St. Mary's beacon., 1857-02-05

it'll. can raise as large measure of tine
H. Of the cosanscm yellow corr, upon n
stseu soss,. True, the ears of The Pop
~s.rx, arr much smaller: but then IL wlll
be.tr being planted much near together
and The average nu'sbeFeoi eass upon
!Kr-Ik n nsarlv double that Of anv Other
/ variety Of cora have ever cultivated.
vr fowl. are exceedingly fond oft. and
Will pick il n;,t from any "t!irr variety
~I,en mixed and fed 90 them. he '.Ieagi-
ssuosIs .snstter s!1'st aSoHHds iHI IL. and the
swelling OF which bv hat car<es this corr
IL u,,, ~, freely, must. I think. rem Ter il
neeuLarly valuable in the fattening of
iawis: and hope all AR farmers will at
lsast :ry the exr rimPnt ~! crop which
seldom falls. and which when It comes
into more general nae 10 tamliies.a viii d
hale a mall per crniage, at least, Of ID"
tribnle which all New England now pa!s
o. ,ie Great West for br+adsiuifs A
Corn papser costs hut about quarter of =
d.iIlar. aad. whrn pop corn IS raised so
freely Al IN be- <oId for dollar or less per
bush !. it WILDE found one ofthe cheapest
aud hsaIthiest articles 81 diet to he found
IN The whole catalogue Of good things. ]
sra.t The time is ut ar distant, when
VIVA, i. n ,w he'd a. Injury, wiz become
4 hE-ssing OF 96o ordinary magnitude to
The hard .farinx" poor of our land -
&c P ,msryiiie.-New Engisnd
rlaksr.
Thar lNExRsAE HAcHIEg.-Thes story
of vvn,lderfSt machine for annihilaiing
armies. sinking ships &c., described as
resembling small grindstone. turned
bv a crank. and aiseharging three hum
drra one ounce balls every minute at.
t..ndsc by only two men, and one OF
which was sail 10 have bPen sent to
~ alker. was a. clared by the Scientific
American to be humbug. The Jour
an.l OF Commerce. hbweyer, insists that
there is such n snschine. aud that they
hare seen te>:imonial-. barring sigma.
tnrrs of some of the most distinguished
military and naval officers OF this country
and Europe, certifying to its destructive
power. We did not publish lhs state
fnent until We had asked and obtained al
interview with the WRITER, and ascertain.
ed that there &as no humbug about The
mater. The inventor 10 . Yankee. now
in Europe. -..- -.... .--..E
HoRsE Mar IN PARls.--The French
restaurants are just now serving up horse
NEST a. one of the greatest "delicacies
of the season." and the French journals
have good deal to say on the subject in
Berlin, also. horse meat is considered a
great luxury. A gen:leman--an Amer
lean gertieman--whD has recently been
residing in that city, assures us that, cook
ed in vinegar, il q better than beef or
venison; and sDch is the rage for il among
epicuTes that COED tat horse will brig
more money IN the butchers sha'nhIeS
than when sold FOR Anv other purpose.
The authorities have made it an oif-nce
q h, rse TO be killed in Berlin withent a
IlhySieianS certificate that the snimal
was not diseased How long will il be
before our gourman.is, with Europe an
tastes, will affect > fashionable RELISH for
horse flesh
How TO crEE CoxHs.-DF. Hall. IN
his Jnurnai Of Health. says:
Never let anything harder than your
finger nail touch The corn. The worst
kinds are controlled as follows: Soa!,
the feet in quite warm water Tor hall an
hour before going to bed; then rub on
toe corn with yonr finger for some min
ules. some common sweet oil. Do this
every night and every morning repeat
this rubbing in nf oil with the fnger.-
Bind on the Toe during the day two or
three thicknes>es of buckskin, with
h,le in the center to receive the corn
In less thsn week in ordinary cases, IT
Che corn does not fall out. you can pinch
IL out with your finger nail"
SEAsosABLE.--A correspondent pear
The NORTH, pole, writes ..The season for
the healthy exercise of shoveiing snow
has arrived and our citizens Nill have
&, ,urn out mornings and clear the path.
Particular care shoa!d be taken that the
path be- dug wide enough to permit The
free passage OF ladies with the hoop skirts.
with switching OF places al Intervals in
case swo Of them should happen to meet
DEAD TO rBE LAVA queer story IS
going the rounds. OF an Arkansas man
who owned an estate of s. 600. who sent
OF and was net heari Of for four years.
Administration on his estate was granted
has property distributed and his affairs
wossn1 mp. But ane day The poor fellow
came back appeared at the Probate
Court, and insistes that he was alive!
whereupon the Judge Few into violent
passion. and threatened to commit him
for contempt Of Court for daring 10 dis
pute the record. The poor man fed. and
has not since been heard Of.
-&rse Fizsf
TnE TARwp.--A Washington letter says:
There seevns now to be something ike DIS
position, on The part of ihe house, to revise
and re,luce aie taFsa at this session. The bill
viii be the special osder ill il shall be dis2o-
SD of. The senators have not had much
faith IN the inclination OF the house to DO any
tang OF the subject Of the iarif; but, IL the
N..,ea sLo,,il race = rSaSef,ahIp hf they will