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HONOR TO THE 1 OILING HAND.
AH honor lo the toiling hand,
Or in the. field or mine ;
Or by the harnessed fire or steam,
Or on the heaving brine.
"Whatever loom, or barque or plow,
Heath wrought to bless our laud ;
Or given arouud above below,
We owe the toiling hand,
Then honor honor to the toiling hand,
It bailies with the elements, .
It breaks the stubborn sward ;
It rings the forge the shuttle throws
And shapes the social board,
It couquers clime it stems the wave
And bears from every straud
The sweetest, best of all we have,
Gifts of the toiling hand.
Then houor honor to the toiling hand!
From the Gloucester Muss) Ncics.
I1U MING BIRDS.
T.'ii-s? tiny creatures "L-ast of the winged va-
irrants of tin- sky," and sometimes called the "jewels
of Ornithology," have been seen a thousand times by
most of our readers, yet their history and habits are
perhaps, not very familiar.
We used lo spnJ days in search of a humming
bird's nest, when our admiration had been excited by
Watching the graceful motions of one of tin- fairy things
among The tubular, honey-hoarding flowers of the
garden ; but the quest was always in vain, and we be-
wail tosuspvet that they did not come into existence
like other birds, but darted away in full size and beau-
ty from the corolla of some strange wild flower never
yet seen, growing where the rainbow touched the earth
and opening its petals ouly when bathed in its gorge-
ous hues. Since theu, we have read books, and be-
come familiar with the humming bird's history, but our
desire of seeing their nest remained uugratified until
about four weeks ago, when, as we sat on a rock in a
dense growth of young oaks aud beaches, after some
nromouitorv huintuiutr, we actually bvrhe'd one of oui
unch of moss, TrowhTtf"6"n the upper side oi a beech
jinyrii . nnn ell uuuu xriiai, iuipeareu lu ouu.
twig, some fifteen or twenty fret from the grouiul,
Wc scrambled up a neighboring tree instanter, and,
with the aid of a crooked slick, pulled the nest for
such it was under our very uose.
la it, on a bwl of softest down, lay two tiny eggs,
scarcely the thtrd of ait inch iu length, pure white,
aud of equal thickness at both cuds. The outside coat
of the nest was formed of a grey moss that is found on
old trees aud fences ; next to this were the egrets, or
wing3 of flying seeds, packed closely together; and
the inside lining was a thick coat of dowu from the
stalks of the fern. The nest wasbut an inch in diam-
eter, or about the she of half a hen's egg.
While we examined the nest, the bird would dart
from twig to twig, sometimes alighting within two or
three feet of us.
The hamming bird is three inches and a half in
length, and four and a quarter in extent, the back, up-
per part of the neck, sides, and tail, coverts, are of a
rich golden green ; the tail is forked, and, as are the
wings, of a brownish purple color; tho bill is loug,
straight and slender, a little inflated at the tip ; the bel-
ly is a dusky white, mixed with green ; the chief or-
nament of the bird are the feathers of the throat,
which when placed in the proper position, glow with
all the brilliancy of a ruby, and vary from a deep black
to a fiery crimsou and burning orange.
It is now well knowu that the principal food of the
humming bird is insects, which it extracts from the
tubes of flowers; although it will often sip the pure
honey from the same source. They have frequently
been reared from the nest, and fed on dissolved sugar
and insects ; but it is almost impossible to keep them
through the winter, so sensitive are hey to the least
cold.
They are fond of half the flowers that grow, hut
prefer thetlnbular, such as the trumpet flower, aud
touch-me-not. Their appearance, when thrusting
their bill into the tubes of the flowers, the wings mov-
ina all tho while so fast as to be invisible, is exceeding-
ly beautiful. His note is a single chirp, generally ut-
tered while passing from flower to flower, or while en-
gaged in rt fight with his fellow. He arrives here
about tho middle of May, and departs in September.
Front Miss Leslie's ''Indian Meal Book."
PUMPKIN INDIAN PUDDING.
Take a pint and a hnlf of oojd clewed pumpkin,
and mix into it a pint and a half of Indian meal, ad-
ding h taWe-spoonful of ground ginger. Boil - quart
of milk, and as soon n3 you take it from t!w fire, rtir
into it a p.nt of West India molasses. Then add to it
g.-cn! j illy the- mixture of pumpkin and com meal, aud
.-ur Vtt- who' very hard. It will be much improved
by adding ttie grated y-ilow rind of a large orange or
I'-.H-j.i. iltvp ready vr a fir a large pot of boiling
water Dip your padding cloth into it shako it out
spread o-jt the cloth iu a broad pan : dredge it with
flour; pour the mixture into it. and tie it fast, leaving
:ib Jt one th:rd of the pine for the pudding to swell.
B'ii' t three hours or more fonr hours will not be too
!o'it. F-irnJ't several lim.s trliil baling. Ueplf-n
eU k pi it Inula, w.lh hot watt-r from a k:tt!e
U-j hitn.r f-i-nie parpo." Pik- .ip ihe pudding
iiiuif. dntrly b-'fore it i wanted for tbl d:p 1 a
m-iftw.it in ciC-J wat' r, and tura ii o.:t :uto a dish. Eat
iu wltlrbutter and molasses.
Tins p-ny'tT roiuirns ua eg.js :n the mixture. The
rriotosses.'if West India, will make it sufficiently light.
What is left may be tied iu a cloth, and re-boiled
next daj.
The Physicians at Const m tinop!-? have recommen-
ded the use of figs, with great success, as a preventive
of cholera. This fruit is "said to exercise a salutary in-
fluence upon the stomach and bowels, and is highly
useful in diseases which manifest themselves m a de-
rangement of tho digestive functions, and commonly
precede an attack ol the cholera.
It was a graceful toast given by a French gentle-
man at a party, where some one proposed as a sen-
timent, "The three days ot July." ''Yes," said the
Freuchman, "and the fourth.'
Mif Leslie says she knew a lady who went to
make a morning call, and staid eloven years. This
is almost up to an old maid's visits lo her aged aunt;
she would call ouly twice a year, and stay six months
each time.
A little child in church, observing the minister ve-
ry vehement ia his words and gesture, cried out,
"Mother, why don't the people let tho man out of the
box?"
Temperance, ought to be practised in eating,
well as in driukiug.
THE SONG OF THE SHIRT.
EV THOMAS HOOD.
With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat, in unwomanly rags,
Plying her needle and thread
Stitch stitch stitch,
In poverty, hunger and dirt,
And still with a song of dolorous pitch,
Sho sang the "Songof the Shirt !"
"Work work work,
While the cock is crowing aloof!
And work work work,
Till the stars shiue through tho roof!
It's Oh ! to be a slave
Along with the barbarous Turk,
Where woman has never a soul to save,
If this is Christian work.
"Work work work,
Till the brain begins to swim ;
Work work work,
Till the eyes are heavy and dim,
Seam, and gusset, and band, . ' "
Band, and gussot, and seam,
Till over the buttons I fall asleep,
And sew them on in a dream.
. "Oh, Men J with Sisters dear! """ "
Oh, Men ! with Mothers and Wives !
It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures' lives !
Stitch stitch stitch,
In poverty, hunger and dirt,
Sewing at once, with a double thread,
A Shroud as well as a Shirt.
"But why do I talk of Death
That Phantom of grisly bone?
I hardly fear his terrible shape,
It seems so like my owu,
It seems so like my own,
Because of the fasts 1 keep,
Oil, God ! that bread should he so dear,
And flesh and blood so cheap!
"Work work work !
My labor never flags ;
And what are its wages? A bed of straw,
A crust of bread and rags,
That shattered roof, and this naked floor ;
A table, a broken chair ;
And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank
For sometimes falling there !
"Work work work,
From wearj' chime to chime
Woik work work,
As prisoners work lor crime !
Bitnd, and gusset, and seam,
Seam, and gusset, and band,
Till the heart is nick, and the brain benumbed,
As well as tho weary hand.
"Work work work,
In the dull December night,
And work work work,
When the weather is warm aud bright-
While underneath the eaves
The brooking swallows cling,
As if to how me their sunny backs
Aud twit me with the spring.
"Oil ! but to breathe the breath
Of the cowslip aud primrose sweet
With the sky above my head,
And the grass beneath my feet,
For only one short hour
.To feel as I used to I eel,
Before I kuew the woes of want,
And tho work that costs a meal !
"Orri hat for one short hour !
A respite, however brief!
No blessed leisure for Love or Hope,
But only time for Grief!
A little weeping would ease my heart,
But iu their briny bed
My tears must stop, for every drop
Hinders needle and thread."
With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A womau sat, in unwomanly rags,
Plying ner needle and thread
Stitch stitch stitch,
Iu poverty, hunger and dirt,
And still with a voice of dolorous pitch,
Would that its tones could roach the rich !
She sang this "Song of the Shirt"
FASTIDIOUSNESS.
Fastidiousness is a dreadful weapen of do-
mestic tyranny. Many a household can tell
the grinding power of a selGshness which
disguises itself under the form of delicacy of
tastes and hahits. Many are the tea rs of
vexation, anxiety, mortification and disappoint-
ment, and by the unfeeling temper aud in-
considerate exactions which are the legitimate
fruit of uudue attention to personal comfort.
One must be a little observant of what is a-
bouthim if he have not sometimes been driven
by the iugenious requisitions of the self indul-
gent, to wish that the hair-shirt, the pulse-aud
water, and the ilinty bed of the anchorite,
could be Iried for the reformation of such.
Providence seems often to discipline these
people by increasing the sensitiveness they
have voluntarily induced or cherished, until
it Incomes a tormenting want, which nothing
in nature is capable ol" allaying. They are
crushed by 'lie gods their own hands have
set up, Lik other things spurious fastidi-
ousness is .f;en inconsistent with itself; the
coarsest things an said by :hi must i tstirii-
ous people. Horace Walpuli was a pr..eri
of epicurean particularity of taste. vt unite of
the vulgarians whim hi venticd had a keen-
cr relish lor a ca-. allusion nra i;i;tiicintis
falsehood. IJeokfort, of Fmiltiiii. drmanded
that life should be thrice winnowed for his
u-se; but w,iat was his life I Louis XIV wa
"insnlrntly nice" iu somethings, what was he
iu otheis '.'
Mrs. Kirhland.
Dried peach Indian pudding.
Pick and wah a pint ofMiied peaches.
i'nt thciu mvit mzht into a tin pun, and pour
on as much b';iii;ig water as will cover (hem.
Lc: them ?land tiii moiiung soaking in tho
water, which must then be thoroughly poured
oil, ami- the peaches Jeft to get dry as they
c;in befoiethey are wanted ibr the puJdiug,
which is made very simply, silling over tisem
am! among a quart ot more of Indian meal.
n!..!!igitui shoioughiy. flavo ready ovorthe
lire a p'it of bosiing water. Into this dip your
pu;'di::g cloth shake, it out spread it iu a
deep pan dredge it pour iu the mixture of
peaches and meal, a:id lie it tightly, leaving
amp e room lor the pudding to swell iu boil-
ing. Plaster a bit of dough on the tying place,
to keep the water from getting in. Having
laid an oid plate at Ihe bottom of the potto
Keep the pudding from burning, put it in, and
boil it steadily three or four hours, turning it
several times, and replenishing the pot from
a kettle kept boiling for the purpose. When
done, tho peaches will be all soft and mashy
throughout, tsend it to the table hot, aud eat
with butter aud sugar.
This pudding, plain as it is, will be found
very good and wholesome, (particularly for
children,) if thoroughly boiled.
HOUSTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 1,1849.
rtsiss
For peaches, dried apples may be substitu-
ted of course soaked all night as above.
They will be improved by soaking with them
the yellow rind of an orange or lemon cut in
to slips, and removed before the meal is mix-
ed with the apples.
If you have dried peaches or apples ready
stewed, you may mix with them corn meal in
the above proportion, and make the pudding
in that manner. It will require fess boiling
than if (as above) the peaches are put in
raw.
UNHAPPINESS IN FAMILIES.
The trivial causes that annually bring so
many parties before our Legislature for the
purpose of being legally and forever separa-
ted, ought to inculcate a few healthy, prac-
tical instructions. They cannot fail to sug
gest to observant persons the characteristic
fact that almost ail'serious difficulties between
married parties grow out of tho most insig-
nificant beginnings, that might have been, and
ought to have been, swept out of existence at
the outset.
While much comes to light in the investi
gation of the cases of appljcaa tsfor divorce
-ihtxt isTnntnTrnlrahiusing, not to say redicu-
lous, we think that the commencement of all
the difficulties will in most instances be found
to be of like character. A very little ner-
vous excitement, accompanied with a ihw
tears, and afterwards a resolution to be a lit-
tle spunky, just to prove the depth of the grief
a trifling neglect, and afterwards in the pro-
cess of events a growing and decided aversion
tuese, and Ihe like of these, in a majority
1 oft he eases brought out to public notice, aie
1 the kind and amount ol feeling and treatment
'i that soon effect a confirmed alienation and
final separation ot parties, who with ordinary
pains could have gone "iife's hill together"
with unimpaired happiness.
In too many cases of marriage one party
is apt to expect to find the other pertect.
The husband looks for trails in his wife which
he has long since despaired of ever discover-
ing in himself; and the wife often calculates
on finding a model in the character of her
husband which is morally inconsistent with
human nature. Much of the torture of the
disappointment met with on both sides might
be removed, if the thousand aud one disguises,
not to call them deceits, which are practiced
with so fatal a success by both parties before
m:ilrim..iij-, were all torn away. If two per-
sons will not use their practical common
sense in their acquaintance with each other
before marriage, they must expect to find a
mass of rough experience in store for them
after its consummation. If parties who de-
sire to join their fortunes for life have any
good sense, they ought to employ it in making
discoveries with reference to each other's dis-
position. More than half the little bickerings that
constantly arise between husband and wife
under the infirmities of human nature, would
all die out of themselves, or dry up like thin
grass be"fore the genjal warmth of natural af-
fection, if they weie not studiously, butjn
a most mistaken manner, paraded before the
attention of others. We know that a bruised
spirit needs sympathy and consolation. That
is natural. But what sort ot sympathy is that
which mere busy-bodies show one, who take
advantage of the confidence reposed in them
only to widen the breach they have discover-
ed, and to swell the torrent of passion they
know they could never diminish 1 Those
who are least interested in the matter those
who create and report scandal for their own
gratification busy-bodies and fast-talkers
who insinuate themselves where they should
never be allowed to go these are the ones
who, in too many instances, help on the mis-
understanding and trifling disaffection be-
tween married parties, and their triumph is
only complete when the rupture has become
notorious and final. If such persons coud
have less to do with the family matters of oth-
ers, there ij but little doubt that those mat-
ters would take much better care of them-
selves. The married slate is by no means a state
of perfect happiness. We must enter upon it
resolved and expectng to have to "bear with
one another's infirmities." We are but mor-
tal, and they who generally expect and de-
mand the nearest approach to perfection in
others, will generally be found to have a very
indefinite idea of the term 'hemselves. The
nearest we may go towards real happiu-ss in
the married and social state, is by practicing
a system of mutual forbearance and conces-
sion. If more of this were practiced, and
less brooding over wrongs aud neglects, loo
often imaginary, were iuduiged in; we should
hear far less of troublesome divorce cases,
and see much more ofuuuimyed enjoyment in
families.
Hartford Courant.
Tin: y I'ivr M kthomst .Mectiiti II ue in
Amekic.y. A. heiie. of olden Time. A book
of "Ci-.urch Architei-. me," recently published
in Lutidoii. cintaiiis the fidowmg lnteie-iin
notice of the tit al .vleihndisl meeting house in
Ameiica:
"The first Methodist meeting house in A
mcrica was a log hut; but subsequently, through
the interest of Capt. Webb, a piece of ground
was procured upon Golden Hill, a rising
ground near the borders of New York; now
named John street. Materials were purcha-
sed ami cont:ai:ts enUncd into, iu the names
of those pcr-ous who joined with Capi. Webb
iu the uuiiei'tnking. The building was GO
1 feet long iv d2 leei wiile. It was upened on
the HUth of October, 17(53, by Er. Embry,
who being by trade a carpenter, had him.-ol
constructed the pulpit from which he preach-
ed. It had an aiea in front of aboui 130 feel
square separated lrom the street by a wooden
fence. There were throe square, headed
windows turiuouutcd by a circular one, iieiw
the roof, below which was an arched dooi,
and subsequently side entrances by Htep In
the galleries. In order tu leuch the khIIh
ries when first creeled, a was iiec.enmny to
mount byaladdei an. I '.uu -nt upon phill'oiina,
and for a long time benches only with birlia
were provided below. Such wim lint em.
struction of the first Mcthodinl ("Impel Iu tho
Western World."
Eleven Americans Imprisoned in Mexico.
The Cincinnati Daily Commercial coiitttiiiH a
letter addressed from Pueblii, June 1, by W.
II. McElhauy, to his father, J. McKlhaiiy, a
Keeper of tho Cincinnati and Ilurmjn turn-
pike, from which it would appear that youn
MeElhany and ten other Americans are he 1
in close confinement there on a charge . f
robbin
His version of the affair runs
thus :
"On or about the 5th of June, 1848, 1, wii,
about twenty more young men set out for Ver
Cruz on horseback. We were very badl
armed. When we arrived at a" small tow.,
about twelve miles from this city, we wer :
pursuaded to leave the main road, and take .
nighercut to Jalapa. We proceeded on thi
new road about forty miles, when we wen
attacked by a parly of lancers, and after kill
ing eight of our party they made us prisoners.
After securing us, we were robbed of every
thinjr but our shirts and pantaloons, and then
taken to a small town called St. Andres, where
they held a consultation whether they should
shoot us or not, and concluded to shoot us the
next afternoon, but they did not, some Colo
nel interceded for us. From that town they
marched us to another, and kept us until Gen.
Worth, with the remainder of the American
army, had left for Jalapa, and then marched
us to this city. When we were coming here '
we could see the last of the Americans going ;
on another road, about two miles distant from ;
us, Jiut we could give them no sign. After
we had been here fifteen days they took us
out and tried us for highway robbery. Such
a trial and court was never seen before. The
whole court consisted of the Judge and inter-
preter nojury nor witnesses. After trying
us he sent us back to prison, where we re-
mained for seven months more, when we
were called out again and tried after the same
manner. No witnesses have ever appeared.
What ground they have for charging us with
thin crime we cannot see. Yesterday we
were told that they were going to send our
cause to another town, and have it settled by
another court."
Temperance. The board of Trustees of
the town of Jackson, La., have passed reso
lutions repealing the ordinances granting li-
cense to keep a tippling house, or to vend
wine, ardent spirits or any intoxicating drinks
in less quantity than a quart within said cor-
poration. It is further resolved that any per-
son allowing less than a quart to be drank on
his premises, shall for each and every such
offence forfeit and pay not less than ten, or
more than fifty dollars, recoverable before the
Mayor for the use of the corporation.
From the Tuscaloosa Observer.
ALABAMA COAL AND IRON TRADE, &c,
I have been persuaded that it was the true interest
of the south to engage extensively in the business of
manufacturing. By an appropriation of the proceeds
of two-thirds of the cotton crop for a single year iu the
building and furnishing of factories, she could manu-
facture one-third afterwards, merely by repairing the
wear and tear of the establishments from timo to time;
and thus add one hundred per cent to the annual in-
crease derived from the production of the great staple.
In addition to this, the south is better adapted, and
at much less expense, to the growth of Wool. I am
aware a vulgar notion prevails that a high northern
latitude is indispensable to the production of a fiue
description of wool: but those who have troubled them
selves lo inquire into themaUer. knov that this as
sumption is not well founded. Ihe entire south and
south-west, especially tho elevated and hilly portions
which are regarded as unsuiled to tho growth of cotton,
are admirably adapted to sheep husbandry. Those
who have been attentive readers of our agricultural
papers, or have read some of the late interesting publi-
cations upon this subject, are ready to believe what
we assert. It is only necessary to offer au induce-
ment to agriculturists, by the erectiou of woolen fac-
tories, to obtain indisputable evidence of its truth. A
few days ago, an intelligent, practical gentleman, who
has considerable experience in rearing of sheep, and
whois now engaged iu the business, remarked to me,
that wool could be grown profitably in Alabama, at
tweity csnts per pound all he required was a certain
cast market, the price was a secondary matter.
Thesoulh confessedly produces the heaviest wheat
that is grown in the United States, and unassisted by
manure, yields quite as much as the fresh or exhausted
soils of a similar character at the north. With the ex-
ception of spring frosts, the wheat crop is equally as
certain, and such a frost has blighted it but once in
twenty-ono years; and it would really seem that its
effects could bo guarded against by averting the
growth of the wheat duriug an occasional unusual
warm whiter which pnshes it forward prematurely so
asto subject it to the influence of frost, To encour-
age this branch of iudustry.it is only necessary to
erect flouring mills, and offer a price for wheat pay-
able in cash; to iuduce the erectiou of such mills to
auy great extent there must be a convenient aud con-
stant market for flour.
The coal trade in Alabama could be made a 6onrse
of immense profit, if facilities for carrying it to market
were commensurate with the demand. The coal is
of tho most superior quality of tiie bituminous kind,
much nearer the gull" than any that has yet been dis-
covered, and north and east of Tuscaloosa, is of un-
told extent. Iron ore, too, of the richest aud most ap-
proved varieties, is found m great abundance iu the
immediate vicinity of the coal, and would he made in-
to pig metal and bar iron, if there was a foundry cou-
vanieut to purchso the former.
How shall these sources of wealth bo made availa-
ble to Alabama I The answer is at hand by direc-
ting capital aud enterprise so as to promote and ad-
vance them. To induce this, it is indispensable, in
the language of the sagacious and profound author of
the "Past, Present and Future," lo improve "the
machinery of exchange,"' tlnit is, to lesson the expense
and iabor ofge-itng to market. To induce muiiul'ac-
turin iu Tiibcutuosa to uny extent, Mid increase the
iron iiud coal trade, there must he facilities in this
way far ht-yond those now enjoyed. A plauk or rail-
road tdinuid be made through the coal to the iron ;
thence lo Ihe marble, somo thirty or forty miles in ex-
lent ; and then by boats of suitable draught, there
fchould (if posshle) be constant transportation up aud
down tho Black Warrior and Tombigbeo. The for-
mer is entirely practicable ; but without inquiry or
examination, it has been generally assumed that the
latter is not. Is tho assumption well fouuded ! Upon
inquiring of several persons who have had much expe-
rience for a number of years in navigating tho river
between Tuscaloosa and Mobile, I was informed that
if 3'J,5u0 or 4,000 wero judiciously expended iu
removing logs and reclining trees, there would be no
obstruction to tho downwurd and upward passage of
steamere drawing not moro than fifteen inches water;
ut all RetiHotiB of tho year. Iu many places it would
bo iienoHHtry lo imloo-to the largest ,that were towed
iiml float them through separately ; this would of
cotiiTii rrltinl n pass igc, but not so much, (it is be-
hoved) an to induce mi abandonment of the enterprise.
I wii bo fully Kiilistiod from what I had seen elsewhere
flint n rIi'uihit (omliiniiig the uuccssury power with
liylillii'nn ol ilrmiijhl could ho built, that I addressed a
Itillnr In llir prnprii'liirH ol tho "Novelty Iron Vorks,"
Hi'lin 1'ilynr Now-York, for iiiformntion upon the uuit-
lm, mill Inivu ri'imlvi'd from thorn the following an-
nwof i "A Imnl ono hiiiiilrrd foot long, twenty feet
wiip, imiilil Im innilo lo nurry mi engino sufficient to
In ruiil linigra, mill Iii Imnr n modnrtiti' number of
iucaiii(i io wlihnul iliuviiir more than thirteen inch-
no" ll la QOiuooly iioooniury lo nny lluit the "Nov-
iiy Imii WoiUq" In poiliupt Hot most extensive iron
li.lllliliy elntim nutjllioitllll Hlrrttt imu'liiuo maiiiifiic-
luiy iii llm t'lillml Hlnlon ; mid th opinion of its pro-
prlt.luto Km) Ihniolorn ho irllcll oil.
Twl'ui ihoDinu imooHKitry In remove the logs and
lieiso i. .mill ho imam! in TumcuIoosu, Mobile and inter-
Ihuituin Miiula, with very little trouble. Masters of
oi.niiiilionio I'uiilil lin found, whoso iuterost would in-
dium llinin I'lirnfnlly mid judiciously to supervise aud
drool lln rxpniiilituro iii tho removal of tho obstruc-
tion. iMobilo in largely interested in promoting a con-
Blitnl Initio in iron and coal from the interior ii
would give her somowlialmore of a business air in the
immuicr aud early months of uutuuiu. Li uut her in
YOL. XIV.
terest sufficient to induce her to give an impulse to the
improvement of "the machinery of exchange?"
THE SHOWMAN OUTWITTED.
A SKETCH OF THE PRIMITIVE MENAGERIE.
The Menagerie was in town.
A rare occurrence was in exhibition of the wild
boasts, lions, tigers, polar bears, ichneumons, in Balti-
more, at the early day of which we are writing, yet
they came occasionally, and this time were visited ly
ixar. vvneauy, a jony, weather-beaten boatman well
kuowu in Baltimore as an inveterate joker, whonever
let any ono go windward of him. He was furthermore
a stutterer of the first class.
Nat visited the Menagerie.
As he entered the showman was stirring up tho mon-
keys and tormenting the Hon, giving elaborate descrip-
tions of the various propensities and natural curiosities
of each and all.
"This, ladies aud gentlemen this, I say, is the Afri-
can lion. A noble beast he is ladies and gentlemen,
as he is called the king of the forest; I have often
heard that he makes nothing of devouring young crea-
tures of every description when at home iu the woods.
Certain is it that no other beast can whip him."
"M-m-mister!" interrupted Wheatly, "d-do you
say he c-a-n'tbe whipped?"
"I duz," saysthe man of lions and tigers.
Wha-at'II you b-b-bct I can't fe-fetch a critter
what'II whip him?"
"I an't a boltin man at all. But I don't object to
taking a small bet to that efiect."
"I'll b-b-betl can f-fe-fetch somethin' that'll whip
him. Wha-at s-say to a hundred d d-dollars?"
Now there were several merchants in the crowd
who knew Wheatly well, and wero fully convinced
that if the bet was made, he was sure of winning. So
he had no difficulty in finding "backers," one of whom
told him he would give him ten gallons of rum if he
won. The menagerie man glanced at his lion. There
he crouched in his cage, his shaggy mane bristling,
and his tail sweeping, the very picture of grandeur and
majesty. The bribe was tempting, and he felt as-
sured. "Certing, sir, certing, I have no objection to old
Hercules takin a bent with any creature you can
fetch."
' V-vc-very wwoll," said Nat, "it's a b-b-beL"
The money was planked up. and the next night was
designated for the terrible conflict. The news soon
spread over Baltimore, and at an early hour the box-
es of the spacious theatre were filled the pit being
cleared for the affray.
Expectation was on tiptoe, and it was with great
impatience that the crowd awaited the arrival of
Wheatly. He at-length entered,. bearing a large bag
or sack on his shoulder, which as bo lot it (all on the
floor, was observed to coutain somo remarkably heavy
substance. The keeper looked on with amazement.
"Where's your animal ?" he inquired.
"Th-th-there," said Nat, pointing with his finger to
the bag.
"Well, what is it?" asked the man with increased
astonishment.
"Th-th-that, I-1-ladiea and gen'Iemen," said Nat,
gesticulating like the ahowmau, it is a wh-whimbam-per."
"A whimbamper '." echoed the keeper. "That's
certainly a new feature in zoology and anatomy. A
whimbamper? well, let him out and clear the ring, or
old Hercules may make a mouthful of both of you."
Tho keeper was excited.
Accordingly Nat raised the bag, holding the aper-
ture downwards, and out rolled a huge-snapping Tur-
tle, while cheers aud laughter of the audience made
the arches ring.
"There he is," said Wheatly, as he turned the
"Whimbamper" over with both hands, and set him on
his legs. The snapper seemed unconscious of his per-
il. Wheatly was about to leave the ring, when the
keeper swore his lion should not fight such a pitible
foe.
"V-very w-well," said Nat, "if you choose to p-pay
the hundred d-d-dollar
"Butit's unfair !" cried the showman.
The audience interposed and insisted upon the fight
There was uo escape and the showman reluctantly
released the lion, making himself secure on the top of
the cage.
The majestic beast moved slowly round the ring,
snuffing aud lashing, while every person held his
breath in suspense. Lions are pcyia beasU, aad this
ono was not long in discovering the turtle, which lay
on the floor, a huge inanimate mass. The lion soon '
brought his nose in close proximity to U, which the
turtle not liking, popped out fainkead aod rolled his
eyes, while a sort of wheeze issued from his aavager-
ous mouth. The lion jumped back, turned and made
a spring at the critter, which was uow fully prepared
for its reception. As the liou landed on him the turtla
fastened hie terrific jaws on the lion's nostrils, render-
ing him powerless to do harm; yet with activity of
'limb he bounded around the circle, growled, roared
and lashed himself, but the snapper hung on, seeming
to enjoy the ride vastly.
"Go it, Whimbamper," cried Wheatly from the
boxes.
Tho scene was rich.
The showman was uo less enraged than the lion.
Drawing his pistol, ho threatened Nat with terrible
threats, that if he did not take his turtle off, he'd shoot
him.
"Ta-ta-takc him off yourself," shouted Nat in re-
ply. At this critical moment, by dint of losing a portion
of his nose, the lion shook his dangerous foe from him,
and clearing the space between himself and the cage
with a bound, he slunk quietly in to chew the bitter
cud of defeat and paiu.
It was a fair fight, all declaring that the "Whim-
bamper" was the victor.
The money was paid over to Nat, who left the the-
atre delighted at the success ot' his whim. The uaxt
morning he carried his turtle to market and sold him.
So this valuable champion, after conquering the king
of beasts, served to make a dinner for Baltimore epi-
cures.
LiMAivmt: In3nk. M. Guillardet, the Paris cor-
respondent of the Courier des Etats Unis, writes as
follows :
Last week. M. Lamartiue had assembled at his ta-
ble, s: vera! ol his intimate friends, before leaving for the
Cote d'Or, where he has offi-red for sale his parental
estato, which fortune does not permit him to retain.
The author of 4tCio!:d'9ts" sscincd absent-ramiit'd, but
this sad pre-occupUion was pusily attributed to the
hard extremity to which he was reduced., aud to phy-
sical pains of an ac:;te rheumatism which had "rerou-
ted hU appearance at the National Assembly since his
election.
The illustrious invalid toek soup with hia guests,
and then caused himseif te be nerved with it three
times more iu succession, as if he had taken nothing
at all. After that, during the whole repast, he wore
a s-td aud dreamy air, aud touched nothing until a
plate of meringues a la creme was placed'under his
eye. At the sight of this dainty, his brow cleared,
and he drew the plate towards him, examined it
with a look of appetite, aud then suddenly began to
rub his hands with the cream aud lathered his whole
face with it. This act of derangement struck with
stupor the guests and his tearful wife, who instantly
rendered all possible care to the sufferer. A physician
was called, and all present were besought to keep se-
cret what after all may only be an accidental and
temporary aberalion. But is a secret possible now-a-days?
This oue has got out like all the rest.
Light from tenter. Mr. Paine of Worcester, Mass.
has discovered a light, which is called "Paines Hydro-
electric Light." It is thus described in a letter which
appeurs in the Le Iger:
I hardly know how to give you a correct idea of this
glorious light. Supposo you imagine a portion of tho
sun, about tho size of a dollar, suspended in the cen-
tre of your office, and you have the best description
that can bo given. and there it burns at the point of
atubo so small, that it seems to float in the atmos-
phere; flooding the magnificent store with a clear
bright light, and making Horn's patent camphiue burn
yellow on tho opposite side of tho wide street. And
water pure water alone, yields tho bright efful-
genco. I hnd an introduction to Mr. Paine thii morning,
and fouud him, as I expected, a man with tho impress
of gonious stamped on every feature ; modest and con-
fident, with the intellect to advise and tho capacity to
accomplish. Ho was at bus labratory, or light-house
as tin- citizens here torm it, and gave mo every facili-
ty for examining the uparatus which produces such
wonderful results, and which consists principally of
twelvo Inrgo magnets und six pair of helias. These
lid'nw io ke;t moving between, tho poles of tho mag-
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nets by machinery, resembling a steeple clock, and tho
motion is sustained the same way by means of a
weight Copper and plaU'na wires pass from tho polea
of the magnets into a number of small tanks, contain-
ing water, and these tanks are connected by pipes with
large gasometers, vvnen the helias are set in motion
by winding up the weight, they evolve a current of
electricity of such a volume and force as to cause an
ebullition in the process of decomposing the water.
The zoles in the water, and the method oi making
and breaking the circuits, Mr. Paine does not mako
public yet :
During a stay of ono hour, the apparatus generated
seventy feet of the gasses, which will bum for two
hours, giving a light equal to one thousand gas jets,
and the cost cannot be made ono cent The labor
that is eXDended in trinrimrr tin o Dtt 1.T. :ll
cause the'apparatus to produce four thousand cubic feet
w ",D uees. is uiis uoi wonuenui i j he city coun-
cil rooms and the Dublie huildinm nr nnn- i,m :.
and a few months will see every kind of light abolished
cheapness and other qualities placing it within the
reach of the most indigent Verily, the question'o'f
setting tho river on fire can be no longer mooted.
CHEMISTRY FOR GIRLS.
BY E. TIIOPSO.V, M. D.
Something that Every woman should Read.
This is DrODerlv Stvlnd n of ii;r-.r,",., or--. r- .1.-
quiry, "What profit?" meets us everywhere. It has
entored the teranles of leammrr. nri nnm.Aj .
thurst out important studies because their immediate
connection with hard, money profits cannot- bede-
monstrated. "There is one spot, however, into which" " ;
it has not so generally intruded itself !he female ac-
ademy tho last refuge of Ihe fine arts and fine follies.
1 hither young ladies are too frequently sent, merely
to learn how to dress tastefully aud walk gracefully,,
play, write French, and make waxen plumes aud
silken spiders all pretty, bat why not inquire "what
profit"
I take my pen, not to utter a dissertation on female
education, but to insist that vnnnr, IoiI-oq K (,
chemistry. Ihey will thereby be better qualified to
superintend domestic affairs, guard against many ac-
cidents to which househoulds are subject, and per-
haps be instrumental in saving life. We illustrate
ItlA inot rnma.1. k.. T . . .
rpiT '"""""-"J 'eiBience merely to toxicology.
1 he strong-acids: such nq nitrir. mQ.; i i
phuric, and the mechanic arts. Suppose a'chUd, in
his rambles amonor the noltrhhnrc 0',m i
met shop, and find a saucer of aquafortis (nitric acid)
ui,i luo uffuuu, auu, m nts sport, seize and drink a
portion of it He is conveyed home in great agony.
1 he physician is sent for, but ere he arrives, the child
is a corpse. Now as the mother presses the cold clay
to her breast and all 1ms fnr thn ir ,;,. t,nn- ..n u
onguish be aggravated to know that in her medicine
chest, or drawer, was some calcined magnesta, which,
if timely administered, would have saved her lovely,
perchance her first and on'y boy. O, what are all
the boyquets and fine dresses in the world to her, com-
pared with such knowledge?
Take another case. A husband returning home, on
a summer afternoon, desires some acidulous drink. .
Opening a cupboard, he sees a small box, labelled
"salts or lemon, "and making a solution of this, he
dnnks it freely. Presently, he feels distress, sends for
his wife, and assertains that ho has drank a solution,
of oxalic acid, which she has procured to take strains,
from linen. The physician is sent for; but the una-
voidable delay attending hi3 arrival is fatal. When he
arrives, perhaps he has seen upon the very table on
which the weaping widow bows her head, apiece of
chalk, which, if given in time, would havo certainly
prevented any mischief from the poison.
Corrosive sublimate is the article generally used
to destroy tho vermin which sometimes infest our
couches. A solution of it is laid upon the floor in a
tea-cup; when tho domestics go down to dine, leaving
the children up starirs to play, the infant crawls to
the tea-cup and drinks. Now what think you would
be the mother's joy, if having studied chemistry, she
instantly called to recollection tho well ascertained -fact,
that there is ia the hen's nest an antidote to this
poison. She sends for some eggs, and breaking them.
administers tho whites-. Her child recovers, and sho
Weena for 10V. Talk to hr nf nmrnle nno lit fl I,t-
of natural science has been worth, to her, more than
an me novels in the world.
Physicians in the country rarely carry scales with
them to weigh their prescriptions. They administer
medicines by gness, from the teaspoon or the point of
a knife. Suppose a common casct A physician in a
hurry leaves an overdose of tarrar-emetic (generally
the first prescription in case of bilious fever) and pnr-
suses his way to another patient, ten miles distant
The raediciueis duly administered, and the man is
poisoned. When the case becomes alarming, one
messenger is dispatched for the doctor, aud another to
call in the neighbors to see the sufferer die. Now there
is, in a canister in a cupboard, and on a tree that
grows by the door a remedy for this distress and alarm-
a sure means of saving the sick man from threat-
ened death. A strong decoction of young hylon tea,
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 prensent, and
its 8ui face becomes covered with a green substapce
carbonate or theproxideof copper, a poisonous com-
pound. It has sometimes happened that a mother
has, for want of kuowledge, poisoned her family.
Sourkrout, when permitted to stand for some time in
a copper vessel has produced death in a few hours. -Cooks
sometimes permit pickies to remain in copper
vessels, that they may acquire a rich green color,'
which they do by absorbing poison-.
Families have often been thrown into disease by
eating such dainties, and many have died in somo in-
stances without suspecting the cause. Tho lady has
certainly some reason to- congratulate herself 'upon
heredtication, if under such circumstances, she knows
that pickles rendered green by vardigris, are poison-
ous, and that the white of an egg is an antidoto.
Illustration might be multiplyed, but our space for-
bids. Enough has been shown, we hope, to convince
the utilitarian that a knowledge of chemestry is an
important element in the education of the female sex;
that without it they aro imperfectly qualified for the
duties devolving upon them in the domestic relation,
aud poorly prepared to meet its emergencies.
A heavy penalty. The law in Connec-
ticut imposes a penalty for selliii"; spirituous
liquors of ton dollars for the first ofienca, twen-
ty dollars for tho second, and double for every
offence of which the seller shall be convicted.
One man has now forty seven complaints
pending against him, and should he bo
convicted, the last conviction subjects him
to a penalty of $1 16,490,982,503,360.
He must be a thorough fool who can learn
nothing from his own folly.
Bayou Teche Filling Up. This beautiful bayou,
which is of such immense importance to this and come
of the adjoining parishes, has been for several years
filling up tapidly in many places, and unless attended
to by our citizens, the navigation above Franklin and
many miles below it will be ruined.
Mill-logs, drift wood, and flatboats are sunk in dif-
frent parts of the bayou, and immense quantities of
floating grass, which accumulates in the form of float-
ing islands, are prevented from reaching the Atchafa-
lays, by bridges aud other impediments stretched across
the bayouand all these, in a half decayed condition, in
due time find their way to the bottom of the bayou
aud remaiu there permanently, forming bare which
make navigation more and more difficult every year.
This is noticed by captains ot vessels that have been
in the Altakapas trade for several years, and they
think that unless this evil is remedied vessels will, in a
briefer timo than is generally supposed, be unable to
reach Franklin at all, and no steamboat except thoso
of the lightest drift will be able to ply on the Teche.
Tho public should inquire into this matter, and see if
a remedy can be applied. Planters Banner.
TO
FORM FIGURES IN RELIEF ON AN
EGG.
Design on tho shell any figure or ornament yon
please, with melted tallow, or anv other fat, oilr sub
stance; then immerse tho egg into very strong vinegar,
ana tei ii remain nil the acid has corroaeu met pari,
of the shell which is not covered with the greasy mat-
ter: those Darts will then aDDear in relief, exactly as
you have drawn them.
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