tingupa3 soon as you wake, andnotgoing 
to sleep again until your usual hour for 
retiring; or retire two hours later and rise 
two hours earlier for three days in succes- 
sion; not sleeping a moment in the day 
time. 
9. If infants and young children are 
g Inclined to be wakeiul during the night, 
^ or very early in the morning,put them to 
bed later: and besides arrange that their 
day-nap shall be in the forenoon. 
& 10. “ Order is Heaven’s first law,” regn- 
g larity is nature's great rule ; hence regu- 
¥ larity in eating, sleeping, and exercise, has 
£ a large share in securing a long and 
|g healthful life. 
^ 11. If you are caught in a drenching 
» rain, or fall into the water, by all means 
keep in motion saficiently vigorous to 
^ prevent the slightest chiily sensation un- 
jS. til you reach the house: then change your 
gg clothing with great rapidity before a bla- 
§a zing fire, and drink instantly a pint of 
|g some hot liquid. 
— 12. To allow the clothes to dry upon 
== you, unless by keeping up a vigorous 
U exercise until thoroughly dried, is suici- 
PataoN Life in the South: At Richmond. Savan¬ 
nah, Charleston, Columbia, Charlotte, Raleigh, 
Onlrtsborongh, and Andersonvil'e, during the years 
1801 and ls'65. By A. O. Abbott. Late Lieutenant 
First New York Dragoons. With Illustrations. 
12mo.— pp. 874. New York: Harper & Brothers. 
To those who wish to inform thomsclres particular¬ 
ly as to the atrocious barbarities and hardships to 
which our soldiers were subjected who fell into the 
hauds of the rebels, we commend this book; as it 
contains detailed statements of those outrages, to¬ 
gether with engravings Illustrating their results, 
which although terribly shocking, tell the sad story 
in nu unquestionably trathfnl manner. Wc do not 
know that a work which has to deal with such mate¬ 
rials can be sold to be “interesting ' in the common 
acceptation of the term, but we can bear witness to the 
powerful fascination of this pathetic narrative. The 
author describes only what lie saw, and we have here 
a picture of Southern prison life by one who encoun¬ 
tered its perils and happily survived its nude rings. 
The relief to the story will be found in the evidences 
furnished of the fraternal feeling cultivated by the 
prisoners,—their mutual sympathy, their interchange 
of friendly offices. their patience, their bravery and 
their fortitude. With other matter of merit, the vol¬ 
ume contains several meritorious poems, never v*fore 
printed, composed by Professor Obden of the Wes¬ 
leyan University, Delaware, Ohio, while he was a 
prisoner. The work is supplemented with a partial 
list of the prisoners who were confined in the rebel 
pens. Can be had of Steele & Avert. 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
THE TWO PICTURES. 
A drunkard, with a sadden'd heart, 
Was in his bed one day. 
And by his side a table stood 
Where various trinkets lay. 
His little boy these treasures sought, 
Fearing his pa was ill. 
And to the bedside they were brought 
To cheer and make him well. 
“ Look, pa," he cried, “ what I have here 
Concealed in to is worn case,— 
A picture of a happy boy 
With such a smiling face l 
“ Perhaps it’s cousin Henry, pa, 
I found it in the chest 
Where mother keeps our Sunday clothes, 
And hats we wear for best.” 
The father takes the faded case 
As if it were some toy, 
And starts to see a well-known face— 
HU picture when a boy! 
“ Oh God l"® he groaned, with anguish wild, 
A pallor on his brow,— 
“To place by this, how strange would seem 
My picture taken now f 
My Saviors help me! Give me strength 
To break the galling chain! 
May I forsake the drunkard's cap.— 
Its slave no more remain!" 
He rose, a change within Mm wrought 
By Heaven's own wondrous plan; 
In after years with joy he viewed 
“His picture when a man.” 
13. Drop yourself to the ground from 
the rear of any vehicle when the horses are 
running away, if you must get out at all. 
14. If you are conscious of being in a 
^ paseion, shut your mouth, for words in 
crease it. Many a person has dropped 
tlead in a rage. 
VJj>; 15. It does not require a word to make 
i4'j£l a v -Uainons lie; whatever is intended to 
mislead or deceive, that is the falsehood, 
jjjsg!* So it does not require a dagger or a 
bullet to kill a man; the mean slander, 
Be a contemptous shrug, may blast the re- 
putation and wilt the heart and life away. 
Mg| 1C. If a person “ faints,” place him on 
his back and let him alone; he wants arte- 
Sgi 7 rial blood to the head; and it is easier 
for the heart to throw it there in a hoe¬ 
s' izontal line than perpendicularly. 
17. If you want to get Instantly rid of a 
beastly surfeit, put your finger down 
your throat until free vomiting, and eat 
nothing for ten hours. 
IS. Feel a noble pride in living within your 
means, then yon will not be hustled off to a 
cheerless hospital in your last illness. 
19. If you would live to purpose, aud live long, 
live industriously, temperately, regularly, all 
the while maintaining a “ conscience void of of¬ 
fence toward God and toward man.”— HalCs 
Journal of Health. 
Plain Talks on Familiar Subjects. A series of 
Populor lectures. By J, G. Holland, lfimo.—pp. 
885. New York; Charles Scribner & Co 
Probably no living American author has so many 
admirers as Dr. Holland. Tnere is hardly a reading 
household in onr land which does not possess a copy 
of “TimothyTitcomb's Letter#,’’ and later works by 
the same author have had a' most as wide a circu'atio::. 
This unprecedented popularity is due, not to acy re¬ 
markable talents which the writer possesses, or to 
any special evidences of great culture in his works.— 
for many American authors, who have filled to obtain 
a respectable hearing, have had the advantage of him 
in both these respects,—but rather to his rare oommou- 
sense, and his practice of addressing the public upon 
topics in which they are interested, and tu a manner 
which they c«u understand aud enjoy. Dr. Holland's 
readers will expect to find these characteristics in the 
book beforo us. and they will not be disappointed. 
The volume contains the lectures which the author 
has delivered throughout the country for the past six 
or seven years. Those who have beard them from the 
rostra will be delighted to secure them in a book form, 
and those to whom that pleasure has been denied, 
will net fail to find entertainment aud profit in them. 
The work is issued in a style uniform with the au¬ 
thor's previous works. For sale by Steele & 
Avert. 
ETIQUETTE FOR CHILDREN, 
The following hints on Education, Etiquette, 
and Morals, said to be from the pen of George 
Francis Train, are worth publishing. 
[Obey these and you shall have five dollars every 
Fourth of July, which you may give to the poor.] 
I. Always say Yes, Sir. No, Sir. Yes, Papa. 
No, Papa. Thank you. No, thank you. Good 
night. Good morning. Never say How, or 
Which, for What. Use no slang terms. Re¬ 
member good spelling, reading, writing, aad 
grammar are the base of ail true education. 
II. Clean faces, clean clothes, clean shoes, and 
clean finger nails indicate good breeding. 
Never leave your clothes about the room. Have 
a place for everything, and everything La its 
place. 
HI. Rap before entering a room, and never 
leave it with your back to the company. Never 
enter a private room or public place with your 
cap on. 
IV. Always offer your seat to a lady or old 
gentleman. Let your companions enter the car¬ 
riage or room first. 
V. At table eat with your fork; sit up straight; 
never use your toothpick (although Europeans 
do,) and when leaving ask to be excused. 
VI. Never put your feet on cushions, chairs or 
table. 
VII. Never overlook any one when reading or 
writing, or talk or read aloud while others are 
reading. When conversing listen attentively, 
and do not interrupt or reply till the other is 
finished. 
VIII. Never talk or whisper aloud at the opera, 
theatre or public places, and especially in a pri¬ 
vate room where any one is singing or playing 
the piano. 
IX. Loud coughing, hawking, yawning, sneez¬ 
ing and blowing are ill-mannered. In every case 
cover your mouth with your hankerchief 
never examine—nothing is more vulgar, except spit¬ 
ting on the Jioor. 
X. Treat all with respect, especially the poor. 
Be careful to injure no one’s feelings by unkind 
remarks. Never tell tales, make faces, call 
names, ridicule the lame, mitnie the unfortunate, 
or be cruel to insects, birds or animals.— Ex. 
Tiie illustration above furnishes a fine repre¬ 
sentation of the Great Blue Heron, (Arden. Her- 
odias. — Linn.) commonly called the “Blue 
Crane.” It is the largest American species of the 
family of Ardeido, or wadlng-birds. 
To the< 7 «u« heron belong the crane, the bit¬ 
tern, the egret, the common heron of Europe, 
(celebrated in the olden time as the bird which 
furnished the p'rinciple sport in falconry,) the 
purple heron,(the Louisiana heron, the snowy 
heron of California, and several other varieties. 
The habits of these several species of heron are 
pretty much the same, the difference between 
them consisting principally in size, weight, and 
color of plumage. 
The blue heron is four feet long, with an extent 
of wings of six feet. The length of the bill is 
five and a half inches. The color of the plumage 
above is bluish ash, neck cinnamon brown, head 
black, with white frontal patch; the plumage 
below is black, variegated with broad white 
streaks on the belly. The hill is greenish above, 
and dusky yellow at the base, the quills black, 
and the tail a bluish slate. 
Blue herons are found throughout the West 
Indies, and the United States. They belong to 
a hardy family, and appear to fiod this country 
endurable from Florida to Maiue, although they 
specially delight In the low lands along the At¬ 
lantic coast. They come north in the spring, to 
breed, and usually return to the south when 
“there comes a killing frost." They are very 
shy, and difficult to approach on account of the 
acuteness of their hearing and vision. They be¬ 
gin to breed from the beginning of March to the 
middle of June. Daring this season they asso¬ 
ciate in pairs in a very friendly way, the male 
and female alternately sitting upon the eggs and 
providing food; but at other times they live 
apart and iu the most solitary maner. Occasion¬ 
ally, however, several pairs will unite and form 
a community in a swamp or in the vicinity of a 
rice field. Their nests, which are constructed of 
coarse materials, are sometimes built in the 
loity Cypress tree, but more often upon the 
ground, where they are hidden from observation 
by the high grass. The eggs ere usually three, 
but sometimes four in number, and are of a dull 
bluish-white color. The young are reared very 
tenderly. 
The food of the heron consists of fish, reptiles, 
birds, small quadrupeds and large insects. He 
is a most skillful and patieut fisherman, and the 
sportsman might obtain valuable hints in his 
art, by observing his operations. Wading into 
the water on his Ions?, stilt U; legs, he takes a 
position, with his head throva well back on his 
shoulders, keeps a sharp look-out, and stands 
perfectly motionless until his prey comes within 
his reach; then he darts out his sharp bill with 
unerring aim, and impales it. striking it as near 
the head as possible. He is very voracious, and 
will repeat this process with great industry du¬ 
ring a whole day, and sometimes far into the 
night, if it is clear. 
The full-grown blue heron weighs from six to 
eight pounds. Its flight is high and long-sus¬ 
tained, and in its course through the air, its long 
legs trail far behind its body, and appear to be 
used as a rudder. 
There are few of our readers who have not 
seen a “ blue crane,” but we hope this picture 
will be no less interesting to them on that ac¬ 
count. Apparently a dull and moping bird, its 
habits are very peculiar, and form an interesting 
study. Before “ hawking” went out of date in 
Europe, large colonies of herons were reared to 
furnish sport for gallant “knights and gentle 
ladies;” but the barbarous fashion has expired, 
the “heronries” are no more, and the “soli¬ 
tary bird ” has ceased to have special charms 
except to the student of Natural History. 
The Cruise of the Frolic. A s<ja Storv. By Wil¬ 
liam H. G. Kingston, Author o!' “Dick Onslow 
among the Redskins.” “Antony Waymonth.” etc. 
Illustrated. 12mo.—pp. 390. Boston: J. E. Tilton 
A Co. 
Antony Waymocth. By the same Author. 
Mr. Kings ton, an English writer, has given us in 
these works two very well-written stories of adven¬ 
tures at sea, calculated to interest aud amuse the 
young. The scenes described in “Antony Way- 
moiuh” are represented to have occurred in the days 
of “good Queen Bess," and Illustrate well the roving 
and desperate character of life upon the sea at a time 
when a stout English captain considered a Spanish 
galleon lawful prize wherever found. The “Cruise 
of the Frolic” is a narativo of yachting experiences, 
served up with a sufficient spice of romance to make 
the verities thrilling. The works are both excellent 
of the kind, and may be obtained of the booksellers 
generally. 
AN OLD STORY 
The worshipers of Mammon, says a Constan¬ 
tinople correspondent, have discovered that 
there is another power beside that of gold, and 
another God who is above the idol of worldly 
wealth. Daring the time the cholera lasted, it 
was pitiable to see the fright of all those who 
used to boast that they had no religion and no 
creed save that of Nature. The “ young Turk¬ 
ish” school of Moslems, who had many of them 
thrown off even the semblance of a belief in the 
Koran, were in a greater fright of death than 
any men I ever saw. The Christians were bad 
enough, at least such among them—not a few— 
who had led lives not exactly in accordance with 
their creed. The Armenian, Latin, Greek, and 
other churches were crowded every day with 
men and women hearing mass and going to con¬ 
fession, who for months perhaps years previous¬ 
ly had never put foot inside a sacred edifice. 
Many of the priests were actually prevented 
going to administer to the dying, by the impor¬ 
tunity of the living for the consolations of 
religion. Now that all fear of the cholera has 
passed every one has returned to his old ways. 
The Privateersman. Adventures by Sea and Land, 
in Civil and Savage Life, One Hundred Years Ago. 
By Captain JIakryat, R. N. With Illustrations. 
14mo.—pp, SSI. Boston : Roberts Brothers. 
The tales of Captain Marryat are old favorites 
with youthful readers, and it would be needless to 
inform them what a treat they have !u this volume, 
for It is revealed tn the title-page. This author keeps 
up the interest of his young friends by a wonderful 
fertility of invention, and remarkable powers of de¬ 
scription. His readers will do well, however, to bear 
in mind that he aims only to amuse and not to instruct, 
and that to accomplish his object he purposely trans¬ 
cends the probable, and makes no claim to truthful¬ 
ness of incident or character. Will be found at Steele 
& Avery’s. 
Infinite are the consequences which follow 
from a single and often apparently a very insig¬ 
nificant circumstance. Parley narrowly escaped 
being a banker. Cromwell was near being 
strangled in a cradle by a monkey; here was 
this wretched ape wielding in his paws the des¬ 
tinies of nations. Henry VIII. is smitten with 
the beauty of a girl of eighteen: and ere long 
“ the Reformation beams from Bnllen’s eyes.” 
Charles Wesley refuses to go with his wealthly 
namesake to Ireland; and the inheritance which 
would have been his goes to build up the for¬ 
tunes of a Wellesley instead of a Wesley; aud to 
this decision of a schoolboy (as Mr. Southey ob¬ 
serves,) Methodism may own its existence, and 
Fmglaud its military, its civil, and political 
glory. 
A WORD TO LITTLE GIRLS, 
Remy St. Rent ; Or, The Boy in Blue. By Mrs. C. 
II. Giudeksleevb. limo.-pp. 352. New York; 
James o Kane. 
Novels founded upon incidents in the Rebellion are 
multiplying with wonderful rapidity. And, truly, no 
field is better adapted to the purposes of the novelist, 
although we of to-day have witnessed too many of its 
awfui realities, to appreciate fully its romantic ele¬ 
ment, Those who shall come after us, and to whom 
the meution of the Rebellion will no: be associated 
with personal loss and bereavement, will peruso such 
tales with a pleasure which we cannot hope to expe¬ 
rience. Tho work before ua seems to have been care¬ 
fully written, and tho publisher has spared no pains 
to present it in a durable and handsome dress. For 
sale at all bookstores. 
Who is lovely? It is the girl who drops 
sweet words, kind remarks and pleasant smiles 
as she passes along, who has a kind word for 
every boy and girl she meets in trouble, and a 
kind hand to help her companions out of diffi¬ 
culty ; she uever scolds, never contends, and 
never teases her mother, nor seeks in any way 
to diminish, but always to increase her happi¬ 
ness. Would it not please you to pick up a 
string of pearls, drops of gold, diamonds, or 
precious stones, as you pass along the streets ? 
But these are the precious stones that can 
never be lost. Extend a friendly hand to 
the friendless. Smile at the sad and dejected; 
sympathize with those in trouble. Strive every¬ 
where to diffuse around you sunshine and joy. 
If you do this, you will be sure to be belated. 
pike has been well known to rush at a fish well 
nigh the size of himse’J, and even to dash at a 
mule’s nose. We have known a fishing-frog 
lose its life in an insane attempt to swallow a 
wooden scoop, the proprietor of which objected 
to the proceeding. It is a short time since 
we read an account of a fish which had swal¬ 
lowed, among other matters, two broken bot¬ 
tles, a quart pot, a sheep’s head, a triangular 
piece of earthenware, and a lobster, while in its 
liver the spine of a skate was comfortably em¬ 
bedded. 
amwiS 
PROPERTIES OF CHARCOAL, 
Among the many properties of charcoal, may 
be mentioued Its power of destroying smell, 
taste and color; and as a proof of its possessing 
the first quality, if It be rubbed over putrid 
meat, tho smell will be destroyed. If a piece ol 
charcoal be thrown into putrid water, the pu¬ 
trid taste or flavor will be dest royed,aud the water 
be rendered completely fresh. Sailors are aware 
of this; for when water U bad at sea, they are 
in the habit of throwing pieces of burnt biscuit 
into it to purify it. Color is materially influ¬ 
enced by charcoal, and, in a number of instan¬ 
ces, in a very Irregular way. If you take a 
dirty black syrup, aud filter it through burnt 
charcoal, the color will be removed. The char¬ 
coal of animal matter appears to be the best for 
this purpose. You may learn the influence of 
charcoal iu destroy lug colors, by Altering a bot¬ 
tle of port wine through It; in the tiltrutiou it 
will lose a great portion of its coloring aud be¬ 
come tawny; repeat the process two or three 
times, and you have destroyed it altogether. 
Origin of the “ Printer's Devil.”— When 
Aldus Manutius set up in business as a printer 
at Venice, he came in possession of a little negro 
boy. This boy was known over the city as “ the 
little black devil," who assisted the mysterious 
bibliofactory; and some of the ignorant persons 
believed him to be cone other than the embodi¬ 
ment of Satan, who helped Aldus in the prose¬ 
cution of his profession. One day, Manutius, 
desiring to dispe’ this strange hallucination by 
publicity, displayed the young “ imp ” to the 
poorer classes. Upon this occasion he made 
this short but very characteristic speech“ Be 
it known to Venice, that I, Aldus Manutius, 
printer to the Holy Church and Doge, have this 
day made public exposure of the printer’s di it! 
All those who think he is not flesh and blood 
may come and pinch him. 1 '— America Artisan. 
WORTH REMEMBERING, 
JUK. Ambroses s Letters on the Rebellion. By 
1 r', Kh ?T E t? V ' v 12mo --PP- 240- Paper. New 
i ork: Hard & Houghton. 
These letters appeared la tho “Natloual Intelligen¬ 
cer,'' at various intervals between lstvi and lriij, They 
discuss topics suggested by the principles arid inci¬ 
dents of the Rebellion, and were designed at the time 
they were written, the author says, to bring about a 
better state ef feeling between the South and tho 
North. An attempt is also made in these pages to 
foreshadow to some extent the policy which must be 
pursued to secure the prosperity and perinuuency of 
the re-established Union The reader will find in this 
work matter worthy of thoughtful consideration. For 
sale by Dab trow c& Brother. 
1. It is unwise to change to cooler clothing 
except when you first get up in the morning. 
2. Never ride with your arm or elbow outside 
of any vehicle. 
3. The man who attempts to alight from a 
steam car while in motion is a fool. 
4. In stepping from any wheeled vehicle while 
in motion, let It be from the rear, and not in 
front of the wheels; for then if yon fail, the 
wheels cannot run over you. 
5. Never attempt to cross the road or street la 
front of a passing vehicle; for if you should 
stumble or slip, you will be run over. Make up 
the halt minute lost by waiting until the vehicle 
has passed, by increased diligence in some other 
direction. 
6. If you want to sleep well at uight, avoid 
sleeping a moineut duriug day-light. 
7. It is a miserable economy to save time by 
robbing yourself of necessary sleep. 
S. If you tind yourself inclined to wake up at 
a regular hour iu the night and remain awake, 
you can break up the habit in three days, by get- 
How to Core a Bad Temper.— My lads, 
when a dog makes too free with you, jumps and 
hounds over you, you say, “ Down Nero; down 
sir.” That is what you must say when passion 
rises: “ Down, sir.” I once took a passionate 
man very much aback by asking him to hold 
his tongue while he felt my pulse, or else while 
I felt his. It is astonishing how efficacious a 
moment or two of quiet is in the midst of a 
great storm. When the fit is very strong on yon, 
think how you would look before the glass, or 
rather think how you do appear before God. The 
greatest of all heroes is he who can rule his 
spirit in a great storm. 3o, my lads, I must 
have you take the black thread of passion out 
of the velvet of life.— See. jR uton Hood. 
The Children in the Wood. Told in Verse by 
Richard Henry Stoddard. Illustrated by H L 
Kteduens. Paper. New York: Hard & Houghton! 
TaE popular etory of the “ Children in the Wood ” 
is very excellently told by Mr. Stoddard, and this 
edition is illustrated with several highly-colored lith¬ 
ographic prints, which will make it altogether accept¬ 
able to tho Utile folk. It will make a very attractive 
holiday present. It can be obtained of E. Dakrow 
THE APPETITE OF A FISH 
The lahrutn is a fish, mentioned by Pliny, and 
rather vaguely described as a kind of ravenous 
fish, seeing that every fish is by nature utterly 
and entiruly raveuous. Tho elegant trout, who 
flies in the wildest terror if you show the tip of 
your nose, will eat nearly his own weight of 
bleak aud dace on a hot, still June evening. A 
Fontenelli lived to be nearly a hundred years 
old. A lady, of nearly the same age, said to 
him one day in a large company. 
“ Monsieur, you and I stay here so long that I 
have a notion death lias forgotten us.” 
“Speak as low as you can,” said Fontenelli, 
“lest you remind him of us! ” 
The Roxbury (Mass.) Journal says the Little 
Corporal, the new child’s paper, published in 
Chicago, Ill., by Alfred L. Sewell, “is the clev¬ 
erest thing of its kind yet realized in America.” 
