Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-10-10

" The question "why printers do not
was thus answered: "Because printers
work for the head and brewers for the
stomach and where twenty men have a
a stomach, but one has head"
GA modest young lady desiring the
leg Of chicken at table, said she would
take that part ",vhich ought to be dressed
in panta7eus." A young gentleman op-
posite Immediately called for that part
,chich usually ,oears the hustle.
TRUTH IN NursHELL.-From sad ex-
perience we endorse the following, from
the Albany Knicker bocker:-"One boy
in shop is as good as man. Two boys,
however, are worse than old Nick. If
there be only one youth in the room, he
is the mos, sedate customer in the party.
Introduce another, however, and grand
and lofty tumbling, and sonersets over
the stove, will be the order Of the day
from sunrise till dark"
t He is great simpleton who ina
gines that the chief power Of wealth is to
supply wants. In ninety-nine cases out
Of hundred it creates more wants than
it supplies.
r"Oh, just look out Of the window,
Mr.. Editor, and see that string Of men
and boys, with po.es on their shoulders.
What do you suppose they are after"
"They are after fish in the pond, pre-
sume." emo, sir. They are all one af.
ter the other.' "Begone, you ink-lacod
wretch
Try 1.-THE more man works, the
less time he will have to grumble about
hard times.
~Ifa person fawns on YOU when up,
he will most assu:edly trampIe on you
when dozen.
o. He who lorgets the fountain from
which he drank and the tree under which
he ramblcd in the days Of youth, is a
stranger to the sweetest impressions Of
the human heart.
FOES OF THE RATTLE SNAKE The rat
tie snake has superior foe in the deer and
black rattle When buck discoversa rattle
snake in a situation which invites attack he
!ooses no time in preparing for battle. He
makes up to within ten or twelve feet of the
snake-then leaps forward and aims to sever
the body of the snake with his sharp bifur-
Gated hoofs. The first onset is most COM
monty successful but if otherwise the buck
repeats the trial, until he cuts the snake in
twain. The rapidity and fatality Of this
skillful mantEuvre leaves but slight chance
for lis victim either to escape or eject his
poison into his more alert antagonist. The
black snake is also more then an equal COM
peti.or against the rattle snake. When
the black and rattle snakes are about to
meet for battle, the former darts forward at
the height Of his speed and strikes at the
neck of the latter with unering certainty,
leaving foot or two Of his own body at
liberty, In an instant he encircles him
within five or six folds, and then stops and
looks the strangled and gaeping foe in the
face. to ascertain the effect produced upon
his corseted body. 1.-The shows signs oflifa
the coils are multiplied and the screws are
tightened-the operator all the while mar
rowly watching the countenance ofthe hslp-
less victim. Thus the two remain thirty or
forty minutes-the executioner then slackens
one coil, noticing at the same time whether
any signs Of life appear ifso the coils resu
wretch is destroyed in the same way
Scientific american. HI
"a Volunteers" writing in the New
Lisbon Patriot, commiserates the condi-
ton of his old General. He would not
surrender in Mexico, but has now sur {
rendered to his enemies at home. Cor
win has his bloody hands upon him, and
is welcoming him to hospitable grave. !.
Germany is determined to have 4
national song IA German Marseillaiss.
The enterprising publishing house Of
Schuberth & CO, At Hamburg, has pub
lished, the words to the Same, written BY, i
Schirmer, and offered prize for the bsst !
musical composition. Not less than two
hundred and forty four different coui-
positions have been received II the tisns
Of one month. from which nuuabor the