518 Means of restoring 



|»osiog*i)at lie JjimseJf should be, for the 

 anoioeijt, the greatest curiosity of the 

 place; the n;reat vulgar a:id the small 

 flot)kcd ioiJn<S him, watched every nio- 

 tioH, and wondered who ho could be : at 

 Jeast \\e was a colonel — (his was evident 

 bj his " two ejiauiettcs" (sliouider-knots); 

 biit of what nation? bis hat and iiis walk 

 were liiiglish ; hut tl;e French had never 

 peeiv an English regiment dressed in 

 Nack: in fact, John was a rata avis in 

 1'crris — no one could guess to what 

 aniry he belonged, and none dared pnt 

 the question to him, lor such imperti- 

 nence might be deemed a gross insult 

 to — perhaps a prince! As great cu- 

 riosity was excited, and ungratified; tiie 

 appearance ol the illnstrious stranger 

 was thus aiuKMUiced in the Joianals of 

 the next day — " A young man, whom, 

 from his face and his walk, wc took fur 

 an Englishman, attracted, the day he- 

 fore yesterday, at the Palais Royal, l!ie 

 attention of the niulfitudc by the regu- 

 larity (singn'.arity) of his costume. — 

 dressed in mourning, froiu head to loot ; 

 he wore tno large epaulettes of black 

 Morstcd, which, with l!ic romid siiape of 

 his hat, formed a burlesque contrast. 

 (Xherwisc, far from having an air of em- 

 biti-iassment, the joung man appeared 

 jiroud of the curiosity of our idlers, and 

 slwwed himself to them very cnmplai- 

 santly." — Journal de Paris, Sept. 15. 



"■' STllIKINT, CONTRASTS. 



Therreuch display, on lunnerous oc- 

 caiiions, the most striking contrasts of 

 splendour and wrctcijcdncss, of pride 

 and meanness. In JiOndon, tiic oi)eii- 

 iiig of u sliop will ruin the character of 

 avvhfVte street in the eye of fashion; in 

 Paiisit is dilTeient, i'm: most splendid 

 palaces are fomul in narrow, dark, and 

 dirty streets, filled with shops of the 

 lowest orilcf'; e\ en in tlie good street of 

 the Fanbourg St. Honor^ it is the same: 

 for Kxanipl>^i"the address of the Eritish 

 ambrissaddr js--"liis exeeilency the 

 I';iTglish ambassador, next door to the 

 cofVJiersmith, Kue Fanbonrg St. Ho- 

 i:or4 J*- I'ai'is!" - 



\Vl«it would you think in England 

 of a noble niin\inis calling;, in a i)ubiic 

 roflce-rooin, for a cup of coffee, of the 

 V.ilue of 3vt^ pence, and very coolly emp- 

 lying the sngar-basou into his pocket I 

 Yci llns js di>ne every day in Paris by 

 all raiiVs ; i^"' argument is this — "wliat 

 tli<';vaftei-'l'i,uigs i have a right to use in 

 iriy'c(,Ur(;o,, aiiii, conscrpH-ntly Thavc a 

 jr:i^ilj;to£t;i^U in^iiy pocket,;'; ^,^.:^,- ._ 



Frosted Potatoes. [.Jan. 1, 



To the Editor of the Montldy Ma^azine^ 



.SIR, 



AS large quantities of potatoes hav*s 

 been frosted, it may prevent igiio- 

 raiiee from throwing theiu away, if yon 

 will rcmiml your readers, that, if soaked 

 three hours in cold vvatrr, before they 

 are to be prepared as food, changing 

 the water every hour, these valuable 

 roots will recover thoir salubrious tjua- 

 litics and flavor. While in the cold 

 water, they must stand where a suflicj-'' 

 ency of artificial heat may prevent free«^^ 

 ing. If much frozen before laid in colli/ 

 water, to each |)cck of potatoes take i* 

 qmiiter of an ounce of salt-pclre, diS^'' 

 .solved in water, which is to be mixed'' 

 v'ith the fluid which boils the i)ola'toe*l'> 

 If the p')talocs are so frozen as to bd 

 quite inifit for nomishment tw men or 

 animals, they will make starch, and 

 yield more flour than if nnfcrmeitted by 

 the icy power. 'I'hat Hour, xilh an 

 ccpial quantity of Avheat-flour, some 

 butter, sugar, a little barm, and a fe#J' 

 currunts, makes exeelleiit tea-bread*'* 

 If formed into small cakes, and put iuSi'' 

 slow oven, it will keep a month. Z. •'■. 



To the Editor of the MotUhlif Mafrazine. 

 sin, 

 H. MTDDLETON bas again fa- 

 voured us with a further attempt 

 to elucidate his scntim< nts relative to 

 the rise of the ocean ; but 1 am obliged 

 (o confess, that 1 have not been enabled 

 to discover any thing in his last pai)er by 

 any means convincing or satislaetory. 

 Some of his positions yet require consi- 

 derable more proof; as — 



"The ri'jc of the ocean one foot in a 

 centnry ;" 



"The upper layers of all strata are 

 softer than ihove uluch lie bcloH ;" and, 



"Such parts of the layeis as he within 

 the influence of the atmosphere are in a 

 state of decomposition." 



A^'ithout inquiring into the meaning of 

 the phrase, " layers of all strata," unless 

 I hcive been very much misinformed, 

 many stones which are dug out of quai>5,(,_, 

 rics, upon exposure to atmospheric aifj^ , 

 become considerably harder ; so that the 

 induenee of the atmosphere upon stones 

 must depend upon the matter of whicU 

 the stones arc composed — it may soften 

 and decompose some, it may harden 

 and e\en form others. "We know that 

 the atmasphcrc hardens mortar, jn<js»j^ 

 proI)ably by supplying it with «atb«ni»- 

 acid; gootl m«)rtar being Composed > 6P^ 

 limcj siiex, aad earboiiic ac-id, wltlt lUe^ 



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