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Amendment Of tho Patent Laws.

An amendment was made by our late
Congress- Ut the request Of the Com
missioner Of Patents, providing for four
new principal examiners; four assistant
examiners, and the power to employ 2
other principal, and two assistant OK
aminers; ifrequircd. This amendment
to the patent law confirms regulations
heretofore adopted by the commis- is
sioner. ,s.I.,
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TO Cure Pelons.

S. 0shor, Of Higganum, Conn, in
forms us that by keeping the felon lin
ger in hot water for long time, it will
remove the pain. The water must be
kept as hot as it is possible for the per.
son to bear. lie cured one on himself
by this plan, and has known of it be-
ing equally clicacious With others.
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.. ...P.0.ETIGAL.......... VI. {
For The Mirror.
MY BROTHERS,.


si y MY BROTHERS. 3'Ta
Do ye never turn aside, dear friends, +, r,,i
From the noisy wayye tread, ig5s i'
And in some calm and quiet spot f.
Think sadly Of yous dead ,,,;,s ..s-.
For there are not many thresholds here "
Which death has never crossed -aiiis9t
Not many hearts that meier have moarned :.
Some precious treasure. lost. "a g,il 'seja
50, on this holy Sabbath day, i.3l* = ,' '+,I
My thoughts arc backward bent,
And cluster round tho graves Of those ~
Whose early life is spent. " sl,9s'' '' ''
There were four sweet little brothers N ng.
Who but touched these shores Of ours a3
And fingered for little time ar6 1a3gt y
Among the vernal flowers 5aaHi la en-
Till one BY one they wearied grew,-, a
They would not, could not stay. 4,
The life-tide ebbed, and each ftail bark
Was gently borne away. ~. .L.,
And often, when the storms Of life 22p9 ls
Beat heaviest on my head, aN'l Aas iaF
Ithas seemed blessed thing atthey, hl5
The fair and pure were dead. i0rqni:! on
~ yiH9l1 4ailar1rfI ,dtiH ii5iR al
So, baby brothers, sweetly rest saiE, Biz
In your untroubled sleep ra;leis.
'Twere sin to wish ye back again, ,,R.jw.
'Twets vain for ye to weepq...ys8 Al Mi
But oh ! there is one other grave % 's7
In the mountains far away, Y 7A''4' =
o'er which my heart, in bitterness, #4hl sp
Could weep itself away. '9isn' g'g'o7'.
Free as the very mountain wind, s, d, d! b.
More peerless still than free; & esifiN.
And glorious in manhood's strength, sr-.s
A peerless one was he..
And yet he fell i! the arrow aew,.
The deathly deed was done!
His warm heart sheathed the murdcrous shalt,
He died,--he sleeps alone. .t-.9
But, brother, in thy mountain grave, II
A fearful, sad farewell n y..f eit ot,.
'Twere better not to think of thee,
Than at thy faterebel. - '''plNi "A.
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tifc american: ,sF.
The sphymograpb, Or Pulse Writer.
In arecent number of the Scientific
American, Prof. Vierordt's machine to
record the beating Of the pulse is no
ticed. Allow me to state that there
has been machine for the same pur-
pose, invented, made, and experimental
with, in this country, which is much
more accurate and ingenious than the
Ferman one. The invention Of this
instrument called syphmog ogragh, i. g:
Pulse Writer, was occasioned by the
wish Of DR.. G. Herring, of'Philadelphia,
to have q machine for such o purpose.
It was invented BY Mr.. 3. F. Hilgard,
.. S. Coast Survey, and made in
Washington about a year ago.
1t is an electromagnetic machine,
recording on the same strip Of paper
the time and the number Of beats Of the
pulse; it is, in fact, a Morse''s record
ing telegraphic instrument, with two
levers, two magnets, two batteries, and
o clock. The current of one battery
is broken by the stroke Of the pendu-
lum ola clock, each stroke making d
dot. The current Of the other battery
is broken by the pulse. To q splint
fastened to the arm Of the person
whose pulse is to be recorded, alover
is attached, one end of which rests on
the pulse, so that each beat Of the pulse
raises with tho lever projecting piece
of platinum from another insulated
piece Of platinum; ); to each Of these
pieces Of platinum one end of the wire
from the battery is attached, and each
beat of the pulse breaks the circuit and
makes a dot The operators Of this
double telegraph being, in one instance
q clock, in the other the pulse, record.
ing on the same paper, thus: 81: fs52
4. ..'a. Z" Z. time.
~. -. pulse.
In an experiment, the pendulum
made 72 strokes a minute, therefore u
strokes are equal to 10 seconds, during
the same time the pulse beats 10 times,
making so beats per minute. The
number Of dots per IA, 1-2 Or 1 min
ute, ore transcribed to paper, hori-
zontally and vertically ruled, tie time,
on the vertical and the pulse on the
horizontal lines, showing at q glance
the state Of the pulse. During last fall
the subscriber made with this instru-;
ment series of experiments to ascer-
tain the action Of different articles of
food and drugs On the system, aid how
they affected the pulse. Alcohol q OF.
to 5 OF. of water raised the pulse at
first considerably above the normal
number, then it lowered it for q much |
longer period, the line showing the risA
ing was never q straight one, but al
ways up and down, waye-likc, and SO
was the falling pulse. L
Dr.. G. Herring had this instrument
made for merely scientific investiga-
tions, and as soon as q sufficient num-
bcr of experiments shall have been
made, the results will be published.-I
The instrument may be seen at the Of
flee of its proprictors in Philadelphia.
A. ZUMBRocK, NJ. d.
Baltimore, March 10th, 1856.
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The editress ofthe Lancaster Litera-
ry Gazette having said she would as soon
nestle her nose in rats nest Of swingle
tow, as ALLOW u man with whiskers on
to kiss her, some outrageous old bache,
lor editor, who ought to be condemned
to live single forever, If not a little Ion.
ger, retorts thus. if gs -lss y
1--WE don't believe word oft! The
objection which some ladies pretend to
have to whiskers all arises from envy.
They don'thave any. They would il
they could, but the fact is, the continual
motion of the lower jaw is fatal to their
growth"
"The ladies, God bless them, adopt
our fashion as far as they can. Look
at the depredations the dear creatures
have committed on our wardrobe du.
ring late years. They have appropria-
ted our shirt bosoms, g6ld studs aid all.
They have encircled their soft Be%itch.
ing necksin our standing collars aud
crava,s, driving us men to fiattiss and
.urndowns. brheiri innocent little hearts
havo been palpitating Ii the inside Of
our waistcodts, instead Of humping a.
gainst the outside ds naturally Intended
"They have thrust their pretty fee
and ankles through our unmentionables
unwhisperahles, unthinkables-in slor
as Micawber would say, breeches. Ant
they are skipping along the streets, ii
our high.heeled boots. Do you hea
gen,lemenl We SAY boots, M
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r THE EDITORS SONG.

Writing, % well Us he's able, " u !
Z Paragraph, leader and puff; '' 'sa
His scissors beside him arc lying, .'7s
Whilst he is in agony trying r
ofcopy to furnish enough. l ~.
Toil-toil-toil! .....i d.
Whit weary life is mine!
Wasting the precious midnight oil
In leader, and column and line;
Working from morn till night, ,.
Working from night till morn,
Oh! why was the steam press ever made,
Or why was the editor born7
Toll, toll, toll!
And whose is the gain when wof!
Whose are the trophies We achieve,
And for whom are The laurels won7 I..a
+" To stand in tho foremost rank ~
Ofesch hard fought party fray f'
To share the toll, and only to get A
Abuse and neglect for pay! ."Hat
ag Toll, toll, toll! .- yo-
What thahklcss task is ours;
To bake the bread and deyour the cheese
That Senator Jones deyours!
To sit on a three.legged stool, ,
Whilst others have hair stuffed seats,
To prepare the hash and csok up tho stcw,
but never to taste the meats!
Toll. toll toll, ''" q
As The eonstaht drop on stone,
So the ceaseless, endless work. .l
Weary away body and bone; a
Though the poet splutter and write,
Though the orator bully and brawl,
lfit were not for the editors spen, rs b.
What were the use Of it ul7 r|
Toll, toll, toll, H..
Christians, Mormons and Jews;
Is there a maa on this weary earth
But grows richer by reading the ncws7
Richer, richer, richer,
As they read It by sunlight and taper
And yet there isn't soul Of them all
But prldses 10 pav for his paper
Toll, toll, toll! aA. .
There's row in the very next street
Somebody's going to murder his wife,
And must be toat-iniie, ,1
Yesterday, just at this time,
Two policemen got clicked in a riot;
And SO it goes on from morning till night,
And an editor never knows quiet
@ Boston Pilot.
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sEfsctual Method for Destroying RATS

~ OVERWHELMING, ,AuA Ao0SLuyAh6 sAAosss MI
sA,corrsspondent .of'the Gennesseeai
Farmer gives the following method for
destroying rats. He says. 3.s:.s 80,
zone day, a stranger. cams 10 the
house to buy some barley, and hearing
my fatherSmisntien the difficulty he hadai
in freeingt,he house Of these disagreea- i
BILE tenants, he said he could put him ID ,
the way Of getting. rid Of them with
yerylittle trouble. His directions were
simply,hese mix. a quantitylof arsenic
with any sort Of grease. and. plaster il;
pretty.,hick around their holes. The
rats be said. if they do not eat the poison 9
would soil!their coats in passing through
the holes in nypassing and as like, all ,fur.
red animals, they, are very cleanly, and
cannot endure any dirt upon their coats,
to remove the offensive r,atterutheyIl
would lick their fur, and thus Destroy i
themselves. This plan. was immediate.
ly put in practice, oad in q months
iiinme In hot d rat was to BE seen I u bout the
house iorbarn! aghsb bce ,stg9.aiiass stt
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Fairviiiew, Tayl0roo., Va.
Plenty Of MARI.

lii Che interior Of Norfolk, England,
is a bed Of oyster shells, nine miles
long, and above Is feet thick. Other
shells and bones (some. of elephants,
&c., also aboudd, 100 feet above tile
sea level. Alder and hazel bushes are
found 20 feet below the surfade-level.
Remains Of extensive forests DIE traced
beyond the mouth of the wash and in-
der the land, with bones of elephants,
oxen and dedr. The same forests are
found on the opposite coast of Flanders,
andit is believed that they orcc joined.
The Washington Star says that 24,-
500 applications for bounty lands un-
der tic law of tho last session have al
ready been fled in tho Pension Office.
A man named Harris, 10 years of
age, has been committed in Philadel-
phia for making bogus silver coin.
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Singing conductive il Health.

1t was the opinion Of DR.. Rush that
singing bysyoung ladies, whom the COS;
toms ofsociety, debar from many kinds !
Of healthy exercise, should be cultivated
not only as an accom- plishment, but as d.
means of preserving health. He par.s
insists that vocal music should
never be neglected in the edntation Of a,
young lady;yapd states, that besides its
salutary operation in soothing the cares
of domestic life, ithas a Still more di-
rect and important effect.sa"l here in-.
troduce e fact, !" says Dr. Rush, (which
has been subject to me By my profession;
that is, the exercise ofthe organs ofthe'
breast by singing contributeslto defend1
them very much from i,hosea diseases to, =
which the climate and othet nases ex- !;
pose them. The Germans aio seldom
afflicted with consumption, nor have 'Is
ever knew more than zone case ofsspit.oI
ting blood amongst them, This, ], be. /,
lieve, is, an part, occasioned by the,
strength which their lungs acquire BY
exercising them frequently in vocal mus
sic, which constitutes an essential branch.
Of lheir education" The music mas.
ter Of an academy" says Mr.. Gardner,
/" has furnished me with an observation
still more in favor Of this opinion. He
informs me that he has known several
instances Of persons strongly disposed
to consumption, restored TO health by
exercising gtheirilungs in singing eab
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Mahhaarsssn Mha.ss ea, ll,aaare i7sa.p,. Il on

Maaagem ntsflNaaare Hedps.-Ons
Of our foreign exchanges has a .commu.
nics,ion from Mr.. Robert Austin, Man.
chester who says that upwards Of atom
of horse duugis produced in his stables I
daily aud the usual offensive odor andie.S
yapora,ion from it entirely prevented by
sprinkling over the dung heap ~ means
ofan ordinary watering can, asolItions Y
ola pound ofcommon green copperasT
in gallon of water. The value ofthisf
chemical in fixing ammonia and strength
ening manure, has long been known, but
Mr.. Austin's practical application mayo
be consideredsimp ple effective and easily
adopted in similar cases. ,ta o58
A case came Up for trial a few days
since in New York, wherein one party
sued another for The value of,4O bags Of
peas. Tie plaintiff was coffee roaster,
and had contracted with the. defendant
for $50 bags ofpeas, which, it t,appsarsd;
were to be'ground up with the Coffee
Some curious de7elopements came out
in the course ofthe trial, showing!theo
extent to which peas, chicoty and other
substances are used for the article which
III sold as pure ground coffee. y iisla
54. ~ s'-.2- -..---- -------, tgtsiz,se a'4haf
THE ZoulyEs.-Who and what areY
the Zopayes2 The Zouayes are natives.
af the French provinces Of Algiers, dis
ciplined and exercised by French off,
GERS, and now forming part ofthe French
contingent emplosed in the Crimea and
the siege ofsebastopol. They hold ex:,
actly the same relation to the French
army that the Sepoys in Ifdia3haveatolt
the regular British troops.-Note
Quiries. , aagl ,4og. VA.
Animportaut case suit Under The pre-
entliquor, law was decided in GTeref
Haute on Tuesday. 1t deems tha. liz.
quor seller had sold man brandy, from
the effect of which,he fell into the canal
causing congestion, from whichhe disda ]
Thejur awarded the plaintiff, (witow
ofthe deceased) damages to the amount
ofFtvE uuABRED DOLLARS. Arighteous
verdict. tS'gli.s3t1.s q 'iA.q,S
Rich aad Pom.-The rich have the
ostmeati .hepoor the best appetites.
The rich lie the softest; the poor sleep
the sounlest. tTherich have delicacies;
the poor have health. The richsare a.
fraid oflosing; the poor have nothing to
lose, and soin this, respect they have
nothing to fear.i The rich dread the
midnight robbers; the.poorhaye nd sp.
prehensions Of being robbed. !. 6a
The Pofp has sent to 1.-The govern
mentss Of Europe a volume containing
an account of all that has taken place
between himself and the sardinian gov
4rnmeut on thsveligious affairs sof Pied-
Il r. iNNNeN llfhfa tsei ~ o. n I. '
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THE MoNoNGALIAt MIRROR

Is published every Saturday morning, at Die
Office on Front street, next door to N. Madcra's
old Post Office stand, at the following terms:
$3.50 a YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE;
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III No paper will be discontinued until all
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No subscription taken for shorter period
than six months. .tg .-,.. o..
TERMS OF ADVERTISING: ,e.
For tqaare, weeks, Sl.oo
each additional insertion, o.25
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do. 6 months, 600
do. year, ~ 1900
FOR one column, minion ttpe, 1 year, 40.00!
For Announcing Candidates, each name, 200
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SCIENCE AND ART.

H9= The following articles We copy
from late numbers Of thcN 7. Scien--
t;fc A,uor,;cn,,
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THE PsFp has /, sent to allthe govern, w ai:,
menls Of Europe a volume containing
All account of all that has taken place
between himself and the sardinian gov
4rnmeut on thsveligious aaairsof Pied-
mont. sg y y
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s8 Keep your eye on the coin, yli
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INDIAN TREATlEs.-Governor Ste
vens Of Oregon, has lately made treat.
les with several tribes Of Indians, in that
territory upon terms satisfactory, as well
to the Indians as to the whites. 3. H'
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We have a paper before US urging
the claims Of W. H. Seward of N. York
for the next Presidency, calculating
largely on his popularity with the free
soil or Republican party OF the N orth.
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A western editor, in answerto COM
plant Of patron that he die not give
news enough, told him when news was
scarce to read the Bible, which he had
no doubt would be news to him. 'iR 's'1l
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Rev W. Summers, an old and useful
minister Of the NJ. E. Church, died 10
Mar,insvile, Ohio, on Wednesday last
He was buried by the Masonic frater
nity.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-15

article named in The schedgs any articles be required
be furnished al Ms lowest
prices email s oder them from the
for similar arucss snd The con
and The
furnished By other persons who VIII
that demanded BY The CONTRACTION
proposals VIII be furnished al the department. 10 per
without uniformity therein the de
ddhcu decsoe, viii be
consideration unless substantially agreeing herewith
itself the right OF ordering greater
quantity ~ each and article contracted for the pub
lie J. require.
The VI w decide whether the
have complied with, and the
failure
able time.
Bonds with be BY The person OF
supply the articles, the
be liable for the forfeiture specified
such bond as lquidsted damages,
The will be awarded the lowest and beet bidder The
careful examination for the purpose
Of ee,nng which hid will In It's eaeteal results be moAi adj
department
Itself tbs right reject bid where
spparen OF the articles bid for al low aud
without regard the cost OF each
for affecting the bids under The est
contained in the advertisement
JAMES CAMPBELL,
May ll--law4w Postmaster General
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Each be sgned BY Individual drn making
specify priceaad
cia contained the schedule should article be
be furnished he
according quality Hank forms proposals viii b. furnished
department persons applying for without
would Ind ikcult
cson viii be taken into consideration unless substantially
agreeing Herewith.
The addressed the
endorsed Proposals stationery Notice
awarded be
villain Ave thereafter bond, with
ties, for Its performance
The department all
Of le complied
which opinion, of Inferior quality,
annn the failure comply with within
a reasonable time
Nav m-taw4w
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Proposals for Stationery.

Post OFFICE DkrA Nns Io ,s,,
SEALED PROPOSALS win be received oGce De
furnishing the stationery for this department for four the
5 G % AK s ] a", d By
Al the ARTICLES be Of the best quality samples Of which,
10 a
ns No I'D w l. ss o %
pa"s"s are nos kind and qualify required " The asps
ne q S :. !, nov !. done
quality aud description Of each Of the kinds articles that
post plain anish, an,Ined and trim
70 a. med q weigh ns s.. Than .. ps, Isa
40 % foolseap, plain m.ehns fainned, trimmed,
10 olscsp, bIuead Handmade fainLined garden pa,
%s no sn s.s :, Is asd p s or
30 do qaaio post handmade, plain faint lined three sidcs
Ass DO pos machine plain, fain.insd Sides
n brs made super paper, plain, per rean
S aaa maSs f ss papss ream
% b.. hand d %sss paper
% DO a mote papsr s.!. per rsam large si.s
90 90 not" note s sss ss .s .ss m sf: ..'
100 90 pap ,sow is ya per
IS dozen cads pen. holders per dozen
card. all other m.aur.e.ure. in u.e per dozen
DO large barrel pen handles rosewood per gross
90 small barre, pen handles. rosewood, per sros.
SO opaque % aai No. 81 s. per- PEI gross
8 ss s .. :ss
% ' Do fsiaer.' Very. ises, PEI p.r dozen
10 .lk taste widths, , hanks, per dozen
% DO p paeer ws,sss. I assorted d. per- dozen
do beri gold pens, per dozen
y 10 sand boxes. Cocoa, per dozen
- do wafer stands, or bOxos. cocoa, per dozen
DO sra.ers Rodgers Sons ivory handles, genuine, per
do penksves, Rodgers Sons blades, buekhom han
dies genuine, pei dozen
DO watrrsamps. ivory handles, per dozen
90 wafer stamps lgn"mvi = handles, per dozen
% p,., ss s
90 s.;, s:. ds sG :ss single dozen
900 bo'des IN black MAYNARD Noyss'. bottles per
saas f s".e ss' per lo,
5 30 .uSss. sss s.,'s, per pound
% 90 Isss rubber psspsssa per pound
100 qasrt. black sand, ger QUAR-
400 pounds pound. " @as a S pss pound
6dozen rulers, m .hogaay, round or nnt, per dozen
DO do nsnumv's, round, PER dozen
10 % s ssa's ssss ss. s ss s1 pound
thics, Sx by AZ iscsss square pr ssnd,sd "''
long hu epvr'opes smooth and 'hck ~ by
$500 long adhesive envelopes ys smooth aud
5000 envslops thick,
1000 white adhesive envelopes. hundred
1900 envelopes. PER hundred
Inc adhesive enrips must be h'ehy snmmed oofn OF an
inch wide, round the sppss.
Zach bidder must Furnish with his proposals sample and but
one sample, OF each ar,ci@ bid
ae article be bid for aodno an price named
for any article.
s,ds ay conforming win
cred.
The condition. advertisement, stationery
be incorporated IN the for and the head of
department w 40 ~ Judge whether the Articles rendered by
the couuactorate 81 the qns'y required the
The viii he awarded the bidder and
bond and security viii he required faihfs,
The stationery % be furnished mny ordered the de
The prices whethe the exceed
or Tall short Of those estimated
proposal signed the individual making
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No. 1851
Office of the establishment of additional land
ohcc in the State Of wsconsn.
In the gpagFes approved February
sniiud sn eslablish adasucua
Of Wisconsin," smtraeiUg 81 present
hrvsn tying north the ns dividing
y fourth correction ne,l be
aisc A. hereby declared snd made
for said district has bern located io the pse-ent President
tbs Gnited suites at surwRfos ctrs, said
Gven under hand the 81
April, A. u. 1885. JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner OF the General Land Oarce
Anrtl oa-lsaS~ fint. and star