The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-06-21
Model Epicures.

IHe lOidlllau Is uuuOuOteuiy an eAciuSise
| product Of the Arabian race. He is para
site on system, an idler who elevates his
belly into divinity, or at least principle.
His prophet or exemplar is certain TOTAL
whose doctrine is expressed in a few practi-
cal rules, respectfully observed and numer-
ously followed. Let him who attends a
wedding-feast," says one of his apothegms,
having no invitation, avoid glancing here
and there obviously. Choose the best place.
Ii the guests are numerous, pass through
boldly without saluting any one to make the
guests of the bride think you friend of the
bridegroom, ard those of the groom friend
| of the BRIDE"
An Arab poet said of TOTAL: :" If he saw
two buttered pancakes in cloud, he would
take his flight without hesitation"
A Torfailian of marked genius once learn
ed that festival was going on at a grand
mansion. He ran thither, but the door was
closed and entrance impossible. Inquiring
here and there, he learned that son Of the
house was absent on the Mecca pilgrimage.
Instantly he procured sheet of parchment,
folded it, and sealed it as usual with clay
he rolled his garments in the dust and bent
his spine painfully over long staff. Thus
perfect in what an actor would call his read
ing, he sent word to the host that messen-
ger had arrived from his son. You have
seen him ?" said the delighted Amphitryon
+" and how did he bear his fatigues?" He
was in excellent health" answered the Tor
fabian very feebly. "Speak, speak " cried
the eager father, :" and tell me every detail
how far had he got?" Il can not, l am
faint with hunger" said the simple fellow
Directly he was seated at the highest place
of the feast, and every guest admired that
splendid appetite-an appetite quite profes-
the assimilative powers of liyers. add my
son send no letter." asked the poor father
in favorable interval caused by strangula-
ton. "Surely." replied the good friend,
and, compromising that the critical moment
had arrived, he drew to himself chine Of
kid with one hand while he unwound the
letter from his turban with the other. The
seal was still moist, and the pilgrim had not
found time to write nything on the parch-
ment. "Are you Torfailian " asked the
host, with the illumination of sudden idea.
g Yea. in truth, verify" said the stranger,
struggling with his last mouthful. Eat,
then, and may Sheytan trouble thy diges-
toni" The parasite was shown to the door,
but he had dined.-Lippincohs Magazine.
MEMoRANDA.-A new microscope slide for
observing the appearance presented by flu
ids as they circulate through the capillary
vessels has been invented by Mr.. D. S.
Holman. 1t consists of two shallow cavi-
ties on one side of the slide these are con-
nected by minute groove. The liquid, e.
9. blood, milk, ETC.. to be examined is plac-
ed in the shallow cups, and these and the
groove are then covered with a piece OF
thin glass. By pressing on the portion OF
the glass covering one or the other cavity,
the fluid is caused to circulate through the
narrow tube when the movements of its
I globules or corpuscles may be examined at
leisure.
Dr.I Waly finds that glacial acetic acid
is. an excellent solvent for iodine. On
cooling hot saturated solution, long arrow
headed crystals of iodine separate.
Mr.. Paley has sent a communication to
the Cambridge Philosophical Society, il
which he attempts to show that as the word
Odusseus signifies "Setting Sum-" the
OoyoSoy 10 w " iCSuiueu 10 sOldt NY III
describing the journey of the sun to the
west, and his return after many adventures
to his bride, Penelope, the spinstress OIL
cloud weaver in the east.
A bandsaw SIS feet long and 81 inches
in width is in successful operation in Phia
delphia. Its speed is 500 feet per minute
1t is said that the blade will follow the
curvature of the grain of the lumber, thus
combining economy with increased value in
the product, especially when it is to be used
in ship building. t,~.r-77
The value of the silk raised annually in
the United States is from thirty to forty
/ million dollars. eL .st.4~f -.
Rucks process for preparing Illuminating
gas consists in the decomposition of super
heated steam, by coke and iron, at a high
temperature, the removal of the sulphur
products by oxide of iron and the carbon
izing Of the gas by rectiGed petroleum.
A rival to the Bessemer cabin has beer
invented in Russia ia this case the cabir
floats in tank Of water instead of resting
on pivot.
1t is stated by Willoughby Smith, that
under the influence of the light of the sur
selenium gradually becomes crystalline. Ir
its vtreous state it is non-conductor O
electricity, but in the crystalline condition
| it is conductor.--Scrib1sers. g .
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