The Davenport gazette., 1852-04-29

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/ The Magyar wants money, and he has
sid 50 otlen enough, and emphatically
enough 10 be believed. He repndiates as far
ne cac, ali mere civiiities, and like sensi-
Die man as he is, tells us at once, and 10
The pluines, kind OF English, what il Is be
l.aeeds, and wi,hoG, which nothing can DO
dome for Hungary aid" Tho
sine qaa non is pretty hard chapter; but
still the people are doing something, and in
some places on pretty encouraging
scale
/ 1t isvery well for those who have much
ltnoney TO spare. or even little TO contrib
lute TO the Hung arian fund, as iis ultimate
destination will be, we hope, 10 do good in
8 ma shape or other, to relieve the wants
Iatthe suffering ex!es, if nothing else. But
l4hosa who contribute under the belief that
they are doing any thing seffectual to pro.
mote tha re-esiabishment Of Hungarian in
| dependence, deceive themselves, We are
sorry 10 say. To secure Hungary from
the graspsof the Emperor and the Car,
| you'd require force OF five hundred thou-
ssad men, and fund Of five hundred mil
lions of dallsrs al least; and where all this
l.maieriI aidn is to come frnm we are not
Iinanc;ers enough To see.-Globe.
TRE CoRaL lNsEcTs labors Of the
cor siinR area most singular feature in tha
leconomv Of nature. The coral insect be-
iiengs to The order polypes, these beings are
lsnfosgnific that they seem scarcely to
ue aumslized 1t all. The coral banks are
seen n the Pacific Ocean. in different
stages a progress. sosDe are become islands,
nat not vet habila hle; others are above high
wafer mark, bn, destitute Of vegetation,
while manv are overturned with thu re-
|tnrninr Tide. While The polvpi, whicl1
form The coras nj the bottom of the ocean,
lee lse 70 I've, their skeletons still nlhefe, 10
|aach tiher, aud The in.ersiices being grad
a,aIly filed up with sand. and broken
pieces OF corals and shells washed in By
the sen. a mass # rock is Al length formed;
.fnslre races nf ethcsa animalcuies spread
ont upon tie rising bank, and sin their tnrn
die, Increase. and elevate this ws1deriui
rnanument Of their existence.
A correspondent Of the lMerckants Mag
tszine gives The fosiowing receipt of The pro-
ven.ion Of we. feet, aud adds that BY cub
ier,ing bis boots 10 this tresimeut, thres
pairs have lasted him six wears, md arc
likely 10 last him six years longer. H6
ssys:
ipui pound of How and ! linlf pnund
IF rasin in a. Poi on the fre when melted
and a,ixcd. warm the hnots and apply tho
hoi stuff with a paint hstsh, until neither.
sole nor upper will suck anv more. H Il
is desired that the boots should immediate
Es fske peiish, dissolve m ounce of wax
in spirits nf ,nrpentine, to which add tca-.
spoonful of hanback, A day after The
boots hove been treated With iallow md ros-
in. rab Then. ever wivh the wex, and they
vii! shinelka mirror. Taliow OF other
grease becomes rancid, snd rots the stitch
ing ss well as tba leather; but the resin
siyss i an antiseptic quality which pre-
serves the whole.
A PRoBlEM "A witty young gentlemsa
living with rich farmer, fell ia love With
HIS daughter. On benring at this he said
~ the young man that there were thrse
gates between his house aud his orcherdf
and that if he weud 90 TO The orchard, and
se, member Of apples and leave half he
had ond half an apple over, 4, the FIRST gate;
and hrlf he hssl Iefi and hslfan spple over
nj the second ga,e: and half of,he remstn-
Ter aud halfan apple over al the third sate,
aud bring one to him. wiahont cutting an
apple, he might have his daughter. ! wish
Ito know how manv apples lie had left pt
each gate, and the number II apples.