3^S Economical Chemistry, — Parisian Anecdotes. [Nov. 1, 



insane patient? As it prodnces a tem- 



poral}' madiicss on sane peisons, why 

 niiglit it not have an opposite cit'ect in 

 rtsloiing the dawn of reason to those 

 Jahoiiring wmler this dreadful malady ; 

 the excitability produced migiit, in some 

 eases, cause subsequent debility ; but, 

 as all constitutions are not similarly 

 •ffected, so as to produce violent ex- 

 ertion under its iniluence, surely it is 

 worthy triul; in hypochondriac cases in 

 particular, Avlierc stimulus is recjuired, 

 1 should think it more likely to be suc- 

 tessful. Isaiah Deck. 



Harwich; Oct. 18, 1816. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 



SIR, 



I SHALL be much obliged to any of 

 your intelligent readers to inform 

 jne the most ceconomical and convenient 

 mode of constructing a drying-stove, on 

 a small scale, where tlie heat required is 

 above 212° fahrcnhcit. 



What is the degree of heat applied to 

 ♦hedr\ing of malt ? And what tor the 

 drying of w heal, now much practised iu 

 eonscqucncc of its unrijjc state ? 



AVhal is the most oceonoinical and 

 convenient construction of an oven for 

 baking of bread; and to what degree of 

 heal should it be raised before the dough 

 is inswtcd.' Is it important that it be 

 air-tight for the liakiiig of bread, and 

 that a stream of air pass through for the 

 eooking of meat? 



What is the uiost approved construc- 

 tion of a steam- apparutus, (or steam- 

 kitchen,) on a small scale, calculated 

 for a laboratory, or kilciicn; and can 

 such apparatus be obtained, raady iitteJ 

 up, in London, and of whom ? 



lias any chemist pursued and ex- 

 tended the cxcclleul plan of Guyton 

 Morvcau, of denoting the <rhemical at- 

 tractions by numbers, which Kirwan 

 lias illustrated by applying the terms 

 quiescent and divrllont ; and from what 

 ■work may the latest and best infi^rnia- 

 tion be obtained on this subject? 



O^t'jbtr, 1816. O. C. 



For the Monthlij Blagazine. 



FARISIAN ANECDOTES qf 1815-16. 

 NAPOLEON AND TALMA. 



0\E evening w hen Talma, the Kem- 

 ble of I'rance, played Nero, the 

 l-jnperor sent for him to his box, and 

 said to him, " You ha\e played (he part 

 will, 'J'alma; but you use too much ges- 

 ticulation ; a tyrant would use but few 



gestures. For example, Nero would 

 often have this attitude"— (Isere the Em- 

 peror thrust one hand in his waistcoat, 

 and elevated the other perpendicularly, 

 which w as his own way of presenting 

 himseifto histroops). "Ortlnis — ," cross- 

 ing his arms on his breast, and darting 

 a meditating sombre look upon tho 

 actor. Hcnice Chateaubriand was mis- 

 taken wl>en he asserted that Napoleoa 

 took lessons of rojal attitudes from 

 Talma. 



LOVE OF LIBERTY. 



In the commencement of the revo- 

 lution, siich was the enthusiastic love 

 of liberty, that, if there was only a ru- 

 mour of a defeat, the young men, the 

 aged, and even women, \olunteercd, 

 and insisted on inarching against the 

 enemy ; so that 200,000 or 300,000 meii 

 were raised w ithout trouble in a fort- 

 night; and, on their march, the volun- 

 teers forced all the young unnianied 

 men in the towns they passed throngU' 

 to accompany them. 



PROPHECY OF LOUIS XV. 



The King one day enterii.g the apart- 

 ments of Madame de Pompadour, aftef 

 having held a council, where ho was 

 plagued about the pretensions of priest* 

 and parlianit n(s, he said, with much 

 bitterness, " You will see. Madam, that 

 these fellows will bring my successor to 

 the scafibld.'' 



FRENCH GRENADIERS. 



Frederick tiie Great said, " If th» 

 gild Mars were to select his body- 

 guard from the inliabitaiits of Ihia 

 wDild, he would choose the French 

 grenadiers." 



Theophilus Malo Carres de la Tour 

 d'Auvergne made the campaign of 

 Sa\oy iu 1702, at the head of the gre- 

 nadiers of the regiment of Angoumois. 

 In the army of the AA'estern Pyrenees h» 

 conmianded all the companies of the 

 grenadiers who forme<l the advanced 

 guard of the army, and tliis column, 

 surnamed the Infcrnfil, generally gained 

 the victory before the body of the army 

 came up. In 1793 he commanded a 

 rceonnoiteriug party ; on a sudden they 

 found themselves before 10,000 Spa- 

 niards ; fearless, they instantly began a 

 destructive lire, but, ammunition failing, 

 he ordered them to cease firing and halt. 

 Some iiislantly cried out, "He is an old 

 royalist and will betray us." " Sol- 

 diers," he instantly exclaimed, "you 

 kiiow me, I am your comrade and your 

 friend, despise these foolish cries, I will 

 brmg you off." He waited till the 

 enciiij 



