The native American., 1839-05-18
ON TRIPLES.


ON TRIPLES.
From Proverbial Philosophy" by Martin Farquhar
Upper.
There is nothing in the earth so small that it
may not produce great things,
And no swerving from a right line that may
not lead eternally astray.
A landmark tree was once seed, and the dust
in the balance maketh difference;
And the carn is heaped high by each one
ninging a pebble.
The dangerous bar in the harbor's mouth is
only grains of sand;
And the shoal that wrecked a navy is the work
of a colony of worms;
Yea, and despicable gnat may madden the
mighty elephant:
And the living rock is worn by the diligent
flow of the brook
Little art thou, 0 man, and in triAes thou con-
tendest with thine equals
For atoms must crowd on atoms, ere crime
groweth to be giant -"
A spark is molecue of matter, vet it may
kindle the world.
Vast is the mighty ocean, but drops have made
it vast. '"."
Despise not thou small thing, either for evil
or for good.
For a look may work thy ruin, or word Gre
ate thy wealth.
The walking this way or that, the casual stop
ping or fastening,
Hath saved life and destroyed it, hath cast
down and built up fortunes.
The warrior that stood against host may be
pierced unto death by needle;
And the saint that feareth not the fire may pc
IRISH the victim of thought.
A mote in the gunner's eye is as bad as a spike
in the gun;
And the cable of furlong is lost through an i'll
wrought inch.
The streams of small pleasures fill the lake of
happiness;
And the deepest wretchedness of life is con-
tinuance Of petty pains
A Fact for Grease Eaters.-The following is
commended to the notice of all who eat hog and
other kinds of grease:
Blindness from Swallowing a piece Of Fat
| BIZ DIR. Breach.-A young man Of ID years,
during the prevalence of gastrico-nervous fever,
induced state of indigestion by eating to excess.
and swallowing large piece Of fat without pre-
vious mastication. From this time, all appetite
disappeared, the taste of the fat was perceived in
the mouth, and dull heavy ache was felt in the
forehead, especially at waking in the morning.
About the fourth day, chill supervened, with ver-
| ligo, nausea and empty retching heat and perma-
nent headache followed. the tongue assumed dir
ty, yellow color, and gastric fever commenced.
The patient also began to complain of dimness OF
sight, which gradually increased on the second
and third day of the fever and on the fourth he
found himself entirely blind. On this his friends
became alarmed, and the next day applied for
medical aid. DR.. B. found the case to be gas
trio fever, accompanied with complete amaurosis;
the pupil was unusually dIlated, motonless, and
insensible to light. AS the nausea continued to
recur, DR.. B. ordered an emetc, which brought
up some impure mucus, and relieved the head
| ache and vertigo, but not the blindness. Under
the use of diluents and evacuants, the fever took
a mild and favorable turn without becoming ty-
phoid. Towards the tenth day, the young man
was fairly convalescent, but still blind. The
continued use of diuents in conjunction with mild
| bitters effected no change. From time to time,
the tongue became coated anew, and the appetite
did not regain its woned keenness, the patient
still perceived at times the taste of fat upon the
tongue, and felt assured that piece Of this SUBJ
stance must remain undgested in the stomach
DR.. B. now ordered him to take one-twelfth of a
grain of tartarized anthony every two hours, to
Idiet, and drink freely of water. This treatment
was continued three days, during which time,
nausea and re,ching occurred at intervals, but no
vomiting. On the fourth day, powerful emetlc
was given. Free vomiting followed and mass
of fat was elected, about half an inch in length,
and of some thickness. The amaurosls dlml-
nished from this time, and in five days the sigh
was restored, the mouth recovered its taste, thu
appetite returned, and the patient was cured.
From Forida-We learn from Tampa Bay
(says the Tallahassee Floridian Of the 4th INST
that, short time since, the hostile Indians unde
Neho-Stoco Malta, principal chief OF the Ialla
hassees, with one hundred warriors, went int
Tampa, and carried off all the prisoners at th2
post They likewise returned the night follow
Il ing, and reconnoitered the post and barracks
They refuse to come in to treat with the whites.