The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-10-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

FRIGHrFUL FEROGITY IN A MARRIED MAN.
"a lady, who had been in bathing machine
at Southend, left behind a gold watch worth
G25, and a massive gold chain, neither of which
has been recovered" A savage, yet married
man, reading the above in a weekly paper,
made series of remarks, which may be worth
preserving as proofs of the ferocity of male
leave her head behind her, if she had one, and
it was loose. Besides, what do they care for
valuable property? They don't pay for tits
we who are the victims. Recovered 1 should
think not. 1t was left in a woman's machine,
and woman followed her. They have no
more common honesty, sir, than -. I'll
bet you guinea the finder found that South
end didn't suit her health, or found that her
house in town was on fire, or that the cat had
smothered the darling child there, and so she
left Southend next day, and has never looked
at the Times advertisement sheet since. Per
haps it's all falsehood of the woman's, and
she had sold the watch and chain to pay some
milliner's bill, which she was afraid to show
her husband. Won't she plague his soul out
till she gets new ones? And serves the block
head right. A man who would let any woman
have watch worth 825 deserves to be served
out. What does woman want with a watch
like that, or any watch, indeed? They only
desire to look fne and silver thing at e5 will
do that. A chronometer at hundred guineas
wouldn't make 'em punctual. | believe the
whole story's fam. Women look deal too
sharp after their trumpery ornaments, which
are the breath of life to 'em. If it had been
her husbands most valuable private papers, or
his gold watch and chain, could have I'M
derstood it. Women dressed in that style won't
20 to Southend, where there is only health and
fresh air. they drag you to Paris, or Antwerp,
or Venice, that they may stare, and show their
clothes, and be cheated and cheat you,
and -." But here he became utterly un-
hearable, and very properly was turned out of
the room. -FWach.'
A New INVENTION TO KEEP THE DUST FROM
RAILROAD Cause.-The editor of the Western
Advocate, who has recently been on a touy for
business, thus writes his assistant at Gin
cinnati
"The ride from Cincinnati to Columbus was
pleasant beyond anything of the kind ever before
experienced in this line by your humble servant.
The 'anti-dust cars on the Little Miami
railroad are splendid affairs. We occupied the
hindermost car, and yet, although the road
was very dry and dusty, and the weather warm,
the inside Of the car kept perfectly clean, and
the air was cool and comfortable, beyond any.
thing one could imagine who had not witnessed
the perfect success of such an enterprise. No
parlor is freer from dust of every kind. Not
particle of a cinder can enter, and yet every
window ia open. The arrangement is very
simple. Two large forcing pumps are placed
equi-distant from each end of the car, one on
each side, and worked by means of an attach
ment to the ie Of the car, so that when The
cars are in motion, this motion works th 70
pumps. The receiver of these forcing pumls
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filed with water, and the only openings in th is
receiver are by means of screens in the floor IF
the car.
"The pumps take the air from the top of the
car on the outside, and force it through the
water in the reservoir, after which it escapes
through the orihces in the floor, and passes into
the upper part Of the car, where the passengers
are seated. This upper part of the car may
now be considered as portion of the receii7c,-
of these large forcing pumps. Now, as a
large volume of air is forced into the room by
each motion of the pump, it naturally seeks an
outlet. This is provided for by means of
small window upon a hinge fixed in the larger
window, the small window being about four by
twelve inches. While the air, therefore, which
is constantly thrown into the room would other
wise become compressed, it is constantly pass
ing out at these small windows. This gives
to the air in every part of the car an outward
motion, 80 that while perfect cloud of dust
envelopes the car, the inside is perfectly clean !;
the air within being Invested of every particle
of dust by passing through the water. By this
means the air within, which would otherwise
become contaminated by the breath, is every
moment passing out at the windows, and its
place supplied by a cool, fresh breeze"
"Do you think moir antique becoming on
widow" said young widow to Mrs. Parting
ton, as she exhibited mourning dress elabo-
rately trimmed and bonnet of the latest mode
The old lady scanned her attentively through
her glasses, before she answered. "More
antic?" said she at length, and her finger was
raised up with note of exclamation. al
should think less antic would be more becom-
ing in widow. Widows more antic, must be
them spoke of by Paul and Timothy, who
Yaxed vanton, and will marry. Well, well, let
'em, though where q woman has once married
with q congealing and warm heart" looking
straight at the rigid profile of the corporal on
the wall" and one that beats responsible to
her own, she will never want to enter the mari.
time state again." There was a tremulous tone
III her voice, there was glistenine of the eve,
like dew-drop on morning glory; the finger
fell to her side, and she turned to look out of
the window after Ike, who was sailing single
boat in rain-water tub, with q garden toad
for q passenger.
The building committee of place of
worship In the county of Northumberland,
England, which has recently been enlarged,