American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-08-13


A man of hundred pounds weight has gen.
orally four pounds of brain. An OK of from
eight to nine hundred pounds weight has but
one pound. We count in the human body two
hundred and forty-nine bones, to wit: fourteen
in the brain, forty-six in the other parts of the
head and neck, sixty-two in the arms and hands,
and sixty in the legs and feet The bones Of
the human body make up the third part Of its
weight A fuil-grown man has from twenty to
twenty-five pounds of blood, which passes from
eighteen to twenty times through the heart in
one hour.
tsSpirits Disguised. Liquors in large GUAM
titles are still sent to the State of Maine, but
the ardent is so well disguised that it defes
even the lynx eyes of the committee of vigil
ance. The Boston Times says:
"We know of one house In this city where q
quantity of Dark Otsrd'' (brandy) was pumped
into ten-gallon keg-the keg then packed with
shavings in flour barrel-the barrel headed
up, and marked glass, this side up with care.'
1t went through safely, and was duly devOured."
When one sees family of children going to
school in clean and well-mended clothing, it
tells great deal in favor Of their mother: one
might vouch that those children learn some val
liable lessons at home whatever they may be
taught at school.
"If a straw" says Dryden, "can be made
the instrument of happiness, he is wise man
who does not despise it" Dryden must have
used straw wherewith to imbibe his I" cob
blers." ..... .....s. s.
Daniel Webster and Lord Elgin, Governor
general of Canada, are expected to attend the
New York State Agricultural Fair, at Roches-
ter, in September
| They have got q new plan for the demolition
Of bedbugs in operation in North Carolina. 1t
is done by steam; one wheel catches them by
| the nose, another draws their teeth while a
neat piston-rod pushes arsenic down their wind
| pipes. .
Mrs. Warner, the distinguished actress, we
see it announced in late London paper, is on
the eve of coming to America. She is very
celebrated in her profession.
4 Sensible Repiy-During the examination
of witness, as to the locality of the stairs in
house, the counsel asked him (which way did
the stairs run?" The witness replied, q that
| one way they ran up stairs, but that the other
way they ran down stairs" The learned coun-
sci winked both eyes, and then took a look at
the ceiing.-Pac!Gc Star
"Mr Smith, you said once that you oficiated
in the pulpit-do you mean by that that you
preached"
"No, sir; / held the light for the man what
did"
"Ah! the court understood you differently.
They supposed that the discourse came from
you"
mo, SIR l only throw a little light on it."
mo levity, Mr.. Smith. Crier, call the next
witness"
lNacherel.--The waters around Thomaston,
Maine, were last week literally alive with these
beautiful fish.
The object of oil ambition should be, to be
happy at home. If we are not happy there, we
cannot be happy elsewhere. 1t is the best
proof of the virtues of family circle to see
happy freside.
A critics head should be wise enough to form
a right judgment, and his heart free enough to
pronounce it. #I h'I3
Why is the effect of cutting off dogs tail
like toll-gat Because it stops wagon
(caggtng.) .... "1. atatga 3dt ~
ratification Of Kossuth--The Boston PILOT
speaks of Kossuth as one who, with Mazzini and
others, made hell of Europe in l848. isrq So
There is only one objection to people who
"mean well, and that is, they never find time
to carry out their meaning. e H
Jacob Little, of New York, has made $3.50, 900
by the recent changes in the money market
Charles Dickens is to commence new serial
novel early in the autumn. The title and sub
jeot are not yet announced. a a"q"a1
Punch says the motto on our national coat-of-
arms should be altered, and made p Psa,r6us
Barnuns y l.2t.tsh 4'tat X.
The Supreme Court Of Michigan have decided
that railroad companies are not responsible ior
cattle killed on railroads