Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-04-04

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HoRRIBLE.-The editor of the Scalpcl
has discovered that a frightful practice pre-.
walls among young ladies of eating chalk
and slate pencils, and drinking vinegar. to
avoid gaining flesh. Very few persons,
he added, imagine the extent to which this
suicidal perversion Of the natural instincts
will 60, to young women who are under
the influence Of their imaginary superiors.
in graceful thinness; much has been said
about TIC ght lacing, and because the corset
has partially gone into disuse, people i'm.
agine that compression of the lungs had
ceased it is far otherwise, hooks and
eyes and whalebones have taken their
place, and the insane devotee willingly
starves herself by the year! We know Of
an instance in this city where ! young
girl lies prostrated from sickness induced
by eating preparations for subduing her
obesity.-Erchdnge.
We CAM tell the editor ofthe Scalpel some.
thing in connection with this which posi-
bly, he never heard Of. In portions Of
Louisiana and Mississippi, and other
States probably also, some of the children
of both sexes are in. the nabit Of eating
rosin, pine bark, clay, salt and other SUBJ
stances, to such an extent as not only to
undermine their health, but in some in.
stances to produce death. Girls two.
thirds grown not unfrequently indulge in
this morbid and unatural habit. We know
young man, eighteen years of age, who
fell victim to it. Its effects upon the
system are deplorable. Growth is ar
rested. The blood is turned to water.
Color forsakes the cheeks. The bones
become like gristIe. The whole coun-
,erance assumes 4 pallid. deathlike ap-
pearance, the cause OF which the practic.
ed eye can at once detect. The effects
upon the intellectual faculties are not less
marked or terrible. The individual be.
comes listless and stolid, and sinks down
into D lethargic state of almost hopeless
imbecility and inanitiop. .qsH s5, ID
New ,YoRK .UNcovERED.-The New;
York Herald has clever article, showing
up the vices and follies of life in that city,
1t exhibits good deal Of truth, as will be
seen by the subjoined extract: -.aoaa8
: To the initiated, the city of New York
is curious spectacle. .lfit were .unroof:
ed, Asmodens himself wouldbe astonished.
In thisicapital might be found most of the
singularities Of other citiesAthes gaiety
and the freedom Of Paris, and, ito sunsm.
barrassing social arrangements, the AMI
NAL pleasures and sturdy deep drinking
Of London, tho intrigue and the stilettos of
Madrid, the solemn and bigoted devotion
Of Rome, the iicentiousness Of Vienna.
the falsehoods and furtivity Of s.: Pstsrs-
burg, the shsrems and the beastinessh Of
Constantinople, the usury and the s1-
tortions Of Jerusalem in its palmiest days.
And every day ii grows larger and veal
thier, and gayer, and more audacious.t .t7eT
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PRACTICAL LAMALGAMAr1oN.- Beauties
Of Negro Caizenskips Illustrdtcd.-Th
New York Mirror states that lack Slim
gerlsnd, q pure blooded African. . sort Of
protegc of Hon. John T. Sliugerland, Of
Bethlehem, N. r, who, though black as
the ace Of spades, 10 4 freebooter ind veil
to do, has recently eloped With tho white
daughter Of . neighbor, and been Mited
TO the fair lass in bonds, matrimonial.
Jack is %, the young lady IT. All thai
is necessary to reconcile this sfizif with
perfect propriety is that the young lady
should Be the daughter Of ansAboliti6nast.
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| bsA FoREsoDIHe LErEEH.- the xscens
murder trial At Auburn, Me-, montion was
made Of letter written BY the Murdered
Mrs. Knight, and deposited with aI'ffiehd,
to BE- opened by married sdanghter saftef
the death Of tho mother. The lsttsr 10
published verbatim in the Portland Advers
tiser, and was written Just thirty eight
days before the death Of Mrs. Knight.
She says in it: 81 believe my husband
wants to kill me-, He has given me poi;
son since was sick, ETC., and speaks of
his coming into her chamber u midsighs,
whom she rose and struck . 9lights aad in
the morning found that hs had brough hl hin
razor into the rooin.k saf sIullsgsb Tsd
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| A RESULT OF CARRYING FIR.ARns-
A company assembled a fsw,days.ago in
Lebanon, O., for . wedding party, lwhen
onn of tina uuAsfa tnnk off HE snvasenat