Show LUNGS AND STAYS A work recently published thus talks of the fatal consequences of bad air air and pressure women ought to measure at least from 27 to 29 inches round the waist bat most females do not permit them themselves to grow beyond 24 thousands the wands are laced down to 22 and some even less lea and thus by means of wood steel sud and whalebone the lung longs a are re injured a weak oak and miserable progeny is is engendered and an early death secured B BANK adgit yesterday between twelve tie and one ocl ck pm the th bank of the state slate of new york no 30 wall street was wag robbed ot of a bar bag containing contain inz 0 in bills of hat bank tie the money hid had just been counted ut iut to be sent to the bank of commerce and the Rp republic public and the bills were arranged as usual in parcels and placed in this bag ba which i was handed to the col colored red knyter the nian i r quention tuen tion was attracted in anatali r direction and he deposited the bag containing the money be no neath nth I 1 the he counter in the beca back part of the bank on returning a few moments afterward to take it it was missing and no trace has since been found it is impossible to say how it went or who is the thief the affair is very mysterious the officers of the bank not knowing wing in what direction to look for the bold rascal have placed the matter in the hands of the he police the bills were of various at i GUS an advertise merit in cur columns to day cautions the mercantile public against receiving large sums in in bills on this bank LN N Y times WATER 11 IN FLOUR AND WHEAT prof beek beck hite has written a 9 report for the patent diee office in which he shows that the presence of water in wheat and flour is the reason why these articles are unfitted for preservation and also that the total annual loss toss in the united states from moisture in wheat and flour 6 estimated at from OW to it is said that the quantity of water in wheat is greater in cold than in warm countries in the united states it is fron from 12 to 14 per cent in africa and sicily from 9 toll to 11 per cent the flour of the southern states yields more broad bread than the northern for this reason it is said that alabama flour yields ZO 20 per cent more than cincinnati the warmer the country the more w is the water dried out of the grain before it ripens and hence the more water it absorbs when made into bread the hartford excelsior to remedy the evil arising from loss by flour turning sour and musty says save that the grain should be well ripened afore before harvesting and well dried before being stored in a good dry granary kiln drying is is i preferable the th mode of ascertaining the amount of water is this take a small sample say five ounces and weigh it carefully put it in a dr dry y vessel which shall be heated by boiling water after six or seven hours weigh it carefully until it loses no more weight its loss of weight shows the original amount of water MENDING CHINA the best content cement for broken china or glass is male by soaking isinglass in water till it is soft and then dissolving it in in proof spirit add to this a little gum dissolved in as little alcohol as possible when the cement is to be used it must be gently li liquefied aenied by placing the phial containing it in toiling boiling water the phial roast moat be well dosed closed by a good cork not by a glass stopper as this may become fixed it is applied to the broken edges with a camels hair pencil when the objects are not to be exposed to moisture white of egg alone or mixed with finely sifted quicklime will answer very well shell lao lac dissolved in spirits of wine is better A very strong cement for earthenware is made by boiling slices aloes of skimmed milk cheese with water into a paste and then grinding it with quicklime in a mortar oiron or on a slab with a muller womax WOMAN he who has not experienced the friendship of woman knows not half the charms and delights of friendship woman possesses the art of embellishing the saddest moments of our life by unalterable sweetness of temper constant care and unwearied attention she is mans mann best companion in prosperity and in adversity his truest friend without her society our existence were a blank our oar life barren cheerless and comfortless as the wilderness S STRAW TR AW CuT COTTER measures have been taken by david and lyman clinton of north haven ct to patent a straw cutter cylinder tap advantage is said to consist in afis attaching ching a wrought iron shaft to the cast iron cylinder holding the cutters and this latter may be either cast around the former or cast He parate from it and then secured by pins the cylinder of this invention win will bel be more durable than those shafts cost cast by the ordinary nar y method as they often break at the points where the knives art are attached to the flanges the legislature of florida has haa elected st george rogers solicitor of the eastern I 1 circuit the I 1 liquor or bill which had bad passed the house was defeated in the senate by bj a vote of 8 for and 22 against the black vomit is still committing its ravages in st domenjo Do domingo many of the crews of foreign vessels minjo had ad died among others who have died was w the french consul A fearful earthquake has recently devastated the province of Swon SwO such china twenty thousand houses bouses were destroyed destroy three hundred people killed and four hundred bundred wounded the fort of Zab ijac on the Alban albanian albanise k frontier has been taken by storm by Monte grins and all the turks in the garrison made prisoners the streets of new albany la were lighted with gs gas for the first time on last lag tuesday evening A gentleman of cincinnati is engaged an ged in in preparing a complete descriptive i ive macogue catalogue of the botanical productions of ohio obio one of the tunnels on the die pennsylvania railroad ra now constructing is to he be 0 feet in length they are going to have a now new jail in cincinnati cin nati ti to cost the number of deaths in philadelphia during the year 1852 was |