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"TAKING A DIG"

What's that, some of your females
readers may ask, who have the habit
without knowing this name for it. TAX
ing Dig, then, means nothing more nor
less, than chewing-snuff' by the women
to produce the same effect that chewing
tobacco does upon the men. Instead of
putting a certain quantity into the mouth,
at once, a small portion is introduced
and rubbed about the gums and teeth,
freely, with stick made for that pur.
pose. A lady, on one of our steamers,
invited stranger into her state.room to
witness this operation, and took the re.
quisite materials from beneath her garter
under the stocking, so apprehensive was
she of her secret practice being known
to her husband, as she told her visitor in
confidence. This "taking dig" did her
as much good as the smoking and chew.
ing of tobacco did her husband. Why.
therefore, should not she do it as openly
as he used tobacco? Indeed, the effect
might, in that case, have been good, as
it would enable him to see how disagree
able the use of tobacco made those ad-
dicted to it, to all others who have not
the same disgusting habit. Many man
would thereby see himself as others see
him, and listen more patiently to the re-
monstrances of his wife or of others.
"A Roland for an Oliver" might be pre-
sented if the female associates of every
man would adopt the plan of stalking a
dig" No satisfactory reason can be
given why woman in pursuit of her
rights in other respects should not also
claim that Of solacing herself with the
weed that in degree occasions a slight
excitement in all its votaries. The
stalking a dig" is not more injurious to
one sex, than the other forms are to
man. Neither sex can use tobacco, in
any form, without impairing their health.
however decided they may be in their
assertions that no inconvenience is felt
from its continued use. Let them try to
relinqush the habit and the experiment
will prove the strength of the habit.
nearly equal to that of the topper for his
glass. A PHYSICIAN.
The Pioneer and woman's advocate. (Providence, R.I.) 1852-185?, 1852-09-04
e He PGON e 3 r.
PROVIDENCE, SEPT'R 4, 1852.
HEALTH OF AMERICAN WOMEN.
AND WOMAN's ADVOCATE

HEALTH OF AMERICAN WOMEN.
The correspondent Of a New York
paper who has made pedestrian tour,
the best way-says on his return from
Europe, that his first impressions at home
were unfavorable as to the comparative
health Of his countrywomen, Our wo.
men mind weather that in foreign coun-
tries would not furnish any apology for
secluding any of their sex from the
open air. Miss Martineau, while travel
ling in the U. S. remarked upon this
trait in her female associates, and also
upon their aptitude:to apologize for the
weather, as if they could help it. The
rule in Europe, is good health, in the
U. S. it is the exception. r" Why hus.
band how pale and sallow all the folks
we meet in N. Y. look" said.a lady on
her arrival from England, "are they
sick7" "No my dear, but it is the
American complexion"
When Fanny Kemble first visited US,
her habits and modes of exercise out of
doors, caused much surprise, but she
was independent enough to disregard all
remarks, when in competition with the
rules of good health. She was a little
too robust in her appearance to suit our
American notions Of graceful appearance
and before the women of this country
can become as healthy as the women of
Europe, they must lay aside their preva-
lent notions of being more refined and
delicate than their English or Continen-
tai sisters. The women of America are
said to stand between the English and
French females, not having the robust
form and ample chest of the former, mol
the graceful and.erect figure of the lat
ter. This straight carriage Of the body
commences in childhood, and a pecu.
larity of the clavicIe, or, as commonly
called, the collar bone,- distinguishes
the French female skeleton from that OF
any woman in the world, and is an in.
stance, not without instruction, of the
yielding nature of the bones in early
life. The greater length of the collar
bone is the peculiarity, caused by the
constantly upright position, when stand.
ing, of the French females. Why will
not our narrow and fiat chested women
take leaf from their book, and not hesi-
tate about assuming a more erect atti-
tude standing or walking, because it
looks proud. Our dancing schools teach
good steps but do not give sufficient at.
tention to the carriage ofthe body. while
walking. The body is to be erect and
with but little motion while the extremi-
ties perform their locomotive office.
A PHYSICIAN.
The Pioneer and woman's advocate. (Providence, R.I.) 1852-185?, 1852-09-04

Nothing sets so wide a mark between
a vulgar and noble soul as the srespect
and reverential love of woman.kind. A
man who is always sneering at woman
is generally a coarse profigate or a
coarser bigot.
The Pioneer and woman's advocate. (Providence, R.I.) 1852-185?, 1852-09-04

convey an unity Of idea, as all springing
from the same root or, parent stalk.
Hence the great truth, announced by a
daughter Of America, that respiration is
the chief motive power, which produces
the circulation Of the blood, was revealed
to Adam in the language taught him.
Great as may be the authority of the an
cient Greeks and Romans and all the
modern Psychologists, yet theirauthority
should weigh nothing when brought
against a great and important truth,
which it was their misfortune to have
lost sight of. 1t is to be regretted that
Professor Draper did not see it, when
the long-lost.sight-cf truth began to be
visible so near him in Troy. It was
there he wrote his elaborate work on
The forces which produce the organ.
ization of plants, and the cause of the
circulation Of the dlood." But he sub.
stituted an imaginary capillary power
for the vital motor power derived from
respiration. He overlooked the fact,
that long since, the author Of this present
writing had proved, by experiments the
most conclusive and unanswerable, that
capillary attraction has no existence as
a separate and independent motive pow.
er, its entire phenomena being resolva.
bic into another form of gravity from
unequal atmospheric pressure.* TAX
ing the most Objectionable portion of the
chemical materials used by Mrs. Viii.
lard in the construction of her theory,
the learned professor, about the same
time, constructed similar one, only
turned inside out, as it were; the. sup
positions capillary power usurping the
throne Of that everlasting and universal
vital power derived from respiration,
whether in plants or animals. Forth.
with his theory led him to the monstrous
conclusion that there is no such thing
as life, vitality or vital principle the
whole phenomena of vitality being re.
solved into capillary attraction and che
mical affinity Bishop Berkly reasoned
himself out of belief in the existence
of matter; and here we have, in the
nineteenth century, a learned professor
who has reasoned himself out of belief
in the existence of vital principle or
life itself. | hope am not too hard on
the professor in objecting to his killing
all the world, himself and myself among
the number, in order to establish the
ory. 1t were much better to abandon
such murderous theory, and live and be
a great chemist, botanist and physiolo.
gist, as he really is, but a very indif1er-
ent physlologist.
Since the experiment above reported
was made, another crocodile, the favorite
pet of Dr.. Dowler, which he has been
keeping for years for grand expert.
ment, has fallen martyr in the cause Of
science-uttcring the same language as
the preceding, only in louder tones, and
sending those. who are too proud to
learn physiology from woman back to
Moses and the Prophets, and to the stu.
dy of the Hebrew.
New Orleans May 90, 1862.
Medical Recorder, Vol. XIII, pages II to 81
Philadelphia, 1928.
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life Of the flesh is in the blood" (Lev..
xvii. v. ll.) "For it is the life Of
all flesh, the blood of it is for the life
thereof. For the life of all flesh is the
blood thereof" ". l4.) Again in Gen.
ohap. tx, ". A." Flesh with the life
thereof which is the blood thereof"
Psychologists, heretofore, have never
been prepared to subscribe to the above
doctrine in its plain, full, and literal
meaning. The vitality, which Hunter
contended for, as existing in the blood,
fell far short of the above quoted passa-
ges. He supposed that the blood. in
common with the nerves and flesh, pos
sessed life, but he never dreamed that
life, in its broad, full, and plain mean
ing, with all its attributes of sensation,
motion, consciousness. will, and intelli-
gence existed in the blood, and that the
nerves, flesh and other solids possessed
no life, but that aDhich is in the blood
thereof Evety word of this is fully ve-
ri6ed in the facts revealed in the above
mentioned vivisection. But from what
does the blood derive its life? The
breath, says the Pentateuch. Mishn,ath
chayyim, the breath oflife. When Mrs.
Willard advanced the idea, that the
chief motive power of the blood is locat-
ed in The lungs, and derived from respi-
ration, it was made subject of ridcule
by the learned. Physiological works,
anciont and modern, contain no autho.
rity for it. Greek and Roman literature
is against it. There is nothing in the
construction of either the Greek or Lat.
in languages, which would suggest such
an idea. OF twenty or more terms and
epithets, which the Romans used to ex-
press the idea of lifr, not one of them
has any allusion to, or connection with
the terms used TO express the act Of
breathing. Thus rita, spiritus. lur, tu.
giens, rap;da, caduca, .jauens, 6reris,
.fura, augusta, arcta, tallax. misera,
languida, infausta, infelir, erumnosa,
anria, Solicita, beata, and diuterna, con.
vey no idea at all of the breathing or
respiration being connected with vitality
or essential to it. So also with the
Greeks, the terms they used to designate
life were entirely unlike those they used
to express the act of breathing; and the
words designating breath and life are de-
rived from very different roots. But an
authority, beyond all Greek, beyond
all Roman fame," is now to be adduced
in support of the proposition advanced
by Mrs. Willard, that the chief motive
power of the blood is located in the lungs
and derived from respiration. 1t is the
authority Of the language first given to
man, the sacred Hebrew. Mrs. Will.
lard's idea is interviewer in the very
construction Of that language. The
Hebrew ebay, life, comes from the yer.
bal root chayay, to live; form kindred
with chayah, the primary idea Of which
is "6reathing." All the kindred verbs
have the same primary idea, that Of
breathing appertaining to them. The
idea of motion, vigor, strength, might,
valor, breathing, feeling, acting, is at
tached as an inseparable and invariable
constituent of life, as understood by the
Hebrews. The blood being the life, the
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Medical Recorder, VOL Kill, pages II to 81.
Philadelphia, 1928.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-02

Tie accepted Moslemism with BEN and Others.
snd row iejpces 10 bis circumcision and 1000
pisstr-s month. He 10 4 fat, compsni,nable sort
Of man, ~ho, by his own confession, never b.
bored very zeslously on the independence Of Hun
gary, being an Austrian by birth. lie converssd
with me for several hours on the scenes IN which
be had participated, and attributed the failure Of
the Hungarisns to the want Of material means
He is not IN enthusiastic friend Of kossuth, though
he admitted bis great genius. He made many.
statements to me in relation to kossuth, which I
might perhaps hsve believed had the Pasha
proved mis- character for truth by adhsring to As
religion. Gen. BEN, who died here, is spoken Of
with the utmost respect, both by Turks and
Christians. The former have honored him with
lsrg, tomb or mauso'eum, covered 9th dome.
But must clsse, leaving half unsad. Suffice
il to saw that no Oriental city has interested ne
so profoundly as Alrppo. and in none have ~
ceived such universal and cordial hospitality. We
leave to. morrow for Asia Minor, having engaged
men and horses for the whole route to Constantine
pe. II.
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opposed to protection IN Germany and Belgium,
vet protection makes steadily increasing mar
ket for the staples Of those eountres, and causes
a vast domestic absorption Of food. They are op-
posed to protection here, and yet under protec-
ton our annual consumption Of food by people
engaged in the various departments OF mining and
manufacture, increased, in FIVE years, hundred
millions Of dollars. They advocate free trade m
Canada, which is paralyzed for want Of market,
and has been for years struggling to gain access
to our markets, the surplus in which was but re-
Gently stated at four hundred millions Of bushels.
They advocate free trade here, and yet under
what they call free trade we see the domestic mar
ket steadily diminishing as We close our mills ana
furnaces. while a. steadily is it seen driving our
whole pe ople into agriculture with view to IN
crease the "surplus." They advocate the poll
CIV that looks to giving you but one market IN
which to sell, and one in which to bay, and you
desire choice of markets. The objects you and
thew have in view are thus directly the opposite
of esch other, and as much opposed are the meas-
ures which tend to secure the attainment OF those
objects; and yet you and your friends throw up
your caps and rejoice when you ere told by me
London Times, The London Daily Ners, 1he
London Morning Chronicle, and The London
Econonaist, OF the success Of British free trade
policy ia eheapening .Jood-precisely the oolect
that you desire not to see accomplished.
You asked me, "What are the prospects OF the
hrmerT They are, as l think, very gloomy.
Our population grows, and our domestic market
diminshes, and will continue to diminish, while
the foreign one must inevitably diminish still more
rapidly. Whether or not the people will insist
upon change of poLcy-whether or not the
farmers and planters will awake to the fact that
they il is that need protection, is question yet
to be- dc cided. IL they do not both farmers and
planters are, as think, destined to see harder
times than they have seen for many years.
Ha,pa new An,vsred you question the best Of ability
remain with great regard,
Ioufs, very truiy
HENRY C. CAREY
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sAs oee snsrnt lsaye he BnbsA sAcSes
ssessAss ooop aoe tsi
Of nu soraeut OH pesschs TAI sy yoeas
yemen n Ne Dnns Of hh ,SaA~onS
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BAYARD TAYLOR'S LETTERS.

BHriugon, August 90, 1874.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-17
FILL UP TIE CUP.

Fill up the cup and l,t it flow
With the purcs, drink that altll can yicl
To bcauty's check it gives a glow,
And decks the lilies Of the field.
In its pure wave no posons sleep,
To steal tic reason. fire the brain;
Il never makes the orphan weep,
Nor soils the hcro's wrca,l, of tame.
From bub5l.ng brook and mountain free,
1t brightly flows, It's freely g:vcn;
Eli high the c;,p. Ill drink to thee,
y precious gift To man from heaven.
The ruby wine may richly flow
From lucious grape to tempt the eye;
1t has 4 falls, dsce;t.ul glow,
Then touch it mot-frum danger fly.
Then once again that nectar bring
Which heavens goodness gives to man;
The bright drops OF the sparkling spring,
That may drink to thee again
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Mn. WEBsrER's DErrs.-Thc Boston
Transcript states that at Il meeting OF the
citizens OF Manchester, n. H., on Sunday
evening last, the Rev. Mr.. Davis, who has just
returned from Narshfcld, remarked !:
"a word about his debts have heard
again and again that he did not pay. in.
uuircd of Mr. Abbott. idhc, Mr.. Davis,
from my personal knowledge, derived from
keeping the private accounts of Mr.. Webster,
have some opportunity of knowing. Not
a bill which has been presented for two OF
moro years, during which have been with
him, but ithas been promptly paid, and Il few
days before he died, he called the ovcrseel
of his farm, and gave him five hundred dol
lars to pay every man, sent for the minister
and paid all that was due him, so it shall no
be said that Daniel Webster died in debt t.
any man." These were the words of hi
private secretary, and began to think tha
those who knew Webster best loved hin
most; and, sir, was convinced of it NOR
| and more as | approached Boston to-day"
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REMEMBER ME WHILE FAR AWAY.

REMEMBER ME WHILE FAX AWAY.
Remember me while fur away
| wander from thy side;
Remember me at early day
Or when starry evenings glide
When The pa'e and lanibcut Moon
Looks forth upon the sea,
When al are bright and happy home,
Wilt tlluu remember me!
Remember me when c'cr you rove
In dc!s and valleys fair,
Remember me my best beloved,
And wish that was there
Or wll.n the evening bells do chime
And all looks gay but thee,
You will not this request decline
But still remember ne.
Remember me whcn.'cr You sigh
Beneath the moons soft light,
Remember HE and think that
Return that $ s!l and feel its might
And when ypu thing on those afar
Who little care or think Of thee,
Or when sad things your pleasure mar
All then, my love. remember me.
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Select Qoftra),
THE GREAT ARE FALLING FROM US.

The great are falling from us,-to the dust
Our flag droops midway, full Of many sishs;
A nations glory and peoples trust
Lie in the ample pail where Webster lies
The great arc falling from us,-onc by ono
As fail the patrarchs Of the forest trscs;
The winds shall seek them vainly and the sun
Gaze on each vacant space for centuries.
Lo, Carolina mourns her stcadGast pine,
Which, like Il ma:ninast, lowered above her
realm;
And Ashland hears no more the voice divine
From out the branches Of her stately elm.
And NarShtitld's giant oak, whose stormy brow
OFT turncd the ocean tempest from the West,
Lies on the shore he guarded long-and now
Our started Eagle knows not where 10 rest.
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EDGEFIELD S. G, NOVEMBER Il, 1852.

the replies of her tricnd-or cousin-Clara
al wish, Clara, that you believed as | de
about love; then we should think alike il
everything-then-"
"Pshaw nonsense, there's no such thing
as love. When get married (if ever do
it will be merely to better my condition il
life Let's see what iii have when l'n
Mrs. (somebody)-pheatons, stceds, pos
tilions, footmen, servants aud"
Why, coz, you but JEST!
Never was more earnest in my choice
so you perceive that | shall stand a gooe
chance to have everything as desire. Age
and appearance are nothing to me, so long
as wealth is in the Golfer
If that is your real opinion, Clara,
sincerely commiscrate the person destined
for your future husband. lie will be mos
shockingly dupcd," continued the speaker
at the same time raising her eyes to the face
of her lovely companion, "tor one to gaze
on that lovely face Of yours, would never
once dream that the heart of its possesso'
WIS utterly devoid of affection! 0, what
deception turks beneath the human breast
But cannot bring my mind to believe that
YOU think us YOU assert. You vii! at some
future day love!
Never! no, ncver!' for
Ny heart is Il free and u ftttcr.ess thing!
\ wave on the ocean . 4 bir, on the wig.
4 ridcrlcss stccd Ger the desert plain bounding!
\ peal Of tlle storm DER the valley rrsoundng!
1t spurns at all bounds, and it mocks the decree
Of the world and its proud one, and scorns to be
fec,
and it always shall remain free! continued
the enthusiastic Clara.
Elsie Whitney and Clara Thurson were
cousins. Elsie was an orphan aud had re.
Gently taken up her abode at her uncle
'rhursou's, who possessed a a"goodly por.
ton of this worlds goods" Both girls
were beautiful; but their minds as the
reader has perceived, were not the least
alike At the time of my sketch their ages
were thirteen and fourteen, Clara being the
senior OF the two.
Dccming that it would be but source OF
cnnu to the reader to follow these females
through Il series of school day scenes, the
writer will glance over space of ten
years; at the expiration of which time, she
will bring the subjects Of her sketch--to-
gethcr with an incident or so, which occur
ed in the intervening timc-betore the
reader.
=
In a parlor of 4 superb mansion are two
females, which the reader will, us proceed,
recognize as Clara and Elsie. They are,
at prese"t, in deep conversation, and as the
zone clad in deep (mourning) is weeping, the
writer will at ouce iuform the reader of the
cause.
After five years Of the most unhappy
wcdiock that ever existed, the unfortunate
Clara had again met with her gentle cousin,
from whom she had during that space been
estranged. She WAS rehearsiug TO Elsie
now the happy Mrs. G'itRn-the manifold
sorrows that she had experienced since their
separation. The death of her tyranical
husband she said, was to her source OF
joy. She concluded by saying that there
was no happiness to be had in marriagc
wiihoM lore.
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4 GOOD story is told Of an eccentric old
gentleman, who, although occasionally ad.
dcted to the habit OF swearing, was still most
punctilious in regard to saying grace at his
table, and this duty he never omitted on any
occasion.
The story runs that on a certain occasion
the old gentleman invited a sea captai,l-a
jolly old wcather.beaten tar of his acquain-
tancc, to dine with him. They sat down to,
dinner, and the old gentlemen according to
custom commenced saying grace; but the
captain, whose attention had been diverted
for moment, hearing the old gentleman
speak, thought he was addressing him, and
turned to him with
"What did you say 'squire?"
"Why, d-n il, man, I'm saying grace ;"
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A traveller, who has been over the ground,
says that the people who cross the lsthmus
carry along too great Il variety, viz: Bed
blankets, pork, stew-pans and valises In
his opinion all a man wants for the whole
voyage is bottle Of brandy and a revolver
-one to kill time, aud the other "greasers."
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MISSIONARIES DEAD.-Accounts have
been received of the death of two mission
aries of the American Board, viz: Mrs. Nor
gan, wife of Rev. Homer b. Morgan, died at
Thessalonica, Sept. 10th, and the wife of
Rev. Geo. Aearson, who did at Little Rock,
Ark, Sept. 18th, aged 81.
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DANIEL MERR1L, a. Revolutionary soldier,
81 years of age, diedat Hollis, N.HampsIllre,
on the 26th ult. lie was one of the life
guard of Benedict Arnold, just before the
treason Of that arch traitor.