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

for 70 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 By 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 Kings cabinet.
Being received with q most hearty laugh, Lablache 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
ne 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 preoau-
ton, IN case you should leave one behind your A !!
maledetta,' replied Lablachc, with an aisof ludicrous
distress, on discovering his e~tourderie, two hats arc in
deed too many for a man who has no head
THE MIssIssIpPI.-The Illinois Central Railroad
propose to run = line Of 6rst-class steamers between
Cairo and New Orleans, commencing on the LIST Of
March, and leaving each terminus on alternate days.
They will ticket passengers through from New Orleans
to Chicago for s3l, state-room and meals on s~hipboard
included, and from New Orleans to St Paul 1900
miles, for $43. 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 from 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
infected with the milk Sickness malady fatal in al
most every instance. \ bill has been introduced into
the present Legislature, to make it a penal offence to
take down any portion Of the fences, which have been
placed around the sides of the mountain, to prevent the
access either of persons or cattle to the particular To-
ealities where the unexplained causes of their mysterious
disease are supposed TO exist.
A lady in Johnston, Pa, attended the funeral Of her
mother at 3 o'clock, P. NJ; was led to the altar q
blushipg bride 1--WE presume she blushed-if she didn't
she ought at 6 o'clock, just three hours afterward, and
now 20 uoaksnn onnleoation for q divorce. E $50,
Scorcu AND MANCHESTER PRUDENcE.-About 90
or 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-
scendsnts are still connected with the city. We were
speaking a 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 begone rather than
pay . fraction more than 1Sd. After gaining this point,
be concluded the dispute with this axiom, which ought
to be remembered BY our young men-'lt isn't that
mind SO mucklc for the odd tuppence but, ye ken,
Betty, it's 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, he said don't talk without thinking. 1t
IS not that l care for four two,guinea tickets; but
dropping his voice as though he wished to impress on
me as q secret a new truth-'don't you see, it would
have involved a twenty guinea dress a piece for my wife
and two daughters !'I[Fraser's Magazine.
LIFE IN UrAH.-A Utah correspondent Of the New
Orleans Picayu"e says that one Bishop (Johnson by
uane) has for wives four sisters, his own nieces.
Another saint has his own half sister, and another a
mother and her daughter for wives. Of the truth Of
these statements there is no room whatever for doubt.
The facts are so. In comparison with the cities of the
Later-day Saints, Sodom and Gomorrah were
.Chaste as icicles that hang on DAMS temple!
MEASURING CoRN IN BULK.-A correspondent Of
the Prairie Farmer gives a rule for ascertaining the
number of bushels Of shelled corn in a crib Of ears, BY
2 multiplying the cubic feet in the pile by four and a
half. 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-1O x43-252.9. 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: 1T is one of the most horrible inventions
ever heard Of, completely crushing the victim under a
heavy weight
SALrpErER WILL ExPLoDE.-The assertion has often
been questioned, but by files from South America we
perceive that, last month, the British bark Elizabeth,
Of Liverpool, loaded with ~saltpeter, &C., blew up at
lquique, 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
to resort to fresh fields and pastures new in Mexico,
where, in the northern provinces against Comonfort, he
may effect q revolution which will result in their sep
aration from Mexico and ultimate annexation to the
United States. With DR.. Watts We can exclaim, Satan
finds some mischief STILL &c. 1t is limited that the
government favors Walkers project but that's a
can0rd. ssgsr e -
\ Frenchman, MIR. Colleagues, announces that, from
numerous experiments, he has discovered that imme-
diately after death a urmuring sound is heard IN the
body lasting five, ten, and even fifteen hours. 1t d.
,ninishes 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 a sure sign Of the total cessation OF life. NJ.
Collonpues calls this branch Of ausculation a!yaame-
sccpia.
A writer in the Germantown Telegraph offers a 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, a
lump of good rosin the size Of a common shell-bark,
Burgundy pitch size Of a hens egg, lamp. black, three
cents worth, mix together, and melt gradually over a
slow Ere. When to be applied, the mixture should be
made about milk-warm, and put on with aclean sponge.
The leather may be made q little damp, not wet. The
above cement when applied to boots and shoes, will ct
fsctualiy prevent their soaking water, and keep the
leather plant, and the feet Of the wearer warm and dry.
Every farmer who regards comfort as a desideratum
should supply himself with this article, and apply it to
his boots and ~shoes.-[Prairic Farmer, Jan. 70.
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
Iale Il presents 2 surface of over two hundred acres,
20 highly impregnated with borax that it cannot be held
in solution, and is found in crystalized particles, from
very small up to half a pound in weight, in sand below.
A man can take out oyer one hundred pounds Of pure
borax in a day. One and q half miles north over =
high miners ridge is found the sulphur bank. from %
to 80 acres, supposed to be 30 feet thick, the stream
below constantly bursting up, crusts in a conical form,
and forming new sulphur in the cavities, presents a very