MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTU RAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOLOGICAL COOKERY. 
A small collection of Poems on Geological sub- 
j jects was written at Oxford, and published in Lon- 
> don in 1820. The collection was re-published in 
] Silliman’s Journal in 1822, but as it appears to be 
> but little known, perhaps the following extract. 
; comprising that portion devoted to “Geological 
jj Cookery,” may prove interesting; 
ro make granite. 
> C'f Felspar and Quartz a large quantity take, 
l Then pepper with Mica, and mix up and bake. 
) This granite for common occasions is good; 
) But on Saint-days and Sundays, be it understood, 
\ If with bishops and lords in the state-room you dine, 
) Then sprinkle with Topaz, or else Tourmaline. 
{ NT. B. The proportion of the ingredients may be 
| s varied ad libitum; it will keep a long time. 
( TO MAKE PORPHYRY. 
\ Let Silex and Argil be well kneaded down, 
) Then color at pleasure, red, gray, green, or brown: 
l When the paste is all ready, stick in here and there 
) Small crystals of Feldspar, both oblong and square. 
I \ TO MAKE PUDDING"STONE. 
; To vary your dishes and shun any waste, 
) Should you have any left of the very same paste, 
) You may make a plum-pudding; but then do not stint 
) The quantum of pebbles—Chert, Jasper, or Flint. 
( TO MAKE AMYGDALOID. 
Take a mountain of Wacke,* somewhat softish and 
) green, 
\ In which bladder-shaped holes may be everywhere seen; 
Choose a part whetc these holes are decidedly void all, 
j Pour Silex in these, to form Agates spheroidal, 
\ And the mass in a trice will be Amygdaloidal. 
S TO MAKE A GOOD BRECCIA WITH a CALCAREOUS CEMENT. 
™ TAGI IARNUCK FA LLS. 
green, . 
In which bladder-shaped holes may be everywhere seen; eiKmvino- fives a view of the high- There are other and numerous cascades 
SSS'STiS”' est fall of waterin' this State-and repre- in the Portage group. The upper part of 
And the mass in a trice will be Amygdaloidal. sents also rocks of the Portage group. The the group being composed of sandstone of 
to make a good breccia with a calcareous cement. ^ b Tompkins county, on the western a much harder nature than the lower part, 
Break your rocks in sharp fragments, preserving the ^ ^ Cayuga Lake, about ten miles from produces cliffs and falls of water in all the 
of Mica and Quartz you may add a few spangles; Ithaca. The stream is known as Halsey streams passing over it. Prof. Hall, one 
Then let your white baiter be well filtered through, nernendicular height of the of the State Geologists, states that “ al- 
Till the parts sticks as firm as if fastened by glue. • ii , , - , r , 
cataract is about two hundred feet—some though the rocks of this group have a 
FOR a Brecca more coarse you may vary your matter; thirty or forty higher than Niagara-and thickness of 1,000 feet or more, still they 
Of Mica and Quartz you may add a few spangles; Ithaca. The stream is known as Halsey streams passing over it. Prof. Hall, one catcher, both birds of beautiful plumage, domestic cc 
Then let your white baiter be well filtered through, k The perpendicular height of the of the State Geologists, states that “ al- and the latter is incessantly picking the car- r i p ened the 
Till the parts sticks as firm as if fastened by glue. cataract about two hundred feet—some though the rocks of this group have a cass of a golden beetle amongst the moss m er crea tion 
TO make A coarser bre " cia - : ; f hiah tl Niagara—and thickness of 1,000 feet or more, still they the foreground, now and then stopping to avoided mi 
For a Brecca more coarse you may vary your matter, tniltyorioriy niguer uuui 0 . . swallow, what lie may have managed to cull know - _ w i 
Pound Clay, Quartz, and iron-stone, moistened with the rockg tower one hundred feet above the contain few fossils, and may be examined ^ glender beak The ariist has Stella’ and 
Pour'theTc on your fragments and then wait awhile, top of the fall. Viewed from above or be- in many localities without discovering any; achieved a WO rk of which he may be justly very ques t 
Till the Oxide Of Iron is as red as a tile. neath, the scene is described as one of and unless very strict search were made, pr0 ud, the ensemble being such as to strike mor bid old 
T^is m ust not be confounded with Greywacke. su blimitv. The latter, however, is the best, one would be likely to pronounce them non- the beholder with involuntary wonderment, i ng hi s cha 
—--- T it ss t hi s the visitor is obliged to fossiliferous. In general character, the fos- whilst the erudite ornithologist or professor to a n time 
" A^ 00 H™VBS. To -- ^ am aW amile> L re . sils differ essentially from those below. The 
Every zealous reformer is apt to think turn by a rocky gorge —with perpendicular soil derived froin this rock is a tough clay, wb(de | s enc l ose d in a glass case, and has purpose, tl 
that his own work is the most important— rocks r i s i n g from 400 to 500 feet above the which is, however, very good grass land.” 
that his reform is the pivot on which all ^ ed ^ fcbe cre ek—when the scene bursts The fall is interesting alike to the lover of 
others must revolve, the foundation without wildness and majesty. scenery and student of agricultural geology. 
which the whole structure of society must U U U11 ___ _ _ _ 
topple over. Every man thinks his own —— 
hobby is the smartest he could possibly be- LIFE I N PAL ESTINE. fuel. 
stride, and he is apt to ride it with whip Dr J V C. Smith, who has been trav- Wood for fuel is always dear—being sold 
and spur, in a very devil-take-the-hindmost eUna j n 'p a i est ine, writes interesting letters by weight, and is principally roots of olive 
fashion. to the Boston Transcript, from which we trees, brought from a distance on camels. 
And this is evidently a wise dispensation make tbe f 0 n ow in» extracts: If trees were planted, as suggested in this 
BPMARKABLB AVT_ TKE, 4iTM5*U1W. 
We had an opportunity, says the Wol-___ 
verhampton Herald, (Eng. ) of inspecting, MAERIAGE AND WOMAnU 
at the Bazaar of Mr. Cheetham, on I burs- _ 
day last, an automaton, as novel in its action j T bas long been a theory of ours that 
as it is beautiful in design. Ibis remarka- a woman is always at the bottom of every- 
ble piece of mechanism consists of a haw- ^] dn g very good, or very bad, which is done 
thorn tree in full bloom, faithfully copied, j n die WO rld. If you find a man achieving 
the crusted or semi-perished bark on the greatness, you have only to go back to his 
trunk, and the foliage, being most naturally crad i e> a nd in the lines of the mother’s 
imitated; and on several of the branches, face that watches there, you will seethe 
! stuffed humming birds are perched, which, ]j n( . s 0 f energy, determination, will—latent 
; now waving their wings, and anon hopping prope rties they may be, if her life is a 
j from spray to spray, and pouring forth a ca | m one —but the properties which make 
flood ot music, almost charm the spectator b j s fortune are transmitted to her child 
into a belief that it is a pleasing reality, and w fi b her blood, and thus nourished with the 
not an illusion, which is presented to his ad- fj rs t blood drawn from her bosom. If a 
miring view. man robs or murders, nines time out of ten 
One of the tiny creatures jumps from one be does it to please, or obtain the means to 
branch to another in pursuit ot flies and in- gratify a woman. If he toils honestly, and 
sects—another lies basking on one of the accumulates wealth by self denial, it is to 
hawthorn flowers, a third sits on its nest, pour it into her lap. In short, woman 
whilst several others are disposed in differ- makes or mars our life. The effect she has 
ent parts of the tree. The singing of the exercised over all those whom, in the quaint 
birds is not only accurate and natural, but language of an old writer, “ unhappy love 
the motion is also admirable—one of them Q f poes | e and letters had led astray,” is 
flying from one branch to another; a dis- gbown in a late number of Leigh Hunt’s 
tance of about eight inches, with the great- j 0U rual. 
est possible precision, and alternately turn- Dryden married unhappily, and how 
ing completely round in going or returning, much of the venomous sting of his satire 
and without any thing being observed to } 10 w much of his unpioetic, coarse deprecia- 
cause such an effect, or even to discover don of woman, has its origin therein. Ad- 
the motion of this unique and elegant speci- c fi son did by no means equal the bachelor 
men of industrial art. On the base of the g pe ctator. Pope refrained from matri- 
tree, which abounds in moss, tufts of grass, m ony, (his physique, indeed, was not cal- 
and the concomitant herbage (composed of cu ] a ted to win hearts) and may we notim- 
a material which, above all others appears a gi ne that the “ divine little artist ” iftight 
least suited to the purpose) with a number have produced something beyond the 
of shells, &c., are a taniger and Chinese fly- sp bere of mere art, had successful love and 
catcher, both birds of beautiful plumage, domestic comfort warmed his heart, and so 
and the latter is incessantly picking the car- r | pene d the Rape of the Lock into a high- 
cass of a golden beetle amongst the moss in er crea tion of the Dunciad? Swift also 
the foreground, now and then stopping to av - 0 ided marriage—wherefore, no man shall 
swallow, what he may have managed to cull kn0 w;—with his heart vibrating between a 
with his slender beak. The ariist has Stella and a Vanesse, and descended, a 
achieved a work of which he may be justly very questionable moral man, through a 
proud, the ensemble being such as to strike morbid old age, to a cheerless tomb; leav- 
the beholder with involuntary wonderment, | n g bis character as an inexplicable enigma 
whilst the erudite ornithologist or professor to all times. Nay, in our days have we 
of botany would fail to distinguish the im- no t seen Lord Byron struggling in his fiery 
aginary from the real at first sight. The CO urse, without repose, without definite 
whole is enclosed in a glass case, and has p urpose, through a maze of contradiction, 
X — for if the work of progress is to be done, 
■’ it is these men of zeal and enthusiasm who 
) must do it; and it is very well that they 
] are driving on in so many different ways, 
SITTING MECHANICS. 
Mechanical ingenuity is not to uc juuuu c b| m ney. A 
in the country. Jerusalem especially, has laced f n the 
. . .1_! „ • mon h normiL r . 
communication, fuel would be abundant and 
f , reasonable. No house has a fireplace or 
• u 0l ) n chimney. A little charcoal in a copper dish, 
tally, las „j aced j n ^ be cen t re 0 f a room is the extent 
been produced by that renowned Parisian, wra th and profligacy, to an awful Nowhith- 
Ste.venard. er?—a man who married most unhappily, 
--—-- whose heart was cauterized by the loss of 
NEW TOMB FOR A HORSE. theonly woman he,perhaps, ever truly loved 
. His writings, his actions tell us that in his 
P ARISIAN P ei ) _P ro P oses e 0 owln § deepest abandonment to vice, the ghost of 
English event for history. . »his first and purest love rose ever and anon 
At the recent races at sco > amous be f Qre b i m to frown a clear reproof upon 
horse Tiberius broke his eg y oun ing .^ g wayward career. But even the loss of 
against one of the posts of the barrier while ^ Chaworth might have been nullified, 
preparing for the race. His owner, Lord had hig marriage en ded well. It did not; 
Milbank, lost ten thousand pounds m bets th<j unwige marriage magnified and pro- 
upon him, besides his value; and others , , , reared t.ho 
Ql’g Q ITV 111 ( ’ Oil 111 eU III Cl 11 V UUIVIVUD T» T WI, 1 1 1 * 1 ‘II ^ — — —- 
each persuaded that his is the great idea, to not a mechanic m it who would be perm - of an attempt at a soc j a ] q re> Bishop 
which all others are subordinate. Your ted to handle a tool in blew England. Q 0 b at ’ s anc [ 0 ne other house, stoves were 
calm philosopher, who looks on all sides, Damascus the oldest inhabited ci y on e noticed> At Dr _ s pau lding’s Missionary 
and accepts everything because he sees the globe, even when Abraham was wander ng Roo at Damascus, a regular Boston stove 
useofeverything-who looks out over the over the lulls and through the ravines of diffused comfor t, and could no where else be 
vUe domain of human life and actions, Judea,-abounds with them, but a Yankee found in the town . 
and sees all things working together for cannot suppress his laughter while looking- 
good, to bring about the world’s great des- Nothing can be finer, more imposing or 
tiny—is not the one to push on the work o -f. weav ino- are two centuries dignified in the way of dress, than the or- 
of reform. It is his business to stand by ie ;k>-c. Every’one of them sit at dinary costume of the men of the Holy 
the helm, and while the steam of enthusi- ; ’ n ' tbe door All the prin- Land. Their heads, swathed in shawls' or 
aSin «“ 80 Let from scarfs three yards long, give them the 
waves,,to keepi her to^ her j^ our ^ st ^ y th P e ground in which shop-keepers and me- majestic aspect of profound personages, 
careering towards the bright and happ> chai f icsdisplay their merchandize and wares, when not one of five thousand can either 
future. rirv merchants have a platform about read or write their vernacular. In looking 
If it is not the calm philosopher who is to ) g w ; de iutUmr out iu front of a series at one of them while quaffing coffee or 
be the world’s propelling power, still less is shelves —four five and six feet hio-h.— drawing leisurely at a cheboue, one might 
it the cautious conservative. He, too, has - . smoke and smoke on forever be led to suppose they were all pashas, or 
his uses. When the coach runs too fast, and ^ ippears All the harness- mufti from Constantinople, just as children 
m^er^ami 1 saddler^ are "^n 1 bazaar by from the United Statedin aking the cars 
upon mm, oesmes ms vauto, *..u unx™ j d the unwise fife, and prepared the 
lost heavily—the law of the course being ga ? death 
that all lost bets shall be paid, whether the ‘ ^ - mc[denis are striking , because the 
failure to win come from accident or less b ^ had lhe wor f d for a stage> 
speed. and all men’s eyes to watch them; but the 
Ihree days afterwards, or 1 <m 1 truth is quite as great, applied to meaner 
gave a very sumptuous inne r- 0 mos men _ j s lke w tf e tfi a t makes the home, 
distinguished of the Enghs i w r ^ re and home makes the man. Whenever we 
present, ^d the conviviality i an lg . o- see a ma n walking among men blameless, 
ward the close, the noble host arose in his w<j take i( . for granted t h at the angel who 
place, and proposed to drink to t ie epar e keeps k ; s f ee t } s the angel of home, a blame- 
Tiberius. It was clamorously received, but h J w ^_ Farka , s j 0UrnaL 
the speaker remained standing, with his J _ 
glass in his hand. WELL DONE VICTORIA. 
“ We drink to Tiberius,” said Lord Mu- - 
I bank, when the shouts subsided, “ the most j T | s no t often that we feel inclined to 
beautiful, the most admirable, the most spir- say anything laudatory of Royalty, but an 
ited courser whose hcofs ever trod British h em 0 f news brought by a late steamer, 
WELL DONE VICTORIA. 
turf.” 
Shouts again rose to the roof. 
places Queen Victoria in a light that must 
excite the admiration of every right minded 
) order, he puts the drag on the wheel. ! b ^nselves- so are the shoemakers, cabinet for the first time in England or France, im- 
) When the engineers of progress get up too _ tailors &c &c beyond enumera- agine the servants of the corporation are 
) much steam, he looks to the safety-valve, makers, tailors, &o„ Ac., bejond enumera ^ ^ ^ so h ^ vil laden 
He holds hard upon the rems but never ^ and s ii ver sTaiths are eleva- with gold lace, cockades and military but- 
! flo » rlslie * the w ^P- 11 “ Ztlhlr thinw ted on squares of earth, about nine feet on tons. For labor, their long gowns, silk belts, 
l wlth cautlon ’ bat 11 H c l u ' te dnothcr o a sido f ^ ur feet from the ground, with nar- several times round the body, red moroc- 
) to turn and go the other way. row lanes between them, where spectators co shoes and dangling sleeves, interfere 
! I confess that my sympathies are with and ,. ustomers pass along. How they can with every movement. They sit still better 
. whatever is for going ahead; and while 1 duce the e | eaant specimens of chain than any people in the world, Laving no 
) acknowledge the great usefulness and ne- nnf i G ( .f»nmnlish anna- motive whatever for moving an inch. They 
The jewelers and silversmiths are eleva- with gold lace, cockades and military but¬ 
ted on squares of earth, about nine feet on tons. For labor, their long gowns, silk belts, 
-You know,'- continued his lordship, perso „. It is the following: 
from the United States in taking the cars “ * e ad'^ements of this horse H,s deeds .. So ,„ e tIrae since Viscount Maldou se- 
for the first time in England or France, im- b « 1 “ n S l ,° hlst °U', J?”! 6 has taken charge duced the wife of a Captain of the Royal 
agine the servants of “he corporation are of h,s g ,or f' But it belonged to me-and Navy The fact coming to the husband s 
lords and dukes, they are so heavily laden t0 X™ m J r lord , s “ d gentlemen-to do hm- knowledge, a duel ensued So soon as the 
with gold lace, cockades and military but- °’\‘ 0 , mort<U 'T™' 1 W v ‘ sh i e J‘ h „f becan “ e P ,,b,!c ; Victoria informed 
.ons For lnhor. their lonr. oowns. silk belts. Mty courser should hate a burial wor- the Viscount through the Lord Chancellor, 
several times round the body, red moroc- 
produce the elegant specimens ot chain than any people in the i “ relis h e d so keenly - these dishes which I the par , of Victoria, she is entitled to cred 
work, embossed silver, and accomplish appa , , ,._ ^ , xl .... ^ have awakened such inquiry as to what ;*■ f nr and her sisters on this side of th< 
thy of his deservings. He has it! My 
cook has fitly prepared him, and you have 
feasted upon him to-day. Yes, my lords 
that his presence at court hereafter would 
not be tolerated by Her Majesty.” 
Whether the seduction or duel, or both 
and gentlemen! this meat which you have combined, was the cause of this action on 
cessity of the brakes, I take a much live- ’ difficu ] t f eats in art with the have stout bodies without souls,—there be- 
lior infA.rPRt in till 1 IflflOmotlVG. It 1 IL'Kl tO / - 11 lnm rxTT-irl nn tliof G unr iliinL r nir 
have awakened such inquiry as to what f or h- an( j her sisters on this side of the 
- > Her interest in the locomotive. It I had to rudest and most miserable apologies is quite ing no evidence that they ever think or j 
- ) choose, I would rather be the mainspring b d coraprehens i on . They all sit flat on dream. All they know is the meaning of 
) of a watch than the escapement; and while th ^ floor b i acksm i t hs belabor heavy iron bars the word buckskies,-(give me something) 
j there is work to be done tor the world, 1 ^ ^ yil twe]ve inches from tbe gr0U nd, which is the first word they utter after be- 
j shall beg the privilege ot helping to do it, bein seated as aravely as statesmen, ing weaned,-and it is the last, as they bid 
) rather than assume the office of censor over > m y m<r b my at the greatest disadvantage, adieu to things below the sun in stepping 
! the efforts of others. I erhaps it would be 1^^ be cbanged; any effort from any part of the Turkish dominions m- 
) as . we11 f f everybody who can find any- tQ do g0 would be abo rtive, as I am fully to eternity. 
| thing to do, to do it, and not to try to nd cpnvinced f rom c i ose observation, that legs women in streets. 
I ( aa]t wltb a f d lind f, r hlS + - ne !f l ' ^ are only used for ornament among the opu- w omen 0 f the unner circles aDDear like 
1 ! I fojget that even these au t- nc er. are j ent on horsebacli, and no one rich or poor, bosts : n tbe s t re ets enveloned^in white 
; > useful, and that, whether we mean it or lends to use thom wh ile a spot of terra fot t on sheete^from head to fS Onl eye 
i not, we are all working out the purposes of tAoit „ n nn cotton sneets irom ncaa to iooi. vjne eje 
; | Omnipotence. hrma can be found to sit upon, occasionally gets loose, but their shackling 
> ( _ ------- _ smoking. gait in yellow boots, stuck into long peak- 
> ) Mankind may be divided into the merry The majority of the inhabitants are idle: ed-toed slippers, give them such a comical 
> and the serious, who, both of them, make time is of no account A very few do all air, that it is amusing to look at them. 
; > a very good figure in the species, so long the drudgery, and the rest smoke. Why, They show their wisdom essentially m con- 
( \ as they keep their representative humors it is the great pursuit of a long life to smoke, cealing their faces, since the little I have 
; | f r om degenerating into the neighboring ex- The richer the individual, the better is the seen of them convince me of their ugliness, 
j \ treme; there being a natural tendency in quality of his tobacco, and the longer the Black podwer is sprinkled on their eyelids, 
\ ( the one to a melancholy moroseness, and in flexible stem of his nargelch. They smoke their nails stained red, and the under lip 
(■ \ the other to a fantastic levity.— Addison. at births, at marriages and in deaths there not unfrequently made entirely blue. Some 
) 'l ___is m ore smoke than ever. One everlasting stain the hair red. In Damascus, even beg- 
j; 5 Knowledge cannot be acquired without cloud of smoke, the product of more pipes gars fancy they look better with red locks, 
{ ) pains and applications. It is troublesome, than there are virtues in the possession of and very queer old women, in frizzled, be- 
\ \ and like deep digging for pure water; but the twelve tribes, is perpetually rising to tangled hair, red as blood, press their claims 
) when once you come to the spring, it will the zenith throughout the length and most eloquently in the name of samtsnoone 
rise up and meet you. breadth of the Land of Promise. ever heard of but themselves. 
udest and most miserable apologies is quite 
choose, i would ratner De me mainspring d comprehens ion. They all sit flat on dream. All they know 
of a watch than the escapement; and while ^ ^ blacksmiths be j abor heavy iron bars the word buckskies,-(gi 
there is work to be done for the wor d, I u twelve inches f rom tbe ground, which is the first word tl 
shall beg the privilege of helping to do it, geated as oravely as statesmen, ing weaned,—and it is tl 
rather than assume the office ot censor over f ndinff ° way at tbe greatest disadvantage, adieu to things below th 
the efforts of others. Perhaps it would be habitg cannot be changed; any effort from any part of the Tur 
J not, we are al 
! Omnipotence. 
animal could be so delicious—it was Tibe- 
rious! My noble courser reposes in 
your stomachs ! May your digestion be 
light!” 
At these words, the enthusiasm concen¬ 
trated for a moment—possibly with some 
l vague thought of an immediate resurrec- 
water, each of whom is as supreme in her 
little court as the Queen of England is in 
hers, would do well to imitate her. 
SIMPLICITY OF DRESS. 
Female loveliness never appears to so 
Mankind may be divided into the merry 
—but, with a sudden burst of hurrahs, good advantage as when set off with sim- 
the idea took the turn of a sublimity, and plicity of dress. No artist ever decks his 
another glowing bumper was sent to join angels with towering feathers and gaudy 
the departed in his metempsychosis. jewelry; and our dear human angels, if they 
_ _ _ would make good their title to that name, 
It has been the error of some devout should carefully avoid ornaments, which 
men in every age, to conceive that religion properly belong to Indian squaws and Af- 
is so exclusively occupied with the great rican princesses. These tinselries may serve 
interests of our eternal being, that the body, to g' ve effect on the stage or on the ball 
which is destined so soon to perish, is hard¬ 
ly an object of its pious care. 
room floor, but in daily [life there is no sub¬ 
stitute for the charm of simplicity. A vul- 
___ gar taste is not to be disguised by gold or 
Rousseau says —“There are but two diamonds. The absence Oi true taste and 
things that are positive goods—health of refinement or delicacy, cannot be compen- 
bodv, and health of mind; but two things sated tor by the possession of the most 
that are positive evils—pain of body, and princely fortune. Mind measures gold. 
na ; n of mind Gold cannot measure mind. Through dress 
_ _ __ the mind may be read, as through the deli- 
Beneficknce. —The power of doing cate tissue of the lettered page. A modest 
(Tood to worthy objecis, is the only enviable woman will dress modestly. A really re¬ 
circumstance in the lives of people of for- fined and intellectual woman will bear the 
t une . marks of graceful selection and taste. 
