Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-08

TnE "Rrsr'' OF HUMAN LIfH.-Uness the wear
and tear ofie extraordinarily severe and upremt
ting, men rlst faster than they wear out. In this
consists the horrible punishment Of solitary contine-
meat, with nothing TO do. The mind searching in
vain for something to act upon, corrodes itself 1t
is the practical application ofthe metaphor Of eating
ones own heart. Still, there are animal men, ola
sleepy inert disposition who are content open
their eyelids, the window-shutters Of their soul and
to allow the image of tho opposite side fthe street,
and any passing stranger, TO stream in, as if their
eyes and their brains We're gifted with no more an
imation than the lens and the paper Of II camera
obscura. Nevertheless, in the long run, they Of
ten made to pay dearly ior the inhuman soth and
unimpressionabillty AS they initiate the life, so
they follow the fate and they share the destiny Of the
stalled OK and the fatted pig. Their animal organ
ism does its duty; but their intellectual organism
not d1inguS, the involuntary system Of the mammal
creature Homo sapteAs gets the mastery otthe vol
untary blood and fat triumph over nerve and brain,
and the domestic biped is telled by apoplexy nham-
nation or dropsy as surely ms If he had been led to
/ the butchery; with the difference that domestic
quadruped is useful after its death, whereas he, the
/ do-nothing and think-nohing is, when slaughtered,
only an incumbrance and nuisance, causing con-
siderable trouble and expense to getrid of--AH me-
| Tear ROnnH.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES startling points of re-
semblance may be discovered between the SUBMITS
and the abyss of the social system; nay, between
and the very lowest tribes of the brute creation
For instance, am on intimate terms with half bred
poople-p quadruped Distinguish intellect and impen-
etrable affections, who is wonderfully like the por-
trait Of Shakespeare and who had been named after
| the immortal bard for that We have our
vegetables and fre-wood from living likeness OF
Julius Cesar who scarcely calculate the change
| of a shilling and whose wife beats him cruelty.
Liston, the celebrated actor whose ugness half
his fortune was renowned for his resemblance to the
undenably handsome King George the Fourth. An
ustrious neghbor and ally Of ours-for the rest,
a much better looking than his carcatursts
would lead you to believe-can by no device of inn
perial splendor martial ponp, or fautless Partisan
tailoring dyest himself Of the outward aspect of o
London betting house keeper. remember seeing a
pretty, effeminate little dandy at picture exhibition,
whom heard make some sensible remarks on the
paintings. lie turned out 70 be prize-fghter.
! a few DAYS ago was shown brawny, addressed
-tempered looking man, who might have been n
dog-stealer, but who proved to be one of the most
refined and accomplished poets ofthe day-Brough,
"Shorten thy sleep and lengthcn thy knowledge :
says Arabic proverbs but if shortening one sleep
4 should happen to shorten his life we'll, what he
comes Of knowledge them II is the opinion Of a
distinguished physician that half the insanity in this
world could be prevented by sufficient sleep. Ear
~ rising is good thing for people who go to bed
betimesi and bad thing for those who don't.
Lengthsn your nights or shorten your days--tale
| your choice
I WHAT We LATs--A HHH III HelNt lie requires
thirty-six ounces of solid food per day-shy nine
ounces Of animal and twenty-seven ounces fvege-
Understanding TO established scales of diet in the
English and French army and navy regulations.
Of food and drink n man will consume about / 400
pounds a year. OF course, many persons consume
much more food, but this is the average estimate.
! WoRK.-It il one Of the besotting sins of the
young to try to get rid of work-to seek for easy
and lazy employment-and the consequence is, that
,.tt than tfrn mt
avoid this whirlpool as you would 4 plague spot;
Danish from you the dangerous desire to live without
work, Labor is honorable, dgniGedi il is the parent
ofhenith, wealth and happiness, look upon it as an
invaluable blessing and never Ms burden and
curse. Shnn idleness and sloth; pursue honest
Calling and be not ashamed to he useful
| A TREMESDousLY LARGE BED OF OYSTERS, said
to no three or four miles square. was discovered
few days since off Huntington, Long Island by u
party Of fishermen from Sorwalk Conn The value
Of THE placer is snd to he than million of dol
lars. hundred boats more were on Saturday
husily at work, diminishing the value d this dis
coycry rapidly as hands could work, All kinds
Of implements for the capture of these strangers
which said 10 vary in size from large to gigantic,
have been sent for from Fair Haven and tue other
centres Of the oyster trade. The steamer Jacob
Bell has been chartered to go down to Huntington
u carry the products of this bed to New York.
Another steamer is already there, If half that is
told Of the discovery is true, our citizens will
know more about it.
MEANS or PREVENTING AciniTY ~ Dread.
Bread made in warm weather Is frequently
sour, and is TINS not only disagreeable, but
unwholesome. We are assured by corres-
pondent that little carbonate oil magnesia,
in the proportion of three grains to pound
OF flour, entirely obviates the risk of this ne
eidsnt.- Chambers Journal.