, ani the geographical or

nautical mile of 6085, making a diifer- ence of about one-seventh between the two; then there is the Seotc) mile of 5928 feet, and the Irish moe of 6720 f.et; four various miles, es -y ove of which is still in use. ‘i. a almo-t every coun’ry has its own standard mile. The Romans have their mil pas

suum, 1000 paces, wh cli must have boen about 3000 feet in length, unless we as cribe to Cesar’s le sionarts great steping capacity. The German mile of to-day is 24,818 feet in length, more than four and a half times as long a6 our mie. The Dutch, the Danes and the Prussians enjoy a miie that is 18,440 feet lons; three and one-half times the length of ours, and the Swiss get more exercise in walking ove of their miles than we

get in walking five miles, for their mile is 9153 yaris long, while ours is only i760 yards. The

Italian mile is a few feet longer than ours : the Roman mile is shorter, while the Tuscan and the Turxish miles are 150 yards longer. The Sweedish mile is 7341 yards long, and the Vienna post mile is 8796 yards inlength. Sv here is a list of tweive different miles, and be- sides this there are other measures of distance, rot couut:ns the French kio meter, Which is rather less than two thirds of amiie. The B-aziliins have a millia that is one and oue-fourth times aslong as our mile; the Neapolitan miglio is about the same in lensti ; the Japanese ri, or mile, is two and one- half time ours ; tue Russian verst is five- eights as long as our mile, while tise Persian standard is a feksakh, four and a half miles long, which is suid to be equal to the perasan, so familiar to read- ers of Xenopbon’s ‘Anabasis.” Tne league that is familiar to readers of French and Spanis': books varies just as does the mile. Im Brazil it is three and four-fifths miles louz, in France it was two and two-thirds miles, and once on a time in England it was two and a haif miles long.

They Ned to Me Noe,

I'm a grocer, an’ ance I wis geran weel aff,

Then | mixed wi’ a crood far aboon the riff raff,

An’ their friendship for me aye appeared to be true— Bit I failed, so they pass an’ jist nod to me noo.

1 lo’ed a bit lassie as snot aa could be,

An’ I thocht that she cared a guid lot aboot me, But she turned oot as fal<e as the rest o° the crew, For she passes me by an’ jist nods to me noo.

There is Ekder M'Sooricks wha leeves owre the street, A God-fearing man, bit gey fond o his meat,

Weel, he purchased my goods, bit his bill is aye due, When I meet him he suiiles and jist nods to me noo

An’ there’s mair than M’sooricks gey deep in my debt,

Bit a smile or a nods a’ the payment I get,

An’ I'm sorry indeed, an’ it's deeply I rue

That 1 fed sic a crood as whit nods to me noo.

There are itpers that cam’ to my shop day by day,

Wi a pettifu’ tale asking things till ‘the pay,”

When meet them you'd think I wis some wild Zulu,

For they cross owre the street, an’ ne er nod to me noo.

Gin’ I’m spared to get oot o' the trouble I'm in- Should the day come again when I'll hae lots oc’ tin— You may bet your last maik that I'll never alloo Sic a crood to “do” me as whit nod to me noo

~—Tom Barus, in The Scottish American,

On the Queen's Farm,

The Queen has come off as badly as most people this season in the capac ty of atenantdarmer. A Star man who on Saturday took a turn ronnd the roval farms at Windsor—for part of which rent is paid to the Woode and Depart- ment—says the bean crop looked miser- ably inadequate, while the cereals, most of which are already cut, if not carried, are scarcely half what they should be in the matter of quantity, to say nothing of the poor quatity, The fodder for the stock as well as for the stables is raised on the royal farms, and is rather scanty. The gardens have, of course, not been permitted to languish during the drought, and there is, therefore, an ex- cellent show of wall fruit and the like.

During her recent visit to Windsor the Queen was, as was said the other day, as enthusiastic as ever over her dumb peta. She gave special instructions for several new photographs to be taken,

amongst them being counterfeit present- |

ments of “two Shetland mies wit) their respective foals,” and ‘a donkey and her foal.” The interesting familivs

were comfortably housed in the dairy |

building, where they are far removed from the general turmoil of the Castie Mews. Their most dangerous neighbor is a tame buffalo which was at one time in the Zoo.—London Star.

Estimate of Books,

We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at tie yleasantest, but chiefly to consider the wholesoemest: not forbidding either, but approving the latter most.—Plutarch,

The Elliott Case.

Baantrrorp, Sept. 4—Many citizens of this city are willing to vouch for the truth of Frank Elliott’s statement that he was cured of kidney disease of six years’ stand-

ing by the use of Dodd’s kidney pills. |

Everyone is astonished at the rapidity of thoroughness with which these pills do their work. As one wko had tried them says: “A man feels, after using them, as

though he had never eajoyed life before.” |

The Ryma! case, in which a paralytic was cured by Dodd’s kidney pills, opened the eye? of the people in this vicinity to the virtues of this remedy.