New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-01

he who invented water-etear, cold, spar king
ever-delcious water! How manifold are its
uses Think what vast deal it has done for
navigation Ito say nothing of washing, scrub
.bing, hydropathy Even tea and coffee can't
be made without it--and the grog- sellers and
coffee-drinkers owe it more than they are likely
to confess the former in money saved, the lat
ter in intoxication avoided, Then, what
charming drink it is Eve have tried 1t, and
know In spite Of the untoward tendency OF
the Maine law, we shouldn't wonder II 1t came
some day into general use as beverage. 10
be sure, it is abused-people drink 1t too cold,
and, sometimes, too much OF it. But that
proves nothing against the use. Folks abuse
rum, and brandy, and wine--and they can
abuse water, if they like. As to hydropathy,
it is well enough in moderation, especially if
one takes the shower bath as Pat did, g with
the preeaution of an UMBRELLA but even wa
ter may be g run into the ground which is
often sad waste of good thing. [Boston
Post. sa
A PRETTY MAN.--Reader, did you ever watch
the motions of a pretty man; that is, one who.
had good opinion of his own personal appear
ances If not, allow us to point Quito you some
of his peculiarities We would not say that
being pretty or good looking is great fault, or
that men should be Indifferent to such an en-
bellishmont, but we do insist that vanity should
not be one Of the accomplishments. The ladies
God bless them y when pretty have right to
be vain, because, angels as they are, men so
worship them that it would almost be crime
were they not to be vain
The pretty man, when he walks the street, is
sure to hold his head well up, and if he has
whiskers or q moustache, to keep them well
oiled and brushed. His arms, when walking
along, are not allowed to swing like pendulums,
nor does it become him to allow hisiegsto carry
him at a break neck pace; this might ruffie his
countenance, or take the starch out Of his ex-
tensive and well starched collar. His neck-tie
is perfect and his pants set without q wrinkle.
If he wears an eye-glass-most of them are
-sighted-it is occasionally gently and
gracefully raised to his eyes, that he may be
the better able to look at the fair beings passing
to and fro. But the pretty man appears to best
advantage after dining at fashionable hotel,
when he gently seats himself in an arm chair in
front, with cigar in his mouth and his heels
gracefully resting upon railing, some feet
higher than his head, leaving the passerby in
doubt whether there is body attached to the
legs, or that the pantaloons have been thus
stretched to dry.
In the company of ladies he shines pre-emi-
nent. He generally attempts to seat himself
opposite to pier glass, wherehis well developed
proportions and the combinations of art and
nature can be faithfully portrayed, much to his
own qualification and the amusement of those
less good looking. But though he may, if sen
sible, which is sometimes the case, discover
smile upon the face Of those who see him, he
needs it not, because he is sure it is the smile of
envy and not of ridicule. s
Happy mortals, ye pretty men, the darlngs
of all sentimental young ladies, and the envy of
all brainless young men, who feel that beauty
is the rarest Of all earthly attractions
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Capital or shocking, they survive the NEST
stvdied speeches of orators, the profoundest pa
pers of statesmen. If some antediluvian editor
treated his readers to one, we do not believe
that all the water of the food could drown it.
good joke now a-days goes to help digest the
reast beef and cherry puddings of thousand
families 1t makes the circuit of the world,
steams over the ocean, skates on telegraph
wires, tunnels mountains, rides expresses, ex-
cites the risibles of armies, and of evening
circles, makes many merry. and harms no one.
Verify agood joke is q great thing, and a bad one
is abominable. Let jocose people beware.
WILD GAME ON LAKE SUPERIoR.--During the
past winter the Indian hunters in the vicinity
of Lake Superior found the red deer quite nu-
merous, where scarcely one was killed in win
tiers previous. These animals appear to be
coming westward, from regions further east in
Canada, and most Of them are found on the Ca
madam side. The caribou, OF reindeer, have
been found more often within two or three years
post than formerly The hunters also report the
beaver more numerous at this time than they
have been for years, which is accounted for from
the price of this fur having been SO low Of late
years that little attention has been given to
trapping them.
MAMMOTH TREE-.NeaD Jersey Ds. California.
Some months since, Mr.. Jas. Wilgus, while get
ting out ship timber in the Great Meadows, near
Danville, Warren county, N j., came across an
immense old buttonwood or sycamore tree The
tree, at the time, was still alive, and supposed
to be two thousand years old. The tree has
been cut at the root, several feet below the sur
face of the ground, and raised by means of
tackle and horse power. The trunk measures,
at the large end, nineteen and half by twenty
feet in diameter. The Belvidere Intelligencer,
from which we CLEAN these particulars, says Mr..
Wilgus is having wagon constructed Of sufi-
Gent capacity to carry this wonderful sycamore
around the country for exhibition. 1t is esti-
mated that about fifty persons can be comforts
ably seated inside of the room already cut within
it. The exhibition Of the tree will no doubt at
tract many persons to witness its truly wonder
full dimensions.
THE JAPANESE 8. UPPER EN.''-The Japanese
are fond of eggs; they boil them hard, and eat
them at the dessert like frult, frequently with
oranges. Some times they boil them in soup
with vegetables For people of distinction,
fowls are kept in rooms, where they lay their
eggs, and are fed with rice. The great people
would not eat the eggs of fowls that run about
at their will and pick up what they can find.
Many keep also swans, geese and turkeys, but
merely for pleasure, as we do peacocks, which
they also have. The gall of the bear is made
by them into solid mass, and used as a
strengthening medicine, for weakness in the
stomach, and other disorders. 1t is highly
valued by the Japanese for its medicinal virtue,
and paid for at q high price.
MARYLAND Coal REGIoN.--The editor of the
Cumberland Telegraph, who has recently visited
portions of the Maryland coal region, says that
every thing he saw indicated the greatest pos
sib1e vigor in the prosecution of mining opera
tions. The principal coal and iron companies as
well as the individual operators are pushing
energetieally forward. Improvements are in
progress and others designed to increase the
productive facilities of the region. Large access
sions of miners are constantly received. and at
no former period have affairs looked so lively,
cheering and husiness-like. The successful
development Of the region is going rapidly for
ward.
aWho is that gentleman asked Old Roger
of friend, as he saw large man with pro-
tuberant front standing in a doorway in State
street +"
tThat'' said the individual addressed ssis