Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-02-21

forehead Of the child; being every day drawn
down a little tighter by means of cord.
which holds 1t in its place until it at length
touches the nose; thus forming a straight
line from the crown Of the head to The end
of the nose"
Another mode described by the same
observer consists in placing the child in a
sort OF cradle, ''dug out of a log of wood,
with a cavity just large enough to admit
the body Of the child and the head, also Civ
ing it room TO expand in width; while from
the head Of the cradle there is sort Of lev
er, with an elastic spring to it, that comes
down on the forehead Of the child, ard pro-
duces the same effects as the one | have
Just described. The child is wrapped up
10 rabbits skins, and placed in this little
c0hin-ike looking cradle. from which it is
not. in some instances, taken out for seve-
raj weeks. The bandages over and about
the lower limbs, and as high up as the
breast, are loose. and repeatedly taken off
the same day, as the child may require
cleansing: but the head and shoulders are
kept strictly in the same position, and the
breast given to the child by holding it up in
the cradle, loosening the outer end of the
lever that comes over the nose, and rails
ing it up or turning it aside so us to allow
the child to come at the breast, Without
moving It's head. The length of time that
the infants are generally carried in these
cradles, is three, five, or eight weeks,untl
the bones are so formed as to keep their
shapes, and preserve this Singular appear
ance through life"
An interesting description Of the instru-'
ment and process by which the same tribes
compress the skull, is also given by Nor
lon "Besidcs the depression of the head,
he remarks. ''the face is widened and pro-
jected forward by the process so as materI-
ally to diminish the facial ang ;ihe breadth
between the parietal bones is greatly aug
mented, and a striking irreguIarity Of the
two sides of the craninm almost invariably
follows; yet the absolute internal capacity
Of the skull is not diminished, and, strange
as it may seem, the intellectual faculties
suffer nothing. The latter fact is proved
by the concurrent testimony Of all travel
lers who have written on the suhect.' An
analogous fact may be afforded by the
spine in case Of humpback; for although
distorted, it yet retains its functions.
THE LARGEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD.
A letter from Rev. Mr.. Coan, of Hilo
Hawaii, Sandwich Island, contains the fol-
lowing graphic accounts Of the communion
scene of the largest church in the world,
| comprising several thousand members.
Once in three months the whole church
meets al the station 10 celebrate the Lord S
first Sabbath in April. Perhaps five thou
sand were present, and for want OF con-
venient house for the occasion, we met
| in grove of cocoa-nut trees. on the sea-
shore. The assembly was immense, and
she scene overwhelming. Before US was
the wide Pacific, having its broad chest to
the breadth of heaven. Behind US were
the everlasting mountains, rearing their
snowy SUBMITS above the clouds, and form
ing an external rampant against the wes-
tern sky. Beneath us was a little spot Of
earth, once ignited by volcanic fires, rock
ed by thousand earthquakes, and more
than once submerged with flood. Above
us was the vaulted sky, that glorious mir
ror, that molten looking glass spread
out and made strong by th3 hand of On
Impotence Around US was landscape OF
inimtnble beauty, clothed with verdure,
teeming with life, and smiling in lowell
ness. The softer and sweetcr features in
nature, blended with the grand, the told,
the sublime, conspired to 'ender the scene
enchanting. But there was one object
which eclipscd all the rest, and which LED
Us to lose sight of all the wondcr0us han
dy-work Of creation around. In the mids
of US stood a cross! We heard q voice
sweeter than the breath Of heaven, "l-ooh
unto me and be We saved, all We ends Of
the earth" We heard another voice. /
rose above the roar Of the ocean. = 1t is
finished!" | looked or the multitude, the
five thousand communicates, seated at hi;
table. and in view of the cross. | remem
Der the words. .'And |, if | be lifted W
from the earth, will draw all men unto me-
| thought Of the predictions, = The isle;
shall wait for his law" and . all the ends
Of the earth shall remember and turn unto
the Lord" | thought Of the promise, ale
! shall see Of the travail of his soul" My
! heart exclaimed, -. How blessed are the
eyes that see the things that we see ~
The history of the pena! colony at Aus
tralia, must be regarded as extraordinary
1t is situated on the largest island IN the
world, and was visited by Capt. Cook in
ITO. He then called it Botany Bay. IL
was colonIzed by the English in IT'S, and
a portion convicts. In 1888, 70 fewer than
three hundred and thirty-six ships arrive
at New South Wales, nearly all from
! Great Britain: while in 1889 the import
into Sydney amounted TO between $1,000,
900 and So, 200, coo, and the exports t. be-
tween S4OOO,0OO and $5,000,000. The
island is 2.700, miles long and 100 wide.
Sydney is the capital, and has about thirty
,boue,pd nbahIfants