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From the Tribune.
Ancestors.
I scorn the man who boasts his birth,
lAnd counts his titles and his lands;
vAVho takes his name and heritage
. From out a dying father's hands.
-The sword his proud forefathers drew
He cannot lift from out its sheath,
' But walks, a shadow on the earth,
- Of mold and ashes down beneath.
I scorn him, and his countless gold
' His equipage, ard lands, and slaves;
I scorn him us a robber of
- - The glory of ancestral graves.
AFooli with his parchment and his seals,
To think him, as he walks the sod,
.better than the poorest man
- L Who claims a father in his God.
CD. Stuart.
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Hints to tlie Bald-Headed
-According to the following extract from an ed
itorial in the Boston Medical and Surgical Jour
nal, the easy and sure way to prevent baldness is
to go bare-headed or to wear a well-ventilated
hat :
..'-'A refined civilization has brought with it a
train of physical evils, which it is in the province ,
of science to control or subdue. Our tight hats,
our warm rooms, closely "fitting caps, silk night
caps, fiom which the perspirable matter cannot
escape, by their combined agency, in connection
with other influences not always easy to define,
bring off the hair prematurely, and turn it gray,
sooner than personal vanity is willing to exhibit
such e vidences of decay. And this is not all ; the
skin is actually in a low state of disease, the ef
fects of which are recognized in the accumulation
of dandruff desquamation of the epidermis. The
bulbs of the hairs are inflamed also from the
same cause, arid from year to year, the hair degen
erates and becomes thinner, and not un frequently
ending in baldness. On all that part of the head
not covered, viz: from the back side, between the
ears arid on the temples, the hair generally re
mains to extreme old age, however much the ver
tex may be denuded. If females wore equally
tight coverings, their hair would probably suffer
very much in the same manner; but' their light
airy bobinets admit of ventilation, and hence a
bald-headed woman would be a phenomenon.
Who ever saw a bald-headed Indian 1 We have
.had an opportunity of seeing various tribes, in all
tKe'freedom of an unrestrained savage life but a
-sparse head of hair we have, never noticed. At
mospheric exposure conduces to the luxuriousness
of the hair and a healthful condition of the scalp.
There is another cause of the falling off, or rather
the breaking off of the hair in combing and brush
ing, not the effect of disease at the root, but the
destructive burrowing of a microscopic insect a
living invisible moth eating its way from one
,stalk to another, like the Hessian fly in a field of
'wheat."
Wlsite Irik for Wr(iuff on Black
Paper.
Having carefully washed some egg-shells, re
rh'ove the internal skin, and grind them on a piece
of porphyry. Then put the powder into a small
vessel of pure water, and when it has seUled at
therbottorja, draw off the water, and dry the pow
derjn the sun. This powder must be preserved
.in a bottle: when you want to use it, put a small
quantity of gum ammoniac into distilled vinegar,
and leave it to dissolve during the night. Iext
morning the solution will appear exceedingly white;
and if you then strain it through a piece of linen
cloth, and add to it the powder of egg-shells, in
Sufficient quantity, you will obtain a very white
ink. J
;To Construct Paper Balloons.
- Take several sheef s of silk paper ; cut them in
'the .shape of a spindle, or, to speak more familiar
ly, like the coverings of the sections of an orange;
sjoin these pieces together, into one spherical or
globular body, and border the aperture with a rib
'boh, leaving the ends, that you may suspend them
from the following lamp.
'Construct a small basket of very fine wire, if the
.balloon is small, and suspend it from the apurture,
tao that the smoke from the flame of a few leaves
pf paper, wrapped together, and dipped-jn oil, may
'hcat the inside of it. Before you light this paper,
suspend the balloon in such a manner, that it may,
in a great measure, be exhausted of air, and as
soon as it has been dilated, let it go, together with
the wire basket, which will serve as ballast.
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STROUDSBURG, MONRO? COUNTY, jA-, THURSDAY,
Chemistry for Girls.
something that everv woman should read.
This is properly styled a utilitarian age, for the
inquiry, "What profit !" meets us every where.
It has entered the temples of learning, and attempt
ed to thrust out important studies, because their im
mediate connection with hard money profits cannot
be demonstrated. There is one spot, however,
into which it has not so generally intrdued itself
the female academy the last refuge of the fine arts
and fine follies Thither young ladies are too fre
quently sent merely to learn how to dress tastefully
and walk gracefully, play, write French, and make
waxen plumes and silken spiders all pretty, but
why not inquire "what profit?"
I take my pen,, not to ultera dissertation on fe
male education, but tor insist that young ladies be
taught chemistry. They .will thereby be better!
quaiitied to superintend domestic affairs, guard
againsi many accidents to which households are
subject, and perhaps be instrumental in saving life.
e illustrate the last remark by reference merely
to toxicology.
The strong acids, such as nitric, muriatic, and
sulphuric, are virulent poisons; yet frequently used
in medicine and the mechanic arts. Suppose a
child, in his rambles among the neighbors, should
enter a cabinet shop, and find a saucer o(aqua-for-tis
(nitric acid) upon a bench, and in his sport,
seize and drink a portion, of it. He is conveyed
lome in great agony- The physician is sent for;
but before he arrives, the child is a corpse. Now
as the mother presses the cold clay to her breast
and lips for the last time, how will her anguish be
aggravated to know that in her medicine chest, or
drawer, was some calcined magnesia, which if
timely administered, would have saved her lovely,
perchance her first and only boy. Oh, what are
all the bouquets and fine dresses in the world to
her, compared with such knowledge 1
Take another case. A husband returning home,
on a summer afternoon, desires some acidulous
drink. Oueninsr a cupboard, he sees a samll box.
labelled "salts of lemon," and making a solution of
this, he drinks it freely. Presently, he feels dis-
frPOJPfl cnnrl fnr liiewifn ,nrl noor.ntnc: ,W
has drank a solution of oxalic acid, which she has
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procured to take sins from men. The physician
is sent for; but the unavoidable delay attending his
arrival is lam:, n nen ne arrives, pernaps ne sees
u on the vei table on whjcIj lhe weepinff wicjovv
bows her head a piece of chalk which if j
time would have certainly prevented any mischief
from the poison.
Corrosive sublimate is the article generally used
to destroy the vermin which sometimes infest our
couches. A solution of iris laid upon the floor in
a tea-cup, when the domestics go down to dine,
leaving the children up stairs to play; the infant
crawls to the tea-cup, and drinks. Now what j
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j.uw wuaif
think you would be the mother's joy, if having;
studied chemistry, she instantly called to recollec-
tion the well-ascertained fact, that there's in the
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hen s nest an antidote toJhts poison ! She sends
for some eggs, and breaking them administers the
whites Her child recovers; and she weeps for
joy. Talk to her of novels-one little book of na-!
tural science has been worth to her more than all
the novels in the world.
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Physicians in the country rarely carry scales
with them to weigh their prescription, They ad-
minister medicines by guess, from a tea-spoon or
the point of a knife. Suppose a common case.-
A physician in a hurry leaves an over dose of tar
taremetic, (generally the first prescription in cases
of billious fever,) and pursues his way to another
patient, ten miles distant. The medicine is duly
administered, and the man is poisoned. When the
case becomes alarming, one messenger is dispatch
ed for the doctor, and another to call in the neigh-
bors to see the sufferer die. Now there is. in r,.
nister in lb. cupboard, and on . tree tlmt grows by
the door, a remedy for the distress and alarm-a
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sure means of saving the sick man from threatened
rPath: A stronor rfprnrtinn nf vonnfT livefn 1nn
oak bark, or any other astringent vegetable, will
change tartar emetic into a harmless compound.
Vessels of copper often give rise to poisoning.
Though this metal undergoes but little change in
a dry atmosphere, it is rusted if moisture be pres-
ent, and us sunace Becomes covered witn agreen j perfec,iy ravenous, and in a very fair condition
substancecarbonate or protoxide of copper, a;lokill. I saw, also, in one comer of tho en-
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aCqUire a rich green color, which they do by
lo by ab-!
sorbins noison
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Families have often been thrown into disease:
by eating such dainties, and many have died, in j
some instances without suspecting the cause.
That lady has certainly some reason to congratu
late herself upon her education, if under such cir
cumstances, she knows that pickles rendered green ,
by verdigris are poisonous, that the white of an
egg is an antidote. Illustration might be multiplied
but our space forbids. Enough has been shown,
we hone, to convince the utilitarian that knowl-
edge of chemistry is an important element in the
nrWtion of the female sex; without it they are!.
imoerfectlv qualified for the duties devolving upon
them in the domestic relation, and poorly prepared :
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to meet its emergencies. E. Thompson, m. p.
No Beaux. Some one says, "Blessed arc j
the girls who have no beaux to plague tnem, i
for ihey shall not be kepi awane on ounuay
nighls." Where is the girl in this neighborhood
who will respond 10 such a sentiment ?
poisonous cuuipuu.iu. itumuumes udppeneu, ; closure, wnat appeareu to ne me remains 01 de; Tho one is expensive, and often impos
that a mother has, for want of knowledge, poisoned j some raw flesh but I will go no funher. This sib,B wijeje cjlojce lreeg are piammi . and the
her family. Sourkrout, when permitted to stand , making pork out of old dead horses, caps the 0,ier js barbarous and unsightly, causing ex
for some time in a copper vessel, has produced j climax. Surely, we innocent citizens know , haja,0 0f gm an( consequent canker. In
death in a few hours. Cooks sometimes permit, 1101 wnal vo cal . , iany case, a few applications of soap to the sur-
pickles to remain in copper vessels, that they may ! ln passing from this establishment I passed i fice ()f ,ho hide-bound will remove the
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done with the carcassei.
carcassei. 1 therefore cent a
BOOd " look OUt." ami saw it nntr.rnn n.nplntnrn
where there was a number of old wooden build-
ings and aheds, alsoajarge brick chimney
termed " a stack."
I approached the entrance, over which was
a sign, Depot for Dead Animals." "In a few
moments a man came out, and I asked him
what he did with the horses. He said, " We
sskin 'em and biio "em up. Come in," if yo
wish to see how it is done." As soon asl en
tered the gateway, 1 saw1 large piles of bones,
comprising skulls, leg-bolics, ribs, eic, wMch j
were very white and clian, and were piled
with great regularity, theiskulls and other large j
bones forming the outsille, and the smaller
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oones hlicu in the centre
X IIU piles were ;
about ten feet in heishti There
was alio
good collection of dogs chained up in the en
closure, intended, probabjy, to watch the prom
ises. 1 turned towards the buildings, and the
first thing that met my S eye was a poor old
horse just in the agonies of death. He was
to eat--A Ilorble Picture.
A New York corresp-ndeni of the Skaneat
Ies Columbian, gives tie following horrifying
picture of an establishing in that city, at the
corner of 40th street ail 10ih avenue. We
imagine that few city esidents were aware
that such an enormous nnaance existed even in
their suburbs : ;
A few days since, hile strolling in the sub
urbs of the city, in the vicinity of the track of
the Harlem River raWtd, intersecting 40th
street, my attention wjs drawn toward an odd
ly shaped cart, on whidlj was a dead horse.
1 had heard that there was a. class of people
who make a business ol drawing off dead ani
mals, and I felt a curiosity to know what was
bleeding from a frightful jash in the neck. 1 j but had given them merely as matters of corn
stood by, thinking what '.he might hare been ; mors civility. As ha concluded his speech,
once and of his sad fate, when the proprietor Mhe squaw gavo a loud scream and fainted in
remarked, " that was a har$ case." 1 asked i the arms of her mother. The old chiefs pro
how. He said, " look at hit hoofs and joints." i ceeded to judgment, and, whether guided by
Sure enough, his hoofs and joints were one
mass ol disease
anu putrefaction, i turneu
j fl0m ,ni3 51"ghl only to see araoro horrid one
iere were to Irish boys. " cutting and slash-
ing al llOFSOMO gCl llis skill off. A feW
! disIa"1 W"ec alher Se, Lculti"g UP an0.,h'
i er mass of putrified hortje flesh, and throwing
j lh jecei mo a , ca,dron undef whic,
j w a fierce fife anher Qff wcrfl ma?sca of
flesh in lho B,a of disease and putrefaction.
1 inquired of ihe owner Jiow many animals
they manufactured in a dayV-Ho replied,
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arfi hllfiV all ilnv parlinn flio ammnla Irmn all
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parts ol the city ; and it was as much as his
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men could do to cut 'em up as fast as thev
!-ca'ne- . 1 mquirea, liow do you ascertain
I here he hJ are !-do you keep an office
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i down town?" " Yes," he replied, "we have
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an office in the street inspector's 0;ffiue, at
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Q.IV jJa I anfl ,'n-t is th nn Inr.o whprn nenn
wh'0 have 'aick or dead an'Ima,s makc lh'ojr 're. ,
port ." I asked, Do you get paid for remov-:
!ng carcasses V Oh, no--we generally !
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pay for the privilege If the animal is in good ;
order and has j not been sick very long, wo,
gve a dollar for him; but if, on the contrary j
10 poor and thin, we give fifty cents. 1 1
, "a"l " .,l,,a Ya". , 3 ' . !
7u ,7 i -u,i,muuu--
When my father commenced he was almost
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j w'" ti Tor I ll anirn Z
rMV in V, fllk..,l In fn m. . I M j-v m m nMnA,ll
no lhcro 8 80 much coropeli(lon thal we pay
for lhe privilege." I inquired how many fac -
many
,,,,., . . , ,dry weather, it will become so hard as to re-
vctt. I asked him about how many shoes he, man sercra shower anJ thus have
80t't P'.fuu tbUl a,hundred i1e;!time to perform its office. Trees with smooth
week. " w hat do vou do will) the hoofs, and t i u .i i . ,r ,i, ..uar-r;ao
. . , , , , ' . i bark, such .as-the plum, many of tho cherries,
how much are the bones worth, &c.l Wet - ,,,. . r. . , -,t fvo. rnnah wnnlfin
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"e"rJ edU" K "r "7"' l"u bK,n ,s "or",
$1,'2,' ,3nd !ho. fa,1 10 ,h.e 0aP tmc"'
l ooKeu nto tne oo ng cau uron, ana saw i
,he roce8s. Th flt or 0 ria'ea ,0 lll0 I
tm(W, and is drawn off by means of a faucc, !
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, the side of a vat. The flesh is boiled until.
. lhf hnnc urn lnncnnu1 nnrl llintr rsrn i'llrvrt
out and the residue is fed to the hogs, of which
there arc large numbers around al! these faclo
ries. I saw an enclosure containing nearly a
hundred hogs, which were being fed by one of
the hands. He brought two pails full of the
j hot soup each time he came, and the hogs were
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consumed in the horse factories in a year. He ,
repijedf m j?f0m 5o,000 upwards." is'
large number, but I give it to. you as I received j
it. ,
I forgot lo mention that the horse establfsh-S
ments also " manufacture'' all the dogs that are
killftd or din about the cilv durintr lhe warm
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T ilmiv r, m mil lr n'llh Ihn
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quite decent-looking steaks hanging up
some
against
ihewa . VV leiher it was Dee! or horse,
nr tvliritner Ii WdS iu uu t: n. i, i uui u uui iiuyr. ,
or wiieiiici t , jo
T -ii-o trnn ihn fnrfinnina mat as tho nronrie-i
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nu ai,d a.. I saw mv-olf-no.hioL' ,
x gi'v j 1
inore: and anyone may satisfy himijlf of it; j
i ruili by going io ihe factories, corner of -40th
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street and 1 Oth avenue.
Burton says of sickness that it is the moiller
louftr ne 11 nuts ll$ 111 fill 11(1. l)f OUT IIU) r-
jj &nd wj-aj0 we jrjve on heedloly in the
fu career ol worldly pomp and joimy, Kinuiyi
pulls us hj the ear, and bungs us 0 a senM of
jour du,'J
NOVEMBER 29, L849.
i um, i' ,iomja-Lgc
ITudJaci Breach of Promise
Action by young ladies for breach of pro
mise, weyfthad thought to'be one of the perfec
tions o'pBritish civilization. But what jspot in
the world is not how qivilized ? In half a
dozen years more, the manners of mankind, from
Chilli- to Constantinople, jvill be as smooth as
a bowling-green. I
In Illinois, lately, a joung Indian fair, or
brown one of some distinction in the woods,
made her complaint to anold chief, of the faith
lessness of her betrothed. The squaw assert
ed that she had no sooier made up her mind
to the marriage, than the.yojuig chief chose, to
turn on his heel and rnaYryCaoinebody else.
The case was brought before the heads of the
tribe. The matter was regarded as touching
ihe public honor, aud ihe old warriors held a
grand council on the subject.
As, among. the Indians, there are yet no pro
fesae lawyers, justice was not quite so tardy
as Li more accomplished countries, and the
cae was pleaded by the squaw herself. It
consisted of statements of frequent visits of the
young chief to the wigmam ; of his smoking a
considerable quantity of her father's tobacco,
and eating their venison when he could get it;
those attentions to hims-elf being connected
with frequent atientions io the lady, the state-
ment being corroborated by several bunches of
feathers, yards of Welsh flannel, the fox tails
and a scalp. The lover was then called on.
He denied ihe charge of affection altogether.
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" tiiai v.uiwu uui ut: uauucucu uy
man of fashion, he said, that though he had
visi'ed' her father's wigmam, he had done it
onlv when he had nothing else to do, when the
beavers were not to be found, or the buffaloes
were gone. As to ihe " feathers and flan
nels," he acknowledged that he had given them,
j 'ho justice of the case, or touched by the suffer-
; wigs ut mu squaw, urcjugui iu a yeruiui ui
damage?, sentencing the offender to give the
broken hearted fair one, a yellow feather, a
brooch that was then dangling from ihis nose,
; nnd a doZBn boavcr ss' Jh sen,eI,ce''as;
no sooner pronounced than the squaw recovered
j fro,n her sw00m, sprang on her feet, clapped
I lands whh jl)y and crie( out Now x am ready
! tofcourl again !"
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j Glcasisiug' the Sark oi Wvnit Trees.
Thjs operation should be performed in the
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early spring, as well as in midsummer. The
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rough, looae partsiof the bark should be scraped
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i on. us wuis ds muss anu uuier uaiasims. x ue
; bat,. shou,d hen CQVered (he r0,Iovving
: &s h- . iffo (or can reach whh
an ordinary long-lnndled white-wash brush :
Five pounds soap,1 one pound fine salt, one
- IJlUliUO 3UO I. Uilll UUIIU DOP.
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?ouna sand, uvopm.ds potash, two pounds o.
"l,rle ' 80 3' d,lJe(1 r mlXP;d, ZLXZ
l. h8, c0slstc f "earn, and thoroughly
rubbed upon the bark. Many kinds of insects
tho b asoution of wha!e.
oi SM' , nd M ar(J resjdenl
Jn , lctcQ9 of he bark are de5troyed bv
sa,, The fine Sar,d is intended, during the
j and thus assisj the dihor ingredients for more
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penect action. J ho potash and nitrate ol soda
! ""I d-npo,e or s.ften the dead parts of the
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! hr VII,ofi S.!he "9" "f
ins bark.
If the abovo mixture be applied in
: imk.uv-v.
cloth, in a few hours after applying the mixture;
.his rubbing will cause the sand to clean the
I -surface so perfec.lv as .o give the bark an im-
, t , ,., " rennn Tn an
P' 4 'X h"
?lea,-"e? 8 ? n.01, " 1,, r, ?. 'Ziel
insects as those left with their natural surluce?,
lhliv no UuflU, ,n hppnmp hark ,lound.
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Indeed we have never known a tree to exhibit
the disease called bark-bound, the surface of the
trunk of which, had been softened by a soap
wash in- early spring. The cherry, apricot,
peach, and nectarine are subject, when left to
their natural state, to this disease, and it has
usually Ik: en attributed to too rich or too moist
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er-urarnni" anu Mining wie uaii
I Vi n rtfa Tl llm iisiinl rpiTlfi-
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ICII"lillYPU '""" "K- ",u" -
, (,rjjCUjiyj anii ihe mixture heiore recommenueu
may be applied, sligniiy watmeu, wnen lequireu
() s()fen lhe bafk ()f a hidebound tree . The
farmer and Mechanic.
From Miss Leslie's Indian Meal Book.
Wisicr Saccalash.
This is made of dried shelled beans, and hard
Take equal quantities of shelled beans and
i corn : put then, over night into senate pans, and
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pour boiling water over them. Let them soak til
morning, miwi mm im mat
itnern again. rirsi Doti ine ueaua uj u.o..a...i.
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vVhen they arc soft, add the corn, and let them.it
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Imil tnnrithpr.lill llift rnrn 13 OUlte SOU. WhlCll Will
boil l0Sdlher llU l,lfi corn 13 qu"e ,
require -at least an hour. I ake them up,,drain
them in a sieve ;-then put them into a deep dish,
and mix in'a large'piece of fresh butter,-and a lit
lie pepper and salt
This is an excellent accompaniment to ptcKied-wnicn uuuiu iidvo ucbh ujijiujjiiia.au uy .,
pork, baconor corned beef. The .meat mus't hyo, a small well formed egg. We have often
' boiled by itself in a separator pot.
America
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American gold dollars sell in San Francisco at
Doings in our School House.
Under this head, we find in the N.Y. Spi'r
ii' some humorous reminiscenes by Nix, of
Gowanus,' from which we extract the follow
ing spicy paragraphs : "
1 First class of vagabones, rise !' thundered
our schoolmaster. Well, the vagabo nes rose.
'Now answer every question correctly, or I'll
break every, botre in, your bodies,' wah the next
pronunciatnento of the old autocrat of our red
school house.
' John Brown, what do you understand by
acoustics V
4 Why, a stick to drive cows with I spose.
' Get out, you young vagabone ! did I not
just see you reading about the science of sound?'
Guess not that was about Sylvester Sound)
the Somnambulist.
' It was, eh ? Sarah, you are John's young
er sister ' J
'Yoihthir.
4 What is acoustics?' ,.rr ; lS.
I know thir it ith, it ith the aft ofmaking.
a noith, and hearing anoith.'
You are right explain it.1
Yelh thir. If you stick your finger into
your mouth, and then pull it out thuddenly, tho
cold air rutheth into the vakkum and prudutheih
a thound thai striketh on the tympan of the ear
which makeih the thound audible, and ith called
tho, thience of a couthtixth.'
' You are quite right, Sarah. John, can,yptl
now tell me what is meant by acoustics ! Be
careful, sir; or you'll feel niy stick.'
Yes, sir. A cow sticks your finger in her
month kicks over the tin pan, which sounds
awful, and is called the science of a cow's
kick.'
Well John you do credit to you teacher;
You may take your books and run home. Wil
ly Chase, what is ihe currency of the Uniiod
States V
1 Cash and money.'
1 What are its denominations.'
' Coppers, bogus, and Bungtown cents, pen
nies, fips, pics, four-pence, ha'penys, levy.Sj
ninepences, Spanish quarters, pistareens and
shinplasters.'
That will do. Jones, what is the standard
weight of ihe TJ. S.'
' Scale weight, and wait a Utile longer.' "
Samuel, how many kingdoms are there in ihd
material world V
Four.'
' Three, only three.'
Four, I think air.1
' Well, name them what are they ?5
' Mineral kingdom, animal kingdom, vegeta
ble kingdom, and kingdom come.'
' Now, how many kinds of motion are there!' '
Four.'
' No, only two.; voluntary and involuntary.'.
Simon says there's four.'
1 What does Simon say they are !'
Point, point up, point down, and wigwag.1
You rascal ! I've a mind to wigwag your
jacket ! Had'ni you bettor describe tho motion
of my stick V
4 1 can sir.'
4 And its effect V
4 Yes, sir. Up stroke, and down stroke the
up stroke, regular and easy; the down 8troke
spasmodically electrifying, and its effects .stri
kingly indescribable.'
4 You understand that, I see.'
4 George Smith, do you recolleet the story of
David and Goliah V , ,.j .
4 Yes, sir David was a laverh keeper, and
Goliah was anjntemperate man.'
Who told you that V
4 Nobody. I read ii, and it safd,jhat David
fixed a sling for Goliah, and Goliah got slewed
with it.'
4 Wa's'nt Goliah a giant, a strong man V 1
4 Yes, he was a giant, but he had a weak
head.' V''
1 How ao V r '
' Why to get so easily slowed.' '
Yes, George; that was undoubtedly. Owing
to the strength of the sling. Was'nt David a
musician V
1 Yes, sir he played psalms on the harp ; a
favorite instrument with the Jews, and at the
present day it is called a Jewsharp. 1 have
one in my pocket here it is. Place it in yoqr
mouth, thus breathe on the tongue gently then
strike with your finger, this way and the
psalms, in harmonious corncob, fructify on tho
ear as natural as thunder.'
'Thai's sufficieiu-ybli. can pocket. your
harp.' ' '
Jane, what is time?'
Something that flies, any howt
4 How do you make thai out V V
' Why, tempus fugit.'
Whal's thai V
Latin ; it means that time flies and-hov
can time if it flies, be anything else than some-; '
thing that flies ?' :j
' Excellent. What is the meaning of resqni
eBcat in pace ?' .
Kest quiet cats in peace.'
Well, Jane ; at Latin you are perfectly au
j tail wnicn translated means penecuy awtui i
lit i9 a great phrase, from tho classics, and ap
plicable to this class, particularly. Now lake
off your jackets, and 1 will give 'reward, of
merit.' Those who gel more than they merit,
can keep the overplus as a token "of my special
affection for them ; and those who get less,
can have ihe mistake rectified by mentioning
.
t0 me.
An Ess within an Effff.
A few day? smcet whie a lady in towrTwas
partaking of an egg for breakfast, she felt some
thing hard resist the point of the pnon, and,.on
examination, he found inside in ihe posllThrt
1ICUIU J vJJJ3 ttiiii inn jruina, iimi an " i 1 1 -
out a vulk. and tn nlace thereof ah egff ivhh-
in an egg, is what we have nevef seen before.
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