The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-11-04

Elect1c Esgins. Professor Page, Of Washing
ton, b about TO exhibit his electric engine in New
York. The Tribune Ays:
This engine, though with IN inadequate battery,
generates and exers force of over sx horse pow or,
which costs, under the present imperfect adapta-
tons, about twenty cents per hour, or " for day
OF ten hours There is no doubt, however, that the
cost will be reduced, and the efficiency Of the ma
chine decidedly increased. The immense powe of
the magnet, as developed by Professor Pages apa-
ratus, exceeds all preconception small crowhar
touched to held near smooth iron piston, around
which long magnetic wire has been coied, Is at
tracted with tremendous force on the application oil
wire connecting the coil with battery, so that it
can not be wrenchsd away by an ordinary mans
best exertions. This engine will go.
Hov to lay asp Money for Rainy Day.-A
number Of years ago, Charles and Clara s.,
were married in the city Of New York. Charles
was wealthy and in good business--very comfort
able circumstances for young man. which tended
OF course to develop his naturally liberal DISPOSE
ton: Feeling thus happy and independent OF the
worlds frowns. he proposed to his youthful bride
one day, during the honey moon, to give her five
thousand dollars for every scion of his house,
which should be engrafted on the family ree-an
arrangement, may be supposed, to which the
lovely Clara made not the slightest objection Time
passed on, Charles faithfully performed his agree
ment, and making no inquiries as to the DISPOSE
ton OF her money by his better half until they had
been married some ten years fortune, which had
| smiled with constancy, suddenly turned her back
and left him apparently high and dry among the
| breakers Of Wall street. When the crisis had ar
| rived, he went home with heavy heart to an.
nounce the sad news to his wife, that he was an
irretrievably ruined man-that his property had all
gone to satisfy his creditors, and nothing left
Not exactly so bad as that, my dear, said Clara
Wait minute and see what have been doing
Thus saying, she ran up stairs and soon returned
with deed in her name, of one half of an ele
giant block of houses in the neighbordood, worth
thirty thousand dollars. " You see Ihave been In
dustrious," continued she, and have laid up some
thing for rainy day, II you had been as smart a,
your BROTHER we might have had the whole block
| by this time" Kennebec Journal
| The Matrimonial WeH-ln small parish of St
Keyne, Cornwall, Wales, there is famous well
the virtues of which are such that it gives mastery
| 10 husband or wife, just as the one or the othei
may have first tasted its waters Southey made
this superstition the ground work of an amusing
| tale, in verse, commencing
| "a well there IS in the west countrie,
| And clearer seen;
/ There is not wife in the countrie
But has heard oil the well OF st. keyne."
A traveller sitting by the side of this well, tn.
story goes on to say, met countryman, with whom
he had long chat about its radiIion
g.. You drank of the water warrant, betimes.'
| He to the countfyman sad,
But the countryman smiled as the stranger spoke,
/ And sheepishly shook his head.
/ "' hastened as the wedding waso'er,
/ And left my good wife in the porch;
But, faith she had been wiser than /,
For she took a bottle to church,