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York Herald, 25 Jan 1861, p. 1

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.,...-'.-m.r.~:.,- w: ’ .5- NJ' WE SLEEP TOO LITTLE.- italic}. W BRINGING WATER. FROM THE WELL. But if night, and not day, is the the tithe to sleep, than it may be said that the general principle p’feVails" that tlte amount of sleep should be regulated by the dividing line be- tween tight and darkness ; and that ltliis view'may be accepted as the“ correct one, is determinable from analogyâ€"4t being true that animals“, accept it and act upon it in the tem- perate latitudes, which are supposedI to be the most favorable for the de-’ Early on a summer morn, While the link was singing sweet, ’ Came, beyond the ancientt’arm house, Sounds of lightly tripping foot. "fine a lowly cottage maiden, Going, why let young hearts tell. With her homely pitcher laden, Fetching water from the wall. AURORA AND RICHMOND HILL ADVOCATE AND ADVERTISER. Shadows lav atliwart the pathway, m W All along the quiet lane, . . “M” br°°z°””f“'°"‘°"”l“‘ ALEX. SCO‘I‘I‘, Proprietor. “ Let Sound Reason weigh more with us than Popular Opinion.” -../ zWM/‘Wx/ Mend them to atid fro again. O’er the sunshine, o‘er the shadow, Passed the maiden oi the term, Wiih a charmed heart within her, Thinking of no ill or harm. Pleasant. surely, were her inueings, For the nodding ~eaves in vain, Sought to press their brightening image On her ever~busv brain. Loaves and jmous birds went by her. Like a dint, half-waking dieam, And her soul was only conscious Of life's gladdeet suintnergleatn. At the old lane’s bady turning, Lay a wall of water bright, Singing soft its liailelnjahs To the gracious itisrniiig light; Fern leaves broad.and gro»~ti,baut car it, Where its silver droplets fell, And the fairies dwelt beside it, In tho spotted fox glove bell. Back she bout the shading fern leaves. Dipped the pitcher in the tideâ€"â€" Drew it, with the dripping waters Flowing o‘er its glazed ride. Bot before her arm could place it On her shiny, wavy hair, By her side a youth was standing! Love rejoiced to see the pair. Tones of tremulmis emotion 'I railed upon the morning breeze, Gentle words til heai‘t-dth-tion Whispered ’neath the ancient trees. But the holy bless’d secrets, It becomes the not to tell; Life had met another meaningâ€"â€" Fetching water front the well Down the rural lane tbeysaniitered. He the burtliened pitcher bore : She with dewy eyes down looking. Grew more beanteons than before ! When they named the Bilt‘tlt homestead. Up raised the pitcher llgll': Like a flitting crown he pleat-d it On her head of wavolets bright Emblem of the coming burdens That for love of him she’d bear, Calling every burden blessed If his love btti lighten there ! Then, still wevng beiwdit-tions, Furtherâ€"further oil he drew, While the shadow seemed a glory That 2.0108: the pathway gtew. Now abottt the household duties, Silentlv the maid in went, And an ever-radiant halo With her dziiiv life was blent. Li'tlo knew the aged ma ion; Asher "eat like music lcll, What abundant treaxuie found she, Fetching waterfront the well. t Titanium. MY MDDEL ROMANCE. From the day lbs! I turned up my nose at darning, and refused to be initiated into the mysteries of breadâ€" bukiug, curled my hair itt long dun-p ritiglets, and sat down in an old Wrapper and slip-shod slippers to read the 'Chiltlren of the abbey,’ mv grandmother prophesied that I Would be a literary character; so that when I announced that I was about to write a romance, she nei- ‘ ther took off her spectacles to look at me, nor dropped a stitch in hot ~seam; but with a ‘ I always said So,’ went qtiicklv on with her knitting. l drew the table up to the window spread out a sheet ol foolscap, and wrote, in a dashingliand ; ‘ Indiane; or the Skeleton Skirt : a tale ofLovt: Horror, Despair. Death, Sorrow, ' Anger, Pity, Rage, Fear, and Ftitt' â€"-a so newliat comprehensive title! ' But, then, you must know that this 'wasn’t my first. Sci/cit different manuscripts, elaborately written (for I never spare the dictionary), cam. fully done up and addressed to seven diflerent editors, had, iii the course of three months. found their way back to me, with a note, stating: that the editor ‘ felt pained to decline so . clever and brilliant tt jiiroductiou ‘but'the style was hardly suited to his columns.‘ That's what they said every editor of them. And now, that I had hit on the plan of l'lt£S(:lg-_ ing the editor of the Thu/idrrbomb »e‘ix days in the Vt eek, nil, in self-tic. fence, he actually promis-d to read “through whatever I should writeâ€"â€" prowdmg it did not exceed nine hon 'dred pagesâ€"I meant that he, at least should not be able to say, that the style wasn’t suited to his columns (Hateful phrase !) , Icommenced with the git-ahead. : hit-or-miss, slap tlttsti, straight on, without looking to the right. or left ' style. and with that utter disregurl - of time, place, possibilities. and pro- ‘ babilitics, that characterize all great Writers. ‘ Never l' sheisaid. firmly rcining ' up her spirited steed With One hand, AIvliile with the other she ditttl'taré'cd a pistol. and flourished ti siible, by way of giving emphasis to her tis- '. sertton. ‘ Sooner Would I make biti- _ter and cheese in the meanest dam in Goshcii,than share With you ll]: splendor» of a four story brown-stone - front.’ 7 ‘Tlien,’ he ansWercd-aâ€"tbc natu- ral red of his complexmu changing to a delicate yellowâ€""then, rash Q'girl, learn what it is to good the to I frenzy !’ And stretched forth his ' hand to grasp hcr bridle reinâ€"when, with a touching laugh, she put spurs j tuber horse, and. sprang down the precipice, a distance of one hundred , feet, bristling with huge rocks and ‘iant trees, and landing into the tar. Vol. III. N0. 8. incursions). HILL, FRIDAY, JA NUAiitv bulcttt stream that brawlcd at its window. and jumped into her lovet“: down her cutâ€"watcr.’ loot. rode olf WaVltig her cap in tri- arms. W110 littlncdiulely started off The panic-stricken sailors hasten- have uniph.’ l ' l’liew l’ exclaimed brother Bob. ’ ‘ Lt !' said grandmother ; and was nt she killed 'l' I . ‘ ‘ Not a bit of it,’ returned I, lean- ing back it] my chair, and looking loltily at them. I ‘ Who is she, anyhow l’ queried Bob. ‘ ‘ That’s the very thing! \Vho is she lâ€"VVlterc is she? There’s the; mystery ; there's an incident for you.’ ‘She must be tough; so I ain’t much wort ted about her, whoever she is.’ obs'crvcd Bob. But by this limo I was deep in the domestic .‘ tylc. ' ' It was a little dark kitchen to winch our story now takes us, with a wash tub, a Wood fire, and a Dutch oven. An old woman had two eggs, one cup of butter, a cup of sugar. a lemon, and a bowl of flour, on a table before l‘ldl‘, while a girl in the corner Was picking chickens. ‘ Suddenly the old woman uplifted licr lloiiry hands, ‘Good gracious! Hester, what. is that? as Indians came spurring on, and (lashed out to panes ol'glaas with her sabr. by way of ringing the (hull-bull»,t ‘ Get out 1’ screamed Hester. ‘ Intililllu lth:lcd her ])ISI()l, and shot off one of the tawuy braids that tlct'tit‘alcd Buster’s“ back. The old woman ratatd the ruling- pin and rushed out, whenâ€"suddenly citiet'giit;,y front the nitturnout-gorge, cattle slowly and solemnly onward, 'l’hc Skeleton Skirt 1’ Cannon and marliiig spikes! ex- claimcd Bob ‘ tut its gelling inter- esttng. Go on sis.’ ‘ How many springs Were there in the skeleton ’l’ asked my gandâ€" mother. ' Ha, ha !’ reared Bob. I turned my back and went on thickening my plot in the conspiracy Si} lo“: ‘ Midnight! A stailess night. A low, sqiiulltd room, exactly iii the middle of the East river. Ferox, looking cberome yellow, and startini.r nervously at evvry noise crosses the room. '13 do. old bloody 'I‘om. ‘ Is all ready 7’ asked Ferox in a quivering voice. ‘ Yes,’ growled the radiant. ‘ Cross the devils with illt' hickory gags, and iiupgle along the screw. and we’ll meet you at the foot ol the lime then ;’ as Ferox threw him a quarter. ' Is it good 'l’ he asked, ringing ii on the hearth. ‘ ‘Do vou doubt my honor l‘ asked Ft-rox. friendly. ' ‘ But old Tom was incapable of reply. One hand grasped the back of the t'lltlll’, while from the other dropped as suddenly inshcd down the chimney The Skeleton Skiit! An hour after, its ltidiatie sat in her apartment, attentively reading Webster’s Dictionary, she was ar- odScd by the astonishing fact that the chair on which she was sitting was tzradtinllv sinking, and in three inititiies and tWo seconds, by her watch, fouti i lierscll in the extreiric- ly musty cellar, where Seven atont hen. alter a desperate struggle, soc coeded in binding her hands with her own hair. 'l‘hcreupor' entered Ferox in hiin top boots, and insisted on her marrying him, which she liai- ly refused to, on the ground tbtttsbe Would not marry any one iii a cellar; on which Ferox, with a tremendous oath, Seich her, mounted a home waiting at the cellar window, and rode a week without stoppiiw. till he arrived at a low black house, Willi a smokv chimney, where he left her iii charge of an old woman, with a bump and one eye.’ ‘Gziy l’ exclaimed Bob; ‘that was sortie horseâ€"attest equal to the gal I think 7’ Of course, I paid no attention to his tmoertinence, but. boxing the cat’s ears, dashed into the thrilling style-'2 ‘ Two days Indiane weptwithout intermission ;‘ on the tliirtl,_'caiiic h r faithful lover, wholiad seen the par- ticulars of her abduction in die pa- pers, and no N shouted up to‘iier to get out some way or other, for he was waiting for her. ‘ Thu. encouraged, Indiane knock- ed over the old woman, who Was bringing in her dinner, cleared the stairs at abound, scratched one mans. eyes out. boxed another one‘s cars ;l with her, and had reached the (:or- ed to obey ; but Indiana, who Ind her of Broadway and Fourteenth watched them with clasped hands street, where they met Ferox, and and straining eyes, saw, to her un- V forty men, who carried off lndiane ntterable delight, that spite of their It is daily opening up to as sources once more a prisonerâ€"th faithful utmost ‘exertions. the oyster-boat of wealth and lover having taken to his heels, and slowlv and surely gained on them ! never stopped till he reached Dean’s. ‘ And what happened then ’9’ asked with the wheel! my grandmother. anxiously. ‘ Down With her mainmast! Up Off with her bra. ces! Knock in her knees! cried ° You must wait for that,‘ said IiFei'ox. pomptnously ; for I am about to in- troduce the milliitcry style.’ ‘ We must now retrace our steps to one of the tallest, stiff-est, attl squarest of the Fifth-avenue palaces, \\ here sat the beautiful Isabelle Fitz-I gerald, slowly imbibing iii a sbeiry- coubler. ‘ It Was a small, oval room, lined with rose-colored satin. plaith in heavy folds, that met in the centre of the ceiling, where hung a bunch of golden roses, in the centre of each of which g owed a tongue of flame. The sofas Were covered with straw colored saith, the curtains Were bluc Velvet, and the carpet Was a happy imitation of the rainbow. Between the tall windows swung a glass framed iii pearls, with a untr- ble pier, on which were scattered lii‘aCclcts, vases, suicllingébottles, fans, handkerchiefs, slippers, and a ham-sandwich. ' The heautifu‘ Isabelle, front time to time, paused iii sipping the cob- pression of the deepest melancholy; while her Front-h maid arranged her dress. which Was a sky-blue double skirt, With it. pollen) and side stripe of ' brociidcti roses, trimmed With Cherry ribbon and green towels, and a head-dress of pearls, chenille, fea- thers, ribbons, and flowers. ‘ Alas! Nathalie; sighed the bean- ti , ‘ even the cobbler imparts no consolation. I lovc--â€"' ‘ Ilet'e both women uttered it tre- tnetidions shriek; for at that moment glided froth the wardi'obeâ€"u'l‘he Ske- lctntl Skirt !' ‘ Now, that’s what I call fudge! said Bob, whittliiig up. as he spoke, one ofniy best .dra wing-pencils. ‘I am not surprised that it should be beyond your comprcitctisioii,’ re- torted I, severely, and went on to the heroic style. ‘ The faithful lover having fanned himself and catch an ice, Seized one of Dean's pound-cakes, and laid a (CUUIIiEI‘rCl! ' X’ on the counter, and, ' I‘Ualllltg out, in the height of his de- spet‘ttllutt, attempted to cross Broad- way. ‘ At the first. step. he sunk to his I l l bler, to look iii the glass with aii ex-l t l neck. Struggling out, he was knock-l cd ovct‘ by an omnibus, he was trip- ped up by a street-sweeper, starting up, he was almost swept out of ex- iatence by the crinoline oftwo ladies gomg further. a pick-pocket relieved mm of the pound-cake, and three cents in changeâ€"when, unable long- (trit‘ endure the sight of so much a misery, a policcnum rushed up ‘audl shouldered him, exelaiming : ‘Wliyâ€"olt! why will you thus raslily risk your life 1" ‘ Iiidiancl Indiana 1’ shouted the faithful. ‘Let me go thatI may d t: l‘. ‘ fiut here the oyster-coat grazed the sides of the vessel, and the Skeleton Skirt sprang lightly on board ! ‘1 should think sol’ said Bob laughing till the tears rolled down his cheeks. ‘Furl hcr anchor !’â€"-oltl oh! ‘Ptit her help abcam l’ ha, ha, ha l’ And, tumbling,r out of his chair, he lay rolling and kickingou the floor, in agonies of laughter. Reader, I retired Willi my manu- scripts, disgusted with an attempt:- thizing wor'd.-â€"But if any editor, struck with admiration of my gra- phic and varied style, and desitous to secure for h 8 paper the corusca- ting splciidors of this unequalled ro- mance, let him address 'Glorizina, Box 30,683,’ and he will secure her attention, and the remainder of‘ The Skeleton Skirt.’ [For the York Harald. THE PROGRESS .OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. THE most prominent feature of the nineteenth century is the rapid pro- gress of the arts. and sciences-â€" Look around you any where. or at any department of St'leliC'), andsee if this behot so. One by one the outposts .of barbarian) are stormed, and the licsiegii‘it.i lines ()fltl'itn’h‘ledgle, which when once established can never be broken. are gradually en- coiiipassiug the unequuercd mys- teries of our globe. We are undoubtedly not only travelling, but also living fast and see revtilntions,whicli wereforirierly the slow Work of centuries, brought to eminence iii a few brief seasons. l Wile” Were Solomon to rise from be- neath the tomb, and see what is tak- ing place iii the arts and sciences, he would think that he had came into a world totally different from the one in which be had formerly livedâ€"va- Take for instance navigation. The ocean is now almost as thickly po- pulutcd as the land. White sails cover the length and breadth of its vast Waters. Not long ago they were regarded with awe and won- No mariner dared to enter its deep waters, or if they did, they merely kept along the coast. But such has been its progress dur- ing the last half century, that scarcely a single island iii the ocean temains undiscovered. , Look at the Great Eastern, one of the greatest triumphs of science, the wonder of the world. A whole town can be taken on board of her, and iii ten days landed on the shores of another world. and the living freight has in her transit all the comforts and luxuries of a save her, and then pcl‘l‘h, Ql‘mou'l." home. lighting the battles of my country in Geography also has explored our We Slell'Ward: 0“ mnmng Will] planet in almost evory direction. sixty. . ' Astonished bv so much heroism, Mountains have been measured, and the enormous abysscs ol the the pollcctlltll] fell back ; and hailing ; Ocean sounded. an omnibus the faithful lover went down to the Bowling Green, seized :in oyster boat, and rode about three miles, when he suddenly discovered. sitting calmlv in the other end, The Skeleton Skirt ll ‘ Go on, lemonsl' said Bob. as she paused here. (By the way, what does that mean? â€"iiot that I asked hint ; for l was too busy' with my nautical style.) Indiane. having recovered her sensns, found that she Was in a halfâ€" riggctl stay-braced corvette-‘lii‘ig, and, going on deck. saw to her d‘s- mziy, that the clewlines. the lalfrail. and the inizzmintiast, were all set, and that she was steering full twenty points to the larboard ‘ Brice the forecastle my boys !' song out Ferox. ' There’s a storm brewing iii the north south-cast.’ The sailors hastened to obev his Commands, when " Ship ahoy !’ yel- tif led the male ;' and, by the aid his spy glass, Ferox discbvered the m sitar-boat about a quarter of a mile off. bearing slowlyand itizijcstically down Upon tnem. ‘ Put your helm ahem. Crowd on l Maps are no longer an unmean- lug plane surface, but the central plateaus of comments. At no pea riod since the time of Coluirtbus, has the eagerness for CXploring new lands been more active than now. Within the last fifty years all the principal features of the geographv of the vast interior regions of Asia and Africa have been explored.â€" Ttie central part of Africa, once known by the name of the unex- plored regions, can be callel so [.0 more. The enormous fields of cen- tral 'Asiuhtive been traversed'from the Crus to the Chinese Wall. The mountains of the moon so long Sought after, ha": been beheld by a Caucasian eye, and the halfknowu rivers of South America have been eXplUl'cd and surveyed; the icy continent around the southern pole has been discovered 3 and the Rus- sian: have explored the frozen res Siberia. These gions‘ of North _ Vast discoveries are entirely too product of our own day. What hall century since the creation can exhibit such a list of achievements. ,3”, the, lthese ages have passed away ; Chemistry may be considered as t l l l I l l l 25, 1881. editions of books on the subject to be revised, and such changes and additions made as the progress of the science during the last few years seems to require.â€" convenience, un- known iu former ages. :tho, for instance, would have conceived that linen, rags or paper, could be made ,riads of sum. into more than their own weight of TERMS: $1 50 In Advance. Whole No. l 13. of many of the celestial bodies have been ascertained. The invention of the telescope has enabled the astro- lit)me to ,cXIend his views into re- gions far beyond the limits of the unassisted eye, and to discover myriad: of globes entirely hidden in the unexplored regions of im- mensity. It has shown to us my- equal in magnitude to our own, and each of them the centre grape, sugar, by the agency of sul- of other worlds grander, vaster, and pliuric acid; and that sawdust is more magnificent capable of being nutritive. to enumerate all the advantages which have resulted from the pro- gress of this science during the last few years. The history of gas triatiufacture for illuminating pur- poses, possesses muCh interest in it- self. as showing the great benefits conferred by science, on the arts and domestic economy. In 1785, the preparation of gas for illumina- tion, destructive distillation of wood was suggested; and iii 1792 some buildings were illuminated by this gas in CornWaIl, England, and also in many other places. in 1805 some of the cotton mills in Manchester were illuminated; and this date may be taken as the beginning of gas lights for practical purposes, In less than half a cen- tury, therefore, this manufacture has-fffiined its present importance, and t’lie time is not very remote when the quantity mutually con- sumed in every civiliZed country shall be greatly increased. But turn to the greatest wonder of all, the electric telegraph. The lightenings are now become the messengers of titan. Electric cor- ifspondettce is spreading all over Europe, Asia and America. At this moment Paris, Vienna and Pitts- burgh, can carry on a fireside cor- respondent-e with London ; and perâ€" haps the day is not tar distant when New York and Calcutta shall be able to do the same. The invention of the Steam En- gine also has placed a wonderful power iii the hands of msn.-â€"â€" Stephenson, the inventor, first stated to the House omen- mans, that he hoped at some future Iday to travel with his engine at the rate of fifteen miles an hour he was laughed at, but they were scarcely zloiie laughing before they were traVelling at the rate ol thirty or forty miles an hour; and some lo- comotives can be made to go at the rate of sixty. Now the stage- coach horae power for locomotion is almost forgotten, in consideration of the. ironnboned steed hitched to the enormous wheeled palace. The invention of the Telescope has aided the astronomer greatly in his exploration of the starry hea. vens. It is difficult to determine to whom we are indebted for its con- struction, or what is the precise time of its invention. We do not know of any circumstances which would lead us to the conclusion that it was known to the ancients. Gal- lileo is supposed to have invented it, because he was the first who success- fully applisd it to astronomy. There can be no doubt but Roger Bacon, who died in 1292, was aware that losses might be so arranged as to magnify objects seen through them; but there are good reasons for bee having that be derived his know- ledge only from reflection, and that he never carried his theory into practice. . made into bread. and probably teeming wholesome, digestible, and highly that It would be impossible nocence. than our own, with beings never lost their primal in- Nor is this all, for as one bright scene rises above another in bound- less perspective, who can doubt that worlds still more wonderful and sub- lime lie beyond the range of the most powerful telescope, and that these enormous worlds have suns, around which they revolve ten times as large as ours : rF‘er ever singing as they shine, lhe hand that made us is divine. Such has been the progress of sources during the last few years, and a host of co-workers are daily furnishing more materials for those grand and majestic sciences. which attest the supremacy of man over the material uniVerse. Jenn VVoons. a WINTER RULES. Never go to bed with cold or damp feet. In going into a colder air,keep the mouth resolutely closed,tliat by com- pelling the air to pass circuitonsly through the nose and head, it may become warmed before it reaches .thelungs, and thus prevents those sudden shocks and chills which fre- quently end in plcnrisy, pneumonia, and other series forms of diseases. Never stand still a moment out of doors, especially at street corners, after having walked even a short distance. Never ride near the open window ofa vehicle fora single halfminute, especially if it has been pressed by a walk; valuable lives have thus been lost or good health permanently destroyed. - Never wear India rubbers in cold dry weather. , Those who are easy chilled on go- ing out of doors, should have some cotton batting attached to the vest or outer garments, so as to protect the space betWesn the shoulder blades behind. the lungs being at- tached to the body at that point; a little there is worth five times the amount over the chest in front. Never begin a journey until breakâ€" fast has been eaten. ‘ After speaking, singing or preach- ing in a warm room in winter, do not leave it for at least ten minutes, and even then close the mouth, put on the gloves, Wrap up the neck, and put on a cloak or overcoat before passing out of the door ; the ne- glect of these has laid many a good and useful man in a premature grave. Never speak under a hoarseness, lespecnilly if it requires an effort, or gives a hurting or a painful feeling, for it often results in a permanent loss of voice, or long life of invalidism. LoNosvtrY 'rttn‘ Osman or N» TURE.â€"-Rev. Dr. Hawes, of Hart- whatever were we ideas ford, in a discourse upon a “well . . - . it .- , . or experiments of the learned in {fem M“: “3356!!” fou‘mmg. V“! former ages, it is certain that the to l1“St remarks 3““ Let “‘3' on." “Rh”? lcscope was not much known before under‘l‘md the '3‘!" "f hl'wgeing: the beginning of the century. Mathematics and Astronomy have been raised to a perfection, of which the ancients formed no con- cepdon. nor the philosopher soared beyond the limits of unaided Vision. The earth was thought to be the largest body in the universe ; and the sun, ocean and stars, more gas lamps hung up to illuminate the heavens. l For a long period during the infancy ‘ ot‘tre science, little was known of the beaverin bodies, except their apparent motions and aspects. The heavens were looked up to as the book of fate, itt which they could read their future fortune, ’lntl learn from the signs of the Zodiac the ,(leSlll’lieS of men and of nations.â€" There was a time when‘ the conception of neither the poet. lseventy years.’ seventeenth physical, moral, and social, and study carefully to conform to them, and life in all its parts would be likely to be healthy, cheerful and happy; it would pass away as a long, bright summer's day, bringing sweet music ito cheer him in his morning, noon and evening, and closing not in clouds and darkness, but in clear sunshine and light. That high authority. the Registrar of England, remarks z-â€" ‘ Man does not pass through all the stages of his physiological and in- tellectual development in less than That is, he ought, as a general rule, to live so long, and to enjoy health and vi_gour,; and lif it be asked why he does not, the answer is found in wrong, unnatural mode: of living.’ Discretion in speech is more valu- gnorance and intoleranceof able “1‘” elOQUCDCG; and ‘0 llPea!" 1h. agreeably, than to speak good words, “"dv lhcnv fi”dl”g them. was “"9" the jury ‘masts and the mtiinatop-tzalâ€" "lure. t‘Uk “‘3 Mal” all,“ 11””: ‘“ -lant sails!’ Slit'luiléd Ferox. . ‘FUrl three leaps, knocked the old woman I, he- amhor, and take in he, 5pm.“. over again, opened tlw {Quth “or! ' Put the jollyboatoc her hull, and take l an entirely new subject, on accountjhght of smence has arisen, and shed or in good. order. To nae many of recent discoveries . made by,“ benign influence Mm, ,he‘wortd. circumstances before one comes to DaVyhflUd Dalton; and In Ordb‘r tOAIn the progress of a'tronornical the matter is troublesome. and to kw? “P “uh “'5 advanc‘memi 01d science, the distance and ma$nitude use none is blunt. velopementof the human organism“ in its highest proportions. Take the year together, day and niglt‘aref about equal ; and were mankind’ within these latitudes to live accm’é’ ding to the laws of life and health in other directions, they would sleep while darkness is on the face of the face of the earth, and be active only during the period in which light was abundant. As a habit a fashion with our people, we sleep too little. It it! admitted by all those who are cums- patent to speak on the subject, that. the people of the United States, from day to day, not only do not get sufficient sleep, but they do not get sufficient rest. By the prepon- dei‘ance of the nervous over tlievi- tal temperament they need all the recuperating benefits which sleep can offer during each night as it passes. A far better rule would be to get at least eight hour’s sleep, and including sleep ten hours ofiu- cumbent rest. It is a sad mistake that some make, who suppose them- selves qualified to speak on the sub- ject, in affirming that persons of a. highly wrought n lrvous tompera-, merit, needâ€"oas compared with those of a more lympatic, or solid organi- zationâ€"Jess sleep. The truth is, that where power is expanded with great rapidity, by a constitutional law, it is regathered slowly; the reaction after a while demanding much more time for the gathering up of hen.r force. the the direct effort demands in expanding that force. Titus a man i f the nervous tempera- merit, after he has established a habit of overdoing, recovers from the elfect of such overaction much more slowly titan a man of different tern- perament would, if the balance be. tween his power to do and power to rest is destroyed. As between the nervous and the lymphatic tempera- ments, therefore, where excess of ‘work is demanded, it will always be seen that the close of the day’s la- bour, whether it has bten of muscle or thought, the man of nervous temâ€" perament who is tired finds it diffi- cult to fall to sleep, sleeps perturbed- ly, wakes up excitedly, and is more apt than otherwise to resort to stimu- lants to place himself in conditions of pleasurable activity. While the man of lympathic temperament, when tired falls asleep, sleeps soundly and uninterruptedly, and wakes Up in the morning a new man. The facts are against the theory that tier- vous tempera merits recuperate quick-v ly from the fatignes to which their possesors are subjected. Three- fourths of our drunkards are from the ranks of the men of nervou tem- perament. Almost all opiumâ€"eaters in our country-Head their name is legionâ€"are persons of the nervous or nervous-sanguine temperaments. Almost all the men in the country who become the victims of narcotic drug medication, are the nervous or nervous-sanguine t mperaments. That the very general habit of de- pendence upon stimulant-s, or stimulo narcotics, is almost entirely confined to persons of the nervous tempera- ment, shows that the taxations to which they subject themselves are not readily reacted from, and that under their methods of living they find it difficult to depend upon the natural force within to make good their losses within the time they al- lot for that purpose. The rule, there- fore, should be the other Way from that which it is supposed to be, name- ly, that persons of liiglily~wrought nervous organization need but little sleep. It should be the habit with such persons to sleep largely, and to insist upon such freedom from exeiw cise both of body and mind, and such external condition of repose, as gra‘ dually to bring the brain to acknow- ledge such relations to the general structure as will enable its various organs to become so refreshed that they may, when duty is resumed, perform it with accustomed yet heal- thy VigOUt‘.'â€"--D!‘. Jackson. We never respect persons who aim simply to amuse us. There is a vast difference between those we call amusing men and those --we de- nominate entertaining ; we laugh with the former and reflect with the latter. God never sends any angel to if. that a human soul but what another follows in its footsteps to heal and to bless. Creditors never annoy a titan as long as he is getting up in the world. A man of wealth only pays his butcher once ayear. Let bad luck overtake him, and his meat bill will Come in. every morning, as regular as breakfast and hungry children. Again we say never plead guiltyof poverty. So far as this world is con- cerned, you had better admit that you are a scoundral. .V'I‘l‘!!! greatest thoughts seem degradedin their pasmgge through little minds. Even the winds of heaven make but mean music when whiStl. ing through a keyhole. til-i7. ~~ .. ' i 5%» ~ “am-.mzwsu figurat‘- ,_,.“‘;.;.y ‘W5

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