Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-20
From Laie E5reicn Journals.

4 Young artist, named Bernard Dundorf. has
invented an Improvement in Lithography. which
consists in substituting diamond points for the
needles hitherto used in tracing out the letters on
the stone-rhe diamonds are liked IN handle.
and the principal advantage derived from the use
Of them is. that the hard veins, which. IN many
instances, inrersect the stones, are cut through
with as much ease as the softer parts.
II military dandy If tie bon tom Will you
take supper, Sir Harry?' said noble hostess to a
lieutenant of the 10th. who was rolling. aud quiz
ling, and attitudinarying through her splendid
apartments. my Lcddy, cut all sappers
decodedy.' you p!ays' Noe. chi all
keords too Then YOU must danoes' Noe,
my dear Leddy Mary, abamanate dancing
But you must, Sir Harry. have partner for
you.' Wei, trot her out"
Pure Wd'er-The following simple mode of
examining Il we'll, to ascertain whetherit contains
any offensive substances calculated to make the
water impure. Is recommended by the Hampton
Wing: "Placc comnoa mirror OYER the well
in such position as 10 Catch and throw the rays
of the sun directly 10 tie hntom IL The we'll,
which will instantly bc Illuminated il; 4 manner
sQ.hriliant that not only the snales, articles,
pins. needles. spoons, knives, &c. can be
~ dlscerned. but also that the smallest
yand stones al the bottom can be as eiiec-
tualfy examined as if they were held in the hand.
The sun is in the best situation to be reflected lii
the morning or afternoon of the day"
Initiative GcN.-Professor I!ermsadt has
lately made known the composition Of fictitious
gold. which is much in use among the German
jewellers. To sixteen parts Of pure platina. add
seven parts of brass and one part of zine; place
them in crucibIe, the whole over with pull
verised charcoal, and keep II over the fire until
the composition is in liquid state and reduced
to one uniform mass. This alloy has not merely
the color Of gold. but possesses its ductbity and
specific gravity.
Evbary Statss-In old times the Sale River
struck such terror in those who traded in the Me-
dterranean, that constant donations and requests
were made to different socities for forming fund
to purchase Christian captives from slavery. 1t
is a fact that the London Ironmonsers's COmpa-
ny have fund at this day, of more than 500, 900
dollars. accumulated for this express object. A
legal question will arise as to the application of
this sum now that Christian Captivity in the Bar
barry States has entirely ceased.
The following remedy for Hydrophobia is given
By correspondent, who signs himself '.Canis
Ter;"-Take mad dog in a bag, and tie the
mouth of the bag; then take your dog into the
gallery of a certain house. and there unite the
bag, and so move that he lie in his bar upon the
table of the house, and anon there will come on
motion, and a cry Of ''stransers must with
draw, and you shall see your dog withdraw from
his bag. and forthwith bite all in his way; and
thereupon order will be taken against the uni-
censed liberty of dogs. And so, of surety, the
animal plague of hydrophobia will he STAYED, and
by no other means. London Times.
Discovery Of .4ntidsluuian Reliss.-The fol-
lowing details of a cavern. recently discovered
near Chokicr, in Belgium, we have extracted
from lie Moniteur of the 9TH inst:
This cave is about 70 yards above the level
of the Meuse: it is 90 yards in length. from eight
to one in width, and its height, which is about Ave
feet, Gnl1naly diminishes.
Fity was almost entirely filed with
81 e,asandy mud, and beds of staIag.
mite vault is covered with stalactites.
whose length do not exceed nine inches
"1he hreccie. which filled the greater part Of
the cavern. is composed OF caIcareous fragments.
similar to that Of the vicinity. and some pebby
quartz and bones, for the greater part broken and
all connected by a caIcareous cement.
- Bones and teeth are strewed indiscrimjnate
Y thrOue hout the whole extent of the bed Of brec.
CHE and mud, the main thickness of which is
more than an ell. Here we find the tooth of
horse by The jaw of bear; the tusk of an ele.
plant near the jaw of fox, or the tooth of
rhlnoceros; the bones of an OK, or stag, close
by the jaw Of hyena.
" All the bones which have been found, with
very few exceptions. have preserved a great por-
ton OF their selantine. None of them afford
any traces of having been gnawed.
These fossil remains belong to at least fifteen
different species. amongst which are particularly
distinguishabe the bear. horse, and hyena.E
Those parts which are now in the best preserya-
ton, are the phealanges of the toes, the homes
OF the tarsus and carpus, and the teeth, which
have lost none of their enamel Of the SOULS.
ribs and omop!ates, only fragments have as vet
been found. and these in very small quantities.
These are the species whose bones have been
found and placed in the Cabinet Of the Uuiyer.
sitv of Leige.
"Amongst the carnioorous, the bears (ou,,
des cauernes) the fossil hyenas. the wolf the fox
and the mole. Amongst the gnawers. (roupe,rsI
the hare, the rabbit, the water rat, the field rat.
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