The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-03-13

me feel your pulse
ierked away my hand, snd exclaimed
Out upon the farce you are acting! Go
and put on your proper garments, and then
can tell whether / really have my chil.
dren about me-!
u fenr she is not sane,' said the Doctor
i must tnke little blood'
'Stopr cried !. explain 10 mo how il i.
that, after the long sleep hive bad, I see
none Of my sweet, gentle girls around me.
but parcel Of strangers claiming their
nnmes.'
light seemed 10 strike the LAWYER, and
he offered to state the case 10 hs mother.
Mother, nm your daughter Ann,' .,ri.
king her riding.whip against her boot, quite
emphn'ically. Since vo"r long sleep. the
Rights Of Woman, which you may have
henrd spoken Of wears ago, and set aside AZ
thing 10 be established when the Millen.
ium had come-,hoso Rights, SO long dis
pnted; those rights so basely trampled on,
here she arose and used the popular pes.
tures.) have now spread from East to West.
and from North 10 South, Of our happy coun-
try. Women now vote nt elections, climb
the hill Of science, side BY side with men,
and indeed they have rather the prece-
dence.
Even the convenient dress so long usurp-
ed bv men. hns as length been conceded,
and the riding hat, cont and collar have,
inch BY inch. gained ground, and now the
whole dress is rlghifnIly claimed.
The drudgery 0: the nursery is no long.
er exclusively ours
At this moment another sob from the era.
dle-there had been many-mnde The Doc
tor inierrup, the discourse to enquire wha,
allied tho child?
IL don't like pap, and has cried itself to
Sleep replied David.
sI'hat was the wav with the other little
fellow who died. Evidently they have
some organic disease,' remarked the Doc
tor.
'Mother! Mother!' exclaimed some one,
shaking me. swhat is the matter! What are
you gro,nirg nhout:'
! opened nv ewes and snw the sweet,
fair faces Of nv four Young daughters, with
their pretty frocks md aprons, gazing
somewhat anvi'u.ly ia my fare.
was still but half awake. sNaver PM
on mems clothes, nor ride like them again.
said I. solemDiv.
'Moiher, what do you mean?' asked Eliz.
abe,h.
Are Won Dnctnr:' cnqnired !.
NO answered E'izahe,h. looking fright
ened; 'dn von want TO see y Dnctor!'
'Ann. are you LAWYER? Sarah. von nrc
moi President Of the Fire Insurance Com.
pnny? Nor Susan n Captain ofihc Navv!'
By this time il was quite established in
nv poor chiIdren's mind TINT ! r,ved; hnt,
being then quite aroused, told them my
terrible drcnm.
They will, they assure me, crave no
rights further than 10 be good and wise wo-
men: and those rights have never been
disputed. PATIENCE.
On THE SnELr.-[Swi,zerlsnd is the
worlds cheap and idle reircat, and Of men
and women "on the Shelf" it has. AT all
times, greater varieiy than any other spo,
in the world. A correspondent Of Psrker's
Journal thus writes from Berne:
81 entered after table d'hote hours, and,
therefore, was TO dine, as ! supposed alone.
When entered the room, behold, however,
second cover upon The table. However,
the soup appearing, sat down alone, sniff.
ed at the vile composition, nnd sent il a.
way roast follows soup in Berne; and when
roas, was nearly ended, The door opened,
AMI there entered pale unwholsome look
ing man, in carpet slippers, who bowed
soIcmnIy, sat down opposite the other cover.
and devoured silently through three courses.
When he opened his mouth, fixed pair Of
fishy cycs upon me. and said, very slowly,
in English which smacked strongly Of the
north Of Ireland, these words:
'IfI don't spake to We, don't fancy I'm
nnsocisblc. Most English are unsociabic.
I'm not 50 meseIf I've sick hoy here,
and am tired attending him. Me wife is
also tired. I've friend who has passed
all his summers for thirty yea,s in this no.
tel: he likes il. I've another friend, a
devlish fine fellow, in the Dragon Guards,
who has done the same thing for fifteen
An Eneishman died here, tho other day,
from cutting corn. The toe mortified,
and they cut off the toe; the foot mortified,
and they cut of1 the foot; tho leg mortified.
and they cut off the leg; the body mortified,
and the gentleman died. never cut me
corns meself; file 'em.'
Never word spake he more; but eat enor-
mously, and, bowing solemnly, solemnly
went bis way"
Experiments have shown that mans
finger nails grow their complete length in
four months md a half A mnn liv,nu 70