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MISCELLANY.

HORSEBACK RID1xe.-N. p. Willis, in
one of his invalid Letters" thus spcaks of
the therapeutic: virtues of horseback riding ::
1t was a secret which did not discover
by books that exercise, with the legs of n
horse to do work. distributes the blood's
fullness and refreshness to the cxtremi,ies {:
but that exercise with your own legs to do
the work draws the funcss and freshness
from the cx,rcmiies to the centre. Life
and strength, that is to say. are centrifugal.
if you exercise on horseback k-cen,ripctal.
Iyou exercise on foot. To test this, yo,,
have only to de the two things. But look
in the glass, when von return from a ri,ie in
the saddle, and you will see that tie hollows
under your eyes are filled and fresI,ened in
color. or that the incipient lines in your
face, for presume | am addressing a mid.
die aged, charming woman.) have disap
peared wholly, or become indi>tin,t. Then
look in the G lass on your return from II
walk. of equal exercise, and you will see
just the con'rary-your eyes sunken and
the lines Of your face deepened with the
fatigue. Or still more emonstralive-com-
pare the fresh colored fnlness of yonr hands
and fingers ends, after the one exercise, with
their dragged and depleted spareness after
the other.
A recognition of the same fact nv be
seen in the advice given by medical books
10 literary m+n-0r men whose brains are
ovcrworked by prolonged attention Of anv
kind. .:"Avoid walking as an exercise"
And the reason given is 'that the concen-
:ratcd exertion at the hips and loins of the
pedestrian pull directly upon the forces of
the spine which sustains the brain" And
1t is natures rallying law-of calling in ,re-
cruHing power from the extremities to sup
ply tile demand upon the centre Of the svs-
TEN, which equally robs the brain. The face
and the hands Of their proporlionate sup
ply of fulness. Your beauty, madam,
merely pays its recruiting lax with the rest.
LORD NAPIER, by his unostentatious no
hteness and freedom from those foreign as
sumptlons obnoxious 10 republicans, is win.
ming golden opinions from all those who
have business with him. Yesterday the
following rather amusing incident transpir.
cd Two gentlemen, from Texas Tone OF
whom is well known in political circles, and
the other more familiar with tie music OF
nature than the etiquette Of dipIomacy,) cab
leo at the embassy to get some patent doc.
uments authenticated. Our rustic friend
andzhis companion were introduced to nv
lord instead ofhis secretary as was .expect.
ed:.9and, after the business was duly trans.
acted, Lord Napier instituted series Of
interrogatories as to the commercial. social
and agricultural affairs of Texas. These
were duly responded to by the worthy but
unpo!isl,sd applicant, in his off:band man.
ner, interspelsed with some characteristic
jokes by way Of more perfect illustration
The interview lasted upwards of half hour
notwithstanding several attempts by the
visitors to depart; but his lordship at each
successive attempt would PROFOUND some
new qnestion which caused another atten.
ton. After having finally made their exit,
the gentleman who introduced them inouir.
ed hove: they liked Lord Napier. Didn,
see him." replied b., "but his Secretary wa,
a1cleyer feIler." That was Lord Mamie,
himself" responded the other. .Tbat Iord
Napier By, Ss. II he'll come to Texas
weal elect him to Congress-
49,, TIL, Washington Cor. Bali. Anssr., :
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