Des Arc citizen., 1860-02-29

q, : with the effort Of the day. .he iay down in the canoe, and when lie woke ip the l morning the boat was just enlering the d OhloTiver. Crossing over 10 the South ] rrn shore, he in a lew days pushed his
 canoe up 10 Farmers. Caslle, without further adventure, where he showed the rich packages of peltry as the proceeds of the winler's hunt, and displayed the bril- | liant silver ornaments as the trophies of r his victory, 10 lheienvy and admiration of
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 4 PRor EST AcAINsT EARLY RIsrxc.- Pr Hall in the Fsbruary number of his Journal of Hcaltb. says:
 One of the very worst economies of Itime is that flched from nece ssary sleep. The wholesale but blind commendation of early rising is as mischievous in practice as i, Is errahtiinslheory. Early rising is | cfine against the noblest part of our physical nature, unless it is preceded by Fan early retiring. Mulliludes of business Funen in large cities count 1t a saving of tune if they can make n journey of hundred or two miles at tnight by s,eam- boat or railway. It ista runous mistake II never fails to De followed by a want of general well-feeling for several days after, Ea, indeed, the man does not return home actually sick, orso near itas to Do unfit .forsa full attention to his business for q week afterwards. When q man leaves home ca business, il is always :.nPcs..asiss siss Ithat he should have his wits about him; that the mind should be fresh and vigor- ous, the spirits lively, buoyanl, and cheer Ilul, Noman can say that i. is thus with him after a night on U railroad or on the she'll Of steamboat.
 The first great recipe for sound, con- necled, andgrefreshing sleep is physical exercise. Toil is the priceiof sleep. "
 We caution parents, particularly, not to allow their children 10 he. walked up of mornings; let nature wake them up, she will not do 1t prenatureiy; but have a care eithatt they go to brd at an early hour
 et t be earlier and earlier, until ilis found that they wake up of themse!ses in full lime 10 dress for breakfast. Being walked Hapearly, and allowed to engage in diff cult or any studies late and just before re- firing. has given many beautiful and promising child brain fever. pr determined ordinary ailments to the production of wa ter on the brain.
 RULES FOR GOING TO sLEEF. 7" I. Fix the thoughts, on gstling into bed, on some one thing vasttand simple, such as coudless sky orihe boundIess ocean, or the ceaseless goodness of the great Father of US all
 ? It has been said that sleep ispromo- ted by lying with the head toward the north, and not by any means 10 the west, because of certain electric currents.
 }. A writer recommends 10 commence rolling the eye-balls round the. circuit of tie eye in the same direction, untiI sleep comes. sss
 4. Another ayers that better plan s to place the head in a comfortable position, shut the mouth, and breathe through the nostrils only, making an effort to imagine that you see the breath going out all the time.
 s We have known. on the failure of all forms of anodynes, the gentle, contin- uous friction of the soes of the feet with 2 sofi, warm hand,tlo be admirably suc- cessful.
 G. When persons are prevented from sleeping by slight hacking cough, sleep is sometimes induced by having two pieces of muslin, say SIX inches by four, and three or four folds thick, to be used alter nately thus: have saucer at hand, half filled with alcohol, dip one of the cloths into t, then press 1t out so as not to drlb- ble, and lay it across the chest, the upper edge of the cloth ranging with the collar bones; let il remain five mlnates. then put on the other, alternating thus (by the nurse) with as little motion or noise as possible. the patient being on his back in the bed composed for sleep.
 z. A French medical journal advises on retiring 10 put five or six bits of sugar candy, as large as a hazlenut, in the mouth, avering that before they are mel- ted the desired effect will have been pro- duced This may avail in case of sim ple sleeplessness. not the result of any special disease. We would not advise such an expedient, for persons have been known to lose life by going to sleep with something in the mouth. If 1t is aAempt- ed al all, the candy should De placed be- tween the cheeks and the gums, and the mouth kept resoIutely closed.
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 FrGHrrse THE TiGER.-The Wash- ington correspondent of the Charleston Mercury. says:
 .When the XXXIV,h Congress was organized after the protrac'ed contest tor the Speakgshp. whiv resulted in shs election of Bauss, the Noprleior oi a ao- led gambling house held orders for the pay or seven members during the entire sesslon. Ii is whispered that some of the present House have besa equally aaior'usass,