The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-07-15
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,be Pacific Ocean, eat cocoanuts, boring hole
,hrough the she'll with one of their claws: III @
ssb eat coral aud the dogs hunt fish in the sl..r-
Low water Of the reef; the greater part of the
..o.fowl roost On branches, ami many of the
rats make their nests at the top of high palm
trees"
n.gpThe following recipe will be found ex-
casdinglv valuable during the hot months, when
,bere is so much inability to affections of the
bowels. Parch half pint of rice until it is
,rowp: then boil it as rice is usually done Eat
slowly. and it will stop the most alarming cases
Of diarrh9a.
Take Wife Tom," said Richard Brinsley
sheridan, TO his wild son Tom, ''Take wife.
Tom. and reform" With all my heart, replied
Tom innocently, s.whose wife shall take?'
sSg@Thurlow Weed, editor of the Albany
Evening Journal writes in one of his letters:
Louis Napoleon is a man of most decided a.
biity He had not, as many supposed, lived a
life of Incidence He has well disciplined
mind and is well read in the principles of Gov
bout him hard at work. In this, as in many
H..
ssrThere is nothing purer than honesty,
nothing sweeter than charity; nothing warmer
than love nothing richer than wisdom nothing
brighter than virtue; nothing more steadfast
than faith; nothing better than constancy
aSgA great Meagher demonstration was held
at the American Theatre in New Orleans on the
26th of June. A letter received from Gov
Walker, expressive of sympathy with the objects
of the meeting, and with the Irish people. Ex-
Gov. Johnson was present and made a neat
speech. Among the resolutions reported by
Mr.. Burke and unanimously adopted, were two
in relation to the proposed hOnOrs to Mr.. Mea-
CHER in New York, and that gentleman's declin-
alton. The meeting highly applauded the wis
dom and delicacy of the action.
In Wheeling, the Sd instant, a keg of pow
der was ignited by spark from the shoe of the
horse that was passing by. Both the horse and
the boy who was riding him were very much
hurt; but neither was killed
The great tunnel on the Nashville and Chat
tanooga Railroad has been completed, and the
opening of the railroad through was to be cele-
brated with great festival, in which ten thou
sand persons were expected to participate, on
the third inst
gSy@ Col. Crockett, of Tenn, a son of esold
Davy's' and a full-blooded Whig, was invited
by the Democracy of Tammany Hall to partici-
pate with them in celebrating the 4th he ac-
cePted, and on being toasted made speech!
HEA- At Democratic meeting at Fremont,
Sandusky county, Ohio, John L. Greene, until
now prominent Wing. was called upon to make
speech, and announced that he should vote for
Pierce and King.
ESsAGen. Scott has not sufficient confidence
in his election to resign the office of Major Gen
eral, for which he is drawing salary of SIX
THOUSAND DOLLARS per year! He has already
drawn from the Peoples Treasury QUARTER
OF MILLION OF DOLLARS in the shape of
'alary This ought to satisfy the appetite of
any man. lie has no hope, however, of being
elected, and viii not give up the 6OOO year!
sSy@ After Scott was nominated says the PRO
Ndence R. l. Post Gov. Johnson of Pennsylva-
MA, pledged himself to the Convention, that
Pennsylvania should go for Scott by larger
majority than she gave for Taylor. This from
the Wing ex-candidate for Governor of the Kew
stone State, who was beaten last fall by more
'han 5000 majority against him, must have
oeen extremely encouraging.
AlHon. Daniel Webster was in Philadel-
lhla on Wednesday last, on his way to Marsh
aeld. The Bulletin says Just before going
70 press, we heard a rumor that Mr. Webster
lad signifed his acceptance of the nomination
or the Presidency rendered to him by the "a
@erican' Convention at Trenton"
ESa5@ The following successful application o.
| Iron to a new purpose, will be interesting tC
/ our friends in the iron business Hurra fo1
the Iron age:
"At the Prussian Industrial Exhibition Count
bernard, large proprietor of iron works, ex-
IIOIted sheet iron of such degree of te nuity
uat the leaves can be used for paper. One OF
W. nhest sort the machinery rolls is 704O square
''e" oi what may be called leaf iron, from cwt
u metal. A book binder of Breslau has made
=" 1'Oum OF nothing else, the pages of which
'1'n as 1exibly as the finest frabric of linnen
sS As yet no extensive application for this
WIN oi the metal has been found, but the man
says the material must pr ecede the use for
Na1A Debating Society out somewhere near
lately discussed this question-sIs a
S~ months old a pig or a hog?' The
11'Suon was argued at great length and with
si5a. aoihty, but the arguments on both