The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-02

s5ur colntrynaan doctor Wells, of South Carolina,
was the first to explain the beautiful theory q
tH formation of dew 1t is Ike the collection Of va
-er- ON apitcher of cold water hot day, or the
breath on a window glass in hot room IN cold
leather The diffusion Of heat is upon the princi-
r-la of what may be termed ''give and take" The
human body is sending off heat as truly as coal Of
f-e, and living plant as truly as either, put OF
slrse in lesser degree. If the plant receives heat
fon another body equal that it throws off II main
tas It's warmth Clouds even reflect back heat-
hence there is no dew in cloudy nights. Absence OF
dew is therefore said to porend storm. 1t only IN
dIcates the presence Of clouds. But II the heat OF
plants is sent into space, as 1t Is when the SKY IS
clear they become cooled and dew gathers on them.
Dew never gathers bodies Of men or animals; and
it is not strictly correct to say that the dew IS IN
hailed What we inhaleo of damp evening Is water
in the shape of vaper Dew is water Ill The shape
of yapor. The dew drop on the petal of the lily or
the rose is the tear of maiden innocence weeping IN
unrequited love.
An ingenious individual il North Carolina has
discovered more effectual method Of tanning re-
fractory horse thane any heretofore known. II our
readers desire to make of it, they may learn the
1tmodus operandi from the following paragraph from
the Raleigh Register On going up Fayetteville
street. the other day, saw an apparently hne and
spirited horse following man who was tapping
drum. The did not hold the bride OF the horse
but simply tapped the drum, and the horse would
follow him hither and thither, il all manner of ser
pentine evolutions. OF there was vast deal
of mraion expressed by passers in the street, and
fearing that some of them would 'bust" II they
could not solve the problem Of the mans control over
the horse we, with our usual amlablIlty, found out
all about it, and told them-the horse drilled IN
a democratic caucus the night before. The exPlana-
ton was so simple and satisfactory that every moth
ers son of the spectators went away surprised that
he had hadn't thought Of 1t himself
Going from market the other day, we observed
very small boy who gave special Indication. by
drpss ar face of other than ordinary sensations
training in life, carrying basket that heavy
as nearly to bear him down beneath it. We o5serv-
ed nmY boy you have heavy load "Ies' said
he but I'd rather carry it than mother should The
remark was one of nature we love to hear but we
do not know that we should have Thought enough
of it to have chroncIed it, had we not seen across
the street highly accomplished young lady play
ing the piano. while her mother was washing the
windows We have no reason for forestalllng the
reflections and comparisons Of readers on these
facts.
A Cincinnati paper states that few years ago a
poor orphan applied and was admitted to set type
Tor that paper She worked two years, during which
time she earned, besides her expenses, about two
hundred dollars, and avang herself Of the faclll-
ties which the printing office offered acquired a
good education She is now associate edltress Of a
popular paper, and engaged to De married to one Of
the greatest lawyers in Ohio.
The Annapolis Gazette tells the following story of
acitizen of that place. A person better known for
his wealth than his lberality, requested to aid
in the erection of church., and the subscription
book was placed in his hands. He looked at it anX
iously and earnestly handed it back with the aston
ishing remark, mo, sirl will not give any thing;
not half as many people go to hell now as ougth to-
Look at the beautiful STAR the first and the bright
est have often thought it like the promise of
life beyond the t0m5--a pledge to US that, IN The
depths of midnight, the earth shall have light, TN
,quenchable from heaven.