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14 TUE UNION, TUE CONSTITUTION, AND TUE ENFOH CEMENT OF THE LAWS." yL. 5. NO. 7. BROOKVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 18GC. WHOLE NO. 210.

Adrentnres Anions 'orrlllas and PlKHilp -MarvelouV Stories by üu Ctialllu " M. Da Ch;i'"M the Africnn tiaveler. whose recent- "lion from tlo west coast of Africa S-Miur hitherto unexplored Inferior was not completed on account o''a fight between hi blucU attendmt andtne natire tribe, delivered nn address on the 8th inst. before the Royal (ieo:raphieal Society in London. A lari:o audience was

rresciit. ini.p them ninny eminent ncien- , viuit in r ii. in rvtii'win niu mihi I'.iiv of bin journcr. that cliwribed in hia vluin alrajil v.pyllh'd. M. Pi I'haill'i aM thnt when hi purty reuched Olindst theold Kini; wm very friendly to him, and culled him "h!- weethenrt' Still, he wna ao exHctinjr in LU demand tli.it M. Pu Clniltu told liiiu he thought he loved hi pood numf. Tho chief replied that ho ' loved .both." Laughter. Here lie had numcrou ofll-ra T)f tnarrinpe from tho nativoladien, alldrencd in their Icct, butthewholo were respectfully declined. From thi pla 0 ho visited the liaLalat Fa I, under difiiruluc". and bad an adventure with orrilln on the road.' At the) tima ho wa unwell, and not atronjf enough to carry hi Thu unarmed, howa walking in advance of hi party, when hj heard a noio imon; the tree, and came upon ten pornllu citing tcrric. They quickly mndo for thejrround and ran away, except one old mate, who camo toward him to know what wu tho matter, giving at tho Hämo time a loud ronr. Tho appnutm of hi men frightened tho animal, which then run away. lie therefore Icui reuaou tumodify anmo of the opinion exprccd in hi book, and bo believed that gorrillu aro aomeliniCH pregarnt. Hi negro1 raptured a full frrown fcma?e. whith they kept for ncvcral l.iya, buttho whelo of them wcro very much frightened at it. Uo had four livo one in hi pnpFnaaion at different time. lie anw nothing to rctt act respecting their habit from what ho had previouly atnted. A Tory curiou cuttom tncvutl. When a pernon die they cut olTlii hcud, and put it in a box, nrroundüd withcl.iy or chulk, tho wholo of which i auturti'cd a tho hend decay. The doatcnd.int of the di-cciued rub hi body with thi clay or chalk, praying to hi utiou't'ir at the hhiiic tinio to give him luck. When he receive a guest, and wanta to tnuke at-tit Iiiend of him, lie goon to tho ptare whetctho head of hU rclutivti are kcpt,cratchc a bitoirthoxkull of onuof bU anccntor, and put ihia bone powdo;' litlie di.h inteiwlud for hi liiiiul. who ba(t eaten of it bccotnva of oiiu bloojf wrih liiuici If, therefore 111 ut love him truly, rpcti hi hcurt and give him wliuiovcr he desire. He (M. du Chuillu) mirht hnve eaten a littloof that bono powder hiniFtdf. but ho hoped that ho hud not. Lnuuhtcr. The Napouu tribe, whom hu next virit cd, were a very wurliko people, wearing iron word, which they tnudo ihcmclve, p tho country conUiii iroii-Mtone, pecimen of which ho hud brought to England. '. C T .! tl. A.l!.,fl Kn I The native hero are 0 turrcliomo t hut lie did not t-o m nmti who hud not some cut about hi body; inoieom. they ure , incorrigible drunkards. They havo three intoxicating liquor, made respectively trom th r-ugar-eunc, honey and tho n p of the Eiilm-trcc. 1 he Nupoiio ptoplo tre.tot im well, ncter took unthiiu iiom him and ho h id nothing to say tig.iinnt them. From hcie tho country rift-n rupidly 11.0 tutuiiib, iiiouiit iiiij, mouniain.'), nothing but mountain, up and down for moutliM. One vilbgu i icaihed fioiu nhollivi' by u path thrtiUh the i. Ht, and the an id pull) cannot Lc, kit. lie believtd the wholo of Africa could le truvcrrcd by thc.-e little path, and in tho directum hu juriiCjcd they took a lo'eiably btruight line. Tho village' are large, moucmiic con taining a ihouand people, but Mtuaicd n considerable distance apart. The people aro divided into clan, very much like tho Scotch only a man belong to hi mother' elan, not to hi father's. At Mokena, in the sugar country, j eoplo make very pood clothes; fctnooftho natives dies fdohionably, awing their arm aristocratically, and are period dandie. The cloth W very good, much better than that obtained torn Manchester not that Manchester docs not make good cloth, but the bet of it is never een by the natives laughter and not aold in Africa. In tho Ashaugi country he saw little liuts four feet high, forming village, j:enera'ly uninhabited,. becaune the dwarf who soioetin.es live in them lead a wandering jrirmy life. Tho hborigine ceein to regard theso dwarf with suieititiou awe, and be could get few opportunities to examine them. Tho womeu wcro less afraid of him than the men, who ran away; ao on one occasion he had an opportunity of measuring them, and he found tic average hight of the womeu to bo four feet four inches to four feet fire irehes. Blallgnant Christians. Some persons prido themselves on being blunt, or, a they call it, ,4honest;" but very blunt people do little good to others and get little love to themaclvc. Tho Scriptures recommend gentleness and kindness. There is nothing in all this world of ours half so mean a a vindictivo and malignant disposition. Yo many Christian gratify this spirit, and deceive themselves with tho idea that ther are rebuking in. Christurns should take heed of getting fond of, the work of "rebuking." buch "spiritual constables' do . great deal of mischief without intending it They arc in Church what a very witty and sarcastic person is in Bociety. or what a telltale is in school; and, approximate very closely to that class which nvi which the apostles term "busybodics in other tnen'a matters.'' Such Christiana come in time to bo regarded as nuisance in society, constantly tobe avoided, and the little good they may do is thrown away. Uur nannermust be tender and winning. The nail of reproof, savsan old writer, must be wejl oiled in kindness before it is driven Lome Boston Recorder.

.;o Time Like the Old Time.

B1 O. W. HOLMII. Tb-re Ii do tlna llk the old time, when yba and I wert young, Wbtn tht lud if April blonotned, sod tht birdi of tprlng time tong I Tht gardtn't lrlgbt.it glorlo by i-mntnuniara nur"" Dut.oh. th. twett tweet violett, lb. Bowttalbat opened nut! Tbertle do pUclikttbldpUc whereynuand I were bom I Whin we lliud Cr.t our tjelldt on tht tpleodora oi in. td, prm the milk wbiia bret tbt wanned m, from . I t I . . L - . i. . - tht cht ging arms thai bur, in i....k n u. j Iber I do tiDt Ilk tie old fr i u (I who Li t bared oar uioiblng 1.' , No greeting like bit we.oue, ao hc.wego Ilka UU pr.li; Fauit It Iba aaolltn tan flower Ith gaudy crown of gold, Dut frlvndibip I tba brtatidng roio, Ith iwtttt In ovary fold. T rt it to luv Ilka Ibaold love that t courted la oar i rldt i Though our Icartt aia falling, falling, atid we're fadliig tlut t) ildt, There are blut.ouit all aiou&d m with tba oulort cf our ditwn, And w live in borrowed lomblne when tbetlgbt of day It gone. Ibera are no tliuci Ilka tba old timet tbey aha 1 1 bevor be forgot, Tbera It ivo place Ilka the old pluoe kftp green tba dear old tpot I There art no frleiida like our old frlviidt may ll.avcu rulung tb.lr livti I Tbra art no luvet like our old lovti (lud blcit our Ii vlng wlvei I rarnraphs, Aiuusinp and Scullmental. Go louk u on tba buttle fltlJ, Wbert ibot and ibell fly fait Where FieeJotu'i itlrrlng battle cry It beard upon tht Hail; Qo where tba llltnl tabert flmh, And fill on traitor orettt, Where Southern btyonett are dim With blood from Nor'horii lirea.t Uo trrb aiold Iba loal ranktAmong the gloituui ilrnl Among tlmn all you will not find A tingle Copperhead. Cramps. These most terrible of txiin aiiMi from tho vein being ho full ofbloud that they swell out, presa against the largo nerve, und thu impede tho circulation of tho vital iluid, t ju miaV-r norvci llo dixtuulion produce neuralgia. whieU i literally ''nerve-ache." The cause of thi uuusu i lull ties of the ve:n i. thut thu blood 180 imp uro, ao thick, no full of diavuae, that it run tuot flow by natura' ordinary ogencie, In proportion a it i thick it i cold, and thi abnormal atate i imlicutcd by feeblelies of tho pulse. In cholera patient it i very marked, and exist days and weeks before the iittaek. The following is a aim jilc muihod of treatment: When a person 1 attacked with crump, get soma hot water quietly and expeditiously (for noise nod exclamations of grief undulartn till further distuib the nervous equilibrium,) put tho sutTorer in the water an completely 11 a possible, a tnl thu heat i imparted to the blood, w hielt tend it collision along the vein, and t! pain i gone. While the water i in prcpurution, rub tho crumped part very briskly with the hand or n woolen miiiuel. with your Hamuli rhut. Itut why keep your mouth thut? Y u can rub harder, luster, und nmio efficiently; beside, it aiivc the autrcicr from mcaniiiglcs and as:oniziiig inquiries. A man 111 pain doe not want to be talked to he want relief, uol word. If ull could k now, a physician do, thcincstimub 0 value ofquietmm pouie. and the coiifiilcnt uir 011 lim par' of one who attempt to aid a sufloier. it would be practiced with ceaseless assiduity by the considerate and huiranc. Hoincnnil Mother. Home, where father und mother, brother and sisters, have a unity of interest, sympathy and aflertion, become in mature life the most sacred picture "That hang on memory' wall." If in after years, when the destroying angel hs crosed the houcho d and silenced i's familiar voice in Ihtir dcith; when tho band of changing time ha torn down the woodbine that climbed above its portal and it window, and when it paths echo only to the trend of strangers' feet, how often doe rciiicniht'rnticn lind 11 bark tn it sacred precincts, ami make u realize that the homo of childhood 1 iho brightest p t, the fairest oasis on the desert of lifo. It 11 during tlicHc moment of retrospection that the religion instructions of youth flow back upon tho soul. It is then that wo kneel by tho aide of her, Whco breatt with gentle MMowa Itocked to reit our li.funt woei," and lisp over the prayer she taught u. l'oetry ha encircled tho name of "mother" with haloes of beauty, but its language win neer oe adequate to measure her in fluenco. To her the first years of our lives belong, and It is then inherpower to plaut seed of virtue that will bud and blossom ir the soul when age has plowed her deep 'ws in our pule ci cek. Tho prayer or a, , j iou mother area priccle- legacy. Thej arc like the dew of Heaven, which first ascend from the earth to tho skies. and then descend again to bless and revive tho UDfulJil , plflnt inuJclitv may a ;fua,P ... ' m.y be loud among the assemblies of men, but ;t h not the co tQ enter 8;inctuarv of a religio home, and there - , th m-aver' of a hol . . . mcther, as she points her children to the throno of God. j Presentation are -getting common. The Captain of a canal boat out W est has just been presented with a service of five years in the penitentiary, in consideration of the distinguished ability with which he plundered a passenger, and Licked him 1 overboard.

31ARI.IAGES AND DIVORCES. Why the Former arc Unhappy, and the Latter so Frequent. "Irnjneus," who is the Rev. Irocnous Prime, an old contributor to the New York

()L$rrver, has a paper, in a lato number of that journal, in which he comment cart,j upo the fr,jnj. frC(jcr.cy of di- ' vorto suits, oud the domestic infidelity and unbappines which they disclose. Kven j jn ,jie t0rul State of Connecticut, tho land 0j- oB,cady habits," theie i such tn alarmi ,,,, udvniico in Hum direction, that the olU i rccor(jH 0r t.e court ro rronounced I . .... . . incredible when I lev nronounee the tn.vn- - f i . . . ftot wo0( jn ,jl0 t.;y of xcw YovV, and far worse in many arta of our country. 'It vou usk nie, snys trio writer, "what cause tend to the increase of domestic infelicities and consequent divorces. I should mention two or thruo very obvious reasons:" I. INJUDICIOL'8 MAitntAar.s, contracted without duo reflection, and sufficient acquaintance to enable tho parties to become well informed as to tho temper and disposition cf each other, it i scarcely possible that t! union ahull bo permit nctitly agreeable. Hut wo know thut interested motive, such 0 tho question of Iiropcrty, position in society, prospect in )Uine, or mere personal beauty, often control tho choice that i to toll upon tho happiness of a family for lifo. Thco aro not to be overlooked. Marriage made in defiance of theso auxiliary qualification aro very often unhappy. It i well for young pcoplu to eck und find companion for lilo among tlioo whoso relation, association, rducatiot and piospeet aro on tho saiiio plane. Now and then a departure from this rulo, regarded as romantic and hazardous, 'urns out well, but, as a general rule, it is wiser to avoid such experiments, liut tho real basis of permanent happiness must bo on the affections, and theso aro to bo fastened on thoso moral and mental qualification which aro in themselves, lovely. Such marriage are almost itiovitubly happy. And so timplo and easy and tleaaut i tho prescription, it i wonderful that even young people do not tuko it -lid try it, rather than venture their lifo interest on tho hutardous sta of inntiiii) jny with all tho chain oguin-t th cm. II. TU K NEW TIIKOUY OV MAnittAUK. It I only within a few year that tho new theory of equal rights of married people hu haJ any hohl in tho religion world, fi'otte 11 . hjuva forr.utact tho iuaotn with which tho puMio mind received tho f ict lust winter, that everm of our orthodox religious journal hero in New York zealously defended u work, the design of which was to revolutiouuo tho old-Cushioned idea of marriage, and abolish murriue vows altogether. It came out that tho heresy wnsinfrenching itself in tho bosom of the church, and minister of the gospel upproved what all light-minded men and women knew to bo a ''bad a bad can be." Tho prevalence o' this sentiment is at the root of tho evil. 'Iho laws of marriage uro luid down very plainly in tho IJiblo. The Apostlo taught them very clearly under Christ. liut thousand of Christian ignore entirely an essential clement of Christian marriage, winch 1 that ' tho husband i tho lie id of the wile, us Corial in (ho head of the Church." Many iiiariiajrc cerctnonie are performed wheto this principle i not recognized. When love abounds it is the secret of harmony. The husband is then the h iU'0 band, as hi naino imports, Where thi principle i not admitted. 11 d the rulo of tl o (Jos pel i trampled under foot, perpetual rtrife ia.the result, alienation often beget separation, und thin i followed, if not preceded by infidelity. To doubt or deny this rulo of Christ is infidelity bcun. III. TIIF.ATEHS, OPERAS AND NOVELS. These thiee sources of corruption ought all to bo redeemed, cleansed and made the instruments of public entertainment. For advocating auch a reform I have been churged, by those who know better, with trying to write up the theater and ojcra. I wish I could writo them down till they aro made decent. Some of tho most popular opera, many of the favorito play, nearly all the sensation novels, aro exhibition of social vico, rendered so attractivo and scd active ns to suggest to every hearer or reader that tho real fun,' the chief pleasure in life, i in c,rct 0,1(1 "n1"' 'I"-' A gentleman told me recently that ho uccoti panied his lady friend to tho Academy of Music lo hear 0110 of Iho hiost popular of modern operas, and wu so ashamed of himself that ho could not look tho ladies in tho rieo while the piece whs performed. Yet these aro tho operas that draw crowd of fashionable and religious people. The theatres aro worso. And tho 'llraddon' novel and all that school their name i legion aro worse than theatres or opera. In the retirement of her boudoir, a fashionable woman, wanting excitement, reads these incendiary documents, and is set on tiro of hell. Tho subtlo passion works her ruin. fuch novel aro a moral pestilence. Nov el reading 1 dangerous novel reading 1 ruinous. Yet tho country i flooded with them. And these novel and plays and opera are breaking d nn tho restraints of virtue, and filling the land with tho wreck of domestic bliss. Tho way in which words aro often divided, when tet to music, sometime produces a rather ludicrous effect. A strancor was once surprised on hearing a congrega tion, mostly of women, crying out: "Oh for a man 1 Oh for a man t Oh for a man ilon In the aktei!" While on another occasion a choir tang to tho best of their ability: We'll catch the fine I We'll catch the flee I We'll catch the flee tig houri 1" It is hopod nobody- was bitten.

Sponsc-Dlvers. The mode of operation preparatory to a dive is very peculiar and interesting. Tho diver, whoso turn it is, takes his seat on the deck of tho vessel, at cither the bow or stern, twid placing by his eido a Itrgo, fiat slab of marble, weighing about twentyfivo pound, to which is attached a rope of the proper lerigthjjd thickness (one and a haif inch), he then strips, and is left by his companions to preptra himself. This seem to consist in devotirg a certain time to clearing the passage of hi lung by expectoration, and highly inflating them afterward, thu oxyduing hi blood very highly by a repetition of dVp inspiration. Tho operation lasf. from firv to ten minute, -r more, aerorilrJt dsj'thj arid durin; it, tho operator 1 he&r inhfeied with by hi companion, and seldom speaks or is spoken to; ho ia simply watched by two of tliem, but at a littlo distance, and they never venture to ur.e him, or to distract him in any way during the process. It seems to a spectator as if tha diver wcro going through a sort of mysterious ceremony or incantation. hen, li 0111 home cnmition known only to himself, after theso repeated, long-diawn and heavy inspiration, ho deem thi fitting moment td havo arrived, ho seizes tho slab of mtublc, and, after crossing himself und uttering a prayer, plunge with it, like a returning dolphin, into tho sen, and rapidly descend. Tho stone i always held, during tho descent, directly in front of the head, ut arm's length, and so ns to öfter a littlo resistance a possible, and by varying it inclination, it act likewise as a rudder, causing the descent to ho more or less vertical, n desired by tho diver. As oon a ho reaches tho bottom, ho places tho stone .wider hi arm to l.qt himself down, and then walk about upon the rock, or crawl under it lodges, stufTing tdo sponge into ancttcd bag. with a hooped mouth, which i strung around hi neck to receivo them; but ho holds firmly fo tho stone or ropo all the while a hi sulcgunrd for returning and for making tho known signal at tho time ho desire it, Now let us notico tho piococdings of hi companions in the boat floating some twenty or thirty fathom nhovo him. The two men who wcro nearest to him previously to hi making the dive, but who systematically scorn to pl.ieo themselves so a to prevent him foru conceiving thu idea of doing impatiently watched by them whilo undergoing tho preparation, spring to their feet a soon a ho disappears, and rush to tho rope, which uno of them hold in lis hand, veering it out or shortening it in, a tho diver move about upon tho bottom, and a auan ui l. lcative j f lia wishlo return i KTli om in tnco hauiing up the ropo with great energy and earnestness, and in a Vay r.lcnlutcd to insuto the greatest rxpodition of ascjnt, sinco the overstay of n tvw (second uiuy bo a point of life or death to tho diver. The huultng up it thus ciTectod: Tho a-sistunt who has hold of tho rope, awaiting tho signal, first reaches dovm with both hand a low a he can, and there grasping the rope, with a great bodilj effort, raises it up to nearly arm's length ever his head; tho second assistant is then prepared to make his grasp as low dowu ri ho can reach and doe tho aamo, and so on, tho two alternately, and by a fathom or more at a time, and with great rapidity, bring tho anxious diver to the surl'aco. A heavy blow fioin his ncbtrils, to expel tho vater and cxausted air, indicate to hi comrade that he i conscious and breathe. A word or two is spoken by one of hi comrade to encourage lit tit, if ho teeui much distressed, ns i often the case; and the. hearing of tho

vi i 0 i said by tlu tn to ho a greut support ut the iiK tiicne of their greatest exhaustion. A few M-conds' rest at the surface, and then the diver returns into the boat to recover, generally putting on uu under-g.trment or j.tcket to assist the restoration of the animal heul ho has lost und to ptcvent the los of 111010 by iho too rapid evaporation of water from hi body. Such is the trying life of a Levantine pongo-diver; and doubtless there are very few of u who have any idea of what a felloff-ereaturo ha suffered in procuring that li tlo which has becomo m necessity of our toilet-table and tho luxury of our morning ablutions. Spiatl' Travel in Crete. I!rldcn;al(!s. Some writer, who has evidently been 'there, or thereabouts-," thu duscuuts on bridemaids: Next toboing a Md2c2f.myyunff lady like to be a XrTiTK niilfT" Wedlock i thought by a large froportion of the b ooming sox to ho contagious, and, much to tho credit of their courage, fair spinsters uro not at all afraid of catching it. So far nsnflk'ial conduct i concerned, when you have seen one uriUcnniiu vju nuvo seen the whole fascinating trib . Their leading duty seem to be to trcit tho brido 11 a "victim led with gufland to the saciificc." They consider it necessary to exhort her lo "cheer up." Her fair assistants provide themselves with pungent e nonces lc-t sho should faint at tho "trying moment," which, between jou and I, she has no more idea of doing than she las of dying. It i true, sho sometimes tell them sho "feel as if she should sink into the earth," and that they responded, "poor dear!" and apply tho smelling-bottle; but sho nevertheless goes through her nuptial martyrdom with crreat fortitude. In nino cases out of ten tho bridegroom is morq. ''flustratcd" thau the fragilo and lovely creature at his tide; but nobody thinks of pitying him, poor Icllow! If one of the groomsmen does recommend him to take a glass of wino before the ceremony, to "steady his nerve," the advice i given ßuperciliouly, a who should say: "What a spooney you are, old fellow!" Bridemaids may bo considered as brides in what lawyers call the "incohate" or incipient etate. They are llooking forward to that day of triumphant weakness when it shall bo their turn to be "poor dear creatures, and otherw ise sustained and supported, as the law of nuptial pretences directs. Let us inpo they may uot bo disappoiutod.

Popular Fallacies. That warm air must be impure and that consequently, it is hurtful to sleep in a comparatively warm room. A warm room is as easily ventilated as a cool one. The warm air of a close vehicle is less injurious, be it ever so foul, from crowding, than to rido and sit ttill and feel uncomfortably cold for an hour. The worst that can bappen" from a crowded conveyance is a fainting spell; while from sitting even less than an hour in a still, chilly atmosphere, has induced attacks of pneumonia, that is inflammation of Iho lungs, which often prove fatal in three or four day. It is always positively injurious to sleep in a closo room where water ficczes, because such a degree of cold tousc the neirntivclv roionoii

catbouic oeiü gns of a slccping-room to settle near the floor, where it is breathed and rebreathed by the sleeper, and is capable of froducing typhoid fever in a few hours. Icnce, thcro is no advantage, and always danger, especially to weakly person-, tn sleeping in on atmosphere colder titan tho itcozing-point. That it is necessary to tho proper and efficient ventilation of u room, even 111 w arm weather, that a window or door should bo left c pen; this i always hazardous to tho sick and convalescent. Quito os salb a plan of ventilation, and a efficient, is to keep a lamp era small fire burning in tho firo placo. Thiscrcatcsa draft, end carries bad uirs and gase tip tho chimney. That out-door excrciso beforo breakfast is healthful. It is not so. And. from the very nature of things, i hurtful, especially to persons of poor health, although the very vigorous may practice it with impunity. In winter tho body i cusily chilled through and th-.ough, unless the stomach las been fortified with a good warm breakfast; and in warm weather, missmatio and malarious gases and emanations speedily j act upon the empty and weak stomach in a way to vitiate tho circulation and induce fever and ague, diarrhea and dysentery; entiro families, who havo arranged to cat breakfast beforo leaving the house, and to take supper bcfoio sundown, havo had n complete exemption from fever and aguo. while tho wholo community "round thctn was suffering from It, from liming negleoted theso precaution, That wuatovcr less-en cough. I "good" for it, and if persevered in, will euro It. On tho contrury, all cough uro soonest cured hy promoting and increasing thoui; because nature endeavor by the cough to help bring up iho phlegm and yellow matter which is in the lung, a tho lung can not heal while the 11111 tier i there. And s it can not bo got rid of w ithoutcou';hitig, tic luotc.coit'ibjugJJisru .isjfcdBUoijvr it i., got 1 id of tba aooner him loo lung Ho.ireJ out for tho fuller and freer reception of pure air, which ii their natural food. The only remedies which ran do any good in cough aro iuch n loosen tho phlegm, and thus loss cough i required to bring it up. Thoso remedies are warmth, out-door exercise, and everything which slightly nauseate. Hall' Journal of Health. t SlKhlsTrTthlnn After inspecting shop, and elbowing, and being elbowed in tho crowd, till afternoon, when I was ready to drop down with heat and fatigue, my pilot steered mo to a small square, flagged with stone, on which the sun shone fiercely. He called it 'beggar aquurnand told me that all the destitute und ub tndoncd sick in tho city crawled, if they could, to thi spot, because those who died th?ro received burial at tho expense of government. Whilo he spoke, my eyes were fixed upon some leaps of dirty, tattered clothe upon the ground, which presently began to move, oud I disentered, to my horror, threo miserable creature, lean, and covered with odiou tlth, lying in different stages of their last agony, on the bare stones, exposed to the burning rays of tho sun. They had enme here to die, and no one heeded them, or gve them a drop cd' water or morsel or food, or even a little shelter from the noontitle glare. I had seen shocking thing of thi kind in India, but nothing so horrible. To insure a climax of disgusts, my guide led me straight to a dog-butcher's shop, where several of tho nasty, fat, oily cur-cas-cs of those uniinal were hanging fi r sale. They had not been flayed, but dangled there with their smooth, shining skins, which had been scalded and scraped clean of hair, so that at first I took them for Bucking pigs. Thcro wcro joint of dog, ready roasted, on tic counter, and in the back of the hhop wcro several cage in which live hogsvcre sitting, lolling their tongues out,' und appearing very unconcerned. 1 saw several cat, also, in euges, looking very demure; and, moreover, I saw customers, decorous and substantial looking householders, inspect and feel the dog and cnt, and buy those which they deemed fittest for the table. The cat did not like being handled, and mewed loudly. "What Cappcn think of that 0' that?" said my guide. "Cappcn, s'pose, never cat dog? Dog very good, very fat, very eoft. Oh, number one dinner is dog!" "And are cats as good?" I osked. "Oh, Chinaman chowchow everything. Chowchow plenty cat. Chinaman nasty beast, I think, Curpcn, eh?' My cicerone had been so long mixed tip with European and American ship captains and missionaries, that he had learned to suit his ideas to hi company, if his ideas had not actually undergone great modification, as is the case in India with thoso educated natives of the present day, known to us as specimens of "Young Bengal." A clergyman culled on a poor parishioner, whom he found bitterly lamenting the loss of an only son, a boy of about four or fivo years old. In the hopo of consoling the afllicted woman be remarked to her that "ono bo young could not have committed any very grievous sin; and that uo doubt the child was gone to heaven." "Ah, tir," said the simple hearted creature, "but Tommy was so shy and they are all btrangcr there !''

FcatTal Situation. From tba Cdir Fallt (Iowa) Gaxcttt. On "Wednesday morning, about half-past four, a load of passengers, consisting of eight or ten gentlemen and two ladies, attempted to cross the river at Dubuque, to take tho early eastern train. Tho sleigh was drawn by one horse, attached some distance from tho vehicle, which also contained the baggage of tho p scngcrs. It was the public conveyance running from Dubuque to Dunleitli. and the agent accompanying it carried a läutern, for it wasdark. It had proceeded but a sh irt distance when

tho ice gave away and the sleigh gave a lurch to the'north, aud the passenger were precipitated into tho river. Colonel W. 11. Sessions and his .daughter -Mary, cf this city, were amoirj ;ho pn.-scngers. v Tho Colonel went over backwards, and passengers and trunks ramo on top of him. Tho agent had jumped fioin tho sleigh as he saw it going down, and, in seeking to rescue thoso in tho water, had broken in und lost lis light. It was so dark now that nothing could bo distinguished, and the situation ws terrible. Tho Colonel wu perfectly sclf poucsscJ, and lo nqoitcdly cautioned thoso around him not to bo 'lightened, and they would ull get out. lie knew his daughter was in the water, but where sho was he could not tell, llo got hold of a lady whom lo supposed to bo ler, but soon discovered it wa not. llo held ler up, however, and finally got her out. II is daughlcr had gono entirely under and came up without ler bonnet, ho was finally helped out by a strungor, who told tho Colonel ttdidu't matter what hi name was. A ladder was then put into tho water. This tho Colonel grappled, nnd ho say it seemed to him ho could hold 011 to it forever, liut li muscles relaxed in rptto of him, aud ho went dov n. He cntiic up and ran his arm through the round of tho ladder and held on by lis forearm. Ho went under tho water thrco times beforo ho got out. 31 is Session went under twice, and when taken out wa almost insensible. Her clothe wcro soon frozen stiff, und she wu unablo to walk. Her father, who wis tho lust of ull out of tho water, having forgotten lis owmafcty In tie peril of others, was still active, and cairicd her 0 tho omnibus on shore, which drove rapidly to the Julien House, Hero Miss Snrsion was kindly cared for by Mr. Kusa, tho hudlady, and wu soon quite comfortable.Tlo Colonel took llo western train ofthat day for home, to inform hi family and allay any fear lint they might hnvo from tho circulation of false report. Ho received twodispateht from his daughter yesterday, and sho was quite well, not tvru hating Lukuculii liiA.-l'olLÜCllUU.. h.-. ; the sumo clothe tin hail on when ho went into tho river, and tve can only account for tho man being olive and well in consideration of iho excitement which muat have attended one of hi disposition. Tlo other passenger all got out safely. Tho buggago was also nved. The horso and sleigh did not get into tho river. Thesn ico of open water tnudo by tho break wu about twenty feet square. It wa a pciilou situation and a narrow escape. Don't Shoot the Owl. In nur younger days it was tlo custom to hunt through tlo forest for all soils of game, whether on the wing or the leg. Many an innocent bird fell a tictim to an almost utter ignoraneo of its hai its and its haunt. Owl wcro always popped off without tho Slightest remorse. Tho fact that at rare interval they would swoop down upon a plump chicken was enough. Wo hadn't read tho Kttrick shepherd's remonstrance ' Shooting a howlct! I'd as soon shoot my barn cat." The fact is that, a a general rule, the owl i not only one of tho most u-fful but one of the most harmless birds in creation. He destroys moles and squirrel, and field mice and weasel, all of which do a vast deal of harm on every landed rstutennd about our homestead. Now, boys, when jour gun is raised, think twice, and don't you do it. Just' bear in mind that "Margary" do:s a thousand time more good than barm. It is only a great horned owl that robs hen roosts, and eats up little turkcts, and chick ens an how, and he also euts rat? and mice and ituccts. Massachusetts l loughman. Knlargcnicnt of the Lungs. "Ftrp out into tho purest air you can find, stand perfectly erect, with the head and shoulder back, and then, fixing the lip n though you wcro going to whittle, draw the air, not thumgh tho nostril.., but through the lips, into the lung. When the chest m about full, rube the arms, keeping tl.cin extended, with tho pulms of the hand down, a you suck in tho air, so ns to bring them over tho head just as the lung aro 'quite full. Then d.op tho t hum Iti inward and aflvr gently forcing tho arms backward, nnd tie elect open, reverse tho process by which you draw your brcuili, till tho lungs are entirely empty. This procc should be repeated threo or four times during the day. It is impossible to describe to ono who has never tried it, the glorious censo cf vigor which follows the excrciso. It is the best expectorant in tho world. We know a gen tie man the measuro of whoso chest has been increased soito thrco inches durin" as many months.'' A word of caution will not be out cf place. Person with weak lungs and sensitivo bronchial tubes should avoid very cold air in performing thi exercise, or should inhale it through tlo nostrils, which i the proper way in ordinary breathing. ISuch person should also commence cautiously and carefully, so as not to strain or injure tho part affected, increasing the excrciso gradually, nsthe strength increases. Phrenological Journal. 3" A little wit will man. eervo a fortunate 57 A man never loses by doing gocd offices to others. A worldly joy is but a short-lived dream.

UIT AND WISDOM. It almost seems dangerous to be innocent. A white horse is the best rucik to

shoot at. 'Parents,' said a solemn lecturer, 'you may have children, or, if not, your dan-li-tcrs may lave.' Teach your children to hlp themsel'u:!?, but not to what doe not belong to them. John, said Mr. II., the other day, to hi son, 'John, you aro lazy; what on earth do you expect to do for a living?' 'Why, father, I've been thinking as how I would be a revolutionary pensioner Word, at tho touch of the poet, blossom into poems. The vanity of human life i like a river constantly pacing away, and yet constantly coming on. Flame , is one of ihc most beautiful things in tlo world. Not a sunset sky in summer, not a full blown tropic flower, is more brilliant than (lame. l'Un.c is the flower of fire. The ivy las no splendor like Iho mantling flame; it redden liktJ tho thyrsus of the god. Dusircss and domolieity are tooofen antagonistic. 'What are you going to do now?' said a gentleman to li friend on Droadway, who recently failed in business. 'I bei ieve I will go I10A10 and get acquaint cd with my family,' was the reply. Coarseness and criminality are near neighbors, and a taste for refined puruitg las a powerful tendency to take men away from vice. A coarse rorwmunity invariably victimise the weaker sex, and tho amount of civilization and human worth in any society niy bo guoged by tlo cultivation of its women and tho respect they receive. Tho most attentive man to business we ever knew, was lc who wrote on his slop door, '(Jone to bury my wife; return in half an lour." Passion las its foundation in nature;, virtue is Acquired by the improvement of our reason. A man very much intoxicated was cnt to prison. 'Why don't you bail lim our' Inquired a bystander. 'Hail lim out I exclaimed tho other, 'you couldn't pump him out.' Air i a dih which one feeds on ever minoto; there-lore it ought alwoys to Lo flCall. A pretty girl and a wild horse are liable to do much mischief; for the ono run uway with a fellow' body, und the other run away with his heart. A JVte Jlmti'uttr Uli s.cd I tho mn iWi-maknl li nlo.il 1 lu.l . 'ii li vitea to come rgam. . Pray, madam, why did you name your old len Macduff?' wo uaked of a wentiinental lady who kept poultry. 'Deciuse, sir she replied, 'I wont ler to 'lay 011.' ' Wo ought to be ablo to endure almost anything in old ago, for we havo at the worst but a short time to le miserable. A littlo pirl, nino year old;, having attended a irre, being osked by her moihcf, on returning, low she enjoyed herself, an swered: I nin full of happinea; I couldn't be any happier units I could grow.' Tor a nation to be largely in debt, is, in tho naturo of things, much to its credit. An unfortunate young man is searching everywhere for his sweet-heart, who was recently carried owsy by ler feelings. Among individuals, the most certain way to make a man y ur enemy, i to tell lira yoa esteem lim much. So with public bodie. At a recent church fair held in the vicinity of Taunton, a set of G Wvrl.t was promised to the individual who should answer a certain set of conundrums. The winner received a set of uooifen jmiU The preen turf is the poor man' carpet, and God weave- the colors. We sacrifice tho present in regretting the past that has already gone, and in tormenting ourselves obout tie future tlaf ha not jet come. It is pretty much the same with a widow. Dctwcen the husband fche las lost and tie lutbund ele is expecting, her days arc spent in alternately sighing ocr what sic cannot exchange? and what sho cannot command. onio men aro indolent ly naturo ; tlo marrow works out cf their bone in infancy; (Jivo them a streak of sunshine and an empty barrel, and they will full asleep at mid day. Do not Hkmxk. Mnt person-will Snd difficulties and hardships enough without socking them. Let thctn not repine, but take them a a patt of that educational discipline necessary to fit the luiud to ar-" rive at its highest good. A 1'iors c'iin. 'Ohl mother! mother!' 'Whit, f on?' 'Mayn't I lave tie big Dille up in my room to day?' 'Yes, my child, and welcome. You do not know what pleasure it give me lo s1j your youiig thought tamed lhat way. Dut what sticks arc those in your land' Triggers.' i'V.i 1 f 1 iiiri.i.r 1' or I1.1t. mwrliil.1'' 'Why, trap trigger. Here's the standard, you sco; thi t the flipper, on I that . . a c I ono with iho tat meat on the end 1 trie ions tnc-'er. lcere a rotten mouse ; tcc. 9 C0M)jn' jr, njj r0P,u nd insultin'W j mC) an,i p wnnt (0 ,t.t ,ij0 big Dible an i try and knock bis chunk out or him 1' A Dcsv-rtoiir. One who generally Ins no business" in ibis world beyond making it lis busine?s to ur gleet hi own business, in order to attend tö tic business of ethers. Punch. Envy increases in exact roportioo with' fame. The tnun that makes a character makes enemies. A radiant genius calls forth swarms of peevish, biting, stirging insects, just as tho sunshine awaicus the' world flies. Teople witli moroe tempers and sour faces need not wonder that they m.Ve so' few friends. Kvcn little boys who wish to' catch fiic, know better than to take Tine-' jar for tho purposcj they vsa mols