The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-01-21

Of pigs or a session of Congress.
An author, no less eminent than judic-
ious, makes the following distinction be-
tween the words innocence, wisdom, and
, virtue. Innocence consists in doing no
harm, and occasioning no otrouble in society.
Wisdom consists in being attentive to
ones true and solid intcrest,in distinguish
ing it from seeming interest, in right
choice and constant adherance to it. Vir-
tue goes further, it loves the good Of soci-
ETY., and frequently prefers it TO its own
advantages. Virtue is tho only foundation
of real happiness.
| Politeness. An officer in battle happen.
ing TO bow, a cannon ball passed over his
head, which, had he stood erect, could not
have missed him. you see,' said he, that
u man never loses by being polite
The chief art Of learning is, to attempt
but little at time. The widest excursions
of the mind are made by short fights, fro.
quently repeated; the most lofty fabrics Of
science are formed by the continued accum-
ulaton of single propositions. johnson.
1t were to be wished that they who de-
vote their lives to study, would at once be-
lieve nothing too great for their attainment,
and consider nothing as too little for their
regard; that they would extend their notice
alike to science and to life, and unite some
knowledge TO the present world, 10 their
acquaintance with past ages, and remote
events
Books, snys Bacon, can neUer teach he
use Of B00kS.--The student must learn by
commerce with mankind 10 reduce his
spcculations to practice, and accommodate
his knowledge to the purpose Of life.
No degree OF knowledge attainable by
man is able to set him above the want Of
hourly assistance, or to extngush the de-
sire of fond endearments and tender oflic-
iousness; and therefore no one should think
it unnecessary to learn those arts by which
friendship may bo gained.
WET FEET. What crowd Of painful
recollectons are conjured up in the mind
of physicians, Of any age and experience,
by the words ,cet feet. The child which
I had been playing about in tho morning in
all its iniantie loyeinesS and yivncity, is
seized at night with Group from wet feet,
and in day or twois corpse. The youth
ful form Of female beauty, which q few
months before gladdened the eyes of every
beholder,is now wasting IN slow ,remediless
decay. What was the origin Of her mala-
dy? Wet feet. Let US hope the the ex.
| posure was incurred in visit Of mercy to
= helpless widow or distressed orphan.
Whence come the lingering disease, the
pain and suffering of that fond mother
Still. the same response getting her feet
wet,whilc providing suitable winters cloth
| ing for her children--as if tenderness for
her offspring justified hor dispensing with
all the rules of prudence for herself. Thus
we might continue the melancholy list of
diseases, at best harTassing and alarming
often fatal, 10 which the heedessness Of
youth, the pride fmanhood,o or the avaricc
| of old age, are voluntarily and causelessly
exposed by neglect Of one lesson of ev-
cry day sperence.-I Journ. OF Health
Near Frankfort, Ky. man who had
| travelled on foot from Lexington. being
| intoxicated, lctt the beaten path 10 avoid
the mud, tumbled headlong down a cliff
| 25 feet perpendicular, md then rolled 10
the bottom of the hill, 300 feet more, over
! stones and bushes. He escaped with some
bad bruises, and has grown very suspicious
OF suong drink; natural enough too.
INDIA RURBER. The National Gazette
states that DR.. j. X. Mitchell, ofPhiadel-
phia. has discovered that Caoutchouc or
Indian Rubber left for several hours in
Ether becomes so soft and distensible that
bags of it may be inflated by tho breath
until nearly perfectly transparent, and
capable OF ascending in the air when filed
with hydrogen gas. In this softened state,
gum elastic may be made to assume almost
any form. In the course of his investiga.
ton Of tho properties Of this singular sub
stance, he has also found that oil ofsassafrss
forms a solution Of it which, when dried,
leaves the gum elastic in it's common elastic
state. DR.. Mitchell has read to the pho- !
sophcal Society memoir on the subject.
and presented q specimen of the expanded
gum elastic in the form Of balloon, with
ascending power, and in sheets of various
degrees of thickness. The memoir we
have read and deem very satisfactory.
--sCe.--
Two domos:ics in the family Of Mr. T.. w. |
Clarke. in New York, were nearly suiioca-
ted few nights since, by small quantity
Of charcoal in a kettle. The coal was thor
oughly ignited before it was taken TO their
chamber. An errtSeous idea prevails, that
after tho coal has been lighted, il ceases to
emit the noxious gas. This is not the case.
Carbonic acldgas is constantly emitted, so