Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-07-01

swords, the sandals to their feet. Even ma
|ture itself so perished away, that mother
Idevoured her own infant; fulfilling the aw-
full words Of the warlike prophet who had
first led the Jews towards the land of prom
THE tender and delicate woman a.
Imongst you, who would not adventure to set
the sole of her foot upon the ground for de-
Ilicateness and tenderness-her eye shall be
Eevil towards her young one and the children
that she shall bear, for she shall eat them
for want of all things secretly in the seige and
'straitness wherewith thine enemy shall dis
Itress thee in thy gates Still, as if the foe
and the famine were not scourge enough,
|citizens smote and murdered each as they
met in the way-false prophets ran bowling
down the streets s-every image Of despair
completes the CHASTITY picture of the fall Of
Jerusalem. And now the temple was set
on fire, the Jews rushing through the flames
to perish amidst the ruins. 1t was calm
summer night-the 10th of August; the
whole hill on which stood the temple, was
.one gigantic blaze of fre-the roofs of cedar
|crashed-the golden pinacles of the dome
were like spikes of crimson fame. Thro'
the echoes of shrieks and yells
rang back. from the Hill of Zion and the
Mount of Olives. Amongst the smoking
ruins. and over piles of the dead, Titus
planted the standard Of Rome. Thus were
fulfilled the last avenging prophecies thus
Iperished Jerusalem In that dreadful day,
men were living who might have heard the
warning voice of Him they crucified eri-
|ly [ say unto you, all these things shall come
upon this generation. !: x x O Jeru-
salem, thou that killest the prophets and
|stonest them that are sent unto thee, X
behold your houses are left unto you desc
|late!" And thus were the Hebrew people
scattered over the face of the earth, still re-
tanning to this hour their mysterious identi
ty-still living proof of those prophets
they had scorned or slain-still vainly a.
waiting that Messiah whose divine mission
was fulfilled eighteen hundred years ago,
upon the Mount of Calvary"
HINTS FOR KEEPING CooL.-To preserve
sso,a in aecool and heaslltsIy state DUR
ing the extreme hot weather Of summer, the
diet should consist as much as possible of
fruits. vegetables, and farinaceous food, and
the lighter kinds of meats. The fruit
should be perfectly ripe and fresh from its
parent stem, and should be eaten in the ear
lier part of the day. Its nutritive proper
ties are not very great, but it serves to neu
tralize the acids in the stomach, and acts as
"a general corrective to the system. In the
warmer climates of South America, Spain,
and Italy. where fruit abounds, the inhabi-
tants freely partake Of it an hour Or two be-
fore breakfast, and during the middle of
the day, but never after; they holding to the
Spanish maxim that fresh and ripe fruit is
gold in the morning, silver at noon and lead
at night The people of the tropical eli
mates perform very little active labor during
the extreme heat Of the day, but generally
remain inactive and under cover, in habita-
tions constructed with view to GOODNESS.
The best mode ofkeeping buildings cool and
free from flies during the ''dog days. is to
|open all the windows and doors an hour or
two before sunrise, so as to fill every acces-
cessible portion of the building with the cool
fresh air Of the morning, and then to close
them sufficiently to keep out the sun and
! light. The cold air within will serve as a
barrier to the entrance of the heat during
the day, and the darkness to the entrance
the flies and other insects; and in this sim
pie manner comparatively cool, comforta-
BILE, and healthy atmosphere can be obtain
ed during the sweltering heat of summer