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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17
Antid0tes for Poisoning by Morphia,
Opium, etc.

DIR. T. G. Duncan, editor Medical Inces-
tsgator, writes to the Chicago Repu6tscdn
of recent date:
Recently have noticed very frequent
accounts of cases of deaths by poisoning.
Under the head of Suicidal Mania, you
give, in this mornings issue, quite num-
Der of deaths by morphine, opium, and
strychnine. am not so much surprised
that this class of persons, who shrink hfe's
burdens, should choose so soothing a
death dealing drug as mOrphia, as am at
the ignorance displayed by many OF the
physicians who figure in these reports.
Many of them seem perfectly helpless, ap-
parently knowing not what to give to an
tidote this drug.
The most ready antidote for opium, NOR
phia, or any other of its preparations. Is
coffee. = Just ordinary drinking coffee.
When such cases come under observation
land nearly every person knows the symp-
toms produced by Opium), call ut once for
coffee and give it freely. The stronger
the infusion the quicker you viii arrest
the progress of the poison. AS soon as
Improvement is manifest hold up on the
coffee. I could here cite, were it necessary,
a number of cases, where determined per-
sons tried to commit suicide by taking
morphine, opium or laudanum, but were
saved by the timely administration OF
coffee. The physician can prescribe cal
feline. the alkalid of coffee, if he chooses
to be fastidiously professional
Camphor is another antidote nearly al
WAYS at hand, and may be used instead OF
the coffee or until it is prepared. These
two drugs (camphor and coffeel will not
work so well together nor follow each
other so well as alone. If the case has
not gone too far, 1 consider it an easy
matter to save the life of person under
the narcotic influence Of opium.
The effects of strychnine are more vio-
lent and distressing, and it is, therefore,
less used as suicidal drug. Its antidotes
are many. Chief among them stands the
all-powerful, ever present coffee. In cases
of poisoning by this drug, a'e coffee must
be the strongest that can be made, and
must be given freely. Camphor Is here
also valuable antidote.
Arsenic produces such violent burning
and distress in the stomach that it Is falling
| into disfavor with this class Of persons.
They like to die quietly, without any
fuss" Milk, olive oil, and sesqui oxide
of iron common iron rust), mixed with
milk, should be freely given in cases OF
poisoning with arsenic.
Strange as it may seem, strychnine is an
antidote to opium in certain degree. In
the hands of non-professional or unedu-
Gated physicians, they would be apt to do
more harm than good if given as an anti
dote for each other 1t should be gen.
orally known that coffee is almost q uni-
versal antidote to vegetable poisons,
while camphor has in addition nearly the
same power over the mineral poisons.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17

which he is going to abate. He spreads
this all out with oppressive solemnity over
a column and a half of large PRINT and
feels that the country is saved. His satis-
faction over it is something enormous. He
then settles down to his miracles and in
flicts profound platitudes and impenetra-
BILE wisdom upon helpless public as long
as they can stand it, and then they send
him off Consulto some savage islandin the
Pacific in the vague hope that the canni-
balls will like him well enough to eat
him. And with an inhumanity which is
but a fitting climax to his career of perse-
cution, instead of packing his trunk at
tors a Valedictory." Ifthere is anything
more uncalled for than "salutatory," it is
one of those fearful, blubbering, long
wmded valedictories wherein a man
who has been annoying the public for ten
sitting down to cry column and o half
and custom should be respected. In my
secret heart admire my predecessor for
declining to printa valedictOry, though in
sternly, it is custom and he ought to have
pI iuecu OuC. COpiC uCVCi iCoN suCIu ohy
more than they do the "salutatories," but
nevertheless he ought to have honored the
old fossil-he ought to have printed vale
dictory. said as much to him, and he re-
piled:
az have resigned my place-I have de-
parted this life-rm journalistically dead,
at present, amt II"
"Yes."
"Well, wouldn't you consider it dis
graceful in corpse to sit up and comment
on the funeral?"
1 record it here, and preserve it from
oblivion, as the briefest and best "Vale-
dictory" that has yet come under my no.
tice. MARK TWAIN.
P. 81 am grateful for the kindly way
in which the press of the land have taken
notice of my eruption into regular jour-
nalistic life, Geographically or editorially,
and am happy in this place to express the
feeling.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17
A Man without a Breast.bone.

THE following physical phenomena were
exhibited before the American Science
Association in Boston:
Dr. Groux, a native of Hamburg, and at
present practising physician at Brooklyn,
N. Y, was born without sternum or
breast-bone. DIR. ]. Baxter Upham, of
Boston, having been intimately acquainted
for many years with DR. Groux, has de-
vised number of ingenious experiments
by which, in his case, the action of the
heart is made to manifest itself both to
the eyes and ears of persons situated at a
considerable distance. 1t should be borne
in mind that the action of the heart in DR..
Groux is perfectly normal and healthy,
while the absence of the sternum renders
il possible to make certain studies of the
utmost importance, which are impossible
in the case of the human being as ordina-
rily constructed DIR. Grouxs case has
been treated of st length in various 1nedi-
cal Journals in Europe, but never before
hasH been brought in such striking
manner before 30 large an audience of sci
entiic men The mechanism of the heart
is somewhat analogous to that of a double
action pump. In both cases the
machinery, however perfectly it may work,
makes some noise. DIR. Groux was able to
show three distinct motions and sounds
occurring successively, and with certain
rhythm, in every beat of the heart. DR..
Groux also exercised the power, rarely be-
slowed, and never used without great dan
ger, of stopping at will, during short pc
riod, the action of his heart. This was
done this evening to the satisfaction of
several medical men, one of whom was
. listening with the stethoscope at the chest,
and two others feeling at the wrists for
the pulse. For about 20 seconds the action
of the vital organ in the frail chest of DIR.
Groux completely ceased. Some wears ago
there existed an individual who was wont
to experiment with himself in this manner,
and who finally perished through being
unable to resume the ordinary conditions
of human existence. DR.. Upham. so far
from encouraging his friend, Or. Gro1x.
in the repetition of this .perilous experi'
ment, has earnestly entreated him never
to make the venture again. Some wears
ago DIR. Groux, having made up his mind
to travel in various cities of Europe and
America, caused Rufus Choate, the re.
nowned lawyer, to draw up will making
over his body, in the event of his death,
to the surgeons for dissection Portions
OF his will, which is long document com.
posed In Mr. Choate's happiest vein, were
read TO the great delight of the audience
The original draft, in the inimitable hand
writing OF Mr. Choate himself, was also
exhibited The experiments and explana,
tions specially relating to Dr. Groux were
given with great clearness by that gentle
man, who is a regularly graduated physi
clan. 1t is clearly of great advantage tt
science that this rare malformation occur
in one who is so well qualified to observ,
the OBJ scure vital processes which it afford
an opportunity of enjoying.-Erchange.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17
Down In . Diving.Bell.

HAVEN'T you often wondered what mys-
terious things were hidden in the far
down depths of the waves of the great
lakes? Wondered how the bottom looked ;
of the strange fishes; the sensations that
a living man would feel down there in the
moaning waters? When you have read
of some good ship, freighted with many
happy souls, plunging down into the dark
depths, haven't you wondered how she
rested, and seen, like a vision, the pale
faces, with staring eyes and floating locks,
being washed hither and thither, their
fingers clutcbing stifdy at one another as
the cold water swept them back and forth
We can See nature in the forest, in the air,
in all her workings but that of the waters.
And that is why we seek to penetrate the
hidden mysteries; why the diver who de-
soends into her closed cells is an object OF
awe and admiration. We who live upon
the shore see him in his armOr often, hear
of his successes and failures sometimes OF
his death, and yet but few of us know his
courage, his endurance, his perils, his feel
ings down there alone, knowing that he
descends with his life in his hands, and
that the waves above him would gladly
chant his death-song for his boldness.
Foremost among the bold divers of the
lakes is John Quinn resident of Detroit,
and, from long and varied experience
eminently qualified to tell the readers Of
the Free Press of the mysteries of which
we have spoken, and with little help to
polish up his words, he says:
cit is strange business, this diving
The danger fascinates some, but the peri
is never for q moment lost sight of. / put
on the helmet for the first time more than
ten years ago, and yet I never resume il
without feeling that it may be the last
time shall ever go down. 0fcourse, one
has more confidence after a while, bui
there is something in being shut up in m
armor, weighed down with 100 pounds
and knowing that little leak in your life
pipe is your death, that no diver can eveI
get rid Of And do not know that
l should care to banish the feeling
for the sight Of the clear, blue sky, tht
genial sun and the face Of fellow-man
after long hours among the fishes, makes
you feel like one who has suddenly
been drawn away from the grasp O
death. / have had some narrow escapes
while pursuing my strange profession
every diver has, or has been unusually
lucky to escape them. think the mos
dangerous place l ever got into was goini
down to examine the propeller Comet
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17

The report of the London Missionary
Society describes the progress of Christi
anity in Madagascar as not only the most
promising but the most rapid of anything
known in modern times 1t speaks of 2O,-
600 hearers added to the congregations
during last year, and returns the converts
at $1,000 persons, including 1000 mem
hera
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17
Tomb Of Adam.

The tomb of Adami How touching it
was, here in a land of strangers, far away
from home, and friends, and all who cared
for me, thus to cover the grave OF blood
relation. True, distant one, but still
relation. The unerring instinct of nature
thrilled its recognition. The fountain Of
my filial affection was stirred to its pro-
foundest depths, and gave way to tumul-
tuous emotion. ] leaned upon pillar and
burst into tears. deem it no shame TO
have wept over the grave of my poor dead
relative. Let him who would sneer at my
emotion close this volume here, for ne will
find little to his taste in my journeyings
through Holy Land. Noble old mamie
did not live to see me-he did not live to
see his child And I-I-alas, did not
live to see him. Weighed down by sorrow
and Disappointment, he died before was
born-six thousand brief summers before
/ was born. But let US try to bear it with
fortitude. Let us trust that he is better
off where he is-Mnrk Ttcaia
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17
YOUTHS, DEPARTMENT.
GOOD MORNING.

GooD-nonxue, mammal Good-momfng, bright
sunu .n.a
Good-morning, papai The day ID begun -
Goodmorning to every one, pusey as well;
Doeshe sleep IKE the rest, till he hears the nrss
bellf
Good-morning It Is, for the sky is so blue,
The grass Is all shining and sparkling with dew;
And the air through the window comes bracing and
strong.
Good-morning 1t Il, for dark was the night,
And chilly and stil; but the morning Is bright.
IN God did not watch rs and bring Us the day,
We would never be able to get up and play
Good morning, new dayi I'm glad we're awake,
Your work and your sunshine and frolic to taise;
And I'm glad we are able so gayly to call
Good-morning, good-morningi good-morning 10
alli-HedvM and LoDas.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17

A WRITER (unmarried) suggests that
Solomon's wisdom was due to the fact that
he had seven hundred wives, whom he
consulted on all occasions.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17
POETRY.
DON'T CROWD.

DON'T crowd; this world d broad enough
For you a. well - met
The doors of art are open wide
The realm Of thought ID free;
or all earth's places you are right
To choose the best You can,
Provided that you do not try
To crowd some other ma n.
What matter though you scarce can count
Your piles Of golden ore;
While he can hardly strive to keep
Gaunt famine from his doors
Oh willing hands and honest heart
Alone should man be proud;
Then give him all the room he needs,
And never try to crowd. t.ts
Don't crowd, proud Miss; your dainty SIX
VIII glisten none the less
Because ii comes in contact with
beggar'e tattered dress: =.
This lovely world was never made
For you and alone; $50
A pauper has right 20 tread
The pathway TO throne
Don't crowd the good from out your heart =
By fostering all that's bad tf
But give to every virtue room
The best that may be had;
Be each DAYS record such one,
That YOU NAV well be proud:
Give each his right-give eacn ms room
And never try 10 crowd
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17

BESyAMrN BRowS, Of Stapleton, Staten
Island, a graduate Of Harvard, offers %
give 5000 to the Oxford crew, u tney
will consent to row the Harvards, on eitnek
the Hudson or Charles river next autano
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17

Mr.. ROBERT MILLS, of Reading Ia,
has on mis- premises curiosity rarely met
with, duck having the feet Of chicken
the feet being without webs, and me
head graced with combs; the other pars
of the fowl is like an ordinary duck
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17

The small steel chain which winds
round the fusee of watch is about eight
inches in length, and contains upwards OF
five hundred links, riveted together. 1t
is not thicker than a horse-hair, and the
separate links can but just be perceived
with the naked eye. Most of these watch
chains are manufactured at Christchurch,
in Hants. The links are punched out by
girls from plates of steel, and very young
girls pick up the links, and rivst one TO the
other.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17

GERMANY has about 800 trades unions
with about $4,000 membera
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17

Signal for q bark-Pulling dogs tail.
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pUEFAE.O AND rRua mArLnOAn.

DUEFAE.O AND r2EGG RArEHOAn,
- On and attcr Monday Nov. .3rd. 1865
Passenger Trains will run on this road as follows:
LEAVE ERIE-GoING EAST.
fsaA A. VI. NIGHT EXPRESS, stoppinp n.
A'IV Ripley, Westfeld, Dunkirk and Silver.
creek, arriving at Buffalo At dd5 A. NJ
P1sSS a. M, NEW YORK EXPRESS, stop
H"'T' ping at Westled, Brocton. Dunkrk SiI
Velcyeek, aud Angola, arriving in Buffalo
at 10 p. NJ
%s'RS T. NJ, CINCINNATI EXPRESS, stor
''' ring at Northeast, Wcslncl, Rrncfon .
nunhlrli and SilycrcreCk, and arrives al
IrilalO at lo,45 =. Il.
GOO Aio}N y, s,os5jJ %%i1 =, Ar si Aoc@MopA
BID Eo,ja,,.l II, p4T E.,,i2 EHFgEss %g:.s stog29s
SlNercrcek and Angola, arriving at Hui-
iao at 100 p. VI.
LEAVE EUFF aLO-GoINC WrsT.
E'htSSN 7. NJ, DAY EXPRESS stopping M An
N'Ti~'y goa. >ilyerCgecE, Dmtuk, 8roc.uu,
Ne-i5.ld end Northeast aIiviHg at Erie
s,Nn p. NJ, NAIL AND ACCOMN0pf
f'NV TIoN, Stopping o., ull stations arriving
Gs'psA A. NJ. TOLEDO EMPRESS. -onpiug .t
N.''s'' an stations md arriving a Eriea' lY.l
a-6AA T. b., STEAMBOAT EyPLEsS. sion
v'"y ping 0t AngnIN, NUrCrwCc-, Durhirk
Brocrou, Wc.riniG and Northeast. arrv
iuH NO Erie Ht /. .H1 4. w.
gstBA a. ~. NIGHT TNpRESs, stopping T..
ts'~V .i.yUcru,-, , BWkrl and Wcslicld, a..
irving a; Eric at TO A. VI.
Haroad time is 10 minutes m-ter than Eiic tim
n. BROWN, Cont snq-
, 1869-08-20
From the Jamaica Guardian, august ~
ANIAICA.

HOW WE ARE BEGINNING TO LooK UP!
Our contemporary OF HE County Union
in It's "EdItor's New letter." has the fol-
lowing interesting paragraphs on the inl-
prOvement which Is manifest in he COM
mcrci1I affairs 0! Kingston, every word of
which we most heartily endorse /:
CommrrcDaI matters (savS the EDITOR are
positively indicating vast improvements in
the condition OF The colony, not only by the
extensive credits now readily gwen to ia
maica merchants, bat in the extended aid
our planters are receiving from the monied
men Of England. We are informed by
most reliable source that for agricultural
purposes there is now no limit, in reason,
to advances ready to be made. such firm
reliance is there, in the stability ofour in
stitutIon and he security Of property un-
der Crown Government. They who Sys-
tematlCally run down, and trade up0n the
abuse they lavish on our Government,
really are fighting with shadows they can
not reach or kicking against pricks imper-
vlouS to assault. You cannot take awav
from the sterling mind called "public
opinion at home, the value Of such stale
mentS as are Packet after Packet recorded
there by the gentleman at the head ofour
affairs here. Newspaper Trades and
journalistic violence fail to impress the
sterling sense Of John Bull against sta
%tistical truths vouched for by authority
answerabIe to The English Parliament for
It's details and actions. One assertion
"It is sos" made by the Governor and the
Colonial Secretary, travels at once to the
good opinion and Iron Chests Of tho man
of change, while all The airy vaporings
of partlzan disappointment are dispersed
upon the idle wind that bears them. ia
, 1869-08-20
AUCTION.

Ut the request of Christiansteds
W Dealing Court in behalf of St.
Ihomn Dealing Court as administer
ing the es ate of the late Mrs. Mar
garethe Elizabeth IndahI, will be
sold at the Vendue Office on
Tuesday the 3lst instant IL o'clock
noon,
at one public Auction
The PROPERTY
Nc. 9 a. Queens Street
in this town. The appraisement
and other Documents relating to the
property can be seen at the Dealing
Court Office.
Christiansteds Vendue Office the
18th August 1869.
G. SARAUW.
, 1869-08-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
AUCTION.


PFTER Begjnring af Christiansted
e Skltteret for st. Thomn Skifteret
paa atgangne Enke Marguerite Eli
zabeth A>dahl's Boes Vtgne vii
EIENDOM
Nr. 8 a. Dronningens Gadc
heri Byen bliye bortsoIgt we'd cen
offentlig Auction, som alholdes
Iirsdag den Bite denncs Middag
~. 10 slet
paa Auctionscontoiret, V~urderingen
og andre Eiendommen vedkommende
Documenter ere til Eftersyn paa
Skifteretscontoiret.
Christiansted Auctionscontoir den
l8de August 1869.
c. SARAUW.
, 1869-08-20
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FRIDAY, GOTH AUGUST, 1869.

WE learn from the Copenhagen Papers
that His Majesty the King was pleased on
the 28th July to confer the following de-
corationS and titles as follows ::
Ridder at Dannebrog: 0. Raupach, St. Thomas.
0. MarStrand, do.
Dannebrogsmand: JuStitsraad Aagaard, r. ID.
Virkelig Etatsraad: Ex-Governor Stakemann,
r. D.
Virkelige Justitsraader: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
P. P. Rosenstand.
Secretary van Brake.
DR.. Magens, R. d, st.
Thomas.
Virkelie Cancellieraad: Apothecary Faber.
KrigSraad: Music-director Moeser.
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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-26
FROM TIE ASSOCIATED rEEss.I

re- WASHINGTON, November p.
9ussagus A. Smith, OF Alabama, Is appointed
eollecsor or Internal revenue FOR New Mexico.
-Four Hundred thousand dollars were subscribed
last night for the International Fair.
webster, son-in-law Of the Secretary OF State,
Is counsel for Spain in the matter Of hbellnS the
SpanisA guEboats. There is no doubt here that
pish u hostile TO any action OF the government
fsvoring struggling Cuba
A colored girl, nearly white, has smuggled her-
self into ths public school for white. The ques-
ton OF her expulsion causes much excitement
and WIN force the school authorities to act On the
question.
Belche1, assesso, Third Georgia District, reports
the once of assistant assessor for Talliafero and
wilkes Counties plundered, fnd note left warn
ing the assessor to keep away.
A washington special to the New York Tri-
bune Says: eAdmiral Porter has now got our
navy iatoie condition that will render 1t danger
Gus fordpain to attempt any rerrisals. in case
the gunboats are for any reason within AZ
Commander Seely. of the Steame PIwnee, for
cruelty to seamen, has been Sentenced to four
years. suspension from duty On furlough pay.
General Terry has dispatched detachment OF
troops to protect the revenue officers In Wilkes
and Taliiafero Counties, Georgia.
In the Supreme Court, the case OF Pitser Miller
Us. Larkin Mckenzie and others, for the seizure
and destruction OF cotton, was taken up. The de-
fendants were State soldiers, and acted under
orders or the Governor OF Mississippi. Under In
structions, the court below gave verdict for the
defendants, and from this the plaintir appeals
me decision was reserved.