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Inn native land, and
ached the promised
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.'the year in prenarinn
'unsatisfactory Clirist-
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fie.!..f trontf ale, and
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Ustw?fcTsseJ) aud Willi
v-'ohn Waters, a jolly, hearty,
j inuustrious, ana expecting
ners. tolidlv educated he wa. a
son of a great house, who had turned
ptt to marry a farmer's daughter with his
iely, good, sweet wife Jane, a charming wo
in of forty, still handsome, mid looking. John
yould facetiously declare, only the elder siater
of her seven children, were quite settled in their
'farm of Elscoate, in Texas. They had a sub
stantial frame house, of two stories, many log
huts, one a very elegant erection, numerous wtf,
Miar, ii nam
houses, barns, dove-cots; etc.; "many aa$' of jMJ ,lrl,nsed that such an idea should have en
land under cultivation, and were in a rr Htay'16 ,,ie 'ieaJ of a nephew of tho Earl of Els-
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to De prosperous ana nappy, jonn looted a air-
f erent man to what he did in England. There
his seven children, dearly loved as they were,
were still a cause? of fear for the future," here of
joy. They were surely provided for. Land lay
around him asking to le cultivated ; the sons
could have farms when ihey liked, and the girls
were sure to find husbands.
Edward Bruce Waters, the eldest son, was
twenty-one; there were three others, of whom
the youngest was five, and three girls, Alice,
Fanny and Sophia. Below these stood nume
rous farm laborers, hunters, etc., and two blacks,
supposed to be slaves, to conform to the laws of
the country, but who were as free as Qie air they
breathed.
Elscoate, so vainly called from Lord Elscoate,
John Waters' eldest brother, was situated on
the banks of a delicious stream. To the right
and left, up and down, was the dark foliage of
a cedar grove, while behind was a clearing,
fenced hi, and where was seou the rich yellow
of utMio und ulliiii uuivtisl.. Tim liver wu
fringed by a dense mass of peccan bushes, cedar,
live oaks, and other deep green trees, with tall
grass, and some old stumps, all covered by
yjvuiish moss and creeping plants, except where
about twenty yards had been cleared away as a
port or landing. On the opposite side of the
stream, about a dozen yards wide, was a grassy
verdant slope. Half-wsy up was a charming log
hut, a two-roomed dwelling, the united chef d'au
vrt of the children and servants, executed on high
days and holidays, but known as Ned's Folly,
for it was ever considered, not the house tkat
Jack built, but that Ned built.
As soon as the house was built, and Ned be
gan to make the furniture, and pay visits to Gal
veston, bringing back mysterious parrels, he was
noticed to absent himself every evening, lu
never said where, for Ned was a serious youth
in his wav. a singular combination of courace
and bashfulness, and the boys and girls would
somehow connect his absence with the little log
hut. Neu used to take his gun alter dinner,
, his dog Hop, and go down toward the port.
There lie took to his dug-out, and sailed away,
nobody knew whither ; but the children thought
to some wild glen where a magician of potent
name kept enchained some lady fair, whom Ed
ward was striving to rescue. And they often
asked him questions, but Ned always laughed
and blushed, aud said they should know some
day. But Mr. and Mrs. Waters begun after a
while to havo serious thoughts about these ab
sences, and would sometimes sit up after the
children were gone to bed, and talk about them,
but they never asked Edward any questions.
He was their eldest boy, their first proudly-welcomed
child, and they could not liiul in their
hearts to invade the secresy of his evenings.
It was in the month of November, a pleasant
time of year in Texas, when you keep away
from swamps and sea-coast, and Ned had made
his house quite comfortable it would have
been charming to have lived in it. But Ned
would not allow it. There was a beautiful bed
stead of maple-wood, with bedding and milk
white sheets, and curtain a l'urisian cocjuctto
might have envied, and there was a mirror and
a dressing-table awful enormities in the back
woods; aud then in the parlor next the luxurious
bed-room, all carpeted with furs, were neatly
made chairs, red curtains, atablo, and ornaments
on the chimney-piece, chiefly brought from
England. On Edward' birth-day, which was
on the first of No ember, the others in the fam
ily further decorated the House with little
. home-made tilings, and Mr. Joint Waters him
self planted seven tret in front of the house,
surrounding a gr-jlot, and l!iese trees were
called by the names of the seven chilircn, a. id it
waa further decided that on hiih days and holi
days, they should henceforth bo traily adorned
' by ribbons and flowers. Jane, the fond mother,
resisted awhile this act, because she said, with
a shudder, that perhaps some day they might be
?lad to cut down one of the trees, which would
very dreadfal. But John Waters reassured
her, and drove all gloomy thoughts from her
head, like a right good hearty man as he was,
with very proper confidence iu (Tod, and his
children's good constitutions and habits. So the
even trees were plaiited,'nd they were called
. by the names of the seven children.
John Waters and Jane, and all the boys and
girls were some days afterwards sitting together
in their goodly dining-room, prtyariD for their
evening, which was spent in sewing in talking,
in reading, in playing chess, and in various
other ways, when Edward rota as usual and
Srepared to go out. llif gun was alredy takoi;
own from the wall, and he was moving away
when his f aihe'r sjioke.
" Ned, my hoy," said he, "couldn't you stay
at home for once and read out to us ? 1 tee you
have a book in vour pocket."
There was a dead sileuce.0 All tho clikhlrfn,
In . Advance; ir pot
rUDLISHED BY 0. CLEMENS, ON HILL STREET, NEAR
looked curiously toward Edward.
My dear father," replied the youngmnn,
quietly, "I will if voli tinrticulArlv .Wi rn il. lint
1 wished to go out.''
'You go out every evening, and alone," said
his father, very eravcly.
" I Hke wandering," continued Edward, turn-J
ing very red.
"So it seems
said his father, " and so do I,
but not alone."
"But I was going down to the Oak Toint,"
observed Edward.
" To old Thiol's J " said his father, astounded.
"Is that where you spend your evenings? "
. "Y, father replied Edward.
" Why, what can you find in a drunken old
Dutchman to charm you, JEdward. an ex-pirate.
a water-rat ? " '
" Old Thiel is a steadv. hard-wort incr nl.l fi
w But I do not co to sco him."
" Wlio-ruaed John Waters, a little
anxiously, while Mother, daughters, and sons,
and serving-men, all Twrfened gravely.
"His daughter, Cateri'iia' said Edward,
holding up his head. v
" And pray, sir," exclaimed John Waters,
mother smiled, , and sisters giggled, mid brothers
stared, " wit.li. what jl)jrt:t do you oo io e old
Thiel's daughter?" ' b
" Because I hope to marry her," replied Ed
ward, speaking very lowly, but very firmly.
" Never bir I " roared John Waters, " Never
sgMi son of mine marry a pirate s daughter. 1
coalc.
"My dear father, brought up in the new world,
we have, I hope, no old world prejudices. Be
cause I am an English Earl's nephew, I am none
the less a working farmer, and Calarina Thiel is
line sweetest girt ih all Harris county."
" Edward, I have spoken," said the emigrant
'positively; "I care not what she is, I will never
There was a dead silence in that room, where
usually was nothing heard but cheerful words
aud jocund laughter. Jane looked surprised and
pained; the boys and girls raised their eyes kind
ly to Edward, but not a word was spoken, for
John Waters, though a eood husband and a kind
fond father, was master in his own house. Ed-J
nmu buiu nui u wuiu. no buouiuereu uis gun,
he motioned to his dog, and out he went, afraid
to stop a minute, lest he should betray his deep
ly wounded feelings, and the tempest of passion
which might have prompted him to reply quiek-
ly to ins laiuer.
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v:et::a to
prejudice. John Waters knew nothing of Cate
riua Thiel; she might have been one of heaven's
own angels, for what he knew, but she was tho
daughter of a Dulcliman, reputed, said, to be
drunken and low. And yet John Waters profess
ed himself, nnd believed himself a Christian.
and condemned u young girl as unfit to bo his son's
wife, because she was a little lower in that ar
tificial scale, which John Waters, an extremely
radical in politics, was striving to destroy !
But whoever yet was consistent; whoever yet
acted up to his profession?
" My dear John, said Jane very mildly, "that
boy will not return. Your positive tone has a
larmed him, aud he will think you mean what
you say."
" I do mean what I say," replied John Waters
gravely, taking up his book.
" W ell, my dear," observed Jane, with her
unvarying sweetness, "we will talk of that by-
f1111,"
What a change in all ! Sisters and brothers
ipoke in whispers for some lime, they all lov
ed Edward so well, and then, by general con
suit, they went forth to walk, leaving their pa
rous alone. They all knew, by experience, the
iulucnce of Jane with their father, and they
hojed much ; but whatever their hope might
have been it was not f jlfilled. Edward did not
rettrn that night, and next morning at breakfast
no oio spoke of his absence, for John Waters
said lot a word about it. Every body, however,
fell tie absence of the eldest born, the leader of
the (and in all hunting, boat ing frolics, the pro
tector of his sisters, the chief guide of his broth
ers. Everything seemed to go on all'the same
in tltt house; the farm work was attended to,
Fredund William and Thomas went out fishing
ana nntin; the mother and girls spun and sew
ed, bit the house was changed. Nobody ever
hiughtl or joked now. John Waters at meal
lines nd of an evening would crack a joucror say
sometiing funny, or. begin a conversation, but
no out encouraged him. r ouody , it is true veil
tured (penly to oppose his will, nobody suggest
ed thatldward should be sent for, except Jane
iu secret, when they wcro alone at night; but all
enleredinto a tacit conspiracy to make John
Waters piserable, and though he would not let
it be see, thuiiirii he never said a word about.
yet he m miserable, for ho had sent away his
elclest-lKiii, his beloved ono, he knew not where,
he searcelr knew ior what.
1 line . the autumn rapidly passed a wav.
tho DecemW came round, not the cold bracing
December, yith frost and snow, and wind und
sleet, and hil of the British Isle, but a jolly
December, vith green fields, green trees, and at
times a sun- a warm as that of our Summer,
liut there wsc some cold days aud nights just
to let people hiow that Winter could be rude and
rough if he Iked, but chose on the whole to
revel here ii: warmth and sunshine. Still
December to tie English family was English,
because on its trcniy-fifth day came Christinas,
that day tiig win deTicious memories of Ae past,'
with dclighltul rospeets for the luture. Now
the Waters had 11 the yeartnade up their minds
to hnve a grand lime of it on this particular
unnh cr.-ry of tfc great birth-day. But now,
though John Wat'rs snoke of having a glorious
leslival, none seceded him, and the morning or
the twenty-fourthcame with little preparation
that looked hke hat Christmas Day being
chcuff ul and glad.
In the morning, j-etly early, the bovs and
h Is went forth towrd the log hut known as
IN ed . J' oily, ana tlise remained some hours.
Mr. and r. Watered no conee ptjon of what
they wereaf, und at Ut, their curiosity excited,
went f oi th to ace, They" had pasted -th
threshold of their hone and turned toward the
path which led to the lit, when John started.
Leaning against a tree dose at hand, were two
Indium, u warrior and 1 girl The mau !ud ull
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paid within m Months, due
. HANNIBAL, MO., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 8,
the grave mein, the solemn reflective manner of
a chief, Die girl all the Calm submissive aspco.t
of a young Indian squarv. She was very pleasing
in face despite her red skin, with light hair in
great abundance, drawn in tight bands across her
icmpies ; sue Jiad deep blue eyes, a small mouth,
a tiny pretty nose, aud she wore a handsome tunic
or deerskin, leggings of the same, moccasins, and
was covered by ornaments composed of beads.
The chief was clothed in a very similar manner;
but he carried a short rifle in his.hanc, and wore,
beside, a hunting knife and a tomahawk.
" Where do these Indians come from P " said
John in an amazed tone to his wife, who was
speechless with terror and astonishment.
" Indian friend," replied the chief in deen
guttural tones, " Tuscarora."
" You are welcome," exclaimed the emitrrant
quickly, knowing the importance of conciliating
an Indian at once, at the same time holding out
his hand. " What can I do for you ? "
" Indian going down to Great Salt Lake,
Want to rest a day," said the Tuscarora.
" Rest," replied John, pointing to the house,
"you and yours are welcome."
"No leave house," continued tho Indian,
standing before him and placing his hand on his
shoulder ; " one, two, tree, fifty bad red-skins
in wood."
" My children," half shrieked Jane, clasping
her hands.
"Indian," said John solemnly, "is this true,
speak girl ?"
The w arrior looked somewhat offended, the
girl raised her mild blue eyes to the face of Mrs.
waters, ami men spoke,
" One, two, tree, plenty fifty, tweutv bad
Indians in wood ; attack pale fares to night,"
she said in tones very seductive from their
mingled sweetness and sadness.
"Come John," said Jane convulsively. "Ah,
where is Edward Y "
Away they went, followed bv the Indian and
the squaw, down to the port. Scarcely had they
reached the edge or tlie stream, when they heard
singing and laughter. Much surprised at sounds
so unusual for two months past, they listened
while unmooring a boat. It was the negroes
sinking. They had just commenced what Zip
snori ior ocipio cauea a Christmas quarrel :
As I sat on a sosny b.nk, soony bsnk, soony bank,
As I sat on a soony bank, a Christmas day in dt
mornin-.
I spied tre ships eome sailing by, come sailing 6y,
com sailing by,
I spied tree ships coins sailing by, a Christmas day
in de morn in'.
Who would be in dtie tree sbips, dese tree ships.
drse tree ships,
Who wcmM be iu dese tree ships, but Joseph and him
fair lady. x
llim did whiitl', and she did sinir, the did sin::.
. she did sing,
Him did whistle and flie did siug, and all the bells iu
the earth did ring,
A Christmas day in de inomin'.
"How very shocking," said Jane, looking
really very much horrifiod, while both the Iu-
lian and the squaw were unable to repress a
grin.
" Not at all, my dear," replied John, " the
blacks are a very peculiar people, and that song
is no doubt well meant. But w e ha ve something
else to think of now."
They were, as he. snoke, on the ede of the
green in front of Ned's Folly, and a dark frown
1 '.Id Atl 1 V .
passcu over mo lace oi jonn, wnne jane turned
pale aud trembled. The children, servants, and
blacks, were congregated on the grassy plot,
und wire resting after their morning work.
They had been ornamenting the seven trees, six
of which were all gaily adorned by bricht
llowers. red pink and white ribbon, while the
seventh, flanked on each side by three gaudy
companions, was lung with crape, and sur
rounded by all the gloomy plants, picked in the
forest, they could fitid. Without appearing to
notice this act of rebellion, John addressed the
group.
" Children and servants, cease all mirth. I he
bloody Indians are upon us. These two friendly
redskinjj ot a tribe rare m lexas, have given
us warning. Follow me and to arms."
A silence as solemn as that of death at once
prevailed, and then the boys took up the cry to
arms, and followed by the servants, rushed to
tho stream. I he girls curiously surrounded the
young aud pretty squaw, terrified and alarmed
as they were, and pressing cldse to their mother,
followed the males. The first tiling done after
crossing the stream, was to stow away the boats
iu an out-house, which was covered by the rifles
of those in the frame house. Then nil took to
the farm, and preparations were made for an
obstinate and serious defence. There were
eleven men in all, including the Indian, thus
distributed: John, the Indian, his three boys,
and two farm sci vnts, were appointed to defend
the residence, while four (two white and two
black) men took to the lot? hut but a dozen yards
distant. All were well armed and well provided
with ammunition.
It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when a
bldck gave the signal that the Indians were in
sight. John was on the roof of his house, which
hfcas flat, arid surrounded by a parapet, and could
thence see everywhere around. TheIndians
iisued from the wood with the air of men who
had no hostilo intentions. They were fifty, at
least, in number, aud came on toward the house
as if friendly. But John had heard too much of
the running of the red-skins to allow a surprise,
he therefore checked them at onre.
"Jfcickl lie cried, "or we lire on you;
friends or foes, keep your distance."
The Tnoians Tiaitefl, very much surnrTsecT, for
they evidently had calculated on taking Elscoate
by storm ; and then the air resounded with the
hideous war-cry, and on the Christmas eve the
i;lad stillness was broken by the crack of tiftct,
the reports of muskets and Tusils.and the shrill
yells of the wdunded. Away scampered the
Wacros, unable to comprehend this warm recep
tion, and took to the cover of the woods. All
that afternoon was spent in exchanging tVts,
but wiihout injury.jto those in the farm and log
house,' John Waters having ordered the strictest
caution to be observed, and seeing personally
that every one obeyed him. About dusk the
firing leased on both sides and the pile fao&
taak d vantage of tlti -to tit- iowu to their
Christmas eve dinner.
"All joy in our new koine is gone from me
now," Bald Jane sadly, a she helped the cliil
drcti. d
Dollar and Fifty. -Ocnlsj'
MAIN, A. FEW DOOttt WEST 01'
"Tush, wife, dear!" exclaimed John Waters.
keeping down deep emotion, with great difficul
ty, "an Indian visit is rare in this part of Texas,
and I hope to give these red-skins a lesson which
they will not forget."
"Ah, John J John f " cried his wife, sobbing
wildly, unable any longer to repress her feel
ings, " I should not" fear the Indians much with
a good house and gallant men and boys around
me, lijid i all I loved, here. - liut where is my
eldest born, my boy, my Edward? How know
I that he is free from the hands of these terrible
men ? "
John Waters held down his head and made
no reply, but slruirp-le as he would with his pride
and his manly strVngth toWk him, his tears
tell upon his plutrf. In that hour of tribulation,
in that day of trouble, his nerves were stretched
to their highest pitch, and his feelings over
wrought, acted upon him with extreme violence.
"A song is singing in the woods, aud the bird
that sings it, says that the son of the gray beard
is sjife, said the Indian girl, injier sweet ant
musical tones, alter cxclranging a curious look
with her futhcr. .
"Thank you, girl," exclaimed the mother,
warmly, " a word of comfort is delightful, and
Jane Waters dearly blesses the Indian eirl who
saved neriamiiy irom siuughter by her generons
warning, anu who now wouia seen to console.
" God bless you, eirl," repeated John, " we
owe you all miirn. When this day of tribulation
is past, John Y atcrs wiil not bo slow to show
his gratitude."
The Indian girl smiled sweetly, and look a
hand of each so prettily, so childishly, that all
were ( harmed at this little act, and Fred.agood
lookinjr boy of nineteen, thoucrht within himself
that she was the most beautiful lady he had ever
dreamed of, and made up his mind on the spot,
to ask his father's consent, as soon as the fight
was over, to beg the hand of the Indian girl. So
little do we tuke warning in this world by the
fuults and misfortunes of others. The rest of
the dinner was spent in laying plans for the
night. All the rooms had thick shutters, which
had been closed ever since the morning, and it
was arranged that all the females should take up
their quarters for the night in an upper room,
while the men were to make a guard-house of
the general parlor. One sentinel was to. be
placed upon the roof on the lookout, while those
in the log house were ulso to be wary. John
Waters directed that alkbut one should lie down
at an early hour. - In the meantime, however,
the males went up to tho roof. -
It was a beautiful night. The sky was clear
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above the summits of the deep cedars, silvering
the tips of the trees, and casting all beneath into
deep black shadows, except where here and
there came a gnp in the wood whielj allowed the
pale; cold rayof tha minor planet to penetrate
below the surface. To the right could be seen,
where John stood with the Indian, the opening
of the forest, where lay the fields, with behind
the prairie, the tad green grass and reeds tremb
ling, waved by the wind, silvered by the moon,
while to the left the waters of the lazy stream,
and all streams in Texas arc luzy shook, rip
pled and broke upon the sedgy bank, beautified
by the same influence, a sparkling sheet of mol
ten lead. It was a night fit to herald the won
drous birth of the next day, a grand Christmas
cvaf and all who gazed felt it so. John stood
apart in the corner with the Indian, lie was
verygrave.
What my brother think about ? " said the
Tuscarora, in low, cautious tones.
" Indian, this is Christmas Eve. Do you know
what it means ? "
" To-morrow Christ born, Tuscarora Chris
tian, name John, replied the other in his
guttural tone.
Ah 1 " said John Waters, with considerable
animation. " Then let me have a talk with you.
Could we walk to the Oak Toiut to-night ? "
'Yes, but say presently," rejdied the Indian;
no talk now, fight, redskins coming, see."
John looked curiously forth, and truly alone
the skirt of the wood, he saw a moving column
of Indians. John sighed! There was a still
ness in the air, a serene and sacred tone in the
tmosphcrc, his thoughts were so attuned to
harmony and love, the violent death, always
abhorrent to the feeling of the good man, was
now peculiarly so. But there was no alternative.
His wife and little ones, his serving men, were
all there depending on his coolness, courage and
vipilanee, nnd lie leveled his gun simultaneously
wan tno Hunan, onu nreu. ftcarcciy did the
echoes of their two rifles awaken all nature
uroiind, than thoso in the intr-hoiisc lollowcd,
and then the rest of the garrison. Loud were
the yells ol the red-skins as the shot fell from
above like hail amonr them, and awav thev came
scampering across the clearing, wildly, madly,
recklessly. Ihcy were received by a second
steady and unanimous volley, which arrested
their progress, and sent them for refuge again
to tho wood.
(To be Continued.)
To Cleanse the If aib. What is far better
for cleaning the hair than the spirituous extracts
so frequently recommended, is the yolk of un
egg ; it acts in the same way as soap in removing
dandruff, but having little or no ulkuline quali
ties, does not, like soap, change the color of the
Imir, nor it does not render it hnrsh us spirit
does ; but, on the contrary, makes it soft and
stlk-'iikc. It is used thus : Beat up the yolk of
aa pv i'ly f? frtn white - it It an
equal quantity of soft water or rose water; ap
ply it to the hair with a very soft brush a
shaving brush is best until a good luthvr is
produced) then clean jt all well off, either with
soft water,.or rose, chief of orange-flower wa
ter. If a uew-laid egg, the better.
Vcav Hraoic Like the generality of kings
and conuuereys, Frederic the fir. at had a mo.t
philosophic indifference to death in oMer. lu
ne of his battles, a battalion of veterans having
taken to iheir heels, he galloped after thtm,
bawling out, " Why dij you run away, ywi old
blackguards ? Do you v;anf to live fover?"
Th Richie f Wisoonshi) Aditei of the
!)th ult., states tluxf ''Luke Michigan seems to
be getting higher, and if it goes on much longer,
will run over and find an outlet iu the Missis
sippi, thafi all."
if' not paid within Twelve
SELMES' BUILDINGS.
1852.
aii KxpnuvEirr.
Seat yourself at a table. Attach a piece of
metal (say a shilling) toa thread. Having pla
ced your elbow on a table, hold the thread be
tween the points of the thumb and fore finger,
allowing the shilling to liang in the centre of a
glass tumbler, the pulse will immediately cause
the shilling to vibrate like a pendulum, and the
vibrations will increase until the shilling strikes
the side of the glass; and suppose the time of the
experiment be Hie hour of seven, or half past
seven, Uie pendulum will strike the glass seven
limes, and then lose its momentum, and return to
the centre; if you hold the thread a sufficient
length of. time tho effect will" be repeated; but
not until a sufficient length of time has elapsed
tr convince you ths-experiment is complete.
We need not add that the thread must be held
with a steady hand; otherwise the vibrating mo
tion would be counteracted. At whatever hour
of the day or night the experiment is made, the
coincidence will be the tame.
, From the Oqnaat ka 6peclalo
"AH EXPERIMENT" ft
Is the title of a paragraph on our first pajre.
Rend the paragraph and try the experiment, if,
then, you are satisfied that the vibrations alluded
to are emised by the pulse, tell us h iij the num
ber of vibrutions vary w ith the hour of the ilny?
Try another experiment. Borrow a gold ring
from your w ife, (if you are not so fortunate as
to possess a wife, however, any gold ring will
do,) and suspend it by a silk thread Irom the
first joint of your right fore finger, taking care
to disconnect this finger from contact with any
other finger or thumb. Then pile up some
books, or some other convenient article." to the
height of eight or ten inches, and resting your
arm thereon to steady it, allow the ring to be
come stationary. Then let some one push under
the suspended ring (which you are to hold about
an inch from the surface of the table,) a piece
ot metal say a half dollar; you will immediate
ly perceive that the ring will commence a vibra
tory motion, invariably in the same direction: to
and trora you. At hrst the motion will be gen
tle, as if stirred by a puff of air, but will grad
ually become rapid and excited. While the ring
is thus swinrnnjr to and fro, let a woman touch
your left hand; to your astonishment,' the ring
will soon take transverse motion crossing its
former track; let the woman remove her hand,
the original motion will be resumed. But should
you be iu the habit of drinking freely, or using
tobacco excessively, the ring will not be moved
at an, or only in obedience -la the impulse re-
UltUI 1IUIU Ul VUt ilUIHII - V -
Now, is this motion imparted to the ring; by
the pulse? If you think so, direct the metal to
be removed, aud let a chunk of tolacen. a dose
of stri'hniue, or any deadly poison whatever, he
slipped un-i'i- the ring; the rapid motion dimin
ishes in impetus it bancs with a quivering mo
tion above the poison then hangs motionless
and dead.
Readers we have stated what any of you may
test; aud if any of you can give us reasons for
what you will perceive, we shall be glad to re
cord them.
Curious Experiments la Animal Electricity in France.
M. Beckeinsler, a resident of Lyons, has ob
tained some singular electric results, by opera
ting upon certain animals. The following is one
which ue states 10 nave uccn maue upon a
cat:
When the weather is cool and the wind from
the north dry, if the cat feels cool, a thing which
can be perceived by the partially greasy appear
ance of the cat's hair if the experimenter has
cool hands, he will take the cat on his knees,
wiil place his left finger on its breast, and will
pass his hands from the neck to tail, along the
spinal column. After a few passes, the elec
tric shock will be produced. The shock seems
to come from the breast of the cat, across the
body of the experimenter, and terminates in the
other hand, placed upon the back of the cat.
Though experiencing much pleasure at these
passes, the cat runs off at fait speed atter the
shock, and will hardly suffer the experiment to
be repeated until the following day, when the
disagreeable sensation will be partially forgotten.
One day I have obtained, with much trouble,
three commotions from a cat. The last one was
very weak. After each discharge the cat seems
fatigued and exliausted; it lays down in an out
stretched attitude. A few days after it loses its
appetite becomes sad and seems to avoid the
place it was formerly attached to; il withdraws
from the persons to whom it has been attached,
ana after refusing nourishment it sU.I drinks
water from time to tune, languishes more and
more, loams at the mouth, and generally dies
within thr first fortnight which follows the fust
commotion.
I have repeated theso experiments during va
rious years, when the season was propitious,
upon tame cats in my possession, and also upon
those of my neighbors, who believed that I was
meiely caressing their cats. Some time after, I
have always learned, these animals bad pencil
ed without any apparent caue.
rjUBH wrr.
. A couple of Irishmen, who had not been long
in this count r j , met at an inn and called for
dinner. As it happened there was a dish of
horse-radish grated for dinner. Fat, thinking it
was something to be eaten with a spoon,' put a
large spoonful in his mouth. The tet imme
diately filled his eyes and rolled down his
cheek.... His cenpuoio!! sw and sid :
" Pat, what is the matter ? "
" I was just thinking of my poor father that
was hung in swkte Ireland," answered I't.
But Jemmy soon filled his aioulh with the
same, and as the tears gushed from his J r
also, Tat says.
" What's the matter, what ha happened to
, s ...
" Ab ! y Jemmy, "I was just thinking
whu a pity it waa that you wete not hanged
wkcityoui father was."
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A new method of makinrr veust is to take
large lentil f ul of split and uiicd peas, put them
iu a -pia k,nUu ttr, cover iVi closely to
exclude t plat them by the side of the
l;,n tut twenty -four hours, when t should have
a fine Irolh n the top. A Uble-poocful of the
liquor i a poun4 of flour.
Montlis, TVO; DOLLAJIS.
NO. 45.
RSGtaAR nfcnEirr with a koeix , '
While Mr. Charles Newsll.
Dalbeattie, was ply bur his vocation latelv at
Craiirnair Quarry, hi attention Mas suil.fe'
nrrested by tries strcngly indicntive of distress
proceeding from one or other of the feathered .
denieens of the wood. On throwing from him
his tools and hurrying to the spot whence the
sounds proceeded, he discovered a robin appa
rently in a state of great agitation, whose move-
ments immediately certified him of the true cam
of alarm. An adder twenty inches in length
and one inch in circumference, had managed to
uraguseu ip me lace or me quarry, and was at
that moment iu the very act protruding his
ugly heud over the edge of a nest built among
the stumps of the cut-down brushwood, and
containing poor mother robin's unfledged ,
offspring her maternij instinct thus prompting
her to the only dufenO of which she was capable.
She was engaged, when Mr. Newall first got .
his eye upon her, in alternately coming down the
one moment upon the spoliator, darting her beak
into his forehead, and anon'rlsing on the ether,
to the height of a yard or so above the scene of
dnnier. It was the Act of a moment for Hfr.
N. to dislodge theaecessor i but in doitis so. two
of the little birds were thrown out ot their nest,
wncre, However, they were speedily and care- . .
fully replaced. - While Mr. Newall was killing
the udder, the joy of the parent 'bird was so
excessive that she actually perched cn the left
arm of her benefactor, and watched with an
unmistakable and intense delight every blow -inflicted
by his right arm on her merciless but
disappointed enemy ; and when that enemy lay , .
dead, she lit upon and pecked the lifeless trunk "
with all-her vigor, and revenge thus taken,
entered her ncstfcand having ascertained that all
was safe, swiftly repaired to a. neighboring .
branch, and piped, as she best could, what was
no doubt meant for- a hymn of eratitudo and a ' , '
song of triumph. When at work since, Mr
IN e wall has been evidently recognized bv the tin v
biped, and we do hope that nothing may oocur
to interrupt a friendship originating in circum
stances so specially interesting.- Dumfries
(Scotland) Courier.
SOKE TEATS IH COWS. V
In the management of cows, I have generally
used the " oupce of preventive;" but when a
case of sore teat did occur, I used the following
hivc, anu ucuevQ imas goouas anyining inai can
be used: Melt together one part of rosin, fiva '
parts of tallow, and three or four parts of thet
plant, known by the name of "live forever
1 Iua will tmeonMk hard whn mnnl.. .mk! anntt fc... a.
melted for use. ' It may be applied two or threef
times in a day. "This, will protect Ufem from .
cold winds and wet, and allay the inflamalion.
while it heals all external ihjury, , -;,
There is no animal that requires more care,
or repays for it better, than the cow.." Cow " - -
should not run n hero they may .be scratched by '
briers and thorns, .The yard wherevdhey are
kept should be clean, that they may lie dry and
comfortably. If the udder becomes too much '
iwollen, the milk should be drawn before their
Mime." The calf should be removed after it 1
ins sucked once or twice, as its sharp teeth, and
the saliva from its mouth will cause great irrita
tion. 1 he cow win worry less, too. if it is soon
removed. Those that attend to sjiikin, should
be gentle and soothing, and should keep the
linger nails pared short, lhese precautions are
worth more than a "pound of cure." Dollar
Newspaper. '
CUT WO&K 05 C0E5.
As this is the season when this reptile is most
troublesome, I would recommend to such fr- -,
uiers as are not aware of the fact, to try asbca
on the hill, as soon as the corn shows itself abova
round. " w
I have followed this method for some years.
and have always fennd it to answer the desired
Durpose. flly plan is to mix plaster and un-
bushel of the former to three of the latter, half
handful (if that is sufficiently definite) sprin
kled or thrown lightly over the young sprouts,
will eive the worms a decided mite or inrir
customary food; besides, the ingredients are lLa
best fertilizers which can be used ; the plaster
drawing and fixing the fertilising gasses of the
air, and the wu, u.siuiU have ascertained by
an analysis of corn, to be the best manure, from
the lacl that it contains upwards of fifty per
cent, of potash. These hints may be in season
tor some farmers to test their value at all
events they will be oa hand lor another year.
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Spiritual Manifestations. -Tbe Albany
Dutchman give the following account of the
doings of a " medium." Can't say that we be
lieve it.
The first feat performed, was the dancing of
a Chaihucu by thetramell this was followed
by the performance of a large yellow wsshtub '
winch tlntvv four double suiniuerseits, ana men.
disappeared up the chimney. A silver spoon.
stood itself on its head, and lead a chapter rrcru
the bible ; soou after which, four pots and ar
equal number of skillets took hold of hardies and
went through the iutricacie of Cotillion. A
rolling-pin tt at las been- in the house for 27
years, jumped out ox the second story window
and when last seen, was chasing a spotted ter
rier down the Bowery, hotly pursued by a
carving kuiie, two preuu ways ana a cent
worth of yeast. For the truth of these state
ments, we refer to Juilee Edmunds and Horace
tireely. the former of whom bus been actuiutad
with the rolling pin from infancy. Great
country this well, it is.
AH AKSWtm. - -"
In No. 18 of the " Dollar Newspaper,.".
R. S." inquires fur the best tuethoj tT preaer
s ing Iresh for three or four mouths. 1 van
inform him of the method I have practised for
several years, with invariable success. Iut
one pint of salt, and one pint of fine air- lucked
tunc in a gallon of water, and, maintain that pro
portion uiiil your tub er hamt has always
enough in it to'kerp Uie eggs Lmii.tiwd. fctir
them carefully owe s week or so, and t.i:
kip fir a year as fresh a when they v,e first
((J. F'Vo n4 jjeimrallv worth innra.thsn .
fous or live cents per dozen liere in the spring,'
aud by thi method, I always get on-hlf or
more per doten far them ia the wiute. Dol
lar Newspaptr.
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