North Carolina standard., 1851-08-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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New INVENTION. The bottom of the uropeer s,esm-
ship Lafayette has been overaid with Williams COM
pound for vessels bottoms which beginning to be in
oduced as substitute for copper, and found an
arsenic and other chemical Ingredients destructive to in
sect he eectualy preventing the accumulation of harm
aces, grass, &c. One of Zeregas vessels the Arctc
s now on her return from the third voyage 10 Liyerpoo
having had but application of the compound Four
steamships, the Marion Pioneer, City of Pittsburs and
the Lafayette, are now coated with it. =.
The editor of the Hudson Daily Star has paid visit
to the buryng ground. and pathetically asks And
don't be uneasy, for you will be carried you won't be
obliged to walk the distance you do.
| IcE. The keeping of Ice from one morning to the
other during the weather, when it is desa-
bic to it, matter of some importance to house.
keepers The blanket commonly used is insufficient
and next to useless for becomes wet trah
assists than reards the melting of the Ice. The best
is dust and this may be kept in the yard
cellar in open box Half peck kept in this way,
will last longer than peck kept in blanket.
The shortest passage made the Atlantic,
has been made by Capt Comstock of Collins Steamship
Baltic, nine days thirteen hours and fy.ninufes. This
beats the British anyhow!
Some men look speeches. Lyman Trumbull, of Alton
is of these. Said the Old Ranger" after replying
to jury speech of TrumbuPs-" And now, gentlemen
of the jury, have demolished his POSITIONS efuted his
arguments and answered every thing but his Oos and
defy the devil to do that"
Liquid carbonic acd takes the highest rank of all
zing agents known to chemists It evaporates so raudy
to freeze ITSELF when posed the air, becoming
light porous mass like If a small quantity of this
is drenched with ether the degree of cold is in
toleIable to the touch boiling water, drop two
producing bsters, as if the skin had been burned
Those celebrated divines and scholars D. s. South
and Sherlock were once disputing sub
ec when the latter accused his opponent of using his
wit in controversy. Well said South Suppose had
pleased God to give w.t. what would you have done
THE LoNGEs STEAMER THE WonLD. The Eclipse
Capt. E. II. Surgeons new steamer the stocks
Louisville, is to be $50 feet in length. She is have
eight of the largest sized boilers, and her wheel
will be fortytwo feet in diameter. She will be compile
ted in the fal and is expected that she will make the
trip from New Orleans to Louisville in four days.
At political meeting sup country of the speak
er who is not overstocked with brains, wishing to
with grand flourish, commenced address with the
Shakspearian exordium Friends and fellow citizens,
lend me your {" rather think you've got pken-
ty Of that article already" said Of the sovereigns
| Judge Black sent the following sentiment the DEM
ocras of Berks, the 4th of last July The consu-
ton it u.s. and the country 1oiH be when it
tains sixty States and SOC, ,OOO, 600 of people.
One of our exchange papers, in announcing the ops-
ming of new cemetery, says Mr. - had the pleas
ure of being the first individual buried there
extraordinary beer drinker has just died in the
north of France. He drank ten quarts day, from the
age OF Is that of 60, and the average of his daily
consumption during the 81 years Of his existence, was
$50 quarts, during his lifetime. The excise this
quantity would be 5000. He also an inveter-
ate smoker, and in seventy five years used over 5000
pounds of tobacco.
| Come here, my little man." said gentleman
younSster OF four OF when sitting parlor
where large company were assembled, do you know
me?" Eyes, sir, think do Who am then--let
me hear? You are the man what kissed sister Jane
last night in the parlor." Jane tainted.
A New SAILING SHIP. A Mr.. Watson of Manches-
ter haS a w
paddles, with the wind the motive power. The
spread horizontal moving wheels applied upon
the principle Of the windmill This vessel can be pro-
PEELED in any direction, let the wind blow from what
quarter it may Mr. w. says is the cheapest and best
mode of applying wind yet discovered, and with
good breeze of his vessels equal in speed the
| fastest steamers.
Curran being angry in debate one day, put his hand
on his heart, saying:
! 81 the trusty guardian of my own honor.
"Then, replied Sir Boyle Roach, {" congratulate my
honorable friend the snug sinecure to which he has
| appointed himself
If people only kept their heads well furnished with
books they do their centle table, what intelligent
world this would he. One half of the Shakspeares pur
chased purchased to fill up rooms instead Of blans
"Why don't you wear clean shirt?'
every body can't afford to clean shirt every
day, as you do" was the reply
"Why not 7" said clean shirt.
Because said dirty shirt, "evcrybody's mother is
! not washwoman."
A VALUABEE TREE. There is a tree in Mexico, call
ed the chOL very fine WOOD which, according to wri
in the National Integencer, W. d. Porter becomes
petrfed after being cut in few years, whether left
in the open air buried from this wood houses could
be built that would in few years become reproof and
last long those built of the wood, in green
state, is easily worked is used in building wharves
forts &c, and would be very good railroad seepcrs
plank road.
NEWSPAPERS. There are fifty-three newspapers pub
ished in North Carolina eight Delaware forty five
South Carolina; nnety-our in Virginia fty-three in
Georgia and nine in Florida.
The little darling, he didn't strike Mrs. Smiths ha-
by purpose, did he 1t a accident, wasn't it
dear % "Yes, mar, be it was and if he don't
behave himself I'll crack him again."
The steam fleet playing between the port of San
Francisco and other ports of the Pacific consists of 20
vessels all rstclass ships. which number is nearly
equal to that of the port of New York. This great
fleet has sprung up in less than years and half
and it is but the opening of grand communion
ton with the ports of China and the East Indies making
the Sandwich Islands important and valuable CONNER
cial entre-ports.
Gentlemen of the Jury said western lawyer,
don't insinuate that this s covetous per-
son, but will bet five that if you should bait
steel trap with three cent piece and place it with
in six inches of his mouth you would catch his SOUL
wouldn't him in with red hot m-stones and
the angel Gabriel guard them"
The King of Ansico in Africa has butchered ev-
cry day supply his table. very much shocked
reading this account of him. but when came TO con-
slider how much of character which honorable and
vrtuous esteems than life selO is daily sac
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