The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-09-12

In Ceylon, and several districts Of India, grows a
moderate sized tree, with thick shining leaves and a short,
crooked stem. In the frnit season, it is readily recog-
nized by it's rich, orange colorcd berries, about IA large
as golden pippins. The rind is hard and smooth. and
covers a white, soft pulp, the favorite food of many kinds
OF birds, within which are the fiat, round seeds. not az
inch in diameter, ash gray in color, and coyerd with very
silky hairs. The Germans fancy they can discover a re-
s%e!nblance in them to gray eyes, and call them crows
eyes, but the likeness is purely imaginary.
The tree is the st~rychnine MR. yomicn, and the nut is
the deadly poison nut. The latter was early used as IA
medicine by the Hindoos, and its nature and roper'es
understood by Oriental doctors long before it was known
to foreign nations. 'Dogkiller' and 'fsh.scalc' are two
Arabic names 1t is stated that at pIcsentthp natives If
l%ilndostan often take it for many months continuously,
III much the same manner as opium-eaters eat oplum.
They commence with taking the eighth Of Il nut a day,
ami gradually increase their allowance to an entire nut,
which would be about twenty grains. If they eat d.
recily tefore or after food, no unpleasant effects are no.
dnced, but if they neglect this precaution spasns result
The Doom OF OUR WORLD this change is to
be, we dare not even conjecture; but we see III the heav-
ems ~t.emsclves some traces of destructive elements, and
soinc Indications o! their power. The fragments Of brok-
EN- plaaetS-the d,sccnt OF meteoric stones upon our globe,
the wheeling comets welding their loose materials at
the solar furnace-tle volcanic eruptions of our own
satellite-the appearance Of new stars, and the disappear
ance of others-are all foreshadowso of that impending
CONFUSION to which the system of the world is doomed.
Thus placed upon a planet which is to be burned up, and
under the heavens which are to pass away thus thread
ing as it were, on the cemeteries, and dwelling on the
mausoleums of former worlds-let us learn the lesson of
humility and wisdom, if we have not already been taught
it in the school of Revelation.-NorM British Rerieac.
Who WOULD NOT BE A FARMER.-Th Louisville
Co"r1er pays the following tribute to the occupation of
the farmer -
IF Il young man wants to engage in business that
will ensure him, in middle life, the greatest amount Of
leisure time, there Is nothing more sure than farming
If he has an independent turn of mind let him be a
farmer. If he wants to engage in a healthy occupation,
let him till the soil. In short if lie would be independent
let him get a spot of earth keep within his means, to
shun the lawyer; be temperate, to avoid the doctor be
honest, that he may have a clear conscience; improve
the soil, so as to leave the world better than he found
it; and then, if he cannot live happily and die content,
there is no hope for him.
A Western New York farmer writes as follows to a
distinguished scientific agriculturist, to whom he felt un-
der obligations for introducing a variety of swine -
Repected Sr:-l went, yesterday, to the fair at
NJ; | found several pigs of your species there was
a great variety Of beasts, and | was astonished at not
seeing you there!
To CURE HoRN-A1L.-Pu a half table spoonful of
spirits of turpentine on the head between the horns, and
then with il syringe inject into the nostrils a solution of
vinegar, salt and pepper, which will cause a discharge
at the nose.
Hogs should always have access to the ground, and it
is said to be absolutely necessary for breeding sows,
many a fine litter having been lost for the want OF it.
One pound of green copperas, costing seven cents, dis,
solved in one quart Of water and poured into privy, will
eileetually concentrate and destroy the fouiest smells.