The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-10-25

IHE WOVEN WIND. -0ne Of the most
Characteristic manufactures of India is the
hne Dacca muslin or woven wind" n, il
has been called. So fine is this material
that when lain upon the grass to bleach
the dew makes it disappear. This used
to be spun by native females who mad
3een trained to it from their infancy. So
nice was the sense of touch reouirpd for
the spinning Of this yarn, that they were
constantly waited upon by retinuc Of
servants whose duty it was to relieve them
| OF all mental offices which might endan-
ger the fine tactual faculty which ong
practice and secluSion had bestowed on
their delicate finger tips. SirgGhuy
enough, although the steam engine ana
spinning machine can produce far finer
yarn than any that the fingers of Indoo
maiden ever spun, the English looms, in
other respects so perfect, cannot weave
the Daccan muslin. The fine yarns re-.
quire to be taken back to India to he wo.
ven by hand into the tlimsiest tissues hy
the r0dest and most primitive of all looms.
The pores are the orihces of minute
convOluted tubes which lie beneath the
human skin, and when Strengthened meas.
ure each about the fourth of an inch. -
According to Erasmus Wilson, the mum.
Der of these tubes which open into every
square inch of the surface OF the body is
$500. The total number of square inch.
es on the surface of an average sized man
is $500, consequently the surface of his
body is drained 10y not less than twenty.
eigMttI.tses u tNHing, 5VyVieb>d wilA SO
] less than 1000. 900 openings.
FIFTEEN million pounds sterling so.
/ 900, 000), have been laid out in the Ma.
dras (india) Presidency upon works Of r
yigatioD.N These exceed in extent the most
famous irrigation works Of 0nciapt F,.v,SA
A VENERABLE lady in her hundrcdth
year lost her daughter, who had attained
the good old age IF eighty. Themplh,r'>
grief was great; and to friend who cam.
to cOndole with her, she remarked, "Oh
dear oh dear. | knew should never b,
able to raise that child"
I REMARKABLE CORNERSTONE Horace Gree
ley, being invited to deliver the annual
address before the Vermont State Agri.
cultural Society, improved the occa>i to
deliver discourse upon his favorite theme
emancipation. Abiding to the war and
its causes, he said he Greeley favored
compromise at the beginning, if war
could have been averted," and now thinks
he was right in favoring it"!
WooL.-Owing to the large demand for
army goods, and the advance in tie price
Of cotton goods, wool is higher than it has
been for over forty years.
BLANEs.-Neatly printed blank deeds. mort.
cages, declarations of homestead, powers u,
attorney to collect telegraph dividends, mar
riage certificates, etc. always for sale ut this
office. Orders from "a distance promptly filled
We would call attention to the a,lvrr
ti-rmcnt in our columns ~ Watts Nervous Nntdo,c
one OF the most remarkable discoveries Of IN ,,lern
times Il is not like the thousaul and one reinedir,
Tered to the public thar everything hut it is
specific remedy for all cases arising from nervous d..
iangrment It. merits have been proved in numer.
uu- Instances known Ia Us, from various causes. and
many bed ridden invalid has been restored t.
health. 1h- il Of the rem, dies of the day whrl
j. really worthy The confidence Of the public. iiav
ing real the aIv-r'i~..'nrut 90 To the nearest lru.
- aud procure y. ''i-; then will Won juin wiil
thousands ii - p---.sr, aud br grateful 10 u Ia,
Ealing your attention to III, most miraculous ned.
rju".