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The Nevada Democrat., 1859-03-30
>s"o A LIVERY STABLE.

ZS*e952 is CONNECTED WITH THE HOUSE, AND
particular attention will be given to taking OF Horses
Carriages &c. Horses and Carriages at all times be
procured, by application at the Bar.
GEO. r. LANCASTER, Proprietor.
Nevada Sept. 81, 1s5s-51d
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31
Taste in Dress-HaFmOny OF
COlOPs.

The rule of the contrasts and har-
monies of cOlors, as derived from ma
ture, and recognized by painters--who
from the nature of their studies, may
be considered the best Judges of col.
ors--is allowed to be the following I:
yellow, red and blue arc contrasts in
all their shades, and the harmonizing
tints are discovered by the union Of
two of them.
The colors have different qualities.
blue is Of a cold, unassuming nature
yellow eliminates, and red warmsA
yellow and blue form green; yellow
and red form orange, and blue and red
produce violet; and, though yellow,
blue and red are contrasting colors,
yet still greater contrasts to each may
be produced by the union of two Of
them--thus, blue and red form violet
and violet is the greatest contrast to
yellow.
The other intermediate colors also,
of green and orange, form the great.
est contrasts to red and blue. Gray
and black are contrasts to white--yel.
low and yelIowish tinge the harmo.
nizing tincts, yellow and a deep
purple are contrast, with which orange
and pale yellow green harmonizo. The
deepest blue is the greatest contrast
to orange, and the harmonizing tint
is red; but the bright red must be
mixed in very small proportion, and
not allow TO interfere, but be intro.
duced as harmonizing principle.
Orange and blue, when mixed to-
gether, give an olive color, which
may be not unsuitably introduced
with the contrasts of blue and orange.
Green graduating from yellow to the
deepest shade, has contrasts in red,
which should incline to purple when
the greens incline to yellow; green in
its deepest shade, is the contrast to
bright scarlet. The colors that are
not very unfit to be mixed with these,
are orange, blue, and a small proper.
ton of yellow, purple and black
Springfield RepuJjican.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31
dllit an0 9amor.
SUIT LOvengOOd and the Dog.


When were boy, and my legs not
longer than John Wentworth's, dad
fetched home a durDed, wurthless,
NANCY, flea bitten, grey old foxhoun,
good for nuthing but tn swaller up
what orter lined the bowels Owe US
bratS. Well, | natural tuck distaste
to him, an he'd sorter hankerin arter
hurtin lis ieelns and discumfertin owe
him every time dads back was turned.
Thissorterkepta big skeeF alters afors
his eyes, and orful yell ready to pour
out the fust moshun he seed me make.
So he larnt to swaller things as ho
run, and alters kept his laigs well on
der himself, fur he never knowd how
soon he must want tn use elm in totin
his iniurnal carcus bayune the reach
ovea flying rock. He knowd the
waiz owe q rock in moshin well, and
he never stopped tn see who flung hit,
but jist let his head fly open tn gin a
howl room tn cum, and sot his legs q
gwine the way his nose happened tn
be putin. He'd shy round every rock
he seed in the road, for he looked on
hit as calamity tn cam after him sum
day. tell You, Georgy, runin am
the greatest invenshun on yearth
when used keerinlly. Wizard | a
been by this time ef hadn't relyed
ontu these year laigS3 Dye see emf
Don't they mind you owe a par owe
compusses made to divide a mile in
ter quartersl They'll do.
Well one day, tuck pigs bladder
nj ontu the size owe ducks aig and
filled bit with powder and corked hit
up with piece owe spunk, rolled hit
up in thin skulp Of meat and sot in
tn g;ttin away fur doin hit. | healn
a nois like Dustin sumthin, and his tail
lit atop owe my hat. His head were
way down the hill and he'd tucken a
deth holt Onter root. His fore laigs
ware fifty feet up the road 2 maxim
runin moshuns, and his hine one
straddil over the fence. Es tn the
dog, hisself, as a dog, never seed
him again. Well, dad, durn his on
sanctifed soul, flung five Or six humid
red onder my shut with the dried skin
oten bulls tail add gin me the re.
mainder next day with waggin whip
what he borrowed frum a feller while
he were waterin his HOSES, the wag-
oner got sorry fur me, nd.hollered tn
me tu turn my begin and squallin in.
ter fust rate runin, which imejiatly
did, and the last lick missed me about
ten feet.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31
4ottrp.

Patriotic SOng--''E Pluribus Unum."
Though many and bright arc the stars thatap-
pear
In the ilng by our country unfurled,
And the stripes that are swelling in majesty
there
Like rainbow adorning the world
Their liehlsnre unsuIlied us those in the sky
BY adcGd That our fathers have done.
and they're ugucd in as true and as holy r tie
In their motto Of MANY IN ONE"
from the hour when those patriots fcarloss'y y
lung
That banner Of star-l light abroad,
Lyer true 10 themselves to that motto they clung
As they clung to the promise Of God
By the bayonet traced, ut the midnight Of war,
On the fields where our glory was wou,-
Oh, perish the hand or tle heart that W 0uld mar,
Our motto Of MANY ~ OEE.n
Mil the smoke of the contest, the eannons
duep roar
low Oft it hath gathered renown
Nhlle those stars were reelected in rivers Of
gore.
When the cross and the lion went down;
Aud though few were their lights in the gloom
ofthat hour,
Yet the hearts tpa, were striking below
Had God for their bulkwurk and Truth for their
power,
And they stopped not to number the foe.
Then mp with our flag, let Il stream on tho mir,
Though our fathers are cold in their graves;
They had hands that could strike, and souls that
could dare,
Aud their sons were not,b to be savcs
Up, up with our banner, whcre'er it may call
Our millions shall rally uround,-
A nation Of freeman that moment shall fall,
When its stars shall be trailed on the ground.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31
words OF tho Little People.

A CHILD was pursueng her usual
sports on Sunday. Her aunt, where
she was visiting, reproved her.
"My kitten plays" was the reply.
"Your kitten has no soul"
81 should think God had better give
her soul then, that she may know
what she is about"
Becoming more serious in her con-
versation, she spoke ola little friend
who had died, and whom she bad been
told had gone to God. She made
some inquiries about his omnipres.
ence, and said. a. --.7' -'
"ls he in every placer"
being answered in the words of
Scripture, she rejoined,
swell, ifhe goes everywhere, will
he take Katie all about with himl"
Her own great love Of visiting rem
dered this view of a future peculiarly
cheering.
A LITTLE BOY, after saying nightly
the prayers which had been taught
him, was quite tenacious of what he
called "praying his own way" lie
had a large number of brothers and
sisters, whose needs or peculiarities
he sometimes made the subject of his
petitions. On one occasion, at COM
mencing this exercise, he was over
come with sleep.
Wrestling with his stupor he said ,
so Lord! bless Elizabeth and make
her better than she is"
His head fell back on his pillow;
but soon rousing, lie marmurcd, drow,
silly.
"Bless Henry too" It was in vain,
the tongue refused its ofiice-so he ad .
ded, indiStinctly,
90 Lord, | can't; there's too many
of 'em" and sank into the deep slum-
Der of childhood.
AT another time while conducting
this exercise in a somewhat more
wakeful manner, he said,
80 Lord, please to bless father and
give him u new heart
Be so kind as to bless Mary, my
youngest ssto-, and give her a new
heart; O Lord, bless mother. But you
need not give her a new heart, for she
could not have any better one than
she's got. And don't see how she'd
goto work to be any better woman
than she is now."
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31
FOrctslOught,

If a man faints away, instead o
yelling out like a savage, Or running
to him to lift him up, lay him at full
length on his back on the floor, loosen
the clothing, push the crowd away SC
as to allow the air to reach him, and
let him alone. Dashing water over
n person in a simple falnting-ft is g
barbanty, and soils the clothing un.
necessarily, The philosophy Of a
iainting-ft is, the heart fails to send
the proper supply Of blood to the
brain; if the person is erect, that
blood has to be thrown up hill, but il
lying down, it has to be projected
horizontally - which requires less
power, is apparent. If a person
swallows a poison, deliberately or by
chance, instead Of breaking out into
multitudinous and incoherent excla-
nations, dispatch some Vno for a doc
tor; meanwhile run to the kitchen,
get half glass Of water in anything
that is handy, put into it q teaspoon
lul Of salt and as much ground mus
tard, stir it in an instant, catch a firm
hold of the PERSONS nose, the mouth
will soon fly open, then down with
the mixture, and in a second or two
up will come the poison. This will
answer in larger number of cases
than any other. If, by this time, the
physician has not arrived, make the
patient swallow tho white of an egg,
followed by a cup OF strong coffee
(because these nullify larger num-
Der OF poisons than any other accessi-
bic articles as antidotes for remain
ing in the stomach. If a limb or
any other part of the body is severely
cut, and the blood comes out by spirits
or jerks, per Saltem, as doctors say,
be in a hurry or the man will be dead
in five minutes; there is no time to
talk or send for physician say no.
thing, out with your handkerchief,
throw it around the limb, tie two ends
together, put a stick through them,
twist it around, tighter and tighter,
until the blood ceases to flow. But
stop, it does no good. Whv9 Be.
cause only a severed artery throws
blood out in jets, and the arteries get
their blood from the heart hence, to
stop the flow, the remedy must be
applied between the heart and woun-
ded spot-in other words, aboUe the
wound. If a vein had been severed
the blood would nave flowed in a reg.
ular stream, and slow, and, on the
other hand, the tie should be applied
6elOac the wound, or on the other side
of the wound from the heart, because
the blood in the veins flows toward
the heart, and there is no need Of such
great hurry.--HaI's Journal of
Health.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31
Drinking among Young Men,

The Philadelphia Sun says truly
that indiscriminate drinking among
our young men eventually makes its
mark upon the population of our cit
les. We can see it already betraying
itself i'll the rising generation. 1t is
impossible for any man to drink even
pure liquors six or seven times a day
without suffering severely in constitu.
ton. Ard when he transmits this
impaired constitution to his son, who
in turn impairs it still farther bv the
same coulse, itrequires little foresight
to see that we are preparing popu-
lation for our cities that viii not, in
physical frame, be much better than
the wretched Aztecs. This love cf
drink and bar.rooms is every day in
creasing. Every day sees our youth
becoming more ard more the victims
Of this habit; for we really think it
more a habit than passion. 1t is no
love of joyialty that tempts them, Cx-
cept in few cases. 1t IS not the hot
eXu6erance Of the youth; it is not the
evanescent impulse Of the gay young
fellow who is sowing his wild oats. 1t
is, as has been said, a cold. deliberate,
confirmed habit. No atmosphere of
recklessness surrounds the drinking
groups, except on rare occasions ; and
no pealS Of merriment atone for the
act by providing that it is at least
unusual, A grim and melancholy
air pervades each countenance. The
drinks are poured out, the glasses are
raised and touched with a loatasome
air of custom, and each man swallows
his portion with the same impassive
countenance he would wear if he were
drinking glass Of plain water. All
the concommitants that partially re-
deem or excuse drinking, as far as it
can be redeemed or excused, are wan
ting in this sad and formal ceremony.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

The SCIENCE OF GONG TO Bed
The eartL is magnet, with magnet
ic currents constantly playing around
it. The human body is also mag
net, and when the body is placed in
certain relations to the earth. these
currents harmonize, when in any 9TH
er position they conflict. When one
position is to be maintained for some
time, a position should be chosen in
which the magnetic currents of the
earth and the body will not conflict.
This position, as indicated by theory,
and known 10y experiment, is to lie
with the head towards the north pole.
Persons who sleep with their heads
in the opposite direction, or lying
cross.wise; are liable to fall into vari.
Gus nervous disorders. When they
go back to the right position, these
disorders, if not too deeply impressed
upon the constitution, soon vanish.
Sensitive persons are always more re.
treshed by sleep when their heads
point due north. Architects. in plan
ming houses, should bear this princi.
pie in mind.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

PGov. S., of South Carolina,
was a splendid" lawyer, and could
talk a jury out of their seven senses.
He was once counsel for man accused
of horse.Stealing. He made long,
eloquent and touching speech. The
jury retired, but returned in a few
minutes, and, with tears in tkeir eyes,
proclaimed the man not guilty. An
old acquaintance stepped up to the
prisoner and said:
"Jem, the danger is past; and, now
honor bright, didn't you steal that
horsep
To which Jem replied:
swell Tom, I've all along thought
| took that horse; but since I've heard
the Governot's speech l don't believe
| did,"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31
\ See The Man.

The tragedy at Washington has
been in all voices today. Beyond
all the other features Of this case 10
that terrible truth, that where a man
Of fine intellect participates in such a
scene, " It's the survivor dies" 1t
must be So dismissed such scenes
cannot be-the red ray will be in all
the light of the future. An engineer
on one Of our railways had, without
fault of his own, run the tremendous
power under his control over human
being. The body was removed from
the rail, death Lad done his dread
work, examination was made of the
circumstances, and the engineer ac-
quilted ; the homicide was not in him.
Yet, a little while afterwards, that
engineer came to the superintendent
and asked to resign his place, he
conld endure it 70 longer.
Why do you gol said the superin-
tendent-no one blames you.
All, said he, l must go. Every
night | am on the road, SEQ that man
standing before the engine Cor. Of
Courier.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

DUTCH CHILDREN.-They are al.
ways Que hundred years old on the
day Of their birth. They draw in
philosophy with their pap, and deliver
discourses on ethics in plat TeutSh,
and in their cradles. am not aware
that the babies in arms smoke pipes :;
but | know the little boys of five and
seven years old calmly discuss those
calumets of peace as they proceed to
school. Indeed believe that the pri.
vation Of tobacco is one of the weigh
tiest punishments in the Dutch juve-
nile penal code. These children are
the gra' st, quietest, most solemnly
funny little people ever saw. Not
melancholy, not cowed, but simply
serious, preoccupied by thoughts oil
vast specuIations in marbles; anxious
y expectant Of huge consiguments OF
hardbake ard tafy from the Dutch
East Indies, and bent upon superhu-
man acquisitions of Dutch dolls.-A.
SalG.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

OT The latest case of absence ol
mind occurred in Philadelphia a few
days ago. A gentleman of that city,
after noting the state of the weather,
previous to going to bed, hung his
thermometer, as he supposed, out OF
his dormitOry window. At daylight
he was walked by policeman, who
informed him that a gold watch was
hanging out of the window, and ad-
v;sed him to take it in. He had pla-
ced the thermometer under his pillow,
and hung his watch out Of doors.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

Governor Medary has issued proclamation
for an Election on the fourth Monday in
March in accordance with the act of the
Legislature priding for the formation of a
Constitution and State Governmet for Kan
sas. Three months residence prior 10
the election is requisite to vote. Aliens
having declared their intentions to be-
come citizens are qualified.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

% 1t was decided at the January
term Of the Supreme Court of Ala;
bama, that a person whose great
grandmother was the daughter of a
mulatto, by negress, is not a com
petent witness against white person,
although his father, natural grandfath-
er, and great grandfather are white
men.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31
StLttt J1listtIIann.
Making an Acknowledgment

HAakiIS uh ACAROVl"OScnen
Not many years ago, a young man
at seminary in one OF the New Eng.
land States, was found guilty of dis
obeying the rules Of the school, as
he had actually walked with a yourg
lady, contrary to orders previously
gwen, and perfectly well understood
Mr.. Edwards (as we will call him)
was accordingly called upon to make
acknowledgements before the school,
or be expelled. Whereupon Mr.. Ed
wards arose and said:
81 prefer by all means making an
acknowledgement to being expelled
from school and | acknowledge that
| walked with the lady mentioned, and
with my umbrella protected her from
the storm! | also acknowledge that
had | not done so, she might have ia
ken cold, and serious illness, or per-
haps consumption, might have been
the result, in which case | should
have blamed myself, and my teachers,
knowing the circumstances, might al
so have blamed me-"
The student resumed his seat with
about as strong evidence of contrition
in his countenance as was in the con.
iession, and when proper opportuni-
ty occurred, lie inquired of one OF the
teachers how near a young lady a
gentleman could walk and not break
the rules of the school.
"Well, said the teacher, &" walking
q distance of six feet from a lady
mould not be considered an infringe
went Of our regulations"
Soon after, Mr.. Edwards was seen
walking leiSurely on the common,
with lady, he having hold of one
end Of light pole, measuring six
feet in length, while his lady had
hold of the other end
AS they carried about the stick, &,
(Which in fact was no impediment to
their enjoyment,) they chatted, and
walked, and laughed, and walked,
and laughed, and chatted to their
hearts content, but Mr.. Edwards was
never called upon to make but one
acknowledgment.-Oliv Branch.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31
a Sweet DIunder.

Piocolomini, the pet of the opera,
has been in Cincinnati, She stopped
st the Spencer House. A young and
handsome Buckeye was there, too, to
meet a sister absent for two years past
in a schoolin Kentucky. Ills sister
bad arrived before him. Learning
the number of her room, he thought
to surprise her. 1t was nearly dark
he saw, as he thought, his sister com,
ing out Of her room, and stepping
against the wall till till she came mp
he caught hef in his arms and smoth,
cred her with kisses, saying: Don't
you know your brother, you little
rogueI"
1t was the plump and pretty Picco.
lomini, who retreated in amiabld per-
turbation to her room. Fearing a
call for coffee and pistols from some
other brother, lie explained his mistake
to Col. Pratt, the landlord. lie wrote
her note apolOgeticai, on her own
account rather than his own, saying
the mistake had only occurred be-
cause she was as beautiful as his Sis
ter. lie would make humble apology
and if not satisfied, he was willing to
return what he had taken.
She laughed at the posture Of affairs
Thought perhaps it was an Ameri.
can custom-and remarked, "Ze keess
deed me no 'arm-indeed it was not
so dees-vat you say eet isl-dees a
gra-blc."
Buckeye thoughtso too.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

~ A story is told of lady wit
who dined at the Presidents the 9th
er day, and was seated at table be-
tween a certain Representative from
Tennessee and the Hon. Mr.. Rufin,
of North Carolina. Glow are you
getting on, my dear madam 2" asked
the jolly bachelor of the White Eouse.
" Well as could be expected, with a
Savage on one side and a Rufi(a)n
on the other, was the reply.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

THE man who has not anything"
to boast of but his illustrious an ces
tors is like a potato--the only good
belonging to him is under ground
Sir I. OverJu1y.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

"Who is that lovely girl!" exclaim-
ed the witty Lord Norbury, in CON-
pany with his friend Counsellor
Grant.
Miss Glass" "replieded the Coun-
Sellor.
I'll should often be intoxicated could
place such glass to my lips"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

Funny-to see q milkman looking
over the "prices current" to find out
how chalk is going at wholesale.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

COURTING BY TELEGRAPH.-Ac GER.
tain young man whom We shall call
Smith, was employed at an office on
the National Line. In the course oil
business, he ascertained that the per.
son having charge of station in a
small town some seventy miles dis.
tant, was a young lady, and that her
name was Sarah. Forthwith in an
interval of leisure flashed over the
wires this message:
My name is Smith-how old are
youp
To which the answer was promptly
returned:
"My name is Sarah-none of your
business !"
The next one ran thus:
I" | am not married-what are you
worth 81
To which the words came back:
"Worth a million"
AS a climax the youth replied:
"Will you marry me 7"
The answer was "yes"-and in
four months theS were married.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

a miser grows rich by seeming poor
an extravagant man grows poor bysee
ming rich--Shen8tOne.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

A man in the Detroit Jail wishes he
had the small pox so that he could
break out,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

SUsPGuoUs.-To hear a young lady
complain that she cannot keep herself
warm these cold nights.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

"Now is the winter Of my diScon-
tent" as the girl said when she attend.
ed the wedding ola rival belle.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

"My hair is eighteen years older
than my whiskerS"Said a Lawyer and
! cannot understand why my
wbiskers should turn gray first"
"Because you have worked so much
more with your jaws than your brains
replied Brown"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

Why is watch dog larger at night
than he is in the morningl
Because he is let Om at night, and
taken in in the morning.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

Be friend to yourself and Others
will. .s...
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

" A thousand divorce cases are
pending in the several counties Of
Indiana.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

Art is moro godlike than science;
science discovers, art creates.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31

HOwdOesalinelOOkw withQatspacesi
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-03-31
Gge 5Et9rt5nr 4emotrat.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
ALEX. PEARCE.

oFFICE-IN BRATTON'S NEW BUILDING
TWO DOORS EAST OF THE COURT
HOUSE, UP STAIRS.