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Show BLEW DOWN CITY WALL. People of Leipsic Reminded of the Fate of Jericho. Wo havo been hearing n good deal about tho walls of Jericho lately, and, therefore. It Is curious thnt wo should have nn actual example of the power of a trumpet-blast occurring In Europe to-dny. A 6hort tlmo ago, at Leipsic, tha conductor of a brass band used to train his musicians ln his garden, which was bounded by tho old wnlls of tho city, Qno dny, when they wcro practicing a grand march they came to a passage ln which nil tho trumpets had to blow fortissimo, and, as they gavo ono final blast all together, they wero astonished aston-ished to seo tho old " wall suddenly crumble and topple over Into tho -fields outside Happily, tho only result was that tho cows In tho meadows, wero frightened, fright-ened, but It Is ovldont that tho walls of Leipsic aro even' moro unstablo than wero tho walls of Jericho. Sketch. |
