Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-11-13


have il carved, and painted or s,ained 10
resemble one; and if it sould be found
impossible Tor cur common painters TO
make good likeness of FIRE, l would
recommend smallpiece Of phosphate
wood to be attached to the end, which
would give very true appearance by
might. This stick would wear away by
degrees, and the hole in the lips lessen
ing with It, no Inconvenience would &C
crue, and the habit would be gradually
broken. But though the stick would SO
happily suppl the mechanical depart
ment, il woad have no physical effect:
10 supply this, should have been very
much at a loss, but for one Of my friends,
Doctor, who recommends that the end
| of the stick next the mouth, be rubbed
occasionally with bit Of crude, sal-aIn-
inoniac. This hint was taken from one
of the faculty at New York, who invented
. method OF salivamg patients without
mereuvy--he had a pair Of zinc gag
plates. which he introduced into the pa
| tiants mouth, and when they did not ope-
, rate quickly, owing to- the state OF the
/ weather, or the exsicca'ed state. of the
patients blood he rubbed their tonrues
vita Bit Of sal am,non,ac, and the pa
sent became instantly salivatcd, and Gu
| ;sd 10 the great discomieiiure OF the tard,
Mcrcurial Doctors.
That seears are mischievous, there
can he no donbt-Fiirst 10 The nurse.
A free and liberal smoker, will some
times use ono hundred dollars worth per
year "a sum. ,hat not ON, man in ore
thousand. has to snare, AFTER nayiny or
his yearly exnenses SUN. ,,,st. If nre-
served. wou,d he Sufficient 10 hire conn
nv houses for all the poor chiIlren in
our large southern cities, that are annu-
allv attached With cholera. and VIII, die
br the thousand. merely for the want OF
a change of air,--And. sndiy: to the
morals. For, INDEPENDENTLY Of The ex.
Dense, which is breach of moral apen-s
cy. being a bad use of the means which
Providence has furnished. there are va.
r:ous WAYS by which smoking no,l,,tes
tie nnre n,oral snr:-r. 7, dries he
mouth and leads ,o drum, enncss 4, H.
v;,es to idleness. os,ec,alIy ronnathc a.
BILE. 1t assists the Intoxicating effects Of
liouor. AMI, stun;i;es ,br ener freiine,r !
In the next Mace. il is in;m;ca, 10 The
l,aaltl, or TIC syste,p-srauuen,ly causing
carjous teeth and dvspensia,-.It also
causes the human pl1ysiocnomy to be
psrvcr,ed.-Yhe LID and the loser law
arc p,lsh.d ont to su,3port the separ.
whilst The meek and shoulders have to
assume a position to ccun,erba,ance
the law; man was made Upright iu f.
gure, as well as raorah; and lei it be re-
nrembcred that one oe,he characteristics
of the human species, is frontal bone
and chin, OF perpendicular line. Sup
pose then any nlcrttd defect should
cause the forehead 10 scccde, whilst the
law was Dro,rusled, how beasliy man
Soal,, then appear. Accidents some
times become hereelitasy-i. c. a father,
with a chin Ir,,p,hcnedI out IN inch b,
smoking. beyets son With lust such a
chin and this sou feel;ilr a hereditary
disposition to smoke, mbraccs the prac-
,ica. and l.n,-,bcns ont his chin another
incl, whist his neck and shoulders con-
form. and a rretty Dersonasc he be-
comes.
In this way delormitv is increased.
The dauahters of smokers feeling he
rcditayy propensity to smoke, fall upon
some means TO satisfy The desire if poor,
lhey smoke with pipe, ruin their teeth,
spoil their breath, sallow their skin, and
cxpec,orate so much, that they appear
in early age, as shriyeiled as an apple
that has lost lis ;uices: and If rich-.they