North Carolina standard., 1851-08-09
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

lMPROMPTU LINES.-B1 An AstEnIcAN.
On the space appropriated Amcricn in the Exhibition,
our moac occupied as resting place for the tceayy
Diamonds. nor Pearls works of Gold, are here,
10 other climes the palm in these be given;
we freely offer what we hold most dear
resting place for all men under heaven.
The EMPEnoR OF CHINA. The young Emperor of
Chlna cen Stutz who succeeded his father at his DEATH
February, 1850, having at his succession demands adj
dressed to him by the mandarns for permission per-
secute the Christians within his domnons, published
decree in the month of June, in the same year, permit
ing the free exercise OF the Christian religion throughout
his dominions The Emperor at the time invited
four missionaries to- wait upon him. who were to be
lodged in his palace. Monsignor Perronnean Bishop
of China, states that the Emperor was educated by
Christian lady, in whom the late Emperor placed
bounded confidence.
cobler at Lyden who used to attend the public dis
derstood Latin "No," piled the mechanic, but
know who is wrong in the argument" Z" How? Z" re-
piled his friend. why, by seeing who angry first"
A TUKIsH LITERARY ACADEMY. The Sultan Abdul
Medjd, has just established Constantnope, acad
my of siences and literature under the title Assem-
bly, of Knowledge. 1t consists of members, and of
an unlimited number of foreign correspondents Of
the latter only three have present been named Mr.
Bedhouse, an Englishman, author of Turkish gram
mar M. Bianchi, Frenchman, who has compiled
Turkish dictionary and M. de Hammer Purgstall, the
celebrated Austrian Oriental scholar. The academy is
to compile Encyclopedia of Science in the Turkish
The Swansea Herald gives the following lines, which
appear epitaph head stone in st. MichaePs
Churchyard Aberystwith to the memory of David Da-
ves, blacksmith, late of that
My Sledge and Hammer lay recned,
My Bellows, too, have lost their wind,
My Fires extinct, my Forge decayed,
And in the dust nv Vice is laid;
My Coal is spent, my Iron gone,
My Nails are drove-my Work is done."
THE LUNGS. The following simple experiment is
t0 ho q tact of tho Soft tEol
Let the patient draw in a full breath, and then be-
gin to far he can slowly and audbly without
initiating the lungs The number of seconds he can
continue is thon to bc carefully noted In confirmed
consumption the time does exceed eight and is often
less than six seconds. In pleursy and pneumonia it
ranges from nine four seconds But when the lungs
sound the time will range as high thirty seconds"
What is the of living?" said Jack Simmons.
&c We are fogged for crying when habes--fogg-
ed because the master cross, when schoolboys obg
ed to toll, sick well, starve when men-to
work still harder (and suffer something worse) when
husbands and after exhaustng life and strength in the
service of other people, die and leave children
quarrel about the possession of fathers watch and
wives-to catch somebody else" Such is life
CHESS Match WORLDS FAIR. The great
chess match which has excited much interest amongst
chess players has terminated in favor of Mr. Anderson
His adversary Mr. Stanton the conqueror of ST. Amant,
out of five played gained but the other four
being carried off by M. Anderson.
QUERcIrRoN, is the inner bark of the red-oak, alias
yeowoak alias blackjack Quercus tinctoria) ground in
a bark mill into a powder. large quantity of
Quecitron is annually exported to Europe, for deing
etc, from the United States. The forests of North Ca
rolina afford this article in abundance and it would
pay well.