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cicctcb Vottni.
ALL'S FOR THE BEST
: I.e i.anguine and elieeFful,
:Lad are friends in ;
but t.,lte g..e. faithless aliil fearful,
topry and
t,:.• -t : i nistn I.ut kiv,ir it,
p. \ . l• i 1.1 1 , 1 , 1 ;
-and all•• fpr the best.
lll=ll
for the. 1,, ; :et this in your-.l..ind4rd,
so: hoo of lot tom., or pilgrim cation.,
to. to the of thkpair may bai e wand. red,
Nrly-Wl',llloll -W3ll fir or heart-tricken dove.
1.... t : I o in,al 1,,,t eontitling
!'r oleo o goo. rn, the rest,
ol the 1•:-,i1 1-11, of Ilk creature ib guiding
lc .ftoi.lt -, 12,..e,a1l for the
G• C. : then (ling a..rfay terrors.
I .1 1., • awl fears in the van ;
your dangers nr errors,
'• „;,,• ,1,!.1. while you -trixe like a man
f
• fr .in the cast to the west,.
:1; 'al-dont met mercy soeFoolultal,
happy, that all'. fur the
liiistritantous.
1101 r :NTUN PLAITS. 77
:ont Blanc is nnquestionahly the hen of
cf' Ciatinouni—the niouutain
ii:traets Hari , ts from all parts of the
Ev,:rylioily has read of De SaaSSIII'V,
';si 10 s anti achievements, and a myriad
Direct.aries toll of the exploits of
Iji), Parry, Bosworth, Bonille, and
ricl Ileicirca:zen, the S.Acilish advelitnrcr.
ho leers !ias.,ed the glacier, fails to
of Madam- Ileariette d'Angeville, and
!,ei,i u:k the summit of " Monarch."
2.l,i:iv ha excel of the (";r;/trils and
y-N liranil Plateau and the
sharply defined ~.libruifles arid ,
(;eoe—the of Pelerins,
:lie Ic, -towcts of t he Bosson'S-1 lie chasm.:
Ticicciv. and the terrors of the Atm . &
,•,• Al; tile , T %%dialers are. the ,pccial
:\iunt 1311Jac, and motor
_• , r_f , , , novoirown•tank•os h. I•an afford to
1% a:to I.t•ad 11'1111 hi ro'oos of elou,. and
;wow, cola aud haughty a
.1-: ,e,co a year there i, a candidate for
i,r which is the "event
iili the rc:o.deiit tottri,t6. And,
:1 , 1 ii-eciisoin and it. preparations
to I,e , tir eoui•nuuitt like that
ho, L„rc:l %roll the 13revent,
\‘ - itli ever• ti.,itre of the Mon
t, turn t,3 ate new exeitethelit with alai:-
e nn2fra n, the IV et terhorn, the Grimsel,
peaks and 1111 , ,e'i that one
ni Tanuliar terms with in Savoy and `wit
id, n o for nothing, in point of interest and
when (oinpared with Mont Blanc.—
the first anxious glance we get of it on
Ira, near the Fort de l'Eicluse, with the
Line wilt( N of the Rhone at our feet, to
:5.1)(1 view from the Florentine bridge at
finally, straying neuth its slnt
tirtL valley, one is kept in a
xcitement.
AiligenCe, or char, no 'natter in what
.1 of Su Noy you be traveling, is certain to
vntilUsiaAtic people of both
01 Mout Blanc . s,inie rapturous
r, doubtingly, ulow
lud;i• , , too, are always rapturous in re
-I;lane. For many reasons. Some
I by its ,grattdeur—otliers have read
fainiliar description in Childe
.ItL, r think its top is " so nice and
• ;11.•! ii,ra.ilittally at languid has Hen
it it Ir iia, IL sum% y cre,t to the foot
n I ler sex. In this z.,zpeet Mont
~ • •as ~,tueziu taNte. It; icy harriers are
-WI.. to female feet. What , a joyous
u to tr.tverhe those snow-payed .
• %%, hint ladie4 as guides, • instead of
„r Savovarils. How the
oald I,e, assuaged, and the perils em
d, with a female voice, low and sweet,
us on the - jeturney Every ice
hi the sunlight would u'ear a richer line.
yawning crevice would be robbed of its
Desolation would become a delight.
t ! eyond the " Cascade of the Pilgrims,"
rainbow flood of bright water, it is
t inuo,sible for ladies to go. They must
!tont to use their lorgnettes on the. Bre
to.plitek slips of rhododendrons; on, the
lielves of the Niontanyert ; to gaze at
wreathed pinnaelils from the
and with-pavilion - Visits to the Ffegere,
the winding waters of the Arve. The
grandeur" af,lkiont Blanc to• them
te a waled book. Its heavenwardAnys-
Inaq cold eo att inept, assay from their
,v. •
nu inlwr meeting a imly mt Rnyounn who
~, ed the St. Bernard on a mule, (after
-I ,o n of Napoleon Ic Grand, - ) who con
-I,,oked forward to the epoch when all
pa , :s'es and summits would be reach-
Om
.:cut le means of comfortable ballOons.
comes to pass, then ladies will not
11 , 1 , 41 front enjoyimr the beauties of un-
Ularee,sihilities. : .of which Mont Blanc
:!,,lava are trio tyrants The " Cha
mid Mout Blanc Incorporated Steain
ymapany7 would most,-certainly -be
--would do a safe, payivg bun
I)y uo means original in this feeling•,
Yvars I have hint a passion formoun
aLks, and of all others that; of Mont
Twive have I visited Ithe- - Chattimmi
for th e purpose pf. riMltitig:l4e,:aseeut;
:ce inz!orious record as this may
seem. .Not that I lacked enterprise (though
I say it, who perhaps should not ;) not that
the dread of dangers subverted the desire, nor
that I could not bring to bear the energy and
fortitude the task requires. There are other
reasons, which I shall presently detail. There
is a consolation in the knowledge that my fail
ures were only two in ten titunsand, for if 'a
faithful catalogue had been ,Maintained,, they
would-surely reach that number. I am, there
fore, not the only individual who has turned
his back on the defiant peak with a vexed
spirit., and then wondered why nature has shut
her portals ofnow directly in my face. It
was clear I we-not a chosen one, no matter
h6w burning my ardor or intense my desires.
Bulwer has written a famous line—" In the
bright lexicon of youth there is no such word
as fail," and there is a sea of apothegms float
ing from lip to lip in which we are told " not
to be cast. down," but " try on, try ever," and
" upward, onward,' Excelsior !" bat till this
praiseworthy advice does not stand one's friend
when Mont Blithe makes up his Mind you shall
not stroll on his crown. llemocks - your mighti
est efforts, laughs at your spent skill, and cold
ly spurns you from his breast. It takes more
than maxims to surmount a chasm, and in the
matter of glaciers, a pair of hobnailed boots is
worth the tersest epithets ever coined. Never
go to Savoy with nothing to your back but
proverbs. They will serve you only as stairs
of sand.
My first essay in the Chamouni vale was
early in the month of June ; and having con
sulted the chef of the guides, he assure d me
that it was at least a month too early to make
the ascent. At that time, not fully compre
hending thy difficulties, I pressed the matter,
and at me suggestion he collected the guides
and separately queStioned each as to the pro
priety of the undertaking. A murmur ran
through the group, and with one exception,
they all refused,. urging that the glaciers were
in too damrerom, a condition at that early pe
riod of the year. A glance at the Arve after
wank convinced me of their knowledge in this
respect, as that stream was swollen from the
hater or tin. Lti:,;.if r, to the extent of overflow
ing. In netity, places. "Ten hours after, I cross
(.l.l the Tete Vwn', with the Conviction dint
Molt Blanc would, some other day, claim the
honor of my society---aud it did.
) left my ,•:ird for him next, late in the
month of August, when the neather was so
perb..M4d not wreath of mist had been seen in
iu the valley fur a week. Chamouni (provok
ing. fact, l was full of company at the time,and
the whole eounnunity,.from La Comptesse d'-
An . , rh•bert, at the Hold Royal, to , .- the dirty
hurl-ygurtly lay at the Pe:enius, preda-te(11
!..liattltl IK suceeNsful. •
The night before the morning .I was to start.
albeit I retired early for the parsiose of re
freshing, I ihd not close my eyes, or if I did,
they might as well have been open. All I
could do Was to get up and look out of the
window nt the moon, and then seek my pillow
again,. which in no way encouraged the desire
. to sluniher.
I arose at live, and the florid east, as far as
the mountain barriers Would pormit the g•tze
to extend, i2,-are promise, of a brilliant day.
Many of the guests of the Hotel de Londres
were assembled to see me start, and the guides
and porters (seven in number) were equipped .
and loaded in due form. was attired in a
coarse; warm:suit of dark Woolen stuff', With
knapsack full of minor: necessities, in the way
veils, spectacles (a prat ction against
the glare of the sun on the ice,) and little bars
of chocolate. A mule, elaborately caparisbn
ed by my favorite 'guide, stood at the door, on
which I was to ride as fir as the Pelerins. A
hasty break fast in the sidle a manger, a stupen
dous shaking of hands, a few 14 lances of bright
eyes from the lattices overlooking the court
yard, OM bustle and confusion among the por
ters, the division of the knapsacks and lanterns,
With:three loud cheers from the assembled
lookers.on—the.se matters uttled and enacted,
off I went on my mule, with the guides lead
ing the way, and the porter: and a lot of their
rabble compatriots bringing up the rear iu a ed a wild and singular aspect. We scented to
very i)lettiresque manner. be wrecked en a g reat barque of rock in an
For tau hours we toiled through a copse of immense ocean of tempest-driven ice, desolate,
pine tutu shrubs up a rugged path,' avoiding. and lost, beyond human reach. This wasmere
the ravine and turreut 011 the left, and (welt- ly a thought, however, for here we were oat
sift:tally' liaving glimpses of the ice-turret of the of the way of the avalanches, niel in no dal,-
Glacier des llossoits on the right, as the path ger of slipping down crevices. Tho oaly thing
assumed a hasty elevation in its course. 1 was we had to look out for was not to go too
the only one of the party. mounted, but my I near the edge of the parapets and •-slip off,
animal, in its steep, zigszt.g progress ; threw me but this only wanted an exercise of ordinary
into so many painful attitudes, that I was tit- caution.
ly delighted when I got to my feet at the Chas The novelty of our position, the pure air,:.nd
let de la Para, on the arid-hillside. I the, favorable Sit II:1(.1(111 for rcst, a!lconit, - ,,,ii to
The. Chalet was quite deserted, and looked put us in good spirits. When t le. stet shifted
very bleak and crazy, but the , guides. insisted ' his beatns from my lecke we prepared dinner—
on refreshing hei.eoind produced, their flasks ' fashionable triiur, it being-about five—and all
of Cognac and vin ordinaire, tht•owing!down fell-to in earliest; .
the knapsacks and sta ff s. , . It was arranged that
: we „should quit the
Ott quitting : the Chalet, after partaking- of , Midas, and stii . ct for
. the Grand Plateau as
the - refreshments, the ewound•,grew: at every I soon ds the nitilOn aros e, but it I seetns tre'rea
step more desolate aud7arid, and, with the ex- i vied withoutlonedidSt. •Thirinir Our banquet
ception Of (Lc mp of -rhododenrons here and a mass of clouds appeared. in the -south-east,
there, std -• • g with the-sharp air, • for exis- and gradually spreadcaromel the loftiest sum
teace; there was nothing to:be seen but fra , r- mitt,-,inelndieg thecokhleof;.Moat Otatati,lJean
ments of rock, and the coarse stones 'Olin the seemed.to Ittontepsy,at,„ this,
~and, btood with
desceiit of ai - alanches., We found" the 'fatuous his arms fteded,,gazing ahove, as if something
Pierre Pointne nothing more than a great mass 14M-taut %Vii's'passing•ialtis mind': 'AtTerigth
of granite; -"Here I consulted : ray thermome- i'he eleinbered'tirer. Mr' triy tklitTriird, with' a se
ter, aud it stood at thirty-three degrees—just 1 riot's air, communicated the unpleasant eonvie
above the, freezing
. point 7 —but,, the exertion I.tioa that lie believed,the
: weather, was g oing to
being excessive, we did not obserVe the change a change. , The very thought palled,mefor the
of temperature' - We were now traversing the "moment, as I knew it would be iMpessible to
huge buttress' of the—Aignille du Midi, which I aseentPLa Cote;:is there was a elotid'in that
was soinewhat dangerous,.great.rocks rearing I quarter. • : I suggested it might-'possibly , clear
their broad fronts on the left, and the right up.tiefore midnight. He shook his headdoubt-
Fooking ()V e t• the precipice down to the 'nu; rabic . ingly, bat promised to
. wait. After , pas.sius,
of the vast "glacier. The vie* that here pre- , securely, one of the most . dill:knit portions of
sented itself was very impressive . ; I but es 'the the n Journey; this Was indeed djsPiriting,' and I
precipice:is steep, and the route narrow and anxiously witteltedWiYintrometer.with thehOpe
uncertain. I found it better to keep . my, eyes 'of 'detecting , . a':.fatorable.:alteration nil, the
ahead, and : not permit them to wender,over.the.:glass,c:.. Ifs., ;.-1,!: :.1,.i, -;,; 73 ,::,;: . 3 ,, ; 3 i.,.. •
cravy grandeurs.of the glacier; ; ,..4. , fo§p step, . 3 .'„llnl,9l,Ouds,„lnst,eadff: disappearing,. slowiy
mi g ht have list a` ftitaherhihintion. • '
.all around was
A nOther liall-hanri after crossing a trouble- dense,' l darli; aniPtlireatenitig:-I'Tlie•giiirltSbtilti
some etillection of stray boulders, and we reach- a consultation, andifeltlrmined that an attempt
ed what tke guides, termed , thol-Pie‘rie - tillEch- I-- to Prdeeed 'Weald lie;righ,Jilivith : , t h ec-wdat her •
elk Whetft'ufolind:a.VldOt io:itcaelaitalgAre4.ling-A4n igMektl4 VEcifP,g4c%leit9i prided
pair, aud : an. old. kip psitek„fal I tif _ shot t_ billilsi,,th at . , typ 31 440, 1 4.4 cr .: , tiescpid r; to, ' 9 o,,,valley
of wood; i'vtii6h h e ad - evidenilY 'beti. lift by early inlitA itormug, 'or i'%o medit suffer 11' '
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some former pilgrim. Jean told me that a
ladder is constantly, kept here, to assist trave
lers in crossing crevices, and I found ds servit c
was most important, after getting into the gla-
cter.
It was still twenty minutes' walk to the bor
der of the ice, which we reached without diffi
culty. We had here a fine view of the Mon
tagne de la Cote, on which the celebrated de
Saussure, the pioneer of 'this hazardous route,
proceeded, on his ascent in 1787. Beneath us
the valley sloped away, and its chalets and
sloping pasturages looked like a confused and
chequered surface far in the distance. The
pine forests on the mountains looked like a
sear livery, while many of the chain of peaks,
rising behind the village, stood oat bold and
lofty, their summits tipped 'with white. Above
us vast ridges of snow rose on all sides, and
through them we could distinguish colossal
masses of glittering ice, that looked as if they
had been split and torn asunder by tile fury of
a tempest. Looking up the glacier, jutting
pinnacles and frosted crags fiercely broke the
gaze. These glistened in the sunlight so that
,we could scarcely look at them. The shatter
ed surface of the two ridges shutting in the
channel we were about to traverse, 'presented
ledges of ice of inconceivable magnitude. Had
we been nearer to them our wonder wOnld
have been still more excited,. as the vastness
of the view, .and the impossibility 'to calcu
late distance, destroys all idea of proportionate
bulk.
Jean Carrier now went ahead on the glacier,
and, the snow being firm, we found uo diffcul
ty in proceeding while we kept in each other's
track. We all put on glasses and veils, and
found them extremely useful in protecting our
eyes from the dazzling shimmer of the sun on
the ice. As we advanced, we, found the way
less practicable, and frequently encountered
chasms of terrific width, which caused us to
make detours of several hundred yards. The
upper part of the glacier, as seen from the val
ley, presents no remarkable feature beyond
that of a score of glaciers met with in Switzer-
Lind ; but, when ou it, how startling the im
pre,sion ! A million ice-crags, rent and torn
asunder in the most grotesque shapes, and
serattered nhout on all sides, forms a scene
of the most splendid and overwhelming cha
racter.
We found it necessary, as a mutual protec
tion, to tie ourselves together with cords, and
step with extreme caution. The fissures were
every moment growing more numerous, and
small walls of ice had to be clambered by means
o f footholds eta with a hatchet by Jean, who
di.,pl a yed \vomit.' fill nerve and skill in his ope
rations. Several of these walls or aridies wenr
steep and narrow, and after two of the gnides
had reached the top, the rest of us were half
drau n up, assisting ourselves as best we could
by clinging like flies to the footholds. I stood
wore in awe of treacherous paths across the
crevices than any other of the various dangers,
as a block of the path giving. way, the
whole \weld slide. and we should be hurried
nwreiles:dy down to a chasm of unknown depth.
I was trul,y Bled when wc toe. au the ascent of
the (I rand Millets, the lofty rorks that rise from
the desert of ioe at-the extremity of the glacier
we had jest toiled over. •
We scrambled on to these rocks with no lit
tie trouble, and immediately set about arrang.-
i!lg the knapsacks and c , ntents, which had
been violently knocked about by our troubles
on the glacier. Jean arranged a sort of tent
for rue on a platform of rock, with batons and
a couple of blankets,. that looked excessively
inviting, considering we were two thousand
feet above the line of eternal frost. It was
the cold, though, that had annoyed us atter we
had changed our garments, bat the fierce heat
of the burning SIM striking on the cornices of
the rock. The teat so kindly thought of serv
ed as a protection against its rays ; and, after
covering 'the surface of the ledge with two or
three knapsacks, and blankets over these, I
assumed a lounging position, and rest from the
fatieue jwt undergone.
Our yroune Oil the cone-like rocks present
"REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
what seemed to be approaching storm. With
all my anxiety to accomplish the ascent, I could
offer no objection, feeling convinced that he
based his advice on au experience and sagaci
ty which I had not.
The sunset glories seen from these rocks
have been so often vividly detailed by able
writers that I will not attempt to describe
what I saw. A feeble pen like mine never do
justice to the gorgeous scenes that passed
around and above me. I remember them as a
magnificent dream, wild, splendid, inconceiva
ble ! I was spe,ll-bound and entranced by the
changing glories.that hovered like fairy visions
on every side. It was an atmospheric romance ;
soft, transparent, changing, and beautiful, be
yond comprehension. I trembled with,rapture
as I watched those wondrous effects ; and
when they passed away, it was as if I had
awakened from a strange unearthly vision, the
memory of which filled we with emotion I could
not comprehend.
After the resolve to remain at the Mulets
al l night, the guides arranged themselves about
the edges of the rocks as best they could, and
soon were wrapped in slumber. Jean sought 1
ray tent, and was also quickly asleep, and I
alone kept watch , in ,the dreary ice-bountlsoli
tulle. It was feudally impressive, with not a
star to be seen, nor light, except the dire cold
reflection frOm the ice of the glaciers that lay
silently beneath. "Ile'elondi above still thick
ened, and glooin, black, end impenetrable, hung
over us like a canopy-of..evil.
* - . * .*„
At last the morning dawned. it,was
chilly, and uncomfortable. ,The clouds, were
still overhanging the high Peaks=., and we pre
pared to descend. The guides 'attacked the
remainder of the provisions, and once more as
sumed the,packs, now well nigh emptied of
their contents. I .was so stiff and paralyzed
by the cold, and regretful of the necessity of
returning, that I could partake of nothing but
a cup of chocolate. The men seemed to regard
the whole affair as a " matter of course," and
uttered nothing in complaint except a few idle
remarks, which in no way tended to soothejny
disappointment. In twenty minutes after bid
ding adieu to the rocks, the descent of which
required some caution, we were full upon the
glacier.,
repassage of this vast ice-field ryas mark
ed by no incidents of importance. It was the.
same toilfome undertaking as before Witkall
my desire to attain the summit, I felt that the
myriad anxieties, labor, oppression and danger,
overbalanced the solitary glorY-of standing on
the crown of the Monarch. I was contented
in the knowledge that j was Once more aji
and On a soil unetwompassed with danger. 1
reached Charnouni in a deplorable star of ex
haustion, where every comfort was prepared
for my reception. I sought my bed with a
weary, intense disgust of everything in the
shape of mountains and glaciers. I was liter
ally worn out. Just as I was settling: my jad
ed faculties into slumber, Jean rattled at my
door to say that a furious flood of rain was
tla,:hing over our recent path. We had es
caped it. I remember I attempted t - ) utter a
sentiment of thankfulness, but the effort died
on my lips. I was asleep.
A NEw 14:m.4,1%—A German who resides
in Mill Creek township, while recently sulTcr
ing from a pulmonary attack, sent for a phy
sician who resides (Al College Hill. Ina short
time the doctor called on him, prescribed two
bottles of cod-liver oil, and receiving, his fee of
$B, was told by the German, who disliked the
size of the bill, that lie need not conic again.
The German, who by the bye, had not heard
the doctor's prescription very well, supposed
he could get the oil and treat himself. The
doctor saw no more of his patient for some
tune, but ooe day. riding past the residence of
the German, he was pleased to see him out iu
the gardmi digging lustily. The case seemed
such a proof of the virtues of the cod-liver oil,
that he stopped to make more/particular en
quiries about it.
" You seem to be getting very well," said he,
addressing the German.
" Yaw, I isle well," responded the formes
sick roan.
" You took as iniich oil as I told you ?" que
ried the doctor.
" Oh yaw, I have used more as four gallons
of de do:r-livur
" The r so d, the astoniihedAoetor
" De dog-liver oil dal..yoa.say I shall take.
I 'have killed most every fat little dog I could
and do dogli‘or oil lime cured we. It
is great medicine, dot dog-livor oil."
The doctor had nothing to say, but rode
quickly away, mid noted iu ids memorandum
book that consumption might be °as readily
cured wjtlidog-liver a§ cod-liver'bil.
• ' DOES rn WiIRLD frATF:
to this questit - t,- the-eilebrateti-- Sidney Smith
saysiz ".It is n0t. , .1 rue tes
jail ty( .
nrdet.au.4 upoliviou§ . p,ioty which
fills the heart with . :binan ehitritiet'and
tnak ; es >i man r.rehtle io Otheig: . severto
himself; is an cdijeet of nnitersaf yen
eration". : ißnt Mankind , Mite Itie last-Of power
; when it.ds, ' tintier, : ..tile-„ of ~pioty ;
they hate cant aneltypochisy n i,44l. l bL4e l
,ad
vertisers and quacks in in piety theyd() not
eho.ose.tn be instilted . ;, they love to tear folly
and intiuit;iiee`tritiii the" altrirs''Whit'll
Only be a . satietttitry'for s the'riglitedusettiid titd
good.".
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•: . 1;41. - 0 Ti .113 . 4 E SiBST !TIT T —4 rerOant young
lawyer oneOf the iliggins, Who
strange - mode of ninfinfailnring wards
'when at a loss for .the` right one; W.OE; .recently
invited to act.aa tvelerk-in: the nhsefnaepf the
minister. at the " disuiet meeting," and during
ths,exereiseay ho emir:took. to
.",give
liymein Which ,
di:idrogy h • ° usu.
i.a;t . ' 6 he "conid:eatild'init 'get taild'of the
word, he•twittestedtite 'vollgregation - t , t! -sing
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A systematic attack -was made, not long
ago, at New Haven, Connecticut, by rats on
some children, each singling out his victim,
and jumping with a simultaneous squeal upon
the little girls playing in the yard. A little
boy of tWo years was caught by the knee, and
held until the child's grandfather went to his
assistance, and then, as the rat scorned to run
it had to be killed. Attempts had been made
to poison these rats, with partial success, and
it may have been in retaliation for their poi
sonous attempts that this concerted change was
made.
The rat is one of the most interesting ani
mals on the globe. In Europe he makes his
toric& eras--different hordes of invaders bro't
their peculiar rats in their train. Europe has
seen the Tats of the Goths, the Vandals and
the Huns. Europe now has its Norman rat,
and its Tartar rat , , and the great rat of the
Purisian sewer is of recent date and Muscovite
origin.
The brown rat, otherwise known as the Nor
man riit, has established itself all over the
world, by the commerce of civilized times. It
had posession of France for the last six 'or se
ven centuries ; but within the last it has found
its master in the Muscovite and Tartar rat,
called hi Paris the rat of 3lontancon. These
new rats, pre'vionsly unknown to Europe, des
cended.from the heights of the great central
plafead orAsia, from which the Hun and Mon
gol horseman descended, who spread - right and
left, and took possession of Rowe ou the one
hand and Pekin on the other. •
The estathislitnent of the tnuscov:te rat in
France -,counneneed with the extirpation of
brown or Norrnau rat—th:it rat has almost
disappeared, and is found only in the cabinets
of the curious collectors—while the Muscovite
rut is daily increaslng iu size, ferocity and cou
rage, The Russian rat devours the dog, the
eat, and attacks the child asleep. The corpse
of a man is a dainty for this beast, and it al
ways.rommences by eating out the eyes. Its
tooth is most venomous ; and the author from
whom we derive much of this article states
that lie has known of ten eases of amputation
of the leg, necessitated by the bite of this rat.
The cat turns tails upon this rat, in the most
ferocious state. A„good rat terrier is the best
destroyer, but forttmately, rats and ratopha
gus, eat one another, fis.ht duck - , and grand
destructive battles. Were it otherwise they
would make this world an unpleasant place for
man to live in. We should have to tight our
way, and not unfrequently like the Archbishop
of Mayenee, should be dragged from their beds
at midnight, by au army of rats and devoured
upon the spot.
The rat is the emblem of misery, murder
and rapine-1i cannibal and a robber—devot
ed to the principle of war spoilatiou. Will it
ever disappear ?
Simeox tinhosoms her Avrongs
as follows : --" I married Sintrox eight years
ago, at which time my gowns were fastened
by eight hooks and eyes. Now you will readi
ly conceive that no woman can hook and-eye
herself. Whilst a spinster, she obtains the aid
of her sister, cousin, mother, or Betty the maid.
When she becomes a married woman, the hook
and-eye duty naturally devolves upon the hus
band. For the first year of my marriage, Sim
cox, like an affectionate husband, hook-and•
eyed the whole eight ; the second year he some
what peevishly restricted his attention to se
ven ; the third to six, the fourth to live, the
fifth to four ;, and so on decreasing until this
moraine—the anniversary of our eighth wed
ding—when you would hare supposed him pos
sessed by the dearest and tinniest recollections,
he dropped another hook and eye, intimating
to me that for the term of his natural life lie
should restrict himself to one—the hook and
eve at the top. As I know you have a crowd
of female readers, I thought it a duty I owed
to the sex to warn them, through the medium
of your publication, of the craftiness and, I.
must say it, sellkhness of man. • They will, I
hope, take warning by my condition, and ere
they enter into matrimony, stipulate for a due
performance of toilette attention on the part
of their husbands."
VEGETABLR SOUPS.-A 11 vegetables that are
put into soups should be put into cold water,
and gradually brought to the boiling point --
This will cause them to diffuse their flavor
through the whole mass. Irish potatoes should
never be put in soups until first having Leen
cut up in cold water ; this extract.; their bit
terness and renders them fit to mingle in the
other vegetable mass. The meats to flavor
legetables, soups may be beef, veal, .mutton or
clkiekeu, and like-the vegetables should be put
into col 4 water.,, There ar© fewer- good soups
mole in the,.coutitry Allan; almost any , Woo.
anal : the reason.is.obvious—it take:s, time
to Cook,them,.; 4 ku -okra- gumbo soup should
bOil'inceSSantly ix hours, then the flavor of
the meat, vegetables, and condiments arc so
intimately and delicately blended that they all
seem'ime delicious mass. Salt hardens W'oter
mud flesh; and ShoUld not be lint into soups un
til the mciis is done! ,
"Pil.)=,. Mrsi. 7ahriska, why do, you
whip your children so often ?"
"'Li, Worthy, tdo it for their.enlight
entactit " . tneirer - whips one of theniin niy life
that he'clidiet acknowledge that it made him
smart."
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br..Tob nson compered plaintiff and Oc
feudal& in an action 'fit: law, to bro men dkli
tub., tl!Cir litints in . a, 'bucket, and - daring each
other to rethain longest under, watet., • .
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The use of:magnesia, as powder forap
p4otioo to the Nee, is, deeidealy injurious, and
tJle complexion, reuderiug
itobard;.kuurvy; mut lighJe 'eruptions.
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VOL. 35.
A Sotaptova System of IllodeWog.
A writer in the London Athenrum of a late
date, thns describes one of the first and most
important processes of producing a marble
statue :
" Mr. Hiram Power's process of sculpture
modelling in plaster of Paris was diosreourte
ously explained to me in a detailed manner, by
himself, in Florence, in the year before last.—
He reverts to literal sculpture, manufacturing
in the first place a block of sulphate of lime,
(bounded merely by the rough outlines of his
intended statue,) which he then cots dovin, by
means of hatchets and chisels, to the more ac
curate figure, and finishes by means of spuds
and files of his own invention. The original
block is constructed in masonry of small bricks
laid in plaster, and of dimensions varying from
three to four inches long by two and a-half
, inches wide, and about three-quarters to one
inch thick. These piled together, become a
homogeneous mass of sulphate of lime, and an
easibly workable artificial stone. The block
so made is next chipped down to the required
size, the component limbs and trunk being hewn
out of the solid, principally by the aid of small
and light chisels and hammers. Upon the
scaly chipped surface of the figure in this state,
the modeling of the muscles and features is ef
fected in a paste of phister, dabbed on with
.trowels, floats, and finally spuds of various si
zes The finished surface of the nude is lastly
worked up by hollow files, pierced at one end,
like- a iullender, with holes, half round, which
a tooth is raised. Thee files are extremely
effective : they are made by the artist himself,
of every shape, size, and curvature, and rasp
, the dry plaster away beautifully, leaving a plea
; saint texture of surface. In the fingers and ex
tremities of the plaster model, copper wires are
inserted, being the only representatives of the
unwieldy muss ,f iron frame-work necessary
for the setting wand support of a clay model ;
and -these wires, by their ductility, afford suf
ficient liberty for changing the pose and atti
tude of members, if, as the work proceeds, oc
casion arises for so doing. A linger, for in
stance, requires to be more bent ; it is sawn
through to the wire at the joint, the wire is
twist's] into the required position, and a fresh
modelling of thejoiet , muscles is alone requir
ed. The as in fact, take the place of bones.
For finishing the limbs of his figures with that
extreme nicety which he does, Mr. Powers
adopts a hold and novel mode. He has invent
ed a vice—which is set upon a ball-and-socket
joint—and has, by virtue of raising andilepres
shin screws, every possible variety of motion.
This instrument is the perfection of ingenuity.
The sculptor cuts off from his figure an arm,
a head, a leg. when modeled sufficiently for his
purpose, and, fixing it in the vice, trim, twists,
scrapes and polishes it at his ease, to the most
detailed finish. In eutting.off•-a dowel is in
serted into one side of the cut, and a mortise
hole left in the other—and these are so arrams ,
ed, - With regard to a groove which is first made
on the outside of the limb, as to insure an ab
solute accuracy in refitting. By arrangements
of this kind, the working of the torso is ren
dered much less difficult than when covered
hr part by limbs stretching before it ; and the
finishing of the nude to that exactness which
Mr. Powers always adopts before touchline. e' the
drapery, becomes a less tedious operation. The
several ,advantages obtained by his system Mr.
Powers explained to be—the saving of one
whole micration, viz , casting—the model it
self being used for the points ; the convenience
of being able at any time to put aside or re
sume a study without that intervening watch
fulness anal care in moistening and coveringnp
which a clay'model requires ; the facility of
bending the extremities when modelled by
weans of their central wiry bones, which would
only cut through instead of moving the clayey
limbs ; the saving of time and labor by remo
delling a portion only, instead of a whole limb,
when slightly altered in position ; and, last
ly, the better anatomical exactitude with which
members detached from the body may, as cum
tiers, be worked."
Le- The Athens (Ga.) Messengri, gives Ak
following obituary notice of a deceased citiieh
of that country : " Ile was the father of eleven
sons—five of the sons having married five sis
ters. Ile had also one hundred and eighty
nine grand-children and nt his futleral, two
weeks ago last Salibath, two horses were stung
to death by bees, and another came =Hosing
his life by the same !"
-M - '" A Yankee is srlf-denying,,
and into everything prying,' lle is a lover or
piety, propriety, notoriety, and the temperance
society. lie is a bragging, dragging, striving
thriving, swapping, josilia7, wrestling, musical,
quizzical, - astronoiniCal, philosophical, poetical
atarcriminal sort Of a character, whose mani•
fest - destiny is to spread civilization to 'the re
,
Motest'
eorner of the earth,
.
te,„7,r• " Where's Mrs. Sufi'?" asked an ac
ua ip tance; with a shawl ronml iris shoulder:,
of Mr. Nuff, who was shivering over a dying
fire.
" Gone put,7 was the reply ; .!‘ she has the
shawl to-day—Aqinorrovi'll be my turn."
It is an extraordinary fact, that those
•who get to high words, generally use low lan
guage.
A. few days Alum., n barber drered a
reward for instantly removing smile nous hair.
Among the aes‘CPei was one fors led by a
gentleman' in 'Kingston. We give " tru
tlertake to kiss as woman against her will."
, : ,, ,, entletnan of our acquaintance
bays that he is the hy:t matt in the world that
-will ever tyrannize over a daughter's aftectious.
So.rong as she nurtrirs the man of his choice,
lie,doul, care Who she orts.,.
square-A. rel e—settle up year
bill for ltarya attire:: dry goodS . store or with
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