Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-08-25


IN IN htngtons "Forest Lifc in Ceylon are
the following hints on the preparation n
conee, derived from long experience: Tn,
subtle aroma which resides in the essential
OIL oil the coffee berry, is gradually diseinated
after roasting, and OF course still more after
being ground IN order TO enjoy the fuii
| flavor IN. perfection the berry soud pass
at once from tie roasting pan 70 tie mill,
ahd thence to the coffe-pot ard again. after
having been made, should be mixed at
! boiling heat with the hot milk. 1t must ba
bad coffee indeed which, if these rrecartion7
are taken, will not afford an agreeable and
exhnratng drink.
The TELEGRAPH -thevaler Boneli has
proposed n plan for carrying the submarine
line already in operation from Genoa TO Sar-
dina, from thence to Constantinople. by way
of Malta Gambia. Alexandria, Sra, the port
OF Athens, Smyrna, &c, upon u plan OF his
own, which would reduce the estimated ex-
pense 10 the government interested. from ff-
tYto sixty millions oe francs and the time
asked for its accomplishment from two years
TO six months The cord will be 1000 miles
in length. Professor Botta, of the Universi-
ty Of Turin, has at length completely succoe-
ded in establishing the practicability of send.
ing counter messages simultaneously on tho
same wire.
III
ST. Lo-fs. Aug. ll.-Maior A.mstead and
wife have fallen victims to the cholera at
Leavenworth II is reported that forty-eght
other citizens Of that place had died of tho
disehse. Further advices from Fort Riley
confirm the death Of Can't. Ogden. and state
that the wife Of Major Woods and four Of her
children have died DR.. Simmons and the
ladies of garrison have left. and the Chaplain
is the only officer remaining in the fort. Tho
cholera is Of the worst type, and very fatal.
The workmen employed about the fort ara
enaeavoring TO get at the public funds.
Capt. Leromnt and party left Leavenworth
for Fort Riley to-day.
To MAKE WATERMELON Bu7rtE Split the
watermelon open: with spoon scrape out
the pulp into uculender. and strain the water
into vessels: boil it down to syrup; then put
in APPLES or peaches. like making apple but
ter or any kind Of preserves. Or the syrup
may be boiled. without fruit down to molas.
sos which will he found 10 be as fine as the
best sugar-house molasses.
FATAL CURIosITY.-Several persons have.
Of late. been testing the question whether
larger beer is or is Misunderstanding. Among
Others n Mr.. Emig tried the experiment at
| Rochester, y. j.. last week. He drank
| three gallons in twelve hours. hut lie died
| the same night. Two quarts were pumped
/ from his stomach in the endcavor to relieve
| him,
THs WEATHER AND CRors-A letter Just
! received from Athens, Georgia. says: at
rains nearly every day here. Never, perhaps,
was there snch a prospect Of great corn
crop Unless food should come and sweep
| tl,n L. nj ha
! Wheat is good-worth from IS cents TO 81
per bashel."
Az IyvoLUyrARY KrDSArpER Margaret
! Cain, at Albany. n. Y. few days since.
stole a covered basket from the steps of a
grocery store. and made haste to get away
with her booty. What was her astonisbment
and chagrn to discover, on opening the bas.
ket, pretty little baby, snugly tucked in aud
sleeping.
BAD PrScrUA1IoS.-A laundering com.
'positor. in setting up the toast, woman
without her, man would be savage" got the
punctuation in the wrong place. which made
il read: Woman without her man, would
be savage" The mistake was not dis.
covered until the editors wife undertook tc
read the proof
bELlGhIFNl GUNNER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
patches of snow still remain on the Northeas
tern slopes OF the White mountains. n. II
n On Mount Jefferson there is o snow bank
some feet deep. At this place, snow has re-
mainsd in former years till the middle ol Au
gust.
j CANAL roI1s.--From the first OF December
last to the 30th ofJnne, the tolls collected on
the North Branch Canal, ut Beach Haven,
was S70.949.TS being aud increase OF 81 200
81, over the same period last year. The col
| lections for July not yet reported.
A HAnp SpELL.-The following is placard
in a bath house Mt Atlantic city.
Nots-rhe woman that takes care of the
| clothes gets no remuneration from the Pro
priter and has to depend on the Liberation oil
| the ladies'.
SHOWERS OF BRIMsToNE.-The Mississippi
! papers mention singular phenomenon, viz :
| The falling of showers OF birthstone there
within the last two weeks. IL has been dried,
and is found it is alledgod, to be the genuine
article
| CoRN AND PoTAToEs ~ OHIo.-The Cin-
| cnnatti Enquirer says that the corn and
! potato crops were never so gloriOps as this
season. Potatoes are SO plentiful that they
are expected to be down to l2t cts bushel
ANOTHER PARTY A new party is being
organized to oppose the use Of fans in church
-lAnning in church being considered wicked.
We have known some wicked Faunies, it is
true.-Bostoa Post.
Gen. Sptter. the veteran pioneer of Cali
| forna is said 10 have sustained damage OF
$4,000 this year in his crops by grasshop-
| pers.
Miss. Louisa Reeder, niece Of Gov. Reed
er. All Kansas. has written n play, called "Ma
ry Morton, or The New York Seamstress, |,
wnieh has produced at Cleveland Ohio.
| FOLLOWING PREsoEIFTI3N.-A man in
Maine, who had stolen watch, gave as al
excuse that he was, unwell and his physician
advised him 10 take something.
1t is said there were forty cholera death.
in the Aunatic Asylum ., Lexington, Ky
last week.
A censns of Milwaukee, just completed
shows that city TO have 81 ,507 inhabitants.-
IN the year 1850 il had 20,0Gl.
DR.. John Mcmillan. of South Carolina. re