New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-28


conquered an insidous enemy that nightly attack
ing ne in my helpless position, and evidently fast
hurryiDg me TO the grave.
Convinced of the danger had averted by my own
perse and gnng strength for the continuance
Of nv daily fgres, / rene we'd nv determinations 10
enjoy my natural resiration during my hours OF sleep,
which afterWard did without difficulty, in al lnti-
tudfs in the open air, during my subsequent years OF
exposure ia the wilderness; ana have since done 10
tie present time Of my lie; when iind myself
stronger, and freer from aches and pains Than WIS
from my boyhood to middle age, and II all respects
enjoying better health than did during thst period
Mr. Catlin winds up his teachings with GER
tain gush of philanthropy which finds yent in a
jealous appeal to his youthful readers
The Young Readers, whom l imagine myself now
addressing, re old enough to read my advice and 10
understand it, aud consequently able 60 make and TO
perseyere 10, their own undetermined resolutions when
will be sure TO conquer in tie end, the habit alluded
to It it has already been alluded TO grow upon them
advise you to turn back and read again, unless You
eau distinctly reccIlect it, the perfect success that
met with in nv own case at far more advanced
age and consequently the habit more difficult 10 cor
rect; and resolve at every moment Oh your WnKhB
hours Except when IL Is necessary TO open theml
70 keen your ns and teeth firmly pressed together; ana
your teeth at all events under any and every emotion,
OF pain or of pleasure Of fear, Of surprise, or admi-
ton; and from continual habit oithssort wmch WI,
prepare YOU to meet more calmly and eooliy the us9'
excteIpens of e Won will find it extending through
your sleepng houn, If YOU viii oloso your ips anu
vour eyes in the fixed Determination, and electuAy
Correcting OF preventing the disgusting and dangerous
habit Of sleeping with the mouth open.
Not only manly beauty IL produced, and manly hrm
nesa of character expressed by habtual compression
of the lips and teeth but courage ste cmess OF lie
neryescoouess, and power, ere the iniaa'ie resns:
Men who have been josiled about amoi 8 inc VI,
ci.etudes of long life, amid their fellow Iaen, VIII
have observed thai all nervousness commences IN lne
mouth Men who lack the courage TO meet their lei
low men in physical combat ore siIAu, NOT oi .nSlf
enemy nor frOm conviction OF their own inieii0ry,
but from the disarmag nervousness o. an oren ana
tremulous mouth; the vibrations OF which reacn ana
weaken them, to the ends OF their hngers and th.lr
toes In public debGtts-ln INC forum or lhe F1Il''
similar alarm reeUls their certain defeat and be-
fore hive Of Bees ia the same want OF confidence,
the oder Of fear which they emit Is sure to gain them
the sting . re r
recoIlect to have witnessed strong illustration Of the
above remarks, while residug in one OF the Sioux
Villages, the banks OF the upper Missonr-
seroas quarrel having arisen between one Of inc ur
Cou1uarT = meg ard Sioux Brave, "A challenge was
Given by the Indian and accepted by the White hal,
who were 60 meet upon the prairie in state OF nudity
and Unattended and decide the affair with Their
knives.
have commenced, both parties being on tie ground,
md rcrieftly prerared, the Factor end mysen snc-
oeeded in bringing them to reconciliation, ana hhy
20 a shaking OF hands, by which we han me Ta'is-
faction Of knowing, beyond doubt, that we had oeel
the " ears OF saving he e of one Of these men ana
n short time afterward, while alone with the lndihn'
asked him If be lad not felt fears o. lis NIT,
who preaTed much Lis superior in size and m strength
to which he very promptly replied 10, not IN the
east never fear Larm from man VINO 'ai, si'u'
bis mouth no matter low large or how strong ue n!
be-" / was forcbly struck with tins reply Is wen rs
with the conviction had got In my own nlud !ahu no
doubt from the same sympt0msl lhat inc "ni'0 i"'
would have been killed, II they had iought'
Tie Reader will have discovered that IN the iorego
ing remarks unlike the writer OF Pihy or no
a.. all. "A
only al ottiug DOWN, with little arrangement, anch
facts M have guinod and obseVaiions have made
In long AID hIOlious liic on "A subject wllch nave
deemed Of vast importance TO the human Race ana
which from sense Of dafg, am now rendering 10
INV fellow beings chewing, that II sufficiently read
and appreciated tI0usands aud tens Of thoussnds oil
the human family may, by tkeir o"H Efforts rescue
their lives and those Of their children from pFaiure
graves.
Aud in doing this, take to myscf not only The
satisfaction Of having performed a Posmre d~Y, but
Che consultations, that what L have proposed cm be
tried by all clases of society alike, tie keh ana tie
Poor without PAIN without medieiue and with ni cx-
peuse, and also that Thousands Of suLoIiny wandtr-
ers In tie wdernesscs and malaria OF forcing Lands, ~
well ms of those Ia the mids. Of the luXurics OF their
own comfortable homes, will privately thank me in
their hearts Tor LInts they will have got IRON Tic
foregoing pages. 49,,
NE Proyerb, an old aud interchangeable a. their bills
fmong the North American laoians: MY cod II
you would be- wire, open hrst your Eyes, your E,rs
next and last of all your Mouth, that your words
may be words of WISDOM and give no advantage to
thine aiversary," might be adopted with good elect
ia Civilized life and lie who would strictly adhere 10
H. would be pnre to reap its benefits in his waking
hours and would iud the habit running into has
hours Of rest into which he would calmly enter dis
Nursing the nervous anxeties oil The day "a he hrmy
closed bis teeth AID his lps only 10 hc opened after
his eyes and hs ears in the morning; and tie rest Of
such sleep would bear him day and h0afty PROOF oil
its value.
Andn were to endeayor TO bequea,le to posterity
the most import.ut Motto which human Language
convey, II should be In three rorfs--
Skut-VOHf--nf0Ufh.
In the social trausao lions OF life, u IL Oh have its
beneficial results, the most friendly G. Il ny i'd
vice or lie received the grossest Of nisnlts but
where would point and engraye it, in every Nnrserg
and ON every Bed-Dost in the univsre its meaning
could not he mistaken; aud II obeyed, It's importance
would soon be realized.
Whatever may be thought of the value OF Mr.
Catlin's suggestions in hygenic point of view,
we cannot deny that they are brought forward
in a very entertaining style, the effect OF which
is not little enhanced by the semi-cOmic Illus
tratons with which the volume is amply pro-
vded.
MILITARY DICTIONARY BY Colonel ~ l. Soon Z. 8. A.
Svo. pp. t'4. d. Van NOssIAnd
Although this work has been in preparation dnring
considerable course Of years and haa immediate ref
erence TO the exgences OF the present state Of the
country it will be found 10 poasess peculiarly season.
able value at the passing moment as an authentic
source OF reference and adjudication questions of
military interest which now form the subject Of such
frequent discussion. II comprises an ample expedition
Of technical military terms an account Of the methods
Of raising and keeping trOoIf, variety Of details on
the arrangements Of actual service, and an Ell anation
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