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All Lottersand Communications addressed to the Editor by mail must be post-paid, or they will not be attended to THE GARLAND. —"With sweetest flowerienricti'd, From vitriousgiardetiocull'il with care." TIME'S CIIANUES. I saw her once, so freshly fair That, like a blossom just unfolding; She opened to life's cloudless air; And Nature joy'd to view its moulding; Her smile, it haunts my memory yet; Her chock's fine hue divinely glowing; Her rosebud mouth, her oyes of jet, Around on all their light bestowing; Oh! who could look on such a form, So nobly free, so softly tender, And darkly dream that earthly storm Should dim such sweet, delicious splendor! For in her mien, and in her face, And in her young step's fairy lightness, Nought could the raptured gazer trace But Beauty's glow,aud Pleasure's brightness saw her twice, an altered charm, But still of magic richest, rarest, Than girlhood's talisman less warm, Though yet of earthly sights the fairest; Upon her breast she held a child, The very image of its mother; Which ever to her smiling smiled, They scem'd to live but in ouch other;— But matron cares of lurking wo, , Her thoughtless, sinless look had brinislfd, And from her cheek the roseate glow Of girlhood's balmy morn had emulated; Within ter eyes, upon her brow, Lay something softer, fonder, deeper, As if in dreams some vi,ion'd wo jind broke Ile Elysium of the sleeper. I saw her thrice—Fate's dark decree In widow's garments had array'd her, Yet beautiful she seom'd to be, As even my reveries pourtray'd her, The glow, the glance had pass'il away, The sunshine and the sparkling glitter; Still, though I noted pale decay, The retrospect was scarcely bitter; For, in their place a calmness dwelt, serene, subduing, soothing, holy; In feeling which, the bosom felt That ever louder mirth is folly A pensiveness, which is nut grief, A stillness, as of sunset streaming, A rally glow on flower and leaf, Till earth looks like landscape dreaming A last tirrioand unmoved she lay, Beyond Life's dim, uncertain river, A glorious mould Of fading clay, From whence the spark had fled forever! I gazeil—my breast was like to burst— And, as I thought of years departed, The years wherein I saw her first, When she, a girl, was tender-heatfed,— And, when 1-mused on later days, As moved alio in her matron duty, A happy mother, in the blaze OT ripen'd hope, and sunny beauty,-- I fell the'chill—l turn'd aside— Bleak Llesulation's cloud came o'er me, And Being seerred- a troubled tide, Whose wrecks in darkness swain before me! atao@oaa&aumcYw. STORY OF CALIPH, STORK. FROM THE GERMAN. Once on a fine afternoon, Caliph Chaseed of Bagdad, was comfortably seated on hie sofa; he had elept a little while, for it was a hot day, aid now, after his siesta,he brigh tened up exceedingly. Ile pulled volumes of smoke from a long pipe of rose-wood now. and then lipped the coffee that a slave pour ed out for him, and at times stroked his beard, well pleased with the flavor. in a word, it was evident that the Caliph was in a right pleasant mood. This was the hour whoa ono could hope to be favorably receiv ed; for he was then always gentle and good humored ; and on this eccoun' it was, that his grand vizier Mansor used to visit him every day at this time. Ile came this after men as usual, but, quite contrary to his wont, appeared very thoughtful. The Ca liph drew his pipe out of his mouth an . inch or two, and said:- "What makes you look so grave, vizier'?" The grand vizier folded his arms across his breast, bowed ketfore his master, and made answer:•«Whether I. look. grave or gay, my lord, I.& not know, but there iP a pedler standing:at the door below, who has sitelyheautiful things to 5e11,4 hat I am vexed I have stellate money to buy them." The Calipfi, **_l , lo . loog. beeo , fond of gratifying his grand vizier, sent down his black slave to bring up the pedler; and the slave immediately returned with him• He was a small, sturdy man, his taco sunburnt, and his garments ragged He carried a trunk, in which he had a great variety of articles, pearls, and rings, pistols richly mounted. caps and combs. The Caliph and the vizier examined them all,and the Caliph at last bought beautiful pistols for himself and Mansor, but a comb for the vizier's wife. Now- just as the pedler was closing his trunk, the Caliph 'observed a little drawer, and aiiked whether there were any more ar ticles there. The pedler drew out the draw er, and showed a box of black powder arid a paper with strange writing on ii, which neither the Caliph nor Mansor could read. "Those two articles," said the pedler, "I got of a merchant who found them in the streets of Mecca; I do not know what their object is, you may have them fur a trifle, since I have no use for them myself." The Caliph. who took pleasure in collecting old menu scripts for his library even when he was un able to read them, bought both the writing and dismissed.the box, and the pedler. Now the Caliph thought he should like to know *hat the writing tneant,and asked the vizier , whether he knew any person who could ex plain it. "Most gracious lord and master," answered he, "in the great mosque lities a man, called Senn? the Scholar, who under stands all languages. If you ordet him to come to you, perhaps he may know these mysterious characters." The scholar Soli m was immediately bro't in. "Selim," said the Caliph, addressing him, "you have the reputation of being very learned; look into this writing with your sharpest eyes a moment, and see whether you can lead it: if vou can, I will give you a new festival suit of clothes; if you e,itino;. you shall have your ears boxed twelve times, and receive twenty-five blows on the soles of your feet, since your name of' Selim the Scholar would be undeserved." Salim bow ed and said: "Be it done, my lord, accord ing to your will." He scrutinized the writ ing for a long time. but suddenly exclaimed: "It is Latin, my loid, or may I sufr.r the severest punishment." "Tell its meaning," commanded the Caliph, "if it be Latin." Sohni began to translate: "0 man who findest this, praise Allah for his grace.— Whoever shall take the powder in this box like sr.uff, and then say-'lVltminour (1 wish to be changed,) can be thtirtged into any animal, and understand also the language of animals. When lie wishes tt resume his human form, let him bow towards the east three times, and pronounce this word; but when you are changed, beware of 1 iughing, for if you fail to observe this command, the magic word will wholly fade from your me mory, and you will remain the animal you When &Aim the scholar had thug road, the Caliph was above measure delighted.— Hs made toe scholar take an oath never to disclose the mystery to any one, presented him a beautiful suit of eluthes,and dismissed him. He then remarked to the grand vizi• en "This I cull a good purchase, Mansur; how I shall rejoice, and how impatient I am, to become an animal! Come to me early in the morning; we will go forth into the fields together, taken little pinch out of my box, and then listen tethe talk of beetst and bird, in air or water, word or wild." Hardly had the Caliph Chaseed dressed and breakfasted next morning, when the grand vizier made his appearance, as he had been comnianded,to accompany him on his walk. The Caliph put the burr of magic powder in his girdle, and, ordering his train to remain behind, set out with the grand vizier alone. They first passed through the Caliph's extensive gardens, but sought in vair, to discover some animal in order to try their magic experiment. At last, the vizier recommended that they should pro ceed to a pond farther on, where ho had of ten seen a great number of storks, that by their solemn demeanor and the continual din of their voices had much' excited his atten tion.. • The Caliph approved the suggestion of his' vizier, and went with him to the pond. W hen they reached the shore, they saw a stork gravely striding up and downiseurch lug for frogs, and making a peculiar bustle with wings and voice, as she went forward. At the same moment they perceived another stork high in air, and sweeping down to the same piece of moorland. "I'll weber my beard, most gracious mas- ter," said the grand vizier, "that these two long necked fellows will have a fine dish of discourse. Would' it not be well to become storks, and • hoar then& "Well said," answered the Caliph. "But first we ought once more to consider bow we shall become men again. 1 have it, bow toward the east three times, and say tem pool' thus am 1 Caliph again, and you vizi er. But for heaven's sake do nut laugh, otherwise we are lost 1" While the Ca!iph was thus speaking, he saw the other stork hovering overhead and then slowly alighting on the marsh. Ile instantly drew tile box from his girdle, took a good pinch; gave it to the grand vizier, who snuffed it as smartly as he, and then both exclaimed: "Murat:ma 1" That moment their legs shrank and be came slender and red, the beautiful yellow slippers of the Caliph and Ills companion•bi came the deformed feet ore stork,their arms became wings, their necks stretched out from their shoulders and became an ell in length, their bean' disappeared, and their bodies were covered with soft feathers. “That is a pretty bill or yours, my lord 'grand iizier p r saicrthis Caliph after a pawn G. 77.4113ZINCITOZT 8077 1 11f11, =TOP. Zr. PROPRIETOR. a The liberty to know; td litter; and to argyle, freely, is abort all other liberties.”—Mivroa azawteurazacoozaku o Ipaci o wtriai4vaainr o (wax ao g asidua of astonishment. "By the beard of the Pro• phet, I never saw the like of it in my life•" "1 most humbly thank you," replied the grand vizier, while lie made his obo'sance; "hut if 1 might venture to say so, I should consider your highness even more hand some as a stork, than as Caliph. But come, if you please, let us listen to our brethren of the moor, there, and ascertain whether we actually know the stork tongue." Meanwhile the flying.sto, k had lighted ; ho trimmed and rubbed his feet with his bill; carefully smenth.td every ruffled feather; and slept up to the other stork. But the two new storks made haste to approach them, and to their astonishment, caught the follow ing conversation: "Good morning, Lady Longlegs,ao early abroad on the meadow 7" '.slv . best thanks, dear Clapper-bill ! I have but a morsel of breakfast for you; would you like to have a bit of a bird, or the leg of a frog. "Thank you kindly ; I have not the least appetite this morning. Besides I came to this meadow for a very different purpose.- 1 am to dance to-day, before the guests of my father, and I wish to practise a little here in private." Thus speaking, the young female stork began her movements along the marsh in a sty le perfectly grotesque. The Caliph and Mansor looked after her in wonder; but when she stood on one foot in a picturesque attitude, and gracefully fluttered her wings in harmony with ii, the two spectators could restrain thethselves no hinge! ; a roar of laughter, not to resisted, burst from their bills, and it was a Inng tip before they could recover from its violence. The Caliph was the first to regain his self possession. "Assuredly that was a joke," he exclaim ed, "which gold is too poor to pay for l I view• it as a loss, that the foolish fellows were frightened away by our laughter; beyond dispute they would have amused us yet more."' But it now occurred to the grand vizier, that during their trauslinviiition laughter was forbidden. He imparted his anxious tear to the Caliph. "Good heavt-ntil Mec ca and Itediritt ! that were u bad jokb, must remain a stork ! Pray recollect that stupid word 1 um nut able to bring it out." • We must bow three limes toward the east, and then say, mu—mu —mu—" They turned toward the east, and bowed so low that their bills almost touched the ground; but,- 0 misei yl the magic word hud escaped them, and often as the Caliph bow ed, and the vizier passiopetely, added his mu—mu-- to it, the remembrance of the complete word had vanished from their mind, and the poor Chaseed and his vizier were nothing but stoi ks. The enchanted pair wandered mournful. ly through the fields, wholly pt a loss what to du 'in their wreteli . ed condition. They Were unable to getout . of their stork skin, they were unable to return to the city, to make themselves known; for who would be lieve that a stork was the Caliph, and if any one did believe it, would the inhabitants of Bagdad acknowledge a stork as their Ca liph ? In this manner they erieaked about for many days, getting a miserable subsistence from the produce of the fields, which, on account of the length of their bills, they ate with extreme difficulty. Besides, they had no relish for lizards and frogs, for they were fearful of disordering their stomachs wits) such dainti;!s. Theieonly comfort, in this their mulanclioly'istate wjis, their power of flying, and so they often fleW upon the roofs of Bagdad, to see what was going on in that During the first days of their disappear. ance, they observed great disquietude and sadness in the streets; but about the fourth day oiler their enchantment, as they were sitting on the Caliph's palace, they saw be• low them in the'street a magnificent proces sion ;- drums werebeating and fifes playing, as a man, wearing a'sqarlet mantle e . rribroi. dered with gold sat upon a richly Caparison• ed poise, surrounded by a brilliant troop of attendants; half Bagdad Were pressing and leaping after him, and all were shouting "Hail Mirza, Lord of Bagdad !" The two . storks then looked upon one another, and Caliph Chaseed said; "Can you guess now, grand vizier, for what reason I am enchant- . ed ! This Mirza is the son of my mortal enemy, the powerful magician Kaschnur, who in an evil hour swore vengeance against me. But still lam far from giving up hope. Come with me, faithful companion of my misfortune, let us go to the tomb of the Pro phet; on that holy spot we mey be deliver ed from the power of sorcery." The) rose from the roofer the palace and flew toward the region of Medina. With flying, however, they made but in different progress, for both the storks were little accustomed to the exertion. "0 my lord!" cried the grand vizier with a groan, after proceeding several hours, "I can hold out no longer, you fly too swift, if you will allow me to say so! It is evening already, and-we shall do wisely to seek some shelter for the night." , Chaseed listened to the request of his 'ser vant; and whet: they discerned in the valley below a ruin that promised to afford them a retreat, they flow toward it. The place to which they had descended for the night, ap peered to have formerly been a castle.— Beautiful pillars ',lose above the ruins; .many rooms winch were yet in resp6cteble pre. servatior,, bore witness to the ancient splen dor of the fabric/. Chaseed and his compel). ion wandered through the corridors and passages; to find a dry spot, when suddenly the stork Manser stopt. "My lord and mas ter," he whispered in a low voice, "were it not unworthy of a grand vizier, mid more inconsistent still with the Character of stork, to be afraid of spectrei, I should feel ex tremely uncomfortable here, for 1 distinctly heard something sigh and groan close by lib. " The Caliph now stood still himself, and heard very clearly a low weeping, that seemed to come rather from a human bnit.g than from a beast. Full of vagtie expecta tion, he was on the point of rushing to the p:ace,from which the sounds of wo proceed. ed, but the vizier seized him by the wing with his bill, and with great earnestness en treated him not to expose himself to a new and unknown peril But all in vain. The Caliph, who had a brave heart beating be neath the wing of a stork, tore himself away with the loss of a handful of feathers, and hurried into the gloomy passage. He soon reached a door, that seemed to be standing ajar, and throtigh which he caught the breathing of a sigh and a low moan. He pushed the door open with his bill, and pan sttd Oh the threshold in surprise. In the rUinOus apartment,which was partially ligh ted- a small lattice-window, lie saw a great owl sitting on the floor. Tears were dropping fast from her large round eyes,and with a hoarse voice she uttered her coin• plaints from her crooked bill. But when she Perceived the Caliph , as well as the vi zier, who had meantime come stealing after hint, she raised,a loud cry of joy. She gracefully wiped away her tears with her blown speckled wings, and to the astonish. went of taith, addressed them in good Ara bic, with n human voice: "Welcome, ye storksl you are a good omen of my deliver ance, for it was long since foretold to me, that I was to receive great good fortune by means of storks." When the Caliph had recovered from his astonishment, he bowed his long neck, bro't his slender feet into a graceful position, and said, "My dear owl I lam persuaded by your words, that I meet you here a partner in suffering. But, alas! your hope of re ceiving your deliverance from us, must be in vain. You will acknowledge our help. lessness youltbelf, when you hear our histo ry." The owl begged him to relate it. So the Caliph began and related what we know already. When the Caliph had told the owl hie story, she thanked him and said : "Now listen to my story, ,'and learn that I am not leas unfortunate than yourself. My lather is the king of the Indies, and I, his only daughter, um called Lusa. That magician Kaschnur, who enchanted you, has also plunged me in misery. He one day came to my father, and requested him to give me to his son Mirza in niurrialie. But toy lath , er, who is a passionate muu gave order that he should be kicked down stairs: The wretch,under an appearance that excited no suspicion, had the skill to steal into my pre. sence again; and one evening,es I was about to enjoy a cool walk in my garden, he as• sumed the disguise of a slave, and brought me a beverage that changed me into this horrible form. He then bore me to this ruin, fainting with terror, and with a frightful voice shouted in my ear. "Here you shall remain, odious woman, despised by the very beasts, till you die, or till some suitor, out of his own free will,shall beg you to become his wife, even in your re pulsive form. Thus I revenge myself on you and your proud father." "Since that evening many months have' passed away. Solitary and' sad, 1 dwell amid these ruins like a female hermit, ab- horred by the world and a tarot to the beasts themselves; the beauty of nature is denied . to me, for 1 am blind by day, and never, except when the moon pours her pale light upon these walls, is the veil of Vision removed from mine eyes." The owl finished her story, and again wiped her eyes with her wings, for the de-' tail of her suffirings had beguiled her of her tears. The relation of the princess had sunk the Caliph in a profound reverie. 'III am'not much deceived," said he,'"thers is a secret connection between your misfortune and mine; but where am Ito find the key to this mystery?" The owl answered "0 my lord! I have a presentiment of hope, as I may call it, for a wise woman once foretold to mein my earliest youth; that a stork would bring me . great good fortune, and I think I can suggest a way by which we can deliver ourselves." The Caliph was exceedingly astonished, and asked her what she meant. "The magician, who has worked us both this mischiff," said she,' comes - tip these ruins'once every month. There is ti dining hall not far from this room, and' in that he is wont to Carouse with his companion. 1 have often watched their doings there already. As they re- - count their infamous deeds to one another, the magician, it may be, will utter the ma gic word you have forgotten " "0 dearest princess," cried the Caliph, "tell me wheithe comes, and where is the hall?" The owl remained silent a moment, and then said:; "Do not take it ill, when tell you, that it is only on one condition I can gratify' you."- “speak it, speak it!” cried Chaseed, "command me, it is my duty and pleasure to obey you.." “What.l would say, is this: 1 long to be dischatited ai ardently as yourselves; but this can only be accomplished, when oiled you gives me the offer of his hand.” Hearing this alienist ive.the stork appear ad to be somewhat struck up and perplexed,. and the Caliph motioned• to his mipister to Igo o u t with him a step or two. "Grand vizier," said the Caliph just without the door, "this is a Stupid pieae of business; but you may as well take her." "Not Very well, I siispect," replied he; "for should I take her home wfth, me, my wife would scratch iny eyes out. Besides, I am an old man, while you, who are yet young and unmarried, can give your hand to a beautiful young princess, with more propriety." " That is the very point," sighed the Ca liph, while he let his wings droop mourn fully to the floor, "for who told you she waB young and beautiful? This is called buying a cat in a bag!" They continued discussing the delicate topic for some time, but at last when the Caliph perceived his viiier, preferred re. mailing a stork to martying an owl, he re solved to submit to the condition himself. The owl was highly delighted. She infer tried them, that they could not have come at a better time, for it was probably the magicians would meet this very night. She and the stork left the roditito go 'to the hall; they proceeded for a long time through a dusky passage, till at length a bright light flashed upon them through a half demolished wall. When they reached the opening, the owl warned them to keep perfectly still. From the aperture, where they were standing, they were able to over look a great hall. It was embellished on every side with pillars, and exquisitely fin ished. The colored lamps were so numer ous as to produce a light resembling that of day. In the middle of the hall stood a round table covered with choice viands of various kinds Sofas were drawn up to the table, and eight men were seated there. In one of these men the storks recoginiZed that very pedler who had sold them the magic poNder. The man who sat beside him re quested him to relate his recent exploits, and among others he told the story of the Caliph and his vizier. "What was the word you gave them?" inquired another magician. "It was a very difficult Latin word, the word "Mtrirsmoit." When the storks heard this, as they stood listening by the breach of the wall, they were well high beside themselves with joy. So swiftly did they run with their long legs ,to the door of the ruin, that the owl could !scarcely keep up with them. The Caliph I then addressed the owl with emotion. "De liverer of my life and the lite of my friend, receive our eternal gratiiude for the kind ness you have done us, and accept me is I your husband." And he then turned to the east. Three times the storks bowed their long necks toward the sun, whose earliest beams were tinging the mountain tops.— "ill &ninon!" they exclaimed In the twink ling of an eye they were restored to their natural form, and exulting in the enjoyment of their new existence, both master and minister rushed laughing into each other's arms. But who can describe their Liston ishment, when they looked, round? A beautiful lady, in glorieiVs a pparel, stood before them. Smiling, she gave her hand to the Caliph. "Du you no longer recog nitie your owl?" said she. It was she her self. The Caliph *al so charnied with her beauty and sweetness that he cried out in a transport of joy: "It was the most blessed event of my life that I was changed into a stOrkl" All three now proceeded towards Bagdad together. The Caliph found' in his gar ments not Only the box'of magic poivder,but also his purse of money. he purchased at the nearest village whatever was for tlibir journey,lind in this Manner they soon iteached the border of Bigdad.' But there the arrival of the Caliph produoeil no little astonishment.' It had been given out he was dead, and the people were delighted therefore to welcome home their beloved lord again. So much the more did' their hatred burst . into flame against the impostor Mirza.— They rushed to the palace,' and seized the old ocirceret and'his son. The Caliph sent' the old man to' the seine apartment of the ruin which the princess had occupiedas an owl, and ordered hini to be there hung. But the son, who understood nothing of his lath. er's art, the Caliph' allowed to take his choice, either to die or take the snuff.— When he chose the latter alternatiVe, the grand vizier gave him the box. A good pinch and the magic word of the Caliph turned him into a stork. The Caliph or dered him to be shut tip in an iron cage, and placed in his garden; Caliph Chaseed lived long and happy with the princess, hie wife; his hzippiest hours were always those in which the grand vizier paid him his aftertioon visit; they then talked over their stork adventure, and when the Caliph was in a right merry mood, he would allow himself to imitate the appearance of the grand vizier as a vidik. He would stalk' up and down the rooM4ith stiff legs and a solemn air, keep' clapping his arms and wings, and show how he had bowed toward the east, and cried - mu—mu —all in vain. For the Caliph's lady and their children this exhibition was always a scene of high merriment; but when the Ca liph continued clappingrather too long, and nodded his head, - and cried mu—mu, then the vizier, smiling, threatened to tell his la dy the discie.sian that took place before the door of the owl I:orifices& Onzom or TALE.--The ancient tells us that during the sojournment in Paradise, Heaven sent down twelve hogshead of talk, and while Adam-was eating lh•ee of them, Eve snatched up the other NINE. TIPIII4IG+SII JP& 6941, 1, Tun W Aiwa OF THE DEAD SEA.—To my very agreeable surprise. I found the shore fine, smooth, gravelly, and deepening very slowly, so that a person might wade ,in for some distance. There was along the shore drift-wood, most of it small, but still larger than any I hrid seen on the Jordan: This would seem to indicate that somewhere on the shores there is more titaber than we found on the spot we visited. The water was not only very salt, but it was likewise exceedingly bitter, as much as most travel ers have stated.. The great density of the water was amply proved by its power to bear up the body. There is some truth in the saying "...t. it requires an effort to keep the feet and legs under, so as to use them with advantage in swimming. I could lie on my back in the water, with My head, hands and feet all mit at the same time and remain thus as long as I pleased, without making any motion whatever; this I could not do in any other water that I have beeri in. Still it is carrying the matter too far; and beyond the truth, when it is said to be so heavy or so dead; that it never-rises in waves, but always heti smooth and unruf fled, let the wind blow as it will. The drit wood thrown out is evidence to the contra ry.—Letters on. Pagstine. A petition was recently presented to the Indiana Legislature, praying at to grant bounty on killing wolves, in language like the followings ""The wolf, the enemy of sheep, - Prowls about whon we're asleep, And, in desPito of faithful dogs, Oft kills our sheep and junior hogs; And robs us of our wool and bacon; One :15 , one—the imps of Satan! Hence wo pray the Legislature To pass a law to kill the creature, And by a unanimous vote Make his scalp a Treasury Note." A female mendicant; aged 00, died at Lyons, recently from want of a medicine, which would not have &Hither more !halt seven sous. When etrecte,were exfam• hied, she was found to 6 p possession of 600 five trine pieces, 20 franca in small coin, 20 gold Louis, eight double •Louis, four bank notes of 1,000 francs each,a bond for 1,000 lanes, and security for an annuity of 2,000 francs! The poor creature realised the idea some poet, (probably Robert Treat ['sink. The wretch who, dying, would not take a -- If, living, she must pay the Doctor's bill. FIRST PRACTICAL DISCOVERY OF STRAII: —ln the year 1005 Florence Rivault, gentlemen of the bedchamber to Henri the fourth, and preeepioi of Louie the XIII; discovered that an iron ball, or bomb, with . very thick walls, and filled with water, ex- ploded sooner or later when thrown into the fire, if if its month was dosed, or, in words, if you prevented the free escape of the steam as it was generated. The Power ot steam was here demonstrated ap . recise . proof, Which . ; t'o a' Conejo Point, was suseeptible of numerical appreciation, whilst at the same time, tt revealed itself as a dreadful means of destruction. MAKING A Nosi.—An account ie given in a late number of the Boston Medical and . Surgical Journal, of a case in which a por tion or the skin of the left fore arm was . `transferred` to the nose. The object of the . ,operation was to repair the tip and left side of a nose which had been accidentally re moved. Instead oftakibir the piece design etifor a patch, &den the forehead, as com monly practised by Taliacotianists, t . t was' thought better in this particuiar . instance to resort to the arm; and thus save the face from a disagreeable' ica'r. „The operation, which Niaipeiforrned by Dr. J. %V. War ren of Boston; was attended by complete success, and the patient immediately started for his hotrie in the state of Maine. QUIET AT LAST. -A bickering couple, residing near Manchester, were recently overheard in high controversy, and the re• pentant Benedict exclaimed, "I'm determi. .ned have one quiet week with thee!"— "But boii wilt thou get it?. how wilt thou get itl how wilt thou get ii?" said his taunt. ing spouse, with that "d--d iteration" 'which married ladies so provokingly prac tise. "I'll keop thee a week after thou'rt dead!" was the tender rejoinder! Si~rnxarre BEASTS.--The St, LOUIS Pennant objects to the Phrases, "drunk as a beast," and "beastly drunk,", iothettmes tised to describe people in a state if intoxi cation. Ho bays, "it . is a gross slander up on the beast creation. We never saw st beAst'yet that was not too respectable to get drunk—man is the only animal that is mean enough to do it." DESPAIR AND Comsotanorr.;--I'm ruin/ ed, us the old woman . ssid when her house', was on fire—but it's a cold night, and / may as well warm myself. BEST . CONUNDRUM YET. —•Why may. Prince Arbon be considered a saving and frugal perennaget , peel:lase be tags by a sovereign every niglit.—N. Y. Enc. Signal. A celebrated preacher having remarkett l in a sermon that every thing . made by God was perfect; "What think you'of merattid, a deformed men in a pew beneath % v im arose from his seat, and pointed at hi* own" back. "Think of you," reiterattd the' preacher, "why, that you are the moat per.. feet hunchback my eyes ever beheld."
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