Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-02

\ iRproaches .be hauiits of his comrades will
Tighten them AWAY An. expert raj cntch,
er, however, familiar with The habits of bis
prey, viii soon clear a house Of It's obnox,
/ ions viSi,ants.
| In China. where The. excess Of population
has dtiS"n the inh8btants to economise ey-
cry species Of food, rats nrescatcn and es.
ieemed,a great luxury; and cases arc re-
corded in,wbiclr ships crews, when shortof
! provisions, have avenged themselves on the
r'tss fol, lessening tbc supplies. by cooking
nnd eating them in the form of baked pics,
which it isf$iiId have, been deemed quite
dainty by the prtakers.
Ooe of 4he most common modes of rid
ding premises Of these unwelcome Inmates
is that Of administering arsenic to thcm.--
This, however, is attended by very great
danger, for rats which have partakcn of.ar-
se6ic make at once for the nearest water,
and if there be cislern,n the house, they
| are aptto poison it, Our readers are aware
lhat a case of this Kind has recently occur
red at Washington, in which the lives of
President Buchanan and several. of the most
prominent politicians of the day were placed
IN imminent hazard by partakiug of water
from ciSlern, the contents of which had
been impregnated.
TuE NEw UsE OF CorroN SEED. In n
recent number of tiIr New 6rleans Creole,
we find very interesting description of an
! establishment in that city for the mnnufac-
tuie of oil from cotton seed After desert
ing The process the Creole SAYS: Cotton
seed has heretofore been regarded rs useful
only for the purpose of manure. 1t has adj
ded nothing to the value of Southern pro.
.duction; but it is now shown to be little
inferior in intrinsic value to, the silky fibre
in which il is enclosed The establishment
to which we allude. produces five hundred
barrels of oil per day, from the dry cotton
seed. a novel and beautiful piece of ma,
| chinery huIls it with the utmost precision
and the greatest rapidi,y, leaving the oily
meat free from every foreign substance
Exposed to a considerable heat, and subject
ed topressure, oil is produced, (which, by
new chemical process Of Qualification, be
comes hi for every purpose for which olive,
lard, or sperm oil is adapted T'o, day. lit is
used on the tables Of many of our citizens,
rs olive oil. Il burns in the solar and astral
lamps in our parlors 1t is used on machine
ry as a lubricator, and answers every other
purpose for which fine untive or foreign oil
isneeded. The establishment is self-sus-
taInlng, The refuse bulls furnish the fuel
to drive the engines. Not single stick of
wood has been purchased since the machine
ry was put in motion. AS an experiment,
a portion of the accumulation of the waste
bulls has been shipped TO the North 10 be
worked into book binders boards. for which
rN,,r Ill =. L
mirrbly adapted. Six months have not yet
elapsed since the machinery was set in mo,
lion, and now the oil is finding its way into
the country in preference to lard or sperm
oil, and is for sale in many establishments
of this city. The sale is quite equal to the
po sibil'ty reproduction.
RATHER "'STa6Ha MrvDED. Some of
our "beautifdi and accomplished" ladies of
the Ho,th have pecularitips which would
be considered agreeable by those who make
ita point to hef6hd of what's eccentric and
o"tre. Foripstance, we read that warrants
have been issued at East Deer township,
Allegheny county, Pm, Cor the arrest Of six
young ladies', charged With riding the school
master that district on a rail. Itappears
that tho s.hoolnmster refused the use of his
sehool.house for the purpose of holding
singing schools, which gape,the young la
dies great offence, So great is the excite.
ment, that the young ladies have secreted
themselves to avoid arrest. Its certainly
very ungalant of the people Of Allcghany
county TO attempt their arrest.
TIE UNIVERSAL YANKEE Two laugha-
BILE occurrences, afFordipg new. dGnonstra-
tions of the migratory propensitics Of our
countrymen, have come to our notice" A
gentleman recently found amid The ruins of
Palmyra, surrounded by all The decayihg
relics. of OTiental grandeur, New England
farmer from Berkshire county, "keeping
house" with his family. Again, friend
from Boston was travelling some years ago
in Greece, and stopped at Athens. To
while away an evening, he visited the thea,
tre. While musing-upon the topic which
every scene around him suggested to his
mind, and deeply buried in classic associa-
ton, he heard n voice behind him remark,
Pooh this amt nothing. You ought to
see the fremont Theatre. Rne!cn." Turn
ing round in utter amazemcnt, lie exclaim.
ed to a young NaH.>ee on tho next bench,
"Wherc on earth did you come from l"4-
Without moving muscle of his face, the
person reioined, "Got little vesseI-down
hese in the Pcbaus Just come from Thom
aston, ,Majnew The effect can be imagin-
ed.--Bosto@ Courier.
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