

 .Another Walsaag Skeletols.--An Eng

 fish paper lying before us contains an account ofa rcmarkable individual whos

 under the appellation of tine Walking

 Skeleton, is exhibiting himself to the ln-

 habitants of Douai, a city in the north, ern department of France. By the ae- count given of this man, it does not seem that he is quite so attenuated as hls brother skeleton in New | orl, but he possesses some properties which render him quite as much an object of curosl- ty. He is said to have the faculty ot contracting his muscles, and reducing his flesh, leaving his bones protruding, so as to give to himself the appearance of a skeleton encased inshriyelled pareh. ment. He can instantly free himself from all sorts of chains and nanacles; and thumb screws, hand-cuhs, and all manner of letters are fastened on him, by way of experiment, in vain; for as soon as they have been fixed upon hlm as securely as possible, bypersons skilled in that kind of business, he contracts the parts and they drop to the ground. triple chain was passed around lis body, and strongly fastened by screws. in such manner as it was thought would haific his strange faculty; but by one or two movements, of which he alone possesses the secret. says the account before uss they were made to fall to the ground