The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-08-04
WatCr--SOmc Curious Facts About IL
Clean and Onclcan People.

Mark Twain was surprised when
no wens to Paris, and stopped at o
first'class hotel. to discover that
wator, not to speak Of soap, was con-
sidcredia great luxury. His opinion
on that subject was no jest, but an
exaspcrating truth, oorroboratcd by
all Americans who have sojourncd
in tho gay French capital. The
water of tho river Seine is, wo believe,
not tho best for drinking purposes,
and honce the use of light wines as q
substitute. Tho we'll bred Briton
who takes his daily bath as reli-
gious duty, seldom travels on the
continent without his tin tub, and we
have road Of Englisbmcn carrying
that priced utensi to tho swamps Of
Florida and beyond the Rocky ,.oun-
tuins.
1t is stated, and We dare say vera.
oiously, that the large majority Of
mankind seldom or never wash their
bodies ; some because of the scarcity
water, and other because they are
naturally averse to contact with it.
Some years ago, Russian frigatc ar.
rived ut New York. The officers
we're scrupulously olean, but nun
Der of the sailors were fairly oased in
dirt of ancient and stubborn thiok
ness. 1t was proposed to give them
one good sousing, but this met with
opposition Oh tho ground that such an
infllotion would be "oruclty to ami.
mails" 1t was ve'y e,ldcut from this
that tho Russian bath " s not of uni.
versal fashion. A Queen of Spain
made q VOW that sho would not
change her under garments until
certai in events came to pass. Years
elapsed before the. coveted momont
arrived, and hor soilod linen, when
removed was of bIackish brown
COLOR and not very sweet smelling.
One of tho prime causes of George
the Fourth's hatred for his wife,
Princess Caroline, Of Brunswick, was
hor filthy and uukept person. 1t is
even said that, ut the altar, when
about to be married, he tainted away,
partly from tho effeots of too much
vino, but principally because of the
foulness of his unwholosom bride.
The "iirst gentleman Of Europe" was
internally wicked, but he kept his
skin free from superficial dirt. OF
course, it is better to be the possessor
of stainless conscience th N spot.
loss body, without any other virtue {;
but it is best Of all to practise clean
illness and godlinoss ut the same
timc.
Wo have been led to this rambling
discourse by reading in one of our
exchanges Of the singular custom of
the Australians, who have but q
scant water supply and therefore uso
very littlo OF it. Speaking of the
natives of the interior of Australia,
Mr.. John Forrest, recently related
ssme of his observation before tho
Royal Geographical Society of Lon.
don: The natives, he said, .sare en-
tirely without clothing, and sleep
with q fire on each side of them,
without any hut, unless in very wet
woather, when they made a very
poor shelter with wood and thatohod
with grass. A native docs not wash
or cook with water ; all he uses it for
is to drink therefore q small rook
cavity with say from twonvy to one
hundred gallons, will suffice a long
while for number of thom, and tho y
cover it up to keep it from evaporat.
ing. They sometimes 60 a long way
away from water, and got it from tho
roots OF " species Of eucalyptus, oall.
cd malice scrub. They choose the
roots, break them on end, when all
tho moisture drains out into wood
on dish. Tho traveller meets with
great heaps of these roots, and it is
a bad sign whom in search Of water"
tle further stated that "the native
Australians, instead of washing, rub
themselves all ovor with fiue sand Ia
process similar to that performed by
the Arabs in the desort when wator Is
unattainable), and consider this
equivalent to tho ablutiou so common
in most other Countries"
In spite If tho abundance of water
IN America, IL is reported that our
people to great oxtont, .cannot be
rated as first GLASS utilizers of suoh O
great blessing for ablution of their
bodies. We have board men say
that they frequently changed their
linen, but rarely washed themselves
thoroughly. AZ tho beginning vf
the last Fall, New England editor
CALCULATED; "First frost Of the
season; no moro washing for this
deponent until next Summon n
! Doubtless he had many followers.
Henry Clay Dean, one of the most
brilliant writer. and spenkera In