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:s ; POETRY. ' FROM THE NATIONAL ADVOCATE. i WO MA ft. : > Oh, Woman L if I thought thy breast . With real lofce could ever thrill, I might have paidoned all.tbe rest, And spite of all have lov'd thee still ! I could have borne to see thy heart, Tho' kind to others? cold to me ; .. And whilst I mourn'd their happier lot, / With nil my soul have worship'd thee I * .1 . t * ^ \ Aye, more?I could forgive thy zeal J r, To court thfc praise thou scorn'st when ? won, * * ;* -f If, 'mid the crowd, thy soul could feel What 'twas to doaion only o*a. - Nay? we^t thou even false as fair~ ^ Could thou be only w irx whilst true, Thy very fickleness 1M spare?. But thou, ales! artJPBioio too. 4 ^ J ? * Oh! thou wert ofoly formed to shine? To dazfcle, and to chill by turns, Thy hearth a gem which lights the shrine, Mten worship at, biit never burns, - -v TO A TOPERy IJST LOVE. ' ? * "? * s T , 'Tween wom?n a n? wine, Sif, . ( ,',3 ' Man1,! lot *? to s^ai%? k . ? j For wine makes h\% head ache, ; ,, j+. j A"d women Aeart ! ,.r> Miscellaneous* . ABAtrnFUL Extract. S l<mjm *terihlpjjed,: leaning upon the top of hi* nfnji r- -,.Vi t) [Epiatleto Hebrew, It is a beautiful trait in the religion of the .Bible, that, as it U founded upon truth) it is supported by simpli-i city, sod is altogether independent of human grandeur, altogether at vari ance with the dictates or human pride. In thelustory of the PatriarcU, we are presented with a picture of pure and uudeflled religion} in ita effects ,hpon a people, who, aa yet. knew JiPle pf the refinement#, of society, at jonce striki t?g,;impressrVe, and deep ly intonating. Whether we consul ar Abraham as calling with confidence ,on the Moat, jligb jn a strange land'; or Isaac, aa walking abroad to med . itate at eventide ; ob Jacob, when, in the language of the Apostle, he wor shipped, leaning.npon (he fop of hi^ staff; we are equally impressed with the beauty of that religion,, which is thus seen to flourish, not amongst the nost polished, but the most simple J tiot the most powerful, bat the most | obedient ; ni>t the lftost ISkraed, but" the most faithful of mankind. < . Thus we are tanght to btlieve, that how liver pomp and splendor may aeem to to the effect of r^li^ion, or how* , Wver imposing thccolorjng which they! throw around it, yet, .as its object is to unite man with his Creator, it can* ttot.bB assisted by human power ; it needs not th$ aid oT adventitious cir Avinwlances. is sot amidst the croud of asssifiblrd multitudes, nor in u temples made with han4*5" that its jiffects are only to he ftttz-Be who pauses amid the labor of the day, or contemplate* the beauties of nature at t arly (fawn, or goeth into tlie field* to ftedi(ate at eventide, or, with Jacob, worahioa, " leaning upon the top of hia atafr'~may doubileas fee}, witbr to fall force, the influence of the aphrit of devotion, v It waa thua, that the holy men of old were taught to truat in that Being, whose attrihu tea are displayed in all hia works ; it ia than,] that pious men, in every age, have' learned to bo*V in deep humility, and] with aolemn reverence, before Him who hath created the Heavena, and the work of whoae flngera the atars are yJ and it ia thus, that in our own minds may be inculcated leaaona of piety, and of unmurmuring ol>edicnce, that we may be taught to look ?|>on the evila of thia life aa necessary pre paratives to Eternity, and every eveut aa aulwervient to the holy pnrpo?ea of a Being, whoae mercy endureth for ever. We may thus, in youth, be preserved amid temptation ; and to old age be auabkii io look back ' with peace m got pant 1ive?* and uith pious and grateful devotion, worship like the patriarch, " leaning upon the top of his staff." Origin of Sunday School s and Bible Societies. Mr. Rc^ekt Raikes, a printer of GloucesfeEin England, instituted the first Sunday School in the year 1783.1 Being in the outskirts of that city, he was greatly disturbed by a troon of wretched noisy boys. Full of compassion, lie began to think what could be done to remedy the ejril. ? And the good woman with whom he was ^opveising saying, "O sir, if you wele here on Sunday you would piety them, indeed, for they are much more numerous and a hundred times ^vorse ; it is a very hell upon earth ? we cannot read our Bible hi peace for them it occurred to him that if these children could be put to school on a Sunday, this disorder might !>e prevented, and the children taught better^ The thought was im mediately carried into effect hy em ploying a pd^fcjvoman in the neigh- 1 borhood to teach them, and this spark kindled a flame which will never t* extinguished, apd has already prov ted a signal blessing to thousands. | And Bible Societies sprung from the lame $eed. When the Sunday Schools spread into Wales, a suffi cient number of Welch Bibles could not be got for the use of children. ? A personal application was made by a Mr. Charles to some friends in I^pndon to aid him in a subscription to defray>Mto expense of printing an edition or Welsh Bibles. In the courseof Conversation, at a commit* tee meeting of a Religious Tract Society, the Rev. Joseph Hughes suggested that a little more exertion than was requisite for supplying Wales with the Scriptures, might found an institution which should go on increasing in fund* and extending its operations, till not only the Brit ish dominions, but the whole world should lie supplied with the word of God. The Idea was carried into efjfocC. Such it the origin of a Socie ty w hich is the pride of our age. ON EXERCISE. To G&vctaar I*rariklih * Nexv-Jorary. LONDON, AUGUST. 44 In y^S5 of May 14th, you ac quaint me with your indisposition, which gave me great concern. The resolution you have taken to use more exercise is extremely proper ; and 1 hope you will steadily perform it. It is of the greatest importance to pre sent diseases, since the cure of them by physic Is so very precarious. In considering the different kinds of ex ercise, I have thought that the quan tum of each is to lie judged of, not by time or hy distance, but by the de* gree of warmth < it produces in the body ; thus, when I observe if 1 am cold when I get into a carriage in a morning I may ride all dav without being warmed by it ; that if on horse back my feet are cold, I may ride some hours before they become warm; but if 1 am ever so cold on foot, t can not walk an hour briskly without glowing from head to Lot by the quickened circulation ; I have been ready to saip(U9in? round numbers, without regard ? to exactness but merely to maly a great difference) that tbei?e la more exercise in one mile'* riding ou horseback, than Jive in a coach ; and more in on# mile's walking 6ft foot, than Jive on horse back ; to which I may add, fhat there is more in walking one mile up ami down stairs, than jtw on a level floor. The two latter exercises may be had within doors, when the weather discourages going abroad ; and the 1ssf nfay be had when one is pinched for time ; as containing a great quan tity of exercise in a handful of mi nutest The dumb bell is another exercise of the Utter compendious kind ; by the use of it 1 have, in forty swings, quickened my pusle from sixly to one hundred lieats iu a mi nute, couuted by a second watch; and ;T suppose the warmth generally in creases with quickness of pulse, ! H FRANKUN* j ? Df, Frinkliu's ?on to whom the first pm x oi if >c of his JLifc a^tircswed. tWTAMpJERJtfCA We observe by oue of the late periodical Works which issue from Boston, that a bocir ty has long beta established in that city for the sup pression of Intemperance. From its late annual Report, it appears, that this Society, by keeping a vigilant eye upon offenders of this description, has produced valuable 1 effects. ? 6i Private vices, (observes the Re viewer) it may be thought, are not fairly the subjects of public interfe rence ; but when private vices entail a lasting burden and disgrace on the whole community ; when they not only destroy, the character, the for tune, the happiness of the individual himself, but infect U>06e of all around him, and in their tyhimate consequen ces sap the foundations of public vir tue, and lower the standard of pub lic morality, they become the legiti mate1- objects of public attention. ? There is certainty no other vice, whose influence is so debasing and degrading, both in a moral and iniel lectual point of view, as that of ln temperavce ; none, which exhibits in so humiUqttng a light to human pride, the weakness, the frailty, the little nest of human nature ! ' ? w J. * From the Democratic Press. Mr. Binns? Though it is very well known in this city and vicinity tfii)t. KYE is an excellent substitute for Coffee, it may not be generally known, and I wish it made as pub lic as possible, since both health and economy are alike interested in the substitute being adopted. The Rye should be prepared by ati hours f oil ing-? then dried and roasted ? not burnt Coffee is very apt to injure the head, causing a vertigo, in con sequence of^ttch, ten of my fami ly were ob\i^K to relinquish the use of it, near two years since.. Rye has no it\jurious quality. A family of 8 persons will use %i -Z lbs, coffee a week, at breakfast alone } tbis, at 30 cents per lb. gives 7* cent* per week, or 39 dollars per ann. hye is 60 centr per bushel, or 21 ft cents per quart; 8 pints will serve the same fatnily for a week, leaving a balance of 7i cents per week, or thirty-six dollars ninety-two cents per year, in a favor of the Rye ! Let us carry the calculation farther, and suppose there are 125 thousand families iu the United Bt&tes, each of whoniwpuld save half the abovej sum, or^WU dollars yearly, by the! use of Rye instead of Coffee, (which1 calculation: would be Considerably within bounds) we shall have a clear gain to the people of the U. States of S3, 750, 000 dollars per ann. The best judges will be deceived by tak ing the Rye for Coffee, if properly made. After this, who will have the effrontery to complain of hard times and continue the use of Coffee in his family? Were Congress fo lay a heavy daty on the article of Coffee, as well as many articles of manufac tured it would tend greatly to benelHne country. August 5* L. %* Newtpapers friendly to eco nomy, will give the above an inser tion. " i IMPORTANT D1COVERY. J From Paria.?+A discovery of the greatest Importance engages at this moment the attention ot' fuiysiciatis, the chert ista, and the government A person of the name of Mange has discovered, that thfc pyroligenoua acid, obtained by the distillathHMif wouL has the property of prevqpt* ingT&e decomposition and putrefac tion of animal substances. It is sufficient to plunge meat for a few moments into the acid, wen slightly empyreumatic, to preserve it as long as you may desire. Outlets, kid neys, liver, rablts, which were pre pared as far back as the month of Julv last (1818) are now as fresh as if they had just been procured from the market. 1 have seem carcases, washefl three weeks ago with fn/ro ligenati8 acid, in which there is mi aign of decomposition. 1 4 Putrefac tion not only stops, but it retrogrades. Jake*, e^iytnUu^ iofcetiori, u?ee to do 80, M ?bbn ft* too ponr into tTiftri1 the purifying acul. You may judge ho\v many important applications may be made oi this process. ? Na vigation, medicine, unwholesome manufactories, will derive incalcu lable advantages from it. _Thi9 ex ! plain* why me.it, merely dried in a .stove, does nut keep; while that which is smoked becomes unaltera ble. We have here nn explanation of the theory of hams of the U^ef of Hamburgh, of smoked tongues, sausages, and herrings, of wood smoked to preserve it from worms, kc. &c." Female Beauty and Ornaments. The Ladies in Jnpan gild their teeth; and those c?f the ludies paint them red. The blackest teeth are esteemed the most beautiful in Guzo rat, and iu some parts of Ame riou In Greenland, the woman color their faces \*Hh blue and yel low. However fresh the complexion of a Muscovite may be, she would think lierself very ugly if she was not plaistered over with paiut. The Chinese must have their feet as di minutive as those of the she-goats; and, to render them thus, their youth is passed in tortures. In An cient Persia, an aquiline uose was often thought worthy of the crown ; :\nd, if there was any competition between two i'linces, the people generally weut by this criterion of majesty. In come countries, the mothers break the noses of the chil drefTf "and, iu others, press the head between two boards, that it may be come square. The modern Persians have a strong aversion to red hair : the Turks, on the contrary, are warm admirers of these disgusting lot ks. The Indian Heauty is thick ly smeared with bear's fat; But the female Hottentot receives from the hand of her lover, not silks, or wreaths of flowers, but warm guts and reeking tripe, to dress herself with enviable ornaments. In China small eyes are liked ; and the girls are continually pluck* ing tlieir eye-brows, that they may be small and long. The Turkiah women dip a gold brush in the tinc ture of a black drug, which they pass over their eye-lirows. It is too visible by day, but looks shining by night. ? They tinge their nails with a rose color. 4 | An ornament for the nose appear* ,to us perfectly unnecessary. The Peruvians, however, think other- j wise ; and they hang on it a weighty ring, the thickness of which is pro portioned by the rank of their bus bands. The custom of boring it, as our T29ies do their ears, is very common in several nations-Through the perforation are hang various ma terials ; such as green crystal, gold ?tones, a singb and sometimes a preat Dumbef% &old rings. Thisl is rather troublesome to them in blowing their noses ; and the feet is, some have informed us, that the Indian ladles never perform this Ivory useful operation. ' The female head dress is carried, in some countries, to singular ex travagance. The Chinese Fair Car ries on ber head the figure of a cer tain bird. Thia bird is composed of copper, or of gold, according to the quality of the person : . the wings, spread oat, fall over tbe front of the head dress, and conceal the temples. The tail long and open, forms a beautiful tuft of feathers. The beak covers the top of the npse ; tbe neck is fastened to the body of the artifi cial animal by a spring, that may the more freely pUy, and tremble at the slightest motiun. . . The extravagance of the My ant- j ?eft/ is far more ridiculous than the above. ? They carry cm their heads a slight hoard, rather longer than a foot, and about six inches broad:'; with this they cover their hair, and seal it with wax. They cannot lie down, nor lean, without keeping the [neck very straight ; and, the coun try, being very woody, it is not un common to find them with their bead dress entangled in the trees. When-j over thef comb their hair, they past, [airtamr by the fire in melting the [wax; buMheir combine i* 0'>4y per formed oiic|or twice a 3 ear. To thisomous account, 1 x'racted from Duhalde, we ruust join iliat of the inhabitants of the I>aiul of Natal. They wear caps or bouneta, from six to ten inches high, composed of the fat of oxen. They then gradu* ally anoint the head with a purer grease; which, mixing with the hair, fastens these bonnets for their lives ! The following odd comparisons am from an English publication of the humurous class. JVH.1T IS LOVE LIKE? I would not compare love to HierxL poera, although it is assuredly the fact, that the effect of both i9 similars, both often making people exceedingly sick.-^TWxs comparison may seem odd to some folks. They will not find it so, since there^is sarcely any thing; in nature, however opposite in its kind, which inay not he compared to Love. Let lis see. Love is an evil spirit, because it torments us ; like Heaven, because it wraps the soul in bliss ; like salt, because it is relishing; like pepper, because it of ten sets us on fire ; lik? svgar, be cause it is sweet ; like'a rope, it is of ten the death of a man ; like a prison, because it makes one miserable ; like wine, because it makes us happy ; like a man, because it is here to-day and gone to-morrow ; like a woman, because there is no getting rid of it ; like a beacon, for it often guides to the wished-for port ; like a fierce courser, because it often runs away with one; like a little poney, be cause it ambles nicely with one; like the bite of a dog, or^he kiss of a pretty woman, because it make^ i one run mad ; like a goose, because it is silly \ like a ghost,, because it is like every thing and nothing; of ttta talked about, hut never see n, touched nor understood. Matrimony .?The following beau* tiful extract is from < Family , Lec tures/ By Mr?. N. Sproat, of Taunton : ? 4 A great proportion of the wretch edness which has so offrn embittered married life, 1 am persuaded, has originated in the negligence of trjfle$ . Connubial happiness is a thing of too fine a texture to be handled roughly. It is a sensitive plant, which will not even bear the touch of unkindness ; * delicate flower, which indifference will chide and suspicion blast. It must be watered with showers of tender V <{ffection-~ ex pended with the glotf of attention, and guarcjed by the impregnable , barrier of unshaken confidence.? Thus matured, it blooms with fra grance in every season of life, and < sweeten even the loneliness of declia itigyears.* ? - Explanation at the word JVe tr#. Many persons % read , newspapers without attending to the importance of the word News, or the idea it ought to furnish as wftln In the first place as the news eomes from all quarters of the terraqueneons glota, so thfe word itself clearly points out to oft, viz. J\T. North, ?. East, Wi West, &. South, so that no language in the world could fbrpish us with * word more expressive. Again, when seriously considered, it recommends to us the practice of the four fol lowing Virtues, viz. Nobleness in out thoughts, Equity in our dealings. Wisdom in outr conduct, and Bobne* ty in our lives. ^ lriih Diamond . A circumyance of a singular tuu ture, and likely to attract the notice of mineralogists, espec ially in Ire* land, fs at present the subject of con versation among the literati of Dub* tin. An exceedingly find specimen of diamond, crystalized, Iihm been found in the sand of a small stream in the North of Ireland. It is of the species called by Lfyfdarie* the yellow diamond, of extreme beauty find remarkable size. A discovery >f this kind, should it lead to fur tier similar results, will be enough q change the distinguishing title of die I'uicrald Isle, ? lends* n papers