The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

B U ST - o.] re r i ti 6 7,, ets k3 10.f.:4e1 i h ,' a lkl i>" --- -p„ 1 , 0 ), 4 , ecl a f . - 4, "John Thompsonv sells hats.' 'er e !-eta 4011etli,"wh d ev .4l)ll i)o. :43*?" Upony'w‘hicih le bed . ew n -, and all that • which, the would expect last two remained of' the STo ..‘s cc John Thompson," with the sign 11 ‘ - 'llt },.!tlle Pon, (lihmich, Icar RA.BLE.--Sit at the window and , t h e 1 s at your neighbour's excellent 'm V, 11,t't ‘ recent l 3: built and , paid for, and sia:l; Get angry with , 1.F41,,1_ were a . rich man !' ? 4 ,i?, li, ~licl think that you have not a friend V'1 . 4,3! R lO "'fled a tear or two. Take a walk in N. gali l lad ilsl ' 1 b r , i', continually, saying to yourself, et r ti here ?' tk v - ;Ju l i e ,' I m t h w hi ° rgetSign a note to your h e , , your kindness, and every hour yI L N' t j t ° J,°. Yourself, " I wonder if he will 4po,te,x.a.r4el4l:v every body means to cheat Ng N, 4 11 yo _ ery bill you take ; doubt its Z/. the era ee,, Put the owner to a great deal akiNeees 47111odate if you can possibly help i l tc ) ,*4 tpt t `''leans of the poor and unfor t? w 44l t. lve ,Izisfortunes, your lack of h x ,'" all . t4et t 'i'gt at no distant day you will q , mil th, lie 1 4 11 I% Poor-house ever be in your Ile., pith ~,,N of poverty and distress. h t will all t , e to y our h ear t' s con t en t, Ile world. SUPPL 41 ) , SA I N T _ 4 kt T° 0,1,. Iti t Pr, Txa . "_P UNCH." 44 kse t tl Of , ti i AN. , I It ( ter l 'OW' A TION —An experimental r tit o hal laaa 111 g i nt ' 44, (1114 tent , as 0 . Prussia an enormous t t ,N have with the view of trying tt,,,,a tl, effect of making the Ger- I t(3 1, a „,.. 4 ao k .04 I in . — E......Th . . 'Pe4 gli t llo 4o a cu p 0 ministers, in giving e re. , e t o Ur a b ie s are believed to have inti -441 ilien,jey ..i'ecipient a wish, that he ' tae te7t:whiPpern, the luxury of k 4 La Via` eft A 44 ° 11 -jai then presented to rdlv;,,it, 4711)\let o D tat '` , 4t:"lelit ' ll lpr o ' A-INTING.—A faint is m 'vs a bNil fficrlit 4 k, , 4,1 to thence, during Which a lady fre ,,N4 'e h er 6 4, PllrDosTe,St advantage her pre , , . 44 1) La coll ect 3 all consciousness, the °4 q th e Tlit I l her wit s , tl i tl lPer 4)l.— "P 'd f resi ent Pierce has Nare . . ,11 nPeri Is h °- Russia upon his as licit „tf k sl ueut th at a -clots (1 4 4 ; i ti ,_"3 rap ath the l a ; 4 _ and the Emperor i•h t itril at; , Y,and ad Bl ' words of Nicholas Prjksepttkil'outat frietesiliration of Jonathan ! 11i,..."t 041 1 ,, and the Slave Cow-hide ! 'A of rp, iv ere are extant some old 4 tsi,.- a vi s th t ,,.. and its banks, un- Nt , ,hth Ich as a s R '"Is• No the Thames i ki t tf,,as i n fa tivi w ( 4 rt • gai n t he st at aln• Moreover the 0 1 ..4 4 •1 4 es th es is r ue at the back of Ham 1 1) ti sl o r ePresented as pouring his l ' ( ( a t tli 4121111a.1 resent l t, e rt, Es .‘ 1 • day to be exchanged by ti kt, •‘va. '''th i th E,l ,,N l k'c,t'tZ yeal44-radrdMayor last week at- It t „ ath,,, , ikeo llt 'oe Thor ell, s, to distribute the "s'o r '' 'lOl4 est of rues Regatta. It was :(1, 1.1,0 b e ~. strength and skill, tried hz , , .a k i rlo t a 4 1 rewarded by prizes supplied klufrfoiN., h ee l, , i 't h , i j i self, duly represented by k, i c ,^( h,. -e el ; ',r-22es were three ---namely, a ~ ,,,, , t ,e„,4„ e 44 1e g a mouse in excellent preser ;to(l§ 41 1,,„:!),,,,,,, , : , below Battersea, and ). u. nand. A microscope .0 1 N I: op water . will be contended for tqilit 'eh ~, lt ve t -e t , ~>h s. ~ ily k Y th 4 4,,, 41 11 4 ,„ Inere seems to be no ,,i -e -, euti "" associate, for there is no tli o th ti4 thi (l 'vq) Y absurd, ) 1 : h o es , - ,,rate, in which numbers N, ti s k i 4th e are drawn together k 4 's ' 40 d e l 'cart ' t ill " Ivh o of th e , , others are attracted 6 h a Y ti I h ave, itiatter class we may eon kLh'e th i s be en s eems, formed a society. woi„,,Jll4y t o e anted, and frequently 0 ales e 0, our a wn of the public, and f Ivohl es t ... t t (q. Nd • o an . Present hats with a t'th klve 3 inclivid u 'b a s e • us s al or to an N oe. eke sum . tly 1 1 lety , t Ing ord g more tasteful to k w ' l ist ere ,°olc an _ lc er of chapeau. The erf ui ig oo _e, .eursion the other day ' 4o. th 'ttlong, so that the bod y 0 mould th e h at into a . EMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STAN new form, and crown itself with glory, by crowning the British public with something more sightly than the head-gear which at present disfigures the commu nity. SCIENCE AND ART. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.—It was stated a few days since by Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, at a meeting of the Somerset Archaeological Society, of which he is presi dent, that a discovery had been made in the Brendon hills, Somerset, of a vast quantity of carbonate of iron. This .metal has heretofore been obtained chiefly from Silesia, and is used for the manufacture of steel. The size of vein in these hills is said to far exceed that in the continental mines, and the discovery promises to be of great value, the amount annually expended in the purchase of this description of iron being about three quarters of a million sterling. CURE FOR STINGS.—It is a fact worth knowing 'at this season of the year, when wasps are so troublesome with their stings, that no application will afford such instantaneous relief as a drop of " liquor potassa" (potash-water); indeed its effects are so unfailling, that it may be termed a specific cure. It operates by neutralising the injected poison, which is undoubtedly of an acrid nature. The application of a washerwo man's blue bag, previously moistened, is a good remedy, and acts almost instantaneously, like a charm. It is said by some to be preferable to liquid potash, or any alkaline solution. Honey rubbed on the almost imperceptible wound, will extract the virus and allay the pain. In the absence of honey, treacle will be found equally efficacious. THE GALLERIES IN THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR. — On a fine day in May, 1782, the governor, attended by the chief engineer and staff, made an inspection of the batteries at the north front. Great havoc had been made in some of them by the enemy's fire ; and for the present they were abandoned whilst the artificers were restoring them. Meditating for a few moments over the ruins, he said aloud : " I will give a thousand dollars to any one who can suggest how I can get a flanking fire on the enemy's works." A pause followed the exciting exclamation, when Sergeant-Major Ince of the company, who was in attendance upon the chief engineer, stepped forward and suggested the idea of forming galleries in the rock to effect the desired object. The general at once saw the propriety of the scheme, and directed it to be carried into execution. — Connelly. MUSTARD OlL.—This ingredient forms one of the most essential commodities in the markets (bazaars) of India. The same is expressed from the mustard-seed, and from 500 to 600 acres of ground may be witnessed at one view, bearing ripe crops of this " sinapeous " production. The flower or farina produced from the seed of the above plant is remarkably pungent, and operates as a sialologue, but the oil is divested of any exciting taste or flavour which so particularly charac terises the flour of the seed. Mustard oil is used by the natives in the operation of frying their curries, their fish, and for other general purposes. It is, fur thermore, adopted as an igneous succedaneum, in pro moting the continuation of light in lamps and cheraugs. It burns steadily and costs little, and may be regarded in the light of constituting one of the most useful and economical domestic features used throughout the East Indies. THE EGG PLANT.—This singular order of vegeta tion is a native of the East Indies, although it has been well known in this country for many years past. It was first introduced into England by the late cele brated Oriental traveller, J. Forbes, Esq., secretary to the Bombay government, some 70 years ago. The fruit of the above plant is highly nutritious, and strongly recommended by the faculty to invalids and such as are dyspepsical. If encouraged in growth to a greater extent than it at present is, it would prove a marketable commodity of a dietetic character. I have had occasion, during my residence in Orissa, East Indies, to witness some hundred acres of land occupied by the egg plant. It is there known under the name of the brinjall. The fruit varies in its complexion ; some samples are quite white, resembling an egg ; others are of a green and white hue ; whilst that which prevails to a greater extent than either of the former, is of a deep purple colour. It is a cheap vegetable, and is very prolific. The natives in some localities, where grain is scarce, subsist chiefly on the , ARD. brinjall. The method of preparing it for the table is 4° to parboil the fruit, afterwards to separate the same into halves, and broil them on a gridiron. They are eaten with pepper, salt, and butter, after the manner of treating the bulb commonly known as " vegetable marrow."—Correspondent of Bell's Weekly Mes senger. THE CARE OF THE EYES.—The eye is so very tender —is such a fine piece of mechanism, that it must be handled and treated with great care and gentleness. Many become short-sighted at an early age, constitu tionally or by sickness, or by imposing too much labour upon those wonderful organs. In health the eyes will undergo much fatigue, but they are as capable of being over-taxed as the arms or the limbs. Much reading or writing, by artificial light, is very trying to the eyes, especially if the light is unsteady, too brilliant, or too weak. A good, full light, shaded by a light-blue globe, is the best to read or write with during evening hours. Upon no consideration should a man read more than four hours at once, by artificial light, and he should give his eyes ten minutes' rest after he has read two hours. This is the experience we have ga thered from not a few persons. Those who are blessed with strong eyes should not over-tax them, as many zealous students do, by too much night study, or as some merchants do, by too much night writing. There are instances on record of a sudden loss of sight by strong men, who had read and written by lamp-light, as if their eyes would never fail, and their vision never lose its power. The celebrated Euler lost his eye-sight by an imprudent night's study, in some of his mathe matical calculations. The smoke of lamps is very hurtful to the eyes, hence a good circulation of air is as necessary for the eyes as for the lungs. A very weak solution of the sulphate of zinc is excellent for blood-shot or surface-inflamed eyes : we have never known it to fail in effecting a cure in a few days.— Literary Journal. HORTICULTURE. A NEW WAY TO " RAISE" BEANS.—A gentleman in Seneca Falls (N.Y.), last spring planted some Lima beans. Not being provided with poles, he supplied their place by plantin., in each hill sunflowers, trim ming up the stalk, so that it served the purpose of a pole. For a time all went on well, till at length, the the sunflowers growing so much faster than the beans, the latter were absolutely drawn up by the roots.— New York Courier. FRUIT.—The long continued wet, cloudy weather which we have experienced, has induced very rapid growth in fruit trees generally, and except such as are well loaded with fruit, they appear in most instances to have already made as much young wood as there is much chance of getting matured in course of the au tumn. Where this is the case, it will be advisable to go over the trees at once and stop a portion of the shoots, beginning of course with the strongest. This will be found to serve the end in view much more effectually than a general stopping at this season, which would probably be of no farther service than inducing the production of a mass of laterals, and do more harm than good, whereas, stopping the stronger shoots will only throw the sap into the weaker ones, and if we should be favoured with a fine autumn the buds and the shoots stopped will become plump without starting into growth, and in any case there will be fewer laterals produced by stopping only a portion of the shoots than there would be if the shoots' were stopped generally. FLOWER GARDEN.—The beauty of bedding-out plants is but of comparatively short duration in most localities even in the most favourable seasons, and now that they are in full flower every care should be ex ercised to render them as attractive as possible, keep ing everything in the most perfect order that the means at command will allow. Go over the beds fre quently, and remedy any defect that may be . percepti ble, such as pegging down any plants that incline to grow too high for the others, and keep the edges of the masses well filled up without allowing them to become too bulky. Where the plants are growing very rapidly this will involve so me c ons iderable trouble in the way of stopping the shoots, &c., but this must be attended to sufficiently often to keep the plants within due limits, for nothing looks worse than to see them running over the edging, or encroachin g upon the grass, and nothing of this kind must b e a ll owe d w h er e anything like high keeping is aimed at. Attend to plants in vases, and do not let these suffer for the want of water at the root, ;T ,te i '.. 11‘ ~P q 0 1 ;1 !° i fi' - 4! Poilit t d 31 t od j t?, )I'l'2l