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THE FADED FIAWKR. BT KOBEKT JOSSCI.YSX. it still, the faded flower, iroogh long and cheerless years, memory of thai happy hour 'hich time ibe more endears— ban from thy hand the gift 1 took, )nd aaw the tear dropa atari, clasped with fond and gentle look His giver to my heart.
»t flower like her who cave it, then |Waa lovelieet of ita kind, Aid vainly might 1 aeek again 160 fair a flower to find l|nd brief alike that joy and bloom, bit wither* in a day-—« $Ad reft of hope and wrapt in gloom, 1 bora it faraway.
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•SUNDAY EVENING.
How calm and tweet this holy eve Comes stealing o'er (he day, Lifting the feelings and die thoughts
From earth to Heaven away. In whispers low the soft south wind Along the I or eat grieves, I Or stirs ihe wild and fragrant rose
Beneath its brilliant leaves-
Softly yon rich and changing clouds Sinks in the glowing west, Their flitting forms, like thegorgeous shrouds,
Mirrored in Ocean's breast, One large pale star, set 'mid the deep Dark azure of the sky, Looks down upon this quiet eve,
With calm and radient eye.
IWy spirit on uplifted wing, £oart heaven ward tonight, And lists to catch the seraph hyinn
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A hundred years from this»till hour, And wherethall I then bu 1 Wrapt in the future misty veil, "ft4 Lost in eternity
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TUB FOl'It SKASOXS.
*i iU'i4 BY JOt!8 S I.YSDK.
I *$'Thi4*prlng hath spread its mantle bright, £ofi*fclotlied the earth in grc^n, *?fjThe softening dewa-theglorioua light, ^'i^^fenchant each new-born sceno—
T* In ttese the heart can take full share, tii'ipleasure'spoisesbeat light there.
The suminer tints may look all gay, In glory, balm, and mirth The Sun may glance his welcome ray,
Far beam its light o'er earth— The eye from thece blest rays can borrow, Kro come* the cloud of grief and sorrow.
The Auttintn bright will soon appear, The fields be crowned with gold. The harvest home, with all its cheer,
Will bring its hundred lold— ih, bltat is life! with Autumn's treasure, It |e«i* Us good-it turns its pleasure
The winter cold will come sgain, And turn nil things to gray, Thu winds and atorma will sigh amen
Far blbw each leal away— So sorrow comes in pleasure"# hour, To blight ita bud— to wilt its flower.
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if AN AFFI.lfRNT CITIZEN. Some Fourth of July posi—who was it has wiii that [M "Thm'a no wealth like freedom'*." find we have been furnished by the temini*-|-#cncesof a profe«*ional friend with an amu:
Ins illustration of ita truth. Some time aince If littilew loafer w&a offered at the bar of one I#our courts aa bail for an offender. hrn asked what «he amount of hi* property real 4Hid personal might be, he anawered fromi fif: «iy lo one hundred thousand dollar#. Ifcit ^capons* cxcitcd aome aurprise.aod the foriu: nalo powaaor of this l*rj« fortune was asked to point out the character and condition of hi#
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Mtatc, part owner of this Court Houae, theae public building# and the aquarea upon which they ®re erected. I have an interval in all ther public lands, amounting lo aome thouaandsof milHont of acr»—i own a ahare in all the government ve«e!a and have a probata right to all the cootenia of the Sub Treasury. one of the aotereign people of this republic." ••Bat" said the magistrate, "are you aure thai after paying the debts of the present •rar» there will be any assets left lo meet this re: cognizance I" The poor fellow admitted that thirf was point undreamed of in his philoao: nhy, and consented to stand a*tfe until the question couid be sealed.—NorU American.
How TO MACE YKAST.—MIX two quaris of water with wheat flour to the consistence of thick gruel boil it gently for half an hoar, and when almost cold, stir Into it half a pound of sugar, and four table epoenfula of good yetst. Put the whole ioto a lergejug or earthen vessel, with a narrow top, and place it before the fire, so that it may. by a moder% ate heat, ferment. The fermentation wilf throw up a thin liqaor, which pour off and throw away keep lor use the remainder, in a bottle or jug, in cool place* The quantity of this, aa of common yeest, will suf* (ice to bake or brew. Four table-spoonsful of this yeast will make a freah quantity at abo*e, end the stock may always be kept op, by fermenting the new yeast with the remain* der of the former 'r/* rjcufs*rvt
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TElltEE A GOMES AT ONCE* New York is never without an ngony. The good saint, whatever his name may be, who preside# over tho destinies of this great city, keeps his wonder-loving children constantly aupplied with fresh novelties no sooner does one grow stale than another starts up but it has rarely happened that three have como to* gether. The arrival of Ma'lam Anna Bishop, the Chinese Junk, and the French steamer. has completely tnken the town by surprise, and produced some very odd accidents by the grange jumble of three such opposite elements. If two men meet in the strpet, one any# to the other. 'How are you, how's your Junk?' meaning 'your wife.' While tbc other replies, 'Pretty well, I thnnk you have you seen the Chinese Bishop—p«ha I mean have you heard Madam Anna Junk?'
Coming down Brondwny thia morning, we overheard the following conversation between three gentlemen who came out of the Carlton douse
Brown. How are jou. Smith? Have you seen her 8rnith. Yes she's prodigious creature. Nothing like her has ever been seen in New York.
Brown. Is it possible. Well. I •im told thnt she cost seventeen thousand pounds sterling.
Smith. Po pn! A gfntlemnn who knows her like a book tells me she wears 30,000 pound# sterling in jewels.
Brown. Jewels! Goou heavens! I had no idpft of nnything of that sort. Smith. Well, it's fact. They wore presented by the crowned head* of Europe.
Brown. Crowned devils as much. Smith. It's true nevertheless. I saw one of the necklaces myself, a magnificent string of penrls ns big ns cranberries, with a superb dinmond cross attached. A present from the Llmperor of Russia.
Jones. The Emperor of Russin I don't believe it. But they do say lliut Louis Piiilippo was very partial lo her.
Smith, dare soy. She made a profound sensation in Europe, she is equal lo the Sweedish nightingiile.
Brown. Oh yes! I dare say she is in one respect, pqoalto any nightingale,she will feather her nest well.
Smith. Cnpital Brown. Well, I think you are both crazy. Junes. She's a superb crnft any how you enn fix it and they say she can accommodate over two hundred men.
Smith. Jones, you are a blackguard. I nm ashamed of you. Jones. Ashamed of me Come, come, llmt's very well after your ridiculous stories.
Brown. Don't quarrel, gentlemen, I mean to pxamine her myself, inside and out, everything about her to dny. I have had an invitation to it private little party.
Smith. What, and I not asked. Well, I gue*s I will know the reason of that. Brown. They say she is painted so oddly.
Smith. That's too bad, now. She's no more painted than you are, I saw her in broad day and she has as fine a complexion as you ever stiw in your life.
Brown. Well, how these p«V^rill lie The Tribune says that she ha ^red waist and is painted all over with grotesque figures.
Jones. Ha ha ha Mow absurd. I tell ou she is painted black all over excepting her port holes, which are white.
Smith. In the name of all that's monstrous, gentlemen, what are you talking about
Brown. Talking about! Why the Chinese Junk, to be sure. Jones. 1 meant the French steamer.
Smith- And I meant Madam Anna Bishop. How ridiculous. Jones. Ho! ho! ho!
Brown goes down Maiden Lane humming •'The Junk, the Junk, ihe Chinese Junk the big, the red, the mo onstrous Junk."—-New York Mirror.
A NOVBI.TY IN SCULPTORS*—^The London Spectator, in describing a piece of statuary which has been exhibited in that city, ihe work of RAffaelle Monti, speaks of the wonderful execution of the design as follows:
The effig? of a veiled Vestal tending the everlasting flame, is a curiosity in sculpture —a feat of art. Tho figure is the size of life it is clothed in a robe, and a veil thrown oter the head envelopes tho face, shoulders, and part of the arms—this veil is transparent. Not merely do you discern the covered forms where Utey actually swoll uut and touch the veil, but you think ou can see throagh the veil underneath, the full and delicately finished features of a most beautiful face you can detect the retreating curves of the profile, aod tho swelling forms of the lips, with a space between that foftiy but crisply rounded flesh and the covering gauxe. You are deceived. Working in the transparency of the marble, with cunning skill, the sculptor so arranged th? thinness and thickness of his material, that the refracted lights suggests the forms beneath, which ere mot carved.— The artist has chisseied the outward form of the veil, aod in doing so has peinied the veiled face in the light and shade glancing through Ihe marble. He call# it IM «c«er», aod it is so but is much more—it is a very beautiful figure.
THE WAR.—What makes taters soli^M* inquired an old lady of the market man, as she was purchasing. •Oh the war ma'am.* 'But do they fire taters a! the Mexicans?' responded the old lady, 'why that is funny 1*
A tittle eltooy applied to a friend of ours a few days ago, in the name of her matrass for a sample of Cheese. The article was gives, •nd in a few moments Darkey returned with •M»es say berry good Cheese, a$d tank you tor send two more samples.*
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PROCESS OF COINING GOLD. The process of coining gold is very accurately yet succinctly described in nrecent letter in the Boston Post. We condense the de» scription as follows :—The miners hnve to grind the gold rock fine, keeping it wet constantly, nnd as it becomes fine it washes off. They have a hard kind of stone for grinding they then mix quicksilver with it, and that collecta the gold dust. It is washed out, dried, and goes through some kind of a henting process. The gold dust is then usually sold to the superintendent of the mint. Sometimes the miners melt Ihe dust and cast it into a bar before offering it at the mint. To find the value, ench parcel has to be assayed. The assaying is the most curious nnd scientific of all business in the mint. The melters take the gold dust, melt it, and cast it into a bar, when it is weighed nccuraiely, and a piece cut off for tho assayer. He takes it, melts it with twice its weight of silver, nnd several times its weight of lead. It is melted in some cups made of bone ashes, which absorb all the lead, when a large part of the silver is extracted bv another process and the sample is then rolled out to a thin shaving, coiled up and put in a sort of ({lass vial called a mattrasses are put on furnace and tho acid is boiled some time, poured off, a new supply put in and boiled again. This is done several limes till the acid has extracted all the silver nnd other mineral substances, leaving the samples pure gold. The sample is then weighed, nnd by tho difference between-the weight before assaying nnd after, the true value is formed. The gold, after it has been assayed, is melted, refined, and being mixed with its due proportion of alloy, (equal purls of silver and copper,} is drawn into long strips, in shape nut unlike an iron hoop for a cask the round pieces cut out with a sort of punch, each piece weighed and brought to the right size by a filo, if too heavy when il is milled, or the edge raised and put into a stamping press, whence it comes forth a perfect coin, bearing the endorsement of "U. S."
THF. WRONG MAN HUNG.—The newspapers nre publishing the subjoined account of one of tuose mistakes which sometimes occur in carrying into effect the penalty of death
A young printer named Boyington, who served his time in the office of the New Ha ven Palladium, was hung a few years since in Alabama, upon a charge of having murder ed a companion, with whom he was travel ling. Ho protested his innocence to the last but without avail. Recently the landlord, in whose house the murder was committed, con fessed the crime on his death bed I Boyington was a young man of fine talents and pre possessing appearance, whose guilt was deem ed conclusive only from the fact thnt he was the Inst person seen *ith the murdered man. —Albany Eve. Jour.
Nsw ORLEANS t« YELLOW FEVBRTIME.llow distressing a contrast it makes to com pare our city at the present time with what it is in the Winter season. One may look up on the broad populous streets, that during other seasons, are crowded with the brave, the beautiful,and the fashionable,and yet now could scarcely find anything to relieve the oye. Cast your ga2e from St. Peter up Char* tres street—instead of finding the street filled with all that is redolent of life in N. Orleans, you find a blank. Here you we a solitary citizen, who, through his business, is obliged to remain, tugging at his desk and another, who, from some cause or other, pulls his occupation after him, in the same manner that a dray horse pulls his load. The Levee is deserted, and the forests of masts that skirted it have dwindled down to almost nothing— The streets that in the winter time were filled with all sorts of happy, joyous persons, are now almost desolate, and in fact the whole appearance of our city is sadly against the prevalence of health. It is useless to conceal the fact—we are now in the very centre of an epidemic.—N. O. Delta.
A MWTAKE.—A curkw# incident occurred at the Cnapel of St. George, Windsor, on Thorsday morning, in connection with the anticipated arrival of Prince Waldemar. Between 13 and I o'clock, a gentleman of color (from Africa,) with a large party of friend#, visited the Chapel the Vergers, erroneously supposing it was his Royal Highness, the Prussia! Prioce, immediately asm for Dr. El* vy, her Majesty's organist, to perform, as is iianal upon tho arrival of visitors of distinction, upon the splendid organ. Dr. Elvy, who was soon in attendance, performed several pieces of sacred music while tho supposed Prince was present and it was not until the gentleman of color bad retired, that the mis* take was discovered*
To SOFT** AND REMOVE PUTTT.—Take a tilde nitric or muriatic acid, or a little strong tr, and spread ever the putt?, and it
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TAX ON BEARDS.—The Emperor of Rusfeiii, nfier having lent hundred millions to the Bnnk of England, fifty millions to France, fifteen millions to Prussin, and other Inrg* sums to ihe large bankers of Europe, is re-, plenishing his treusury by a war upon the beards of the Jews. A recent imperial ukase has been transmitted to the rabbi of all the synagogues in his dominions, commanding an immediato removal of tho beards of his Jewish subjects—non conformity to tho order entailing a cerlnin heavy penalty. As the Emperor's Minister of Finance very well understood, the Jew loves his beard better than the small end of his purse. The fiscal registrators, with their book of taxes, and the regimental barbers with their sonp nnd razors, make the rounds together, and no Israelite can hope to escape a choice between them. The excitement among the Jews, at this new tyranny is said lo be very unusual and dangerous.
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INDIANA LEGISLATURE. FT The following is a complete list of the Members of the next Legislature, by which it will be seen that the Senate is a lie, and the House
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MEMBERS HOLDING OVER
Warren, &c., Hendricks, Boone, &c., Bartholomew, Johnson, Jackson and Scott, Monroe and Brown, Harrison,^ Grant, die., *'a Shelby, Henry, #***--A-'. Knox, Putnam, "5
W. G. Montgomery, S. A. Verbrtke, W. W. Conner, H. H. Barbour, F. Hardin, E. G. English, W. Berry, John Zenor, R. Winchell,
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VigO, &C., Noble, iSic., Dearborn, Randolph, Tippecanoe, porte, Decatur, Fayette nnd Union, Cass, &c., Carroll and Clinton, Marion, Perry, &c.,
Morg »,nl( ,, Clnrk,, [s ^5AHen^u/ Huntington, Franklin, Lawrence, Miami and Wabash, Daviess and Martin, Vanderburjj, &< Elkhart & Lagrange Washington,
John Beard, VT*
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Boone, .tfe
Brown and Monroe, Carroll, Cass and Howard,
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Clay, Clinton nnd Tipton, Crawford, Daviess,
Dearborn,
Derature, DeKalb and Stuben, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart,
Fayette, Floyd, Fountain,
Pa man,
Randolph, Ripley, Rash, Scott, Shtlbf,
St SaHivasi,
Unioo, Vanderburgh, •ersatllKM,
Warren.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Last year it stood 54 whigs, 46 democrats.
COUNTIES.
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Franklin, Fulton and Marshall, Gibson, Grant, Green. lilton, icock. mrrison. Hendricks,
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A. D. Hamrick,
Vermillion, ''t Montgomeryt" Fountain, J. C'ontes, Floyd, J. S. D-tvis, St. Joseph, &c.. Lot Day, Switzerland nnd Ohio, M. R. Green,
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Henry,
Marsh, Milliken, Millighn, S Orth,
A Osborne, Robinson, Simpson,
Tuber, Waters,
VV Stewnrt, Howell, *r
NEW ^EMBERS
Green and Owen,: Ripley, Wayne, Gibson, &c., Jefferson, Hancock & Madison, Walpole, Rush, A W Hubbard, Orange & Crawford, Huffstetter,
Rosseau, 5
W S Cornell, Holloway, Smith Miller, Samuel Goodenow,
A Conduit, Read, Randall, E Murray, VV McCarty,
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A Houghton, E Jumes, Martin,
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Acfatns and Wells,
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D. W. 1
D. McDonaltf, C. Parker, P. Reiser, 1 Charles Jones, D. MConnell, Mr. Holliday,
Bartholomfvr, Benton. &c-, Blackford and Jay,
JS. Nenl, (H- Blacksione, J. B. Lowe, Thomas Thompson, Corydon Richmond,
Sullivan, I
I Thos. Cnrr, I Elias Bowling, Thomas Kcnnard, John Coble, E S. Terry.
George W. Lane.) Richard Sailer, P. Hamilton, J. P. Widr.ey, S. Orr, B.
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Goodman,
H- Hall, tS. Little, ?T. D. Hawkins, I J. B. Winsiandley, S. Hitfield,
J. Campbell, I A. B. Line, Dr. Pchryock, G. W. Thompson, A J- Hnrlin, Stpphcn i/ockvrood, Samuel Coilp,
S. Gooding.
W. A.. Porter, J. S. Harvey. Samuel Coflin,
M. S Cameron,
Huntington &. Whitley, Judge Swihart, J. Ford, F. Hull,
Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, KnoXi Kosciusko, Lagrange and Noble, Lake and Porter, Laporte, Lawrence, Madisoa, Marion, ,-f Martin, Miami and Wabash, Montgomery, Morgan, Ohio aod Switserland, Orange, Owsa, Parke, P«"7» Pike, Pasey,
J. Chambers,
Ilimm Praiher J. Norris Willliams,
Frsier,
Dr. Nimmons, A. McDonald, |M. 8 Or ton, /Dr. Hunt,
Short,
R. N. Williams. Samuel Harding, Hervey Brown. J. P. Davis, A. Cole, (A W. Armstrong,
IJ \V. Dimmett, 0. R. Dougherty, S. F. Co log ton, IC. T. Jones, J. Dinner, Jame# Dobson,
JA Rosche. )VVRI. Tinbrook, backed,
Graham, JT. Mills. I fS Lichtenhwrger, 1 5 W. A. McKenve, }Wm Alhm, I
A- Stone. 1H. ILNeCj I David Criswell,
Hoddieston
W. RotHnson, A. A. Morrim, Win. Major
F. DeBral«,
W. Milter, & Wolf,
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I P. McCormiek, YHotnas 3miley J#hn JDDVIS, Dr. Triinbly, J.B Blytha, Wm
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I C- S- Kotde*, K. Kinney. 1 O ok W. P. R. Bryant,
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US. Mr. Mar, I David Cooutono#.!
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'LOVB IS IS STRONG AS DEATH.'-^-The his* tor inn Xenophnn relate* thnt when Cyrus had taken captive the prince Armenia, |pgether with a young and beautiful wife, of whom he was remarkably fond,'.hey were brought be* fore the tribunal of Cyrus to receive their sentence. The warrior inquired of the prince what be would give to be re-instated in, his kingdom. He replied that ho valued hia crown and hia liberty at a very low rate, but that, if the noble conqueror would restore hia beloved wife to her former dignity and pos* session, he would willingly pny hi# life for the purchase. The prisoners were dismissed to enjoy their freedom and former honors, and each was lavish in praise of the conqueror. 'And you,'said the prince, addressing his wile, 'what think you of Cyrui?H 'I did not observe him.' 'Not observe him,' exclaimed the husband 'how could (his be?' 'My attention,' she replied, 'was fixed upon that dear and generous man who declared his readiness to purchase my liberty at the ex* pense of bis life
A CURIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL FACT.—Persons who are in the habit of the daily us9 of sponge as an article of the bath room, mny not bo aware of the living properties of thia peculiar substance. Thnt sponge is a fungus, most people understand, though its animal history is little kttuwn.
A late English lecturer upon curious physiological mutter, says that sponge is living garbage, vegetating at the bottom of the sea it grows to rocks, and assumes the shope of a cockle shell the living animal is the gluey white of egg looking substance which is spread over its sponge body the article known by that name in commerce, being merely the skeleton of the animal. The lecturer decla red that the very flints were nothing more than crystallization of sponges. To provo that stones had lives, he went inlocertain geological inquiries, nnd subsequently spoke of snails, cuttle fish, &c., and showed that the mouth of the snail wns furnished with a cut ting piece of mechanjsm fnr superior as a piece of cutlery to an artificial knife or razor in which articles inventive improvements might be attained by a careful study of the snail's mouth. i.'
THE ADVANTAGE OF GETTING 'A SUB.'— "It is stated in the Natchez Free Trader, thai Tim Greene, now one of the oldest printers in Virginia was drafted for service in the Revolutionary war but believing with Jack Falstaif that'discretion was the better part of valor,'at the expense of a watch and a pretty round sum of money, he procured a substitute, who answered at the first enrolment to the name, as well as place of Tim Greene. In the first battle ixfter the enrclment Greene's substitute was killed, and thus the name of the principal went upon tho books of ihe war department ns slain. Under the pension law the children of that old slain soldier, Tim Greene, who is even now alive, have received Unsubstantial gratitude of iheir country.
Ilow TO PRESERVE TOMATOES.—Takeclean ripe tomatoes, sufficient to cover the bottom of a large kettle, and place over a slow fire until their skins break, which must then be pealed off cut out the hard core, and slowly boil the remainder until it becomes quite thick and of a dark brown color, stirring it well lo prevent burning. Spread it upon plotes about an inch in thickness, and dry in the sun for suven or eight days, afterwards placing i'in a moderately warm oven until thoroughly dried. The substance thus prepared will keep for years, and is so highly flavored, that piece two inches squire, slewed in half tea-cupful of water, will be sufficient to mix with the gravy of five pounds of beef steak, or a ragout.
'The summer is no time to try the strength of affection,' said Mrs. Partington, 'though it is pretty well to sing love songs beneath window at midnight in a rain storm, or stand billing and cooing on the door step till two o' clock in the morning. The winter season is the time. Many'# the time my poor Paul has rid five niles to see me the coldest weather, and often the dear creature has been found in the morning fast asleep in (he middle of the cow-yard, with the saddle on his shoulders, from fatigue with courting me and riding hard trotting horse. There teas devotion. I never saw a cow without thinking of poor Paul and, saving which, the old lady hobbled to bed,—Boston Post. —rr
QUICK MODE OP COOKING TOMATOES—Boil the tomatoes a quarter of an hour, with milk sufficient to cover them add, wSile boiling, a little batter made of waier and when: flour, and season the dish according to your taste. The advantages of (his mods over lho*6 usually practiced are, that the tomatoes are rich, though less acid, and are much sooner cooked.
CUBE FOR TH« FOOT IOT irt SHEEP.—Take honey 4 ounces, nitrate of copper 1 ounce, strong acetic acid 2 drachms rub down the nitrate of copper thoroughly in a wedge wood or porcelain mortar, and gradually mix it with honey then add the acetic acid so as to form a mixture of uniform consistency, and apply it to the feet of the sheep.—American
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Tnu IIYFTTA* WO*AI».—-The following beautiful nlectioo is a specimen of the eloquence of ao Indian woman over the contiguous graves of her husband and infant:—"The father of lifeao^ Mghl has taken from the apple of my eye and the core of my hea rt, aod laid them in these two graves. 1 will water the one with' my tears, and the oihet with the milk of my breast, till I meet them again in *1 that country where the sun never sets."
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cf DKVV wMy wyi tow il* fhtGttek^8lave» and, were our admiration not jesli&d by the 'deep enthusiasm with whieti it has every inhere been received by Ihe erittc*D0 'less tKan by-the uncritical, wa should scarcely venture to record it until i: had been %*ofirmed by repeated observation and study of this statue, which we must b«9 hove to he the great eat work of modern sculp* |Hire. The figure ia of full eiie, and represents a woman perfectly nude. But in that nakedness she is unapproachable to any mean thought. The very atmosphere she breathes is to her drapery and protection. In ber pure, unconscious naturalness, her chastity of soul and sweet womanly dignity, she is more truly clad than a figure of lower character^could be though ten times tobed. Indeed, no one can (eel that anything is wanting, and the longer you gnze the deeper is your sense that so noofe an ideal of beamy and of Wo* man could only thus be seen,
The wrists are fagteqfd together by a chain* and the right hanjd rests upon a low pillar,, ,v which is covered with the drapery and cap^ apparently just laid off. The right fool ia a
little raised, the person being supported on the hand and the left leg. The fuce is cast down and turned aside in grave, sad and unwilling submission lo this necessity of her lot, though still she is not demeaned even in hev :t own estimation. There is too profound and^ too firm an inner character for thnt. Though a slave she still retains all the tender heroism of a woman, nnd .patiently confronts her fate. The face is lovely, and more than love'y, in keeping with the whole work. Soy much we know of it, thnt it is a face to study?and admire more and more. V*
The first thing which impressed us Tn 'this statue is its originality. At the first sight1 you feel thnt there is a new work made direct* ly from nature. No other ancient or modern sculptor, whise works you know of, has pro* duced its prototype. It is no copy of the an* lique, and no piece of routine built after academic rules. It comes fresh from the hands
Genius, just as each true form of living
beauty comes fresh from the hands of Godi The artist has been in the counsels of Natureend caught the spirit of her works. Thd secret of his creative power lies, in the reality thence imparted to this combination and refinement of many perfections. This realily is surprising that it is not mnrble but flesh and blood thai cheek must yield to the tooch, and you instinctively watch for the heaving of the bosom. TMiWfll
To PRESERVE PEAcnns.—Clean your peaches, by pouring hot water upon them, and nfterwanls wiping them with a coarse cloth put tlem into glass or earthen jars, cork them up and fusten the corks with wire or strong twine then place the jars in a kettle of hot water until die atmospheric air is expelled from the jurs after which seai them up tight with wax. Peaches prepared in this way retain thetr original flavor and are equally as delicious, when cooked in the ordinary mnnner, six months or a yea{ after after being put up, as if just taken from the trees.
How MUCH PORK WILL A BUSKEL OF CORN MAKE I—This ii, no doubt, a bard question lo answer, as so much depends ou certain con* tingencits—such as the natural tendency of the hog to fatten, Ihe manner in which tho food is prepared, nnd the situation in which the animal is placed in regard to all the cir* cumstances which promote the secretion of fut. An amount of food which wouid fatten an animal when plncca in a dry and com: fortable pen and fed frpm a cleun trough, might be no more than adequate to the supply of tho waste of the body, under an exposure to cold and wet, where quietude and comfort could not be enjoyed. Still an approximation may be made towards the settlement of this question. If a series of experiments could bo made with hogs of the best breeds, in all respects, in similar circumstances, both in regard to quality and quantity of food, shelter, and mode of feeding, a succession of results of similar character would, nodouht, in lime, be obtained, and they might be fairly taken as establishing for all practical purpos* es, the point involved in the question.
L* JIES' PAGES.—Ornaments by this pretty name are now in fashion in Paris, consisting of a gold thumb and finger suspended by a chain to the waist, and constructed with ft spring by ».hich they hold up a lady's dress in crossing wet sidewulks from shop to carriage-
'Uttllo! Jim! You great six-footer you.' What are you beating that poor old 'nigger* forV 'Why, Lord bless vour soul, massa, I is tryin' to conquer peace! Ye see dis old nigger' keep a lus# all the time 'hout me la* kin' his tater patch, ax de ole fool if he didn't know 'twas my drstiny.on' if he eber hear 'bout de Angler-Saxums, as how dey was bound to take ebery ting dey could. But hejesgu on sayin' it was his'n. Den I jis takes half his patch from him, and told him help heselfif he could. Den he git mad an' told me i'd better not. Den I gives um jesse a few times,'an he kicks back, an' now I is tarmined to conquer a peace, as Massa Polk says, an' take de whole patch from him* fof is S S S
A Physician in Georgia ham invented in* combustible cotton. The discovery was made in an attempt to prepare gun cotton* By using ihe wrong acid discovered thai it could be made uninflammable.
^HOUSES WITH CAST IRON FRONTS.—Tho Cincinnati Commercial is inforaied on good aiithority, that a block of three story buildf, ingsis to he erected in that city, the entire front to be of cas: iron! The plates for the same are already being cast.i
'The nicest Fourth of Jufy toast we have seen this year, was the following, given at a celebration in Ohio, by J. L. Barker. Our country*women—-may their T'REAST-works ever prove a shelter to the American JNFAHT^ ry* 0 --A
The Count de Paris, heir spparent' to'tKe* French throne, was nine yrars old onTucs^ day—having been born Aug. 24th, 1838.^ Louis Phillippe 1st, ihe present king, will be seventy-four on the 6th d«ty of October ne^t, jf he lives so long.
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