The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-10

for to the palace, entered the waiting room, and till
called in to his Majesty, conversed with the courtiers in
attendance. Having a cold in his head, he requested
permission to keep on his hat. Getting into full dis
course, he was suddenly startled b. the gentleman in
waiting crying out-his Majesty demands the presence
Of Signor Lablachc. In his eagerness to obey the royal
summons he forgot the hat he had on his head, and,
snatching up another, thus entered the King cabinet.
Being received with = most hearty laugh, L.ablache was
COMPOUNDED, but at length recovered himself, and re.
specially asked his Majesty what had excited his hilar'
ity. MY dear Lablache,' replied the King, pray tell
me which Of the two hats you have got with you is your
own, that on your head, or that in your hand Or
perhaps you have brought both as a measure of precau.
ton, in case you should leave one behind you ? 'Ah
maledetta,' replied Lablachc, with an air Of ludicrous
distress, on discovering his e~tourderie, two hats are III.
deed too many for a man who has no head
The MIssIss1pPI.-The Illinois Central Railroad
propose to run y line Of frst-class steamers between
Cairo and New Orleans, commencing on the 1st Of
March, and leaving each terminus on alternate days.
They will ticket passengers through from New Orleans
included, and from New Orleans to St Paul Il 900
miles) for s43. We believe the cost Of a passage by
this route from New Orleans to this city. via Chicago
and the Central or Erie Railroad, will be about $50.
Time frou New Orleans to st. Paul, seven to eight
days.
SINGULAR MALApY.-There is a place in Tennessee
called the Sewanee Mountains, the caves Of which are
VAth AK AAiA HfNA hNCo IL AAN'ooy ANSnA 49, -
most every instance. \ bill has been introduced into
the present Legislature, to make it a penal offence to
lake down any portion Of the fences, which have been
placed around the sides Of the mountain, 10 prevent the
access either Of persons OF cattle TO the particular 10
ealities where the unexplained causes Of their mysterious
disease are supposed TO exist.
4 lady in Johnston, Pa, attended the funeral Of her
mother at 3 o'clock, p. NJ; vas led to the altar =
blushing bride 1--WE presume she blushed-if she didn't
she ought) at 6 o'clock, just three hours atterward, and
now is making application for a divorce.
Scorcu AND MANCHESTER PRUDENcE.-About 20
OK 20 years ago, when the manufacturing trade was IN
its infancy, several poor Scotchmen settled in Manches-
Ter who ultimately became millienaires, and whose de-
scendants are still connected with the city. We were
speaking 3 short time ago with a very old woman, who
knew one Of these men in his early struggles. His
landlady thought he paid too little for his room, and
was determined to raise his rent from Is Cd to Is Sd a
week. This the Scotchman stoutly resisted, and was
resolved to pack up his baggage and BECOME rather than
pay q fraction more than lSd. After gaining this point,
he concluded the dispute with this axiom, which ought
TO be remembered by cur young men-'lt isn't that |
mind 50 mucklc for the odd tuppence; but, ye ken,
Betty, its the breaking into a fresh piece O siller.' We
met ourselves with a similar illustration Of Manchester
prudence in connection with our Great Exhibition.
why did you not take t~wo-guinea tickets for yourself
and family: we asked a gentleman Of considerable
property the guinea Investments, you know, does not
admit you on the gay promenade days Listen to me,
young man, be said don talk without thinking. 1t
is not that | care for four two,guinea tickets; but
dropping his voice as though he wished to impress on
me as q secret 1 new truth-'don't you see, it would
have involved a twenty guinea dress q piece for my wife
and two daughters !'IFrascr's Magazine.
LIRE IN UrAH.-A Utah correspondent Of the New
Orleans Ptcoyune says that one Bishop (Johnson by
name has for wives four sisters, his own nieces.
Another saint has his own half sister, and another a
mother and her daughter for wives. vi the truth OF
49, 1850. -k, ;la.1 ; No ~oAn, -ioSo-nr fc 3o"ht
The facts are 50. In comparison With the cities Of the
Later-day Saints, Sodom end Gomorrah were
.thaste as icicles that hang on dams temple! =
MEASURING CoRS IN BULK A correspondent Of
the Prairie Farmer gives q rule for ascertaining the
number of bushels of shelied corn in u crib Of ears, BY
multiplying the cubic feet in the pile by four and a
hall. Example In a crib or bin of corn in the ear,
measuring ten feet in length, eight feet high and seven
feet wide. there will be 252 bushels Of shelled corn.
Thus-I0 x4a-252.9. This rule agrees with
weighing corn-seventy pounds to the bushel in the
car. Assuming this rule to be correct, it will be very
important to keep it where it can be readily referred to
at times when it will be found very useful.
A Birmingham paper says that an instrument, Of tor
ture used by the King Of Delhi was made in that city.
1t adds 'It is one Of the most horrible inventions
ever heard OF, completely crushing the victim under a
heavy weight
SALrpErEn WILL ExpLoDE.-The assertion has often
bCCn Ss1v NuV ~ ACI " ~
perceive that, last month, the British bark Elizabeth,
Of Liverpool, loaded with ~saltpeter, &C., blew up at
iquique, having taken FIRE from an attempt to smoke
the rats out. This settles the question, ;Will ~saltpeter
~explode?' The loss was $4,000.
Gen. William Walker, in his speeches at the South,
announces that he has abandoned Nicaragua, and intends
10 resort to fresh fields and pastures new III Mexico,
where, in the northern provinces against Comonfort, he
may effect q revolution which will result in their sep
aration froa Mexico and ultimate annexation to the
United States. With Dr.. Watts We can exclaim, Satan
1inds some mischief STILL &c. 1t is limited that the
government: tarcrs Walkers project but that's a
san0rf.
4 frenchuan, Mr.. CoilongueS, announces that, from
numerous experiments, he has discovered that imme-
liate!y after death a murmurinS sound is heard in the
body lasting five, ten, and even fifteen hours. 1t d.
ininishes gradually, and ceases first in the parts OF the
body which are furthest from the heart. In an ampu-
tated member the same sound is heard for several
minutes. The non-existence of this sound may be con
sidered as q sure sign Of the total cessation OF life. NJ.
Colleagues calls this branch Of ausculation ayaame.
scopio.
A writer in tho Germantown Telegraph offers Il re-
ceipt for preserving boots and shoes, which may be
valuable to our readers in such weather as the present
Take one pint Of tanners oil, half pound Of tallow, q
lump OF good rosin the size Of a common o%hell-bark,
Burgundy pitch size Of /. mems egg, lamp black, three
cents worth, mix together, and melt gradually over a
slow FIRE. When to be applied, the mixture should be
made about milk warm, and put on with clean sponge.
The leather may be made = little damp, not wet. The
above cement when applied to boots and shoes, will ef-
ysctually prevent their soaking water, and keep the
leather plant, and the feet Of the wearer warm and dry.
Every farmer who regards comfort as q des'deratum
should supply himself with this article, and apply 1t to
his boots and ~sioes.-[Prairic Farmer, Jan. %,
BoRAx LAKEs.-The Surveyor Of Napar county,
California, in his report to the Surveyor General. thus
describes the Borax Lakes the principal boraz lake is
situated half a mile north Of the north shore of Clear
Lake. 1t presents q surface of over two hundred acres,
20 highly impregnated with borax that it cannot be held
in solution, and is found ia crystalized PARTICLES, from
very small up to half a pound in weight, in sand below.
A man cen take out oyer one hundred pounds Of pure
borax in a day. One and half miles north, over a
high miner ridge is found the sulphur bank, from 25
70 80 acres, supposed to be 30 feet thick, the stream
below constantly bursting up, crust: in a eonlcal form,