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GOVERNMENT SALE 3, '..- H. g..
CAPTURED AND ABANDONED PROPERTY.

t-autut4 ~ .--. TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
RICHMOND, August 90. 1859. )
In compliance with instructions from the Secre-
tary of the Treasury there will be sold ut public
,uction, to the highest bidder, at Rockets on N
o'clock 4. VI, the following captured and aban-
d6ned property, wrecked from James river near
i)rewryis Bluff: THEHULL OF THE SCHoO-
NER "MILLER.' .g....,..~..y....
She lies on the scuth side Of the river at FoN's
Ship-yard where she can be seen until tile day OF
sale. .....-. ....T. it. r,-.f..- ... -..s.rr. ..5.
Terms: Cash-Governmen funds.
- I..... ssa1 JOHN 5. LOOMS, g.
au2l Assistant Special Agent.
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By Sampson Jones, Jr.-
l-;raap.h atreet hetwoen Main and Cary.

TWILL OFFER AT AUCTION AT MY
l wareho,;se, Nos. A. g. and Fifteenth street,
between Main and Cary. on MONDAY. sotf in
slant, commencing at half-past 10 O'clock a. u.
u good stock of = - - -.
~ ,I-:r GROCERIES, T. H&t- ts'|1
WINES, = y.,y..rr-Ef .9n --. -aas
-FI . 20 LA" LIQUORS &C.; ...
nm % - s. JONES, JR.
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Women certainly, says the Pail Mall Ga
sette, seem to be making rapid strides in
their efforts to rank with men. A few days
ago we heard Of two women in America
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H,0S's ASgb FOUND.

HORSE STOLEN. = FORTY IN,--0
IL DOLLARS REWARD will be paid ~
for The recovery Of the HORSE and liberal! re-.
ward for the thief. The horse is bright bay, fnul
years old: Is fifteen HANDS three inches high has
4 heavy black name and tail, with black legs one
while front foot and foot-lock: his natural gait is
trot. and when trotting he holds his head on q
on the delivery Of the horse to me at West ONT
Va.
an 23-st& WILLIAM a. LOGAN.
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A-s.~~-~~-s---~r--e
- - BY Francis 7. Isbei,
Auc.ioneer and Real Esfate Agent,
eleventh street between Main and Bank.

-sr.wo-sToRY FRAME DWELLING
4 ,sED TWO BEAUTIFUL BUILDING LOTS
!, I ~ = q ON THE WEST SIDE OF HAN
e elSSlsTKtET BETMaETESNs o gpk1se AsP
LsfT4ET1 ;oNN0n TUESDAY the 31st day Of ,Au-
inst iissa Mt SO clock p. NJ. upon the premises
viii he sold TWO -ST0RY FRAMED ELL ELL
NJ NOW occuuted BY Mr.. Hickey, and TWO
RItfESI,I1TrTIFtHS BUILDINGL LOTS adjoining, loca-
ted s above stated. The dwelling hhs four rooms:
The lot upon which the dwelling STANDS Is. 'oAioO
tTsRMs:. At sale. !; FRANCIS T. 1SBELb,
L ~ "a - a. - . Auc.ioncer.
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YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO Is

YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO Is
N IN aumnus of the University of Virginia,
md VIII. has had several years experience as Il
male schools Of the Stitc desires PLACE 4 ;
PRINCIPAL OR ASSISTANT in school OF high
Grade The best testimonials from the Faculty OF
The University of Virginia and from other distln-
grishcd sources can be given. Address "A; -.
c. Greenwood Depot, Albemarle county Nlr-
riuia. au ID"
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MACHINERY, &c.
MT 4 G. II I'm L SHOP
sLOAT & ADDINGTON,
MACHINISTS.
WORKS AND OFFICE: l4l5 CARY STREET, NEAR
FOURTEENTH. RICHMOND, VA.
MACHINERY, &c.

ALL KINDS OF NEW WORK: REPAIRING
STEAM-ENGINES and BOILERS In city and
country; TOBACCO WORK OF all kinds made
and repaired with all kinds of steam-tittings for
same; PLATFORM and other SCALES AID
JUSTED and REPAIRED. Exclusive agents for
JUDSON'S PATENT STEAM-ENGINE GOV
ERNOR, SELDEN'S PATENT STEAM-EN-
CINE rACkING, Utica Steam Gauge Company s
STEAM GAUGES. Every one of these gauges
the best gauge now In use. Theyare LESS In price
than any other make: 4 full line Of the above ar
ticIes always on hand. We also keep HOLLANDS
PATENT SELF-FEEDISG OIL-CUI', for shaft
ing and all kinds of machinery, which saves ninety
per cent of oil. This is the newest and best thing
now out. Come and see IL and us.
GEORGE b. SLOAT.
my 10 A. JACKSON ADDINGTON.
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(lHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL
" ROAD.-SUMMER SCHEDULE.--On and
after the GOTH JUNE, 1859, the MAIL TRAIN will
run daily between Richmond and White Sulphur
Springs. Leave Richmond at A. NJ. and arrive at
White Sulphur Springs at 81 z. NJ. Leave White
Sulphur Springs at 5 A. II. and arrivest Richmond
at $50 p. N.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN between Char.
lottesyille and Richmond on MONDAYS WE'D
NESDAYS, and SATURDAYS. Leaves Char
lottcsville at A. NJ. and arrives at Richmond at
OBS 4. NJ. Leaves Richmond at $50 7. NJ, aad
arrives ut Charlottesville at . PM. Il In
The MAI. TRAIN connects ut Gordonsviilc and
Charlottesville with trains on Orange, Alexandria
and Manassas railroads for Alcya,irin, Washing.
ton. Philadelphia, New York, Lynchhurg, Knox
vile, Chattanooga, Memphis, New Orleans, Mont
gomery, Mobile, &C. ;. at stanton with stages
for Weyer's Cave, Harrisonburg aud Augusta
Springs: at Goshen with stages for Lexington Ma
tural Bridge Rockbrdge Alum Springs, Cold Sui
phur Springs and Rockbridge Baths: at Muboro'
with stages for Bath Alum and w, warm Springs
Springs at Allegheny with stages for Old Sweet
aud Red Sweet Springs; and sc White Sulphur
Springs with stages for Salt Sulphur Springs, Lew
ishurg, Charleston, &c.
81 JAMES F. NETHERLASD,
ie s5}If. III t..Aa.f General Ticket Agent,
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yNANTED.-T wish to engage the SER
w vices Of y LADY OF EXPERIENCE i,
instruct three girls. She must he iully co'npelen,
tn leach higher English bran chcs. Latin. and
Music. Best Of references given and re4uir ed.
Address APPLICANT.
Box II, Scottsvillc.
an .G-5t Albcmarlc county, Va.
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO. RAILROAD co.,
sa - GENERAL. FREIGHT OFFICE,
- RICHMOND, August IS, lsG9 !

NOTICE &c. MlLLERS, COMMISSION
IN MERCHANTS, AND OTUERS.-In order 10
prevent the depots from becoming SO crowded a.
30 obsruct the prompt transportation of freights,
the following rule. adopted by the Board or DIrec.
tors of this company, viii be enforced from and
after this date without further notice
40, All articles or fregh arriving at their place
Of destination must be taken away within twenty.
four hours after being upladen from the cars, tie
company reserytng the right of placing the same
in store ut the risk and expense OF the owners II
they see fit, after the lapse Of that time
rsa'1-rrs ~ a-ff !, -r.r .r,srS. HUNTER,
au2s-lw General Freight Agent
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QUEENS CREEK.-Thss splendid estate
W of nearly NINETEEN HUNDRED ACRES,
located i'm York county, Va, four miles below
Williamsburg, will positively be sold, by agree
ment. ut Yorktown, on MONDAY, Goth septem-
Der, 1869. ...
costs and charges: balance at one, two, ana three
wears with interest from date, and title retained
for security.
The estate will be divided into three separate
parcels or tracts-as follows QUEENS GREEN
proper, containing about - acres EOKCE,S,
about - acres Further description IS deemed
unnecessary, but will add that this is one ofthr
very finest landed estates on the Peninsula.
II. -9- -.s i, II. DOUGLAS.
ALEX. DUDLEY.
WILLIAM S. PEACIf,
... Trustees
WILLIAMSBURG, 9th August, 1859. AT 1e-tSlS
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o. JAMES F. NETHERLASD,
ie ss}gf. II u.ar General Ticket Agent
DICuMOND AND YORK RIVER
H RAILROAD LINE-FOR BALTIMORE,
THE NORTH, AND NORTHUMBERLAND

ON and after TUESDAY, sth OF June, passengers
for Baltimore and all points North and North
west Will take the passenger train from the depot
OF the Richmond and York River Railroad at
Richmond for West Point, where they take the
steamer ADMIRAL, Captain J.. c. FREEMAN,
or KENSEBEC, Captain j. Fl. FREEaAS,-bOth
boats having been put In frst-rate ordcr-rcaching
Baltimore the following morning In time TO con-
meet with the trains for Philadelphia, New York,
and the West. Returning, the boats leave pier No.
s. LightStrcct wharves foot of Barry street, daily
except Sundays at O'Clock L. NJ, passengers
arriving In Richmond at l2:l5 Z. NJ. the following
day in time to connect with the express train
on the Richmond and Danyille railroad for Dan.
VILE and all points on that road : Greensboro,
Salisbury, Charlotte, &c., n. c.; Columbia, S. c.,
and all points South.
PASSENGER TRAN
leaves Richmond daily Except Sundays) at
O'Clock z. VI. leaves West Point daily except
Mondays) ut 1910 \. VI.
- THOMAS DDDAMEAD
ia q SUPERINTENDENT.
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WANTED, TO SELL, OR EXCHANGE
w for CITY PROPERTY, Il NICE FARM, in
rood state Of cuitivation with growing crops, pro-
v,nGcr stock implements &c. Possession given
At once This place Is sixty miles from this city
and two and hall miles from depot on the rail-
road For fun particulars address box lis Elch-
Inund. Va. au li-eoCiu
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BY Gruhbs s Williams. Auctioneers,
Eleventh street between Main and Bank.

TWO BRICK STORES AND DWELL
ISGS ON THE EAST SIDE OF SECOND
STREET BETW ZEN PRESTON STREET AND
THE BURYING-GROUND, .ATAUCTIOS:-On
TUESDAY, 3lst August, at 5 O'Clock I. ~, we
sItuated-t0 wit, No. 1905, occupied by Fleming
Gentry 2s BY I25 feet to vide alley with I'M meat @t
rooms out buildings. SC. No. 1,O1l, occupied by
Frederick Booker, with store and dwelling kitchen,
stable, &C. This lot is so by 1os feet and VIII ad-
NIT of another building being put upon It,
ducements for investment. as they are occupied by
good tenants who have been In them many years
TERMS: One-third cash balance ut six and
twelve months with interest, and secured by trust
deeds .' GRUBBS & w iLLiAMS,
an % 81. a--.... AuctOnecrs.
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VALUABLE HORSE AND MULE AT
v "AUCTTON.-I win sell on SATURDAY the
18th instant on Council Chamber HILL ut II
Al BAY MARE, eight years old, sound, and
:, (perfectlv reliable In harness. 6.
Also. No. MULE seven years old sound, and
works well.
sucf, stock as this is seldom offered atpnhIle auc-
,,t no'N ''o"N THOMAS W.tKEFSEE,n
i'm. .o- +. .s-tt- ~ Aucti0neer..
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STENCIL TOOLS AND PLATES.

~ BELLENOT, DIE-SINKER AND
". BRAND-CUTTER. ITO MAIN STREET,
The new patent BRANDlNG-1RON.fo for marking
al kinds of wooden articles by heating IL Is per-
fcctly adapted 10 branding barrels or any othei
article under the new law.
Engravers' Stock. stencil Paste, Brushes, In
deible Ink, Steel Dies. Alpha bets. Seal Presses
Brass and German Silver, Frames. Steel Rings,
Checks. Tags. &c.. wholesale and retail. mhs
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GUNNER ARRANGEMENT TO THE
- NORTH, EAST, and WEST, Ella the Rich
moud, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad,
carrying the United states mail twice daily Ele-
CANT cars with new patent sleeping-chairs on all
trains. The through trains on this road are now
run from the depot corner Of Byrd and Eighth
streets Us follows
The DAY THROUGH MAIL TRAIN leaves
Richmond daily at Has A; M:, arriving IN wash
afternoon express trains for the North, East, and
West.
The NIGHT THROUGH MAIL TRAIN, with
elegant cars with the new patent slceping-chalrs
attached. leaves Richmond daily Sundays except
ed) at S:l5 =. NJ, arriving In Washington 1t $40 A.
NJ, connecting with the early morning trains for
the North. East. and West.
Both STEAMERS stop ut Alexandria each way.
The ACCOMMODATIONS TRAIN for Milford
Eighth streets at 1890 z. NJ. Returning, arrives at
$3.50 4. NJ.
Through tickets and through baggage checks to
For further Information and through tickets, ap-
ply ut the Office Of the company. corner Broad ana
Eighth streets, Shockoc Hill, and at the ticket Of
dee corner Byra and Eighth streets.
... j. Is. GENTRY, General Ticket Agent.
SAMUEL RUTH, Superintendent. my4
DICHMOND AND PETERSBURG
n, RAILROAD ON and after MONDAY, May
Sd. the trains Of this road win be run as follows:
Leave Richmond at a: NJ. and 2:35 r. N.
Leave Petersburg 1T $50 a. VI. and ESQ i. NJ.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN with passenger
car attached, will leave Richmond daily 1T 3:l5 i.
NJ, and Petersburg daily ut A. N. tSundays e1-
The / A. NJ. train win not leave Richmond on
Sundays, and the $50 p NJ train viii not lcaVcPe-
tcrsburg on Sundays.
Passengers for Norfolk will take the ?:35 z. NJ.
train on and AFTER August the 18th instant.
Baggage checked through.
The passenger coach attached to the coal train
will leave Clover Hill ut A. 81, ana, returning,
leave Richmond at 2:!D L. NJ. ON Tuesdays Thurs
THOMAS IL. WYNNE,
ap Is Superintendent.
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BY Lyme 4 Brother,
Auctloneers and Real Estate Agents,
1889 Main street.

TOR SALE PRIVATELY Two ~
T. those handsome and admirably located NEW
BRICK STORES on the south side OF Broad De-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets, with dwellings
yenicmre for families At present occupied by 4.
Narcusc and W. &. Schwalmeycr Esqs.
The buildings are on leaSchold ground, to expire
on the lst Of May, 1873. subject to very reason
Dlc ground rent and TO he paid for at valuation
ny the owner Of the ground at the expiration o.
the lease.
buy such irSl-cass property. and should therefore
command the especial attention Of parties wishing
TO invest.
For terms, ETC., apply 10 - 49,, or,,,,,,
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A NTHRACITE COAL.-For sale to ar
n rive 200 tons best quality LORBERRY RED
ASH, EGG, and STOVE COAL. AS coal Is daily
advancing In tie Phiadclphla market, those wish
ing to lay In their Winters supply WI lind 1t to
orders.
Of!ce and yard corner Of Seventeenth and Dock
streets. ljy21l W lRI kDBFkIS.
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DUILD NC LOTS, IN .HAkSiE- ~
1ERE BETWEEN BEVERLEY AND ALEE-
MARIE STREETs, kTNUCTIoNa11QSn1 sA At ,nt,I
ali or 7oxI4G feet to an alley 90 feet wide, situ-
ted ms above, beginning ITO feet north of Abe
:narle street. The attention Of persons wanting
building lots at small cost Is Invited 10 lhls SAFE
rhc lot will be divided If desired. "
TERMS At saie.-----
s....ar-,~~r4.Ss GRUBBS & WLLbIAsas,
~, o. -H--s.' q Amctionecrs.
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By Thomas W. keesce, Auctlonecr,
..t.-.r-.- No. 1917 Main street.
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DOR SALE, 4 VALUABLE MARKET
4 FARM or TWENTY-FIVE ACRES. Also,
FIFTY BUILDISG LOTS In the city Of Peters
burg. For particulars address
Is. s. BURCH, No. Library building,
~, I'm Petersburg, Va
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DR. GEORGE B. STEEL, DEN-G9
~ TIST, ONCE No. 1913 Main street, %adIrr
administers pure nitrous oxide gas daily, and
EXTRACTS TEETH WITHOUT PAIN, and
performs all other dental operations IN skliful
and satisfactory manner.
the summer months, his patients from the country
would do we'll to communicate with him by letter
before coming TO the city. -,
post Office box 2O4, Richmond, Va. au ll-d&w
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RAILROADS..

,lEl hsa cEgssssss5
go s.5sssss.-ss
II oUND-TRIP, TICKETS TO WHITE
III SULPHUR SPRIN G S.-CHEsAPEAKE
AND OHIO RAILROAD.--From SATURDAY
18th, 70 TUESDAY, 3lst August, inclusive
ROUND-TRIP TICKETS win be sold ut SIS, GOOD
for seven days, including the day on which they
arc sold and the day OF return.
The GRAND PRESS BALL takes place On
j. F. NETHERLAND,
= au 2e-st ..- .--a'h General Ticket Agent.
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WANTS.

WANTED, a MARKET FARMER, to
wv take charge Of small. farm ncar Richmond.
Va. One well recommended may make an adYan-
ft,,t,' ", 49, ar 2e--S. Tu& Th2w*
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DENTISTRY.

DENTAL NOTICE.-Dr. MA-ES
~ IIONY respectfully informs all per-cIIHrs
sons who may need his services that he has re-
turned to the city, and can be found ut his Office
No. G25 Main street, at all hours. au T-lW
MENTAL NOTICE.-Dr STEEL c.
~ has returned to the city and may beSIYp
foundat all hours ut his office, No. I23 Main street.
o5-it
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4 Marvellous Mendicant.

The London Daily Necs is responsible
or the following story. 1t is, at oil events,
we'll told: -...,,.,-. ........
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WANTED, woman to COOK, WASH
w and IRON. Can hear Of a steady home,
and good wages will be paid. White preferred.
innIyto. Il. KERSE, Grocer
~, 5Tatz Port MAYO. below Rockets.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1869-12-18

CoLD WATER TREATMENT OF FEvER-We have,
every now and then, revivals of the methods of
treating disease, the results of which must excite
surprise that there should ever have been breaks
in their continued use This remark applies
with peculiar force to the use of cold bathing in
fever. From the earliest times recourse has been
had successfully to this remedy, with sometimes
the enjoined use of cold water as drink. Two
German physicians, Drs. Liebermeister and Ha-
genbach, and DR.. Jurgensen, strongly recon-
mend the cold water treatment in fevers, as we
read in the October issue of the American Jour-
nal of the Medical Sciences. The two first men
toned writers claim that by this means the NOR
tality from typhoid fever is rendered notably less,
that death occurs very rarely as direct result OF
the high fever, and that even in fatal cases the
course of the disease is much prOtracted. Diminu-
ton of the excessively high temperature of the
body, which they regard as the chief sustaining
cause of fever, is at once brought about by the
cold bath, of 68 degrees of Fahrenheit, repeat
ed every two hours. Complications by affec-
tions Of the respiratory organs are less apt to
occur under this treatment which render delirum
and coma of rare occurrence. Baths frequently
repeated have been found to be more efficacious
in the reduction of temperature than single pro-
longed bath. In some cases the baths should be
continued day and night. Douche packing OF
sponging are imperfect substitutes for the genera
bath. As regards mortality it was found thai
the baths In 100 cases treated with cold water
were but 81 per cent, and the deaths in 33C
cases precedingly treated, were l54 per cent, OIL
FIVE times as many within minute fraction -
Philadelphia Ledger.
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DREss AND DAppEARAN0E.-Upont the subject Of
dress and appearance, the New York Times thus
remarks
coat that has the mark of use upon it, is a
recommendation to the people of sense, and a
hat with too much nap and too high lustre, is
a derogatory circumstance. The best coats in
Broadway are on the backs of penniless fops,
broken down merchants, clerks with pitiful sal
ares and men thst .a0 noi pay up. The heavi-
est gold chains dangle from the fobs of gamblers
and gentlemen of very limited means costly or
well opened, the fact of silly lover or husband
crampeG for funds. And when pretty woman
goes by in plain and neat apparal, it is the pre-
sumption that she has fair expectations, and a
husband that can show balance in his favor
For women are like books-too much gliding
makes men suspicious that the binding is the
most important part
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CORRECT STYLE FOR FULL EVENING DRESS. The
correct style for full evening dress is black dress
coat, with velvet collar and plain lapels, rolling
low. A black embroidered cashmere vest is the
most fashionable this season, though white
Marseilles vests are much worn, cut low to show
three shirt studs, with rolling collar, and in
good taste. When plain black dress vest is
worn a facing of white Marseilles or silk is FIRE.
quenty sewed inside the collar, but is not used
as much as formerly. Trousers are made of a
fine black doeskin, cut easy to the leg and with
good spring at the bottom. The skirt bosom
should be neatly embroidered and the studs
jeweled, small diamonds being the most dressy
The tie should always be white, the ends little
larger than in the centre and embroidered
Gloves also white, though light lavender or a
pale cream color is often worn. Boots of plain
calf skin, not patent leather. For an informal
party where full dress is not expected, blue
black cloth frock or English walking coat is the
correct style, With white double breasted vest
showing little above the coat, and either a
plain lavender color or black trousers may be
worn, with lavender colored gloves and black
| fia
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ERRORS IN NATURAL IsroRY.-The stories that
there is but one phoenix in the world, which,
after many years, burns herself, and from her
ashes rises another that the pelican pierces her
breast with her beak, to draw blood for her
young that the cameleon lives only upon air, OF
the bird of paradise and Of the Unicorn, are all
fabulous. 1t is an error that the scorpion stings
itself when surrounded by fire, and that music
has power over persons bitten by it; that the
mole has no eyes, and the elephant no knees -
that the hedgehog is a mischievous animal, par
ticularly that he sucks cows when they are asleep
It is said that the porcupne shoots out its quilla
for annoying its enemy, whereas 1t only sneds
them annually, as other feathered animals do
The iackall is commonly called the lions provl-
der, but il has no connection with the lion. The
bite of spider is not venomous; it is found too,
in Ireland, plentifuly, has no dislike to fixing its
web on Irish oak, and has no particular aversion
TO toad The ass was vulgarly thought to have
cross on its back, ever since Christ rode on one
of those animals 1t is also believed that the
haddock had the mark ofSt. Peter thumb since be
took the tribute penny out ofa fish Of that species
1t was anciently believed says Brand that the bar
nacle a common shel-6sb, which Is found stick
ing on the bottom of ships, would when broken
off become q species Of goose. Nor is 1t less an
error that bears form their cubs by licking them
into shape, or that storks will only live in repuD
lies and free states. The rose of Jericho, which
was fegned to flourish every year about Christ
mas Eve, is famous in the annals OF credulity
but, like the no less celebrated "Glastonoure
Thorn" is only a monkish imposture. ltncom
monty believed, and even proverbial, that pup
pies see in nine days, but the fact is, they 90 no
! see till the twelfth or fourteenth.