The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-07

cape a. at, but can hold M oats il she's5;-a,
Splen' l'splay, an'ow." -
The watchman kindly devoted few
minutes to explanation of matters, but 0
finding that he could not convince the ar-;p
dent sWide.Awakel of his error, uhe took
him home. The last words. of the Wide.,.
Awake, as he reluctantly left the scene :.
which afforded him SO much delight were
"Spien' 'splay. splen' (hic) 'spiay .bus usu
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The Affections Of the Throat The Ra-u
sod ginning Of Consumption. -
We find the following views on the
manner in which consumption begins, In
the Specialist y DIR. Hunter remarks: iHcd
"Thereiis one more poiht;to whichsIf
shall REFER before I close, and that is the,
unwillingness of those, suffering, to ac,,
knowledge themseIvesi in any danger. until
their disease has reached an advanceds
stage. This has, no doubt harisentinzsi
great degree, from the presumed Ihope-
lessness Of such cases. Still it issspicidsl;,
for oil who have q frequent desire to-
clear the throat and who become "a.
tigued and 'ont Of BREATH On very SifHhF
occasion, areoonpth high road 10 spdl6noy
nary CONSUMPTION This disease begipss
in the majority, OF, cases, as q colo; .epd,.
ing in sore throat gradually it ex.
tends down the windpipe, rendering thei
voice slightly 'hoasse and indistinct.s lfifst
observed on reading aloud and d5fnaliy7is
involves the bronchial tubes and .sir
cells The seat of the primary disease
is the mucous membrane of the throat,
windpipe and bronchial tubes. The exs9 ex-
pectoration comes from this membrane.
and the tubsrcular matter isi deposited on
its surface. If therefore. you would avoid
the dangers which attend consumption in
| its advanced stage, you will not disregard
these sigus of impending evil; but bS
prompt and judicious means seek tore
store the offending organ tot its former
tone and health. asY ou may think i give
undue Importance to these affections,
I from which most persons suffer in some
degree; but go to those among your own
Immediate relations and friends, who tzre
, now in1the last stage Of consImption9aid
J ask them how their disease began.c They
will in almost every instance, tell you Of
q slight cold, hacking cough, or q little
, soreness in the throat, which were treated
t as scarcely worthy of notice q few weeks
! ago, and will say that their cough grew
! worse, their expectoration increased, that
, hectic fever set in, and they began 70 lose
flesh. % Still they regarded / il. as sdlight
. bronchial Affection and utterly uncop-
scious of .heir true state, have journeyed
onward to the brink of the grave. Iscan-
|, rot too strongly impress upon the minds
5 of those suffering from'catasrhal or bron-
tchial affection the importance Of this con-
nection. If catarrh and sore throat were
successfully treated, we would have few
6 cases Of bronchitis. If bronchitis was
lgenerally cured, we should have few cases
e of consumption. AL are but links iuthe
same chain, and hang upon each other as
y cause; and effectnn8 s.h,-,s - .. 80,
) Curious VIII Of "a Southern PlantSr.
q aloasAn aged gentleman, d planter id one Of
st the Southern States, sgjast died, lsav.
le ing fortune of $l00, 600, which, is to,be
pf disposed Of according to the provisions o
,e his viii, and that document is as follows
al "I bequeath all my effects to the chill
ID fdren of my brother, on the following gsc6n
.. ditions; DESTROYS of making myi sens
i. of the service, which my N Nswfourdlsn,
a. dog rendered me in saving my life ON
re day when l was drowning, and wishing
be also to provide for my hodsekeepsr. ap
ipoint my said shousekeeper nurse, sst1tol
III andx mother to my dog. iMya natsrs
BY heirs shall, on this account. pay, to; bel
D? out of my entire fortune, daily sunni
c) the following manner:
ck The daily payment shall continue .
re long as the dog, shall live, 0 one. see on
c) longer. During the FIRST year after N
" |decease, or for'so much Of IL as4he 90
c) shall live, my housekeeper ahaii qrecbiv
N SIS day, the second year she sshaH re
pc Iceive $40 . day. the third year 81 S; an
OK so on. until the death of the dog. 10 th
We course Of the month in which the do
en- shalldie there shall be, paid to my house
kt keeper for every day Of the dogs axil
! q tence SIPS. On the day of his dealt
ie she shall be paid per hour of the dog
ah life $3.50. In the lpst hour Of hiss Ii
in, tshe shall receive for every mlnate that /
ers lives 1915, and foy every second Of Il
ic) last minute $500
es! This eccentric gentleman appears
,od have entertained for his dog sentimen
my similar to Byron's. What the heirs "
IN think or do we cannot say. but ws,shs
ay.; he much surprised if that dog slises ma,
,rr hours longer. Supposing him to die
cen 50 minutes and 5 seconds after s o'clo,
uff on the Both day of the month. the sum
be paid to the housekeeper would be:
the 80 days, at si25... !. IS, ,76O
aep IL hours, at $780,. =. ;. Il s2,75O
lor.l 50 minntes, at $375... % jos
aa seconds, at $500. -. :. = !. z9, 500
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