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ALL MAKIM) ARE BARBERS.
I'll piove lo yon, my friend, I hope,
That none a doubt can harbor;
But h II the world's u batber shop,
And every one's a barber
Some (have to make themselves look neat,
And come became 'lis funny;
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And only thave lor money.
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To rnnrt a girl wilh eloquence,
The dandy nevei frcls her;
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B,u men nml g;rls who thus will boast
Of siapiiiii whil" they inriied,
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Thai boihui'l shaved when married
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Sunburv Feb. 2R, 1853. tf.
3. vlljrilltiij 5kctcl).
LEGEND OF STARVED ROCK.
DY MI53 MAtlY W. JANVrtlN.
In the "far Wi st," where broad rolliiig
prairies stretch away lor miles in billowy
undulations where bold, mountainous
dill's ri.e abruptly lo the azure t,ky, crown
ed with daik firs and cedars, not lar from
the head waters of navigation on the Illi
nois River, ami towering up from the blink
ot the .stream, rises "Starved Rock."
lis walls are of dark grey stones, hall
wiled wilh clambering wild vines and
trailing mosses, as some old delapidated
casile, r. die of leudal times, slanils buried
in the drapery which long ages have woven
around it, and broken parapets of stinted
cedar and fir frown threateningly at the
daring adventurer who attempts to scale its
precipitous steeps. A narrow, almost per
pendicular path, on the opposite side ol ihe
river, is revealed, as you make a circuit of
the bate of the cliff; and here, he who
reaches the highest elevation of the
"Rock," can ascend.
There is a fugitive tale, commpmoratinj:
Day after day Ihe red sun rose in the
orient, wheeled across the burning heavens
slowly to the west' rn horrizon at mid-day
flinging down scorching beams, and ot
twilight throwing long, lengthening sha
dows over water, Wood and rolling prairie,
but to those on the high cliff, no relief
came.
Still the withering sunbeams fell upon
them, drying up their very life-blood ; still
those gigantic shadows creeping closer and
closer about their hearts. They were star'
ving.
And there, at the very base of the rock,
sat silent and immovable as the Mrs which
shrouded them from the fierce sun ray, that
implacable chieftain surrounded by his
wariiors. Neither lovp, mercy, nor pity
entered his flinty heart. His bitterest loe
had stolen his fairest flower -his only
child the daughter of a raceol kings, had
left her wigwam for that of his enemy.
Vengeance upon them bulk the bitter foe,
and the failklcsb daughter.
White, wan, emanciated, they wandered
about on the brow of the cliff, like ghosts,
from the far ofl hunting grounds of their
race. Strong warriors who had not quail
ed in the direst, deadliest combat, now
sunk down like reeds before the breath of
famine. Brave chiefs who would have
laughed in derision at the arrow or the
sea I ping-knife, now felt a fiercer, keener
pang, than poisoned shaft or merciless tom
ahawk ever iuilictrd. With plenty around
them, they were starving.
The red deer left browsing in its leafy
covert and came down to drink the clear
waters below ; hut no morsel of venison
could pas their lips no (Iron of that cool
water could lave their swollen, parched
toiiiiues. The deer lapped up the crystal
liquid of the river snuffed the cool breeze,
and then catching a glimpse ol the dusky
figures flitting to and fro, tossed its antlers
and darted away to the greenwood again ;
the bright waters danced onward beneath,
with a wild mocking freedom, as they bent
down their despairing gaze ; and there, be
low, sat those dark stern warriors like sta
tues, grim and immovable. Oh, it was
horrible !
And the fndian maiden came to the
brink of the precipice, and with her long,
dark hair streaming like the folds of a rent
banner on the wind, bent down and pleaded
with agonizing gestures and frantic entrea
ties to her sire, whom she saw far, far be
low. But never a tone of tenderness, or a
condensed history of steaM. the table Movipco PROBLEM. front round of hit own chair the nsa of the
About 280 years R. C , Hero, of Alexan Mr. Faraday, the great English Electri- I feet, in that case, beinz impossible then
dria, formed a toy which exhibited some ot cian, has been experimenting on table turn- I joining hands, they awaited the result
the events which gave this wild ch so i to(pn 0f reconciliation went up from that
strange a name, coming down to us from prol, insulted soul. He had chosen the
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those times lien the red man wassole lord
of rock, and river, and rolling prairie a
little record of the Indian race, which we
would now weave anew, and again relate
"The Legend of Starved Rock."
L ing years agone, the brave and noble
Indian chief, Oronee, leader of a powerful
tribe inliaiiiting the surrounding region,
saw and loved the gentle maiden, Ulah,
daughter of bis rival chieftain.
Oronee was young and brave ; at his
belt hung the scalps of a hundred of his
foes, whom he had slain in the battle-fiay ;
his arm was strong, and his eye like the
mountain eagle's, and no warrior in the
chase could bring down the fleet deer, or
the fierce panther so surely as he.
Ulah was young and fair, with eyes like
the evening star, and dubky locks like the
gathering shades of night. She loved the
brave Oronee ; and when he toid her that
Day bv day that doomed band thinned
ii away, until at length famine alone reigned
conqueror upon the summit of the cliff.
Day by day they wasted ; and at last all
was still. No ghostly forms wandered
about no wailing voice broke silence.
But one of the besieged warriors escaped ;
and he, descenning in the shade of night lo
a shelving projection not far above the riv.
er, flung himself down into the water,
where his faithful squaw awaited him in
her light canoe and received him as he
arose. Then paddling silentjy down Ihe
stream, and thence to Ihe shore, they dart
ed fleetly into the dark, dense forest, and
! thus escaped to tell their tribe the dreadful
tale.
When all was slill upon the summit, the
avenged chieftain and his band ascended.
The Indian's wrath was appeased his
ihe powers of steam, and was moved by its
power.
A. D. 450, Athemius an architect, arran
ged several cauldrons of water, each cov
ered, wilh the wide bottom of a leathern
tube, which rose lo a natrow top, wilh pipes
extended to the rafter of the adjoining
building. A fire was kindled beneath the
cauldrons, and the house was shaken by the
efforts of the steam ascending Ihe tubes.
This is the first notice of the power of steam
recorded.
In 1543, June 17, Blnseo D. Garoy tried a
steamboat of 309 tons, wilh toleratle sue
ce.s, al Barcelona, Spain. It consisted of a
cauldron of boiling water, and a moveable
wheel on each side of Ihe ship, ll was laid
aside ns impracticable. A present, however
was made lo Garoy.
In 1660, the first railroad was constructed
at Neweastle on Tyne.
The first idea of steam-engine in England
was in ihe Marquis of Worcestei's ''History
of Inventions " A. D. 1663.
In 1710, Newcotnmon made Ihe first steam
engine in England.
In 1718, patents were granted to Savary,
lor the fust application of the steam engine-
In 1701, James Watt made the first per
fect sleam-enaiue i:i Knuland.
In 1736, Jonathan Hull set forth the idea
of steam navigation.
1778, Thomas Paine first proposed this ap
plication in America.
In 1781, Marquis Jeuffroy constructed one
on the Saono.
In 1785, two Aineiicans published a woik
on it.
In 1789, William Symington made a voy
wza in one on Ihe Korlh and Clyde Canal.
In 1802, Ibis experiment was repeated.
In 1782, Ramsey propelled a boat by steam
at New Yoik.
In 1787, John Filch, of Phildelphia, navi
gated a boat by a sleaiti-eiigiue on the Dela
ware. In 1793, Robeit Fulton first began to npp!y
his hlleiilion to steam.
In 1798, Oliver Evans, a native of Phila
telphia, constructed n locomotive steam-en-iue,
to travel on a turnpike road.
The first steam vessel that crossed the At
lantic, was iho Savannah, in the m on lb ,f
June, 1819, from Chailestnn to Liverpool.
Hunt's Merchants1 Magazine.
A SLIM riMNCE OF WARDROBE.
Mrs. , a very dignified woman, and
fine actress of New York, came to ihe table
one morning at Ihe house where she was
boarding, and in a most measured lone of
her most musical voice, exclaimed to the as
sembled female boarders
'I wnsquiie suipiised this morning, quite
nrpi ised "
''Ah. indeed !'' oiied several; "pray, Mis.
, how was thatV
"I will tell you. I entered lhn silling
loom taiher early this morning, and while in
i hero a gentleman came in in a shocking
slate of scanty wardrobe " All paused for
riu titer development. "Now, I wau'er yon,
gentlemen, a basket of wine, that you can
his wigwam was spread with the softest '. vengeance had indeed been terrible. There not guess what piece of a gentleman's w&td-
furs, and for her he would chase the deer r they lay upon the gray rock, those wasted,
and bring down the eagle in his lhght, and
asked her to share his lodge then bhe
turned from her stern father, and went
with the young chieftain.
Ne-pow-va missed his daughter from his
wigwam. When he came back at night
from the toils of the chase, she sprang not
forth to meet him ; when he came from the
battle-field, or the ambush, exulting in vic
tory, she came not forth to sing with his
braves the war-songs of her race. The
daughter of a chieftain was in the wigwam
o! his deadly loe. He could not brook the
insult ; and gathering his bold, fleet war-
. . . t . t a t . L
riors about lnm, low inem, nesnie tne coun
cil fire, the wrong he had sullered, and
bade them follow him.
Day alter day, night after night, saw
them on the trail of the fleeing enemy,
guided ever by ihe heavens above and the
forest wiles beneath.
W, si ward, the stars of night guided their
foot steps; and westward, through the tan
wled wild wood, the sunbeams revealing
if 'ken shrubs and trampled mosses, gave
token that they were on the trail.
On the fourth dav, the eagle gaze of the
fugitives saw the waving plumes of their
pursuers in the distance. 13 lore them rose
bold and high, the huge rock, on the brink
of Ihe Illinois behind th in, came the en
raged father, wilh the fierce warriors of ln
tribe. Upon the wind fi. .ated their wild
cries of vengeance, and dancing, ever near
er and nearer, floated those eagle plumes.
The pursued chief, wih his dusky mai-
len.ant! a small band ol lailhlul followers,
lied to the rocky lortress to the tower of
strength which rose precipitously in their
path.
On, on, came tne pursuers, wiin who
shouts and unearlhly yells on, on, and
nearer yet, until they had reached the base
of the cliff, and then, singing a loud war-
song, they rushed swiftly up the narrow,
steep path,
But the vnung enter ain s arm was strong,
and his arrows swilt and sharp, and his
hraves resolved to fight to the death ; so one
alter another, as their enemies had almost
oVmed ihe summit, they were pi-rced by
theumrring shafts of the archers above,
and lellback lifeless, amid their companions
her.w. And then fnlire 1 1 this attempt
with half their band lying bl.edmg among
them, ihe survivors closed in dark, serried
ranks around the base, and with sullen
silence and invincible determination, await
ed the lingering death of their victims in
the g!o-my, desolate fortress above.
skeleton-like warriors, all stark and stiff;
and there tort, the Indian maiden had died
in the arms ol her lover her white face,
oh so fearful to look upon ! her long
streaming hair, alike her bridal veil and
shroud.
They in:&M her wiien the evening shale,
Fell smlly on Ihe pT'Hinl ;
No echo of her footsteps came
To break the silence ronnd.
They missed her when the silver stars
Slt'ine ir.nn Ihe blue of heaven ;
For she wus w;nt M walch their light,
BurKt on the summer even.
They missed her wh-ii Ihe balmy breeze
Came sighing wully near ;
It brmipht no murmur of her voice
Vino the lisi'ning car.
They missed her w hen the merry laugh
ltau out in gladness free ;
Her uhsiut tue was wanting there,
To swell its notes office
They miesed her in the pleasant pallia
f-he Hud iu sunny hma',
They missed the hand thrit plucked for them
The bright and bUnuing ll iw'rs.
And now, it is said, full oft by the pale
moonlight ate seen wan, chosllv figures
liding to and fro upon the cliff, with dark
plumes tloaiing upon m nigni wtnn; ami
ever and anon, the sp. ctral lorms of Ihe
Indian maiden and her d tsky warrior lov
er, stand upon the brink, and In low, wail
ing voices chant their tlea'h-ihrge ere they
go afar to dwell together in the Great
Spirit's hunting grounds. Thus runs "The
Legend ol the starved Kock."
EVEMNO.
Now came slill evening on, and twilight gray
Had in her eiber livery all things clad ;
ftiletiee accompanied; fr beast and bird.
They to their grassy coueli, these to their nests,
Were slunk; sll but the wakeful nihlmgale;
8he, all niiiht long, her amoroue d. -scant sung ;
Silence was pie scd. Nw gt w'd the firmament
With living npihire.: Hesperus, that led
Tlx slur, y h t, rode brightest, till th. tnnon,
Riling in clouded majesty, st length
Appsrent qua n, unveil'd hsr peerless light,
And o'er the dark her silver mantle Uuew.
MU.TOS.
robe he hail on."
'What jJtfce?" said ihey
"Ay, ho had but one piece of man's ap
parel upon him."
After some simpering and blushing of the
ladies, and laughter of the gentlemen, they
began to guecs.
''Was it his pantaloons V
"No."
"His drawers 1"
"No."
"His overcoat V
'So."
'His vest and linen V'
'No, sir."
"His cloak !"
"No."
'Dickev and spurs, perhaps!" said a face
lions old gent. "A regular Georgia cos
lume, eh 1"
"No, sir yon have not guessed it yet. Go
on," said the actress.
"Well, it was a mantle 1"
"No."
"An umbrella, perhaps?"
"No."
"Then, by George we give it up!" said
several.
"Well, gentlemen, some one of yon, or a
stranger, came into the room, and disappear
ed as soon tvilh nothing on but his hat'.-'
The yoimger ladies vanished ; the rest of
the company roared like hyenas, while Mrs.
very seriously and calmly discussed
hur toast.
Costs is England. The total production
of coal in Great Britain, in 1850, was 34,000,
000 tons, of which 2 785,300 tons were ex
ported chiefly to France and northern Europe
The Lancashire coalfield produces annually
4.000,000 ions. The coal brought into Lon
don, and consumed there, in 185J, was 3,
637,878 tons. The coal brought into Liver
pool, during the same time, was 1,400,000
Ions, of which 180,000 tons were exported
leaving 1,220,000 ions as Ihe consumption of
that eily alone. The consumption in Man.
cheater, during 1850, was 1,230,000 tons; in
Preston, 41,000 tons; in Glasgow, 1.650,000
in Ihe surrounding neighbor hoods of Lanark
Renfrew and Ayrshire, 3,001) 000 ions, and in
Ihe iron districts of South Whales, 4,000,000
ing and has produced the most satisfactory
explanations of the problem wo have yet
seen The experiments were made, not, he
says, "that they were necessary on his own
account, for his conclusion respecting its na
ture was soon arrived at and has not been
changed." He publishes the details of his
experiments at great length in the A'.hen
ecum, but the following brief statement of
his plan of experimenting and its results is
all our space will admit of;
Assuming that Ihe tables were moved by
a quasi involuntary muscular action of ihe
operator, Faraday's first puiut was to prevent
the mind having any undue influence over
the effects pioduced in relation to thtJ nature
of the subslance employed.
A bundle of pities, consisting of sand pa
per, millboard, glue, glass, plastic clay, tin
foil, card board, gutta-percha, vulcanised
India Rubber, wood and resinous cement, was
therefore made up and lied together, and
being placed on a table under ihe hand of a
turner, did not prevent the transmission of
ihe power the tuble turned as beloro.
Hence no objection could be taken lo the
use of these substances in ihe construction of
apparatus. The next point was to deleimine
the place and source of motion ; that is to
say, whether the table moved the hand or
the hand the table. To ascertain ibis, indi
cators were constructed.
One of these consisted of a light lever,
having its fulcrum ou ihe table, its short arm
atlaehed to a pin fixed on a card board,
which could slip on the surface of the table
and its long arm projecting as an index of
motion. It is evident that if Iho experimenter
willed the table lo move lonaid ihe left,
and it did so move fccore the hands, placed
at the time on the cardboard, then tho index
would move toward the left, also the ful
crutn iioing wilh the table. If the hands in
voluntary rr.nvod toward iho left tri(7ionf the
table, the index would go toward the right ;
anil, it neither the table nor hands movcd)
the index would llsell remain immovable.
The result was, that while the operator
ssw the index, it remained very sieatiy )
when it was hidden from them, or they look-
t away from it, it wavered about, though
Ihey believed that they always pressed di
rectly downward ; and when the table did
not move there was still, unwillingly, a re
sultant of hand force in the direction it was
warded to make tho table move. This re
sultant of hand force increases as the fingers
and hands become stiff, numb and insensible
by continued pressure, till it becomes an
amount sufficient to move the tuble.
But the most curious effect of this lest ap-
pataius is the corrective power it possesses
over the mind of the table. turner. As soon
us the index is placed within view and the
operator perceives ihst it tells duly whether
he is ptessing downwards only, or obliquely,
then all effects of table-turning cease, even
though the operator persevere till he become
weary and worn out. Mr. Faraday adds, iu
his letter to The Times, from which the
above is extracted: "Permit me to say, be
fore concluding, that I have been greatly
kIh riled by ihe revelation which this purely
physical subject has made of the public
mind. No doubt there are many persons
who have formed a right judgement or used
a cautious reserve, but their number is almost
us nothing to the great body who have be
lieved and borne testimony, as I ih ink, in
ihe cause of error.
I think Ihe system of education that could
leave the mental coudiliun of the public bo
dy in the state in which Ibis subject has
found it, must have been greatly deficient in
some veiy important principle."
At
the end of twenty minutes, the table sud
denly passed from their centre and moved
directly against one of the party. Il then
moved in a direct line to the opposite; and
so il continued, with varied motion, some.
times revolving in its own circle. 1 mittht
give a number of oiher instances of like char
acter, but to avoid being lengthy 1 forbear
Here, then, is an evidence of the existence
of a force in nature lo which hundreds, and
perhaps thousands, would readily testify,
some whose eyes at least are a good and
acute as Professor Faraday's,
Again; there have occurred innumerable
instances of table moving in this city, under
the hands of small children, and that amongst
some of the best families in our city, Some
movements of this character I have witnes
sed. I have seen a small child, not over
eight years of age, place her hands upon a
table, so heavy thai she could scaicely move
it with all her muscular power, and Ihe table
would move wilh perfect ease ; yet an ob
servation of her bare arms would show that
nil her muscles were in a relaxed state. In
such cases I have seen an indisputable lest;
one at war with all Mr. Faraday's conclu
sions It was this: the hands of Ihe child
were placed at one end of the table, ihe
fingeis mid thumbs lying loosely, so there
could be no possibility of an under pressure;
then a request was made that Ihe end of the
table towards the child should rise and in
cline al an angle towards the other end.
The table commenced rising as requested,
and rose to such a height as to move
niVRHEHR VON CRLNT'S
Aspirations after a Frau ; or a Dutch cure or
Dyspepsia.
T BROWN.
Ven lays myself down in my lonely pel
room,
Und dries for lo sleep tery sonndl,
De tieams, oh, how into my het dey will
come,
Till I risli 1 was under de groundt.
Sometimes, when I eats vou big supper, I
treams
Dat mine shtomak is filled full of shlones,
Und out iu my ehleep, like der tivel 1
sehreanis,
Und kick off de ped clothes and kroans.
Den dere, ash I lay mil de ped clothes all ofl
I kicks myself all over froze :
In de moruing I vakes mil de het ache und
korT,
Und I'm shick from mine het to mine toes.
Oh, vat shall pe tun for a poor man like me-
Uli, val lor I leal such a life?
Some shays dere' a cure for dit drouble of
nic
Dinks I'll dhry il, and kit me a rife.
9YMPTOMS A.ND TREATMENT OF SIN
STROKE.
A medical correseondenl of the A'ctr York
Times, writing on the subject of coup it soleil,
a disease which has caused so many sudden
deaths since the hoi weather sel iu, Ihue
describes the symptoms and Ihe proper
remedies to be applied :
"The symptoms of its approach differ
somewhat. In some cases its attack is very
( sudden, wilh slight indications, if any, of il
hands of the child backward. While in this
position the table commenced locking upon
Ihe two ofi legs. When the rocking ceased,
several of ns applied our hands to the top of
the table, and discovered it required great
pressure to force it down. None of Profes
sor Faraday's observations extended to facts
of this character.
Again; investigations of this subject by
scientific men in the cities of New Voik,
Rochester and Cincinnati have been laid be
fore the public iu the Tribune and many
other papers, admitting the existence of a
phenomena, far above any I have described.
Such as tables rising entirely clear of the
floor under the pressure of the medium's
hands, and then descending, being rendered
so heavy as to require the whole physical
force of two men lo raise one of them again
from the floor.
Again ; it is well known to the most so-
petficial investigator of this subject, that this
table moving, whilo it has a physical char,
acler, has also an intellectual one; that it
will, by rising and descending, answer ques
tions affirmatively and negatively, whether
Ihey be written, mental or oral. The writer
has seen a gentleman enter a room who was
a perfect stranger to the medium, and ask if
the table would spell out his name. The al
phabet was called over, the table tipping to
the different letters which spelt his proper
name. It then spelt, iu the same manner,
the name of his deceased sister, the name
of the disease with which she died, told
many events iu hei life, &c.
Now I would ask, how could Ihe mechani
cal power of that medium's hands manifest
an intelligence which all the biains in lhat
From the Daily negiiter
mOFEktUR FARADAY AMI TABLE
MOVING.
Mr. Editor In the ihe Ledger of July
15th I disrover an uriielo copied from Ihe
London AihenuMim, headed "Professor Fara
I
approach ; though, as a general thing, vertigo
or dizziness, ringing in the ears, dimness of
sight, pain and heaviness in the head, art)
the precursors of coup de soliel and of apo
plexy. Persons experiencing these symp
toms or their approach, nhould immediately
quit work, and ride home ; and by making
free use of cold applications to the head,
will, in all probability recover.
"Place Ihe palient in a cool and airy situ
ation, wilh his uead and shoulders elevated,
and while some one is removing his cravat,
unbuttoning his shirt collar and removing or
loosening whatever else that may be tight
about his person, dash suddenly cold water
on his head. This may be done wilh a
pitcher, or any suitable vessel, held al some
little distance above the heat), pouring nut
upon it a large and steady stream. Mu-dard
plasters may also be used over ihe t.pper
pari of Ihe feet and on the wrists- But,
continue the water, anil the patient must be
saved-
"The laborinc man, from Ihe nature of his
employment, is mote subject to attacks of
this kind than any oilier class of persons as
also short-necked and corpulent individuals
CIKLS. .
Holmes, in one of bis poems, says, in s
parenthetical way
My grandpapa
Loved girl, when he vva. young."
No doubt of it ; for Holmes is a sensible
man, ami must liad a sensibln grand! t her.
All sensible men love yiils when ihey aru
young, and when ihey are eld, too. (Wo
apply the ''old" lo the men, not to Hie nut
mind you) Gitlhood is an insirntiur, -a
room except those of Ihe gentleman, could I r ... , , . , .
' ... . . I Ihe "union." we fuel bound loeheiiih- ?,,t
i. ...... .1...... 7 I n . , a .. i. .. . i i - - - ..... j ..
uvi huts uuuo j nilgai llio a iiiiiuuci ui . , , , ., . ,
similar cases, and many fat above it.
CoNveaTS. The Catholic Mirror aays:
"Among the female converts of Romanism
are Mrs. Bipley, well known for her beauti
ful translation of the 'Gloriea of Mercy ;'
Mrs. Metcalf lady of Judge Melcalf, of Bos-
Ion J Miss Macomb, daughter of Gen. Ma-1 loni
Bomb: Misa Scott, danchler of Gen. Scolt,
and M.ss Dana, daughter of Richard H. Da. Ex-Presideot John Tyler it at Old Point
th. nnet. I Comfotl.
-l I
ay and Table-Moving," npou which, with
your permission, I will oiler a lew thoughts
growing mil of my own experience of this
phenomena. The candor of ihe wrilor, his
deep, scieniifio attainments, his high possi-
lion in the intellectual world, all entile himlo
our respect; but while we are willing to ac
cord these high attainments to him, we think
there may be some depaitments of knowl
edge in which Piofessor Faraday should
aland no higher lhaii many an humble and
obscure individual.
But, to the subject Professor Faraday's
conclusions are that table moving is effected
by muscular action through contact wilh
ihe tables, and, in the absence of such con
tact, there is no moving power. My own
experience teaches me that the learned pro.
lessor's expenmcnis do not touch, at all,
large classes of phenomena. I, in the pres.
euce of twenty persons, many of whom were
sceptics, saw the leaf of a table, around
which a circle was seated, raised loathe
height of one inch and a half above the level
that suppotteJ it, and descend again over
one huniied and fifty limes, and no person
in closer proximity lo ll lhan the distance of
sixteen inches. The most sceptical lying
upon the floor, under the table, to delect
fraud if praotised. Again, eight persons
were sealed around a labia. After satisfy
ing themselves at to its rotary and angula
movements, they asked if the table could be
moved without their being in contaot wilh il
Tbey were answered through Ihe tables lip
ping, "We will try." They then all remo
ved to the distance of eighteen inches from
the table eaob placing his fet back of the
Again ; it is equally as well known that
distinct audible sounds will allcnd some of
Ihoso who can move tables, and lhat ihe like
intelligence is manifested through these
sounds. Will Piofessur Fatnday pretend
that such intelligence is purely the result of
mechanical action of visible subslance on
tangible mallei 1 Certainly, there is much
called spiritual that is purely mechanical,
and tinctured wilh imposture from beginning
to end ; but such things can neiiher over
shadow nor destroy the the indisputable and
inexplicable phenomena, witnessed and at
tested by thousands of our best citizens in
every walk of life. And how did Professor
Faraday come to the investigation of this
subject 1 Was it wilh a mind open and free
to any convictions that might arise from an
investigation of all its phenomena? No! He
tells us himself that he had prejudged tne
rase, that his conclusions were already
drawn. On his own admission, be came not
lo investigate impartially, but to gather tes
timony lo support notions preconceived in
ignorance of the whole subject.
Wm. D. Wharton.
as to giils, larae and small, we hold liiat no
gentleman's family "is complete without
ihem " Of little girls, an American poet
says
Wilh tosey cheeks and merry, dancing nils ,
And eyca of tender light.
Oh, reiv beautiful aie littl. rirls,
A lid goodly to thy sight '."
As to large girls "big, bouncing girls"
what a pity it is that ihey must soon be
"women" stalely, matronly, queenly wo
men, who are only nol angels bocause they
are nol girls ! who, by-lhe-by, are not
angels either, but vastly more charming
lhaii any members of Ihe angelio boat that
we lernember to have seen in pictures or
elsewheie indeed they are. ifosloi. Pott.
K Valuable Husband. A lady, who lost
her husband, not long since, by a railway
accident, in England, sued the railway com"
pany, and rrcoveied about $70 000 daniagea'
The damages were calculated on the basis
of his professional income, ami the average
length of life, as demonstrated by life insu
rance tables.
The Poison ok the UATTi.r.sNAe. Dr.
Burnet is of opinion that the phyaioligii al
action of tho poison of a rattlesnake in ani
mals is thai of a most powerful, sedative,
acting through the blood on the nervous cen
tres. He supports this position by the re-
markuble fact, lhat ils full and complete an
tidotes are the most active stimulants; and
of the alcohol (commonly in the form of rum
or whiskey) is Ihe first. This remedy ta
well known at the South, and there are some-
twenty-five amhentio cases on record, pro
ving that a person suffering from the bite of
a rattlesnake may drink from on to two
quarts of clear brandy and eventually rsco
ver. Hartford Times.
"The candles you sold me last were very
bad," said Suelt, to a tallow-chandler. ' In
ded, sir, I am sorry for lhat." Yea, sir, do
you know Ihey burnt lo Ihe middle, and
Pi'ncti'bation. The remedy of punetu-
ration is sometimes resorted la in dangerous
cases of dropsy. Piofessor Langenbeak, of
Bmlin, while operating in this manner to
sive the life of a patient, a lady of high rank,
received a lew tliops of the discharged fluid
on bis hand, and was in a few hour in
would men ourn no longer " "Too surprise I i.. ' t- . . T
, , . . , . HBIIKKOIU, S.UIIUIIJUI1 UIIIlBCll, rOttl AlllCh h.1
mejwhatsir, did they goout?" No, sir. I: : 1 "
no; they burnt shorter."
A Natusal GsaniK If it.-.. ....
A Muta.-A man named Collins, died re- . natural flower nr.l.n. it 1. it.. .
cent!) at Placerville, California, who had Valley. Walk anv claea vou nls.a m,i.:.l
been for some time a supposed object of oflheciiy, and wherever Ihe plowshare of
charily, and had often received donations of the husbandman has not been, lb-re will yea
food from ihe miners, in consequence of hit find a bed of beautiful wild flowers of every
Pretended destitution. Upon .tripping him hue and description. Traveler. by lb . wat.
" . ' '"' " ' uu.i iue, at mi season ot Ih. year, are iudeeJ
were lound in bit boots. 1 ''treading a r.ra.ii.. ,.t t.........
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