smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

Few, outside Bridewell, have any idea how
many of these classes almost daily arrive in
most miserable condition.


Last year had under my treatment one
hundred and sixty cases suffering with this
disease, eight of which proved fatal This
year have had up to date one hundred cas-
es out of;whch four died. Historic morti of
many special cases might be given, but will
here limit myself to the treatment only.


Many, when they arrive, came from the
most filthy and unhealthy places in the city,
where they may have been lying for several
days before coming to the notice of the police;
half starved and dirty, covered with vermin,
and many with preternaturally red noses
This will give you an idea in what situations
these patients are on arriving at the famous
Bridewell.


They have all for many days and weeks
been constantly drinking alcohol under the
name of Irish, Scotch and Bourbon, all full
of poison. know, as a fact, that this whis-
| ky contains large.quantity of fusel oil, which
is a well known poison. When liquor dealers
mix the above named liquors, they take large
quantities of the above poison /; and even
| brandy which is manufactured in this coun-
try is mixed with poisoned substance which
they call oil of cagmars, which is equal to
| Prussic acid in it's effects. Knowing these
facts, wonder there are not more fatal cas-
| eS.


| Sleep being the suspended function, and
! the one nature and the system demand, we
use opium to produce it, but although this
medicine sometimes produces the desired ef-
fects, in many special cases it is often dan
gerous Chloroform have tried in several
cases, administering it internally, as well in
large as small doses, also by inhalations, with
due caution but in my experience have
not found it at all to answer my expecta
tions.


| Ipecacunaha which have tried in sixty
cases, have found most remarkably success
full in the above mentioned disease; quieting
the nervous system, exciting the appetite, act
ing on the secretions, and uniformity produc-
ing sleep. When a case is not of too long
standing, give it as an emetic the first dose,
and afterwards give from fifteen to eighteen
grains every other hour. Connected with this
remedy, use shower baths, and let the pa
tient frequently drink strong beef tea, without
any alchoholic stimulants.


With these facts then before us, and the
experience Of the happy effects Ipecahuauha, |
can sometimes recommend it to all medical
practitioners.-Chi.N Medical Jour-.
Year: 1859




Never surely was holier man


Than Ambrose since the world begani
With diet spare and raiment tnin, III
He shielded himself from the father OF ain;
With bed of iron and scornings oft
His heart to Gods hand as wax made soft. s."
Through earnest prayer and watching long,
He sought to know 'twixt right and wrong,
Much wrestling with the blessed Word,
To make it yield the sense Of the Lord,
That he might build q storm proof creed
To fold the flock in at their need. -... r.
At last he builded perfect faith, '-
Fenced round about with "2ke LordthHs saikA, !"
To himself he fitted the doorway's size,
Melted the Light TO the need of his eyes,
And knew, by the sure and inward sign,
That the work Of his fingers was divine.
Their Ambrose said: "All those shall die
The eternal death, who believe not as
And some were boiled, some burned in hre,
Some sawn in twain, that his hearts desire
For the good of mems souls might be satisied
By the drawing of all to the righteous nde.
One day as Ambrose was seeking the truth
In his lonely walk. he saw youth - -i-s-s..Ia
Resting himself in the shade of q tree;,I 11yJ
1t had never been given him to see q e..
So shining a face, and the good man thought
'Twere pity he should not believe as he ought.
So he sat himself by the young mans side,
And the state of his soul with questions tried;
But the heart Of the stranger hardened, indeed
Nor received the stamp of the one true creed,
And the spirit of Ambrose waxed sore to find
Such face in front of so narrow mind.
Gas each beholds in clouds and fire
The shape that answers his own desire,
So each," said the youth, "ln the Law shall hnd
The figure and features of his mind;
And to each in his mercy, God hath allowed
His several pillar of fire and cloud"
The soul of Ambrose burned with zeal
And holy wrath for the young mans veal:
"Beevest thou, then, most wretched youth"
Cried he, "a dividual essence of truth?
fear me thy heart is too cramped with sin
To take the Lord in his glory i'm
Now there bubbled beside them, where they stood,
A fountain of waters sweet and good;
The youth to the streamlet's brink drew near,
Saying Ambrose, thou maker of crseds look


herer'


Six vases of crystal then he took,
And set them along the edge of the brook.
Gas into these vessels the water pour, ~
There shall one hold less, another more,
And the water unchanged in every case,
Shall put on the figure OF the vase;
o thou, who wouldst unity make through strife,
Canst thou fit this sign to the Water of Life?'
When Ambrose looked up he stood alone, ..
The youth, and the stream, and the vases were


gone;


But he knew by a sense of hrmbled grace,
He had talked with angel, face to face,
And felt his heart change inwardly,
As he fell on his knees beneath the tree.
Year: 1859

The Salem Register says, that in a town
near the city of witches there lives very
mean man, name unfortunately not given. A
domestic in his family recently lost her father
by death, and was obliged to defray the ex-
penses of his burial. Her employer, the mean
man aforesaid, who is of course wealthy adj
vanced her fifteen dollars for this pious pur-
pose her wages were one dollar per week,
and, at the end of fifteen weeks, her employer
settled with her, and charged her interest on
the sum advanced.
Year: 1859

Of course the Emperor would not insist
upon his remaining, if business was in the
way, but, said he, laughing, "Mind you, it
is only temporary leave of absence"


During the whole of these pleasant three
weeks not a word had been spoken about
the one hundred pounds, the Squire had
lent his imperial friend; but on the morn
ing Of his departure the comptroller Of the
royal household called him into his bureau,
and said that he had directions from the
Emperor to hand Monsieur a cheque The
Squire looked up surprised, for he had en-
treIv forgotten the transaction but there
was the cheque for the veritable amount,
dated from that memorable day Of the
Cheshire hunt to the present time. The
moment of departure came, and the En-
peror taking him by the arm, led the
Squire to the carriage himself Before
driving off, his Majesty put his head in at
the window, and said, Il think / once told
you that believed in my destiny; you
smiled then; but who is in the right now"
''Weu, pom my SOUL" replied the Squire,
his honest face lighted up with Smiles
seeing is believing"
Year: 1859

"Did you present your account TO the
DEFENDANT inquired a lawyer Of hrs client


4 did, sir And what did he say?' He
told me to 90 to the devil And what
did YOU do theuF why, came to YOU
Year: 1859

How IT TAKES The Racine JournaI,
an able and Influential republican organ,
says The nomination OF Rainfall is one
not fit to be r"ade By party choxpects
to succeed in the campaign. There j. the
most intense excitement Oh the streets with
regard to this nomination. Such nom
ination cannot be forced down the throats
of men. They WHO have minds Of their
own will be likely to exercise them on this
topic. The subject Of the utility os Con-
ventions is undergoing considerable discus-
sion, and it will take but very little to
upset what little respect there is left for
them
Year: 1859

has won for itself such renown for the cure of
every variety OF Throat and Lung Complaint, that
It 10 entirely unnecessary for us to recount the
evidence OF Its virtues. Wherever it has been en-
ployed. As il has long been in constant use
throughout this section, need not do more than
assure the people lis quality kept UP to the best
1t ever has been, and that it may be relied on to
do for their relief all it has ever been onnd to do
Year: 1859

waters cast upward fell hack in rainbow
showers, filing the air with dreamy music.
This was shut in by agrove of stately elms,
and, as sat upon the marble steps of the
fountain, pressing my burning brow be-
tween my hands, cold as ice, tried to force
down the bitter memories that were crowd
ing thick and fast upon me. Oh what .
world of bitterness was in my soul. Yet
none must know, no not even Mabel The
sound of approaching footsteps aroused me
and FASTENED into the conservatory to avoid
them There I found Mabel's husband who
escorted me to the music room, where sat
Mabel at the harp. Her rich clear voice
never sounded more beautifully than now,
and each string seemed fraught with liquid
melody as they quivered beneath her mas
terly touch. Her face was pale, yet calm.
None of that gay throng-much less he
who stood beside her-Edmund Allison
dreamed Of the lEtna she was crushing in
her bosom. ] never saw her SO brilliant;
flashes Of wit and gay repsrtee fell from her
lips and as he fingered beside her and his
merry laugh fell upon my ear, bitterly
thought, Obi if his heart had been blighted
too. -


The gay festivities were at last over, and
we were on our way home. Twice during
that evening he passed me with slight bow
Of recognition, but merely bowed in ac-
acknowledgement Of our former acquaintance.
Silently we rolled on toward Mabels dwell
ing. Mr.. Selden was asleep; Mabel and l
were each busy with our own thoughts, and
neither spoke until arrived at home and sepe-
rated for our respective apartments. A
week longer l spent in MabePs home, and
then returned to my Aunts cottage at the
Glen. A few weeks glidcd by and second
time was engaged. And l loved and re-
Year: 1859

DARK HoURs.-There are dark hours that
mark the history of the brightest years. For
not whole month in many millions of
the past, perhaps, has the sun shone brilliant
lv all the time, and there have been cold and
stormy days in all. And yet the mists and
shadows of the darkest hours have been dis
sipated. The most cruel ice fetters have been
broken and dissolved, and the most furious
storm looses its power to harm. And what
IA parable is this to human life-of our out
side world, where the heart works in its
shadowing of the dark hour, and many
cold blast chills it to the core But what
matters it MAN is born hero, and it is
only in darkness and storms that heroism
gains its greatest and best development, and
the storm hears it more rapidly on to its des-


tiny. Despair not, then. Neither give up;
while one good power is yours, use 1t. Dis
appointment will be realized. Mortifying
failure may attend this failure and that one
but only be honest and struggle on, and
all viii be we'll
Year: 1859

A REPRESENTATIVE MAN.-We see it stated
that the Administration party has engaged
the notorious steamboat runner j. n. Smith
to follow Mr. Broderick on his tour and
speak in opposition to him. If Smith has
been started o"t on such an errand. it is
doubtless for the purpose of insulting Mr.
Brodericl1 We have no doubt, however,
that the steamboat runner is a good repre-
sentative man of the party whose tool he is,
and is a fitting subject to represent the prin-
cipes and character of the Administration
.nartV.-S T. Nems
Year: 1859

If a majority of the citizens of Territory
are opposed to the establishment of slavery
among them, there can be no safety for this
species of pre- perty unless the General Gov
ernment sends United States solder with
every negro Laughter.] If this species of
property is to receive special protection from
the General Government all other property
should have the same protection If the own
er of negro worth $500 is entitled to one U
5. soldier to prevent his negro from running
away, the owner of horse worth $500 is
entitled to the same right for the same object
Laughter.
Year: 1859

The truest noblcman Of earth,


Is he who loves to be
The first companion of the good,


The hero of the free;
Who works undaunted for the poor,


Who sees no rank in names
Whose hopes ascend to heaven in crowds
AS sparks fly up from flames!
Give me that noblcman of mind,


Who loves a noble cause
The right CT labor $ sturdy sons,


And freedom righteous laws!
The hater of each evil scheme


tyrant may advance;
giant strength about his heart,
Thoughts brilliant in his glance!
love the nobleman of earth,


Who strives to bless the age
And leaves glory that is caught


On history's faithful page!
Whose name the millions love to lisp.
Truth sure untinching guest
Who shines in love as does the sun


In palace of the West
He's deathlcss as the mighty skies,
When jewclled through with stars
Could feel God $ beauty in blaze
Burst through his prison bars
No mandate from the tyrant breaks
His spirits upward bound;
While high on every liberal creed


His name is blazoned round
And perjurcd kings may pass from Garth,
Their pomp and lustre fade;
But nature noblcman unClasps
The cruel laws they We made
His worshippcd monarch is his God,
He leaves name behind
Flushed with eifulgcnce that reflects
His majesty of mind
Year: 1859

The late examination Of the pupils
of this flourshing institution reflected
much credit upon all concerned. The
friends Of the school had Just cause
to feel the qualification and pride they
manifested on the occasion. The
young ladies gave evidence of close
application to study on their own part
as well as great care and energy on
the part of their teachers. We have
never attended an examination that
did more honor to teachers, or that
gave better promises for the future
usefulness Of pupils. Proper disci-
plne and moral training were cxhibi,
ted in the department of the young
ladies and little misses, as well as a
christian kindness and an indispcnsi-
bic force of character in the conduct
Of the Principal and his assistants.-
No wonder, then, that the school is
constantly increasing in numbers. !"





The concert by Prof. DIWrrr's
Music Glass, at the close of the exam
ination, was highly entertaining. 1t
was very largely attended. and all
present were delighted. We would
like to speak Of several pieces of mu-
sic we considered very beautiful, and
well executed, bat the modesty of the
young ladies torbids it.


The brief and wcll.timcd address of
Mr.. CRIsMAN. on asking leave Of his
pupils, for the vacation, was very i'm
pressive and aliccting--cspecialIys SO
his remarks relative to Miss Lane,
who had been connected with him in
the conduct Of the school. She was to
leave the place soon, not to return,
and all felt that they would miss her.
And she will be missed. All who do
So much good as she has done there
are missed when gone. and none
seemed inscnsible to her kindness and
usefulness. *.-ShelbyoiUc
True Union.
Year: 1859

may want to advertise in more than
one paper. Do not run off to the city
to get your hand-bills, labels, cards,
ETC., printed, because, forsooth, you
can get a reduction of few cents in
price. Support your own as you wish
to be supported. A man who is al
ways running away from home with
his business, little deserves the pat
ronage of the community in which he
lives, and, as far as we are concerned,
such will receive the "cold shoulder
What would you think of a man who
sends long distance from home to buy
his sugar, coffee, &C.. only because he
can save a few cents?


6.-lf you have the control Of legal
advertising, send it to your friend
Advertising will "pay" the advertiser
any time, and is also beneficial to the
Editor. 1t increases his receipts, and
therefore enables him to make his pa
per useful, amusing and entertaining
to the community in which it is prin-
ted.


7.--Do not expect much of paper
when its Editor is driven to be his own
compositor, proot.readcr, pressman
and "devil," and has to run all over
town in the forenoon--in the vain
search of 'dollar or two" to buy pa
per with. And under these adverse
circumstances, if you should see now
and then a little error. don't criticise
too severely, for you might not be able
to do as well yourself


s.--Do not expect the Editor to
make honorable mention of you or
your business every week or two, for
nothing. The space in paper and a
mans time are worth something, and
every notice comes back to the draw
er Of the recipient, in dollars and
cents.


OFF the Editor owes you q shil,
ing, do not chase him from "rosy morn
to balmy eve" for it. and when you
happen to get the balance on the 9th
er side, "cut the gentleman's acquain.
tance.'


lO.--Do not suppose it is the duty
of the Editor to insert eue,y commu.
nication and foolishness you may
bring him. He is the best judge him
self of what should go in his paper


llth, and lastly, observe these rules
and deal justly with all mankind, and
blessings will attend you.
Year: 1859

A FACT IN NATURAL HIsToRY.-The
dark races have less nervous sensibility
than the whites. They are not subject
to nervous diseases. They sleep sound
in every disease, nor does any mental
disturbance keep them awake. They
bear surgical operations much better
than the white people.
Year: 1859

MT. Nate Maroney, formerly con-
.ductor on the Nashville and Chatta.
nooga Rail Road,is in custody at Mont
gomery, under charge of embezzling
10000 dollars from Adams Express
Company. His trial is in progress,
and much interest is manifested in it.
Mr.. Maroney used to live in Nashville.
HOW TO SUSTAIN YOUR LOCAL


PAPER


Lay aside your fears that the
Editor will get rich faster than his
neighbors. We have seldom heard
of man making more than decent
living by publishing a country news
paper, even ifhe had ever such agood
business, and nine times out of ten is
in a tight pinch for money to buy his
wite paper with.


2.--If the paper agrees with your
way of thinking, subscribe for it, and
pay for it, and persuade your neighbor
of the same mind to 60 aud "do like
WISE" And if the paper happens to
disagree with your views in some re-
spects, don't fly into a passion and
blame the editor without mercy, fail
ing to award him praise where he re-
ally deserves it. And do not tell him
to send his paper to you until you get
to owe him two or three dollars, and
then, when your friends speak of it.
say that it is no account, and will
"burst up" one of these days. The
way, under such state of the case,
to keep a paper from bursting up" is
for each subscriber to keep the Edi-
tors books free from all charges
against himself. This thing Of apply
ing the credit system to the newspa-
per business may be likened to far
mer selling out his crop by a bushel to
a man. The sum each owes for the
,bushel does not seem Of much mpor-
tance to the debtor, but the aggregate
Of these bushels may make or break
the poor dealer in the soil. So, these
dollars scattered here and there, an
editor often looks to as the means to
liquidatc an expense of thousands per
annum.


3.-lf you have father, mother,
brother, sister, or friend of any kind,
residing at a distance, and are able,
subscribe. pay for, and send them
copy. There are many in our town
who might easily do this.


ALI you have any printing you
wish done, do not "jew" the editor
down to a starvation price, and when
he comes to make purchase of you,
spike on the tariff"


5.--lf you have any advertising or
job work to be done, take it to your
county paper. except, perhaps, You
Year: 1859

PoTAToEs.-At meeting of the American
Institute Farmers Club, Judge Meiggs called
attention to the fact that in l643 the potato
was spoken of with detestation. Up to the
present time, he said, it is not cultivated in
potato upon the table of the King of France
was considered rare luxury, rather to be
looked at than eaten. Now every body eats
them, and Yankee poet has sung their
praises:


"These my beautiful Carters;


Every one doomed to be martyrs


To the eccentric desire


OF Christian people to skin them


Brought to the trial of fire


For the good that is In themp
Year: 1859

The Placer Conrier hopes to see the peo.
pie rise in the majesty of their constitutional
rights, and demand that justice shall be
done them" by a division of the county,
The shiretown, Auburn, is too far south of
center, and the folks north of it thus escape
justice We presume. Let them have it by
division, as Solomon wisely proposed in the
famous case of the child claimed by two wo.
men.
Year: 1859

DR.. Lanzweert has discovered by expert
ment that q rattlesnake's health and sobrietv
are not affected by soaking in strong alcohol
for three-feurths of an hour. Some men
that we know Of keep soaked all the time,
and cling tenaciously to vitality for all that;
which only gees to prove that man will
never die SO long as he keeps in good spirits.
Year: 1859

MECHANICS INsTITUTE.-Members of the
Institute, the annual election of officers is again
near at hand, and it behooves you to look we'll at
the contending parties, and, judging by their
past actions, to judge of their relative and
separate merits. Through the judicious man
agement of the retiring Board of Directors, the
Institute is now entirely free from debt, SO that
nothing is now required but an active and en-
ergetic board, to guide the future career of the
Institute to a full accomplishment of the noble
purposes, for the performance of which it was
originated The qualities required to thus pro-
mote the best interests of the Institute, are
found in an eminent degree in the Independent
Ticket, all of whom are well known as untiring
friends of the Institute, and have been weighed
in the balance and found not wanting. Led by
the "pioneer of reform" it is q guarantee for
the maintenance Of that sound policy which the
Importance of the Institute demands. The
head of the ticket has not fattened out, neither
is he desrous of being a Life President, as
we'll as Life Member of the Institute; but, on
the contrary, he has been with difficulty pre-
vailed upon TO head the ticket, though, now he
has been placed at the head, every true friend
will acknowledge his fitness for the post. The
members of this ticket have been each and
every one chosen with special VI wv to their
known ability to direct the interests of our
Institute in the most advantageous and profit
able manner. None of them are wire-wOrkers,
none Of them self-nominated; for in all that is
required for good ticket, this is nnquestion-
ably superior to any that hes yet been nom
mated, and, as such, is deserving of the vote
of every true friend of the Institute. The time
is short, but there is much to be accomplished
and many and important interests to be pro.
tected and rescued.


Fellow members and friends of the Institute
join the standard of the Independents, and
cast your votes for the only true ticket, mex
Tuesday night. Independents, to the rescue
INDEPENDENT.
Year: 1859

PASSING COUNTERFEIT MoNEY.-A fellow
named Jacob Brasher, was arrested, yesterday,
in the act of passing twenty dollar counter
felt bill in exchange for couple of watches,
which he had bought at some store on Broad
way, near the Spencer House. He will have a
hearing this morning.
Year: 1859

SERIOUS ACCIDENTAL man named Samuel
Garvin, a laborer at tho Landing, was seriously
burnt, in consequence of the breaking of a car
boy of vitriol, which he was carrying at the
time of the accident on his shoulder. Tho
liquid ran over his neck, face and breast, caus-
ing frightful and painful wound, which was
dressed at the Commercial Hospital, to which
the poor fellow was taken in an extremely ex-
hausted condition.