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ASTONISHING STRENGTH OF THE PoLER
BEAR.-This powerful animal is, among
quadrupeds, the sovereign of the arctic
countries. He is of immense strength and
courageous; savage and sagacious; appa-
rently clumsy, and yet not inactive. His
senses are extremely acute, especially his
sight and smell. As he'traverses extensive
fields of ice, he mounts the heights and
looks around for prey; on rearing his head,
and snnfing the breeze, he perceites the
scent of the carrion of the whale at an inn
mense distance. Seals, however, seem 10
be his most usual food; yet, from the ex.
treme watchfulness- of these creatures, he
is often, 1t is believed, kept fasting for
weeks together. :He,can swim with the We:
locity of three miles an hour, and can &C:
complish some leagues without much in-
convenience. Having an amazing strength
of jaw, he has been known to bite lance
in two; though made of iron half an inch III
diametar. When pursued and attacked, he
always turns upon his enemies; if struck
with lance, he is apt to seize it in his
mouth, and either bite it in halves, or wrest
it out of the hand. If shot with ball, un.
less he is struck in the head, in the heart
or in the shoulders, he is enraged rather
than depressed, and falls with increased
power upon his pursuers. The polar bear
will seize man by the back, as cat seiz-
es riouse, and run off with him with the
greatest ease ,or swim with the body in the
heaviest sea,
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POET Il Y.
FOR the PECTAT TOR.
FANCY,

Hers 10 "create, and, IN creating" g're
"A being more intense.
There is World, lovely world, far lovelier than
the sphere
W hereon Tor Adams sad offence, we pine aud suffer
A wor where Fancy rules supreme; where nothing
is, that's real,
Save cherished facts, which mcmrys stores, 10 nal
lowed thought, reveal.
1t has its Subjects, but they live in forms our taste has
drcsi;
They aud go, they ,hiuk and talk and act as we
They feel as We would have them feel; and then such
love they own,
As, in this cold and selfish world, yearnng hearts
have kuowu.
1t has its Wealth. but such dross as dug from earth
Brings Envy in its gltterug train, and Hatred where
But riches issuing ever forth from fountains full and pure,
Where we may sake our frequent thirst from bitter
taint secure.
II has its Pain but then such pain as only is alloy
To temper wha, would b. excrss-a plethora otjoy-
Aud yet, its tears. but these shed 10 purify the
brain,
AS glowing Skies when chargd with clouds, clear
ed BY genial RAIN
But then its Bliss Go Worldng go; 60 in thy pride
oil Life,
To some self exile from thy sphere some victim ofts
strife,
Whose thought now roves where Fancy reigns, his
mistress, goddess, queen,
That he may tell thy earth bound Soul, what that bes
change has been.
For high, o'er Fancy, rules power,-the Sovereign
Lord of all
Whose mercy gives her sway its charm, her voice III
magic call
That snort Of Heayen may yet be found, IN her crea
tions dreSt,
World for HIM, when this has lost its purpose, hope
and zcst.
ELLENpALE, VA. W. D. B.
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A BABY CoLoNEL.--The Emperor of Rus
sla has just made his grandson, young
prince of three months old,a Colonel OF the
Imperial Guard. Two Captains have been
appointed to assist the young officer Mrs
Bibskl to dress him, and Mrs. Tuckerwitz
to nurse him. The regiment has adopted
the uniform of the Colonel, viz: long petit
coats, lace cap, and the national cockade:.
They look splendid in this uniform, though
it rather lmpedes the movements of the
troops on field days. The field officers OF
the regiment ride IN supurb go-carts. A
splendid service of silver pap-boats has been
presented by the Colonel's Imperial Grand
mother to the regimental mess. When the
Colonel cuts his first tooth he is to be ad-
vanced to the rank of Maj General; when
he is weaned he is to be made Field-Mar-
.hal. A baton of barleysugar is preparing
for his Imperial Highness, and the devoted
subjects of the Emperor say he. will make as
good Field-Marshal as certain eminent
and Royal warrior who enjoys the same
rank in this country, and who was seen at
late review reading the Orders off pa
per on his saddle, and asking his Aides-de-
Camp "What was to be done next "'-
Punch,
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ALTAR OF RosEs.-How is II MADE p
The roses of Ghazipoor, on the river Can
ges, are cultivated in enormous fields Of
hundreds of acres. The delightful odor
from these fields can be smelt at seven
miles distance on the river. The valuable
article of commerce known as altar of roses
is made here in the following manner {:
-On forty pounds Of roses are poured six
ty pounds OF water, and they are then dis
titled over slow fire, and thirty pounds of
rose water obtained. This rose water is then
poured over forty pounds Of fresh roses, land
from that is distilled at most twenty pounds
of rose water; this is then exposed to the
cold night air. and in the morning small
quantity of oil Is found on the surface -
From eighty pounds of roses, s,about 100000,
at the utmost an ounce and half of oil is
obtained; and even at Ghazipoor it costs
40 rupees (S20) an ounce.
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CAUTION TO PSALM SINGERs.-A medi-
cal writer Of celebrity, in physiological dis.
ertation, adyerted to the comparative anat-
omy of the maxillary joint in predaceous &
herbivorous animals, and stated that in this
respect,man resenbled the herbivorous class
but there was greater extent or motion
In the human jaw, and consequently great
er liability to dIslocation, and he stated a
curious case in illustration of this fact: "a
devout singer in church choir, lifting up
his voice in hymn to its highest pitch,
brought the condyloid process to the very
edge of the glenoid cavity, and attempting
10 shake at this critical moment, actually
dislocated his jaw"
General publicity should be given to this
singular and melancholy fact, that singers
in our choirs may not in future attempt to
"shake," when their condyloid processes
are st the edge of their glenoid cavities.
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sTAUNTON VA WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY A. l852

to fish for himself, he watches the iaoorS o.
the fishing hawk; and when that dlllgent
bird has at length taken fish, and is bear
ing it to its nest for the support OF his mate
and young ones, the bald eagle pursues HIM
and takes it from him. With all this lnnJus-
tice he is never in good case, but, like those
among men who live by sharping and rob-
bing, he is generally poor. and often very
lousy. Besides, he is rank coward the
little king bird, not bigger than sparrow.
attacks him boldly, and drives him out oil
the district. He is, s,therefore, by no means
proper emblem for the brave and honest
Cincinnati of America. who have driven all
the king-birds from our country, though ex-
actiy fit for that order of knights which the
French call chrualisrS dandusfrie.'
These bald eagles are, indeed, sad thieves,
not confning themselves to fish or such
small deer. Mr.. Gardiner, of Long Island,
saw one flying with lamb ten days old, &
by hallooing and gesticulating, caused the
bird to drop 1t, but the back was broken.
The same gentleman shot one seven feet
from tip to tip Of the wings, which was so
fierce that when attacked by dog, II last
ened his claws into his head, anG was with
difficulty disengaged. Another case is on
record, when one of these eagles pounced
upon strong tom-cat and flew away, but
puss offered such vigorous resistance with
his teeth and claws, that regular battle
took place in the air at length, tired OF
struggling, and extremely incommoded by
the claws Of the cat, the eagle descended
to the earth, where the battle continued, but
was terminated by some men who captured
both combatants, much the worse for wear.
In New Jersey,a woman wedding in her gar
den had set her child down near, when a
suaden rush and scream from the infant
alarmed her, and starting up, she beheld
the child being dragged along the ground by
huge eagle. Happily the frock, IN which
the birds talons were fixed, gave way, and
alarmed by the outcry of the mother, ne
did not offer to renew the attack, but flew
away. The chief redeeming feature in the
chaIacted of the bald eagle is its love for
its young. During the process of clearing
piece of land, fire was set to large dead
pine tree, in which was an eagles nest
and young; the tree being on fire more
than half way up, and the flames rapidly
ascending, the parent eagle darted around
and among them until her plumage was so
much scorched that it was with difficulty
she could escape, and even then attempt
ed several times to return to her ofspring's
assistance.
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DAILY HABITS OF THE QUEEN oP SPAIN.
Queen Isabella, whose history and adven-
lures are familiar to everybody in Madrid.
has been quite sage and prudent for year
or two past, living with her husband in ap-
parent content and not taking up with any
more lovers. She has just given birth to a
daughter, which was grievous disappolnt-
ment; as she had prayed to the Virgin for
aprince as many as five times day, and
had innumerable masses said for prince
She rises out Of her royal bed about 2 o'clock
P. M. At four o'clock she takes break
fast, and shortly after, at pusk of the
evening, she passes by my window,
in her carriage, going to the Prado,
where she promenades for short time, or
visits the church, to pay her devotion to
to the Virgin. She then returns to the pal
ace IA beautiful and spacious building and
dimes at about or 10 o'clock. She then
hears music, and goes to the opera or the
atre; then, at about o'clock, she sups, &
finally, at about orr o'clock in the morn
ing, She retires to bed. The KING consort
does not quite follow her habits, but bids her
good night at an earlier hour in the morning,
and a goes to bed in his own side of the
house
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AUToGRApHs.-Th-re is branch of COM
merce, extensively practised in France and
England, which seems quite unknown upon
this side of the water, although we are ac-
cused of making traffic Of everything. We
allude to the sale of manuscript notes, doc
uments, and even mere signatures, OF emil
nent persons. 1t constitutes, there, a'reg-
ular and important department of trade
In London and Paris, public sales by auc-
ton, of collections, are frequent; and while
many booksellers deal IN the purchase and
selling of autographs, as collateral to their
principal employment there are several
houses which make it their exclusive ousl-
ness. The records of autograph-hunting
include some illustrious names; among them
no less a reputation than Wolfgang Got
Won Goethe was one of those who suppos-
ed that peoples nature be:.ays itself in
their chirography.
At Rouen is preserved charter signed
with cross by William the Conqueror,
which shows that man may be able to
make his mark in the world, who does not
know how to write his name. A friend OF
ours is in possession Of two or three notes
of Napoleon which indicate that person
may master and manage all the spells OF
victory and empire, and yet have very
imperfect notion of the spelling of common
words. Mr.. Rogers is in possession of the re-
ceipt given to Milton by Johnson, for some
twenty pounds, the csPymoney for Para
disc Lost" ard he delights to acqualnt his
friends that he gave more for the signature
than johnson gave for the whole poem,
which shows that Milton is as rich in fame
as Rogers is famous in riches. The author
of ''Italy" is delightful poet, but his au-
tograph would be more valuable at the
bottom of a thousand pound check than a
nuwhere else
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THE WOMEN IN coNvEHTIoE.

The New York Sunday Times makes inc &c
following illusions to some OF. the 1eminiiie .'
Notabilitles who recently assembled Ia
Convention at Worcester: q.
Mrs. Price read a report describing man :,
as slough faced cringing creature ana
contending that ature designed women S
lees (the actually said legs y for panta-
looms. In conclusion, the report stated that
as revolutions for human rights were gene
rally accomplished by oceans OF olood'
there was no telling what it might be neces-
sarv to do & dare s suffer before woman oo-
tanned equality with man. Mrs r. is trump
We saw to her, as Macbeth said to Mrs.
Macbeth /:
nBting forth men children only:
Fir thy indauhted metIie should compose
Nothing but males"
Miss Lucy Stone-a precious stone, no
doubt-felt aggrieved that woman made
her waists so slender"to minister to the de-
praved, morbid taste Of man." "Ihe very
soul" said Miss S., ''is screwed out OF her
body" She also averred that "there was
not room for large and generous heart IN
pair of tight-laced corsets.'' Ihese wo-
man s-rights women are found of going into
details. Miss Stone concluded by moving
resolution that all employments be open
to women, and that all openings ought TO
be seized -,
Mrs. Elizabeth Stanton, of Seneca Falls,
daughter of Judge Gady, exhorted her Sis,
tiers by letter to persevere in the. good
cause. She argued in her communication
that women should act as "captalns OF
steamboats, and other vessels, conductors OF
railroads, where they could obtain plenty OF
air and exercise, and members OF Con-
gress."
DR.. Hunt. of Boston, described as ro-
bust woman, "fat, fair, and forty, COM
planned bitterly that she had been unable to
obtain admittance at Harvard College as
medical student She sought to develop
her nature" she said, and her nature tend
ed to the study of physiology. We think
that DR.. Hunt was an ill-used woman. She
said, and we do not question it, that lady
doctors chad an ease, confidence, and
prudence that would 60 far to cure the pa
tient without midicine." No'doubt OF it.
Mrs. Mehitable Haskell, an old lady said
she chad groaned for fifty years under the
oppression of men," Having made this at
hicting statement, she lifted up her voice
and wept but, soon driving in her tears by
the fire of her indignation, she adj jured the
women present to do battle for their rights
We hope the he-felows will let Mehitable
alone for the future fifty years are enough
to "groan under the oppression of men,
Let the old lady have an unlimited fur
Tough.
vention, we like Mrs. Nichols, the wife OF
Vermont editor, the best. She is in a
false position. Her heart is evidently rum
ming over with warm womanly feeling
She said that ''the object of women was 10
be loved" We like her for the real ten
derness with which she spoke of her hus-
band and children. She compelled all her
sisters to betray the softness of their nature
in spite of themselves, by making them all
cry.
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A CARD.

DR.T. ]. McGILL offers his professional service .
~ TO the citizens OF Sauuton and vicinity once
E IN. present at his residence, lately occupied oy
49, %,, M Hsiskel. Opposite Mr. LytletOn Waddell's.
Dec %. lS5l.-6m.
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SINGULAR DEcEpTIoN.-In Paris, an l.
Italian organ-player lately exhibited queer
specimen of what he called twin rats Two
rats were Joined together. having only one
tail between them, e., the tail of one rat
running into that of the other. This was
alledged to be freak Of nature. and for
weeks and months the lucky Italian pocket.
ed thousands fo sous. AT last the secret
came out. The rats tails had been cut off
and joined by an ingenious artisan. So long
had the rats been joined that they were
quite lively and used to their condition,
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@s- An Irishman taking book to the
binder, was asked if he would have it bound
in Russia, meaning Russia leather to which
he replied, ''No, by Jabers, that 'ud be
triAe too far to send for it +: I'd much rather
you gol il done in Dublin !"
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CHINESE DEBTORS LAw.-The Chinese
observe but few holidays, and, in fact, the
five days preceding new year are the
only ones they keep. These five days are
an incessent round Of festivity; but there
is custom prevalent at this period which
would, perhaps. not be much rellshed in
America. Creditors dun their debtors in
China as we'll as elsewhere, and during
these holidays become unusually importu-
nate; and, if their demands are no: dlscharg-
ed on the last night of the year. they repair
to the houses of their debtors, where, taking
seat, they observe the most profound ST.
lence. As soon as midnight is passed, the
creditor rises, congratulates his debtor on
the new year, and retires. But woe to his
host for the debtor, according 10 the GUS
tom of China, has then lost his face, and
nobody will trust him afterwards.