The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-25 00:00:00

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s.—The spiders, so disgusting in ap-
_ other countries, are here of quite a
and are the most beautiful of the insect
They have a skin of a shell-like texture, furnished
in some long, in others short, in
numerous ; but are found of this
nly in thick woods and shaded places. Their

BODNESIE SPIDE

t nature

with curious pro,

Nome few

descrip

colours are of every hue, brilliant and metallic as the
feathers of the humming bird ; but are, unlike the bright
solours of the beetle, totally dependent on the life of the
insect which they beautify ; so that it is impossible to

preserve tli
NECESSI

Low's Sarawak

You at

FOLKS

OF SPEAKING PLAINLY TO LANCASHIRE
.e sadly troubled with a cough," we
old woman whom we visited. She was
about our meaning, when a daughter
rplained to her in a more vernacular
Sys as yaw're fearfully haggled wi' a haust."
familiar word among the lower orders.
'-1 a vigorous old man to us the other
4eniable, and spits uncommon."
'member erm in the writings of any
nglish authors : it is probably a derivative
Again, in ordinary discourse with the poor,
avoid all flights of metaphor. We heard of
..,rgyman not long ago being suddenly pulled
n in his soarings of fancy :—" I fear, my friend," he
343 bedside he had :men sum-
- ~cress you in the language that
..,sed to King Hezekiah, ' Set thine house in
ler for thou shalt die, and not live.' " " Well," was
it a's reply, as he rose languidly on his elbow, and
tte L with his finger, " I think it's o' reet, but for a
s is out behint that cupboard."—Fraser's Map.
:NrAILD OF INDUSTRY.—The fool that promises him-
access without endeavours, or despairs at the sight
'.ies, is always disappointed ; but, on the con-
indefatigable succeeds even beyond his

once said

lently in doubt
up, and e

idiom
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There is not a more certain sign of a
craven spirit than to have the edge of one's activity soon
turned by opposition ; as, on the contrary, there is no
disputing his fortitude who contends with obstacles, and
never gives over the pursuit till he has reached the end
a .4- You must, moreover, make industry a part
arly as possible. Be as serviceable
u can to your employer upon all occasions ; if pos-
--^MmAndsunderstand a nod, a

I', to whc
must mid

)vvn ex

f your character as e

sible, anticipate hi

do rather more than is required of you than
Dur duty. He merits little that performs just
mld be ea-acted ; but we learn to love him who
sure in his business, and seems obliged by
ids. If you should ever be enjoined by those
to do those offices which you may think be-
tation, undertake them cheerfully, nor betray
it the imposition. To dispute a mas-
idutiful and unmannerly, and to obey
3 or resentment argues you obey only
through fear; whereby you have both the pain and the
service, and lose the merit of it too.—Advice to Clerks.
WILD ELEPHANTS IN CETLON•—WiId elephants are
numerous in the island, and the mischief they do to the
vlant'

takes a

neath your

ter's will

therefore, v

fields is very great. Continual war
igainst them in every possible way ;
ng-which their race is so far from becoming
increment is said to be from six
red head. They overrun all the
1 render them almost uninhabit-
mar was introduced to the sport of
ler the auspices of the celebrated
has probably slaughtered a greater
ulk of flesh than any man living, who is not a butcher
y profession. How many elephants he has killed with
is own hand cannot be exactly computed, for he left off

iundasd to eight Illind
3ortlrern mountains, an,

ephant

keeping account eight years ago, after the number had
reached thirteen hundred duly told. He has, of course,
had many desperate adventures. Once he was knocked
down by an elephant, trampled under foot, and tossed
about like a ball by the trunk of the infuriated animal.
At last, he was flung into a deep hole, and to this circum-

injuries he received were such as would have cured most
men for ever of a taste for such sport. All his ribs on the
right, were smashed, his right arm was broken, and

lie shoulder dislocated.-Westminster Review.
THE BRAZIL NUT TREE.—The one of all these most
attractive was that which produces the Brazil nut, called
in the country castanhas. Botanically it is the Bertha'.
.letia excelsa. This tree was upwards of 100 ft. in height,
and between two and three in diameter. From the
'branches were depending the fruits, large as cocoa nuts.
The shell of these is nearly half an inch in thickness, and

contains the triangular nuts so nicely packed that, once
removed, no skill can replace them. It is no easy matter
to break this tough covering, requiring some instrument
and the exercise of considerable strength ; yet we were
assured by an intelligent friend at the Barra of the Rio
Negro, that tLe guaribas, or howling monkeys, are in the
habit of breaking them by striking them upon stones or
the limbs of iron-like trees. This friend related an amu-
sing incident of which he had been witness, where the
monkey, forgetful of everything else, pounding down the

ut, With 'night and main, in a fever of excitement,

struck it with tremendous force upon the tip of his tail.
Down dropped the nut and away flew the monkey,
bounding and howling fearfully. How long the victim
was laid up by his lame tail, our friend was unable to
inform us ; but we thought one thing certain, that mon-
keys had changed since Goldsmith's day, inasmuch as at
that time, as we are informed, the tip of a monkey's tail

1-ro reinote from the centre of circulation as to be des-

tut() of feeling. When the castanha-nuts are fresh they
ich resemble in taste the cocoa-nut, and the white
easily expressed, is no bad substitute for milk in

This soon becomes , rancid and at length turns
_

to oil. The nuts are exported largely from Para, and are
said to form a very important ingredient in the manufac-
ture of sperm candles.—Voyage up the Amazon.

THE PHYSICIAN AND THE SOLDIER-THE BATTLE

FIELD AND THE FIELD OF DEATH.—Heat and moisture,
as I have already informed you, are the absolute essentials
in producing putrefaction, and consequently the two grand
agents in eliminating the poisonous gases and animal com-
pounds of which I have endeavoured to give you a short
but I hope effective history. Now, the two agents,
moisture and heat, more especially the latter,. exist in
Scinde in an unmitigated and irremediable form. Little

rain, it is true, falls in Scinde, but the sudden irruption
of torrents of water from the upper country, washing the
already upturned grave-yard earth, the half exposed
bodies, and filling deep and extensive excavations from
which earth had been taken for building purposes, not
only carried with it what it met with in its course, but
constituted literally a solution of dead bodies. These

pools of human corruption remained some time after the
subsidence of the surface water, gave out their fluid ma-
terial to the thirsty and fissured earth in every direction,
whilst the sun, operating on the surface of these stagnant
reservoirs, at a temperature ranging from 120 to 130 de-
grees, produced the most deadly exhalations. Hence it
is that an error in judgment is so disastrous in result ;

hence it is that the lion in the field, the unyielding in
battle, must take counsel from the votaries of science,
the conservators of health;_ hence it is that Englishmen

who have rushed upon visible danger°, Who hav-e braved
the bullet and the bayonet, who have sternly defied the
iron shower or breasted the murderous grape and canister ;
who have made in far distant lands the name of their
country at once great and terrible, have perished miserably
; have fallen in the prime of their days, victims
to a lamentable ignorance, or an utterly mistaken policy,—
_ _

ifrin Grave-yards

EMIT IN HIS NATIVE FOREST

A. native who

Ming at my wig, and who had accompanied us all
)oPed suddenly, and, pointing with his finger, said,
!" About' a mile distance across the prairie were
those birds quietly feeding. The dogs were imme-
called together, fresh vigour seemed to animate the
tv; and we proceeded to give chase in high
'mes shot with the rifle, but the
them is by hunting them with

a to. cowe near enougl

and listens with ati
he. wall

leis urel

almost to your stirrup, by
,his to be repeatedly tried with
to whistle, the emu lifts up its
Lion ; soon, delighted with the
n the direction from 'which -it

g., he pauses, seems

and finally walks round andr. ()mid you in cir-
ally lessening, until he approaches within a few
his confidence is not repaid with a bullet, he
;ratifying his curiosity by a rood stare. nuietly

alb away through his native woods. Ctnus are frequently
,eared by the natives, who, taking care to stand stockstill
le moment the creature lifts up its head, manare to no-

within a few yards of them while feeding. Though
may have his hand raised in the act of throwing
he remains lixed in that attitude while the emu
of him. Perceiving only an object without
rd takes him for a tree, and continues to
a victim, like other innocent things, to a

;th the headmost

g caught hold of the extended flapper of one of the birds,
id..arrested its progress ; the others coming up, soon
ulled him to the ground, and by the time we reached the
lot, he was dead. The feathers from the tail were dis-
United among the party, and placed in our caps ; awl
►e legs being cut off, the rest of the bird was abandoned.
oe lees alone afford any meat, which is by no means a

and resembles coars-e bee

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