The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-04-29

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found to be as 1874 to 1913. The depth of the
Baltic on the west is from to 10 fatboms on
the south it is nowhere more than so fathoms
but towards the north it decpens to 100 fathoms
The Baltic receives the waters of the Niemen
Vistula, and the Oder, besides numerous lakes
and smaller streams. The great amount of
sand and mud carried down by the rivers has
greatly raised the bottom and closed the montf s
of many of its navigable streams so that ships
which formerly entered these rivers must now
be anchored {. considerable distance from their
mouths. This, together with numerous islands
and sand-banks. and the gradual upward move
ment of the bed of the sea- at the rate of several
ieet in century. renders navigation on the
Danish shore of the Baltic troublesome and dam
gerOus 1t has no tides, or rather the effect of
the tide is so little felt not to be observable
but it is subject to changes of level depending
on the winds, retardng and accelerating the
passage OF the water through the sound and
belts. During winter this sea is usually frozen
to greater or less distance along the coasts
and in severe winters. not only the sound and
the belts. but greater part OF its surface. is
covered with ice. The ancients were but slight
ly acquainted with the Baltic its shores. howe
yer, gave forth those hardy warriors wEo over
threw in its decreptitude the Roman empire,
and laid the foundation Of European States.
IMMENSE EsTATEs.-Is there case on record
of any one of those large sums of money which
are occasionally discovered to have been living
in the Bank of England for number of years.
waiting for the rightful owner, having been
paid? 1t is well knOwn--or rather, we should
say. seriously bcleved-that there are many
millions reposing idly in tie vaults of that es-
tablisEment, due to individuals in this country.
who find difficulty in making out clear title
to them. There is the Dudley estate, ard the
Jennings estate. and goodness only knows how
many other estates, lying in the enchanted lin :
bo of the bank, like :. sleeping beauties: but
the fortunate heirs, whose arrival is to awaken
them to life and circulation, do not appear
Advertisements cannot produce them nor can
| the money subscribed at family conventions
bring them forth. The last discov cred unclaim-
ed estate is, We perceive, a Sawyer estate =
and all persons through the Union, bearing the
honorable name of Sawyer, will soor, no doubt.
tc invited to participate, by literally sui ser b.
ing, in a legal effort to gain something to
their advantage We hope the Sawyers will
be more successful than many of their prede-
cessors in the pursuit of a mares nest. 1t re-
quires no great ingenuity to discover new un-
claimed estate, and get up small excitement
in relation to 1T; and in moments ofcXcited Gu
pidity, men will open their purses. Suppose
we request our friend, who starts for England
next week. to obtain for us a list of old suits
still undecided in chancery? One may be the
celebrated Smith case. involvinga almost as large
an amount of property as the Jarndyce case
AMI like that, all devoured by chancery. Sc
venty or eighty years ago, one of the Smiths
came to America the children of that Smith
were joint heirs with the children of other
Smiths, to an immense chancery suit Now.
there are several persons by the name of Smith
here-many varieties of the genus and among
these it would seem strange if there were not
good sprinkling of the genuine Smiths, who
will not begrudge twenty dollars for the prose-
cutiOn Of their claims to untold wealth and un-
known estates!
The only instances Of persons receiving I'M
expected fortunes from England, are those dis
covered by country papers. when there is a
dearth of news, and they have exhausted the
mammoth pumpkin, :" the Gigantic strawber-
ry," and tn" genuine 80 shower of frogs" lodges
They then thrust sudden fortune, varying from
one hundred thousand to half million OF dol
lars on some interpreting man-generally a
printer. 1t is strange that, in the course of our
long acquaintance with printers. VIC have never
met with one OF those lucky typos s!-Sunaay
Times.
CURE FOR THE BITE OF A MAD DOG.-We have
been favored by Rev. Mr.. Brunson, of Prairie
du Chen, with the following information which
we lay before our readers, and which is cnti-
tied to careful consideration these times of dan
ger from mad dogs and cats. This is an instance
where two boys were cured of hydrophobia, or
the virus prevented from taking effect by ve-
ry simple remedy. Mr.. b. says A number of
years ago, sheep and two boys were bitten by
rabld dog, almost at the same time. in town
in Illinois, and SO rapid was the effect of the
venom upon the sheep, that in few moments
it laid down in stupor. apparently never to
get up. The owner of the sheep and the father
of the boys supposed there was no remedy, but
determined to try experiments upon the sheep,
and if successful to attempt to rescue his chill
dren from the awful death which then seemed
inevitable. To this end he obtained a quantity
of bark from the root of the black ash, made
strong tea, and gave half pint to the sheep,
and in half an hour it was up grazing, apparent
ly as well as ever. This encouraging result
caused him to use the same remedy with the
boys lie Immediately commenced giving them
the same kind of tea, a gill three times day,
and continued to administer it to them for about
ten days. The boys never experienced any evil
effects from the bite, and eighteen years after
were enjoying good health. The account and
the veracity of the writer was vouched for by
reputable persons in the town in which the cure
was effected. Mr.. Brunson further informs us
that the same remedy is infallible in snake
bites, whether on animals or humans, as he has
tried it, and never knew it to fail. The rene
dy is simple and within the reach of every one.
were in this town, who had been bitten by
mad cat in search Of a remedy. From this
place they went towards Potosi, in search of the
Mad Stone. Our informant says they found it
that it was applied with satisfactory results.
We are further informed that to test its efficacy
a wound was made upon the hand Of one Of the
individuals bitten, and the stone applied, but it
would not stick while it would adhere to the
one made by the cat as long as poison remain
ed. The singular properties possessed by this
stone are Eard to account for, but the results
are as we state them.-PiafteriHe american.
DISCOVERY OF CoFFEE.-About the year 1858,
a dervish named Hadj Omer. was driven out
of the community Of Mocha. Hunger induced
him to roast the Kahhua berries, which grew
near his hiding place. lie roasted and ate
them, as his only means of sustaining life
Sleeping them in the water, which quenched
b 8 thirst, he discovered very agreeable quail.
ties, and also that the infusion was nearly equal
to solid food. His prosecutors, who had intend
ed him to die of starvation, regarded his pre-
servation as miracle. He was transmitted
into a saint. Such are the facts relating to the
d;scoyerv of coffee There are supposed to be