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From the Reading Gazette.
Bnd Memory.

al have such poor memory" How frequently
do we hear this expression, bu, we think the
mark is almos, invahsbly untrue. individuals are
undoubtedly sincere in the remark but they do
not know the extent of this quality Of their minds.
II is sail that Mr.. Hutton divided blank book into
thee hundred and sir,y-hv columns, for the pur-
pose of recording dliy an anecjote or incident Of
his past life and to his astonistm he succeeded
IN hi plan, filing up the above number Of columns
tn diieren, "reminiscences. have no doub' that
many persons who complain Of their bad memo
rics. might very easily accomplish the experiment
of Mr. Hutton. We hope the attempt will be
m,he. And what source of enjoyment would he
such recovered relics Of the past
People have no difficulty in remembering sub
CTS in viii they take an interest. The state Of
the ma ke' drcs no, pass the memory Of the trades
man. the sae of literature the ory ofthe p e',
nor the newly discovered physical phenomela, the
memory Of he natural philosopher On these sub.
iects we DO not hror their admirers complain Of
,rracherous memoirs. Blu let them exchange the
topics Of their attention, and they will Immediately
murmur.
Scqliger tells US that in his youth. he could re-
peat hundred verses after having real them but
once. Pope ha. observed, that Lord Bolinbroke
could alone and without books, refer to any parti.
cular subject in them. and write as copiousy it
as any other man would with all his hooks about
him. Euler, the great mathematician, could extract
the square root of hundred figures. At very
youthful age he became blind. The Euick Shep-
herd relates in his Familiar Anecdotes" that he
had written ballad Of lightweight stanzss, cni led
"Gilmsn's ceuch," which he recited TO Sir Walter
Scott soon after it composed. Three years af-
ter Sir Waller and Hoeg were in company, Sir w.
requested the Etrck Shepherd to sing the above
ballad. He commenced and sung to the ninth
verse, when he "s,uck in il, and could not get on
with another verse, on which he (Sir Walter) be-
gan it again, and recited is every word, from be-
ginning to end" Sir Walter never heard it recited
more than once. The ballad was never published.
Scott, it was well known, possessed powers Of great
retention, hu, things that he most easily retained
were specimens Of his own art. We knew young
man. who afer hearing six medical lectures Of an
hour each, could write out the whole nearly verba-
| tim.
| There are but few persons that cannot remember
| those things in which they take deep interest
There should be a method in reading and thinking
! We desire the reader to remember that desutory
readers snd thinkers, usually complain of imperfect
memories. When person runs from one suHjec
to another, he can receive nothing but imperfec
snl transitury impressions. ii,
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Method of CoIoring aud Preserving Wood.
Some time since report was made. by
committee appointed for the purpose, to the
Academic des Science, in Paris, in relation to
the discovery of Bouchcric of method Of pre-
serving wood, colorlng it of any tint, and rem
dering it nearly or quite incombustible. The
report the committee was highly favorable I;
but since then, we have heard nothing further
upon the subject The discovery seems to be
of incalculable utility, and well worthy of trial
in this country.
The principle is old and well known, being
nothing more than the capillary attraction
which has been frequently used in freeing fruit
treSs from the canker-worm by means ofsupher
placed in hole bored in the trunk of tree.
Bu, the highest credit is undoubtedly due to
DIR. Boucherie for his novel and extensive ap-
plication of it. His process is to bore several
holes at the foot of tree, or TO saw it half way
through, and oapply the materials TO the holes,
or the incision. The sap vessels take up the
liquid, and in few days it pcnetrates every f.
b-e, except the heart. To render it hard, hea-
Wy and ineorruptibe, the pyrolignite of iron is
used-an exceedingly cheap substance, and one
very easily made or obtained. Wood saturated
with this substance will not be affected by rot
or insects. What an invaluable discovery this
is to the farmer in one thing, the posts for his
fences which require to be renewed every four
years, and which can only be made adyanta-
geously ofccrtan costly kinds of timber. The
Lombard poplar, which grows with so much
rapidity, but which rots so readily, may by this
process become an exceedingly useful and val.
liable tree, in al cases where durability with
out strength isrcQuired.
To render wood incombus,ible, and TO in.
crease its elasticity, the chloride Of calcium is
used or salt water will answer. Prepared by
the sclne solution, wood retains its feXibility
for years, it neither warps nor splits, and burns
with the greatest difficulty.
Wood can also be beautifully colored in this
way. The pyroligno ofiron gives agray CO
lor and, if afterwards a solution of tannin be
infused, an ink is formed in the fibre ofthe wood
and tints of blue black, and gray can be giver
at pleasure. Pyrolignte of iron, followed b!
the prusSiate Of po'assa, produces Prussiar
blue; acetate of lead or sugar OF lead, followed
by chromatc of potassa. produces a chrome vel
low or, by adding all these in succession, dii
fercnt shades CT blue, green, yellow and browI
arc produced.
The subject is an exceedingly interesting
one, and we should think it deserves some at
tention and experiment. The advantages tha
it prohers must strike every one. Think 0
impershablc ships; durable and incombustbl
wooden houses; of eternal poplar, willow, ant
Eastwood fences; and of beautiful tinted Gu
lored cabinet ware IN. Y. Sun.
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THE CArERrLI ARs.-A writer in the Cos
pei Banner says that this is to be great year
for catterpillars on fruit trees but adds that
they may be destroyed now, thus:
"Make strong ley, or soap suds strong enough
to bear 'an egg, and with a brush or piece of
cloth, wash the infested limbs. The ley will
kill every mothers son Of the eggs, and you will
see no catterpllar's beds upon them in May or
June. Even without regard to catterpillars, it
is an excellent plan, every spring to wash trees
with strong soap suds. This will kill various
sorts of insects in the egg-it will cleanse and
renovate the bark, and promote the health and
fruitiuness ofthe tree. Try it. Be not afraid
Of iniming the tree, even if the ley is SO strong
as To blister your hands. 1t will do no harm II
applied before the buds are much swollen; bu
it will kill the young leaf"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-06
The Search after Rest.

When first the dove, afar and wide,
Skinned the dark waters DER,
To seek beyond the heaving tide,
A green and peaceful shore,
No lesfy housh, nor life-like thing,
Rose mid the swelling VAIN
The lone bird sought. with fal,ering wing,
The hallowed ark ag ,in.
And ever thus mans hear, hath traced
A lone and weary round;
But nev,r yet, mid earth's dark waste,
A resting place has found.
The peace for which his spiri, ycarns
Is ever sought in vain,
Till like the dove il homeward turns
And finds lis God again.
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PARRY KgEs-The Albany Patriot says:
Oae of our own Methodist Clergymen last Sun
day, remarked that if all the world believed
the Second Coming was to take place on the
23d of April, lei3, at 3 o'clock, p. NJ, two
thirds of them would delay all preparation for
i ~ hall pas, O.
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RIcE.-lt is said rice was first planted in Ca
roliua in 1868; but owing TO bad seed it was
abandoned, In the year 1895 vessel arrived
from Madagascar, the master OF which furnish
ed a gentleman with a small quantity, from
which has sprung immense sources Of wealth
to the Southern States. so much for the rem
nant of a sea store left in the bottom Of bag
Nashville AgricnlturalisL
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crooks, and the surface covered with brine of
strength sufficient to bear up an egg. In
winter this will answer all the purpose of cook
cry, and even for the taste will be swecter
than much that finds its way there.
j. l.. RUTLAND.
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PRICES OF ADyERTisyyG.

Every subsequent insertion, o 2s
Yearly Advertisements: one column, S25 half
column, Sis, three squares, Sl2; two sduarcs, 10
one square, SIS. Halfyeary one coinmn, s,s !;
half column, sic ; three squares, So two squares.
IS; one square, So SO.
Advertiser ments left without directions as 10 the
length Of time they are TO be published will I've
continued until ordered out, and charged accord.
ingy.
C-JSixtcen lines make square.
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What is bull! inquired a schoolmaster Of
his hopeful pupil. a Hirish fgger of speech,
was the reply.
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Indian fIurdcrers.

a correspondent of the Galena Gazette, wri-
ting from Prlrie du Chen, gives the following
extract ofa letter from Fort Atkinson, Iowa
Territory, of the date of the 9th of March.
Last evening. about o'clock, Mr.. Lowry
and his son Sylvanus, came up here, bringing
the news OF the murder OF three whites, living
in Wicox's neutrality-suspicious. as follows:
Three Winnebagoes, belonging to Little lilPs
Band, went down on Thursday night or Friday
morning after whisky, as they said not finding
a sufficient quantity on hand, they remained un-
Ill Friday evenng-at which time one Barrel
arrived they pretended TO find fault with the
price, &c, SO as To get up quarrel One o.
the Indians then shot man by the name OF At
well they then bound the other and killed him
with ,omahawk his name was Zegardner,
(or II. Gardner.) They then toinahawked three
children, Give persons being all there were in
the house) and supposed that they had killed
them. They then took possession of the whls-
XIV, then set the house on fire and LETT. The
eldest boy, agrd -, and little girl were not
kiled-one received five stabs, and the other
thrce-thc boy so FAR recovered before the
building was burnt, ns to be able to take his IA.
theirs watch, overcoat and boots, and fifty dol.
lars in gold, and also his little sister, and then
started towards WllcoX's house, which was one
mile distant. lie was found in the morning,
both feet frozen to the ankle. 1t is supposed
that he and his sister will die soon.
Captain Sumner, with his usual Promptncss,
left the Fort with his mounted men, within for
ty minutes after the news reached him, det'rmi-
ned that neither cold nor the darkness of the
night should prevent him from bringing TO JUS
tice the perpetrators of this horrible deed. lie
returned this morning about half past O'clock
with nine Indians as hostages, and at o'clock
started again in pursuit Of the murderers. lie
overlook them about four miles south Of the A.
! gency, (Wnnebago,) and returned here at III
o'clock, A. NJ. with them. He released tho
hostages, and put balls and chains on the gull
ty they cannot escape A more prompt move
ment never was made with troops they were
out all night and a very severe night it was.
FRoos.-It is reported that the frogs in this
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-06

There is young lady in this city engaged
to be married, but she won't fix the time until
her betrothed gets mason to put him up d
patent back She says, that as matters are
now, she couldn't live with him-lke chimi
ney, he smokes too much. h.-Crescent City.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-06

CICrRo AND CESAR Cicero had nincteer
villas and it MAS in one ofthese Cesar honored
him with a morning call, and paid him the ye'y
high compliment of taking yomit in order
that he might do justice to his lunch. In ano-
ther he delighted to ornament his library with
Greek paintings and sculptures, which his
friend Herodotus Atticus was collecting for
him
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FRoos.-It is reported that the frogs in this
vicinity. owing to the inclcmency of the wes-
ther, and the backwardness Of the spring, have
caught severe colds, and are much troubled
with influenza and qulnsey, in consequence of
which, instead OF musical notes, they utter the
most discordan, and dolorous sounds imagina-
be Boston Mercantile Journal
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INTENPERA ANCE.-A Scotch woman in Roches,
ter, named Wallace, died lately OF excessive
drinking, after swilling nearly half pail of
whiskcy. Her husband, with brutishness that
no living thing but drunkard could equal, fl
nish the liquor after the death ofhis wife. If
any thing could warn the sot, or drive him
from his evil habits, it would be SO horrible an
example as this.
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-03-17

John Bull. what can you expect of man
who eats frogs2 You say sheep hasn't got
a tail. tell you, mounseeT, sheep kas
got tall
pardon, monsieur said the other with
polite bow, yet with very sneering express
sion; Il say de sheap has no tail, not Won Bit
By this time the parties were greatly ex-
cited, and, ] cannot say what might have
happened had not one of the passengers
asked the Frenchman what he meant by a
'sheGp?'
'Vat do mean by sheap9 w means Won
big larsh ting with sails and rudder, dat goes
upon de sea-
ooh, ho!' said the EngIishman, you mean
Ship
'Oui, MONSIEUR was the reply; 4 mean
Won sheap dat has de captain and de sailors
and vat goes on de vater.'
very we'll, sir,' says the Englishman, q
meant sheep, a creature Of four legs, anC
covered with WOOL
'Ah, you mean Won sheep Wit de WOOL,
said the other 'Oui, oUi, monsieur; d.
sheep Wit de WOOL has de tail. Oui, QUIZ
This incident taught me aAaSSon, and
give it gratis to my readers-if tnC. re
into controversy let them consider whe>
one of the parties does not mean ship az,
the other a sheep.
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-03-17
Lesson i'm QuarreIIing,

If unluckily you should by chance get in
to dispute, the best way is 10 step short,
and ask your antagonist to enter into con.
sideratiOn of what the point of debate is
This is apt to have cooling effect on both
parties, and to result in clear understand
ing Of the real question,
A few years since, | happened to be ira
Yelling in stage coach, whore, among hall
dozen passengers, there were French.
man and an Englishman. There seemed &c
be sort of cat and dog feeling between
them; for if one opened his lips the othei
was sure to fly at the observation with the
teeth and claws of dispute. AS we were
driving along, the Englishman spoke of |
sheep he had seen in some foreign land
with tail so long as to drag upon thu
ground. Thereupon, the Frenchman shrng
ged his shoulders, curled his lip, lifted hi
eyebrows, and took pinch Of snuff
'What do you mean by that' said tn
Englishman, not little nettled at the con
temptuous air of his rival.
'Vat do Imeanf' said the latter; 'Imean
dat sheap has not got Won tail at ALL
"a sheep han't got tail, hap said tn
EngIishman.
NO, not Won bitp said the Frenchman.
well, this comes from eating frogs sal
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-03-17
Idle DaughtcPs.

II is, says Mrs. Ellis, most painful spec
tacle in families, where the mother is the
drudge, 10 see the daughters elegantly
dressed, reclining at their ease. with their
drawing, their music, their fancy work, or
their reading; beguiIing themselves of the
lapse of hours, days, and weeks, and never
dreaming of their responsibilities, but as
necessary consequence Of su1h neglect Of
duty, growing weary Of their useless lives,
laying hold of every newly invented siimu-
liant to rouse up their dropping energies, and
blaming their fate when they dare not blame
thair God, for having placed them where
they are, and made them what they are
never seeming 10 consider themselves in the
least responsible.
These 'lades' will often tell you, with an
air of affected cOmpassion-for what person
Of sense can believe it realf-that "poor
i ~ ma. aa is working herself to DEATH
no -OCner do you propose that they
s. sssist her, than the tune is changed
I"oh, she is quite in her element-she would
meyer be al all contented if she was not al
ways busy-an' besides, their health was 81
delicate, an their constitutions so frail
that they could never endure the fatigue!'
Poor, dear. suffering creatures! How as
tonishing that they are able 10 fIolic anc
dance and caper one half their time! Oh
what delightful wives, mothers, and compa
Mons in trouble they-OOuldnt be for sen
sible men!
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-03-17
TRxcCOIIeCtOr'S Sale,

WALL sell, at the Court House door in |
~ the town of BentOn, on Monday the 9th
day Of March next, l943, within the hours
prescribed by law, the following described
Town LOIS, for the taxes due for 1912, and
all costs that have or may accrue thereon.
Lot No. $50 in the town Of Satartla, as
ssssed to the heirs Of John Vickers; taxes
due 81 90. Pr fee $S 90.
Part Of Lots Nos, l53 and l44 situated
in tile town of Satartia, assessed to James
g. Frederick Sherley; taxes due 50 90.
Printers fee So 90.
Lots Nos. 100, ITO and Ill situated in
the town Ct Satartia, assessed to B. G. Sims;
taxes due rs cents. Pr fee So 90.
Lot No. 81 situated on Yazoo street in
Yazoo city, assessed to the heirs Of Betha-
Wan Young, taxes due ST. 90.
Printers fee So 90.
Lot No $50 situated on Washington street,
Lot No. 245 situated on Jefferson street, Lot
No 800 situated on West Alley, and Lot
No l5s situated on Third street, all in Yazoo
city, assessed to the heirs of John Williams,
taxes due SIS so. Pr fee So 90.
Lots Nos. 2O3 and Ss3 situated on Ham
ilton street in YaZoo y, assessed as the
property OF Thomas ward, taxes que % w.
Printers fee So 90.
Lot No. 300 situated on Water street in
Yazoo city, assessed as the property Of Wash
ingion Elliott, taxes due so cents.
Printers fee So 90.
Lot No % situated in the town Of Benton
assessed as the property Of the heirs of VIM
JarrOrd, taxes due "a cents. Pr fee S. 90
Lot No AZ situate in the town Of Benton
assessed as the property of Joseph Gibson
heirs, taxes due "A cents. Pr fee So 90.
Lots Nos l43 and las situated on thu
corner of Mound and Broadway streets il
YazOo city, assessed TO the heirs Of VIM. T
Breckenridge; taxes due 50 SO.
Printers fee S. 90.
Lot No 81 situated on Broadway street il
YazOo city, assessed as the property of Geo
Carr, taxes due 81 so Pr fee So 90.
East half of Lot No 60 situated on the
corner Of Broadway and Mound streets
south half of Lot No 400 situated on Mon
roc street in YazOO city, assessed to TIT
heirs of Edward A. Jackson; taxes due
81 SO. Pr fee dollars.
East half southwest quarter Of Section 81
all in Township 10, Range 2. east, contain
ing 100 acres, assessed as the property of I
G. g. r. Moore, taxes due s Il "a.
Printers fee dollars.
s. L. JAMES, T. G. Y. G..
Dec. 80, 1912. 25-l4t.
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The Wilmer.

There's danger in the mines, old man, |
exclaimed to an aged miner, who, with his
arms bent, leaned against the side of the i'm
mense vault, absorbed in meditation; sit
must be frightful life.'
The old man looked with steadfast but
somewhat vacant stare, and then in half bro
ken sentences he muttered, 'danger-where
is there not-on the earth, or beneath it, on
the mountain, or in the valley; ON the o.
cean, or in the quiet of NATURES most hid
den spot: where hath not death left some
token of his presencer
Truly, l replied; 'but the Vicissitudes of
life are numerous; the sailor seeks his living
on the waters, and he knows each moment
that they may engulf him; the hunter seeks
death in the wild woods, the soldier in the
field Of battle, and the miner knows not but
the spot where he now stands, tomorrow
may be his tomb!
'It is 50, indeed, replied the old man;
I'VE find death in the means we seek to per-
petuate life; Ills strange riddle, who shall
solve it2'
Have you long followed this business?'
| asked, somewhat struck with the old mans
appearance.
From boy-I drew my first breath in
the mines-I shall yield il up in their gloom.
you have seen some of their vicissitudes,
| said, 'tO which you just now alluded?'
Yes he replied with faItering voice, q
have. There was time when three small
boys looked up to me and called me father
They were sturdy striplings. Now it seems
but yesterday, they stood before me in al
the pride of their strength, and filled, too
with fathers vanity. But the Lord chas
teneth the prond heart. Where are the,
now2 saw the youngest-he was the dear
est of the fock-his mothers spirit seemed
to have settled on him-crushed at my feet
bleeding mass; we were together-so nea
that his hot blood sprung into my face
Molten lead had been less lasting than thost
fearful drops. One moment, and his ligh
laug was in my eaTs-the next, and thu
large mass came; there was no cry of ter
ror, but transition TO eternity was as TIT
lightning's fash-and my poor boy la
crushed beneath the fearful lead. 1t wa
an awful moment, but time, that changet
all things, brought relief, and still had tw
; sons. But my cup Of affection was not We
+ full. They, TOO, where taken from me-
$ Side BY side they died-not as their brothe
e but the fire damp caught their breath, an
left them scorched and lifeless. They bro
It them home to the old man; his jewels
|. than whom earth's richest treasures in h
o sight had no price-and told him he WI
It childless and alone. 1t is a strange deere
that the old plant should survive the thing
d it shaded, and for whom it would have die
h thousand times. Is it surprising that
h should wish to die here in the mines?
it you have, indeed,' replied, drunk
J. affection; whence do you derive consOl
III tion7'
i. The old man looked up. 'From Heave
Id God gave and he taketh away-blessed
b his namei'
TO bowed my head to the miners pio
ne prayer, and the old man passed on.
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-03-17

WEATHER SIGNs.-A day or two since,
very intelligent gentleman, of uncommonly
minute and accurate observation, whose
opinion upon the weather we value highly,
remarked to us, that usually about the last of
February, or early in March, something in
the atmosphere gives to light, just before the
rising, and just after the setting of the sun,
pecullat tint-saffron colored-Or what
painters would call warm tint This ap-
Pearance is soon followed by thaw, which
is the breaking up of winter. This softened
light is the ''aurora of spring." Such light
was observed this present winter on the 25th
OF December, and the following days. On
December 26, this peculiar appearance led
the gentleman above referred to, to say that
''the winter is broken" although we had
then, and for several days following, no
other sign Of the nine days thaw that has
since occurred. After the weather cleared
up we had again on Saturday, and also on
Sunday last, the same peculiar, spring pro-
mising.-JNetO England Farmer.