New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-18

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From the Cineinnati Enquirey we extract the
| following account of an interesting athletic exhi
bition thatseame off near that city one Sunday
morning recently, the actors III The performance
being 4 broad -shouldered, stalwart foundrymar
| Md professional gymnast, Of light but wiry
fraInet
The terms were hest three back falls, fair and
square sides not to count, the men to Ike hold dd
hblaft, but no elinching below the waist, when
they had, TO use fancy term, 4. peeled, the aer
ence iii the appearance OF the men was STRIKING
and entirely TO the advantage of the foundryman,
whose broad shoulders ana thick muscular frame
appeared to promise easy victory over his
fragile-lookng, but yet 1.-the and active, eompeti-
tor. Their height was about equal, the little one
having perhaps, tribe the advantage, and when
they canie together with the arnlock, and COM
menced play, the latter, evidently aware that he
would come outseoond best in hug, kept upon
the defensive. But the foundryman would not be
denied and suddenly shifting the hold of his left
the body, he got to closer quarters. Jenny t. ei
the lock, bnt 1t was no go, and he was Il rosss
although he managed to so to grass upon nil Ma
SO that it counted nothing for his antagf nfss
We have no space to enter into ,es4sthS, ffeta II
Of the contest; but the result '.,saS%sS tbss tba
battle is not always to the strong sn that Hi
and sciences must nentrsi'ya she's strength Three
successive side falls did fna lItS one epf yten in
the fonrth round he sgcoss3ed, throwing in bis
his back on the svfaTa and his frontispiece to the
heavens. za =
The man OF ron appeared, when he came up for
the next soas. somewhat disconnected but after a
lev foot TENTS, n he went, and, bending his oppo-
nent like reed, he threw him heavily but, after
some dispute, it Was not acknowledged fair back
fall. IT
In the next round, after GLIDING several sicnif-
cant attempts from his powerful adversary at a
close embrace, Jenny suddenly shifted his hold
from the armlock to the body, got in his favorite
crook and prone went the stalwart man another
fair back burster.
Three more rounds ensued in which science was
plainly pitted against strength, the hlittle un''
gong to grass at every turn, but always managing
to fall right side up. In the last the foundryman
slipped, and quick thought his alert antagonist
improved the advantage, planted his favorite
crook, and down they both went the foundryman
beneath, making the third fair back fall the 'lit-
Tie mn thus winning the contest, although at the
start the odds were three to one against him.
A Wires HEARTLEssNEss- Chapter ia Per-
so1adl History. - Yesterday afternoon (says the
Boston Traveller of Thursday the remains of a
man were conveyed to their long resting place 1.-THE
last few years of whose life present singular COM
mentary upon some phases of human nature.
The deceased was connected with some of the
best families in the State. was literally educated
graduated as a physician from one Of the first col
leges in the conntry, and married the daughter Of
a wealthy citizen of Boston. Naturally of free
and generous disposition, and fond of good living,
he did not accumulate any property, and some
eight Veare since went to California for the mr.
pose OF bettering his condition. While he was alb
sent his wfe's father died, leaving her handsome
property, the income of which has enabled her to
live with ease and elegance in Bacon street, but
r.aon her husbands return from his unsuccessful
trip, she refused to live with him, expressing no
other reason than his misfortune in business.
He was subsequently attacked with infammatory |
rheumatism and taken to the hospital but his case
proving inenrable, and having no means of sup
he w ri IN na q 1
Through the exertions Of his mother, however, |
who is in her eightieth year, be was brought back
to the city and taken care OF by her with what as
sistauce the claFiia disposed have rende I'M
tilreeFed by death. During all his long and pain
fal Illness bis wife and daughter, although living
in fiuence and luxury, have never visited him or
contributed shilling to keep him from starving.
The last day that he was able to go out was on the
occasion of the visit Of the Prince Of Wales to this
city. With the assistance of two crutches he |
managed to reach the Common, where lie saw for
the last time his wife and daaghter-the latter
young lady Of tWenty-but they did NOT deign to |
east 8 look of recognition upon the crippie and
1auper, who had once borne the endearing title of
husband and father ia them,
WHY CoFFEE BEATEN IN 4 MORTAR ~ BETTER
fHAN COFFEE GROUND m A MfIL.--It is not gene
rally knoWn that coffee which has been beaten ia |
better than that which has been ground. Such
however is the fact and in his brief article upon
the subject Sayarin gives what he considers the
reasons for the difference. As he remarks a mere
decoetion Of green coffee il most insipid drink
but carboni1ation develops the aroma and an oil,
which is the peculiarly of the coffee we drink
He agrees with other writers, that the Turks excel
in this They employ no mills, but beat the berry
with wooden pesfles in mortars. When long used |
the pesties become precious and bring great prices
He determined by actualexperiment which of the |
two methods was the best He burned carefully |
pound OF good Mocha, and separated it into two |
equal portions. The one was passed through the |
ml--the other beaten after the Turkish fashion in
q mortar. He made coffee OF each.
Taking equal weights Of each and pouring on
an equal weight of boiling water, he treated them
both precisely alike. He tasted this coffee himself
and caused other competent judges to do So
Tie unanimous opinion was, that coffee beaten in
mortar was far better than ground in q mill
And after mentioning thatany one may repeat the
experiment, be tells strange anecdote of the ill.,
iuence of one or the other kind of manipulation,
liz z Monsieur" said Napoleon, one day to 1
4aplace, 7" how comes it that glass of water into
which ] put lump of loaf sugar tastes more
pleasantly than il had put in the same quantity
# crushed sugar.. Sire, said the philosophical
senator, there are three substances the con
ttuents Of which are identieai-sugar. gum and
lmidon; they differ only in certain conditions the
eciet of which nature has preserved think it
possible that in the effect produced by the pestle
onle saccharine particles become either gum or
Lmdon, and cause the dfference.n The remark
became public, and Sayarin says Interior obserya,
ions have confirmed the truth of it
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