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Dr . Alfred Barker begs to inform the readers of the Northern Star that a Volume of Upwards of One Thousand Testimonials will shortly be published . REA 1 » l'llE FOLLOWING : — 'In the five cases I wrote to you about , the ranefly lias perfectly succeeded ; sena me another for a case of Scrotal Hernia . ' —John Armstrong , Navy Surgeon . ' We have witnessed the cure of three cases of Rupture by Dr . Barker ' s treatment , which confirm the remarks we made some time since on tho utility of this discovery to those suffering from Hernia . '—JlEtiCAL JooRKAL , ' Ycur remedy has cured my Itupture after everything else had failed . I have used violent exertion since , but there is no sign of its coming down . '—Miss Symmonds , Bays water . 1 A fair time has elapsed since I used your remedy , and moreover I have been examined by a surgeon , lrho declares it is quite cured . '—Mr . Potts , Bath .
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IN SIX LANGUAGES . ' -FORTIETH EDITION , Containing the Remedy for the Prevention of Disease — Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical and Explanatory Coloured Engravings ou Steel . On Physical Disqualifications , Generative Jncapaeity , and Impediments to Marriage . A . Haw and improved Edition , enlarged to 1 S 6 pages , price 2 s . Cd ; by post , direct from the Establishment , 3 s . 6 U , in postage stamps . V All communications being strictly confidential , the Authors have discontinued the publishing of Cases , THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Practical Work on the Exhaustion and Physical Decay of the System , produced by excessive indulgence , the consequences
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Brother Chartists leivare of youthful Ten Shilling Quacfo who imitate t / tit Advertisement . PAJiwa en man £ s , i « : a £ , « icavs < : l , mjm . J 5 A <» ' {> , Etliciimatisiu . < RomI , Eil ( lag <> dlir < u Debility , mriciui-v , Cijcct , vie . C-Vt ! 'irB «> N . —AyoutWul self-styled ten Eliiilinj ,- doctor ( unblushing impudence bein ^ his only qualification ) is now adyertisiuf ! uniler the assumed name of an eminent physician , highly injurious imitations of these medicines , and an useless abbreviated copy of Dr . lie Hoos' celebrated Medical Adviser , ( slightly changing its title ); sufferers will therefore do well to sou that the s-taiup round oach box orho ' . tle is a bona fide government stamp ( not a base counterfeit ) , and to guuvd a ^ alt . st the tvutblrss statements of lliis individual , -which arc published only for tllG basest purposes of deception on invalids and fraud on the proprietor .
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TIIL' JEW - \ HlSTCCPtACY .
! " . "„„ ' . ' . " - ¦ ¦ j ' l-. nlt ^> re , year ? ago , - ' -, " , " -r { . it ours of the earth . 1 ' C-X- 'd it inst the crowd should shrink r ' 5 ire d >« c ^' = ° T " - -s , , " iV- ^ E ht it wrong 'JUe poor Sttould thinfc J \; : J rViJ t 0 kee ? * d 0 Wa ' - ; « ,-. yore the < hvs when books were things J 3 !« -f ' M ; - People" could not touchvi . jc for : ls « uie of lorj 3 iini kin S > \ nd only meant for such , ¦ r e work the loom , to till the soil , ' jo out t ! je costly gem—? c uv : i . l iLe round of daily toil , Vas quite enough for them .
-r jacv - ^ "litnj ost rcaa and yrnte * ¦ ft ' t-re thought a wondvous deal , ¦ FfTtvofc who wake with morning light * T « tarn their daily meal . lir rana , a wore submissive slave , The loss his head-pieee knew ; \« J so the mass from habit gave " Tiiair birthright to t / tefca : So * look abroad , the light of truth I ~ spreading far and wide , ^ n < i that -which fills our English youth Mas-t shame our ancient pride . 'Ti > mind alone can wieM the sword , In spite of wesltii and rank ; The artisan Tuny face a , lord , With thousands in the bank .
"Wo . scorn not tiiose of high degree , For so 'twere wrong to do ; Ent poorer men as rich can be , And quit's as noble , too . Tlie prince may act a gayer part ; Bat he who worka for bread 3 Iay have , perchance , a warmer heart . And , perhaps , a clearer head . Then grieve not for " the good old times ;" B-rhold a brighter day . ' Tko causes of our fathers' crimes Arc wcarinsr fast away , jlufnrc the Pen , the Press , and Hail , Mast old opinions fall ; Ti'C mighty project cannot failfiiea aid " it one and ail ;
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j ' fcolkriioiis of Scenes and Institutions in Italy cml the East . By JosErn Beldam , Esq ., Uarrister-at-Law . Two vols . London Madden , yir . 13 eli > am went up the Uliine , and passed through Switzerland and Italy to Malta , jUexandm and Cairo . His purpose -was to jiarc aseeaded the 2 < ile , but the lateness of the season prevented him ; so he made a journey across the Desert to'the most remarkable spots ofr « i ! est « ieand Syria ; closingthotour by a visit to Athens and Constantinople-.
The style of Hie hook is pleasing and gentle , —occasionally it is even poetic ; but the matter is by uo means so fresU or important as we should imagine might even yet be presented by a tourist , who , following a route so often described before , at least in separate parts , should have carried with him either a shrewd tarn for observation or a large power of general re-Section . Among the numerous persons our traveller fell iu with was a gentleman in the service of the Pasha of Egypt , who was supposed to be an Earopcan renegade ; and this eneouuier gives rise to a liberal consideration of a curious subject .
fc lias fallen to my lot on more than one occasion to associate with renegades ; they belong io a class show it is almost impossible to respect , because it : ; impossible to believe in their sincerity ; and men trLsare disloyal to their 3 Iaker can give nogearani « 3 to society . TUe most favourable construction of their conduct is io regard them as utter unbelievers in reveh \ : cn ; as men who hold religion to be important
only as an instrument of government , and , concludhur ' ail reikrions to he equally false , give the prefercnee to " that which hns the strongest hold on puUic opinion . It is so obvious that linxnan laws and sanctions unaided by conscience fall short of iLeir object , that the ambitious and unprincipled of ail aje-Ojave recognised the political necessity of Tension : and hence , where they have not found owTadapted , to their purpose , they have even set about the invention of a new one .
Voiuire , in his play of " Mahomet , '' puts this sr . numeut iuio the iips of the false prophet" 11 fiut un autre cuSte ; il faut de nouveaux fers ; U fant nn autre Dieu poor l ' aveugle univers . " I : was curious . to know what opinions -were enter-Ktiued on this subject by the astute effendi ; and though 1 could net directly put the question to him , ] was enabled in the course of conversation pretty well io ascertain them . They corresponded with the lu'eas above expressed . A semi-barbarous people , which
le maintained , would submit to no laws they diu not believe to be Divine ; and rulers are not wiiy at liberty therefore , but obliged , to mafce use of tic popular superstition whatever it may be . In this view of the case , he considered that a diversity © f religions , in the present imperfect and variegated condition of human society , was a positive benefit and not an evil . At the same time , he freely ad nitted that Ghristianiiy was the most moral of all religions , " and would one day become universal .
Tho progress of religious liberality in Turkov seems pretty much an affair of situation : iu remote places , the people , if fanatical , display their fanaticism ; at Constantinople they are ' more restrained , It strikes us , however , that there is oiio great change going on—the ironien seem io be under less feeling of restraint . The following incident occurred at Constantinople , and it could hardly have taken place under tlie old regime , when a fanatical Moslem lady would scarcely have addressed infidels . The scene of the incident was the Mosque of Solyman the Magnificent , vhich our traveller had been visiting with a party : —
On coming out of the gate of the mausoleum , we were met bya Turkish lady and her daughter ; who , a ? toaisued lieydnd measure to see us issuing from the sacred precincts , stopped Pittaco , and desired to iiiow our nation and religion . The answer being unsatisfactory , the inquiry was communicated to us ; whereupon Lord Bernard Howard desired the Dragoman to inform her that we were " all Christians . " Still the lady was unsatisfied , and wished to be informed more precisely what was the nature Of onr religion .: As our party represented not only different nations , but different creeds also , this might have been difficult ; and the Dragoman was again ordered to say in geceral terms , that we were " Believers in the blessed Jesus . " On this , the " yasmac" which partially concealed the lady ' s face was sufficiently , withdrawn to exhibit an excited
connttnance and eyes beaming with animation . "Yes , " sue replied , ' |» utwe also believe in Jesus . Jesus was ono of the minor prophets ; but our prophet is Mahbmmed , the last and the greatest of all . " She was evidently an enthusiast , and continued to descant for some time on the prospects of MalioriKiieiianism . She - < aid that the young Sultan Was not competent to tlie task of government . She then spoke of the disorders of the times ; and en-Jed with the consolatory assurance , that the period was approaching when all things would be rectified , "for in thirty years , " Bheadded , " MaioicnieJ himself will appear on horseback to set the * wld in order . " The little gitl who accompanied her appeared tQ . be very impatient during this conversation ; andTittiico afterwards told us , that she * as repeatedly "imploring her mother to leave the " Giaours * ' and-corae awart
The author toeing interested in the question ° i tbe Slave trade , had resolved to take the opportunity of an espected interview with the la ^ Pacha of Egypt to urge on Mm the suppression of tnts traffic in his dominions . The ^ acha having- left Cairo , however , about the time when tire interview was to take place , - ^ r- Beldam paid his respects , instead , to Balie Bey , the acting governor , and addressed fe remonstrances on the Slave trade to him . ^ <> m the following account of the conversatio , we should imagine that the Bey was ? wethan a match for Mr . Beldam , —and , m fact , contrived to bamboozle him : —
. vi ^ = the colloquy by expressing , of course , gillie interest-we felt in the wonderful country we ^< 1 come to visit , with suitable enconiums on its ? r « at and improved resources and capabilities . The " 4 y politely acknowledged these compliments . Tht-^ n versauon then turned on the vast importance of commerce , especially with the interior of Africa . - bey ' s assent being given to this also , the sub-IMS . naturally went on to the obstacles that stood ; . its way . Uere I felt quite at home , with the f ormation I Lad received from our Darfour * « hauL 1 stated , therefore , that in tbe opinion « the regular traders , both native and foreign , dtr was no hindrance so great to legitimate eajn-i
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niercc as the stave tv . vie ; and that , however much individuals midst profit by it , the revenues of the pacha must materially suffer . It was tho pafiha's inK-reci , therefore , io put , it down . Xods of npbl ' ovjii Lo-i . l . iO bt-y , ,-ii 1 j . i-: jc : ciJcii . shor-Cti that i ; c U ' i '! c-r . -tf > f . it my oikervntioni ; which \ v ., ve U-ans-Iatoii , notwiiiitf . udiiis , by iht * imu in oiEoe , nnd ai ? aiu formally asst-invti to . "With a i ' anlicr vicv to cumiacrce , I then touk the liberty to suggest ib .-it int-eili ^ csit young slaves should be educated a ; : d = vnt back to their respective countries , to sow the stC'ls Of iiiiproveiuent , of which the pacha would , hereafter , be sure to reap the harvest . It was now the bey ' s turn to reply , which was do ; ie through the same official medium . lie
acknowledged , in brief , tlie truth of all that had been said . Xone eould doubt ihe value of a commerce with the interior ; and tho report of ihe Darfour merchant was I'utttted to credit . The slave trade must certainly be a liinilrauce to every other traffic , and consequently , injurious to tho jiacha . But as for tho plan of educating slaves , and sending them homesingularly enough !—it was the pacha ' s own benevolent idea ; and would , lie believed , bo speedily carried into execution . So jtcrfectly agreed were * re on the slave tr . i-le , that the conversation now b : catnc tnievar . thefivourite Oriental topic—the speed of the railways—coming first , of which I save him such an account as made him shrug his shoulders with affected surprise , though of course he
knew all about it before , lie then expressed his warmest gratitude for the many attentions shown to a brother of his who had been staying in England . While we weic thus mutually offering civilities , and the bey was acknowledging his seuse of English hospitality , pipes and coffee were undergoing our grave discussion ; the servants appearing and disappearing in the manner 1 formerly described . At the end of the second edition we rose auil were conducted by our host to the bottom of the room , where we * took our leave ; wo to our affairs in the city ; and he , smiling of coarse at his own dexterity , to the official duties of the divan . Balrie Uuy was : i well-favoured man , of an European complexion , with quick grey eyes , and a remarkable subtle aspect . During tlie whole of the conversation 1 was conscious of the lynx-like scrutiny we were untlci coiner : and I entertain no doubt he tooU Had
il for granted at the close that we been thoroughly gulled . It certainly was too much to expect sincerity on such n subject as the slave trade ; but wo were not more imposed upon tunn our neighbours . Shortly after this reception , it seems that several of my former colleagues obtained au interview fora similar purpose with the lute Ibrahim P .-icha , then on a visit to this country , who treated them to the same good natured expressious of sympathy and approval . That account appeared in tho public journals ; and it is possible that our own story of the old Pacha's benign intentions might have obtained the same wide circulation—as intended of course by his astute representative—had we not fortunately discovered , almost immediately after leaving the citiwlel , that the whole had been ingeniously invented by our host fur tho occasion .
Mr . Beldam agrees , upon the whole , with almost all other writers on the East , that Mohammedanism seems to be waning in the chief centres of population there , and especially at Constantinople , —that the condition of the Oriental nations under the rule of the Turks is everywhere moBt wretched , —and that Russia , through her instrument , the Greek Church , is gradually extending her influence into this part of the world .
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The Scalp-Huniers : or , Romantic Adventures in Northern Mexico . By Captain Mayne Reid , Author of 'The Rifle Rangers . ' Three Vols . London : Skeet . ' Tub Scalp-Hunters' is fall of fierce life and feverish interest . M . Henry Haller , the hero , w 3 io writes in the first person , going to St . Louis in ' search of the picturesque , ' joins there a party of prairie merchants trading to Santa Fe—mon who , dressed like so many D'Orsays , wore white linen , diamond studs and rings—the finest cloth garments tastefully cut—and who drank Madeira at twelve dollars a bottle ! All this changes , however , when
they are out of the city , and traverse the wilderness , and we see them hardy , daring , energetic fellows . They undergo a total metamorphosis . In the course of the journey Haller comes across one Seguin , a scalp-hunter , of whom some horrible exaggerations are told , hut the title still indicated his profession . It should be explained that the scalp-hunters of Northern Mexico are a Epecies of land privateers , who occupy themselves in the task of esterminatiflg certain mischievous aborigines , and who receive head-money on every victim or adversary scalped . Of this goodly company Seguin is the leader : —a superior , melancholy , mysterious , tender-hearted man , who , like the Bravo in Mr . Fenimore Cooper ' s
"Venetian novel , is debited with crimes never committed by him , and whose main object iu joining these expeditions has been to discover and reclaim a daughter stolen in her infancy , and made queen over the savages by whom she has been adopted . Into the hands of this Seguin falls Haller the hero , when he is smitten by fever ; and having fallen in love with Zoe , one of the daughters , he agrees ^ to join his father-in-law elect in a scalp-hunting expedition , and in search of the lost daughter , upon some new information received latterly of her whereabouts . She is finally recovered , after danger and difficulty ; but to the unhappy father ' s anguish , she has lost all recollection of him , and become , as it were , innately one of the tribe with which she was found .
Care and attention , the solicitude of the mother , and the unceasing watchfulness of her sister Zoe , tend to rouse up the faint and almost dead recollections of the past , and they are rewarded by a recognition which makes , what to her seemed a mystery , all plain . Such is the plot of this novel . The following extracts will g ive an idea of the style . Our first is a description of the prairie traders —a class that will , in the coarse of time , be superseded by Asa Whiterey ' s Pacific Eailroad : —
There was a party of gentlemen stopping at the hotel , who seemed to know each other well . I might call them a clique ; but that is not a good word , and does not express if hat I mean . They appeared rather a band of friendly , jovial fellows . They strolled together through the streets , and sat side ' by side at the table d'hote , where they usually remained long after the regular diners had retired . I noticed that they drank the most expensive wines , and smoked the finest clears the house afforded . My attention was attracted to these men . I was struck with their peculiar bearing—their erect , Indian-like carriage in the streets , combined with a boyish gaiety , so characteristic of the
western American . They dressed nearly alike ; in fine black cloth , white linen , satin vests , and diamond pins . They wore tbe whisker full , but smoothly trimmed ; and several of them sported moustaches . Their hair fell curling over their shoulders ; and most of them wore their collars turned down , displaying healthy looking , suntanned throats . I was struck with a vr « i « cmW « ncc in their phvsiognomy . Their faces did not resemble each other ' ; but there was an unmistakeable similarity in the expression of the eye—no doubt , the mark that bad been made by like occupations and experience . Were they sportsmen ? So . The sportsman ' s bands are whiter . There is more
jewellery on his fingers ; his waistcoat is of a gayer pattern ; and altogether his dress will be more gaudy and super-elegant . Moreover , the sportsman lacks that air of free and-easy confidence . He dare not assume it . He may live in the hotel ; but he must be quiet and unobstrusive . The sportsman is a bird of prey ; hence , like all birds of prey bis habits are sileni and solitary . They are not of his profession . " Who are these gentlemen ? " I inquired , from a person who sat by me , indicating to mm tbe men of whom I have spoKert . " The prairie men . " " The prairie men ! " " Yes . The Santa Pe traders . " "Traders ! " I echoed , in some surprise , not be able to connect such
elegantes with any ideas of trade or the priaries . " Yes , " continued icy informant . " That large , fine-looking man , in the middle , is Bent—Bill Bent , as he is called . The gentleman on his right is young Sublette ; the other , standing on his left , is one of the Choteaus ; aiid that is the sober Jerry Folger . " " These , then , are the celebrated prairie merchants ? " " Precisely so . " * * * I wear a hunting shirt of dressed deer skin . I : is a garment more after the style of an ancient tunic , than
anything I can think of . It is of a light . yellow colour , beautifully stitched and embroidered ; and the cape—for it has a short cape , —is fringed bv tags cut out of the leather itself . The skirt is also bordered by a similar fringe , and hangs full and low . A pair of " savers" of scarlet cloth cover my limbs to the thigh ; and under these are strong iean pantaloons , heavy boots , and big brass spurs . A coloured cotton shirt , a blue neck-tie , a broad brimmed Guayaquil hat , complete the articles of my every day dress . Behind oe , on the cantle of mv saddle , may be observed a . bright red
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object folded into a cylindrical form . This is my ! " Mackinaw , " a great favourite—for it makes ay bed by night , and my groat- coat on other occasions . There is a _ small slit in the middle of it , through which 1 thi u ; t my head in cold ov rainy wrathei" ; : u :. i I am t ' uis covered to ilio .- { iiktcs . As I iwve said , : nv compx-jnons du i ' u ;/ a iaro .-.::: iii .: riy atiiruvl . Tlioie may be a difference \ . f colour in the blanket or tho lugi-ings , or tho shirt may bo of other materials ; but that I have described may . be taken as a " character drees . " Wti ato all soiirnvhat similarly armed and equipped . For my part , I may say that I am " armed to the teeth . " In my holsters I carry a fair of Colt ' s large-sized revolvers , six shots each . In my bolt is another pair of tho small size , with
five shots each . In addition I have n . light vine , making in all twenty-three shots , which I haye learnt to deliver in as many seconds vf time . Failin" with all these , I carry in my belt a long shining blida known as a "bowie knife . " This last is my hunting knife , my dining knife , and , in short , my knife of "all work . " For accoutrements I have a pouch and flask , both slung under the right arm . I have ulso a large gourd canteen , and a haversack for my rations . So have all my comi > an ? - •^ *' wo are differently mounted . Some ride saddle mules ; others stride a mustang ; while a few have brought their favourite American horses . I am of
this number . I ride a dark brown stallion with black logs , and muzzle like the withered fern . lie is a half Arab , nnd of perfect proportions . He is called . "Movo , " a Spanish name , given lmn , by tlie Loufciania planter from whom I bought him , but why I do not know . I have retained the name , and he answers to it readily . He is strong , fleet , nnd beautiful . JIany oi" my friends fancy him on the route , and offer large prices fov him ; but these do not tempt me , for my Jloro serves mo well . Every day I grow more and move attached to him . My dog , Alp , a San Bernard , that I bought from a Swiss emigre in St . Louis , hardly comes in for a tithe of my affections .
Our next shows a feat of skill in the camp of tho Scalp Hunters : — I had returned to my blanket , and was about to stretch myself upon it , wheathe whoop of a " gruya " drew my attention . Looking up , I saw one of these birds flying towards the camp . It was coming through a break in tho trees that opened from tho river . It flew low , and tempted a shot with its broad wings , and low lazy flight . A report rang upon the air ! One of the Mexicans had fired hia escopette ; but the bird flew on , plying its wings with more energy , as if to bear itself out of reach . There was a laugh from the trappers , and a voice cvied out— " Yur cussed fool ! d ' yur think ' ee kud hit a spread blanket wi'' that
beetle-shaped blunderbox ? Tish ! " I turned to see who had delivered this odd speech . Two men wore poising tfcoii * l'iflce , bringing them to bear upon the bird . One was the young hunter whom I have described . Tlie other was an Indian whom I had not seen before . The cracks were simultaneous ; and tbe crane , dropping its long neck , came whirling down among tho trees , where it caught upon a high branch and remained , From their position neither party knew that the other had fired . A tent was between them , and tho two reports had seemed as one . A trapper cried out , " Well done , Garey ! Lord help the thing that ' s afore old Eilbar ' s muzzle , when you skuints through her hind sights . " Tho Indian just then
stepped round the tent . Heaving this side speech , and perceiving tho smoko still oozing from the muzzle of tho hunter ' s gun , ho turned to the latter with . the interrogation , "Did you fire , sir ? " Tins was said in well accentuated and most un-Indianliko English , which would have drawn my attention to the man , had not his singularly imposing appearance rivetted me already . " \ Vho is he ? " I inquired of one near me . "Don' know—fresh arriy , " was the short answer . " Do you mean that he is a stranger here ? " "Jest so . lie kumd in thar awhile agone . Don't b'liove anybody knows him . I guess the captain does ; I seed them shake bands . " * * * " Did I lire ? Didn't ye hear a crack ? Didn't yc see the thing fall ? Look yonder ! " Carey , as he spoke ,
pointed up to the bird . " "We must have fired simultaneously . " As tho Indian said this , he appealed to his gun , which was still smoking , at the muzzle . " Look hyar , Injun ! whether we fired symultanyously , or extraneously , or cattawampovsly , aint the flapping q a beaver's tail to me ; but I tuk sight on that bird ; I hut that bird ; and ' twar my bullet brought the thing down . " " I think I must have hit too , " replied the Indian , modestly . "That'slike , with thatar spangled gimcrack , " said Garey , looking disdainfully at the other ' s gun , and then proudly at his own brown weather-beaten piece—wliich he had just wiped , and was about to reload . " Gimcrack or no , " answered the Indian , " she sends a bullet straighter and farther than
any piece I have ever met with . Ill warrant she has sent hers through the body of the crane . " "Look hyar , mister ; forls'pose we must call a gentleman ' mister' who speaks so fine and looks so fine , tho' he be ' 8 an Injun ; it's mighty easy to settle who hut the bird . That thing ' s a fifty , or tharabouts ; Kilbar ' s a ninety . 'Taint hard to tell which has plugged the varmint ; we'll soon see ; " and so saying , the hunter stepped off towards the tree , on wliich hung the gruya , high up . — " How are you to get it down , " cried one of the men , who had stepped forward to witness the settlement of this curious dispute . There was no reply , for every one saw that Garey was poising his gun for a shot . The crack followed ; and the
branch , shivered by his bullet , bent downward under the weight of the gruya ; but the bird caught in a double fork , still stuck fast in the broken limb . A murmur of approbation followed the shot . These were men not accustomed to hurrah loudly at a trivial incident . The Indian now approached , having reloaded his piece . Taking aim at the shattered point , cutting it clean from the tree ! The bird fell to the ground amidst expressions of applause from tho spectators , but chiefly from Mexican and Indian hunters . It was at once picked up and examined . Two bullets had passed through its body ! Either would have killed it .. A shadow of unpleasant feelings was visible on the face of the young trapper . * * Without saying
a word he commenced wiping out his gun , with that stoical calmness peculiar to men of his calling . I observed tnat he proceeded to load with more than usunl care . It was evident he would not rest satisfied with the trials already made , but would either beat the " Injun" or be himself " whipped into shucks . " So he declared in a muttered speech to his comrades . His piece was soon loaded ; and , swinging her to the hunter ' s carry , he turned to the crowd—now collected from all parts of the camp . " Thar ' s one kind o' ahootin' , ' Baid he , " that ' s jest as easy as fallin' off a lo ^ . Any man kin do it , as kin look straight through hind-Bights . But then thar ' s another kind , that ain't so easy ; it needs narve . " Here the trapper
paHsed ; and looked toward the Indian , who was also reloading . Look hyar , stranger ! " continued he , addressing the latter . " Have ye got a curamarade on tho ground , as known yer shotin' ?" The Indian , after a moment's hesitation , answered " Yes . " "Kinyercummarade depend on yer shot ?" "Oh I I think so . Why do you wish to know that ? " " Why—I ' m a goin' to show ye a shot we sometimes practice at Bent ' s Fort , jest to tickle the greenhorns . ' Taint much o' a shot , nattier ; but it tries the carves a little , I reckon . Hoy Rube ! " "D n yur . What do ' ee want ?" This was spoken in an energetic and angry-like voice , that turned all eyes to the quarter whence it proceeded . At the first glance , there seemed to be
no one in that direction . In looking more carefully , among the logs and stumps , an individual was discovered , seated by one of the fires . It would have been difficult to tell that it was a human body , had not the arms at tho moment been in motion . The back was turned towards the crowd , and the head had disappeared , sunk forward over the fire . The object , from where we were standing , looked more like the stump of a cottonwood , dressed in dirt-colouved buckskin , than tho body of a human being . In getting nearer , and round to the front of it , it was seen to be a man—though a very curious one—holding a Jong rib of deer-meat in both hands , which he was polishing with a very poor set of teeth . The whole appearance of this individual
was odd and striking . His dress—if dress it could be called—was simple as it was savage . It consisted of what might have once been a hunting shirt , but which now looked more like a leathern bag with tlie bottom ripped open , and sleeves sewed into the sides . It was of a dirty-brown colour , wrinkled at the hollow of the arms , patched around tbe armpits , and greasy all over : it was fairly " caked " with dirt ! There was no attempt at either ornament or fringe . There had been a cape ; but this had evidently been drawn upon , from time to time , for patches and other uses , until scarcely a vestige of it remained . The legg ings and mocensons were on a par with the shirt ; and seemed to have been manufactured out of the same hide . They , too , were dirt-brown , patched , wrinkled , and greasy . They did not meet each other , but left a piece of the ankle bare ; and There
that also was divt-brown , like the buckskin . was no undershirt , vest , or other garment to be seen , with the exception of a close-fitting cap , which had once been catskin ; but the hair was nil worn off it—leaving a greasy , leathery-looking surface , that corresponded well with the other parts oi the dress . Cap , shirt , leggings , and moccasons , looked as if they had never been stripped oft , since the day they were first tried on ; and that might have been many a year ago . The shirt was opendisplaying the naked breast and thro . it—and these , as well as the face , hands , and ankles , bad been tanned by the sun , and smoked by the fire , to the hue of rusty copper . The whole man—clothes ami all—looked as if he had been smoked on purpose . ' Ilis face bespoke a mnn of sixty . Tlie features were sharp and somewhat ; aquiline ; and the smftil eye was dark , quick , and piercing . His hair was black and cut short . His complexion had been na-
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turally bruuetto . them ,- ! , there was nothin * of tho renchnwi , or . Spaniard in Ms l- ! iy . sio . » v . lie was mow likeiv of tho black Saxon brood . " * * Attcr making answw aWv ,. ; , . e old f ,. , ) V snt » ors . aic time , « - . th ^ I- . oad howoor . his Una * .-c . stf ^ m-, i » ii . / . . blniif , : uu [ g | . > wJiUl r , Mo a I , ; ,,, , Ad wo . 1 , . wry au ik-i , ^ dUurhod in ki * wt . vl . " Come hyar Pu . h ,, ! j v , lH ye , , ( j „ ,,,,,, j ,, ^ ,,, G . in a tone <> t hair oiiri-oafv * ~ wii-it . trw " ><> ™ t , Biijoer i , o i , ^;; , , , oini , ^ ; wappcL . < I v ^ i [ 0 ] uM thj 3 „ ana Md Garey , ofa .-ring him a round white shell , about the SIZC r , v L ? r ; a 8 » ) ecie 3 ' of which «» ero were S ^ ! l ™ 1- . ^ eround . "k't a bet , boyee it £
"So is 110 t . » , "nt ^^ powder , are vur ? " « bemho . , hootl >/ ye \ plied the trapper , „ „„ UIuk , P t „ ' at av Injun . lho old man looked over , to where the strange Indian was stuudini ; erect and majestic , in all the pndc of | ,. plumage . There was no appearance of triump h or 5 w ; l | ger about him , as he stood loaning on Ins rift ,, in nn atUtudo . ; t once calm and dignified . * * The smoky carcass moved away , wita a slow ! Uld Pegninr pa u fc , j h Til * ^ W tU f yw'fc . When ho had stepped plaeing Ins heel * together , lie then extended hi 3 right arm-rawing it until his UanU was on a level with his Bhouldor-au . ! , holdinir tho shell in his fingers , flat side to the front , shout * .- ! hank—" Now
BiII-cd shoot , and be . 1—d to yur . "—Tlie shell was Sllihtly COnCiWC—the concavity turne-1 to the front . The thumb and finger reached half round tho eircumterence--HQ that a pnrt of tho ed ^ e was hidden and the sur / aee turned towards the marksman , was not larger than the dial of a common watch . * * Garey , drawing a long breath , phnls . l himself firmly—tho heel of his left foot opm * ite to , and some inches in advance of tho hollo ' w of his ri / jht . Then jerking up his gim , and throwing the barrel across his left p : \ lm , bo cried out to his comrade :-
% . > ^^ 9 ^ ** ¦* »• ^ ^^ d 4 * tf ^^ ^^ a ¦¦ ¦ fell ^* ^* * "Steady , old bone an' siuyer , hyar ' s sit ye i" The words were scarcely out , when the gun wiis levelled , There wts a moment ' s doathliko silence—nil eyes looking to tho murk . Then came tho crack—and the shell was senate fly , shivered into fifty fragments ! There was a cheer from the crowd . Old llube stooped to pick up one of the pieces ; and , after examining it for a moment , shouted in a loud yoico : — " Plum centre ! " The young trapper had , in fact , hit the mark in the very centre—as the blue stain of the bullet testified .
Captain Reid has evidently made the Transatlantic novels of Mr . Peuimom Cooper his models , and a powocfal writer of the same school , though with more exaggeration in his style than the American novelists .
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . We are glad to report , from time to time , the progress of the lectures at this very crowded Exhibition of Science and Art , feeling convinced that whoever may pass a fow hours there is sure to go away with some yaluablo fact derived from the lectures or other scientific sources of tho Institution . Mr . Pepper is still engaged in delivering lectures on the gems at the Crystal Palace , his present subject being "the Pearl and theltuby . " The Professor- commenced by observing that the pearl was neither a mineral nor a crystal , but an animal concretion or deposit , taking place in a peculiar kind of
oyster found on the coast of Ceylon , and also in other p laces . After many interesting details , a beautiful specimen of the pearl in the oyster , lent by Messrs . Hunt and Itoskell , of Bond street , was handed round , and tho analysis of tho goiii being carried out at the lecture-table in a very simple , but truthful manner , showed the composition to be carbonate of lime and albumen . Mr . Pepper then proceeded with the ruby , nnd concluded by describing various useful applications of alum in the arts and manufactures , especially to dyeing and calico printing , and other processes were practically illustrated , much to the satisfaction of a very crowded audience .
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The lvoHi-Ncn is now called the "Knave of Diamonds , " Good Thoughts are as useless as good dreams , if they are suffered to remain thoughts . Passengers are now conveyed by 6 teamer from Newcastle to London for seven shillings each . Better to be brought up at a good mother's knee than at the feet of a Gamaliel . Thg Exhibition—The total receipts of the Great Exhibition to July 7 ; h inclusive , amounted to £ 275 , 316 12 s . A New Design . —Mr . J . Blakeley , of Ilaliax , has ju 3 t registered a design for a railway ticket preserver . The Westminster House of Detention is now known by the more aristocratic title of " Somerset House . " ManchestbrFree Library . —The subscriptions for a free library at Manchester now amount to upwards of' £ 9 , 000 .
Hibbbnicism . —An Irishman in Philadelphia has discontinued his newspaper because lie never received it . Con . —Why are washerwomen the silliest people in the world ? Because they put out tubs io catch soft water when it rains hard . French Ballooning . —The French Government has prohibited any further balloon ascent ? , except for scientific purposes . Speaking . —A man often regrets that he did speak on certain occasions ; very seldom that he did not speak . The corporation of Limerick is the oldest in the United Kingdom , being twelve years older than that of London . Flax Growing is Ibeiand . —Government have granted £ 1 , 000 to defray the expenses of public instructors of flax growing in Ireland .
"Rather Green . "—A servant girl was asked by her mistregs to " string the beans , " when she replied , " that she would as soon as she went up stairs and got a needle and thread . " Slandkrers are at all events economical , for they make & little go a great way , and rarely open their mouths except at the expense of other people . In Paris the soldiers of the Thirty-third regiment continue to be insulted by tbe workmen nnd others , for having formed ' part of the expedition to Rome . Insult . —Whatever be the motive of insult it is always beet to overlook it ; for folly scarcely can deserve resentments , and malice is punished by neglect . . Baron Haynau has purchased in Hungary , near the Theiss , a large estate of nearly 6 , 000 acres of fertile alluvial soil , at the price of £ 4 sterling per
acre . Novel Cohtribution . —Among the recent contributions to the Great Exhibition is a loaf , baked in Perkins ' s Hot Water Oven , measuring two feet ten inchea long , sixteen inches wide , and weighing thirtysiXrponnds eight ounces . A Word to the Marrying . —Let thy liking ripen before thou lovest ; let thy love advise thee before thou makest choice ; and let thy . choice be fixed before thou marriest . Conscience is ¦ like a bee—nee it well , and it will give honey—use it ill , and it will put forth a sting . —Puritan Qcms , selected hj ihe Reverend John Mty _ . ...
A Widower . —The Hindoo Intelligencer announces the death of one of the seventeen wives of Dinnoonauth Mokerjee , which melancholy event consequently leaves the said Mokerjee the seventeenth part of a desolate widower . Russian Jews . —Some Jewish capitalists , driven , from Russia by late- measures against" their race , are endeavouring to purchase large tracts of land for the formation of Jewish colonies in Hungary . . Caution to Promising Lovers . —The Law of Evidence Amendment Bill , now before the House of Lords , renders the evidence of the party promised admissible in a court of law , to recover damages for a breach of lover ' s vows . A great mind may change its objects , but it cannot relinquish them ; it must have something to pursue ; variety is it 3 relaxation , and armisemecta is repose .
A Man in Petticoats . —A New York paper says , " A man was Been near Broadway , on Saturday morning , in petticoatB , and with a bonnet on : When asked by the police why he wore this costunae , he replied , ' My wife has taken my clothes , and I hare taken hers . '" Sad , but Tbub . —Cowper remarks that " the colour of our whole life is generally such as the three or four first years in which we are our own masters make it . A Wit . —Sir Walter Scott says that ' a professional wit is of all earthly companions , the most intolerable , lie is like a school boy with his pockets stuffed full of crackers .
How to Pu . nish an Eaemy . —Hennah More said to Horace Walpole , " If I wanted to punish an enemy , it should be bv fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody . " Jessy Lisd . —Barnum has acknowledged having made 500 , QOt ) dollars by the Jenny Lind concerts ; Ibe Swedish Nightingale herself has realised 350 , 000 dollars in the United States ; the net proceeds of the ninety-four concerts being nearlv 1 , 000 , 000 dollars . . ' . ' A Miser . —When the rich -Miser , Elwes , who left about a million of money to be divided between his two sons , was advised to give them some education , his answer was , • Putting things into people ' s heads h taking money out of their pocket 6 . " A Goon Sentiment . —Governor Wright , of Indiana , advocating the establishment or' a common school system'in that State , says— "If we do zoi pay for the education of the boy , «\ e iball surely pay double for the ignorance of the rean . "
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Ladies' Costumus . —The SpringjiM Acy . vbtiMP l says , "Ac South Egremout , three l . ulics have come uu ; in ( heir fathers' clothes , out of sheer impsiiit aci \[ we presume , h . \ not s cU ' » 'S then- ' bioona-io' aojii ; ' . I'Ik 1 gentlemnn who saw thtfiu thought il ,..-y looked very prt'ttv , uoL ' . vi'iisiuiuli . " ; , ' their clothes didrt ' t n-t very well . " "Very Caxdih . ' —An . Oxford student joined without invitation a pariy dining at an inn , aftor which lie boated so nuicii of his abilities that one of this party said , " i ' ou have tolii us enough of what you cm do , tell us something you cannot do . " "Faith , " said he , ' I cannot pay my share oi " the veckonine . "
" Sleep , like death , is a great leveller , said Mr . 1 , yawning , as he closed a large volume just before reliving , '' l'lato , while asleep , was no grtiiter than any other mortal ; ergo , when I'm asleep I ' m as groat a man as Plato . "— " Was Plato when asleep , think you , i / oiwcqunl in every respect ? " asked his friend . — " Certainly . "— " Then he must have been an awful snorer . " "Pboof Positive . "—The Star-Spangled Banner puts a disgraceful insinuation in the form of ' a fact : — "A friend of ours never seats himself at a table where sausages form a portion of the food , until he has taken the precaution to open the door and whistle . If one or more dogs respond to his oil ) , lie seats himself and makes a hearty breakfast of eausago meat ; but if no dogs cuine , he always confines himself to simple bread and butler . "
raixos Lost fob Evkk . —Lost wealth may be restored b ; industry—the wreck of health regained by temperance—forgotten knowledge restored by study—alienated friendship smoothed into foraetfulness—even forfeited reputation won by ptiikence and virtue . But . whoever again looked upon Ilis vanished hours—recalled his slighted years , stamped them with wisdom—or effaced from Heaven ' s record the fearful blot of wasted time ?— Mrs . Sigounwj . How Nations can acquire Wealth . —There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth ; the first is by war , as the Romans did , in plundering their conquered neighbours—this is robbery ; the second , by commerce , which is generally cheating ; the third , by agriculture , the only honest way wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground , in a kind of a continual miracle } wrought by the hand of God in his favour , as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry . — Benjamin Franklin .
Printers have an honourable employment , mid one that the first men have filled ; an occupation which is , to all who will be true to themselves in it 9 pursuit , the path to honour and eminence . Lord Erskinc was a winter ! Franklin was a printer Beranger , tbe celebrated French poet , was a printer Thiers , the distinguished French historian , v ; as a printer ! Printers have become our State Governors , they take seats with our Senators , and , as leading editors , have wielded pens that control the destinies of nations . Thb TftODSERg Question . —What edict gave the men leave to wear trousers and coat ? The dress of
our male ancestors was the petticoat . The men of the east , from a remote period , wore what would bo called among us , a female gavb . Moses wore it ; St , Paul , and Paul ' s Master , wore it ; and Ihe clergy , to this day , wear an imitation of it . In China , where the same customs have existed from a period that makes our western antiquity a thing of yesterday , ihe men wear petticoats and the women trousers . It appears , then , that the sexea have changed dressthat the meii have handed over their petticoats to the women , and taken the trousers from them . What edict authorised this ? That of fashion . And if fashion restore pantaloons to the ladies , what harm ?—American Paper .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 26, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1636/page/3/
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