The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 3, 1884, Page 6

THE DIKES An Incessant Toil and Vigilance by Which Safety is Secured. Skirting along the dikes we had a good opportunity of seeing some of the incessant toil, some of the constant engineering and battling with the sea to keep it at anything like a safe dis- tance. The dikes about this island erhaps, the fi the most con- stantly guarded in all t ‘The dike-workers ar a guild, in fact, j lar dike-worker, groins running into the It was almost pathe gay, and innocent as it gently lapped the edges of the mighty barriers, that it seemed an effort to fancy it an enemy capable of mischief. The breezes were simply delicious and fresh, coming over the wide North Sea. Inland, the scenery was flat, and grim, and seri- ous. Farmsteadsin the far distance looked green and fat enough. Sheep and kine were plentiful about the rich fields. Just over the edge of the dikes were the little scattered hamlets of the fisher-people and poldermen: the di workers lived more of a roving life, eamping out here and there, as their work called them from one point to another. Sometimes the wind had blown up and the seas tossed up great long meandering mounds of sand, helping to back and strengthen the dikes. On these billowy hillocks the grass was carefully planted in little regular tufts, and stunted pines were set wherever the tempest would spare them to grow. All sorts of binding vegetation were carefully protected. The very children knew enough to let it alone. We stopped at Zoutland, and climbed top of the dunes to look about sniff the sea-brec Down far below us the villag at pt ov nm of the sandy dik sea would have only reached when it played about the tail of the weather-cock on ld church-tower. sees on orn with be the only r- > smarks 2s for zs of worke safety, or to h to stop the th breach. was calin enouri: t moment, the tthe villa tide was far out, 6 ‘The cottace cling in the ing on. for even- ow of sun- its tower. hrough the could see within. flusi Ali su some- on the << <—___ The Stone of the Sepulcher. Seldom have I been so interested in an antiquity as I was in the door of this toyal cemetery. ‘To the left of thisholewas a groove, in which a monster block of granite, shaped like a millstone, fitted quite snugly. One man from below could roll this stone over the portal, if he was initiated; but 100 could not move it if they knew not the art. A low, dark passage, scarce- ly large enough to admit a man, led to this ancient but ingenious door, and was the only avenue by which it could be opened prior to the excavations of our own times. The mouth of this se- cret passage was neatly closed with a trap door, placed on the very brink of & pit. Only those thoroughly acquaint- ed with the place could ever have de- tected the methods of entrance. Evi- dently grave ghouls were feared in those days, eal here as much now as in your own land. Now I can understand how the stone was “rolled away’? from the door of the Lord’s sepulcher! Now [can un- derstand why “that other disciple” stooped down and looked into the tomb. We entered the hole with lighted candles, and prowled around to our hearts’ content in the magnificent Spetemenes of rock beyond. he chis- el marks on the wall were as fresh as if they had been made yesterday, save where tourists, yearning after” cheap immortality, have used candle flames to smoke their names upon the stone. There appeared to be four large cl be: 4 numerous apses hew e, two OF HOLLAND. a distinct class— ealous of their craft and its rights and privileges. It is not the first comer who may be a regu- n if he should wish to be. We saw great gangs of them going from point to point with pick and shovel, ever on the lookout for weak spots in the great embankment, ever refacing it with miles of concrete, and strengthening every point with strong ic to note with what solicitude every blade of the binding bent-grass was coaxed to grow. Every jittle tuft was watched and tended as if it was some choice tulip. The top of the dike formed a level, firm road, stretching away for miles. The sea looked so mild, and | is McCall's * the mantoa grove near by with lan- terns, exam d his knife, and then waited while he made the descent Ten, fifteen, twenty minutes passed, but the man did not return. The oth- ‘ers then became alarmed and went in search for hi They found him in the appointed vault, lying over the log in question—dead! An investigation developed the fact that the knife was i in the log, but had passed through one of the 4 E z mans coat tai It was ch dark, and doubtless the man had become fright- ened almost to distraction as he crept to the log. In this excited condition it is supposed that he stuck the knife through his garment. Then, when he arose, and was suddenly pulled back, it is hardly a wonder that life departed out of him from sheer terror. Undoubtedly these subterranean cay- ities were once the tombs of great men; but scholars differ as to the antiquity they represent. Some throw them r to the time of David, while others they are not more an- cient than the Herodian age. As near as I can learn the majority of thinkers incline to tl belief that the tombs were constructed by Helena, the wid- owed Queen of Monobazus, King of | ! Adiabane, during the time of the fam- ine predicted by Agabua in the days of Claudius C:esar.—Jerusalem Cor. New Orleans Tinves-Democrat. reest of State histories | tory of Georgia,”’ two s of it being known, one of which dto be valued at $750. <A con- fidence man hzs victimized a number of prominent gentlemen of that State | by sending them letters and stating that he would forward a copy of the | book for $15. He failed to respond up- on receipt of the money — Preservers Rapidly. One of the To Distribute Li | ceilin | the head of the bolt are two ropes run- j ning over and under pulley wheels. | The toe of the bolt is kept shut and | holds tne end of a wire | tended to work in all tl | overthe ve | The First Visitor to tt | the Yos« | where the beautiful Merced seeks egr | from the rock-bound chasm. A workshop in Brooklyn has on the an iron shotbolt. Attached to which runs through the shop and is connected with other wires which pass through rings atthe sides of the shop. Weights ng from the middle wire and life servers, done up in balls, are hooked When cither of pulled the bolt opens, pr | on to the side wire the two cords ; the weights drop and life preservers ; bounce off i r support on to the floor. st Bauer for It is an inventi the q < distrii on board vesse wo ropes is de- d of aship. One of thet 1 to lead to the pil r to the ens oom. A yank 1e rope will « 2 preservers all 1 rver has the of men and ot’s rooms, form of av the form of rset for the use of ts of double layers and It must rite, all that has been re put no satisfactory evidence has ever been produced as to the first white man’s footprin on the fevel ess Ve con- ede that honor to Louis Sammann, a Mono County 2 now residing at Mono Luke. Louis is a pioncer, an old hu nd 2 guide int portion of t and figured in many tes during the I n troubles. | undant proof of a memor- into the valley in 1861. When r game he followed the sinu- of Indian trail from the di- tion of Coulter >and brought up in the vicinity of B 1 Veil Fall. He had killed a deer an worn out h fatigu arest wa he came unexpect- | upon ecamp of | t Dancers. It is a terrible severe course that one has to go through ir preparing to dance o: 1e enough, the dancer who m cise her art as Taglioni did, must ow nothing of the gymnast in her performance; “but gymnastics of the severest kind are the most necessary part of the training. When done with the grace of a Taglioni it does not seem so hard to turn the feet outward ‘until they form a straight line,’’ to balance oneself on the points of the toes, or to pirouette gracefully on one leg; but the toil of these exercises is known only to those who have practiced them under the eagle eye of the ballet-master; and they are, after all, only the A B C of the art. The French author of a re- markable work on the subject mentions a score or more of technical studies, such as les taquetes, les rouettes, les bal- ances, les_entrechats, les developpes, les grands fouettes, which, as Mr. Cook says, are scarcely intelligible outside the walls of the class-room. One has but to glance at the limbs of a prima ballerina, say on the stage of the Alhambra, to form a notion of the ex- y severity of the training she undergone, the displacement of the calf, the fattening of lex in etween e name, on the reverse a | was pleasantly and ute For Iron. Glass as a Subs That glass couid be made totake the place of iron and other mat certain mechanical purposes has lately been exemplified in the manufacture of glass pulleys for cable railways. advantages of glass pulleys are obvi- ous. In cable railways, such as are in use over the Brooklyn bridge and in the streets of some of the cities, the operation of the cables over metal pulleys have resulted in serious damage to them from the friction with u When the pulleys are of metal the friction isa maximum one, but no other substance hitherto could be found sufficiently strong and tena- cious to take its place. Glass pulleys will reduce the friction to 2 minimum, and they will last for an Mr. J. J. 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TUTT'S MANUAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FREE. k of grain As O'Donovan was taking his leave complimented ng that he spoke the Ian- Trishman. toward the close of the day, and the peasant was returning from his day’s work with the hard-earned barley in a sack on the donkey—about a peck in all, carefully thrashed. “It is a burning shame for you to do that,”’ said Mr. Floyd in Arabic. The man made some unintelligible teply about the barley not having been thrashed at the proper thrashing floor. “But in any event you have no right to take more than one-tenth of the whole,’’persisted Mr. Floyd. “But I must do something to teach them better,’’ replied the man. Such is Turkish justice in Palestine! All the officials, high and low, belon in the same category. after this incident, and saw many other men and women arrested on their way in the same manner, robbed in the name of law. The poor ople have no one to whom to appeal. tthem complain, awaits them. Skin ities throng gugage ‘w are not all uncivilized there, master,” “and Iam proud to et you and to tell you how much zed in my country. years since I made the acquaintance of one of your far very intimate with him, and Iam in- debted to him for many hours of de- lightful enjoyment.” Tunis is astonishing. heard of any of them who went to Ire- There must be some mistake.” “No mistake, I assure you. there and a great favorite.” set my curiosity on fire. 3 “The Count of Monte Cristo?” The prince of novelists seat, caught O’ Donovan in his arms, hugged him to his broad breast, and kissed him on both cheeks. Then, holding him back from him, he looked at him with eyes blazing with triumph and gladne “You sre right, my c zed; they have wit. t I was never ner compliment in my life.’? —Tinsiey’s Magazine. 7 ——— said O'Donovan, ANTIDO you are pr 1_ became s, Parlor Cars ar ace Sleeping Coaches, single ap- y Draggists, He is well The Oho & Mississippi Railway! ‘now Running a Double Daily line. We watche ITARIUM, Riverside, ©: ei ly naa penny or lag ores =~ him, pray.” and similarly bounded off h that the doubtful «: want in< 5) ets,paper Ze,M PALACE From St. SLEEING Louis to Ne Some believers in the restitution of Palestine hopefully aver that the curse is now being lifted That the climate improving, that crops are increasing, that there has been no fierce sorocco for three years, and that the return of fulfillment of ; ile I fail to detect these I can testify and exclaimed: ; the Irish are from the land. LWAY ——— BELDING’S $ in the LEAD! the Jews betc prophecy. symptoms referred to,