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

nun" MS neck, the unkunp of which, ms he
lpNoaches the hnunts Of his comrades will
hghten them away. An'cxpcrt raj catch.
rr, however, familiar with the habits of his
! prey, will soon clear house Of its obnox.
! ioliS visi,ants.
| In China. where The excess Of population
has drlnnn the inhabitan,S to, ,cconomise ey-
cry species Of food. ru!s ares eaten and es.
icemed,a great luxury; and cases are re.
corded inwbiclI ships crews, whenshortof
provisions, have avenged themselves on The
r'tts for lessenug the supplies. by cooking
and eating them in the form of baked pics,
which IL isfSaid have been deemed quite
dainty by tho paglakers.. g
Ooe of The most Common modes of rid
ding premises of these Npwelcome inmates
IS that of administering arsenic TO thcm.-
This. however, Is attended by very great
danger, for rats which have partakcn of ar
senic make at once for the nearest water,
and If there be cistern.in The house, they
are aptD poison it. Our readers are aware
that a case of this Kind has recently occur,
red at Washington, in which the lives of
President Buchanan and seycralof the most
prominent politicians of the day were placed
IN imminenl hazard by partakiug of water
from ci$'ern, the contents of which had
been impregnated.
Tut New Usn OF CorroN SEED. I'm
| reccn, number of tire New Orleans Creole
we find a very interesting description of an
| establishment in that city for the mnnufac-
ture OF oil from cotton seed After desert
bing The process the Creole SAYS: Cotton
seed has heretofore been regarded MS useful
only for the purpose of manure. Irhns ad :
ded nothing to The value of Southern pro
.duction; but it is now shown to be little
inferior 10 intrinsic value TO. the silky fibre
in which it is enclosed. The establishment
to which we allude. produces five hundced
barrels of oil per day, from the dry cotton
seed. a noyeland beautiful piece of ma,
| chinery hulls il with the utmost precision
and the greatestrapidity, leaving the oily
meat free from every foreign substance. -
| Exposed toa considerable heat. and subject
ed 10 pressure, oil is produced, (which, by a
new chemical process of Qualification, be /,
comes iii for every purpose for which olive,
lard, or sperm oil is adapted. To-day, it is
used on the tables of many of our citizens,
as olive oil. 1t burns in the solar and astral
Jampsin our parlors. 1t is used on machine
| ry as a lubricator, and answers every other
/ purpose for which fine native or foreign oil
is needed. The establishment is self-sus-
| tanning, The refuse buls furnish the fuel
80 drive The engines. Not single stick of
wood has been purchased snceth the machine
ry WAS put in motion. AS an experiment,
a porHouof the accumulation of the waste
bulls has been shipped to The North TO be
worked into book binders boards for which
purpose this material is believed to be ad-
mnitbly adapted Six months havenot yet
elapsed since the machinery was set in mo
tion, andnow 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|y of production. -
RATHER "S@oNe MlvDEp. ."--Somc of
our "beautifdl and accomplished" ladies of
the North have p,cularitirs which would
be considered agreeable bythose who make
il a point to be'fohd Of what is eccentric and
OHhe. For instance, we read thai. warrants
, have. been issued at East Deer township,
| Allegheny county, Pa, for the arrest Of six
young ladies' charged with riding he school
master ofthnt district on a rail. Itappears
that tho s,hoolmaster 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, tlInt the young ladies have secreHd
themselves to avoid arrest, It'is certainly
very ungallant of the people ot Allcghany
county TO attempt their arrest,
THE UNIyERsAL YANKEE. .-LTwoIauoha
BILE occurrences, atfording new dGnonstra-
tions of the migratory propensities Of our
| countrymen, have come to our notice. A
gentleman recently for1id,amitf the ruins of
Palmyra, surrounded by all The clecayihg
trelics, of Oriental grandeur, New England
farmer from Berkshire county, "keeping
housc"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 musingsupon the topic which
every scene around him suggested to his
/ mind, and deeply buried in classic assoca-
ton, he heard a voice behind himsremark,
Pooh This amt nothing. You ought to
see the fremont Theatre, Boston," Turn.
ing round in utter amazement, lie exclaim-
ed tosa young Yankee on the next bench,
"Where on earth did you come from l"4-
Without moving muscle of his face, the
person rejoined. SCOT little vessel.down
here in the Peb@us lust come from Thorn
aston, Majne!" The effect can be iinagin-
ed.--Bostoy Courier.
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