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Year: 1869

little advantage in holding him up bv


the heels, as is too commonly done in


deed, this treatment must be attended


with considerable peril 10 the patient,


supposIng there is remaining any move


ment of the blood at all. Necessarily
that position forces the blood TO the head
thereby increasing the congestion of the
brain, already present as the result of the
suspension of the breath.


Another interesting, perhaps, but not
very philosophical mode of treatment is
to roll the patient over barrel, as if he
were drowned only in the bowels, and it
was expected that by dislodging the enc
my at that point the citadel of life would
soon be recovered. Doubtless the most
salutary treatment of a drowned person
consists in placing him on his back in
halt-recllnlng position, and keeping up a
lively friction OF the extremities with
warm ftannelS, and at the same time
turning HIM gently and constantly from
side to side, in order 10 put in motion the
resident air i'll the lungs for if this can
be accomplished the diaphragm will con-
tract, an inhalation may be looked for,
and life saved. If these means fail, tick
lie the nose with a feather, or inject a
little snuff into the nose, and follow this
with the imitation OF the lungs by the use
OF the bellows. Take new or clean
common hand bellows, insert the nozzle
into one oritice Of the nose, close the 9th
cr, close the mouth with the hand. and
now slowly and carefully force the air
from the bellows into the lungs, and I'M
mrdlateIy eNpel 1t again by Il gentle
pressure of the hand on the breast. Ii, !
after repltitlon OF this experiment Il
Jew times, there is no sign OF life, you
may consider the case hopeless.
Year: 1869

Be true to yourself at the start, young man,


Be true to yourself and God;
Ere you build your house mark we'll the spot,
Test we'll the ground, and build you net


On the sand or the sinking sod.
Dig, dig for the foundation deep, young man,


Plaut firmly the outer wall;
Let the props be strong and the roof so high,
Like an open turret toward the sky,


Through which heavenly dews may fall
Let this be the room of the soul, young man


When shadows shall herald care
chamber with never roof or tnatch
To hinder the light, or door or latch
7 To shut in the spirits prayer
Build slow and sure-'tis for life, young man,
A life that outives the breath
For who shall gainsay the Holy Word?
" Their works do follow them" said the Lord,
" Therein there is no DEATH"
Build deep, and high, and broad young man,
As the needful case demands
Let your title deeds be clear and bright
Till you enter your claim to the Lord of Light,
For the House not made with hands,
Year: 1869

Many years ago. and invalid physician while visiting
Island Of st. health experienced and witnessed surprising and
beneficial the there produced hsnvads who s
ourvss) seeking upon inquiry and investigation obtained full history
medicinal virtues Hs delighted and surprised and after his recovery
occurred determined possible the sole right manufacture
and sell the United States


The glorious for himself and suffering humanity
celebrated sTTTERS thus made known the world PLAN
TATN sITTERs being article Of real merit founded principles and
relying wholly upon vegetable world for its medicinal effects worked rapid rev
history medicine and became household word all over the civilized
cabas TlS6o Isan Of health and the demand for
the PLANTATION exceeded the abilities the Ts supply
Notwithstanding large Importation st. crz Rum made expressly for the
pounding Eers quantity inadequate therefore became


extensive scale abroad should once be made and an agent
was dispatched st. Thomas for that purpose He fortunate in securing and
leasing several rantsAus the largest and most productive estates the
Houses stills es,es erected asif BY magic which utterly aston
shsd sncea men and natives the island


very prupus Tie PLANTATION BTERs were in position
supply their laboratory with perfectly st. crz Rum needed nr


turing GREAT DYsPEFTc aoaATos The above cut represents
the natives crushing the and otherwise preparing for the ss and presses
As anae Fever and Age Intermittent and Xaous Feve Dyspepsia .a
other kindred diseases the the PLANTATION 5TTEas unsurpassed the
history the world Over million disposed annually They
adapted old and young male and female They agreeable taste and always
produce an immediate beneficial result
Year: 1869

ExTENsIvE FRIES Even the Swamps
have been SO exhausted of moisture by the
drought that some of them have fallen
ready prey to destructive fires. Not only
the tract of land, known as the Burnt
Swamp" few miles north of Berlin,
Worcester county, Md. has been on fire
for two weeks, but the ''Great Dismal
Swamp" of Virginia and North Carolina,
has been the scene of an extraordinary
confagration, which has destroyed a vast
amount of property, burning track south
west for distance of nearly twenty miles
and forcing out the wild game. The smoke
is SO great that when the wind is west, ves-
sells on the James river have to anchor.
This famous Swamp extends southwardly
from near Norfolk for distance of about
forty miles, and has been remarkable for
its lumber and shingle trade. In former
years it was great resort of runaway ne
groes. The Dismal Swamp Canal, fed by
the waters of Lake Drummond, body of
water which is associated with one of the
most familiar poems of Tom Moore, is a
most important and valuable avenue to
market of the productions of the neighbor-
ing part of North Carolina.
Year: 1869

WE give below the facts in one of the
most remarkable cases of somnalnbulism m
that we have ever been called upon to
chronicle. gentleman, in whose vera
city we have thorough confidence, fur
nishes US with the following:


:" 1 was passing along Bench street last
night at about 11:30 When near Hill
street saw strange spectre mounted on
the back of a dark bay horse. The ami
NAL was moving at very slow pace
which gave me an opportunity of scan
ling the remarkable apparitiOn It was a
woman in white As the horse, moving at
a snail like pace, came opposite to me, !
took in at a glance the entire situation
/ rec )gniZed the face of the rider. 1t was
Miss -, well known in Galena. Her
eyes were wide open They seemed to be
gazing at nothing. Her hair hung over
her shoulders and down her back The
horse moved along without being guided
by his rider. My first impulse was to
make noise, but fearing that sudden
awakening would throw her into fit of
Mysteries, l concluded to follow this ghost
ly rider and thus be at hand prepared to
avert any danger that might threaten
The horse moved down Bench street to
Spring; turning the corner of Spring he
dIOuuu luJO StItct. AT Gne
corner of Washington street boy, catch
ing sight of the remarkable phenomenon,
became so badly frightened that he began
bowling piteously. l fastened to the side
of the young lady, who, as had antici
pated, was awakened by the fearful
screaming She lost her balance and
would no doubt have failed to the ground
If had not caught her in my arms. Sc
cured the horse, and conducted the Young
lady, amid bushes and explanation, to her
home"


The horse belonged in a stable situated
in the immediate vicinity of the lady's
home. He had been placed in the stable
that evening, and securely fastened with a
stout halter. How the sleeper gained
access to the stable and liberated and
mounted the animal is mystery that
perhaps never will be Galena,
W, Gazette.
Year: 1869

SOME two years ago, while going down
Broadway, in New York, blood com
menced running from my nose quite free
ly. L stepped aside and applied my hand
kerchief, intending to repair to the nearest
hotel, when a gentleman accosted me, say
ing Just put piece of paper in your
mouth, chew it rapidly, and it will stop
your nose bleeding" Thanking him rather
doubtfnlly, did as he suggested, and the
flow of blood ceased almost Immediately.
have seen the remedy tried since quite
frequently, and always with success.
Doubtless any substance would answer.
the same purpose as paper, the stoppage
of the flow of blood being caused, no
doubt, by the rapid motion of the jaws,
and the counter action of the muscles
and arteries connecting the jaws and nose


Physicians say that placing a small role
of paper or muslin above the front teeth,
under the upper lip, and pressing hard on
the same, will arrest bleeding from the
nose-checking the passage of blood
through the arteries leading TO the nose
H. g. X, in Country Gent
Year: 1869

The man who wrote the Song of the
Shirt" hadn't shirt to his back, wearing
wampus for the most part


"Oft in the Silly Night used to get
on spree and make the Silly night howl
till daybre


The author of 1--WE met by Chance "
knew very well it was all arranged before
hand. He had been weeks in contriving
it-and she admired his cOntrivance.


The author of a know bank" etc
didn't know one where he could get his
note discounted. The only check he ever
held was white "check " on a faro bank.
He never had a red check in all his life
"Wh@t are the wild waves saying?" knew
very we'll they were reproaching him for
running away from Long Branch without
paying his hotel bill


Hear me, Norma" was deafand dumb.
He couldn't make his pa hear, nor ma.


The author of "Rain on the Roof" al
ways slept in the basement, except when
he slept out of doors.


Let me kiss him for his mother got
mad because his mother wouldn't have
him, and whipped her little boy within an
inch Of his life


Il drcamt dwelt in marble halls" used
10 cheat at marbles when boy, and his
dream was horrid nightmare, brought on
by remorse at the recollection of fraudu
lent marble haULS.


I'm saddest when sing" was tickled
almost to death if invited to.


Happy be thy dreams" sold benzine
whisky. You can fancy what kind ot
dreams were prvdaced.-Ct Cincinnati
=
Year: 1869




THE man who wrote Home, Sweet
Home," never had me-Erctdnge


No, of course not. All his folks at
home say be didn't. Nobody who writes
about any thing ever has it. If a man is
out of anything he Immediately goes and
writes about 1t. No one writes so many
headings" as the man who is out of his
head.


Certainly he didn't ever have any home.
The man who wrote "Old Arm Chair "
never had an arm chair in all his life.
The best he had was an old split bottom
chair without any back 20 it.


The author of take Me Back to Swift
zerland" never wss in Switzerland The
nearest he ever came to it was sitting
in the William Tell saloon eating Switzer
kase-kase why, that was the best he
could do.


Mother, I've Come Home to Die"
hasn't spoken to the old woman for years
and wouldn't go near the house. Besides,
he Is one of that class of spirituslists who
don't believe they ever will die. His
health was never better His mother is
nothing but mother in-law, and she is
dead anyhow


There is the author "Old Oaken
Bucket" too. There wasn't bucket on
the whole farm, water being drawn with
tin pail and cistern.p pole.


"If had but a thousand year stated
privately to his friends that he would be
perfectly contented with half that sum, as
he was uoing chores just for his board and
three months schooling in the winter


"Shells Of Ocean" Is a humbug The
plaintive poet who represents himself as
wandering, one summers eve, with sea
beat thought on a pensive shore, was
raised in the interior of Pennsylvania,
and never was ten miles away from home
in all his life. "Gathered Shells" did he
All the shells he ever gathered were some
egg shells back of bis mothers kitchen.
Year: 1869

THE other day l chanced to enter a
friends house. He did not know | was in
the parlOr. and [ overheard his converse
ton. He was very harsh in his dealing
with his child. He was "Out of sorts
that morning. "The wind was east" and
The east wind blew into bis lungs, and into
his soul, and soured his mind, and soured
hls heart, and so, like base miscreant, as
he was, he vented his bad temper on his
wife and children 1t is bad habit some
men have


This man was talking in hard, uncbris-
tian manner talking as no father should
talk. He had lost his temper He was
saying what he would be sorry for in a
few moments. And then the servant an
nounced my presence. Mind you, the
man would have said, he could not help
it: The boy teased me He did what |
cannot endure. and on the impulse Of the
moment, | spoke my anger. L could not
control myself"


There was a frOwn on his face; but
when | was announced, being more or less
of stranger, demanding of him certain
courtesies, he at once smoOthed his face as
though nothing had happened-as though
the sun was shining brightly in the heavens,
and the wind was south, and not east. He
came into the room where was, and, in
the most cordial and courteous way pos.
sible, gave me his hand, and smilingly
bsde me welcome


He could not control himself simply
because he did not think enough of his
bOy-becauSe he did not sufficiently ap-
preciate his family; and because be
thought that his home was den in which
he could roar with impunity, and not the
great temple of God, where he should
walk IS priest and king.


And yet |, almost stranger, was strong
in my presence, to cause him at once TO
cool down into courtesy, into affability, in
to poliieness.


tell you, that many and many man,
and many and many woman in this
strange world of ours, in which many
things seem to go wrong, will be gentle.
and kind, and charitable, and full OF
smiles outside of their houses, with stran-
gers, for whose opinion they do not care
one jot, or one title, and ia the house
where all the happiness of years depends
upon their sweetness Of soul, and where
they are constantly shedding influences
that will ripen into the good or bad lite of a
boy or girl, will yield to a pettishness and
peevishness, unworthy of them as men and
women, and wholly unworthy of them as
Christians HepcOrth
Year: 1869

PROF. GRIESINGER, In his work on Men,
tai Pathology and Therapeutics says
" A colony of the insane bas been formed
In the remarkable Belgian village of Gheel,
in which, for several hundred years past,
lunatics have lived together with the in
habitants, and even resided in their fami-
lies. In former times people frequently
resorted thither to supplicase the aid of
Dymphue, the patron saint of the insane,
although people are seldom In the habit
now Of consulting her oracle. Out of a
population of about 1900, it has from 900
to 900 inhabitants who are insane The
lunatics enjoy an amount of freedom
which never could be permitted them
in an asylum. All who are capa-
BILE of it share in the mechan-
ical or agricultural employments of the
sane. The treatment in the main is very
mild, and restraint is never made use of
without previously consulting physician.
Suicide is rare, and the genersi physical
health so good that in 1899 two of the
patients reached upwards of 100 years of
age Owing to the peculiar situation of
Gheel, escape by the patient ia is difficult
With all its advantages, it has undoubsed
drawbacks. But the experiment at Gheel
has proved that the greater number of the
insane do not require the confinement of
an asylum; that many of them can safely
be trusted with more liberty than those
institutions allow; and that association in
family life Is very beneficial TO many in
sane patients.
Year: 1869

A NIxr To GiRIs.-(Iod intended all
women to bc beautiful, rs much &c he did
the roses and the moruing glorics; and
what he intended they should become.
they should become, they would, if they
should obey his laws, anl cut indolence
and corset strings, and indulge in freedom
and fresh air For girl to expect to be
handsome with the action of her lungs
dependent on the expansive nature OF
cents worth of tape, is as absurd as to
look for turnips in snow bank; or
full grown oak in a little flower pot
Year: 1869

received the sad and entirely unexpected
intelligence of the sudden sickness and
death of her lover This terrible blow
cast blight over her prospects for life,
and gloom and melancholy settled upon
her. The iDfrmity which she inherited
from her mother showed itself at various
times, and sad results were feared. Sud-
lenly Miss Colburn disappeared, and it
was soon found that she had gone to
work in one of the factories at Nashua,
where she hoped to forget her trouble.
Soon her health commenced to fail, and
then she went to Concord as seamstress,
where, as is already known to our readers,
she was trusted and esteemed by many.
About the time of the breaking out of the
late war, Miss Colburn was again engaged
to be married, the gentleman knowing all
the circumstanc of her previous life.


With her blessing he enlisted in the
Second New Hampshire volunteers and
never returned. His captain said that he
was one of the bravest of his command,
and that he was last seen doing his whole
duty in the thickest of the first Bull Run
fight. 1t is seldom that young woman
of Miss Colburn's age is called upon to
experience so many trials and disappoint-
ments, and it is not strange that at Con-
cord, where she is best known, she has
the sympathy of all who are acquainted
with her or who know the facts of her
chsckered life. With the exception Of
the one charge now laid to her, her life is
supposed to be bismeless one. An in
terest in her sad case has been awakened
among these who are now preparing to
do for her all in their power, with the
hope that the cloud may yet be removed
from her mind, and that the world may
yet have some happiness in store for her.
Year: 1869

Correspondence Of the Boston Journal.l


The history of Miss Augusta Colburn,
the supposed kleptomaniac, now in jail at
Concord, N. H., and charged with steal
ing an immense amount Of clothing, bed
ding, fancy articles and jewelry from
many prominent families in the above
city, where sne was employed as sew
ing.woman, is a very sad but romantic
one. She was born in Wentworth, N. H ,
and is now little over thirty years of
age. Her home is one of the most
respectable in the county where she lived,
and her parents and connections are es-
teemed for their many good qualities.
She had the misfortune TO have been born
while her mother was in state of in.
sanity, and the mental in6rmities of the
mother were transmitted to the child.
The not unusual result Of such oircum-
stance was an inersdioable antipathy be-
tween the mother and daughter. Subse.
quently the frequently recurring alta cks
of insanity on the former led to the
placing ofthe child with her grandmother,
where she was tenderly cared for aud
kindly brought up. She developed into
a pleasant and sweet-tempered child, and
was beloved by all who knew her. When
about seventeen years Of age she became
engaged to a most estinable young man,
with whom she had been acquainted since
childhood. He was rich only in good habits
and enterprise, and ambitious to do well,
he left the granite hills Of his native State,
and in the far West he sought to make
a hoce for his afianced bride. Fortune
favored him. and in a few years be was
nearly ready tc return to New Hampshire
to claim her who had so long been the
center Of his affections and his hopes.
The preparations fol the marriage aud
the departure Of the tNa for the West were
nearly completed when Miss Colburn
Year: 1869

The New York Tribune finds matter
for rejoicing in the fact that the income
tax expires by limitation after one more
payment. 1T would be difficult" the
Tribune says, "to devise another tax so
unequal, so widely evaded, or so con-
dusive to fraud and perjury, as this is
There is one thing about it, however,
which the Tribme entirely omits men,
ton: A large proportion of it is
levied upon people who are able to
pay, In this respect it is decidedly
unlike the great bulk of the taxes
levied under the internal revenue laws.
There has been marvellous ingenuity
displayed in so arranging our entire sys-
tenn of taxation that its heaviest bur
dens fall mainly upon the industrial
classes The income tax is in some de-
gree an exception to the rule and in
mat Is probably found the inequality
ot which the Tribune complains. West
ern consumers would be very glad to
know that some of the onerous taxes
upon the necessaries of life, imposed for
the advantage of Eastern mapufactur-
ers would terminate as soon as the tax
on incomes.
Year: 1869

A Tennessee paper announces in tba
following binding rhetorical sentence
the coalition of Brownlow and SenteT !.
"rhe Senter party are coming to the
tower of strength which clusters around
his name. We dent want any of it in
eur'n. We will never hitch our fortune
to his spiral wanderings in the great
ocean of politics for the festher-weight
of his name"
Year: 1869

The Pennsylvania Democratic Con-
vention meets to-day. PACKER and
CAss are the most prominent candidates
for the Gubernatorial nomination, but
no figuring that we have seen is able to
show which of them has the lead, or
indeed that either will be nominated.
We believe the general impression to be
that any judicious selection will ensure
the defeat of GEARY.
Year: 1869

SOME of the papers talk of preparing
for the next war by removing the Cap
ital from Washington to some other
locality where it can be more easiiy ue-
Tended. True the war may not come
for a century or two, but there is noth'
ing like being in time.
Year: 1869

Without any special complaint, except grad.
ual declination of bodily strength and nervous
or erRy, will find in the TONIC a FOUNTAIN
OF VITALITY ANDEVIG0R AS RE
FRESHING AND EX L HILERATING A.
A POOL IN lHE DESERr TO THE SAND
SCORCHED AND EA AINTTNG TRAVELLER
Year: 1869

The Whitewater Register, a leading
Radical paper in Wisconsin, thus al
iudes to the candidate of that party toE
Lieutenant Governor "If public ru'
NOR does not Go him gross injustice, his
nomination is standing insult to every
Christian man-to every man who
wishes for the perpetuatios of the prin-
ciples of morality. Mr.. Pound is not
only addicted to drink, but his other
habits are not such as will be likely to
be quoted as an example to the young.
Probably no worse nomination could
have been made" If this principle is
to be applied, the Radicals will lose the
services of some of their shining lights
lin the United States Senate.
Year: 1869

IN New York, the Fire Commissioners
have recommended the prosecution of a
large number of merchants for violating
the law prohibiting the sale of kerosene
below the standard proof. Those who
will imperil life for the sake of gaining
few cents on gallon of oil should be
severely punished.
Year: 1869

his ewes, and he told his friends that he
must at once set out in search for her. He
was told where she was living only slx
months previous, and thither he went with
all possible haste, but she was not there
Only q month before she had gone away.


BE learned the direction it was sup
posed she had taken, and again with all
possible speed he pushed forward But
fate seemed against him, for farther and
farther away seemed to him the object OF
his search. At last, after he had travelled
hundreds of miles, going by night as well
as by day, he found the love OF his youth.
The story of the woman was one OF long
toll and suffering. After ten years OF
welded life her husband had died of lin
gering disease, leaving her with three
children.


One after another of these treasures
were claimed by death, until she was left
alone and friendless. In such circum-
stances she was found by one who re-
newed the pledge of his youthful affection,
and asked that to her happiness he might
devote the remainder of his life. Such
was the grandfather's story at the happy
Thanksgiving dinner, and he closed by
saving that one week from that day he
was to be married to her who>had been so
long lost, but who was at length restored
to him