Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-15
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Our architects. to whom smoky chimneys have
been at all times an opprobrium. would do we'll
to borrow hint from the .'utch bricklayers at
the Cape Of Good Hope, who usually build the
inside of their chiInneys in a twisted form, BE-
cause they say that smoke, when unconilned, as
cends in spiral form, and hence they assume
such to be the best figure for chimneys.
A Gascon having mad. portfolio into an UNI.
brella. Norman, in order that he might not be
behind in industry, made a snuff.b9x in the shape
of pistol. and by means Of slight spring, fred
the snuff 10 his nose. ANA tours of snuff may
now dispense with the trouble of putting their fin
gers into their boxes, which tans their nails OF an
orange color, and is quite out Of fashion in Bel.
GUM.
A new remedy has been discovered for the cho.
iic of lead, (colique du plomb,) with which work.
men who make white lead are afflicted The old
remedies we're drastics and emetics, which were
very much dsliked by patients. and occupied 8
or 10 DAYS IN the cure; the new is the acid sui.
plate of alum and potash, Ordinary alum Of com
merce.) which is now successfully employed at
the hospital of ST. Anthony, at Paris. The mode
is 10 administer alum in solution, in doses OF from
one to three grains day. 1t cures the disease,
however obstinate, IN three or tour days, and
does not at all njure" the digestive powers.
The first experiment in France of locomo.
tive machine on Railway was made lately at
Roanne, on the Loire, about As miles from Ly-
ons The French journals eve a magnificent
description of the machine. which thew style
,tn prodige ne la vapeur, ua essai merueiAeur,"
sc. Three or four hundred persons. including
the authorities of the department. anil number
of ladies' traversed the railway in elegant char.
OTIS The carriage, it is stated, travelled with
unexampcd velocity, going. generally, at the
rate of league in seven minutes, and, at their
greatest swiftness, performed twelve leagues IN
an hour In the course Of the jnu rney, (adds the
French edtor.) the country people were actually
stupihed with establishment. and the hocks and
herds every where fed with terror at the prodigy
Gus spectacIe! This :. marvellous machine, it
appears was manufactured in England.
Governments are generally about twenty years
behind the intellect of their time. In leglsla.
ton. they are IKE parrots quareliins what kind
of frock the boy shall wear, who, in the mean
time. grows up to manhood, and won't wear any
frock at all.
The father and mother Of young French
girl afflicted with rheumatic pains. determined on
curing her; and, according to the advice OF one
Of those female physicians who are to De found
in every village, they placed the girl in an oven,
where she expired aztec about thirty-dve minutes
81 fering.
"a fashionable lady Isa rose, from which
every lover plucks leaf, the thorn being left
for the husband!"
A patient in one Of the French hospitals tells
curious story Of the way in which he received
his wound. He met man in arms in the street,
who commanded him to cry what he thought
Taken BY surprize. he did not know whether to
crv for the king. or The republic; and, in conse.
quence Of his hesitation, received thrust OF
bayonet in The side!
At the Westminster dinner, some one gave as
toast, "Lord Grey and the rest Of his Males
tvs ministers" Toulouse facetiousIy observed
to friend near him. that the ministers had had
no rest for the last twelve months.
Amongthe standing orders OF the House OF
Commons, issued about the middle OF the 18th
century. we find the folIowing:-Ordered. that
no member Of the house do presume to smoke to.
bacco in the gallery. or at the table Of the house,
sitting as committees.
Rowland Hills method Of illustrating the
old proverb, that "bhort accounts make long
friends:'
..He had Just concluded his sermon, when he
SAID. Zone word more, my Christian brethren.
The next is our quarterly meeting; and there are
many Of you here today, who may not then be
present: therefore you may as we'll 20 into the
vestry, and pay your money directly; for though
may be able to 90 on pretty we'll it you be not
present yourselves. vet it is impossible can get
90 at all, if do don't have your money!"
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