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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-03-06
Pneumonia,

There are few diseases in which special
treatment adapted to individual cases is
more important than IN pneumonia; for
the measures that would be salutary in
one case would oe injurious, or even fatal,
in another. In the belief, therefore, that
such general directions as could be given
in the limited scope of this article would
be likely to do quite as much harm as
good, the few remaining remarks shall re-
fer to the Office of nurse rather than to
that of doctor: The patient should lie
with his shoulders somewhat elevated. In
protracted and debilitated cases, his posi-.
ton should be changed occasionally, in
order to prevent the setting of the blood
in any part of the lungs. Care should be
taken to expose the chest and body as
little as possible. The air Of the sick.
room should be of a uniform tempera.
ture, and warm, yet purified by sufficient
ventilation. In early stages, what little
diet the patient can take should be fari.
naceous drinks, such as gum water, bar.
ley water, thin Cruel, to which NAV be
added detection OF ripe fruit, or the
JUICE OF oranges or fresh grapes, the in
digestible portion being carefully rejected.
as the fever abates, give tea, with toasted
bread or crackers, or little rice; then In
dian mush, milk, broths, lighter meats.
eggs, oysters. In this, as in other dis
eases, nature powerfully aids sound
constitution, and, with good nursing, lit
tie medical treatment will very often
suffice.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-03-06
Bismarck on the Road to Busancy.

On the road to Busancy the Chancellor
said: "The whole day had nothing but
ration bread and bacon. Now we GOT q
few eggs-fve or six. The men wanted
to have them boiled I, however, like them
raw. Accordingly I appropriated couple.
smashed them with my pommel, and re-.
freshed myself. At daybreak l enioved
the first warm food mad tasted for thirty.
SIX hours; 1t was only pea-soup, offered
me by Gen. Cohen, but 1t seemed most
delicious. Later there was a roast fowl,
whose toughness was, however, too much
Tor the best TOOTH" 1t had been offered
to the Minister by sutler after he had
purchased an undressed one from a
soldier. Bismarck had taken the former.
paid for 1t, and had given the man in a,'
dltlon the one purchased from the soldier.
III We meet again in the war; he said
you can return me the fowl roasted. II
not, | hope Eeu restore it in Berlin = =
On the read VIC caught up to some Jagged
Bavarians, common soldiers, who were
dragging themselves slowly along under
o scorching sun. "Ho, countrymen y,
called out the Chanceller to one of them.
.Would you like q drink Of Cognac?,'
OF course he would, and so would another.
to judge from his longing eyes, and a
third, too. and, 50 they drank, and d few
more, too, each draught out Of the Min.
ister's travelling flask, and then out Of
mine. A cigarhpiece appropriately closed
the proceedings. Graf Bismsrck ind
ClsnA IeukA L -. = z q =
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The Dog and Child.

Mr.. Elihu Burritt gives in his book,
called "a Walk from London to Lands
End and Back" touching illustration
OF the affection of a dog in Truro:
II was sitting at the breakfast table OF
friend, who is druggist, when he was
called out by neighbor, who had come
for medical advice and aid. and in very
remarkable and affecting case.
He described it briefly and simply, bu.
it would fill volume of beautiful mean
ing. His family dog had incidently
made the acquaintance of a neighbours
child on the other side of the street.
While lying on the door stone, he had
noticed the little thing, sometimes at the
chamber window, and sometimes on the
pavement, in little carriage.
During one of his walks on that side
of the street, ne met the baby, and looked
over the rim of the basket carriage, as
loving dog can look, straight into pail
Of baby eyes, and said "Good morningl' RI
as well as he could.
Little by little, day by day, and week
by week. this companionship went on,
growing with with the growth, and strength
ening with the strength OF the little one
The dog, doubtless because his master
had no young child Of his own, came at
last to transfer frequently his watch and
ward to the door stone on the other side
of the street, to follow as guard of hon
or the baby's carriage OH its daily air
ings.
With what delight he gave himself up
to all the peltings, and little rude romp-
ings, and rough-and- blings, of those
baby hands. One day, as the dog lay in
watch by the door-stone, the child peep
ing out OF the window above, lost its bal
ance, and fell on the stone pavement be-
Levitt never breathed again. 1t was
taken up quite dead The red drops OF
the young life had despatched the feet
and face Of the dog as he sprang to the
rescue His heart died out within him
in one long whining moan Of grief. From
that moment he refused to eat. He re-
fused to be comforted hy his masters
voice and by his masters home. Day by
day, and night by night. he lay upon the
spot where the child fell. s,is rs
This was the neighbours errand. He
told it in q few simple words. He had
come to my friend, the druggist, for a
prescription for his dog-something to
bring back his appetite.
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An Ola Story

They stood alone in the light of The West
He said that he loved her well;
He loved her well, but she loved the best
There were none but The birds to tell.
Sweet day. sang they
Sweet, sweet day"
The bluebells were nodding in the green glen
The waters were laughing q song,
The birds were telling the deeds of men
When the world knew neyera wrong;
Sweet day." sang they
Sweet, sweet day'
He whispered in her willing ear,
Thou art dearer than life to me-"
There were none but the laughing waters
to hear,
And none but the birds to see,
Sweet day." sang they
"sweet, sweet day!'
The bluebells laid their fair heads to rest
The birds flew over the wave;
The heart of the woman who loved the best
Lay mute in silent grave!
For the love of the man who loved her well
Lived but the life of fair bluebel!
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How q Woman Hurries.

Have you ever waited for woman to
'get ready" to go somewherel OF course
you have, and will be Interested in what
follows, written by Kate Thorn. The
hour is half-past three. Maria is not
ready. At tour she twill be down in Just
one moment" but even at this hour if
you could look into Marie's chamber you
would be in despair. Her 'crimps" are
not taken down, her boots unbuttoned
her pull-back's elastic cords are out of
gear, and the maid is fixing theml she
can't find her bracelets, one cuff pin is
missing; she puts her arnica on ler
handkerchief by mistake, think
ing it jockey club. There is but
ton off her basque from hurried button.
ing; and oh, dear dearl where are her
lemon kids, and her lace scarf, and that
coral neck chain, and shawl, and a
white lace vail, and dozen other neces-
sary articless She has hurried so that
her face is all in blaze, and she is sure
she looks like washerwoman, and she
series the powder puff and dabs little
chalk on her forehead, and hopes it won't
be seen, as she is going out to ride with
q uibu uHu AoI Will WOudu. ALI TN
conscious Of the trials which beset your
charming Marie, you are striving to do
the agreeable to Mrs. B with the sound
of your horses paving up that sidewalk
in your ears, and you know the old gen.
tleman is particular about his grounds,
and directly you hear something snap,
and rash out to find that one Of your
spirited nags has broken off fence pick
ct, and is trying his pest on another by
way OF desert. Will she ever get ready9
You consult your watch. Five o'clock!
You feel inclined to swear little, but
piety forbids, and you try to possess your
soul in patience. The door opens. She
comes, radiant and smiling, in the lowell.
est OF new costumes, pinned back SO
tightthat she creeps toward you like a
snail and you mentally wonder how she
is ever going to step high enough to get
into the carriage; and her hat is SO be-
coming, aud her black lace scarf increases
the wilderness of her neck so much, and
she tells you so sweetly, that you feel in
finiteiy obliged to her for doing it, and
feel for the momen. ss if the highest and
most supreme delight of existence could
be found only in waiting for her to s'get
ready"
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One Woman's Remarkable Career.

The Boston correspondent of the New
Bedford Mercury writes: Until very re-
Gently, there was an old, bent and wrink-
led woman to be seen any day on one of
our principal thorougfares "down town."
curled up behind meager, dyspeptic
little handorgan, patiently grinding out
the most dismal and doletul sounds that
ever this democratic instrument was
made to yield, and looking wistfully at
the little tin cup which was usually very
destitute of pennies, and to which silver
was an utter stranger; but if this poor old
creatures history had been known, there
would have been few passers-by who
would not have had moment, a glance
and dime for this forlorn being, in
whose dull brain lurked so many con-
tlicting memories.
In her days Of youth and beauty, this
woman bore name and title which
her ancestors had celebrated through
centuries. She was an acknowledged
leader of fashion and wealth in her own
sunny Italy; every wish and caprice of a
tickle fancy was satisfied; lovers bowed
at her feet, and even royalty itself was
not insensible to her destinations. But
unfortunately for this pet Of fortune, she
was ambitious, and the dangerous politi--
cal intrigues of that day and country had
charms for her which she could not with
stand. The party to which she had at
tached herself had its day-a bright and
glorious one-but the night of disaster
followed, and all the leaders were obliged
to flee into exile to save their lives. From
this moment fate was unpropitious to the
woman who had never known want or
a sorrow. She sank step by step, she
wandered from one land to another, until
at last in her lonely and unhappy old age
she drifted to our city, where she fought
death and starvation with her poor little
handorgan for time, but her enemies
were too strong for her, and she lies now
III a pauper's grave.
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The Mysterious "HeZ."

Philadelphia possesses mystery IN the
shape of an invisible beneticent fairy,
who writes cramped hand, works by
means OF the postotiice instead OF wands,
magic lamps, etc, and sends Its gifts in
cheap yellow envelopes to the needy poor,
orphan-asylum and hospitals, with no
sign of its identity inside beyond the sin
gle word "Hez."
These gifts of "Hez" are magnificent
in proportion, and bestowed with great
wisdom and the keenest insight into the
necessities Of each case. "Hez" is sup
posed to be some eccentric and chalita-
bic millionaire, VINO means to put his
money to good uses while he is alive, and
not to leave it for trustees and executors to
quarrel over when he is dead.
If there is an eccentricity in giving
money while the giver is alive, and not
by legacy, rich men will do well to imi
tate it. Many posthumous requests in
this country have failed utterly to reach
the class for whom they were intended.
Edwin Forrest bequeathed his immense
property to support home for aged act.
ors, and but one Old man has ever enjoyed
the stately mansion and its luxuries.
There is scarcely town or city in the
country which has not its testimony TO
give of charitable legacy which has
failed to answer the purpose of its testa-
tor.
Trustees and executors are open to
temptation, and the care Of a large, I'M
protected trust is the strongest one which
can be thrown in their way. "Hez" is
wise to distribute his tens of thousands
himself, and to do it without the delay of
a day.
About ten years ego man of vast
wealth was showing to friend his col
lection Of historical pamphlets, which was
the finest in the country.
81 am going to give them to the Penn
sylvania historical society,"" he said, "and
this branch of my library to the Frank
lin library ] have no family, as you
know, ana intend to give away all that
] have before! die, leaving myself only
comfortable annuity. have no faith
in posthumous charity"
when do yon intend to do it," asked
his friend.
He hesitated. Next month | shall not
put it off. AS soon as return from St.
Louis
He started that evening for st. Louis.
The next day his friend took up news
paper and read that the boat was burned,
with most of the passengers, He was
dead, and his money went to the State.
He had put it of day too long Youth
Tnronnnoop
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find the spot where he had been born,
questioned the villagers in regard to the
families of his dav, and in the evening SAT
down for refreshment in gast-haus.
The with Immediately began talking
in an undertone with some regular custom
ers who had come to their favorite veins.
tube to qualf the evening lager. he
pointed frequently to the newcomer
waoged his head knowingly, stood with
| in a few PAGES of the professor, placed ms
hands upon his hips, drew back, and, with
an air of defiance, asked what was wanted.
"a glass of beer" was the unconcerned
answer, made in the mother tongue OF
both speakers.
Herr Wirth stood 'motionleSs awhile,
and at last drawled out "Well--who
are you, any way9' The professor re-
nlied that he was aM American. Herr
Wirth quickly turning to the lockers on
said 50, do you hear that9 He says he is
an American, and yet speaks German ike
| a nativeW
The professor was then informed that
he had been watched all day; that ne
had been seen going into various houses
that he was evidently there tor some pc.
itical purpose-to excite an uprising or
some thing of that sort-and that the best
thing for him TO do would be to clear
out.
The professor attempted to establish
his identity by telling them that he was
born in the village. He described how
the place used to look, but they remem-
bered nothing. He spoke of people who
had once lived there, but no one present
had ever heard of them.
He at last thought Of something. which
as he fancied, could not have passed out
of mind. "Gentlemen," said he, "there
was once high wooden tower right up
at the turn in the road. 1played in that
when I was q boy. All of you certainly
must remainder the old tower" The
company shook their he, DIS. "Who ever
heard of the tower9 exclaimed one and
mother. "There never was tower
there
The professor is willing now to live
and die in the college town in America
where he is known and honored.
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A Look into Vesuvius.

Mrs. General Coils, who has been
travelling in Europe for the last seven
months, and whose graphic letters have
been read with general interest, writing
from Italy, describes her visit to the
erupting crater of Vesuvius as follows !;
II pushed to the very mouth of the crater
yes, and looked down right into the
yawning abyss. Unlike Sir Charles Cold
stream, did see something in it, and
heard it, too. Never shall forget those
awful moments. From deep down in the
very heart of the mountain--how far ae-
meath me I cannot say-came rumbling
of distant thunder, followed by more
rapid and sharp decorating sounds, like
the explosion of firearms, then a flash, a
peal of thunder, and presently it belched
forth dense clouds Of smoke, ascending
to an incredible height, followed by q
discharge of fery-red powders, small
stones, streams of molten lava and scarlet
flame. The interior of the crater seemed
lined with layers of pure sulphur of
beautiful yellow tint, made more intense
by contrast with tire immense body of
black lava by which I was surrounded.
Deep down into the crater seemed sea
Of smoldering fire. It is extraordinary
how little we realize the danger of an ad-
venture like this until it is over. Had
learned before started Of the sad fate
which six years ago lbefell similar party
Of explorers, I might have hesitated. 1t
was in 1879 that's party Of twenty stu
dents from Naples assembled the mountain
during an eruption. They stood upon
the brink Of the crater, when suddenly
they were enveloped in cloud OF sui.
phurous smoke and falling projectiles.
Eight of them (some say alp persisted,
and l believe only two of their bodies
were ever recovered. The descent
was pleasant enough; in fact the sensa-
ton was more agreeable than otherwise,
for at every step our safety was assured
BY the sinking Of our feet into the deep
ashes and scori@. We arrived at Naples
at about p. M, delighted at our most
profitable work, and regretting only that
our glories and adventures were not
shared by those absent ones whose society
would have made the joy Of the day alb.
solutely complete
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Lake DWeiiers.

From Nature { t.
The remains of another lake village
have just been brought to light at Lorcas
by the shrinkage Of the waters of the
Lake Of Bienne. This appears to be one
of the most interesting discoveries of the
sort we have had for some time, rich as
has been the last few weeks in notable
lacustrine finds. The station at Lorcas,
assigned by experts to the age Of stone, is
situated at short distance from the lake
shore, not far from another and similar
station which was explored in 1878. An
exploration conducted by DR.. Gross. of
Neuveyille, has resulted in the gathering
Of many novel and interesting objects,
pierced stone hatchets. similar to those
found in Denmark, large flint lance
heads, jade hatchets, with stag horn and
wooden hats, fastened with pitch; ves-
sells in wood, among others colander,
and vase in q good state of preservation.
Near these were found several arms and
instruments Of pure copper, circum-
stance which points to the probability
that intermediate Between the age of
bronze and the age Of stone was period
when prehistoric man had not discovered
the artof allowing copper with tin. This
was the age Of copper. Still more remark
able is find Of human skulls which bear
unmistakable marks Of having been tre-
panned. Ronnd pieces have been cut out,
doubtless after death, as il supposed, for
use as amulets. In some instances pieces
were cut fram the eraninms /, liyin:. in
fants in order, as M. Broca conjectures,
to let out the spirit by whose malignant
influence they we're afflicted with fits, con-
vulsions and other maladies. These bits
sof Infants skulls were sometimes used in
= way OF which an example has been found
at Lorcas; they were put inside the heads
to protect them from the wi.es and as
saults Of evil beings in the world OF
spirits. @
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Reform in Mourning.

From the Home Journal.
Rev. Mr.. Macleod Of Philadelphia con-
tends that there Is neither health, sense,
nor religion in full mourning. He tells
his congregation that a bit Of black rib.
bon, worn in some way, will indicate De-
rcavement JUST as we'll as complete
mourning suit. A bit OF Grape on the
bell pull gives the hint to those who pass
by, and it is not considered necessary to
cover the whole front with black drapery.
Why, then, will not a bit of ribbon on
cloak or coat answer the purpose, and .
| weight of useless expense, and costume
that is always gloomy and, in warm
| weather, very uncomfortable, be taken
from bereaved mourners2 Christians, he
is convinced, ought not to take a gloomy
view Of death. There are glorious hopes
linked with the sorrows, and the hopes OF
those vino are gone before should be SYM
bolized rather than the sorrows of those
who are left behind. He would have
cheerful garments worn by mourners in
token of the triumph Of the gloritied ones,
and bit of ribbon or Grape as simple
memorial of their own sense Of bereave-
ment. The rest of the full mourning he
would send to the heather, who, in their
sorrow at the grave, have no hope. The
Rev. DR.. Bartol, Of Boston, referred re-
Gently to the same subject in his Sunday
sermon. He said our funerals are too
sad. With unceasing trust we should
disuse the black apparel and the Grape at
the door, for those whose temperance
we figure with psalm and hymns, aud
harps and white robes. Our gloom accuses
our faith; We shall ceases to close the
shutters and blinds, and exclude the sun,
as if there could be a condition in Gods
providence when the sun is unwelcome,
when we come to feel death as good as
life and as natural as birth. Our machinery
Of the event will be no longer deed of
darkness from which the children of the
house must be kept away, in terror of
imagination, exceeding all that presence
would bring. They cannot constfue the
secret and mystery which We make in
our parlor as respect; but we shall have
cheerful and expectant parting with the
one taken, whom the young may miss as
much as the old.
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A Kind of a Paragon.
From the London Athonaeam.

From the London Athenasum.
When French woman is lady she
is, notwithstanding the materialism al
the bottom of her nature, the most per
feet thing of her kind that the world has
yet produced. If she has not the fine
unconrciousness of an English lady, her
self-consc1ousness is a necessary charm,
component element of her incompar-
able grace. Itisthe self.consclous witch
cry Of Titania, who knows that in the
end Oberon must yield. From her child.
hood she has educated herself soul and
bouy-toward the fine issue" Of coquet-
ry; and if her lips are not the lips Of the
English rosebud garden of girls" the
accents that come from them are brighter
than the Of Of silver silver bells tthsFe is
no gesture Of hers that is not perfect
grace; there is no movment in which she
does not seem to shed soft-tinted lights
as she goes.
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Wives That Were appreciated.

x tell you what it is," said one of the
the small coterie of wealthy men who
had met in the office of one Of their nun
Der, "they may say what they please
about the uselessness OF modern women,
butmy wife has done her share toward
securing our success in life. Everybody
knows that her family was aristocratic
and very exclusive, and all that, and
when married her she had never done a
days work in her life; but when w. g.
Co, failed, and I had to commence at
the foot Of the hill again, she discharged
the servants and chose neat little cot
tage, and did her own housekeeping UNI
til was better of again." s
And my wife, said second, was an
only daughter, petted and caressed to
death, and everybody said, well, if he
will marry doll like that. he'll make
the greatest mistake Of his life; but when
I came home the first year of our mar.
riage sick with the fever she nursed me
back to health, and never knew her to
murmur because we could not afford any
better style, or more luxuries." a
SWELL, gentlemen" chimed in third,
II married q smart, healthy, pretty girl,
but she was q regular blue-stocking -she
adored Tennyson, doated on Byron, read
Emerson, and named the first baby Ralph
Waldo, and the second Maud; but / tell
you what it is, rand the speakers eyes
grew suspicious.y moist. "when we laid
little Maud in her last bed, at Auburn,
my wife had no remelp brance of neglect.
OF is,inted motherl care, and the little
dresses that still lie in the locked draw
or, were all made by her own hands,.
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Flint Once was Sponge.

A writer in s.. Nicholas says: "You
never would think it, would you2 but
I'm told that flint is nothing more nor
less than sponge turned to stone. Once
the sponge grew at the bottom Of tho sea,
as other sponges grow now; but that
was ages and ages ago, and since then
sponge turned to flint, and has lain cover
ed by rock and earth of many kinds
piled thick above it. Seen with inicros-
cope flint shows the make of sponge in its
fibres; and sometimes you can sea bedded
in it, the shells Of the tiny creatures on
which the sponge hsd fed. Now and
then, inside flint, will be found bits Of
the sponges yet unchanged That last
proof settles it; but must say it is hard
to beliere-hard as the fiint, almost.