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T2IE JKFFE ItSOft I A N.
For Thinkers.
BY CHAKLES SWAIN.
Take the spade of Perseverance,
Dig the field of progress wide;
Every rotten root of faction
Hurry out, and cast aside;
Every stubborn weed of error;
Every seed that hurts the soil;
Tares, whose very growth is terror
Dig them out, what e'er the toil!
Give the stream of Education
Broader channel, bolder force;
Hurl the stones of Persecution
Out, where'er they block its course;
Seek for strength in self exertion!
Work and still have faith to wait;
Close the crooked gate to fortune;
Make the road to honor straight!
Men are agents for the future!
As they work so ages win
Either harvest or advancement,
Or the product of their sin!
Follow out true cultivation,
Widen Education's plan;
From the majesty of nature
Teach the majesty of men.
Take the spade of Perseverance,
Dig the field of Progress wide;
Every bar to true instruction
Carry out and cast aside;
Feed the plant whose fruit is wisdom,
Cleanse from crime the common sod;
So that from the throne of Heaven
It may bear the glanoe of God
Room for all.
What need of all this fuss and strife,
Each warring with his brother!
Why should we in that crowd of life,
Keep trampling on each other
Is there no goal that can be won
Without a squeeze to gain it
No other way of getting on
But scrambling to obtain itf
Oh! fellow men, here wisdom, then,
In friendly warning call,
Your claims divide the world is wide
There's room enough for all !'
Dutch v Ahead!
An old, plain-looking and plain-spoken
Dutch farmer, from the vicinity of the
Helderburg, in pursuit of dinner, the
other day, dropped in at the Excelsior
Dining Saloon, in Xassau-street. Taking
a seat alongside of a dand3-lassimo sort
of a fellow all perfume, moustachois
and shirt-collar our honest Mynheer
ordered up bis dinner.
'What will it be, sir?? asks white a
pron. You got goot corned beef, hey!' says
Dutchy.
Yes!'
You got sourkrout, too, hey V
-Ob, yes!'
'Yell, gif me some both!' says Myn
heer. Off starts white apron on a keen jump,
and presently returns with the desired
fodder. The sourkrout was smoking hot,
and sent forth its peculiar flavor, evident
ly satisfactory to Mynheer's nasal organ,
and vice versa to that of our dandy
friend, who after the dish had been de
posited on the table, and Mynheer was
about commencing an attack on it, ex
claimed I a say, my friend a are you
going to eat that stuff?'
Mynheer turned slowly around, and
looking at his interrogator with evident
.astonishment, says he,
Eat it ? Yy, of course I eats it!'
'Well,' says dandy, 'I a would as
jief devour a plate of guano !'
'Ah, well,' replied Mynheer, pitching
into the sourkrout wtih an evident relish,
dot depends altogedder on how von teas
brovglil vp P
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A young fellow out West, recently
went to -pop the question' to a young
lady with whom he was slightly ac
quainted. On his return, he was asked
how he succeeded. Oh, I met with a
warm reception,' said he. 'Indeed?'
'Yes, indeed; for as soon as I knocked
at the door I bad a pan full of hot soap
suds thrown on to me from tho kitchen
window. It was so very warm that I
took the hint and retreated.'
A bird standing five feet high, five
feet eight inches from tip to tip of the
wings, has been shot at Ozaukee, Wis
consin. Its color is blue, with green tuft
ou the head.
From the Weekly Budget.
Old Myers, the Panther.
A (ale from Real Life in the
ISackwoods.
BY SEBA SMITH.
In a country like ours, of boundless
forests, rapidly filling up with a growing
and widely spreading population, the pio
neers of the wilderness, those hardy and
daring spirits who take their lives in their
hands, and inarch in advance of civiliza
tion, into the wild woods to endure priva
1 tions anion" the wild animals, and run
the hazard of wild warfare among the
savage tribes, form a cry peculiar and
interesting class. Whether it is a natur
I al hardihood and boldness, and love of
' adventure, or a desire for retirement, or
a wish to be free from the restraints of
civilized society, that thus leads this pe
culiar class of people into the wilderness,
it matters not now to inquire. Probably
all these motives, in a greater or less de
gree, go to make up the moving principle.
At the head of this class is the renown
ed Daniel Boone, whose name will live as
long as his own Kentucky shall find a
place on the page of history. lie was the
great Xapoleon among the pioneers of
the wilderness. Put there are many
others of less note, whose lives were also
filled with remarkable adventures, and
curious and interesting incidents. In
deed, ever State in the Union has had
more or Jess of these characters, which go
to make up the class. One of these was
Old Myers, the Panther; a man of iron
constitution, of great power of bone and
muscle, and an indomitable courage that
knew no mixture of fear.
Four times, in four different States,
had Myers pitched bis lonely tent in the
wilderness, among the savage tribes, and
waited for the tide of white population to
overtake him; and four times had "pulled
up stakes" and marched still deeper into
the forest, where he might enjoy more
elbow-room, and exclaim wilth Selkirk,
"I am monarch of all I survey
My rights there is none to dispute."
And now at the time of which we speak,
he had a fifth time pitched his tent and
struck his fire on the banks of the Illinois
river, in the territory which afterwards
arew up to a State of the same name-
Having lived so much in the wilderness,
and associated so much with the abori
gines, he had acquired much of their
habits and mode of life, and by his loca
tion on the Illinois river, he soon became
rather a favorite anions: the Indian tribes
around him. His skill with the rifle and
the bow, and bis personal feats of strength
and agility, were well calculated to ex
cite their admiration and applause. He
often took the lead among them in their
games of sport. It was on one of these
occasions that he acquired the additional
name of the Panther,
A party of eight or ten Indians, ac
companied by Myers, had been out two
or three days on a hunting excursion, and
were returning, laden with the spoils of
the chase, consisting of various kinds of
wild fowl, squirrels, racoons and buffalo
skins. They had used all their ammuni
tion except a single charge, which was
reserved in the rifle of the chief for any
emergency or choice game which might
present itself on the way home. A river
lay in way which could be crossed only
at one point, without subjecting them to
an extra journej of some ten miles round.
When they arrived at this point, they
suddenly came upon a huge panther,
which had taken possesion of the pass,
and, like a skilful general confident of his
Etrong position, seemed determined to
hold it. The party retreated a little, and
stood at bay for a while, and consulted
what should be done.
Yarious methods were attempted to
decoy or frighten the creature from his
position, but without success. lie growl
ed defiance whenever they came in sight,
as much as to say, "If you want this
stronghold come and take it?" The an
imal appeared to be very powerful and
fierce. The trembling Indians hardly
dared to come in sight of him, and all the
reconnoitering had to be done by Myers.
The majority were in favor of retreating
as fast as possible, and taking the long
journey of ten miles round for home ; but
Myers resolutely resisted. He urged the
chief, whose rifle was loaded, to march
up to the panther, take good aim and
shoot him down; promising that the rest
of the party would back him up closely
with their knives and tomahawks in case
of a miss-fire. But the chief refused; he
knew too well the nature and power of
the animal. The creature, he contended,
was exceedingly hard to kill. Not one
shot in twenty, however well aimed,
would dispatch him; and if one shot failed,
it was a sure death to the shooter, for the
infuriated animal would spring upon him
in an instant, and tear him to pieces.
For similar reasons every Indian in the
party declined to hazard a battle with the
enemy in any shape.
At last Myers, in a burst of anger and
impatience, called them all a set of cow
ards, and snatching the loaded rifle from
the hands of the chief, to the amazement
of the whole party, marched deliberately
towards the panther. The Indians kept
at a cautious distance to watch the result
of the fearful battle. Myers walked stead
ily up to within about two rods of the
panther, keeping his eyes fixed upon him,
while the eyes of the panther flashed fire,
and his heavy growl betokened at once the
power and firmness of the animal. At
about two rods distance, Myers levelled
bis rifle, took deliberate aim, and fired. abated. Up to that time he had remain
The shot inflicted a heavy wound, but not ed on the banks of bis favorite Illinois.
a fatal one; and the furious animal, mad- But now tho old Vetera n pioneer grew
dened with the pain, made but two leaps discontented. The state was rapidly fill
before he reached his assailent. Myers ing up with inhabitants, and the forms
met him with the butt end of his rifle, and , and restraints of civilization pressed upon
staggered him a little with two or three him. The wildness and freshness of the
heavy blows, but the rifle broke, and the country were destroyed. He looked a
auitnal grappled him apparently with his , broad from his old favorite hills, and he
full power. The Indians at once gave ' saw that in every direction the march of
Myers up for dead, and only thought of civilization had broken in upon the repose
making a timely retreat for themselves, jof the old forest, and his heart again
FV.jirful was the strti""lo betwen Mvers yearned
and the panther, but the animal had the
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best of it at first, for they soon came to
the ground, and Myers underneath, suf
fering under the joint operation of sharp
claws and teeth, applied by the most
powerful muscles! In falling, however,
Myers, whose right hand was at liberty,
nad drawn a long Kniie. As soon as
they came to the ground, his right arm
being free, ho made a desperate plunge
at the vitals of the animal, and as his
good luck would have it, reached his
heart. The loud shrieks of the panther
showed that it was a death-wound. He ,
quivered convulsively, shook his victim'
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wi
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spasmouic leap ana piunge, men
loosened his hold and fell powerless by
his side. Myers, whose wounds were se
vere but not mortal, rose to his feet,
bleeding and mucli exhausted, but witn ,
me and strengtn to give a grand wnoop,
which conveyed the news of his victory
to his trembling Indian friends.
They now came up to him with shout
ing and joy, and so full of admiration
that they were almost ready to worship
him. They dressed and bound up his
wounds, and were now ready to pursue
their journey home without the least im-
pediment. Jietore crossing tue river,
however, Myers cut off the head of the
panther, which he took home with him,
and fastened it up by the side of his cab
in-door, where it remained for years, a
memorial of a deed that excited the ad
miration of the Indians in all that region.
From that time forth they gave Myers
that name, and always called him the
Panther.
Time rolled on, and the Panther con
tinued to occupy his hut in the wilderness,
on the bank of the Illinois river, a gen
eral favorite among the savages, and ex
ercising great influence over them. At
last the tide of white population again
overtook him, and he found himself once
more surrounded by white neighbors.
Still, however, he seemed loth to forsake
the noble Illinois, on whose banks he
had been so long a fixture, and he held
on, forming a sort of connecting link be
tween the white settlers and the Indians.
At length hostilities broke out, which
resulted in the memorable Black Hawk
War, that spread desolation through that
part of the country. Parties of Indians
committed the most wanton and cruel dep
redatious, often murdering old friends and
companions, with whom they had held
long conversation. The white settlers,
for some distance round, flocked to the
cabin of the Panther for protection, nis
cabin was transformed into a sort of gar
rison, and was filled by more than a hun
dred men, women and children, who rest
ed almost their only hope of safety on the
prowess of the Panther, and his influence
over the savages.
At this time a party of about nine hun
dred of the Iroquois tribe were on the
banks of the Illinois, about a mile from the
garrison of Myers, and nearly opposite
the present town of La Salle. One day
news was brought to the camp of Myers,
that his brother-in-law and wife, and
their three children, had been cruelly
murdered by some of the Indians. The
Panther beard the sad news in silence.
The eyes of the people were upon him
to see what he would do. Presently they
beheld him with a deliberate and deter
mined air, putting himself in battle array.
He girded on his tomahawk and scalping-
knife, and shouldered his loaded rifle,
and at open midday, silently and alone,
bent his steps towards the Indian encamp
ment. With a fearless and firm tread, he
marched directly into tho midst of the as
sembly, elevated his rifle at the head of
the principal chief present, and shot him
dead on the spot. He then deliberately
severed the head from the trunk, and
holding it up by the hair before the awe
struck multitude he exclaimed, "You have
murdered my brother-in-law, his wife and
their little ones; and now I have murder
ed your chief. 1 am now even with you.
But now mind, every one of 'ou that is
found here to-morrow morning at sunrise,
is a dead Indian!"
All this was accomplished without the
least molestation from the Indians. These
people are accustomed to regard any re
markable deed of daring as the result of
some supernatural agency: and doubtless
so considered the present incident. Be
lieving their chief had fallen a victim to
some unseen power, they were stupified
with terror, and looked on without even
a thought of resistance. Myers bore off
the head in triumph to his cabin, where
he was welcomed by his anxious friends,
almost as one returning from the dead.
The next mornin" not an Indian was to
be found any where in the vicinity. Their
camps were deserted, and they left for
ever their ancient haunts and their dead,
and that part of the State was not mo -
lested by them afterwards. 'as to make it easy of ascent particularly
The last account we have of Old My- upon one of its sides, because a singular
ers, the Panther, was in 1838. The old fact connected with this remarkable
man was eighty years of age, but his form 'structure is that it inclines nearly ten de
was still erect and his steps were firm; his grces to one side of the vertical or pcr
ejee were not dim, nor his natural force pendicular.
ror a iougc in some vast, wnuernea?,
Some boundless contiguity of shade,
"Where rumor of oppression and deceit,
Of unsuccessful or successful war,
Might never reach him more."
ami once more "pulling up stakes" to be
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"What?" said a neighbor, "you are not
going to leave us, Father Myers, and take
yourself to the woods again in your old
age?"
"Yes," said Myers, "I can't stand this
eternal bustle of the world around me.
t must ,c 0ff ;n the woods where it is ciui-
et anrj as soon as I can sell out my im-
' . .
'pr0vements 1 shall make tracks."
The venerable ''squatter" had no tee in
the land he occupied, but the improve
ments on it were his own, and it was not
ion before a centleman appeared who
offered a fair equivalent for these, with a
right to purchase the soil. The bargain
was completed, and the money counted
out; and the Panther began to prepare
for his departure.
"Where are you going, Father Myers,
said the neighbor.
"Well, I reckon, "said the old Panther,
"I shall go away off somewhere to the fur
ther side of Missouri; I understand the
, people haint got there yet, and there's
(plenty of woods there."
He proceeded to array himself for his
journey. He put on the same hunting
shirt which he wore when he killed the
Indian chief. He loaded his rifle and
girded on his tomahawk and scalping
knife; and, having filled his knapsack
with such articles as he chose to carry
with him, he buckled it upon his shoul
ders, and giving a farewell glance round
the cabin, he sallied forth and took the
western road for Missouri. When he had
reached a little eminence some rods dis
tant, he was observed to hesitate, and
stop and look back. Presently he return
ed slowly to the cabin.
"Have you forgot anything, Father
Myers?" said the occupant.
"I believe," said the old man, "I must
take the head of the panther along with
me, if you have no objections."
"Certainly," said the gentleman, "any
personal matters you have a perfect riaht
to."
The old man took down the dried up
remains of the panther's head from the
wall where it had hung for many years,
and fastened it to his knapsack. Then
taking one last lingering look of the
premises, he turned to the occupant, and
asked if he was willing he should give his
"grand yell" before he started on his
journey.
"Certainly, Father Myers," said the
gentleman: "I wish you to exercise the
utmost freedom in all personal matters
before you leave."
At this the old Panther gave a long,
and loud, shrill whoop, that rang through
the welkin, and was echoed by forest and
hills for miles around.
"There," said the old man, "now my
blessing is on the land and on you. Your
ground will always yield an abundance,
and you will always prosper."
Then Old Myers, the Panther, turned
his face to the westward, and took up his
solitary march for the distant wilderness.
A Curiosity in California
One of the most interesting events
which have recently transpired in Cali
fornia, is tho discovery in the southern
part of the state, in the neighborhood of
the Colorado, of an immense pyramid of
hewn stone. It has a level top of fifty
feet square, though it is evident that it
was once completed, but that some great
convulsion of nature has displaced its en
tire top, as it evidently now lies a huge
and broken mass upon one of its sides,
though nearly covered by the sands. This
pyramid differs in some respect from the
Egyptian pyramids; it is, or was, more
slender or pointed, and while those of
Egypt are composed of steps or layers,
receding as they rise, the American py
ramid was undoubtedly a more finished
work; the outer surface of the blocks
were evidently cut to an angle that gave
the structure, when new and complete, a
smooth or regular surface from top to
bottom. From the present level of the
sands that surround it, there are fifty-two
distinct lavers of stone, that will average
at least two feet; this gives its present
height one hundred and four feet, so that
before the top was displaced, it must have
been judging from an angle in its sides,
at least twenty feet higher than at pres
ent. How far it extends beneath the
surface of the sands, it is impossible to
determiue without great labor. Such is
the age of this immense structure that
the nernendicular iomts between the
blocks are worn away by the storms, the
' vicissitudes and the corroding of centuries,
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The Man who has slept Five years,
We called yesterday to sec the man
who has been asleep for five years, and
whose case was detailed in the Times
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,ome wees since. c iouuu nun ... v u--,, habitj poss;bly from gom(j q CQn.
seemed like a sound sleep. He was bSjsciousncsSj that in this lnnttcr be is sub
in bed, his eyes nearly closed, his rcspi-,. the wishca of attcndauts. Theal-
t t :. ,.o..t u:J
.auuuaiuwci tuau iwua., -
breatumg a little stertorous, pulse some
seventy-five strokes in a minute, soft and
weak. On attempting to open his eyes,
he firmly closed them, and when, by
force, the lids were opened, the eyes were
rolled upward so that it was impossible
to see the pupils. The mouth was slight
1' opened; on attempting to open it wider
the jaws were instantly locked. There
j was a constant tremor of the eyelids, and
; from his mouth there was some drivel
ling. Ilis body was extremely emaciated:
his arms were folded upon his breast, and
any attempt to remove them was strongly
resisted. The mucles seemed ririd and
tense when the effort was made, and in
deed it was impossible, without violence,
to change at all the position of his limbs.
Once during our stay, he drew a long
breath, like a man who is about to turn
in his sleep. At another time, he hitched
himself up a little in bed. He was lifted
up bodily and seated on the side of the
bed; his head was still bent forward upon
his chest, hi3 legs crooked under him at
the same angle, and his arms folded as
when he was lying.
There was nothing
2
to indicate that he would not retain the
same position for weeks. "We lifted one
foot, the other came up with it. There
was little or no bending at the knee, or
at the hip; the feet were raised only as
t i c a i i i
the upper part of the body was carried
backwards. He was placed standing u
pon the floor. It required a few moments
to balance him exactly; after that, he
stood in the same position so long as we
remained; there was nothing to indicate
that he would not maintain the same pos
ture for a month.
Thi3 certainly is a most marvellous
case. There is not the slightest chance
for any collusion or deception in the mat
ter. Many of our best physicians have
examined him, none, so far as we can
hear, believe any deception in the case to
be possible. From physicians in the
Western prat of 2s. York, and from men of
the highest standing, we arc assured that
the story which is told of him is per
fectly true.
Though we have given a history of it
before, a brief restatement is warranted
by the interest created by presence here.
Ilis name is Cornelius Yroman; he was
born in Schoharie county, but has lived
since he was seventeen years of age in
Clarkson, Monroe county, not far from
Rochester. He was a hard workinsr man,
' a good worker, temperate, trusty, and at
the time when his strange sleep came on,
he was working on the farm of Mr. Mo
ses Jennings. His mother is dead; he
has a father and two brothers living in
Clarkson. On tho 1 0th of June 1848, he
felt unwell enough to call in Dr. John S
Cole, who found him complaining of some
pain in the stomach and in the head, for
which he prescribed. After this, without
becoming any more sick, his sleep each
night grew longer, until at last it was
found impossible to wake him. Out of
this sleep he has never come, to remain
wakeful for more than sixteen hours at a
time; and the aggregate of all his waking
! hours since the seizure is not over three
t
j da'S. At first they were oftener, but
now the wakins intervals recur about ev
cry six weeks. The last time he awoke
was while he was in liochcstcr, some ten
weeks since, which gives us a hope that
his waking hour now approaches, and that
we may sec see him in his wakeful condi
tion. When awake, he seems totally un
conscious of his peculiarity, and has said
some things which indicate that he remem
bers matters as they were before his
change. They say that he straightens
himself up then, and walks as limbcrly as.
others
Yet now to handle his limbs, we
fear that they must be partially anchy -
losed. But on this point we arc not sat -
,
isfactor.ly informed.
His diet cousits principally of milk,
sometimes with a little bread soaked in it.
It is with some difficulty that it can be
admiuistcrcd. The iaws must be forced
n as in tetanus and the liquid poured
, 1 ....
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in between his teeth
Once he went with-
out any food for five days; but his friends
objected to any farther conduct of the ex-
' periment, though there was no change in
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i his svmptoms during that time. When
j - 1 0
the seizure occurred he is said to have
i weighed 160 pounds; now ho cannot weigh
over 90 pounds. His height was six feet
two inches. The secretion of the kidneys
is discharged once or twice a day; it is
very high colored, and not much dimin
ished in quantity. Possibly it is from
i v'nc cvacuat,oiis are very scanty, occur-
rin" not oftener than at intervals of from
six to twenty days. Once he was left
standing for three days; there was no
change in his position during that time.
Ytrc are not informed definitely as to
the medical treatment to which he has
been subjected. "We are told, however,
(and he has scars that attest it,) that he
has been blistered and bled, subjected to
issues, setons, and counter-irritation of
almost every sort; that tonics and sud
den stimulants have all been applied; but
medicine has exhausted its resourscs in
vain. Once he was thrown into the wa
ter, but it produced no change.
His personal appearance is anything
but preposcssing. The beard, which cov
ers his face and lips, stands erect, and
the hair of his head also stands on end.
We are assured that this is no peculiarity
in the family, and that nothing of this
sort, no tendency to epilectic or kindred
diseases, ha3 ever been noticed in the fam
ily. Medical men regard this case with the
profoundest interest. It is entirely with-
i ut " Para 'e lu,luu uTa YVi
ri.. 11 o.. it- Una hnntl OllloH hilt tho rt T-
itv of the muscles is quite uncommon; in
deed, the limbs of the cataleptic generally
'seems to be plastic, maintaining the posi-
tion in which they are placed yielding
readil, however, to any counterbalan-
cinS power,
We have gecn another form of it, in
which, though the head, the neck, or the
limbs would take any posture given them
after the lapse of a few moments they
would begin gradually to return to the
position occupied at the time of the seiz
ure. The maintenance of the cataleptic
state for even a few days is extremley rare.
The tetanic spasm of the mouth upon at
tempting to open it, the forcible closing
of the eyelid, and the other slight indica
tions of consciousness, arc not common in
catalepsy.
The ecstasy of nosologists recognises
alack of all consciousness and recognition
and great muscular rigidity, but more or
less mental excitement is supposed to be
indicated by that term. Strange ecstatic
seizures connected with hysteria are on
record.
Cases are recorded where lethargy
or cataphora, as some prefer to call it
and coma have been greatly prolonged,
but in these we believe the voluntary mo
tions of which we have spoken were en
tirely absent. Xo case, however, of either
has been protracted for ycarsas has this.
This curious case seems both to baffle all
medical skill, and to defy the history of
medicine to adduce a parallel. JY. Y.
Times.
Verbal Phraseology.
'A singular advertisement,' says a
Wisconsin friend, 'attracted 1113 notice a
few days ago, which seemed so eutirely
original, and withal so 'western' in its
sentiment and expression, that I cannot
forbear sending it to the Knickerbocker.
It appears that some speculator has con
ceived the bold idea of building a city
in Wisconsin, and owning it all himself;
an undertaking which will certainly pay
when it is successful. The gentleman's
advertisement closed up with a paragraph
like the following: 'The town of and
surrounding country is the most beautiful
tho God of Nature ever made. The
scenery is celestial divine; also, two
wagons to sell, and a yoke of steers.' A
bout as rapid a desceut from the poetical
to the practical as is manifested by
young eastern merchants who get mar
ried, and come out West on what they
call 'a wedding and collecting tour.'1
A Frank Acknowledgment!
A young butcher put up at a tavern to
stay all night, and the landlord, by way
of nickname, called him doctor, a tittle
he had generally borne among his neigh
bors. It so happened that a young il.
D. tarried there all night; and hearing
the landlord call the butcher Doctor, ho
took it for granted that he was a real
disciple of Esculapius. The next day it
that thev traveled together.
d the yonn (ioctor asked the butcher
what success he met with in his practice?
iThe butcher replied that he killed nu,rc
' "' J?md. footer willing to bo
1 ns candid as his inend, frankly aelcnowl-
j edged that he also killed mo?C than ho
1 cured, in trying experiments!
j
j An India plant as good as gutta pcr-
cha has been found. Its milky juice
ien A. bf?T t0US'1 anyard'
The chemical test3 correspond exactly
Jtly
with the established results of cutta per-
cna It becomes plastic in hot water,
and has been moulded into cups and ves-
sols. It will unite with the true gutta
nercha. It also produces an excellent
M . lo n aM ,
fibre, useful in the place ot hemp and
u j. callod the mmi(lar pi.attt 0f
India (Aclepia gigantca).