New-York tribune., 1867-09-26

ost ordinary 1uatcii,,; also for certain Refinement OF
freding very plcasa In It's way There were no greasy
'.t",s az ltcws: no rie3mtic, l-cookcd jUint> 10
swiliug during duncr and after o heaNy al' .. lo'', @
or wcllbrandied wines. Undoubitoiy, a. " .'lo J''
nciehors are more temperate than We; ~ ctuS ioDt
big, most decidedly I'm drinking. Nhc p iJ,3n ~, i
acs I'm rich meat dinners. - rone alcs ANA ht! Nij
"a renchman lives upon dainty DISHES c.,ny co,,l"ffc"
~ vegetables, aud drES e -i,, @ S ~ ,, @ and thinks
il the hest wav: still, comparing he tWo one itcs
strongly inclined to believe that te cha,ces O Ieal'iy
eiioynhc existence, blessed with clear hrad ana "
! soGnd stomach, rather in favor OF monsieur
"Toads" arc the subj Of Of the popular chapters
ON natural history, of which Harper has gwen so many
excellent specimens. "My Wall street Operation IS
n,ouant confession Of caow fnancier and variety OF
other stories are gngcgy intepersed in the creyices OF
more substantial matter.
new chapter of Professor w. s. Tylel's
"Dcpreseuatye Cities in Hours Home, gives graphic
| account Of the ancient city OF Alexandria and the
changes which 1t has undergone in the march OF modern
| Improvement. The Health and Longevity OF Brain
Workers" by DR.. George NJ Beard, presents some curl
Gus statistics with regard to the physical elects OF h'ei
lectua labor showing that constant activity OF mind
forms the most favorable condition for the AZ lneht OF
old age The writer adduces several remarkable facts IN
support OF his opinion, which go to set aside the prevail
Ing notion that the work Of the brain is jnr1ousto healh
II true that many whose sne hrigtctt IN ne
galaxy Of the worlds thinkers, walked d '"tIi h'c W
sorrow and pain ard sunk Into premature graves Bn
on the other hand, 10 Is just as true tnt INC "5le c'c
ol tc suffering aud early dcceasc OF tt.c men Is 10 oc
nua i'm most instances iiOt ia their ihclcctual aclNy
~ auihOs much as IN der naive IechtiNS oi rul
suton in their disspatcd habits, OF ih thclt tA'erna
circumstances Many delicate i'y-al! !ui h"'UVs "'e
iue,subly lmpclld 70 artloSip " ,io & 'v "a "a ,n Inn
giUs, and II such are doomed 10 Hl' n'ttlc VIZ
disease, surely their calling should NOT nc hc leloh,l
death, other, hasten u hS oN''-i'"'-cl' w ~ ~
sun, aud others due simply because nature does not al
low them sufficient caltil 10 sustain ilI D' Nc! ~"
die simply from OycrcXcrtUr Oi the mind.
No one VIII pretend that writing poetry kiNed Byron
though he Gd compose at midnight under the uhueice
Ol lu ad WateE l' daisies gre" carry W. % %1 SIlNv
of Keats not because ci toll sonuch as of pahln NGry
eNqusitry feminine spirit of schiller did not desert IT'S
fii tabernacle before hc was tt, Though nc WoAeu lt
o!tcntiurs under the most depressing circumstance We
can but el that he taken away 1T his prime, ana yet
there : every reason believe that had he hcrn mes
ably obcdieut the laws OF hygiene he might have 'ed
On Inc other hand contemplate what wonders Of toll
well rs of suffering have been en!aied DJ many % 1u
tnoo who have yet attained good OLD age SIt NalleI
scott, overwhelmed with debt. lonely through helca1o
mont perai'irnty %tiLns ana in'lnn- @ nn with M bis
own wcacsscs plmilug INTO oil mysteries ana sflcNccS
for flrersror yrrs and ten Edwards establishing e,
IMITATION n u tnroogau and philosopher that slal. stand
forever while he was OBLIGED 10 measure ont iS pam
foot accorliagt 10 The capccs OF his delicate stomach
Iryii- working AZ lis dosk for twelve aud even fifteen
hours div 81 . ofirn az ui d i-ht 90 resume l' -N'
and yet uot Compelled To ay aside h,pcu until Le was
sr.cty--iN Bcsdr tle-c, scores az names are W u't
su jci ~ men OF 5,.Ens aud letters Who have siiig
etd with poverty aud win various i"iha q" ' "tu!',
yr thouSht oi and written on until past the al'ot'd
| tenn Oi human !i.c.
Co.,, students are referred e. afarlinc examples
!
any olcr bod OF young mon in the country \" d"1ni
uud. forcing processes OF education some bright lads
crow D. le aud wau and perhaps die young but few are
Killed ly excessive studS. Intelligent frmcrs form "H
important class OF bainworkcrs, and u j. generally
known that they reach high average rate OF longevity
But this green old age Is not due 10 their muscular cN
crcse alone Tor mechanics and laborcrs who work even
harder than farmers live long by many years
il il, not due 10 the pure air they breathe ior many ont
of door laborers are much lower IN the scale Of longevity
than they; nor lastly. It due 20 Tie cmncss Of rural
fe FOR the II fechoder. is Durdcned with grave
responsibilities and oppressed 10y weglt!er cares than
the butcher in the market the tcamster the highway
or the workman he employs b. tie day oil Of whom de
much younger than he Farmers are longlived not only
because of pure ar, moderate exercise and country
quiet but more especially because they can countorac
the injurious effects Of merely physical labor by varied
actiyty,of the mind OF nearly 2oOOo OF this class who
died in Massachusetts, the average age was over sNty"
III our large cities also the best physical Development
is found In the most highly favored classes rs regards
material prosperity and whose habitua pursuits donand
constant activity Of mind Merchants and manufacturers
live longer than artisans and aborcr but not long
! professional men.
Reasoning from analogy and from the facts Of BIO
grIply. u would sccm that those Who are endowed With
uuGl! intellectual powers can work harder and lnigrs
all things being equal han the rank and of humallty
powerful frames and the occaioual crir'c1ce ~ MON
stotics serves bu 20 establish Tie rule. The number ~
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,i1.l nj n n M ,t, r i"esr of I,o-l't fi'l
thr earliest time 10 the present rrac 10 would
Dee very elem that intellectual eats rr capable
al undergoing se,,rrr brain lior Nth lar l.tt.I lro
poets ~ longevity, tAau men Of more ordinary ability
have taken Ilc pains 10 through The cyc.opca and
fhstoy, those who have created cpocs. and hnyc been
| the leaders of the worlds thoucht In literature art
science. and s'nicsInasblp ana have found at tine
average age of these was much higher than that of liter
ary and professional meE generally; nay. oven much
higher Than that OF cergymon the longest ycrs Of all
/
tlns such Goethc, Coleudgc Lcssng Bcrangcr
Wordsworth N0airc, Hume Milton, shakespeare
Dante. and Irving among Of letters; Raphael
Michael, Angelo, and Reynolds among painers; Male
Drahche, Locke IcDhlZ haui' HOBBIES aLd Hamilton
among modern philosophers; aud Socrates, Aristotle
Plato Cicero among the ancents Harvey, Cuycr. Buf
fon Calico Humboldt Newton, Jcnner, and Faraday
among men Of science; Napoleon, Marlborough, wash
ingoil, 1ieterich Richeicu, Burke, Webster Calhoun
and Clay among warriors ana staicsineni ana Calyiu
lOinns No VIII deny that these aud similar HaIncs
fairly represent the giants OF history.
General j. Grant Wilson contributes sketch Of Alex.
ander Peton, whom he rather whmsically styles "the
Hungarian Burns" and there readable articles
the Madonna and Her Painters" a Dinner with
Count Bismarck" and Japan" Tho poetry, as usual In
this magazine, is below mediocrity
The serial stories in the GaIdry occupy a
large proportion Of the present number There is be.
side lively, but somewhat superficial and affected arti
Gle by Eugene Benson. "Paris and tho Parsans;" a
capital sketch Of military adventure. entitled In the
Enemys Lines" by James Franklin Fits; mexican
Armies and Generals" by A. Conquest Clarke; and an
instructive paper Oh The Poor Whites OF the South" by
Southern writer Mr. T. i. scabrooK. The material
dion OF this class Of Southern society," represented by
Dir. Seabrook was wretched III the extreme.
No statement Of causes however potent nor any nero
general description could prepare the nnaccus-
toned 10 the South for the reality Of the condition of this
people as was exhibited In those sections where this
state OF Things existed In its fullest development with
exception OF the few who possessed of small tracts
IN their own right, they TO be found "squatting
the vulgar phrase IN ordinary useupon portions OF
estates OF the wealthy generally In the depths O the
forests known as pine batrcns, upon lands sterile as
not TO attract the attention OF the owner TO repay the
expense Of reclaimng them. Their scanty subssence
earned by the cultivation OF small patches of corn
potatoes and other vegetables, and by the produce OF
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