Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-08-13
NUMBER $50.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


dressed to him by the mandarns for permission to per-
secute the Christians within his dominions, published
decree in the month of June. in the same year, permit
ing the free exercise OF the Christian religion throughout
his dominons. The Emperor at the same time invited
four missionaries wait upon him, who were to be
lodged in his palace. Monsgnor Perronnean. Bishop
of China, states that the Emperor was educated by
Christian lady, in whom the late Emperor placed u-
bounded confidence.
cobler at Lyden who used to attend the public dis
derstood Latin. No." replied the mechanic, but
know who is wrong in the argument" How !! re.
piled his friend. Why, by seeing who is angry first
TuK1sH LITERARY ACADEMY. The Sultan Abdul
Med has just established at Constantnople an acad-
my of s"iences and literature under the title Assem-
bly, of Knowledge" 1t consists of 4s members and Of
an unlimited number of foreign correspondents VI
the latter only three have at present been named, Mr.
Bedhousc, an Englishman, author of Turkish gram
mar; NJ. Banchi. Frenchman, who has compiled q
Turkish dictionary and NJ de Hammer Purgstall' the
celebrated Austrian Oriental scholar The academy is
to compile Encyclopedia of Science in the Turkish
language.
The Swansea Herald gives the following lines, which
appear epitaph on head stone in st. Michaels
Churchyard, Aberyswith to the memory of David Da-
vies, blacksmith, late of that town: -..-
"My Slcdge and Hammer lay reclined,
Ny Bellows, too, have lost their wind,
My Fires extinct, my Forge decayed,
And in the dust nv Vice is laid; f
My Coal is spent, my Iron gone,
My Nails are drove-my Work is DONE"
The LUNGS. The following simple experiment is
said to he a test of the soundness of the lungs
"Let the patient draw in full breath, and then be-
gin far he can, slowly and audbly without
initiating the lungs. The number Of seconds he can
continue is thon to be carefully noted In confirmed
consumption the time does not exceed eight and often
less than six seconds. In pleurisy and pneumonia it
ranges from nine to four seconds But when the lungs
sound the time will range high thirty seconds"
What is the use of living?" said Jack Simmons.
We arc fogged for crying when we are babiesfogg-
ed because the master cross when schooboys oblig
ed to toll sick we'll, sarve when are men-to
work still harder (and suffer something worse) when we
husbands and after exhaustng life and strength in the
service of other people, die and leave children to
quarrel about the possession of fathers watch and our
wves-to catch somebody else." Such is life.
CHESS MATCH AT THE WoRLDs Fam. The great
chess match which has cxtted 20 much interest
chess players, has terminated in favor of Mr. Anderson.
His adversary, Mr. Stanton the conqueror of St. Aman
of five games played gained but one the other four
being carried off by M. Anderson
QuEnc1rRoS is the inner bark Of the red-oak, alias
yeow-oak. alias blackjack (Quercus tinctoa) ground in
bark mill into powder. large quantity of
Querctron is annually exported to Europe for dieing
ETC., from the United States The forests of North Ca
rolina afford this article in abundance and it would
pay we'll.
PAY POSTAGE.
Precept upon praeePt,
Line upon l&e Ha
Prepay your pos1egc.
And I'll prepay mine.
WHITE BLAcKBERR1Es. 1t is an ancient ioke and
fact that all backberres red when they green;"
but yesterday some "blackberries perfectly ripe,
but of beautiful light pea green color, of luscious
and the brightest clearest and Of
all the small fruits. They raised by Mr. ]. 8. Need
ham, of Danvers and have been propagated from sin
gle plant obtained in the State of Mane which was no
doubt accidental variety of the common high hush
| blackberry. Salem Gazette.
| ALL IN THE Doors. "Aren't you little tight my
friend Z" asScd wag of person who found some diff
Guilty in pursuing ''upright course " along the side
walk.
"No' the reply, but my (hic) eonfounied boots
tght-been CROWN tighter since mornn-(hic1
that's all" -+
New ISvEsr1oS-MED1c4L. We notice the reeen.
introduction, in England of partition tulnher fer ef.
ervescng draughts In department is placed the
acid-in the other the carbonaed alkawhich are sep.
arately dissolved in water On raising the tumbler to
the mouth the two solutions meet the partition
which is lower than the edge of the glass; when cer-
vesence ensues- The efervescence be checked at
any moment by holding the glass upright. Star.
An old maid was heard toexcaim while sitting a,
her toilet the other day-"I can bear adversely,
Gun encounter hardship, and Withstand the changes o.
tickle fortune but o. ve and droop, and wilt and die
like single pink, can't endure it, and what's more,
WON'T"
A CuRE FOR D1ARRHeA. DR.. Read, chemists aht
physician of the New York Hospital, recommends a Ger
tain for diarrhea. Hydrosuphuric acid fou
parts of water be given every hour by the
full, until relief is obtained.
! Arkansas. This State has more than doubled he
population within the last years. In ls4O her pop
uia,ion II, ,639-n 1850 it Numbered 60 670 Suc
the fruits of her liberal policy, few years SINCE
securing to actual settlers quarter section of land.
Scotch paper tells of pensive urchn, who sal
to his instuctress -" Aunty, what O. the aul
+ moons1' "'Deed, ladde, Pm very sure," was til
tardy reply they'll may be clip them doom and MAX
i stars o'them!'
In curious book on the round towers of Ireland til
origin of the YankeedoodIe traced to the Pc
8 sian phrase. Yanki doonia' "Inhabitants of III
n New World" Layard, in his book on " Nineveh an
" its Romans" also mentions Yanghidunia ttfA Pc
sian name Of America.
IS A FArALIsr Western newspaper Publishes d
'r following II knew old man who believed that VIII
r was to be- would be- He lived in Missouri and va
Re one day going out several miles through region nfs
ted in early times, by very savage Indians He awa,
s took his gun with him. but this time found that
II the family had taken AS he would not 90 will
it, his friends tanaIized him. by saying there
danger Of the Indians; that he would not die till his tin
e come anyhow Yes" says the old fellow, but 81
ID pose was to meet Inian and his time was com
n- 1t woudn't do not to have my gun =
" discovery has Just been made at Hssfhones in Il
~ Peoponnesus Of certain spring Of water which, wiz
- mixed with OIL becomes at once kind Of soap A Sal
N pie has been submitted to chemical analysis 2 r~-
3. t. 1sDanis Webster. ws zee i ss.sed, ID 70 delv
ID the address before the Maryland Agricultural
3. cety, in October Rext = s-a = ''e z-a..f,