Petrifying For Preservation

-Atleman in Tíoy has laken out" a palent for petrifying dead bodies, or almost any substance.- The body, aOer some prcpnration, is immersed in a liquid that in fourtoen days will render it as solid as mnrble. The cost i bul trifling. The Troy Budget says; that ?■ boquet of fresh floweis immersod in the liqüid, wiM, in o. few' days, be as sol id and durable as th'ough Uiey weï-e out of mnrble.Gov. Wriglit of New York, does not furnish intuxicuting liqnors (r ony kind Lo his g-uesls. Cold water, coffec and tea are the on!y bevxagEs pJaced upon his taole,