New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-12

tor a. the latter 10 dying away, ana tns .t,ir
The pipe hes nearly ceased, qusn.lS =, r. Al, NJ
cx,de ia mt 10 escape. and oonta mlpe'c '"e -.
.Auo - IT,. r,s,v persons who sleep ia CT
roone with stoves supplied WHO coal ~ ~ I.s,
deans and awake in the uiornius ~" -l
M sTnIa ~ the zones, OF which have spoken
Inc PevP'e ~ almost the whole Valley. are less
~, q; orinion as 20 their beds than ia regard
"a FIRE in the bedrooms. Fea'hor oecs are avn
( ,n;veusl-in0eed, are met WIN nearly dp"n -
/ ,to Gulf; and, in most OF the Valley the pslpie
Z lodee upon them IN Summer Is we'll as w inter.
| Fv9n chi dron no, less than older persons are Ut
| ,,n subiected to this Kind of lodging la mild
weather. feather beds should never be used; aud
/ in winter those VINO keep fire In t1slr rooms, slf
I those who live In the Soutb, should not sleep on
l them A hard bed, Of cured hair, straw h1sks OF
Indian corn or long moss is much to bs preferred,
az promoting the density aud strength o. the mus
/ cles and hardening the ski, Persons WIN nave
been lodgoS on hard beds from their iaiaHcy, great
" prefer them. What are called weakly enid
rem should sleep on no others. Mechanical pressure
is the natural stimulus OF the skin and muscles ana
cannot be withheld at night without detra ting
from their frmness ard vigor. The rule should be,
TO resort TO feathers only Tor warmth aud onder al
crcumstsuccs which admit of that, ia an adequ nc
degree without them, they should be dispenser
with. This rule, rigidy observed, would baDlsh
them entirely from the southern zone OF me va,
lev and limit them to the winter in the middle ana
northern
The extensive and especially the Summer, use
of feather beds 10 the alley, may be traced oick
TO the practice of Eng ancestors; Tor fanny
customs, not lets than nursery tales are traditional
Bnt in Great Britain, the Summers are proverbl'
aly cool and hence, what may there be very WELL
msy be preiudicia here. 1t is necessary, however
that we should lodge warm. To sleep cold is ex-
ceedngly injurious to health for II IS natural, that
10 ply siooelcal for the perspiraton, sensible or in
sensible 10 flow freely while we are asleep. Re-
pose, silence, and the absence of mental emotion,
favor il and if il be suppressed b. cold, injury TO
health eDsues. 1t is particularly injurious for the
surface OF the BODY to be uncovered through the
night, and especially during the latter part Hence
it is beneficial, in Summer, 10 sleep in such light
clothes will protect all parts OF the surface, not
withstsnding automatic aud instructive move
meDts which take place during sleep. All this IS
still more necessary for children than for adults la
Winter sleeping cold may bring on catarrh sick
headache or an attack OF rheumstlsm In sum
mer, may be the exciting cause OF cholera morbus
dlarrhea, or dyseutery which often commence IN
the latter part of the night, did epidemic cholera
and for the same reason. All our physicians are
familiar with the attacks Of cholera nfantuD which
occur at the same period OF the night and have
often seen Group produced in June ana July, from
the same exposure, when children who ace more
carefully lodged, scarcely ever contract it.
Lodging rooms shou d. throughout the whole year.
be thoroughly aired before their inmates rctic 10
them. If a current Of wind can be made 70 blow
through them, so much the better; bat, in summer
or Autumn it is rig to let down the cash, or 9TH
erwise close up the windows, before We go to sleep
Two effects result from this first, the exclusion Of
ma aria or the poison which produces autunnalfe
yer; second, the exclusion OF moisture, which, IN
toe latter part OF the night often chis the body
This rule is especially necessary in the South, and
along our great Watercourses, where bad air and
fogs go much abound. In very dry localities, aud
far in the Moth, it is less required.
The description of L" Life the River" istrue
m ture md contains sOna hints of no email i'm
portance.
The number Of men and boys employed in navi.
gath our numerous STEAMBOATS,, amounts to many
thousands. The most exposed and reckless are
the firemen and the deckbands The diet of the
operatives is chiefly bread aud meat with cjifee in
the morning Their labOrs are heavy, aud require
TO be performed by night, no less than day. They
are much ex posed to all incemencles OF weather
ard are often in the water. Toe icemen pass
much Of their time in heat OF 1907, aud some OF It
in heat Of 1900 Fahrenheit, as have ascerEalned
by the thermometer when their pulses rise, In
frequency to $50 or 140 in a minute. Both classes
IN the habit OF throwing themselves on the bo "
Of the boat where they are exposed TO wind
equal to the velocity OF the boat. To counterfeit
the effects of these various exposures ana lrreBo'
lares m any of them drink freely OF ardent spirits;
ard the fircnlen, specially, regard such drinks as
necessary TO the maintenance OF that persPratton,
which coOs their bodies after approaching the idr-
naces, which they feed with fuel The experience
of the most observing commanders Is, however,
that these aud every other class OF steamboat Oper
| atives, enjoy better health, and have greater
! strength when they refrain from drinking. A to
| the diseases 10 which they most lab e, il may
judge from what have seen in the Louisville Ma
rine Hospital and the Commercial Hospital OF OhO,
at Cincinnati they are chiefly diarrhea, aud inter
militant fever, with its seYtele, dsordered spleen,
and dropsy. Rheumatism and pulmonary inlam-
| nation are, however, not uncommon. Finally, a
! large number are suddenly destroyed by mechan.
ical accidents, drowning, or scading and still
larger number driven from employment to die
G lingering death from the diseases produced by
iItempersncO and river exposure.
| The steamboat river-piOts have peculiar duty
to perform, which might be expected to affect their
/ eyes unfavorable. For twelve hours out Of every
twenty four they are kept in q state OF active
vision at night straning their eyes b objects
! by dim light, or through the fog-in the day, hav
! ing them directed upon watery surface, which
| often rehtc cts an intense light. Opthamis and
amaurosis ght be supposed TO result from such a
life; but am not aware that they have ctea been
produced.
The work W hch concludes with a special discus
sion of the Febrile Diseases of the Valley, it will
be perceived, goes over a wide range of TOPICS
end is filed with great variety Of historical topO
graphical statistical, and pathological information
which makes it one of the most useful contribu
tons to popular science that has recently been
offered by any American writer.
~ "THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW" Juy)
opens with able sketch of Sir Powell Buxtons
labors as an opponent Of Slavery, notices Trum-
bulls "Public Records Of Connecticut 10 favor.
able manner, and proceeds with articles on
Winckelmann's History Of Ancient AIT Coop
er's ways Of the Hour" Hawthorne's Scarlet
Letter" Allston's Poems and Lectures on Art"
"sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions, Pab-
lie Libraries" and the " California Question'-
Cooper Is criticised with unreenting severity, the
review Of the "ScArlet Letter" 10 skallow and
common place, judging that extraordinary work Of
genius with the narrowneaa of a nedant q uarrn