only to be accounted for, by the difference of their manner of life. In our communities, we can mark the same difference in the average term of life, by glancing over the different castes and professions of society. The author, artist, lawyer, physician, and merchant, are not proportionately long-lived, compared with the men who dig trenches, carry the hod, wield the sledge, or guide the plow. Why is it? Because life is sooner fretted or worn out by excessive than by slight friction. The man who labors with both body and mind, whose sphere of action gives greater exertion to the nerves, upon which sensibility and the acuteness of the intellect rest-whose physical and mental wheels whirl electrically-cannot, and, if he studied the philosophy of cause and effect, would not, expect to live as long as he whose machinery felt but the equable flow of life's current. The most intellectual, as a class, are proportionately short-lived. They are so by reason of the greater friction to which their organization impels them, and also, because, as a class, they seek and accept artificial stimulants, which, however accelerating to vivacity or power for the moment, fearfully cut short the term of life, and which the man of quieter organization seldom or never indulges in. The American people, could they have their tastes and feelings so changed, that honest, peaceful agriculture, would be the goal of their physico-industrial ambition, and the whole nation be transformed into simple-lived and happy peasantry, with plenty to eat, drink, and wear, and no inordinate craving for more-three generations would not pass without lengthening their average life at least one-fourth. They now hurry themselves out of the world, by exciting and straining the delicate net-work in which soul and body are compounded. And this goes to prove that life, peace, and pleasure, pleasure, are granted to man just in proportion to the truthfulness of his thoughts, habits, and pursuits.

All professions or acts which accelerate decay and death are more or less false. Byron thought gin enabled him to compose more freely and rapidly than he could otherwise have done. Other authors, artists, and high intellects, have thought the same of coffee, opium, and tobacco, and for the moment were correct; but every unnatural tension of nerve and spirit produced by these agencies brings a reaction, the effect of which is the loss of stamina-of life. Byron, without his gin, would have been not only clearer and cooler headed, but his nerves would have stood by him a quarter of a century longer. He burned them by his intensifying process. The true source of the fullest physical, mental, and moral power, will, by-and-by, be understood as based upon the simple and natural healthfulness of man's organization; and as man learns that his life can be prolonged and made more valuable, pleasurable, and noble, by keeping its fountain healthy, the false pursuits, habits, and agencies, which now stimulate him to disease and death, will be abandoned. There is no reason why man should not live as long now as in the patriarchal and truly Arcadian days. Nothing prevents it but his habits of life.

Magnetic Disturbances.

Mankind are very impressible to magnetic disturbances, especially in certain conditions of the atmosphere. The skin is organized so exquisitely, that every such disturbance is likely to ultimate upon it, or else in the glands of the bowels, throat, or lungs. The almost certain preventive of scarlet rash and consequent fever, is, first, bathe the body in cool (not cold,) water; then dry it with the hand; and lastly, anoint the whole surface, and wrap it in soft flannel. No stimulating drinks or heating foods; only rest and nursing. Let the Self-Healing Energies operate through a few days of quiet and human magnetism.

REMEDIES.-Unnumbered remedies suggest themselves for human ills, but we do not make mention of them, because, what

will operate effectually in New York or Massachusetts, would have little beneficial influence on the same disease in Illinois or Iowa Hence, we give only such general directions as cannot fail in the multitude of cases, and in any latitude. In order to get the full benefit of the Self-Healing Energies, and to unfold to your own understanding the philosophy of Nature's curative principles, we admonish you to spend no more money for medicines, but save your dollars, and, when diseased, avail yourself of Rest, simple Food, peaceful Spirit, and the Magnetisms of Friendship.

Antiquity of the Bath.

The delightful and health-sustaining practice of Bathing— (says Culbertson's Circular,)-may be traced to the earliest times. In many of the ancient religions, the purifying effects of water had either typical or virtual significance. The Hindoo temples, as well as those of most other nations, were generally by the side of some stream, or were furnished with artificial means of bathing; while in the Hebrew ritual, cleanliness is specially enjoined. All had their sacred rivers, and travelers are still told of the virtues of the Nile, Ganges, and Jumna. Through the lapse of centuries, from the days of Noah to Presnitz, water has been esteemed a remedial agent. The baths of the Romans were often magnificent, and although despoiled and ruined, the traveler is still amazed at their extent and number. In Russia, the use of the Vapor Bath is general, from the Emperor to the poorest serf. Through all Finland, Lapland, Sweden, Norway, and the vast Northern Empire, there is no hut so destitute as not to possess its family Vapor Bath. Equally general is the use of the Vapor Bath in Turkey, Egypt, and Persia, among all classes, from the Pasha to the poorest camel-driver or Arab boatman. Even the Red men of our forest have more fully appreciated the advantages of the bath than their more civilized

successors. They had, and still have, their Vapor Baths, by throwing water upon hot stones, and standing or sitting in the steam. In America, the Vapor Bath is much less known and appreciated than in the continents of Europe and Asia, and yet, in no country are they more needed. In England, and all other moist climates, the skin is kept in a supple condition, the cuticle pliant, and the pores, or orifices (every one of which is an excretory organ,) are habitually opened. It is for this reason that the blood is so readily discernible, giving a fine color to the face of the English lady; and thus, we find the English complexion better than that of France and many other countries, while we rarely meet with that pallid appearance so common to the inhabitants of our cities, or the sun-burned and opaque complexion of the inhabitants of the country. While all other organs of the body are equally healthy with those of England, the immediate surface of the skin is less so, and hence, all those diseases common to the surface are more prevalent in America than in England. Some of these diseases of the surface are readily communicated to any weak organ, and thus, in some parts of the country, colds and coughs prevail.

Pseudo Health.

The reader will consider himself hereby authorized and duly commissioned to "whisper" the ensuing statement to every individual who "enjoys miserable health," or whose symptoms ale variable-now up, now down-under the treatment of some college-bred physician, to wit: That it is impossible to communicate health and strength to the human body. Let the remark be a thousand times emphasized and enforced from the mouth of every sacred canon: That no human body can be stimulated up into a healthy and harmonious condition. The constitutional vigor is increased or diminished only by and through the

Pneumogastric and Sympathetic Nervous Systems; and these Systems, with all their manifold complications and diversified ramifications, are dependent upon that Power of Will, which, (being warmed by love and directed by wisdom,) occupies the chambers and convolutions of the brain. All health is born legitimately. It, like Venus, arises out of the "foam of the sea" of life-the BLOOD. Nothing can develop Blood save the process of digestion, the organs of which, in order to fulfill their beautiful mission, require to be supplied with plain, nutritious food. A roasted potato is more nutritious than eight ounces of fish or fowl; and a quart bowl of porridge, made of equal parts of Indian meal and rolled Graham crackers, is more healthgenerating, and more strength-giving, than two pounds of porterhouse beefsteak. In like manner, you will find it chemically true that five long, deep, well appropriated inspirations of pure air, are more invigorating than a cup of either wine, brandy, or coffee.

Tea, Coffee, Alcohol, and Tobacco.

The following is extracted from a letter written by a young man of this city :

"Is it possible that it became necessary, in the progress of the world, that mankind should degenerate physically, and be exalted, or strengthened, mentally? Is the mental temperament gaining on the nutritive and muscular? Did man need such drugs for any such purpose? In a word, have they a mission, directly or indirectly beneficial to the race? Just as a young duck naturally takes to water, so did the writer love Tea, Coffee, and Tobacco, before he used either. My experience teaches that most drunkards are men above mediocrity. E. A. Poe is a remarkable instance. And it really seems that the brightest, keenest, most refined and delicately organized minds, are most susceptible, and the readiest victims of stimulus. Why is this? Please reply to A YOUNG MAN." EXPLANATION. When mankind were simple, unartistic, ignorant, and undeveloped, their physical and mental wants were