Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-20

produce; tut as for me, give me the siumps
N. T. Gruphtc
p Coop SoClETY.-A man of high position Ia
y,he world made it rule to associate with men
of exalted minds. Better to hog among
kings" says the homely old adagc, ''th an king
aulonr hogs Choose good company, or no
company. Sir Thomas EJwell Buxton often
suyk. Of the great benefits he had derived from
his visits 70 particular family. Their words
and example stimulated him TO make the most
Of his bowers. ut has given a color to my
whole life" he said Speaking of his success
a! tie university. lie remarked, u can ascrlbe
j. to uohing but my visits to this family,
where | caught the Infection of selt-imrrove.
ment" Surely, if our visits have such au 10
hueuce upon our characters for lite, 1t should
be matter OF serious Importance TO Us III what
families we allow ourselves TO be lntluate.-
Boys aud girls form attachments very easily,
and often with very little iorethought. In this,
a. in all things else, you should not tail to take
advice Of those who are older aud wiser, aud
never never choose for friend one against
whom who have been warned by those who
dearly love you There are people whose very
presence seems to lift you up into better at
mosphere. Choose such associates whenever
it is III your power, aud the more you can live
IN their society ;hc better for both mind and
heart. He that walketh with wise men shall
be wise; but a companion of fools shall be de.
suOyed.
CoMfU1soRY Kissing Everybody in Para
quay smokes and every female above the age
Of thirteen chews | am wrong. They do not
chew, but put tobacco in their mouths, and
keep it there constantly, except when eating,
aud instead Of chewing 1t, roll 1t about aud
suck it, Ouly imagine yourself about to salute
the red lips of magnificent Hebe, arraycd
with satin and flashing with diamonds, as she
nuls you back with Que delicate hand, while
with the other she draws forth from her mouth
orywnsh black roll Of tobacco, quite TWO
inches long, looking like u monster grub, and
then dcposliiug the savory lozeng on the brlm
OF your sombrero puts up her face and Is ready
for salute. | have sometimes seen an over
delicate foreigner turn away with shuddcr OF
lOalhing under such circumstances, and get
the cpthet Of the savage applied to him by lhc
off nded beauty for his sensitive sqneamlshnesS.
However, one soon gets used to this In Para
quay, where you are, perforce Of custom, obIIg-
ed to kiss every lady you are introduced to, and
one halt you meet are really tempting enough
TO render you regardless of the consequences,
aud you would sip the dew of the protfered lip
III the face of tobacto factory y-evcn IN the
doubled distilled honey dew of Old Virginia.
WERE TUE EGYPTIANS NEGROES As
touudug as it may appear, there are those who
make such pretencc. lfit could be demon
Strated, it would prove that the negro Is capa-
tle of taking rank among the greatest OF man
kind. But dcmonst ration Is jus, the other way
The pruvidcutialy conferred art of cnlbalmog,
which the Egyptians possessed to perfection
,qualled by no other people, has settled the
whole question. OF all the millions of mum
mics taken from the pyramids not one has the
ucgro conformation, or any OF his physical Pc
culiaritieS. 4 writer who assisted In eXcavat
lug the mummy OF young lady OF seventeen,
supposed to be daughter of the High Priest
of that Pharaoh under whom Joseph ruled,
says she was in almost as perfect coudllon as
II she had lately died, with small hands and
icet, and hair yard long. The same author
bears testimony to the fact that all the other
mnmmes he eyer saw had the distinguishing
characteristics OF the white race, and expresses
the opinion that Providence endowed the Esyp-
tan> with the art OF embalming in order to pre-
serve an enduring testimony that they did not
teong as fanatics would afterwards assert, TO
sle negro ace--LWch. NecS.
SALT IN SICKNESS DR.. Schudder re-
'ualAs: Il am satisfied that | have soen pa
lleuts die from deprivation of common salt dur
l0s protracted illness. II is common m
PRESTON that the food for the sick should not
le seasoned, ank whatever slop may be given.
i Is almoSt insocent of this essential OF lie.
ID the milk diet that recommend in sickness,
c1ynmon salt is used freely, the milk being boil
"a aud given hot, Aud if the patient caunot
take the usual quantity in bis food, have
gwen II TO him lu his drink. This matter is
- Important that it canuot be repeated too
v''en' or d welt upon 100 long. The most mark
~ example of this want of common salt |
nave ever noticed has been in surgical diseases,
o,,p'claIy IN open wounds. Without supply
,,,s' sa'' the tongue would become broad, pallld,
,a,s la"s' with tenacious pasty coat, the secre-
S ,,OuS arrested, the circulation feeble, the effu
nis. su a' 'he point Of injury serious, with an uu-
n,.ss ,sssau' Watery pus, which at last become,
owa. .e siA'es or lchor. A few days of free al
n S.,lf n