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THE ARAB HORII

Layard, the explorer of Ninevali, who 's as familiar with Arabs ashe is with In - quities, gives, in his lata work on auya-3, some curious details regecting-th t horse of the desert. Contrary to the "popu- lar notion, the real Arabia; is celebrated less for unrivalled swiliness than for ex- traordiimry powers of endurance. Its usual paces are but two, a quick walk, often averaging four or five miles an hour, and a half r nning center; for only when pursued d a Bcdouin put his mare to full speed. It is the distance they will travel in emergency, the weight they will carry, and the comparative triﬂe of food they’ require which ‘render the Arabian horse so valuable. Laysrd says that he knew of a celebrated mare, which had car- .ried two men in chain armor beyond the lunch ofsome Aneyza purauers. This mare rarely had more than twelve liandfulls of barley in twenty-four hours, except during the spring, when the pastures were green ; and it is only the mares of wealthy Be- douins that can get even this allowance. The consequence is, except in the spring, the Arab horse is lean and unsightly. They are never placed under cover during sani- lner, nor protected from the biting winds of the desert in winter.

The saddle is rarely taken from their backs. Cleaning and groooming are stran- gers to them. They sometimes reach fif- teen hands in height, and never fall below fourteen. In disposition they are as docile as lambs, requiring no guide but a halter ; yet in the ﬂight or pursuit, their nostrils be- come blood-red, their eyes glitter with fire, the neck is arched, and the mane and tail are raised and spread out to the wind: —The whole animal becomes transformed. The vast plains of Mesopotamia furnish the best breeds, and these breeds are divided into ﬁve races, of which the original stock was the Kolieyleli. 'l‘lie most famous be- long either to the Shammar, or to the Aneyzn tribes. Their pedigrees are kept scrupulously, and their value is so great, that a thorough bred mare is generally owned by ten, or even more persons. It is not often that a real Arabian can be pur- chased. The reason is that, on account of its lleetness and power of endurance, it is invaluable to the Bedouin, who, once on its back, can defy any pursuer except a Shammar or Aneyza with s swifter or

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3 ,Hu'roaI. I"oassiainca.-_- in w _ be kept it turmoil i I ﬁon of hob otliei-‘s err_ , nognity s ' I to failings, no meek’ ﬂt_IItltlH,.Q"0I injuries, no soft answct‘ slum IV!) wrath. If you lay a Ii stick of r i _ in the grain and apply, fire to it, it will go out;-put on anoineg i will burn ;and halfad, '_ ‘V Ni lhavo a blaze. There are at] r- _ subject to the same conditions. If one member of a family gets intoa passion and is lot

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alone, he will cool down, and possiblybo

ashamed and repent. But oppose temper to temper ; pile on the fuel, draw in others of the group, and let one harsh answer be followed by another, and there will soon be a blaze which will enwrap them all in its burning heat.

A Nosns -Ber.-—A little fellow not, more than five years old, hearing some entlemen at his father's» table discussing the fannliar line“ An honest man's the noblest work of God,” said he knew that it wasn't true—his mother was better than any man that was ever made.

“ Father," said a cobler lad, as he was pegging away at an old shoe, "they say that trout bite well now.” Well, well," replied the old gentleman, “ you stick to your work, and they won’t bite you!”

CoLn.—For every mile that we leave the surface of our earth, the temperature falls ﬁve degrees. At 45 miles distance from the globe we get beyond the atmos- phere, and enter, strictly speaking, into the regions of space, whose temperature is 225 de recs below zero: and here cold rt-ii us in all its power. In the chemical laboratory, the greatest. cold that we can produce is nlmut I50 degrees below zero. At this tempo-iuture, carbonic gas becomes it solid substance, like snow. lf touched, it producesjust the same effect on the skin nsared hot cinder; it blisters the finger like a burn. Quicksilver or mercury freezes at 40 degrees below zero; that is 72 degrees below the teinperature at which the water freezes. The solid mercury may then be treated as other metals, hammered

stronger more than his his own. An Ame- rican racer, or even an English hunter, would break down, in those pathlt-as de- serts, almost before an Arabian became warmed up to his work. Where thorough bred mares have been sold, they have brought as high as six thousand dollars; but these it is understood, are not the best of the race. The Arab who sells his mare, can do nothing with his gold, and cannot even keep it, for the next Bedouin of a lies- tile tribe who comes across liis path, and who has retained his mare, willtake it from him, and defy p uits. Layard thinks that no Arabian of ye best blood has ever been seen in England. Ifthis is so, we can scarcely suppose that any have come to America, but must believe, the so-called Arabians, given to our Government, at vari- ous times, to be of inferior breeds. Rt-.-°r.l , indeed, are the thorough breeds found be- yond the desert. It will be a subject of regret, to those who admire tine horses, to learn that the Arabian is considered to be degenerating, the consequence of the sub- jugation of Arabia, and the decline of the Bedouin tribes.-Phil. Bulletin.

The Empress Eugenie has entered on liar 30th year, having been born on the 6th of May, 1826.

“ How many genders are th'ere"" asked a schoolmaster. ‘

“ Three, sir," promptly replied little blue eyes, “ masculine, feminine, and neuter.”

“Pray. give me an example of each," said the master.

“ Why you are masculine, because you are a man; and I am feminine, beeausel am a irl.”

“ ery well: roceed."

"I don't know,” said the little, "but I reckon Mr. Jenkinslis neuter, as he's an .old bachelor.”

into sheets, or made into spoons; such spoons would, however, melt in water as warm as ice. It is pretty certain that every liquid and gas that we are acquain- ted with would become solid if exposed to the cold of the regions ofspace. The gas we light our streets with would appear like wnx; oil would be as hard as ii rock; pure spirit. which we have never yet solidifiod, would appear like it block of transparent crystal; we should be able to turn butter in a lathe like it piece. of ivory; and the fr: rant odors of ﬂowers would have to be ma it hot before they would yield perfume. These are a few of the astonishing effects of cold.

Psiarus, strr uucinai.s.—ln “ Notes of an Army Surgeon" we find the follow- ing, which occurred during thcisiege of Fort

rie:—

I remember, one day, in makin my hos- pital rounds, a patient just srrivetl present- ed ut amputated forearm and in doing so, could scarcely restrain a broad laugh: litter was constantly on his face.

" What is the matter? this does not strike me as a‘ subject of laughter.”

"It is not, doctor; but excuse me. lost my arm in so funny a way, that I still laugh when I look at B.”

'- What wayl." ,

" Our first so sent wanted shaving, and got nie_.t_o atten ,to_it, asI am a corpo- ral.—-Ws went.tegstbar in front of his tent. I had lathsred him, took him by the nose, ‘when a cannon ball came and that was the last I saw of his head and my arm. Ex- cuss me, doctor, for laughing so, but I never saw such a thing before."

A farmer returning home in hiawaggon, after daliveri a load of corn, is a more. certain sign p national prospsrit than a

molileiiisa riding in his chariot tot e opera.

Gm-mu stensi. unit ans Aoaieosin-I an. sciiooa: 1‘ _'I There is an esiablishmeiﬂ osnna ' yd ith the ultars of Ireland which H' we neighbourhood of Dublin. The pgtianal verntneiit have annually up-‘ ’ i an in: use sum to the cause ot ion in Ircl d, to be distributed in . portions corresponding to the aubserip-~ ‘tions of individuals for the same objects, in pans of the country where education is most needed. It is considered that the great want among the people, is the want of know- ledge in applying and using the means of subsistence within their reach; that there is at an ample extent of uncultivated land. capable of being redeemed and rendered productive ;anil that the principal source lofwretchedness which prevsilsinso s- ofthis country, often to a fearful extent, is atti-ibutable to the gross ignorance ofthe la- bouring class ofthe best modes ofngriculture and of rural economy. With this conviction the commissioners have determined to con- nect with their rural schools, a course of teaching in scientific and practical agri- cultural chemistry, of the best modes and operations. of husbandry which have been adopted in any country ol' the nature and character of the uses ofthe vegetables useful to man or beast, of the iiuprov-

tion and use of the most improved farming implements and machinery, with tlieso views, it is their intention to train their schoolmnsters, and to send out such men as are qualified to teach the most useful branches. For this purpose the govern- ment have established this model farm which was begun in 1838 and which in a few years sent out nearly a thousand teach- ers. It seems |Il'r-‘llIl(.'d to confer the most important benefits on Ireland, and may be added upon all who will avail tlicmselves of the like institutions. These teachers will instruct the-ir pupils, and these pupils become in their turn the teachers of others, and the good seed thus sown and widely scattered, go on in constantly increasing products, to an extent which no human im- magination can measure--witliin ten years fi-oni the opening of the institution. three thousand teachers were demanded. Happy

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men for teac id, , . tical education in lgidsc inost improved methodd. agriculture. It is an opportunity to the sons o t, who may be placed here as p _ , to ac- quirs a practical knowledge, an a familiar insight into all the details of farming, which must prove of the highest importance, to them in the management of their own estates —as the crops were uncommonly line and the whole cultivation and management .excellent, I shall detail a few particulars.

'I‘he first object, is to illustrstet s best system of rotation of ‘ crops, and on a sys- toms of alternate husbandry going’ on; one course oftliree crops, one of five, and one of niiio, and one an especial object, pursued in one department of the farm‘, was to show the most eligible course of management of a single acre, so as to give an example of the best system of cotta e husbandry, for the poor man, who inig t have only a small allotment of land, whose ohjeet would be to feed a cow .and a p' , and to get what supplies he could for his family. Such lessons it is obvious, must ap- pear of the highest importance in Ireland, when we consider the condition of its psa- santry, and cannot be without advantages to every cultivator of land. Another ob- ject aimed at, is to shew, that a farm is capable of being kept in condition from its own resources, from the consumption of the principal part of the produce on the land. No manure is over purchased here, and the manager professed to have an ample supply. Six years trial with crops of the highest productions and indicating no dcminutioii, but rather an increase ofyield, seems to have satisfactorily established this point. The provisions for saving all the manure, both liquid and solid, for managing the compost heap, and for increasing its quality, by the addition of every species of refuse that can be found, are complete. The stock consists of seventeen cows, ono

is it for a country, nnd honourable to that fition, when instead of schemesnf avarice and dreams of ambition and visions of con- quests, at the dreadful expense of the com-

and unprotected, the attention of those who’ hold the destinies of their fellow-beings in their hands, is turned to the improvement, theii-elevation their comfort, and their sub- stantial welfare. The model farm and agri- cultural school is situated at Glasnevin about three miles from Dublin. This situ- ation is elevated and salubrious, embracing a wide extent of prospect of sea and land, , of plain and mountaiit, of city and country, combining the busy haunts of men, and tin- liighest improvcinents of arts, and science with what is most picturesque and cliurming in rural scenery, presenting itselfin its bold- mountains and deep glens in its beautifull plantations and cultivated ﬁelds, and its‘ wide and glittering expanse of ocean.-—The school has connected with it, ﬁfty two Eng- lish acres ofland, the whole of which with the exception of an acre occupied with the farm buildings is under cultivation, and a perfect system ofrotaticn of crops. The master of the school pays for this iland a rent, ofiive pounds per acre. Twelve poor boys live constantly with him, for whose lpducation and lgoard, besides their labour, rsesivss eig tshillings aterl‘ ‘ '~ fyggk. --'I‘hey labour six hours dailyuaﬁiilndevoto the rest of their time to study. The course .of studies is not exlenilivc, [mi uni,"-M;v.,., {ﬁe M091» useful branches. such as arotlinietie. eography, natural history, and ‘ icultsi-.e in all its scientific and practice details. They havean examination or lecture daily. I _ad the gratiﬁcation of listening to an examination of fourteen boys brought out of the ﬁeld from their labosr ; and cheer- fully admit, that it was eminently successlbl, and in the hi host degree creditable to mas- ter and pupil. Besides these young men who live on the farm, the young men in the 9"). of the norms! school. who are propu- in themselves fort . s, are required to attend at the fans snd assist in its labours, a'portion of the

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hull, six young stock, two horses, and one ‘pony, and they are all carefully stall-fed, in rcleau well littered and well ventilated stables, with ample space before and behind them, and turned out for recreation ina yard two hours per day. The manure heap is in the rear of the stables, is always carefully made up and kept well covered with soil or sods, &.c, to prevent evapora- tion, retain tlio eflluvia and increase the quantity. The liquid manure is collected by spouts, from thestables into a tank, from which it is, as often as convenient, pumped and thrown by an engine pipe nttaclied to the pump over the heap, and that portion of it which is not retained, but passes off is caught, and again returned upon the heap by the some process. The skilful manager ot'tlic farm, prefers this method, to that of applying the liquid manure, directly from a sprinkling machine upon the fields. The object of it is, to save the whole. The manure for his crops he prefers to plough in the autumn, and the extraoidinsry crops grown by him are powerful testimonies in favour of his management. I’. G.

A Masniricsnr fiiita,-.d’rofessor Mit- chcll closed it recent f are with the fol- lowing inagnificent illustration. Describ- ing the gradual tendency of the earth's orbit to assume the circular form, he said its short diameter was lengthen- ing, and would continue so‘ to axpandg. an. _til it should become perfectly circttlar,

when it would again contract to" its oiigi. nal shape and dimensions. And so the earth would vibrajte periodically, and these periods were measured by millions upon millions of years. Thus, said Pro- fessor M., the earth will continue to swing back and forth, toand fro invtbe heavens, like agreat pendulum beating the seconds of eternity.

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