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HYDRoPaoBIA STsRs.-.As we have Fecentlv
heard Of several persons who have died Of this
terrible malady by having been bitten By doRs
not supposed 10 be afEectsd with rabies, o few
words Of caution on the subiecs may bs Of
great benefit 20 ahe public. fs i c0tnmonly
supposed that this disease In dogs b csussH ex-
elusively BY hot wezfhsr and The want Of wa
ter. This it . mistaken notion, According %
the famous DR.. John Hunter, who states thas.
for period Of forty years, ia Jamaica, dag
was never known 10 go mad. although great
numbers were kept on the island. I'm Alspp0,
in Turkey in Asia, dogs often die By tho heat
Of the climate and for want Of food and water.
yet this disssmper is unknown among them.-
Hydr0phobia, or fear Of water, il o wrosg
term when applied 70 dogs, bat Is correct 90
applied % human beings. Rabid dogs, accord
ing to the experiments of aassndie, do nos
dread water. nor are they always fnrisus, as IL
generally believed. The eominon opinion tlsss
they al dread water, and are fariosas, he's led
10 the many fatal mistakes TO which we haxs
alluded i'm the cases Of those persons bitten bs
dogs not believed to be mad. A peculiar urs-l
easiness, with slouching gait and wilduen O.
eye, are the truest sigma Of rabies in dng.
When these are Observed the doc shesild b
confined by his master, pr avoided when me-.
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zsIsz xhirh We bare heard 80 =
Il .a 83sse ifae ago, May be benefcsal -
souae geatleaaAh who haa young snsuspecsH
a certain uaau, who lsvea zboaa IN n,ilss
from K--~--, was In The habit of go;uQ = kgwn
aboas cssce . wsuk and getting 0a j resssEsr
spsee. end wusaId net reklsFn sinfil he hasF kma
% seool 90. whirA was generally Two @ three
dsys His wife svss Ignorant d lhe easlss q
hts staying os,k 80 long, and suffered GREATLY.
ffuru aflxiefy about h welfare, = ke0 Szez
would return. of course his ccn6dins vito
would inquire what had beaa tho matter with
him, and the invariable reply was shat he was
caught on the jury and couldn't get OF"
Having gathered his corn and placed d in e
large heap, he, according 70 custom, deteeuain-
ed to call in his neighboTs and have . real corn
shucking frolic SO he gave Ned, faithful
servant, 0 Jug and an order 10 20 10 town and
set gallon OF whiskey Ia very necessary af-
ticle on such occasions. Ned mount
ed q mule and was soon in town, and. equip
ped with the whiskey. rernouuted to set out
for home, all buoyant with the prospect q
| fun at 'shucking."
When he had proceeded q few hundred
yards from town he concluded 70 try ths
s'stuG. and, not satisfied with once, he KEEP
| uuAtl AttC S0S1CNt 8tO4tsu - tskF'
he turned of the mule, and there no went u
sleep and the mule :" grazing. Il was nov
nearly night, and when Ned awoke it was jus
before the b,eak o'day, and so dark that b
was unable TO make any start towards hnm
until light. As soon as his bewildermcnt haa
subsidized 50 that he could get the ''puint,s b
started with an empty jug, the whiskey hav
ing run out, and afoot, fnr the mule had gon
home Of course he Was contemplating th
application of "two year old hickory" as
went on at the rate of twu-forty
Ned reached hnme abOut breakfast time an
"fetched up" at the back door with decided
guilty countcnance.
"What in thunder have you been at, yc
black rascal" )" said his master.
g Ned, knowing his masters excuse 10 his vi
: when he gut on spree, determined to tell u
!, truth IL hr died lur il, and said: Well, rnastt
" !, to tell the truth, was kotch on the jury NJ
" couldn't get Of Utf"-Nashriue Necs.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-09-16

All the marine monsters, big iiSh and small
fry Of the great deep, lately met ia cOarentsoa,
to take into consideration the conduct of the
Ocean, and also of Mankind in general. The
Whale was elected president, and from bis
greatness might be termed the Prince OF
pEkales. He opened the cOn.eatioR by stating
that he did NOS wish to make a speech; he
would take up as little room and be no longer
than possible. Cheers.l
The Shark whispered 10 the Sword6sh that it
was nat possible for the whale 20 be much longer,
fos he was eighty feet Row; in his opinion heonly
wanted . chance TO spout, and he considered
him regular clG blower.
The Whale eoutended that, notwithstanding
his general ssse, (hs might add sears,l he was
nos eyempt t,ffSm saaefng. He bad hesn sross-
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-09-16

DkATa or GEoEeE CohBE.-The English
journals announce the death If Mr. Gecrgs
Ccmbe, the celebrated champion Of philxeo-
phical phrenclogy. He was born in Edin-
burg in 1883, aud was educated for the pro-
fession Of the law. At an early period, the
opinions Of Gall and Spurzsim attracted hts
notice, and he studied them with great indus
ty. In 1919 be published his essays on Phren-
ologys ynd 1928 he published his work entitled
''Ths Constitution Of Man considered in rela-
ton 20 external Objects, "-which led 70 q fierce
controversy, Nr. C0mbs's views being cbnox-
ious to the orthoriox party. In 1883 be
visited the United States where he remained
lecturing and preparing his journal unfil
1s40. His works had an extensive eircnia-
ton In the United States, 40 web as in ahs
British Islands, and translations Of them have
been made into French. German and Swedish.
Tie latsr years Of his llfe have been marked by
ysrs inkrm heslfb.-Sss Xewk Esa.
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udl - = . JU21c u the small Ify%=Tff&
oyst y Z and others; who, If not the
bon. w" of the tribe. were at least
the mts = Q
was C hS. y q. He was continually in trou-
bic, and arrays in some stew or broil. He
had family troubles, also; his half-brother, the
Clam, was a disgrace to the family, always in
liquor, and generally considered a squirt. y
Some Of his family were very lazy, and spent
most Of their time in beds. There had also
been some rakes among them, creating a great
disturbance. He was most respectable him
self; his father was quite distinguished. and
his maternal ancestor was Mother Of Pearl.
He went in for his own rights, and did not
care whether the rest got theirs or not.
The Jewish remarked. dat was very selfish.
The Oyster continued. There was one Of his
neighbors-he would not call any names-who
was very surely and Grabbed; that he was q
one-sided individual, and no one approved oi
his motions.
/ The Crab protested against this abuse, and
said that the rest took advantage of him be-
cause he was a ''soft." He respectfully retired
bGck7cdrds.
Here the Goldfish entered aud apologizd for
his lateness, as he had been visiting school.
He thought the Whale was badly OF, since
men took his oil to make lights Of. His own
case was the reverse of this they took his
lights-anS liver, too, for that matter-to
make oil Of. This might be very good for con-
sumption, but it was COMPOUNDED bad for him.
The most alarming kind he had ever heard Of
was the consumption Of Goldfish. It might be
very good fun for men 10 cut him open aud
salt him, but to hang him up Afterwards was
rather too bad joke.
The Herring said there had been a Gisposi-
ton manifested 20 play tricks Of this kind in
his school, and thai lately some Of his compan-
ions had been badly smoked.
The Shad, too. in h;s spring migratious no
the rivers. had been greatly persecuted, par
ticulaFly BY The membsss of the Legislature.
Hen had greatly neEEled him, and had nearly
driven him insans- He was 8 suparstitious
fish, and nsost unlucky day - him Was fri-
day. However, be thoughE us, enfmiss had
suffered somewhat ia The wsrlss
his tail q regular b0syparae
The Faffish waa noE nnrtfc.
IN reply to the Sllad. fn ne
there wan sha60H nf truth fr
The Ealmon, also. hnsa Is II
an nEizE0eFnt-lh lhsre khsgs wns
INC ~ u noscs. nza zoms 1;
ll6 cealsh kind sflhsr. aud 4
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-09-16

A Cry IN THE AgR-1HE MtsafE on THR
across the Plains assert
that they have seen on Nobles Pass Rnnic,
about thirty miles this side of the Humboldt
river, the most wonderful phenomenon that
they think could ever have bccn witnessed in
any part OF SSIc wssTos TS=ss sEsz
than city in the air-complcte in every
aspect and concomitant II II seen in the early
morning. and stands self-poiscd above tho
dead level of a broad and airy plain. which
is covered with q light white dust that ri@s
in small clouds at the touch Of horses
hoof, or ascends in magnificent spiral towess
in the breath Of the little whirlwinds that
are occasioned by the intense heat. Tho
line Of the base Of the city forms an angle
with the line Of the plain, 80 that the city
aeems to lean over towards the earth. and q
full view Of Its streets and buildings 10 pre-.
sented. All the streets seem 10 tsnd 10 one
point, where they concentrate, and whence
Of course they diverge. The architectural
beauty and splendor Of this city in the ali
are Of character unequalled BY aIy thing
upon the face Of the earth. The building
rise, one after another, in proud, palatia
grandeur, and their tall towers glitter liz.
molten silver in the SUM- Clean and pcrfccl
was the work of the mysterious architecl
who framed those marble-locking wonders d
the air. The apparent extent of the city il
about six miles in circumference, and th,
nearest approximation IF the base 20 Oh.
earth is distance of about fifty feet. No
having seen, this phenomenon, Of course va
cannot enter into any minute descrip.
ton Of it; we can only give the general idcs
which we have presented. We are as.tiree
that the illusion is perfect-nothing warstint
whatever to fill up the picture--a magnif.
cent city, silent as the bottom Of the sea
but glittering in the full life of the sunshine
and self-sustained in the heavens Masys.
rifle tCal.l EzPvsss.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-09-16


af sfimulating the organs into aitivity. and
In its torrent upward Of forty diffaent substan-
ces are carried along; it carries g$ses, it car
ries salts-it even carries metals Ind soaps
Millions Of organized cells Goat 10 its liquid;
and of the cells, which by some ire considered
70 be organic entities. twenty millions are said
to die at every pulse Of the hear. to be replac-
ed by other millions. The Iron which il wash
es onward can be separated. Professor Bar
rard used to exhibit lump of it N his lecture
room, nay, one ingenious Frenchman has sug-
gested that veins should be strsck from the
metal extracted from the blood Of great men.
Let NO one suggest that we should wash ouI
hands with the soap extracted from o similar
source.
The blood, instead Of being red, is Cs . yel-
lowish red color, ard has, in solution, many
floating solids" known as blood dies ard cor
puscles. These were first discovered in 1858
but the first accurate knowledge Of them dates
from 1873, and il Is due TO Lewenburg. The
cospuscles are not numerous in healthy human
blood, and play but secondary part, unless
rtAs,s1asau 81 the red disca
The cc,---s9issnts of the blood are stated r.
Be wster, 564 parts out Of thousand; albu-
men 20, and fbrine 2,20. The remaining ele-
ments are chiefly fat containing phosphnrous,
iron, with various other substances. The blood
Of no two men is precisely similar in disease
to what it is in health, or at different epochs
ofife The iron which circulaies IN the veins fthe
embryo is more abundant than the iron Ia the
veins of the mother; and this quantity declines
after birth, to augment again &C puberty. The
fats vary in different individuals from IL 20
3.3 in 1000. The cells vary with the vary
ing health. The albumen fuctuates from 60
10 so parts in 1000; the proportion being
greater during digestion. The ibrine, usually
amounting to about 8 in 1000, may arise to
~: or fall as low as 1.
There are two descriptions of blood In circu-
lation in every human being-vcnous and ar
tesial blood, the former being dark purple, the
latter bright scarlet. II venomous blood be
injected into the arteries going to the brain, 1t
p%dvSd syncope and death. Yet arteriai
ms infested will revive the animal suf-
pm lozs-vf Hood. Between the two
- 2 Profound difference exists
blood has only to pass
- stzncsphere not over
seid, and ,at once IL be-
. . nHthses. Sustaining
verywhere thdsanne; 4 d
llx nowing o8 linf1 snsl-
iie ssnas lid ID iss
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-09-16

DEATH OF = LAwxEs-Joseph Z Muse.
Esq, fos many yean . talented and sronaisiessk
lawyer On this Shore, and son Of It's lsgs Dr.
Muse OF Cambridge. died a. the Essssrn HpS
tel IN this place on Saturday mngnina -. ~
ter about o weeks illness. His raxsssnx Hssse
removed 10 Cambridge. On SundAy -, ins
intsrment. Dr. Muse had secsnsly fetoovrsz
20 Denton. CAROlins cIunty % pracsiee n kss
proGesason, and his death viii - ns,sr1Irs
BY large circle " frisads thsousk<<k -
6ssss.---Denam Papw.
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Among other historical obscurities with
which Paris is filed at this moment may be
Quoted Herr Baron O., who, enriched and
enobled by the King of Prussia, ruse from the
humblest origin to position Of high consider
alton in the world While the present prince
of Prussia, then an infant of some three years
of age was staying at the Palace OF Bsbelburg,
by some negligence of his nurse, he was LETT
alone for o few minutes in an apartment
on the third floor. With the marvellous ms
tinct of mischief peculiar to children OF thai
age, the little prince took immediate advantage
of this absence ef the nurse to accomplish
feat, Of which he had doubtless been fos a long
time ambitious, and which consisted IN agreea'
BILE walk outside the window, upon the mar
row ledge Of the cooping stone, whence h
could conveniently climb up the back OF Tn
lion rampant which adorns the building. 4
poor blacksmith's workman, who had bee'
| sent for to execute some repairs in the palace
was just coming up the garden, and behei
with horror the situation OF the child. WIZ
true presence Of mind he fastened gently
the spot beneath the window following ever
movement Of the urchin with the keenest anS
iety, and extending wide his leather apron b
gazed upward TO watch the first symptom I
giidiness which sheuld occur to the bold Ii
y tie adventurcr. As the child drew nearer
lion, the ledge no longer afforded such fir
- presently, with loud cry, pltcl
from that terrific height, right int"-
leathern apron Of the blacksmith, whi'
Stained the shock without failing. and in Al
her mnment the little prince was restor
and wei 70 his Bs;fal parents, who in
Sort E.se young workm,
s1u.,.s.< x.nKaai
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egon, is q NO Rfeyity and modesty. It
refers TO the easy and happy transition from q
Territorial existence TO that Of State sover-
eighty, casting back q thought to The time
when the people were bat handful. He gives
q graphic description Of her resources and
prospects:
"0regon is probably one Of the most attrac-
tive portions of the North American continent,
at once beautiful and picturesque, with heal
thy and salubrious climate, well adapted TO the
production OF all the cereals.and most Of the
other grains common TO the United States; II
seaboard of some three hundred miles, with
numerous harbors ard inexhaustible fisheries;
arabic land sufficient to supply three millions
of souls with bread; grazing land sufficient to
supply twice that number with meats; proba-
bly, no country better adapted to the produc-
ton of wool, fax, and hemp: and it is admit
ted that Oregon excels i'm her growth of fruit;
her mountains are covered with the finest of
timber and undcrlaid with gold, and recent dis
coveries show that we are not without q god
ly supply of lime and coal; her streams afford
some of the best water privileges in the world.
and her rivers are navigable for steamboats, all
times of the year. Oregon ought and might
be an extensive exporting country, lyet, ON
the contrary, she imports many articles that
might be manufactured in the couutry,) there
by increasing her prosperity, growth, and i'm
portance. When our people become q manu-
featuring people, when they produce those ar
ticles of necessity for which they are so emf
nently capable, when our exports shall equal
or overbalance our imports, then, and not un-
Il. then, will Oregon become truly great"
The Governor regrets the tardy action Of
Congress in relation TO the war debt, bus anti
pates good results from the influence OF the ad-
ditional representation TO which the State il
entitled. He promises 10 keep politics 90 fas
removed from his Official acts as possible,
whilst acknowledging his obligations to the
party In power, from whom, as a matter OF
course, the agents are to be selected, and con-
cludes with congratulations on "the happy and
prosperous condition Of our country, Whose
people enjoy health and prosperity. Under
Divine Providence The saysI we are blessed
with abundant harvests, and it is fitting that
we, az this time, commend our infant State to
the protection Of an Allwise Being"
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-09-16

~ insulted by msn-he would say lamp6ocei
| not that he would pun upon the De 81
his fat, Is he did not wish 10 mai Il
s'tch matter. He had been h,
least. Men were sarcastic tUware -
his shaffs were sharp and pointed
his tellow-whaEGs bad been very tntlril
| and exccediL gly tried He had lately lev
that substitute fgr eli had been inved
which might lessen tlss persecution Of w4Aets
but be feared C W4s alI g1s. The Whais
Iaaed tn . hdrpoon witch had lately -
= ae4 mste great impression on him, and hs
ieared had afiscted him deeply. IGreaE ssnss-
tion.l Here his feeiings overpoweEed him, and
he eat down Zen the. sharkl amid q general
blubber.
The Shark rose with some dificalsv, and n.
marked that the tat of the whale had moved
him; in fact, il was very striking. His own
uitunttcn was far from pleasant. He was
by profession lawyer, and, he Battered him
self, one Of the deep kind. rCheers and
laughter. But business was bad, and he had
heen Obliged to take in few pupils He had
lately presented fine opening for o young
man who fell OueTbo1rd but was soon after
wards obliged TO reject his suit as indigestible.
Unless he had more cases he should leave the
Law, and open as q dentist, as he was well
acquainted with the art of setting 6eekI. He
held mp ole I'm as q sigh that he had finished.
The Sea Serpent did not wish to intrude
upon the convention, rs he did moi know
whether he properly belonged to the fish tribe;
did not appear Q6icioas. All he asked was to
be classified with The Eel, whom he considered
slippery character. Here the Eel was OBJ
served to wriggIe.l Lately he was passing a
certain species Of the Eel, when be just hap
Peued TO touch him; he had been %, sIS
that he had hardly recovered.
The Eel hastily arise and said he
tri6ed at thess remarks; it was evids
Serpent was more than half -
he was n9i careful srouldS q
regular coil. AS Cor his 4.
character he thanked NepAH.J
belong 70 suca scaly ct a. the q
The Whale called the Eel 10
Eel called the Whale confoung 8
head, and was then salnmarily put y
convention.
The Turtle vas suffering from . slisEs(
disposition. he was walking ashore. . slse
time since. when be met party Of jolly yo0,lS
sailors The result vas that he was lai
% his back and unable @ more Cor sonl
and SINCE he had not felt as IfxRIv as
There vas one thing . Nhich he woul
the attention OF tho coneenlion R&
pIss; lie %ss sSs sEss'iisIsSzs III ! 4 -
Shark had lately insulted him by callif
regular old hard-shell.
Here the Shark interrupted him By
IL that was not mis- case
The Turtle replied that he should say i
ing more at present, but should have somesi
to lay before the next meeting.
The Shark, lcontenankaass
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New Book.

DUST AND FOAM, OR THREE OCEANS AND Two
CONTINENTS; By t. Robinson Warren New
fork-Charles Scribner; u no.
This very neat duodecimo is one of the pleasant
est books of travel we have read in a long time
The author, who was knocking around the world
for ten years. tells his story in plain straightfor-
ward manner, mixing no fiction with his narrative,
always lively and pleasant, whether engaged in
cutting wood for the frail steamer on which he had
taken passage, in the Straits of Magellan, where
the snow was of an unknown depth, and the wealth.
er of Greenland temperature or reclining beneath
the shade OF cocOanut and orange groves of the
lovely isles ofthe Pacific
The author first starts for California on sail
ing craft in the memorable year of ls49 At Rio
Janeiro he leaves his vessel to go on board steam
er, which We suppose to have been the New World,
one of the frailest crafts that ever attempted to
weather the storms of Cape Horn After an almost
ntermInable passage, coasting up the Pacific, he
reaches San Francisco after passage of more than
t'So hundred ard fifty days After sojourn of a
few months in California, and tcithOut making has
PIte, we suppose, he takes passage for New York,
where he arrives in due season. Wenext find him
on little craft boTnd for Guyamas, in Mexico, and
IN due time installed as book keeper of Mr. Robin
son, merchant and American Consul His chapters
devoted to Sonora, are, at the present juncture,
when special attention is being called to Northern
Mexico, particularly valuable
Becoming tired of close employment our author
buys vessel and goes into the coasting trade,
which he finally quits goes on board little steam
tug in San Francisco, and sails for the Sandwich
Islands. Next he is in China, where a fortunate
speculation puts few thousands of dollars into his
pockets, when he starts out to see the world, ira
vels in China and the East Indies, and finally brings
up in Melbourne, Australia, his easily earned dol
lars all spent. Here he joins an old worm-eaten
and vermin filled vessel, and as master sails on
trading voyage to the groups of Islands in the Pa
cifc, with as villainous crew as ever trod deck,
and after an absence of a year comes back again,
and with Characteristic resllessness is soon on his
way to the west coast. He arrives at Lima, as
usual, strapped, but, with luck that seemed ne
yer to desert him, found friends and was very soon
master of government steamer running on the
coast.
After ten years wandering in every cline and
seeing the greatest portion of the globe he settles
down in New York. Mr.. Robinson Warren, has
been great traveller and a very intelligent one,
and from personal knowledge we know that he de-
scribes what he has seen with great fidelity. One
may read a score of books of travel and not come
across so genuine and pleasant companion, as fhe
author of dust and Foam" We have not space
to say all of this pleasant book we would like to,
but we cordially recommend to all who would like
a really interesting work to go to lngham Bragg.
and buy it
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BIOGRAPHIES.

COrneIIs First Steps in Geography,
Corneil's Primary Geography,
CoanelI's intermediate GeOgraPhy,
COrneIPS High School GeCgl sphJ,
Colion & Fiich's introductory Geography
Cotton = Fiich's Mod m School 9eograp
Fitch's Physical Geography,
Longs Classical Aflss.
hIiichell,S Primary Geography,
Rlifcheli's intermediate Geography,
Mitchell's GeOgraphy and Atlas,
Miiehellis Ancient GeOgraphY,3
McNalley's Ge0graphy,
Monteithps First Book IN Geography,
MOnteith's Introduction TO Geography,
Mon.eiih's Manual Of Geography,
MJnteith,s New Manual,
MOrse's Geography,
hIltehell's Outline Maps,
Olney's Geography and Atlas,
Pelton's Outline Maps.
Peter ParIey's Geography,
Smiths First Geography,
Smiths QuaTtO Geography,
Domervilie's Physical Geography
Whites Class Book Of Geography,
Warren's Common School Geography,
Warren's Physical Geography,
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The PRINTER for December has been received.
1t contains treatise on the History of Printing,
continuation of instructions on Punctuation, The
Art of Type Founding, Wood Engraving, Electro
typing, &C., with several pages of specimen type
1t is becoming valuable magazine, and although
devoted especially to printing interests, contains
much that is generally interesting.