Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-11-12
Thirst In the Arctic Regions.

The use of snow when persons are thirsty docs
not by any means allay the Unsuitable desire for
water on the contrary it appears to be increased
in proportion to the quantity used, and the fire.
qucncy with which it is put into the mouth. For
example, person walking along feels intensely
thirsty and he looks to his feet with coyetng eyes
but his good sense and firm resolutions are not to
be so easily overcome, and he withdrawS the hand
that was to grasp the delicious morSel and convey
it to his parching mouth. He has several miles
of journey to accomplish, and his thirst is every
moment increasing; he is pcrspring profuscly,
and feels quite hot and oppressed. At length his
good rcsolu tons stargcr, and he partakcs of the
smallest particle, which produces most eXhiler-
| ating effect in less than ten minutes he tastes
again and again, always increasidg the quantity ;
and in half an hour he has a gum stick of con-
dcnsed snow which he masticateS with ayidity
and replaces with, assiduity the moment it has mel
ted away. But his thirst is not allaycd in the
slightest degree he is as hot as ever; and still per-
spires his mouth is in flames and he is driven to
the necessity of quenching them with COW, which
adds fuel to the fire. The melting snow ceases to
please his palate and it feels like red hot Goals
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tongue, and swallows without the addition of sal
iva. He is in despair, but habit has taken the
place of his reasoning faculties, and he moves on
with langud steps, lamcnting tn, severe fate which
in an unguardcd moment he allowed to begin. II
y | believe the cause of such intense thirst
is the extreme dryncss of the air when the tempe
raturc is so low-.Siahcdand'S J0lrRoi
WoMAN-If you look at woman, we shall
find that changes happen to her. generally less
marked it is true that in man, but still I; met,
and quite observable. There is burst of beauty
in woman at puberty at times astonishing all be-
holders. This may lat for two or three years,
but seldom so lorg-in some only few months,
In short, the sympathics Of the chest the abdo-
men, and pelvis tell at last on the face head, and
neck, aad on all the features. The jaws enlarge,
and with them the mouth aud nose, diSiiguring
that fair face of eighteen twenty, which the adj
mirng lover fancic> must be permanent and at
twenty-four it is not unlikely the person can no
longer be recognized even by the most intimate
acquaintance of their youth. The Unlocking girl
of twelve may become beautiful woman. The
beauty Of seventeen or eighteen may grow into
plain looking of twenty-four with Il large mouth,
and nose, and jaws-small eyes, and brow either
upright, square, masculine and coarse, or narrow
or contracted, low and dSproportioned. want of
elevation of the upper part of the head, so essen
tial tosbcauty, and which in youth not olserv-
ed by reason of the smallness of the face, is now
apparent. Then arises the necessity Of dccora-
ton to restore, if possible, the disturbed forms.
the lost proportions, the equilibrium of the head,
face and features. The cap, supported blythe hair,
restores the elevation of the vortex collected in
to a small mass at the back with pendulous orna-
ments it counterbalances the large square, upright
forehead. The ear once more appears to occupy
its place in the centre of the head. Artificial flow
ers and lappcts make up for the natural fulness
and ovoid form of the beautiful face the raised
collar conccals the sincwy tapczii muscles on the
back of the neck, which destroy the beauty Of so
many persons. Let women decorate by all means,
but decorate with taste and in the right direction
let her decorate in order to fulfil her great mission
on earth, the pleasing and deiighting Of man.
hn0r'S Artistic anatomy.