Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-07-04

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SIX minutes, as desired. Is, moreover,
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Literary Castle.
A correspondent seriously enquiries who
Major Jack Do,cning Is, and denounces
his letters as "nonsense" Major Jack
we suppose to be shadowy parsonage,
Of numerous family; or rather one who
has no shadow at all. At all events, though
he uses a name, he is like the irish gen
ileuIan's correspondent, very anonymous
He seems to hover about President Jack
son IN his progress, and boasts not little
OF enjoying special favor We confess
that we prefer Major Jacks homely epis
ties TO Major Long5ow's gorgeous nara
tiyes More, no doubt, will tie heard from
| Downing, from down East when the
President has reached that busting and
glowing meridian National Gazette.
Singular habits Of Life An old gentle
man. by tn name Of Hirte died lately at
Lebanon. Pennsylvania, having "run well
with Time and reached the outpost oil
ninety Ills habits were, IN many res
poets very singular.
His usual mode and hours of meals
were breakfast 10 O'Clock, A. VI. coffee
and cake of bread and butter, dinner, or
8 O'Clock, p vi tea and bread and butter,
supper. at 10 o'clock at night, roast goose,
or pig, with cold slau & potatoes. IN no We
ry limited quantity, slice OF sugar cake
a goodIy portion Of apples or peaches, or
both, two or three glasses Of good wine,
and a pipe Of tobacco. With this repast
he seldom consumes less than one hour; u
at II. l.. or o'clock, he retired to enjoy
an uaoroken rest until 9 or half past o.
clock in the morning. and never knew
what it was to be troubled with dyspepsia
- Boston Transcript
Cobbets Maga1ne--ls the title OF pc
riodical establishment by the two sons oil
William Goblet. VI. p Tho Athen2um
speaks of the beginning as promising; says
there are good papers, IN it. both literary
and political, the latter Of which are cal
culated to be popular; and quotes from IT
the following satlrlcal summary oil the mo
raj merits oil some Of the standard modern
novels:
"Woud You seduce wife? Falkland
shall teach you TO do it with gravity and
dignity. Would you murder? Eugene
Aram shall show you its necessity Tor the
public advantage. Would you rob? Paul
Clifford shall convince you ofthe injustice
of security, and of the abominableness OF
the safety Of purse on moonlight night
W ould you eat? Turn with Harry Ber
tram and Dandie Dinmont TO The round o.
beef Would you drink? Friar Tuck /:
ioliest of companions Would you dance
dress, and brawl? Pelham shall take you
into tuition. Would you lie, faun, and
llatter? Andrew Wylie shall instruct you
to crawl upward, without the slime betray
ing your path. Would you yawn, doze
sleep. or dream? Cloudesley shall do il
for you, for the space Of the first volume
Cut couple of cards each into a circle
of about two inches in diameter Perfor-
ate one Of these at the centre, and fix it on
the top of tube, say common quill
| Make the other card ever so little concave
aud place it over the first, the orifce oil
the tube being thus directly under, an
almost in contact with the upper coacave
card Try to blow off the upper card
You will find it impossible. We under
hat In haf ts ha
effect at first expected at this singular
phenomenon has lately puzzled all the
members Of the Royal Society. A medal
and a hundred gulneas are said to be the
reward of the successful discoyerer We
recommend the ingenious reader to find il
out.-London Paper.
PedeStrjanism-The gentleman who
some time since proposed to walk 1000
miles in 70 days. living on bread and
mater, will leave this city on Monday
morning, proceeding directly to New
Haven, Hartford, New London, Pro-
violence, Boston--to Albany, to Phila-
/ delphia, and back to the city. The
gentleman, we are informed, viii furn-
ish an occasional report of the effects
produced by this regime and exercise
3 upon the system. Bets to a great a.
mount have been made on the expert.
ment, and some to no inconsiderable
extent, on the difference of his weight
at the time of his starting and his re-
turn.-N. Y. Cour.
The Longitude DiScorery.-We find,
! by a communication in the Cincinnati
Republican, that the longitude is at
length discovered. Captain Benjamin
Jones Shain of Cincinnati, native of