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From the Charl?*ton Courier.
faONG.
Bospeotfully Dedicated to .of Yorkvllle, 8. 0.
BY W1LLLE MOIITIIEAr.T.
Maiden tho'u art beautiful,
Maiden thou urt fair,
Never dwelt upon the earth,
Never floated in the air,
From the glorv laud ahove,
Anything as bright as thou?
Oh I thou til in it of 1*jVa !
All the blue of Summer skies,
All the light of earth,
In their local loveliness,
Meeting ut thy spirit's birth?
Liveth in thy beauteous eyes.
Making them a Paradise?
T Being of the skies!
Honey bees obtain their sips,
From no sweeter flow'r,
* Thau thy rosj- parted lips.
ifever, e'en in angel bower,
Blooineu or budded aught so fair,
As that coral mouth of thiuu?
Creature of the air!
Tre.*sr?, darkly, sweetly brown,
I? t.lit-ir ahow'ry full?
Silky sweetnew deck'd with pearl?
Make of thee an angel all?
Crowns thee wit.li an airof heav'u.
Stamps tlice with angelic tneiu?
Oh ! thou thing of love!
J.iJv white and pearly brow,
Uu*y-tiiite<l cheek;
Little, bwcelly-<linipled chin.
Chiseled like the classic Greek,
Sweeter than Circassian maid.
JJeaut-tious ?r- a drenm of love?
Oilthou thing of light!
Kfvor in my ewooteut dream,
>aw I auirlit so pure,
Nothing Kith tin c3'c so liiiplit,
Noihii'ir. nothing vvtr suiv.
That, for niiijcl loveliiief*.
Hold comparison with tlwe?
Uh ! thou child of love !
KIND WORDS.
Tito New Yoik Daily Xcirs. in a oritirr.l j
review of tli It-v. Father Filter's new i
Work, '"Spiritual Coiif?,reni*.i*!?," quotes the |
(ollowins; beautiful passage from the work.
Kind Words.?Sulfintcivst makes it comparatively
?'n?v for us to ilo thai wliii.li ivi*
urn well paid for (luiti". Tim C'r.'it price !
which every one puis on a little kind won] \
makes the practice of saying thcin still |
easier. Tln-y become inure ea>y the mur? on
the one hand that we know oursvlv.es and on j
the other that we are united to God. Yel ;
what are these hut the two rotemporaneons ;
operations of nrace, in which the life of,
holiness consists} Kindness, to be perfect, i
to l>e lasting must be a conscious imitation }
of God. Sharpness, bitterness, sarcasm, j
acute observation, divination of motives? ;
all these things disappear when ' a tnan is j
earnestly conforming himself to the itnn(?e !
of Christ Jesus. The very attempt to be ;
lilce our dearest Lord, is already a well- i
spring of sweetness within us fiowm?j.-wilh
an ea<y grace over nil who come within our
reach. It is true that a special sort of unkindness
is one of the uglinesses r^pious
beginnings. But this arisen from an inability
to manage our fresh grace properly.
Our old bittferness gets the impulse meant
for our new sweetness, and the machine can
not be got right iu a moment. lie wjio is
not patient with converts to God will forfeit
many of his own graces before he in nwnre.
. . . # - *
.Not only is kindness due to every one.?
Kindness is not kindness, unless it be special.
It is in its fitness, scssoubleness and indi- ,
vidua! application tbal its charms consists.
It ie natural to pass'fiom the facility of
Itinck words to their reward. I find myself
always talking about happiness while I ain
treating of kindness. The fact is, the two
thing* go together. The double reward of
Ifciud words is the happiness they cause in
others, and the happiness they cause" in our
selves. The ??rv process of uttering them
fills our mirulfl with sweetnew and make*
our benrta glow pleasurable. Is there any
happiness in the world like the happiness of \
a disposition made happy hy the happiness 1
of others ? There is no joy. to l>e compared |
>viih it. The luxuries can buy, the rewards
ambition can' attain, tho pleasure of
art and (scenery, the abounding wnse of
foetritb. and the exquisite enjoyment of menial
creation, am imthinr* In this nurw ?n/t
heavenly happiness, where self in. drowned
in the blewedness of others. Yet this h?ppiflesp
/t>JIow%c*lose npon kind words, and w
their legU?roHt?.ref;ult. But independently
of this, Kind wjrds mnke us happy,in our
awvs. -They soothe our own irritation.?
They phprm our cares away. They drair
uk-near to God. They r?i?e the temperature
of our love. They produce in lis a sense of
quiet/astfulnesa, like that which accompaoJw
(hfe 'cfirisciotsRP*? of forcriven sin. Thev
abed abroad the peace of God within our
hearts. TUi* is their second leward. Tlien,
moredtrrr, we become kinder by pajpe kind
words and thla lis in itself * third reward
A A '
A younsc man fife Margate having Won
orttked fcv l6ve, walled out to the preeipioft
took off Ilia clothes, gave.oo# lingering look
pt th6 hitai Had then went?
hofp* 1 Hi* body wm Aniwf oext morning
in bed:"
I
From the New York Evening Pott.
THE FRENCH ARMY.
Its Discipline Described by a New York Traveller.
>
The French army is certainly one of the
best developed bodies of men that the
world has ever seen. Formed almost entirely
of conscripts, the sons of boneat families,
it draws its strength from the best blood of
the nation. For seven years they are ki-pt
circulating through France, except when
each regiment takes its turn in Algiers, j
Thus the entire country is known to the j
entire army, from the thronged capital to ]
! the most quiet provincial town. The ideas
of the most ignorant are enlarged, their
minds expanded, as they are drawn away
from the contracted circles of their little
communes ; and the sons of the poorest
villagers enjoy the pleasure and read the
profits of travel.
Each individual of this mass is taught to
walk, to stand, to run, to jump, to swim, to '
ciimh, to handle the small sword and the
I |
broadsword, to manage the musket and the !
"bayonet, with such skill as not only to slay
his enemy far off or near at hand, hut to
protect himself against more numerous bay- j '
onets, or agHinst the long sword of taooper, j
or even the far-reaching and more formi- j *
...? ft
(table lance.
Paris is the centre of this system, and
having one day obtained the necessary per- I '
mit, I had an opportuuity of seeing how j 1
sedulously this training is attended to. j
There were not inure than half u doj?*n sol- j
diers exercised at this time, but it must be j 1
I
remembered that those wbo show most j
fitness for the task are chrosen and drilled 1 '
most thoroughly, so that in their turn thcv I 5
may become teachers in their several regi- j '
ments.
: |
After somwif the more ordinary gym- i
nastie frats, three men were placed in front |
1 '
of all en ' wall, against tv ich were three ;
platforms, rising one above the other to '
the roof. Kac.h of the upper platforms
was smaller than the one below it by about j j
cigh'een inches, enough to tnako comfortable
standing room for a man. Each platform
had three equal faces, forming a half) ^
ue.Migon, iiuu ju^i miner me cage 01 eaen : j
faro ofeach of the platforms firmly 0isten- [
?>d a mum] iron bar, so that if a man were ; ^
not tall enough to jump and catch the eilge
of the platform lie might catch the bar be- |
low. I forgot to' mention that cach plat- '
form was about seven feet high, nnd, be- <
siiles being fastend to the wall, was supported
by wood-work below, but so far
from the ed^e as not to iulerfere with the
men.
Three soldiers were placed in front of j
tlu-sc platform*, standing on the ground, and j
each opposite one of the faces. The moment
the word of command was given tach
man jumped at the edge of the first platform
; caught it; raised himself up so as to
turu up one elbow, and so get on the top;
jumped in like manner at the second platform,
and got ou it, and then upon the
third. All this was donS^bo quickly, in fact
?i- ;j!.? * t
nivu oui-.u mm11mij mpiuny, lhul x can ?
readily understand the confusion of tbe (
Austrians at tbe startling movements of tbe ,
French soldier*, It seemed but an instant t
bffore tbe came three soldiers who had |
been standing motionless upon the ground
in front of tbe platform, were standing just |
as motionless upon the highest platform,
waiting for the'next command. * At tbe
word they descended in the same wjiy pud
stood once more upon tbe ground. In a
yard a| inched to the gymnastic I noticed a
jumping ditch, some two feet deep rind
about four feet wide at'the end, spreading
out to about nine feet at the' ojlber. It was
abnut ten feet long', so that tbo widebiog 4
whs sufficiently gradual. ^ v Here
whb also a strong plank fence >wHh
a roof on top, forming a ?ort' of abed, with
the back toward yon, and about fifteen feet
high. The roof did Rot lap over the. fence,
bill scnrcelv fastened it. un w?* alsn u
strong iron rpd running aloiigthe fence at
i its junctiou with the roof."'Shits-gf intfh
! plank were nailed on tbis ferine, about three
inches apart^ and 'the nho!* fence albped
out from the bottom to die top. so that
wlwin a roan caught' bold of the slatA^itJp
his fingers his feet would*?wing clear, and
he could thus get no assistance.-from t(i?tn
in climbing. ; - . t-'
The samenh|4e soldiers who had scaled.
the platforms were placed in front of this
fence. At the word of- command ???b
jumped*" at H. with his finger's booked like
claws, and, having no hold ' but what the
alata g*V# tliela, they clawed their way up
quickly to ibe top. .There, gal siting hold
of the bee. thev doubW'?? tJ? ?
? ? v --- # . ? "T?'^XIr^Q lM "
mort curioo? wfjr, timing* 'j#Nt-#omer*t
<M Kftfctk on thtW.W'kv upon ;
dteftt>of. w j?h <J>eir Afjs* agniottt their side*
wJlw-Jiii JI?ey ?t r'?toM <>m:
their arm?, rtrogbt bold- of t^? Wfjbrew
up4I?ek }*g? ?t^k# u> tar n
arid ?o 0i?w Wy di*tt "fffK
- ?w?Wtf^foev<>lutWo?.?ttm;
mrfyb wfciob
*T+ tcufUt ?yw?^b?1i$irgih? mutfet at*
t6? aartrid^&a* akyv* <kp wnler, lojamp
from a height upon a ledge where there is |
barely standing room, with their muskets
in their hands and all their accoutrements j (
upon their backs; to wnlk in the same way I
along beams, both square and ro und, or '
along the irregularly shaped trunks of tree? 1
across ditches or ravines ; each man is
i.:- i._? i i * ? -
inuuiib iu uj>u u is iiiu>K*"i? ttuu ufiyoiii'L as ? m
vaulting pole ; and to climb up his comrade's j
.shoulders so as to 9cale a wall twenty- |
feet in height. [
In tho recent accounts of the Zouaves )
we aro told that they also employ in battle
la Savate, or tho art of kicking. Having
often heard of litis, I ono day asked our
teacher in the gymnasium at Paris if lie
knew it. I
"Oh ! yes." j
"Well give us n specimen of il."
"Very well, place yourself in position as
a. boxer.'
I did ro and he advanced towards me
with ii is hands r little o" t from his sides.'s
like a wrestler ready to tako hold in nnv |
way. ' I
"Now T can kick you on your forward
l>-g, nnd break the bone or hurt you. J
VV !? ! 1 *4 I'ntl UTM I I i -it 11 I It I* tllflt nf ill <i?Aa S .
mi draw it back, I can raise my foot to y
,our Btomach or your chin." ,x \
"Well, suppose you should kick at my : c
shin, I would catch your foot. Then what ' c
would you do?" ! t
"We'll; try." i
lie kinked anil I caught his loot, hut I l
while I helil it firmly lie tni netl ; threw both !
mnds on the ground to support his body, j t
mil instantaneously brought I,in other foot \ j
;o near my nose that I let go of his foot in ! j
i moment. . .
"That is very clever. Is there any parry
o that : j
"Oh ! yes. It is very simple. You do i
?'hal I did, and I'll show von."
, u
I Icit'Ivftl ! lu* / illlcrlit mr f.?Al I
" ~ 1 <?"" i V
lircw myself on my han-l.-, and thought of j
-ourse to kick him with my other foot;j(
tui lie simply put one foot. firmly against ; ^
110 thigh of my other leg, ami I was pow- f
i less. There was in his movements also J
his stailling rapidity. The kicks wero ; ^
ike flashes of lightning. and the hands '
onstantly ready for a grapple or a l?lo\v. i .
[ loin wit;ii i saw j Ujive a iimst i I
ii^Iik<r lo hi SuvaJc, or, us we wotili! say ! |
n KnglUh, the Old Slide. ! (|
It is impossible to cult irate tin* body to |
my great extent without nl:-o thereby cul- ; _
ivatitg tlie mind, Quick and ititellitri-nt ' j
iction of the body brings quick and Intel- j,
igent action of the brain. A man's self- j v
espect grows vvilb the consciousness of in- ! (J
iividua) power and this feeling is fostered
>y the general of the army ; no French sol- j
lier is ever strm-k ; his person is sacred j j
Vnm n n
- Ut'UUh j r
.liia u'ay once to'nl me by an ex sohtier : I ^
"I was will) Smiltin the retreat from j
fl
Spain. ' We had just crossed llie Adour j ^
uid were forming on its bank. when an i
. : I
iffiuer, provoked at the stupidity of a sol- j ^
lier, struck him with tho flat of his sword, j ^
I'he soldier instantly brought his bayonet to | j.
:he charge, nnd the officer ran. pursued by j
lie enraged soldier all along the line, until j ^
tomei offi<#f*iit6pf>ed, him and sent him* to !,,
bis placed j j
"If ho had killed the oftiiccr, what would |.
bave been done ?w
"Lie would' have been cnurt-mnrtiallr-d
. # I v # (.
nnd imprisoned, no doubt, from some time, (
but nothing Jmore. Tho officer had np
right to strike him." ^
A San Frnnciseo shopkeeper was cun- *
ningly outwitted a few weeks since hv an '
iinnr! niiihtlA/l fomalA ?" 1' " ...! ? . 4 1 ?1 -- i 1
um^i Miw^fvu icumio u vino wise l\ llWiy j
Attracted by the loveliness of a clonk grace '
fully hung over a mock woman's figure, j *
purchased it in Riitof paying, however, rtbo j'
came Apparent that her finances lacked just I 1
on* dollar Of theYequitvd amount. After a 1 '
little, reflection she told the shopkeeper she i '
woiditj leave with him all the money she had '
with her and send her husband during the '
day - wrtli the i>alanoe. To this of course,
the shopkeeper consented. Among other 1
customer* of.the day, a ' lady," Wo. 2 1
L. J . . . ? . .... I
whs aiso-ijiKCinaiea oy me ciinrrm or tin*
lortk, for whiah the- greater portion of |
tho price had been paid, u/id, ho inqui- i
ry, was-informed by the dealer that it was !
*\lhu?dy- disposed of. At. the same rime irn- i
heedingly mHntioolnp the particular* rets I
thee to the purchase. She sought ao/ac- I
complice whosoo*reached the shopkeeper's i
emooriura. The urtwar* dealer oramDtIv <
? - rr. ? f\ ? . r TTT-%?-. ^ ,
wrapped up the cloak in a neat paro?l, and I
politely banded it' pver'to tbepreteidBrd ' i
hunbend who quickly departed. But.wfuit
waa the aiiopkeepfe'e futonjMmienti when' '
after the lapae'of af?w houra the veritable' 1
towfehnd of U4jr No 1 mrita hia appeal*
hoc?. There *a?.00 alternative; the dfoak )
.erne Hottest and the rpone^ had to |*r ? j
funded. And what was hissiil gr&ater aRtonWi
meci whan in a few.ftiorefeut* i third hue- <
HE-?!
hi deapair- leavfoj^fcii clerk If >Mtlla4he 1
matter b*?e ewmdJed
Bftough.' to be a
-geaofa* hoalfotf^ barf to
b? satined, ' - '''
HEALTH AND WHAT PROMOTES IT.
Dr. Frank II. llainilton, in an address
jn hygiene, to the graduates, of the BufphIo
Medical Collt-ge, discusses the subject
jf health and the causes which promote or
njuro it. Wo make a few extracts :
Stoves and Furnaces.?Within a few
rears the air-tight stove has been subsumed
for the iron dogs, and for the first
imc since men begin to live in houses >
vehave no 'fire-place.' The chriuo of the I
Lares lias been removed, and our bouses ]
inve been literally pillaged?robbed of llic I
lomeatic bonrtli, toward wbi.di so many J
issocintions have always centered, for which :
lie blood of nations has been poured, and i
vhicli ill all ages lias been regarded as the j
ymbol of home with all its social contorts.
Not content with this, tlieso enemies to
?ur race have still more lately taken away
lie stoves which destitute of the essence,
till occupied the places and still served to
etiiind us at least of the ancient fireplace;
*. d instead they have built fur us iron
urnaces?v?tii)i??under ground, so that
iow what of the oxygen we are not able to
ionsimie and convert into carbonic acid is
JUiated by impure gas escaping from its
ndden chambers, by invisible particles of
oal tlust, and by other impurities which
log up the air cells, and close the avenues
if life, or stick along the parched sauces
is if reluctant to convey their poisons to the j
ungs.
Stoves liavc no doubt abridged the sum j
if human life, but by these subterranean j
ion furnaces we are truncated?cut short I
i) the middle. Il is an error to suppose i
list hot air furnaces can over be so con- i
trucled or matmnged, at least in private !
louses, as not, in any, way to prove detri* |
nental lieaitii. We wish wo could persuade '
wrselves that this is not so for it is certainly j
ery agreeable in a climate like ours to enjoy j
liroughout ail the rooms and passages of i
hu house warm and uuiform temperature; ,
nit il is just this ( veil warmth which is one i
if the sources of mischief. The inmates i
ire so little accustomed to 11*3 cold, and i
leiome so morbidly sensitive, that they ,
hu<lder at tlm idea of going out, nn?J if j
hey ever do venture into the air, tlm frost j
liters into their open poies and they hasten*
Inck to their shelter, chilled, exhausted and !
liscouraged. They are no better able to
vitliHland the storms of winter than a plant
eared in ii hot-house. Il was the venerably '
Jede, I think, who Raid. 'When men lived ,
ii houses of wiiluw they were of oak ; but !
/hen thev lived iu,iiOnsea of oak they w.-ro
if willow.'
Iforscbuck JSxereisc.?My friend, a well
iiiowii and very diMin?juii?iied doctor of
ivinitw believes that T al o rid? il luibbv.
itico I will prescribe no medicine for him
iut it horse ; and I frankly confess *!io lias
;ood reason for his belief. Il is part of the i
peaker's creed that all religious eongregnions
should build n barn, and buy a hone, .
villi a saddle and bridle; all which should be |
ufBcently endowed so as to covet*' every
liture necessary expense," and that as soon
s the horse is properly installed, and not
lefore. thev mnv uroceud to install n nnntor
/ > . ' i
['bis doctrine, in which wo fully bejievu,
ins reference no less to llie-interest of'l-tbe
:burcb than to the interest of tlje clergyUeu.
It will secure one original sermon
>u erery Sabbath morning ; it will obviate
be necessity of assistant chaplains, and save
be expenao of a voyngu to Europe once in
ive years.' Tire utility of horse back exer;ise
is not limited however, to clergy roeh
ind their congregations. It is in our bumile
opinion, the be*t exercise for both*men .
ind Cornell, whether within or wittbont the j
hurcb ; combining, fts it does, the largest
unount of active and. pansiyu emotion, with
tgrecable excitement. The trout may refuse
.0 nibble and..the game to stnrt, but upon 1
lie horse there is certain pleasure beyond |
nil contingencies. The rider is above every- i
iKKbf else, he'grtes faster than anybody "else.
Ho bn* [or the time a Icind of ideal mid not
iclual being aud rides bis bone as a poet
rtdeB bis pegasus.
, " 1
At one moment bo imagines himself aSterseral
at the head of an army, at another
an Emperor making a triumphal entry; now
be in a knight, returning from conquest,
*nd now, perhaps, ha rushes to battle, or
he it riding a fierce race, and he springs in
hie saddle as if ten thousand bright dollars
ifpeiujpd upon tba result. Not that be
actually be]ieyes, .alt U>iet but ouly that hp
feels somewhat aa if it weca so, or might be
l6ar- i ? '*?*", '**" ? w:r?: 4r*M
Whetr be pressed the sftorinto the .Render
flahk, And Ids borse plnngee and prnftce*,
he aluo ptopghs and pranced like the horse.
Ile fe?la h* if, in ridihg him, he'i* a part of
tt^.npbVi wnfaml bironjlf^nd that halt in*
feed what the Tbeaulfnns were repated to
Htffftfft mail and half a bora*-** real'
Omtftir. ' * rwi'i'- *i ' :' * ;
M&MMWm
with Tffat precision and ^ ramtflwpeM.
wit* an -omMntf ' dfe
cm% -j?i'era ^akeertfcio thato^h*fc*f
will reach ft ^reat ranetv of casea;?ad We
believe that a horse?is good for almost
every body, if properly administered.
Some will require to be cautioned against
riding so violently, while for the benefit of w
others you must add the directions usually w
given in the old polypharmic prescriptions: j
'Well taken to be well slmkeu.' |
NOAH'S AEK AND THE GREAT EASTERN. S J
The Great Eastern is 133 feet longer I tj
than was the Ark, and about three feet I v,
deeper, but not ?o broad within 8 feet.? ; n
As an illustration of the change of ideas in j (j
navigalion which the building of I lie Great j j?
Eastern is calculated to produce, we will j
quote the following paragraph froin an j
elaborate artie.le issued sou.e thirteen years j 9,
since, in the Church of Knglatid Quarterly, w
on the Doluge, and re published in Littell's y
Living Age i ^
Now. in it is clearly impossiblo that a (
vessel of the length and breadth of the Ark |
could he otherwise then a floating vessel, j
designed entirely for perfectly still waters, I ^
we have supposed it to be flat-bottomed w
and straight sided both as making it the j n
more buoyant nnd a1* giving to it the great- j (j
est capacity. It was devoid of all sailing : |t
properties ; had neither rigging nor rtuldei; I
its bnilJ was simply that of a hugs float to ! (j
all outward appearance wholly at tho mercy j 'jof
the winds and tho waves, liable to be j j
drifted or driven about according as cur-J j.
reins or win<is tor the timu prevailed ; l>ut i
r , hi
as wo shall show the Ark could not for a ! ^
inoinenl have been subjected to the influence !
I
of either winds 01 tiiles. The extraordinary j
length of tho Ark proves, at once, the j |
miraculous power that was at every moment 1
in vxereisB for itn preservation, since no !
vessel of tho Ark'i proportions could na- 1 R.
turnlly live in disturbed waters; the very j j
first wave, that rise would inevitably bre*k i w
its baek and rend it entirely asunder ; imr j ^
with all our experience in cbipbitildmg j
would it be possible to construct a vessel of j ^
tho Ark's proportions and to navi^ato it j
r? iv t -.1? : s'
iivmm uw?c? iu ujimn hi iuu?^ii ??;uut*rui*5 j ^
least swell of the ecean, by raising one end j
ami depressing the other would beak it in i "
the middle nod {gQjjK*it to founder, nor could |
any possible 'ooSBnAwnce or ingenuity ofconstruction
preVen? this coigequtfiic.?
And il tho very peculiar construction of ; n
tlie Aik lr*d not made such a conclusion ;
inesi stable, the puiposij for which it was j'
built would have proved that such was the i "
fact; for, had tho Aik piuhed in the least i ''
from the swell of the waves or rolled at all j ^
tVotn side, to side under the influence of tho ; "
wind, which, from its great length and little i l|
width it must moat distressingly have done, I ri
the whole world of animals therein contained j
! could not have kept their footing : of very J l|
j necessity, therefore, a dead calm must have J
j prevailed around the ark during the wliolu j "
' of the ono hundred and fifty days that it c
| was floating on the waters. ll
It is said that a vessel as long as tho Ark *
j could not live except in a dead calm?that ?
the least agitation ^oiild break its back? ?
and that a continuous miraclc was neccs- S1
sary to avert such a catastrophe. Yet here j sis
the \jreat Eastern one hundred and I l'
| thirty three feet longer, about to navigate j ''
| not frpm Dover to but from England j
! to America anil afterward* to go half round i
tlie world making sport of nil the winds | ^
and waves. It is said, too, that the great | ?
length and little width, of the Ark would j M
have caused such a pitching and rolling i
that the animals innidtt could nut have kept j
their footing; Yet tyre js a nbip a great 1
deal longer and materially narrower that!
will if ivhat they promise of it is trua, maintain
a condition of almost perfect equilibrium ^
and repose even in- tho roughest weather. ? .
I The late ])'r. Score by conclusively cstabl
lishi'd hy n feriew of experiments on the
I waves of I lie Atlantic, tlmt a vessel of nome ! .
| 600 fu?tjn .length could never fall into this
| trough of thu sea ns one ware would counI
tcract lliu effect of another. Thus, instead
| of a mira^j* to save the Ark's back, it j
! would ll^vdiiak?n a miracle to liave broken ^
i its hack constructed h? it wns. The Kngtit.1i
I Oh utciirhan, says the Courier^ is not the |
| first man who lias been superserviceable in
I clearing up Scripture difficulties which'had ?
i no cxihtence but in life own imagination." ?
The Mured rn-ord newls no ?*king out by M
human ingenuity ; it is bast loft to its own
simple statement. n
8ka bathino.?Sea bathing, on account ^
of its stimulative and penetrating power,
may be placed at the head of those means ?
that regard the care of the skin, and which '
certainly supplies one of the 6rst wants of
rising generations, by opening the pores, f,
an<j| thereby invigorationg the whole rter*? n
oils' syatem. Bosides its great healing pow- ?
er >Q cmcs of. disease, it may he employed ??
by those who are perfect ly i?H, as the means t j
most agreeable to nature for strengthening ,
aad preserving health t la ibis respeot.it R
may & opmpared\to bodily exercise, which f(
can remove disease# otherwise incurable, and
^ ^ preset
tfrse^lgeefoMulktMfce, . V " fc
* ? / ' i 1 v ^
i bjr *
Jifr a conlwed orlmtaalf Bwwn ho ? b
secured, (sea-oured.^ t
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W0NDEK3 OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
The difference of level between liisrli and
>w water mark at Cairo is fifty feet. T: e
id ill and depth of the river from Cairo and
[empliia to New Orleans is not materially
it-leased, yet immense additions are made
? the quantity of water in tlie channel bv
rgo streams from both the eastern and
esteih sides uf the Mississippi. The queson
naturally arises, what becomes of '.his
usl added volume of water? It certainly
ever reaches New Orleans, and as certainly
oesnol evaporate: of course it is not conned
lo the channel of the river, for it would
sb far above the entire region south of uj<.
If a well is punk anywhere in the Arkanis
bottom, water is found as soon as the
nter level of the Mississppi is reached.?
V'hen the Mississippi goes down the water
nks accordingly iu the well. The owner
f a sow mill, some twenty miles from the
lississippi, iu Aikansas, dug: a well to suply
the boiler of his engine, during the late
nod. When the water receded, his well
cut down till his hose would no longer
:ach the water, and finally his well was
ry. Hedug a ditch to an adjacent lake to
t water into his well: the lake wiis drained
nd the well was dry again, having literally |
rank ten acres oPtvater in less than a week,
lie inference is, that the whole valley of
le Mississippi, from its banks to its highmds
on the other hide, rests on a porous
lbstratum which ab>uihs t'le redundant
aterp, and thus prevents the degree of acinuulation
which would long since have
vept New Orleans into tho Gulf, but for
iin provision of nature, to which alune her
ifetv in attributable.
In fact, if tfiH alluvial bottoms of the Misssippi
were like the shores of the Ohio,
le vast plain from Cairo to New Orleans, j
dulii to day tie part anil parcel of the Gul i
r M- xic.o, and the whole valley h fresh \va- j
:r arm of the sea. Were the geological
liaracter of the valley different, the conruction
of levees, confining the water of the
lissisMppi to itK channel, would cause the
se in 11 jo river to lieroijne so great at thai
outh that there could not be sufficient lov^jB
uiit. The euirent would be stro?gef!Rmkj
[ cutnuhition of water greater as tho"14ve^|j
10 i-Mended north of us. 1
Such results were reasonably ^notigol
cipated; but the water, instead of breSfS
ig tlie levee, peimeaics the porous soil,
ml ilio overflow is really beneath the surtee
of (lie swamps. Such, it seem? to us
re the wise provisions of natural laws for
lie safety and ultimate reclamation of the
ich country south of ub. Wo believe that
lie ysieui will be successful, and that
lie ohjeel gf. its adoption will be attained,
tie porouMteMHol the material used ill nmk*
lg them, has caused most, if not all th4j
revasses. Men may deem it a superhuman
isk to wall in the Mississippi from Cairo to
litw 0ih?an9, but our leveea are the work
f pigmies vhen contrasted with the dykes
f Holland. The flood tide of the Missisippi
is hut a ripple on the surface of aglasf
y pool compared with the ocean billows
bat dash again?t the artificial shores of IIol?nd.
The country to be reclaimed by our
jvees?all of which will not for fifty years
ost the people as much as those of t he
)utch when originally built?would make
ne hundred such kingdoms as that over
rhich a Uonaparte one weilded tbo sceptre.
?Memphis Avalanche.
No time to hesitate.? An indepMrtfent!
linister, as-much distinguished for his ecfntricilv
as for his piety, dined one day
ith the senior deacon of his church. %!
eacon, who was in tho habit of asking blesmgs
of a most wearisome length, was parcularly
prolix, and paused to gain a rffew
upply of breath and words. Tha instt^it
e stopped, tho minister sat down and commenced
rattling bis knife and fork;' The
roriliy deacon, looking down, exclaimed,
! Dni'tnr ! I'm niV thrr.nrrli
only hesitated"llesitated!" replied tlio
iK'.lor; "it's no time to hesitate when tho
jr key's getting colt]."
A sli anger from the country observing
n ordinary roller ruin on the table, look it
p, and inquiring its use wa* answered, "Ir
'as a rule fur counting houses." Too wellred,
as h?5 construed p<ditene*s, to ask uneeessiry
questions, he turned it over and
ver ami up ami down repeatedly, and at'
?*t, in a paroKvsm of baffled curiosity, inuired,'
"Dow in the name ofcwonder do you
ount houses with thiaf
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A yonng man who had spent a Utile of
is own time, and a great deal of his father's
loney in reading for the bar, was asked,
fter Ins examination, how he got along!?.
Very well," ?*id he, *1 answered one
ion rif/ht."?- Ah." indeatlJ' said the old.Jton
lehmn; unnd what vratt tfr?lfV~uTb#y
"Iced tn? whnl n ffui tnm action Wan, and I
jtytbefo ' ' Jf
'V'./I ' Si. It. ; #*$>. >!
? **rWn WW 4ed w^?%l>e had
wi ?hMg?d 1*7 U?^ judge,-: fmeH^sajd.
fallow tftfctMltfn tb?|J?lpit
nd state* ofer tbe crowd sgt? oi * )?ctare,
wit I don't %oow whether Bif ebatgue *njbin?
or not,"
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CUCUMBER COSMETIC, TO PREVENT FRECKLEO
A1{D SUN-BURNS?
If in youth we were more careful,it is certain
that as we progress onward in tho
journey of life, the exception would be to
see n person with the skin dull'at an ago
when it ought to have tho most youthful
freidiness. The trouble of preservation is
far more simple, agreeable, and effectual,
than that of restoration, to which it is necessary
to have" recouree in order lo repair
tho wrongs of a careless ncgligence.
Freckles are considered by the majority as
inimical to beauty ; we, however, ar<* of the
minority, and rather admire them. They
are the result of tho interminzlincr of rac.e.
of the dark blood of llie Souib with tbe
fair Saxon. It is positive that (bey indicate
exuberant beallll?and what is moro beautiful
than tbe hue of ? An the summer
advance?, freckles appear. If the skin
is expo-eel to the hud. it darkens like a
cherry or a peach that is ripening. The
effect of the sun upon a delicate ?kin is
very rapid, and it becomes sunburnt, which
in many instances produces inconvenience,
attended with slight pain. Of the various
cosmetics invented for preventing and remedying
this evil. Cucumber Cioam bears a
!jus*t reputation. The following is the methi
ml of preparing it: -Cut the cucumber
|vi>iy thin, and place it into as much al?
1 mond oil as will cover it ; let both remain
together for twenty four hours; then strain,
away the oil, and repeat the. operation a
second time with fresh cucumber and the
same oil; then strain away the oil and
place it in a jug, which put into boiling
water, making it hot enough to melt wax.
For every pound of?oil add one ounce of
spermaceti and one ounce of white wax.
While the spermaceti and wax are mulling,
cut up a ciH'U<nbitr and place it into two
folds of book muslin, and gqucefe out the
^ What m
confusion
i?? I^flauso it-'Uviu tbo midst of a
lftb)'rintl). . .
YYDy istbo letter is like a faithless, lover IBecause
it's inconstant.
Wlmt is t e nearest thing to a cat looking
out of a window ? The window.
When you cut six inches off a walking?,
stick, how long is it! Six inches thortor.
What are the most useful. letters for 4
man of businoss? A Y Z.
Why are policemen like t^ie days of man fc
-Because they are numbered. ' ,
If .cheese comes after meat, what come*
after cheese! A mouse.
How .would you -express in two letter*
| that you were twice the bulk of some othor'
j persons ? I W. *
I What letter is that whieli is invisible."
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never out of (right? The letter I. ,
Why is a flea like a railway f Because
it travels over the sleeper*.
Why is a lover like a tailor! Because
he presses his suit. t ( ^ f
What is thtr moral difference between
onr] 1^.. < T?,? :? o~ 1! ?1- ?
V/HAV. IIIIU flllV J * no VUC Id OVLU^IIUCB .UJI*'
8V, I bo other is aiwayadrunk. ?
Wh?l is that which no man wants, which,'
if any man has, he would not part with for
unlotd wealth ? A bald head.
W)?y ia mUt the poetry of nature! Be*
cjiusa when it fallft upon the earth it freezes
and forma rime.
j Why does a lady with wealthy 4overa->
[ around her hear more music than anybody
o '?.?w!
wiuei^ rwnuBe sue nears several miinonairMat
once.
Why is the pofn thnt your father is i?i$,l5
tine on like $ railroad stock! Becau&e-itM
below par.
W.Lv 1ft- tlia letter fi like mutrimnnv
it in the end of courting. -'"Iv'
What is the flifffren^e between the maa
thatkefpe^watoh on board a ship and W
phrenologist f One look* ahead, ahd the"
other look* in a head.. , j
What tftoe can make ?Tei7
Fortune. <*A /iW< vi
tI7?,^.*4. .MM. Jt-mi
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Import. v . >,V -V .H i ?<?*>? ?/*<! (;??
WBM'i. ,th? wi? W 'f ifUr^jtC.
ev?>rtook? Ofifeque. i **?*
Wliy frflnve tike li g1m?
bccmie it i? very Moiling, and :aottnris>M|ii
its hruknew. ? i *TOP?
Why are .all the abov? l?k? monfc?y*t
Because they are far ffatcbet} ap<} ft# qf fifcr'.
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