Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-07
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mouse III all It's parts, framing tlmberS,
shingles, doors, window SasheS, shutters,
flooring. all planed, tongued, grooved,
numbered, and ready to put upon the
prairies to which the many railroads will
convey it, so that the farmer from those
wide extended plains may come in one
day, buy his house complete, and take it
out the next, and with the assistance of
his neighbors, get it up within week.
How TO CHEApEN GAs-At recent
trial of newly invented Gas Regulator
in the Works of the Screw Company. at
Providence, it was found to effect saving
IN the consumption of gas equal to thir-
ty-nine per cent. Two accurate tests
were made, and both showed that with
out the regulator 1900 feet were burnt in
specific time, whilst with it but 1900
feet were required, and equal amount of
light obtained.
PIGGIsH.-At an entertainment at York,
given by the nobility to Queen Elizabeth
in 1000, the Lord Goring was unanimous
~ adludged to having given the most
magnificent supper. 1t consisted of four
huge pigs, piping hot, bitted and harness.
cd, with ropes Of sausages, to a huge
pudding in a bag, which served for
chariot.
UDispositions are as contagious as
the measles. One cheerful man in house
will make all hands look brisk and bust
Eng-while the introduction of an old
drawl, will give all hands such tendency
to dyspepsia, that nothing but the ex-
pense of collins will keep two-thirds from
committing suicide. Whether yours tom-
ach performs its functions, depends less on
your age, than on your companions
Again we say, avoid people who are al
ways asking you if you don't think the
cholera will be here, by and by
FAULTS IN THOSE WE LovE.-The dis
covery of faults in those whom we believed
to be perfect, is always sad temptation
to injustice. Our vanity is concerned;
we have deceived ourselves but do not &C.
knowledge it, and insist on believing that
we have been imposed upon by others
And we fling guilt, annoyance and hatred
on person, who certainly was not the
cause of our mistaking him for what he
never desired to be thought.
UThey punish people queerly in
China. For robbing pedlar, a gentleman
was lately put into mortar and fired
against stone wall. Whether this cured
him of his propensities, we have not
learned. We should not wonder, howey-
CT, if it had. Queer people, those grow
ers of Young Hyson and shaved crani-
ums.
IA young woman advertised for a
husband in the Stockton (Cal.) Journal,
and is answered by man who says he
has never been married but three times,
and that all his wives are dead but one,
the last having ran away. Nevertheless,
he claims to be a very amiable man, and
exhibits his morality and standing in So
ciety by the following statement: "II
have a class in Sunday schOol-am a
member of the hook and ladder company,
also of the singing school, and the |. o.
OF o. F., and am candidate for collector
of taxes and justice Of the peace-at pres
ent practising medicine on the homo,o-
pathic plan, because it requires no capt.
tai.
To MAKE A CANDLE BURN ALL NmHT.-
| remember seeing, some years since, in
an agricultural work, now out of print,
an article on Economy in Candles"
which may be new and useful to many of
your readers. When, as in cases of sick
ness, dull light is wished, or when
matches are mislaid, put finely powdered
salt on the candle till it reaches the black !
part Of the wick. In this way mild |
and steady light may be kept through the
night, by small piece of candle.
1.-THE New York State Canal tolls for
the year, up to the 22d inst, amounted
20 81 ,G62, 562, being S54,S02 more than
to the same date last year.
OFF you want favor ola man, laugh
at his Jokes. If there be anything that
the whole human family have a weakness