The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-12-27


Gown in Damascus and iDdiie letter 10
Bagiad-or indeed 10 any distance whatso-
EVERY Another comma ndod tho lightning
e come down 10 him out Of the heavens,
and il came at his call, and served him for
= playthi0g when il came. Another took
two loud sounds and out Of them made 1 ii.
lence. Another constructed deep dark.
ness ont two brilliant lights.ff Anhsb-
er made ice 10 red-hot furnace Anoth-
ct directed tho sun 10 paint bis portrait,
and the sun did, Another took this lu-
minary with tho moon and the pIa nets, and
having first weighed them with scrnpnlous
accuracy, probed into their depths snd
found out the solidi.y q the substance Of
which they are made. But the whole ma
ton II. indeed, ofso surprising necrosnau-
tic ability, that not even their Infants. nor
their cofnmonest cats and dogs have any
difficulty in seeing objects that d not
exist at all, OF that for twenty thonsand
years before the birth Of the nation ITSELF
tion''t i'1 10 FIs
'Preposteroue!' said the king. as 1as.
( 1.-THE wives and daughters Of these in-
comparabIy great and wise snaaii, contin-
ucd Schehcrazade, without being in any
manner disturbed by these frequent and
most ungent'smanIy Interruptions On the
part Of her husband-.tbe wives and dai,ch.
tiers Of these eminent coniufefs are every.
thing that is accomplished and refined ;snod
would be everything that is interesting aid
beantiful, but for On unhappy fatality that
besets them, and from which not even tho
miraculous powers Of their husbands and
fnihers have, hitherto, been adequate 10
save. Some fatalities como in certain
shapes, snd some in others=-but this af
which ] speak. has come 10 the shape 1fA
crotchet.'' % - 49,
"a what?" said the king.
"A CROCHET" said Scheherazade. Ono
Of the evil genii who sre perpstually upon
the watch to infict il, b put il into I'd
heads Of these accomplished ladies' that the
thing which We describe % personal beauty,
consists altogether in the prosuberance Of
the region which lies not very far below
the small Of the back. Perfection Of love-
Liners, thep sly, is in tho direct ratio Of
the extent OF this hump. Having been
long possessed Of this ides, and holsters
being cheap in TINT country, the DAYS bsve
long gone by since Il was possible to dis.
tinguish q woman from dromedary-ns
sStop!" said the king-s.I can't stand
that, and won't. You have already given
me dreadful headache with your lies.
The day, too. perceive is beginning 10
break. How long have We been married.
-iny conscience Is getting 10 be sroub.
lesome again. And then that dromedaYy
touch--do you take me Tor foolf Upou
the whole you might a. we'll get up and -
throttled."
These words as ! lcarn from Isitsoornof,
both grieved and astonisfed Scheherazade;
but, as she knew the king 10 be nf ecYupu.
lous integrity, aud quite unlikely 10 forfeit
bis word, she submitted 10 her fate with
good grace. She derived, however, great
consolation, during the Tightening or the
bowstring,) from the reflection that mucl,
Of the history remained still untold, and
that the petulence Of her brute Of d husband
had reaped ~ him a. most fgh'eous 70.
ward, in derriving him Of many inconceit-
able adventures.
ssThc Electro Telegraph Psin ing Apparatus.
ffCommon experiments in Natural Phlllsc-
phy. 4s@
*Plaee platina crncible over a spirit lamp,
and keep 1t red heat; pour in some sulphuric
acid, which though the most volatile Of bodies
at q common temperature, will be found to be-
come completely fixed in u hot crucible, and not
q drop evaporatcs--being, surrounded by On a.
mosphere Of its own; it does not in fact touch tie
sides. A few drops Of water are now introdu.
ced, when the acid Immediately coming in con-
tact with the heated sides Of the crucible, flies
ofrin sulphIrous acid vnpory and so rapid is its
progress, that the caloric Of the water asses
of with il, which falls lump Of ice 10 the bot.
tom; by taking advantage of the moment before
it 10 allowed to re-mclf, it may be turned out 4
lump Of ice from redshot vessel.
THE DaguerreOtype.
tAl,hough lish. travels 200 900 miles ia . sees
ond, the distance Of what we suppose to be tho
nearest fixed star (Sifins) il 20 lnconceivably
great, that its rays would require at least three
years 10 reach the earth. For stsrs beyond thia
aO--or even 1000 years-would b modemte %.
innate. Thus, if they had been annihilated 2Oy
day, by tho light which started from their surfas
ces 20 or 1000 years to the past time. That mas
ny which we SEQ daily are really extinct. is not
impossi ble--nore even improbable. aas
NEwsrAPERs.-The reading Of good and
well conducted newspaper, even fof tho
short space ofone-quarier of a year; bfihgs
more sound instructions, md leaves deep1
er impression, than would BE- acqnireds
probably, at the best school Ia ,weivd
months. Talk To the members Of family
who read the paPerss and compare aheif
Information and intelligence with thos6
who do not. The difference Is beyond
comparison.--Irish Paper.