The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-07-06

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very plainly perceived that it was late, but she
did not look at her watch Her husband made
not the slightest effort to depart; be complained
that lie was somewhat tired, but not sleepy. In
a word, from this day they parted in the morn
ing instead Of at midnight, because they were
then both ready to breakfast together.
The count, enchanted with his new conquest,
\ eoped with Amelia into the country, when
they, with astonishment, discovered that the
theatre of nature and the concert of the night
ingales surpassed all other theatres and con-
certs. They at first thought of staying few
days-every morning they intended to depart,
and every morning they changed their inten-
tions. When however. autumn approached,
they returned to Vienna. The same evening
they went to the play, and our hero had the
courage to sit in the same box with Amelia.
Who could have believed it? To such dread
ful extent may a man be led by one thought
less step. Ye happy husbands in high life,
take warning by the mournful example of our
count!
A FEARFUL ACcIDENT.-An extraordinary
accident occurred in Wheeling, Va, on the
9th inst, to a workman who was assisting IN
putting up new bell in the catholic church
there The Wheeling Iutelligencer gives the
following account of it:
There was windIass erected on the ground,
to which was attached snatch block and
shieve Immediately above the opening in the
cupoIa, to which the bell was to be drawn up,
there protruded beam, to which was attached
another snatch block and pulley, and the bell
was to have been conveyed to the top by
means of strong ropes, working through these
: shelves by the power of the windlass and cylIn-
der upon the ground. The bell had been
raised in this way almost up to the open space
in the cupola, and the men were just ready tc
pull it in A man named Thomas Newton
was below, engaged in guiding the folds OF the
rope as it would run round the cylinder. Tc
; do this, he had firm grasp on the rope
When the bell had reached a great height
from the ground, one of the cogs in the wheels
of the MINDLESS fixtures gave way.
Another revolution of the wheel ripped of
al! the coggs; the bell fell to the ground; anc
Newton who had hold of the lower end of the
rope, was carried up with frightful velocity, {
=, , distance of one hundred feet from the ground
! and about four feet above the aperture where
, the bell was to have been taken in For the
! instant, every one was surprised beyond meas
ure, and before those engaged in the worE
could comprehend what had happened, Newton
with his hands all lacerated and bleeding
; worked himself down opposite the aperture
and called for help to those within. Bishop
u Whelden, who was on the platform in the Gu
y pola, reached out at the risk of his life almost
= and seizing Newton by the waist, pulled hin
= = from the awfal position. The accldeAt struc
% everybody with amazemHnt and all hnt th
=. eye Witnesses were 10th to believe in the in
6 creduIous feat. The bell weighed 8, 700 pounds
= and as it fell without hindrance, some idea ma
:, = be formed of the rapidity with which Newto
= assembled He says he thought of letting g
the rope, but before the thought was clearl
Defined he was at the beam, a hundred fee
!. above He had not time to let go his hold upo
n the rope The flesh was all torn from th
- palms of his hands, even to the bone, whic
! is supposed to have been done by the dealt
i grasp, and his sliding down the rope durn
4 the swift passage into the air. Altogether, W
\ suppose there is not a more startling or re
markabIe accident, or a more miraculous escap
= on record.
: How COFFEE CAME TO BE UsED-At th
! time Columbus discovered America, coffee ha
never been known OF used. 1t only grew i
y Arabia and Upper Ethiopia. The discovery c
e its use as a drink is ascrlbed to the superior Q
= monastery in Arabia, who desirous of pre-
vent the monks from sleeping at their noctur
;. nal services, made them drink the infusion {
coffee, upon the report of some shepherds
h who observed that their hocks were more livel
IS after browsing on the fruit of that plant Ii
u reputation rapidly spread through the ad djacer
d countries and in about two hundred years
reached Paris. A single plant, brought ther
a in 1914, became the@ parent stock of sl tn
e coffee plantations in the West Indies Th
extent of consumption can now hardly be re
t alised. The United States alone annually cor
n sumo at the cost of its landing from fourtee
r to fifteen millions of dollars. You may kno'
5, the Arabia or Mocha. the best coffee, by il
II small bean and dark color. The Java an
T. East India the nextin quality, is larger bea
and Of a pale yellow color. The West lndl
l. Rio has blue, greenish gray tint. Exchange
/. AMERICAN PR1MA DoNNAs. - The Bosto
II Journal of Music thus parallelises two of th
At most eminent prima donna of the America
stage: Biscaccianti is ady-like and graceful
e WiIhorst is impudent and stiff Biscaccian
h pets and humors her audience; Wihorst insis
e upon being humored and petted. Biscaccian
is is a true woman; Wihorst a flirting school cir
l. Biscaccianti delights her audience to enthus
asm; Wilhorst merely pleases. Biscaccian
is will eli the hall every time she comes here
e Wilhorst will not. Cora must not be carrie
away with the idea that she is the ''queen
Y song just yet; but approach her listeners wit
a little more humanity and graciousness; relir
1t quish some of her trill and avoid certal
o passages in the lower register of her voice
It and she will please immensely.
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! ! How TO WASH SHEEP.-One Of the CORES
:, :, pondents of the Wool Grower, II. H. Robinson
,, of Millersburg, O., gives the following as hi
= mode of washing sheep:-''Take large siz
;. store box and place it below mill-dam or in
. rivulet where you can have stream of waite
running in it through a spout The way t
: manage the sheep is this: turn the sheep on ii
{ back, let one person take hold of its fore le
with his left hand, and hold of the back of it
head with the right, and another person ho
y the hind legs, and in that manner dip the shee
o in the box Of water few times, then let til
sheep turn on its feet in the box and press Ih
e wool until il becomes clean. ! like this wa
of washing much better than the old way q
dragging sheep into stream and worrying
them about until the wool is cean'