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bout half full of that article, while a
small quantity of the same was spread
upon paper by his side. The blow:
from the. one, who was welding the
hammer, soon elected spark from the
rock, which communicated to The pow.
der and blew up the key, setting fire 10
their clothes, and Burning off their hair
and eyebrows. A small stream of wa
ter being at hand, one of them awaited
himself of this convenience to extin.
guish his clothes, whilst those of the
other were plucked 10 handfuls by the
b!e-sanders. They received but very
little bodily harm, and were soon able
TO resume their labor. The keg did
not appear to possess the same ability
TO "stand fire." and was literally
blown to atoms. Rochester paper.
A spruce young buck was boasting of
his success with the fair, and among
other things declared that he nigh:
have spanked it with a lady whom he
named. "Why them" said his friend,
"did you neglect such golden oppor-
tunity?" Because" answered he !;
"she begged to be excused, and was such
deuced fool that | excused her"
A gentleman in his eagerness at table
to answer call for some apple-pye,
owing to the knife sliding on The bottom
of the dish, found his knuckles buried in
in the crust, when wag seated just
opposite to bin, very gravely observed,
whilst he held his plate, sir, may
trouble you for BIT, enlist your hands
IN"
There is at present at Stralsund an
extraordinary elephant which has been
taught to man9uvre piece of artillery.
He brings "a 43-pounder up TO the ram
parts, loads it, rams it down, points it,
lights the match, and fires the cannon,
all in seven minutes and half.
.Ancient .Manuscript.-A manuscript
upon Papyrus of portion of Homer
lliad, lately discovered in Upper Egypt,
BY French gentleman, travelling for
Mr. Bankes, has just been brought to
Eng land. Ii is written 10 Unicial let
tiers of the most beautiful form, and is
ascribed to the age of the Ptolemies.
1t is therefore supposed to he by far
the oldest classical manuscript in exis-
tence.
The King of Spain has authorized
the printing of the Autograph Journal
of Christopher Columbus, and those OF
others ilustrious navigators, which have
been preserved in the Escurial, (lhe
Royal residence) with the greatest care,
but which no one has been hitherto al
lowed to peruse.
Effects Of Fright.-The Batavia
| IN. Y. Times states that daughter OF
Mr. Asa Paine, aged 16 years, IA short
time ago accidentally fell into well OF
something like 20 feet deep, and wa:
taken out apparently without bodily
hurt-but SO great was the shock upon
her mental faculties, that she has re-
manned totally deaf and dumb ever
since. She makes known her wants by
the aid of pen and paper, is apparently
in good bodily health, but is confined to
her bed from the effects OF the fright.
Singular Fact.-The Warrenton Re-
porter of the 10Th ult. states, that in the
cellar of gentlemen Of that place,
hens nest, which contained an egg,
was taken and kept in possession by a
cat, "untll she brought forth her litter
Of young mepers In the midst of which
the egg remained, until it Matched a
beautiful and fine 7UhIe chicken; all OF
which were found nestled together by
some member of the family, who acci-
dentally discovered them"
Ourang Outang.--A living animal of
this description, sent from Batavia to
Boston in the ship Octavia, arrived on
Thursday last, but unfortunately died
soon after the ship came to anchor.
He was male, five years old, weighing
IS or 80 pounds, 3 feet high, and, 10 his
habits and appearance, resembling the
human species in a most remarkable
manner. On the passage, he would sit
at table and eat his meals, would walk
tolerably well upright, and exhibited
many traits of sensibility and feeling. He
would throw his arms around those, with
whom he was on good terms, and press
the hand with affecton.-His body was
covered with a dark hair, but the skin
beneath was white. He died of a dis
ease in the head, which he often indicat-
ed by his movements previous TO his
deaih Boston Statesman.