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Mitipf # Comillasinit ' '':, ,;tie
hie opinion 114' !'.l.CirisOn e l
saititY; 'fore* from 0 ' bet . entvniqi•
thine! With Mtn 'oti alma I every
,etabje4
win &Mandl by , a" faiiiiriiaeoisio exams- '
nitilid:tiflha Vann of the.heir of his head:
nit froin iialefiil and'extended i n ti
;ion of limy' 'ttooko ; 40oolinifoo , of the
hair dlf Aid liad. %if lime tpree years, hp
was able to point but i limaikibie pecu
liarity whiett , was ulwaxo?pastifest in the
hair of the fieid'cirininsane person. On
leqor (maid Mr— 80 wan) .a hpir by
tliim - the head•:--the button ai 'th
end'` rli is it 4 geneially
. terined, will
64 400 ,'under the mieroscOpe. to be
vtlitic iii colnr, trinisparent, often trarialu
etifif, Oil . in'ehape
,regular and pestle form,
e 4"
In the Impute these characteristics
ail In all respects different ; 'the button is
dark.t coilpr, Neither transparent 'nor
snail nt, and dietorted, bent ,and irreg.
else in shape.. and form. 'This' change in
the roots of the -heir Mr.-Browne account
ed for thus ? 'hat it is produced by bod
il dialase, which bee this effect on the
helm'; 'That insanity of every kind is a bod
ily disease,'itnd that this change in the
hart' caused More generally by insanity.
thk4i t ty any'ellter disease ; that
,a person
m AO) hi insane : whose hair presented
ttiesephMiliaritisit, but su ff ering probably
frbth Joiner bodily ailment; Yet if the hair
suinifinted no 'avenge, but presented the
whitiCitansperect and pestie-sbsped ap-
PeajOice of the button, the person' was free
not only from insanity, but from all othii
diseases having this effect. Bitch was the
appearance of Mk. Cresson's hair under
the microscope, and Mr. Browne declared
on oath that this test was confirmatory of
his, opinion in favor of his sanity.
- Mr. pro time exhibited to the jury many
hinultitt speeimens of hair collected from
fiVerldnafic hospitals, and testified that eve.
ry sPecimen had this characteristic of in
sanity. lie further testified that from the
investigations he had made. he had no
doubt whatever of the theory he advanced.
that it was based on actual experiment,
and contiruted by every observation he
made.
From the position and character of Mr.
Brpvrne in this community and through
obi the Union, as a gentleman' of the high
est attainments, eapecially on matters of
Natural Science, this new physiological
test of insanity, which under the sanctity
of his oath, he has promulged, deserveti
to be received with great regard. It is a
utattet well worthy of the serious atken
tion of men of science of the Medical Fe
tidly, of the gentlemen now assembled in
this city who are connected with the va-
Mods Insane Hopitals in the United States,
and more especially of the people of Penn.
epitome, who should be proud that Peter
A. Browne was bora in their State, and
now honors and distiguishes it by research
es, experiments. and disooveries in science,
worthy of Franklin or Rittenhouse.
In, the course of his testimony, Mr.
Breams+ referred to the peculiarities of hair
which distinguished the different races of
setae -the Mongolian or Chinese 'race and
the American Indian having hair in form
ramd or eyliridrical ; the Caucasian, Eu
ropean 'or white race, oval hair, and the
negro race Hat or ribbed shaped. That
by these Marko .Of diffrent races. he was
enabled to decide on three different'speci.
meets of hair, sent to him from Virginia, a
ehort-time previous, to determine whether
either of the parties to whom it belonged.
end whieb. had negro blood. if being a waf
ter kff &Aft. and important to be known
in," criminal trial then pending, as by the.
Ition of Virginia' no person with negro
Wood can tas a Witness against, white per;
NM. Mr. Browne, on examining the hair,
found that *itched Indian blood, but no he
re* one had herb blood, and one doubt
fall:rbether there *ft any admixture with
the IWO, Wood. These indices of mem;
I betels,' been before this published
by Mr. Browne.; It is due however to the
Interest, of i scienca dun * fair , and true
sisiediont.'frOm one who heard the testi
mony of Mr. Brovine, at Mr. Cresson's
tail* flicitila lp e iontle,publio, as it not par
InTonOjen patina inquiry on a very in-
Wrathy/eibject,litt may pteveht any va
dat nitturfnith rafting the hiud laugh of
ignorance at a misconceived view of the
subject.
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ill'lgww'llernesion..--In this instance the
iitYilitilitnnonaisur In the application
fiblid , band ot tvicanieed Incite rebber over
tile tionifraidt exile bide rub;
bbr de bold delis.' phew brats tire having:
or "aloe+ riai dia btitb kidis, end 4? its owe
elasticity. The band of swerchwarraar4
'tinge wheel is about an inch to an lath
and a half in thickness, and, union on
cksle Ar i , Ant' (torn the
stentna n ikn-nnoti
We have riven inikte &Italica ink carrier
Alb thireirheelitto nhod; end wereiftreei
ttil thly With 4w itoilielesinese; bet' it the
prilinivindoothriess tit 'the thOtioti , lthe
Mundt Awing; hi 'fact springs, end,; Itfl
tliekt.ilititiellty, giving a lightei draught
dlintilisilh'tike iron 'lira, Wb finis seed
ainr bettor *heels 'which have been driven
4sloo3oilits ; they have here and there a
adding cut, but show no appearance' of
being' wikrn4lµl l end seem quite , capable of
anotheediree of four thousand. An iron
tire is generally worn out in 3,000 miles,
offirabarthil ludia' 'rubber tire has 30 far
preshld Well the more lusting. It is cer
tirlebiAr' great addition to the luxury of a
sinfriuge, 'to have it run without noise or
jtellteidit 'Would be a universal comfort
teliblest ‘the sweets of cities without the
presaktineessant rattle of carriages, omni
buses, Ace.—Scientific dinericun.
GEOlailt THOMPSON, the English übolit.
lOW iri's speech to the anti-slasiery conk
44stitiotat Boston last week, on the subject
di sitit - Ahnirieen Colonisation Society, de
itouiliiiiil Wait this sfiawn of two aboinina-
I l ir
. tl r t i u t r h cl e e snd t l l e te
o devil. A. hand
l. drive hop) ferm
6 ,. 1 , 40, veri P ;r7p4r)y, nottiqiii ! no.
&,
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Oscar the aid chatasieristits ot a ,tru
ly great lase,. is Ida refusal to le entirely
moulded iato , the form Of the , widely , in
whittle he lives, • and his striking, out• bold
aid; Paigiwl poths tif his own. He stamps
his own mind on the,Yage yid ,whiish,he
Jives. Ile often' fights .with end controls
cierweasemat ; rises in spite 'of the fit.
pressing hint down. Indeed it would
etas when .the Almighty harmed great,
faculties, laxity plait, he placed is ad-
Wein aim:pm/lancet. in, order that the ma
jesty and Might of thaw powersmight be
better exhibital by ,their fi erce struggles
with outward Am. A great man, it r.
teciaimust express to a cousin extent. the
spirit of do age. but
.he guides even when
he obeys•it. °only's sets up the standard
of re volt naiad old opinions, and thous
ends who were' before vionlating dock to
it. ,Qrs., minds poetisee with clearness
thong, ideas of progress which small minds
penseive indistinctly, , hance the enthusi
asm BO common to.msaygreet men. They
feel so. perfectly assured of their opinion,.
that duty go. right onward in their:course,
suosined' by an unwavering faith sad
with none of. those doubts arid fears com
moe to, indistinct .perception. Your
truly peat men, too, is energetic ;.he uses
his own will, and is not to be shaken from
his purpose.
lfrotitssianal
Every one knows that the merest chance
will sometimes bring a man into a famous
practice 'without posessing talent, whilst,
on the other hand, an able man frequent-
Taltatta.naltis proteasion. One of the
most eminent physicians in London is
said to have owed all his great success to
to the simple fact of his having been on a
particular occasion caught intoxicated.—
The story is dm' related :
Disappointed op his first arrival in the
city, he sought comfort at a neighboring
tavern, where the servant of the house at
which he lodged went to feteb him one
evening, after a hearty bout, to see a cer
tain countess. The high-sounding title of
this unexpected patient tended not a little
to increase the excitement under which he
labored. He followed the servant as
steadily audio could,,iand .was ushered in
silence into a noble mansion, where her
ladyship's maid anxiously waited to con
duct hint to her mistress's room—her agi.
tation most probably preventing her from
perceiving the doctor's state. Hewes in
troduced into a ependid chamber, and stag
gered toward the bed in which the lady
lay. He went through the practice of
pulse-feeling, 41tc.. and proceeded to the
table to write a prenuriptint. whiatt. In all
probability, would have been mechanical=
ly correct ; but here ilia powers failed him.
In vain he strove to trace the salutary char
acters, until, wearried in his endeavors, he
cast down his pen, and, exclaiming ~D runk
by —I" he made his way out of the
house. 'Two days afterwards he was not
a little surprised by receiving a letter from
the lady, enclosing a check for One hun•
dred pounds, and promising him the pa
tronage of her family and friends if he .
would observe the strictest secrecy oa the
state he 'found her in. The fain simpty
was that the countess had been indulging
in brandy, and was in the very condition
which the doctor had frankly applied to . I
himself, but which her conscience told her
he had detected her in. .
A Singidar AbuUm).
One upon a time a traveller stepped in
to a post-poach. He was a man just stat
ing in life. He found six passengers about ,
him. all of them grey headed and extant's
ly aged men. The youngest appeared to
have 'pep at least eighty winters. Our
young traveller . was struck with the singe,
rlyrnild and happy aspect which distill
guiehed bis fellow,pasiseagers, and deter,
mined to ascertain secret of long lite
and the art of making Old age , comfortable.
He first addressed the one who was ap
parently the 'Admit, who said that* had
led a regular/sad abstentious life, eating
vegetables sod drinking water. The young
man
* wee lather daunted at t his, , inssmych
as be liked the good things of this, life.—
Hp addressed the second. who. astonished
him by Ballet he had eaten roast beat and
gone , to bed regularly fuddled for seventy
yeapi„...,, e dili ng .
j oist ltll depended on reg
ularity. The
. third ttod prolimgod his
days by never secikint or accepting Office.'
—the fourth by resolutely abotkining fitim
politiCal or religious ' Controierales—:and
the Alin by going bbd at ,Sup s et end ri.
sin; al dawn. TIM sixth Wits ii,jiparentli .
much' younger than he other. fivelits
hair was 1000gray,ind therti'Will,mcire of
it—a placidsmile, denoting a perfectly up:
right ,copscience, pleaded his face, and
his 'vdiee jocund ' Thdy
Were all *unitised tO team • vrwely
ten years the oldest man is the coach...-.
~xslaimed .our : young traveller,.
ish ?r . 0, yrthus grirtorypd Ate
freshinies fg—laMeisi thefts - li ne wrin
theta ire'llbseti On that
of each , of you., juniors..— ells mb, I pray,
your:itoototAliong Aar. is e ncraysp.
wry." said the old man, "I have diank.trit;
ter . end wine-4 have eat meat and eat
veg gablef--11 1 dabbed In polllica itit#
hate Writtein pittujihteiti=4 have ,
somellthes 'tithe' to bed et sunset and ioine:
times iit ioidoight, find got op at iiunriie
arid al hotin--4ut, l always paid promply
for sny roWspevers r
AN HONORABLE OPPONENT.---TllO Sun..
bury kmeriCan, it strong Dernocratic pa
per, tiublished in Northumberland county,
contains the following remarks about Gov.
Johnston. Honorable men among his po
litical opponents have grown indignant at
the falsehoods circulated about him, and
have rebuked his calumniators :
"As a private citizen, Gov. Johnston is
a gentleman of character and standing.—
As chief magistrate of the Commonwealth,
his talents have commanded the confidence
of his own party, and the respect of his
opponents.
rair. Robert E. 'tumor, Esq., Door-kaepor of the
U. 8. House of 'Rspreaentatieea, died at his resi
dent* in qamendoorn; nest Princeton, en Thum
4,ey Jul of comum
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GIiTBBURO, PA. 'FRIDAY EVENING,,JETNE:I3, 1851.
rpm, mcblitiaitaithaa
The *cads.
It wee ou r s-New Yetir's:no4.: An ad
Ted Man crtursearldieestlinrietadow. Hs
raised: his mournful:sole lowirde the deep
blue sky. whets 'the -stave were floatitir
like white lilies on: tbe endue of * clear
calm lake. Then he 'cast them on the
earth, where few more tripe's= beings
than himself now: moved towards :their
certain goal -thetomb. Already ,he had
puled sixty of the sages which led to it,
sod he had brought from his journey noth
ing but errors and remorse. His health
wavdestroyedi his mind vacant, his heart
,sorrow lid, and his old age devoid •of corn
fort. The•daye of :his lair% rare up in
a vision before hiat4 and he recalled the
solemn moment, when his father had plat
ed him at the entrance of two roads, one
leading into a peaceful sunny land, cover.
ed with a fertile, harvest, and resounding
with sole~ tiveet snags p while the other con.
ducted the wanderer into a deep,dirk cave,
whence there was no issue, where poison
flowed instead Of 'water, and where ser
pent/ hissed and crawled.
Its looked towards the sky and cried
out in his agony:-0"O youth, return 0
my father. place me once more at the en
trance to life, that I may choose the bet
ter way l"
ut the days of his youth and his fath
er had both passed away. Ho sate wan
dering lights fleeting far away over :dark
marshes, and then disappear--. Those were
the daye of his wasted life. He saw a
star fall front heaven and vanish in dark
ness—this was an 'emblem of himself, and
the sharp mows of unavailing remorse
struck home to his heart. Then he re
membered his early companions, who en
tered on life with him, but who, having
trod the paths of virtue and °Haber, were
now happy and honored on this New
Year's night. The clock on the. high
church tower switch, and the sound, falling
on hie ear, recalled his parents' early love
for him, their erring sbn ; thelessons they
had taught him, the prayre they had offer
ed up on his behalf. Overwhelmed with
shame and grief, he dared no longer look
towards that heaven where his father
dwelt; his darkened eyes dropped team.
and With one despairing effort he cried a
loud, “Come back, my early days, come
back I"
And his youth did return, for all. this
was biXtidreain which visited his slum
bers on New Year's night. He was still
youngi his faults alone were real. He
thanked God fervently that time was still
his own, that he had not yet entered the
deep, dark cavern, but that he was free to
tread the road leading to the peaceful land,
where !unity harvests wave. •
. Ye, who still linger on the threihohl of
life, doubting which path to choose.' re
member that when year's are passed, and
your feet stumble on the dark mountain,
you will l hry bitterly, but cry in vain—
"o youth, return ! 0 give me back my
early days I"
Only Thirty-Tbree.
A census-taker going his round last fall.
stopped at an elegant brick d welling.house,
the exact locality of which is no business
of ours. He was received by a stiff, well
dressed lady, who could well be recognis
ed as a widow of some years standing.—
On learning the mission of her visitor, the
lady invited him to take a seat in the hall.
Having arranged himself into a working
, position, he inquired for the number of
persons in the family of the lady.
"Eight, sir," replied the lady, "including
myself."
"Very well--your age, madam 1"
MM, age, sir." replied lady with a
piercing, dignified look. "1 conceive it's
none °flour business'what aty age might
be—.yon are inquis itive, sir."
"The law +compels me, madam, to take
the agirof every person' in the ward—it's
my duty to Make the inquiry."
~NVell+if the law •compels you to ask.
I presume it, compekl• se to answer, I
am between thirty and forty."
"1 presume that means thirty-five I"
"Na, sir, it timpani no such thing-4
am only thiry-three years of age."'
"Very well, madam," putting down the
figures, ...just hi you say. :Now for the a
ges of the rhildrend eommenaing with the
youngest if you please."
"JOilephine, my' younipiki, ten years of
' '
"Josephine. pretty name—ten."
••Miiierva wastirelve list week."
aNiderval—iiiiptivating—tWelviL"
uCleopittra Elvim bag juin filmed fit,
",•Plsepatra rAvira—ehorming 7 —fiftseo."
"Amelitlit eighteen, sirjual.,eighteen."
"41210164-mrratroritename—pighytea,"
"My eldrot and only married daughter,
fi'llCf.i, Anna Sophia, ' is a httle over twinv
." •
"TwenAr.trie, did you iay, madam."
therA Anithi9gr 3 4o9 lll l9:
,itherherog of thakager
ii, but a;r
not rei*er lib% that you should be her
mother : w he n P 44 were 0r4184.:4 ,:vtefsr.
of a ' ,
About that - lime the
,census - ta ker 'was
obse r ved init,lihgliti!itf#l' house, closely
pursued gyr o the ; broomatiek: It visa the.
lasttinte he preseeti 'a, lady to give her
act age, , „ , , ,
,
T,Oatttlit Coirui!Cr-A letter from Loti , -
elk,Maia.;:itays: The Turkish draws has
at length made its appearance in this city.
Four young ladiee have been perambula
ting our streets all the morning, dressed
in light blue de laine skirts, lung enough to
reach below the knee, with full Turkish
trowsers of the *mine material, and neat
blue gaiters to match. They certainly
made a neat and pretty appearance, and
behaved themselves in a very modest and
becoming manner. This change in the
ladies costume is much approved by eve
ry body here, and bids fair to become the
rage, particularly among the factory girls,
of whom we have some 12000 or 15000,
SEVENTH DAT BAPTISTS.—The Legis
lature of Wisconsin passed a law, in
March last, which relieves the sect known
as the 4.Bevanth Day Baptista" from the
vadat legal 'liabilities of 'the Sabbath:
4 1 1 EARLE88 AND FREE."
311xtedets from Distsid Websterli
, • , 1111peock.
Mr. Webeter delivered se eloquent and
patriotic speech It Albany, Week, before last
to an inunenee gathering ofcitizens of all to
W
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political grades. e mamas Write from
the close of his.speech t and' commend it
to our readers for its truthfitheu and beau
.
eulpgittin upon thechiractenof WLllR
therrom :
"The Constitution of theljnited States,
to keep us united, to ketwlluwing in our
'heart, a fraternal, feeling, Must be admin.
Watered in the spirit of it. *id if I wished
to learn the spirit of the Ceastitution in its
living, animated fertn..f •irooo refer al- I.
ways—always—to the . ainistratioe o( 1
the first. President— Hen e Washington.'
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(Vehement cheering.) And f I were now' l
to draw the idea—if I werntd form the idea
'of* patriot,PrMoident, I vAitild draw 'his
' master strokes and copy his design I I'
' would present hie Picture hifore nie as a
i constant study for life ; I wkeild present his
1 policy no alike liberal,jusOirrewed down '
I to sectional interests—bound down to no
pentane, objects—held to tie locality—but
broad, and generous, and '13 on-as Impair.
sive as the air which is . riafted by duel
winds of heaven from one "Part of the coun-i
try to another.' ( Cheers y, I would draw
-a picture of , his foreign palleys--just, steit
dy,stately;but Withal profit!, and lovely.]
and glotions. .:No men multi say in his!
day that the broad escutchein of the honor
of the Union cotild receive either injury
or damage, or even contumely or disres
pect. His own character gave character,
to the foreign relations oPtie country.- 1 1
He upheld - every interest of his country,
1
in even the proudest` nations of Europe. i
and while reetilutely just, he was retio
' lutely determined that n 6 plume in' the
1 honor of the country should ever be dela
,ceil or taken from' its proper position.-6-
Wanhington was emitting• and prudent—.
no self-seeker—giving information to Cou-
I greet' according to theConstituti p, on all
questimis, When necessary, wi fairness
and frankne ss — c laiming nothi g fur hint-1
eelf-;-exacting his own rights,cand preset
ying the dignity of his station, but taking
especial care to executelhe laws as a par-
amount duty, and in such.' manner as to
give satisfaction to every body, and to be
subservient to-thatend ; and it was always
remarked of his administration that he al-,,1
led the Courts of Justice with the must ,
spotless integrity—the highest talent and'
the purest virtues ; and hence it became a
common saying, roguing through all clas
ses of society, that our great security is in
the learning and integrity of the judicial
tribunals. This high chez:icier they just
ly possessed, and do puttees in an eminent
degree Irony :he impress. 4keols Meshing.
ton stamped on these tribunals at their
first organization. Gentleulen—A patriot 1
President of the linked States is the guars
dian, the protector, the friend of every nit-'
izen of it. He should be, and he ts, no
man's persecutor—no man's enemy, but
the support and protector of all and every
citizen, so far as his support and protec
tion depend upon the faithful execution of ;
the laws. But this especially combines I
the greatidea which Washington presents,
and which should be presented sod fulfil
led
by every man high in office, who,!
means to resemble Washington. It is the i
duty of preserving the Government. of ,
suffering, so far as depends en him, no!
branch to interfere with another, and no
power to be assumed not belonging to each,
and none abandoned which pertains to
each, but to preserve and carry it on for
the benefit of the present and (bun* gener
ation.,
Gentlemen, a wise add prudent shipmas
ter make* it- his firm duty is preserve the
vessel•thal'earries him and his • trierchatn'
Clise--to 'keep her afioso--.-to conduct her
to , herclestitted pert with entire **corky of
property and life; that it bit first object,
and that should be the object, and is, of
every Chief Magistrate if the United
'Stated, who has a proper Sprireeistinft Of
his' duty. .• It is to preserve the Constitu
tion'that hears him—which insulin. the
Governmeet, without which everything
goes to the •bbtiom.--to preirtvit •that, end
to keep it, to the utmost of his ability i off
the rock; and shoals. and Away from the
quicksiodto preserve 4i ii, he Itemis
e' the caution qf Ole ex',Pti oooo ti Ohill7
master, Ansulfers nothing to betry hte
watelifelneire, to draw himardile:frorn the
joint interee t tcoremitte4 t o hie care, and
the gMat object ittview.
erne pleased to WO the dolphin pia', ,
H. wtiodshif, oo rol" *ad ii 'Pr i
And oft he' threw. the s are 'Med,
To . see what dingo. mat bit hid.
At Heidi he mikes his Mama•
sit i. ,
His *rem of persimmon mount: , . •
I
' -Taos bestows his bark and Whim upright WO,
4 0 Avlots the Pie'!"
.
' Now, gendsmenr with, ihiseleidieOftt' of
, purpose,—this entire & devoted patriotism'
'toot 'ifietivel-AWaithingtot• ' roadbed ' •thif
'which Mole w'ho" wish lo' mush it Mutt'
emnitsitiini'ind' his exaiiipts to , dad ail
1 their , efforts crowned *o' success. ,He
liised in) one Mit 'anihiri rest, poops! ,
ode, !old higifiylr He'ldipai it `rich es.
witidiii lhii' thanks of titeciuMry melt, 'imd
'welted'entibledidesid 'hi 'MIAMI in a no.
:tiott's inide. - ~- 4 ' . ,•
01110WItil COXV/INTI/NerMlo Southern
Rights•Costrentionzt Georgia, _held het
week, nominated• gen. *Donald for Goy.
ernor by acclamation. Fifty-one tiounqqat
were represented.
A man, praising port% asid it was 4 9
excellent a beverage that, though taken in
great quantitiea, it always made him fat.—
"I .have seen the time" said another,
"when it made you /cm." "When, I
should like to know T" said the eulogist.
"Why, no longer since dun last night—a
gainst a wall."
She who can tell a frightful story to her
child, or allow one to be told, ought to
have a guardian appointed over herself.
In Elizabethtown, la.. the people tar
red and feathered—not the keeper of a
groggery—but hie shop, oovoring it all
over with a good ooat I
What is the most contemptible of all die•
eases 1 .The diocese of iioviMsney.
flifFt.- - t . til:;tl,F-I . q:.
prnoss the Ciery m. 7W.graph.
Curleg Clever 'Hay.
' Curing makei a' most desirable and
iritive I, hay, pr ovided 'it be cut in season,
properly Maud. Al * general rule, It is not
etlvlsible to permit it to remain standing
Much after the'period 01 inflorescences al
the tipeninglif the seed in the field expo
ses it toe certain degree of deterioration
which considerabl7 dintinishes its value as
st feed foe estnclf. besidea insuring a cer
tain'degree of actual end unavoidable lose
in handling it, as though leavei and betids.
which have become'dry, ire eaally detach
ed froth the stock 'during the 'Ft:wives of
raking ihd 'pitching,' 'even When the Ope
rations are performed the dolt con-
summate care. '
,
• MY - plad ` o(, operation In' Ctiring Clover.
is as followe inon' tut the heads Ire
all fully blorn, I chtimienee inowing - certi
being had to lay - the - 'swaths astttoselyfes
possible, and to laid iniattering gratis
betweep them; if it can be" helped: About
four o'clock in the afternoon,' provided the
-weather during the diy has been dear and
warm. I have the swathe turned carefully
over with e forki a n d in this position they
are allowed, to . remain until four o'clock
the next day. • I then. with • pitchfork.
commence cocking ! the-swaths—pitching
the half ! made grass in flakelt elVoitleb *O.
Possible. ..Mid making • my. cock . compact
but small= say about eighty pounds un
cured hay to . the cock. They are. then
neatly raked ofi, the 'scatterings' .cleaned
up, and the flockspermitted to remain.um
opened and wholly undisturbed, till dry.
Should the 'weather prove favorable, the
Making will , proceed- rapidly. and in two
days from the time the grass ittetteked,
the hay will be fit to mow. This insures
the entire preservation of the tops and
age, conferee beautiful green color to the-
hay, and prevents the stalk from assuming
that dry, hard; liineui chatecter trhieh
they are so larEl possess' when they are
made by eipoeure to a hot mii. Clover
made in this way is beret mouldy, 'and
even should the ' weather?rove Unfavora
ble, or even met.'aflet ,eocking, 'the bout.;
pactness of tie ' socks ` will . prevent their
becoming 0 . 140 a -tad, Malt far hours' eun
nine will render Mem tit:to-move 1 have.
'k no vin hay corked '?n this manner to
main 'Out a ' week or ten days, with tra,
grasice perfect,* unimpaired.
Making hay in %hie manner, is a prac
tice not yet in favor with AmeriCan farm
era; but in England, 'Scotland, and other
European countries,.the. 'grass-cock , sys
tem' of curing'has now ntarly superse
ded every other, not only in, the manage
ment of clover, but all other grasses, even
the:fitteiN.-When cut for Hay. (W.A.,. a dry
feed foe domestic stock. In the case of
clover, which usual grows thick and rank.,
the fork should. always take the place of
the rake, which is r not required.
AL PRAOTIOLL FARAISII.
Ear* Cutting of-Grain.
In advance of the time of harvesting the
wheat crop, we desire to Impress these
truths upon all ~‘kheat growers. By 'cut.'
hug your wheat from seven to ten days
be tore it is ripe, the following beneficial ze-
Sults will flow ; your strawwill he beadi
er, brighter and more nutritive, and make
better food for your stock ; while, to a
certainty, your crop will escape injury,
front that fatal diseaso--the Rust.
'We take time by the forelock to give
this short notice ; but shell in our next
communication, treat the subject more at
large. , •
Wheat intended for seed, should, we
think, not be cut before it may have ripen ,
ed. This..howevere is so unsettled putt,
Had our advice been followed last year,
we are confident that wheat grower* would
have'been spared the. loss •of thousands of
bushels of wheat.. which they sustained
through the rust, owing to their, delaying
cutting until the grain was ripe.
We will here add; that it would be eon
visteitt with enlightened mummy, to hark.
vest all descriptions of small groin, Wore
they are fully rape.
To have green Beane, Peas. and
Corn Jr Winter.,
A gentleman lays that he saw in Jane,
nary green peas as succulent,to all appear•
micas, as they were when plucked from
the vine five or six thontka before. The
mode of preparing them is, to piek, when
of the proper eisii• for eating, shell and
carekliy dry in cioths'in the shade. Ail
the cane necessary °to prevent 4heati from
mouldings this dons, • they will , be fine
and sweet , the following spring., Beans
may be 'preserved in the same way; and
withverfeet success, , •
Green corn may be preserved in the fol•
lowing •manner i Plinth , the ears or g r een
,corn when 'lit for boiling,' ttilp off the
husk"; and tbrow - the sere khan kettle •of
boiling , water ; leave them intilthe Water
beibrover them, when'they mutt be taken
our; 'then off the corn by running the
prong of a fork Meng the'base of the grain.
- bolding the ear whit one end against the
breast•--this is mote expeditious, and saves
all the raja, including the heart or germ,
'whiett is the sweetest part.
After being thus prepared, it must be
'spread out thin on cloths in a shady, airy
place to dry ; it should be stirred every
day until dried thoroughly. When cook
ed. it should be put in cold water and boil
ed an hour or more ; the water to be pret
ty well boiled off. When the water is
nearly off, a little milk added to it will im
prove the taste.—/Iladiron Tribune.
Peach Worm.
The , Working Farmer,' for April, says.:
"Look well to peach trees, and see that
the peach WOPM is not at work. .Pour
boiling water on the lower part of the
trunk near the ground, and if a sufficient
quantiy be used, it will cook the worm
without any injury to the tree.
Salt and As4es for Sheep.
Salt and abhes, in the proportion of one
part of the former to two of the latter,
should,be put in boxes, and planed some
where to which sheep can at all times hose
fres acden,
THE LOCUSTS.
The following description of the charm-
ter and,habits of the Locuet, by Dr. G. B.
Smith, of Baltimore, will be interesting to
our readers:
About the 16th of Juno they commence
depositing their eggs. This is a very in
teresting sight. Yon will see ono attached
to a limb or twig, and it will not fly away
as you approach. Look closely, and you
will see it excavating a hole in the limb
with its curious ovipositor. Watch it
closely, and,as soon as it has inserted the o
vipositor completely into the limb, take
hold of the insect and gently but quickly
draw it forwards, and apply the point of
the ovipositor to the palm of tho hand,
when you will see two eggs ejected into
ytiur hand in quick succession. They de
posite two eggs at each insertion of the ovi
positor, and generally five to ten pairs in
each place on the limb. She then oes to
tither playas on the same limb, or to g some
F other bulb, and repeats the operation, till
she has laid about four hundred eggs. The
eggs are white, or pearl oolor, about the
twelfth of as inch long, and about one
sixth as thick as they aro long. It is this
operation that destroys the small limbs,
the excavations cutting off the sap vessels.
The time of depositing the eggs continues
till about the 20th of June ' when they
cease. All kinds of trees and shrubs' are
selected by them for their depoeites, except
pines, or other turpentine trees. They do
not seem to seleot the hardest nor the soft
est wood, but that which is about the size
of their bodies or less, seems to be chosen ;
the operation requiring them to grasp the
Wee of the limb with their claws, which
they mild , not do so well if the lim bs were
largo. Ity grespingfirtnly with their elawe,
they are able• to make great pressure upon
the point atilt ovipositor, and thus effect
their. Object.: . *
From the lat to the 20th of June, all
shrubbery• of value should le protected, ei
ther by carefully covering it with cheap
gause, or in the ease of pot plants, by keep
leg them in the house.
' About the 25th of July the eggs will be
'ready to hatch.: Then take a limb contain•
o ing theini out carefully till you expose the
*awl, and ;tan them da l the palm of the
hand, and they will hatch in a few minutes.
The little insect frees himself from the egg
shell ',preeigely in the mme way that the
serge one did the • eprifig, by itipturing
the 44911 on his back. As soon as he is
fairly out of the shell he starts off briskly
in Nardi of ; food.Let him go to the
grouno and you will see him work his way
into it ; follow him, and 'you will see him
attach himself to the tender roots of grass
and other vegetables,.and commence taking
up the licittiq exudation 'frem the surface
with httla instriim Or, Mitsui. The nb
,sorvttions can only be made with a good
magnifying glass., By . the aid of the glass
you will see the youngitscet.has every fea
ture and Member precisely the male as the
large one had when to • came from the
ground in the spring. By carefully watch
ing, • you will see the
_young insect coming
out of the ground. You can 'sometimes see
great num b ers frani high trees.—
They are.like little motes in the air, and
require sharp sight to see them. They are
so small, end their apparent specific gravity
so inferior, thai they .sre not injured by the
fall.
ibout the 25th orJuna, the old locusts
will have dbuippaare4 altogether.
The locusts, do. not ilo deep in the
pound. They live upon the vegetable
tuicee,of the , roots near the surface, which
hey take , with their snouts or rostrum.—
There are .three small hairs in the snout,
*high, in feeding, are projected and spread
nut over the surface of the root or leaves
of trees, and these collect the juice and con
!ay lt., by capillary attraction, to the stout-
Reit i can see this operation very dis
tinctly in the perfect insect, by watching it
'With. a magnifying glass. They have no
month or means of taking food either iu
the larva or winged state.
• The ovipositor is a most curious instru
ment. It is about three-eighths of an inch
long, of the size of a small pin, flattened at
the pint, and the whole forming a 'limier
ate.ourve. It is composed of a material ve
ry lunch resembling tortoise shell, of a
dark reddish brown color. It is composed
of three •Igeoea -- a centre piece, which is .
the tithe or,duot, and two side pieces. The
eentre piece or tube has a very sharp chis
ol-formed.point, with two sharp projecting'
points, one above, the other below the on - 1
fice, resembling a fish's mouth. The two
side pieces are supplied with saw teeth on
'their edges, and their flat faces are rasps.
They ,are, attached to the centre piece by
tongue 'and groove. In use the centre
pines mixed firmly to the bark, and the
two side pieces commence working up and
'down, first one and then the other,alternately, l
and thus the excavation is made. All this,'
however,, can only be seen with the aid ofl
a powerful Maguifying glass. On looking
at the instrument with the naked eye, no
such mechanism would be suspected.
The musical organs are also very curious,
and difficult to describe. Directly under
the shoulder of the wing on each side of
the chest, there is a beautiful membrane,
somewhat triangular, convex, and ribbed
with honey ridges. This nien:braue resem
bles a small shell, and is stretched over a
cavity in the chest, the lower angle connec
ted internally with a strong muscle. Ou
the breast there are two large scales, one
on each aide, firmly attached to the breast
above, but free below. On bending the bo
dy backwards these scales are elevated and
expose two largo cavities, also covered with
extremely fine and silk-like membranes
These cavities are connected with those un
der the musical membranes under the wing
shoulders, and probably servo for lungs.—
When those cavities are filled with air, the
musical organs or membranes first describ
ed, are made to produce the sound by the
large muscles; the, bony ridges of the
membranes being made to act upon each o
ther with such rapidity that the motion is
scarcely perceptible.
The muslo, song, or sound, produced by
the myriads of insects in a warm dry day
from about the 25th of May to the middle
of June, is wonderful. It is not deafening,
as many desoribe is-even in its height at
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does not interrupt ordinary conversstion
It seems like an atmosphere of wild mor ns-
tonous sound, in which all other sounds flobb
with perfect distinctness. I never .eould
distinguish anything like the word "Moira
oh" in these sounds. After you have be.
come satisfied with the novelty of the run ,
sic, which will be in a day or two, Übe:.
Comes exceedingly tiresome and doleful, and
to many disagreeable. To mo it wail otft ,
crwise, and when I heard the last note on
the 2E:th of Juno, the melancholy raise
tion occurred—shalll live to hear it again
Probably the first indication many pet. ,
sons will have of tha approach of dud*.
ousts, will be the industry with which they
will find the hogs rooting up the ground ist
April, in the woods and fields. It is
great festival for them. And as soon WI
the insects appear above the ground, chick.
ens, turkeys, and all poultry will also haver
their feast. So fond are the fowls ) birds,'
pigs, R;c., of these insects, that 'they 'win
scarcely touch other food during the long
season. This has a remarkable effect dd
all hen's eggs laid after the locusts appear'
—their yolks aro neatly white. The chick
ens become very fat and of fine flavor. -4-
Even the little wren will be seen flying of
with a locust in its mouth, and all the in
sectivorous birds then have a great festival.
In conclusion, people ought not to t be
larnied. The NV on its wings does notitt.
dicate war, nor the E England.
"Sting" of the locust never killell any bri+
dy, for the best of all reasons--heoanse
lams none. The insect has neither' mesh*
of offence nor defence ; and all the stork*
that are told of children being killed by
their sting or bite, are fabulous. If death
ever was produced, or any less injury whom
locusts were present, some other (Anse et
fected it.
Bunting the Hyenas.
The Arabs have a most aincular fray of
catching hyenas—one that almost aqui&
the wolf-taking exploits of C4cri. Putntra
himself. We find the following account
credited to the •Paris Constitutional: the
editor of which obtained it in a letter front
a French officer in Algiers :
A short time since, the commandant of
the battalion of Turcos. or native soldiers.
was informed that a female hyena had
been seen in the neighborhood of Mosta•
ganen, near Mazagram, and that she had
taken refuge in a care about one hundred
yards in depth. Orders were given 41
carefully guard the entrance to the cave.
Two Turcos, provided with a simple cord
and small chain, went into the cave, with-
nit weapons, and merely carrying a can
dle, am: in about an hour, to the great
aa
tonishment of the spectators, an enormous
hyena appeared muzzled, and allowing it.
self to be led along with the docility of ti
sheep.
According to the .arrniint given by the
Arabs. the animal, dazzled by the light of
the candle, allows itself to he handled and
carressed like a young dog, and during
this time the hunter takes care to muzzle
it, and thus prevent the possibility of do.
ing any mischief. Two soldiers wen
however, two days since, seriously wound.
ed by one of these animals, which sudden•
Iy resumed its ferocity, and, nfter biting
through the mizzle, took to flight, AO
knocking down its two assailants. it is
impossible for any thing to equal thet
courage and temerity shown by the natives
in these sports."
Temperance in ErClaud.
Mr. Greely, of the New York Tribune.
in his editorial correspondence fronvEng•
land, speaks thus of the cause of Tampory
ante in that country. He present all SOP ,
ry picture :
"The cause of Temperance—of total
abstinence front all that can intoxicate....ai
here about twenty years behind its pros. ,
eat position in the United States.. • I
think there are not more absolute drunk•
arda bore than in our American cities, but
the habit of drinking for drink's sake is slt
but universal. The aristocracy- drink al
most to a man ; so do the the middle class;
so do the clergy ; so alas! do the women
There is less of ardent spirits imbibed
than with no : but wines are much cheaper,
and in very general use among the well
ofr; while the consumption of ale, beer.
porter, &c., (mainly by the poor) is enot
moos. Only think of £5,000,000 or' $250
000,000 of dollars, paid into the treasury
in a single year by the people of these
islands, as malt tax alone, while the other
ingredients used in the manufacture. ef
malt liquors, probably swell the aggregate
to thirty millions of dollars. If we sup
pose this to be a little more than one third
of the ultimate cost of these liquors to the
consumers, that cost cannot be less than
one hundred millions of dollars per ami
num !—a sues amply sufficient, if rightly . .
expended, to banish pauperism and dab-
tuna!) forever in the British Wei, •And
yet the poor trudge wearily on, loaded Id
the earth with exactions and burdens of
every kind, yet stupifying their brains.
emptying their pockets, and ruining their'
constitutions with these poisonous and
brutalizing liquors! I see no hope foe
them, short Ida system of popular educa
tion which shall raise them mentally for
above their present low condition, follows,
ed by a few years of systematic, etprgsta
ic, omnipresent temperance agitation.
slow work this, but is there any quicker
that will be more effective? The.-repeat.
of the taxes on knowledge would readr
contribute to the education of the pew
but that reform has yet to be struggled
fur."
For some time past, in our city has
been seen an individual who has lost'
the use of his limbs by an attack , of
palsy or rheumatism propelled in A, .
velocipede by the aid of a goat. His.
sagacious friend follows in the rein
with his bead pressed against the back::
part of the vehicle and thus raw it t ~
along. The invalid assures us death*
can thus easily travel on it :-.;
road twenty miles a day ~,,C ' ~
Tax Sus. . , ,-,, f.,14p.