smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

by kissing or otherwise was dangerous
and should be avoided, the doctor re-
piled, "Most assuredly the disease
might be communicated by a mother
kissing her child who has either scarlet
fever or diphtheria.


eff diphtheria complicates a case of
scarlet fever, does this necessarily make
the case fatal ?"


cit is severe complication, but by
no means necessarily fatal, as I've often
known cases to recover in which both
diseases existed. Last winter a young
girl of fourteen had diphtheria. After
the diphtheria was palpably subsiding
the child continued to have a very high
temperature, leading to the suspicion
that some other poison was disturbing
t. g system. Suddenly a very intense
form of scarlet fever was manifested.
The child was extremely i'll for several
days, and then, during desquamation,
the diphtheria again appeared. But
this young girl perfectly recovered.
Diphtheria, therefore, while causing
grave apprehension, should not be re-
garded as necessarily terminating fatal
ly. A child sick with scarlet fever in q
house which is exposed to sewage gas,
or in which there is defective plumbing,
would be likely to have the disease
complicated with diphtheria."


"Does the term scarlatina mean q
mild form of scarlet fever2"


"No; the two forms are precisely
Identical"


els scarlet fever always fatal dis
ease in women Just after confinement ?"


cit is not; but after confement
sometimes women are very susceptible
to the poison. 1 have always heard
physicians loosely say that under these
circumstances the women always die,
but this / know to be far from the truth.
A woman with an infant just born was
some years ago brought into one of my
wards in Bellevue hospital. The next
day scarlet fever appeared in her case.
Immediately had all the patients in the
ward removed and took every precaution
to prevent the spread of the disease.
This patient, whose system was COM
pletely broken down by want and ex-
posure, died within twelve hours after
the appearance of the eruption. Three
other women who we're in the ward
when she was brought in, and who had
recently been confined, were attacked
with the disease on the third and fourth
days after exposure. Two of these re-
covered. 1t is sing gular fact that neith-
er the baby of the first woman nor any
of the sixty or more in the hospital had
the disease. In private practice I have
seen few cases of scarlet fever in women
who had recently been confined, but
majority of these have recovered.
Year: 1879

Prussian Diet on Tuesday was due to
the fact that foreign affairs are the
exclusive concern of the Empire, and their
mention would be out of place in speech from
the Prussian throne, and that the reason no
reference was made to certain vexed questions
of school and church policy would seem TO lie in
the circumstance that legislative step in
these regions is at present contemplated. The
London correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian says "A dissolution of Parliament
is widely talked of, and will be still more dis
cussed until after the issue of the proclamation
in reference to Parliament, rendered necessary
by the expiration of the present period of its
prorogation on Saturday next, the 1st Of No
yember."
Year: 1879

HALIFAX, Oct. 30, 1879.
The rain storm and heavy southeast gale which
began last night continued until late this morn
ing. At one time it very severe. and trees
and fences In some quarters of the city
were greatly injured The tide was unusually high.
and some wnarves were submerged. but no serious
damage on water has yet been reported. kilograms
from various parts OF the Province report the storm
very severe, the heavy and the tide high. Saw
mills on some rivers were idle from want OF water
power. but now there is plenty. AT Lurcnburg the
storm was severely felt
Year: 1879

Although the Republicans are rapidly or
ganizing throughout the State and have al
ready put in many days work, the formal
opening of the political campaign takes place
tomorrow evening, when Secretary Sher-
man addresses the citizens of Portland. The
cannonade on the enemy's works will be
opened by the heaviest guns.


There will be much curiosity to see and
hear the Secretary. But deeper interest
than mere curiosity attaches to his appear
ance here. 1t is expected that his speech
will indicate the line of argument and criti-
cism to be taken up by Republican speakers
this season. He will, it is probable, review
the financial legislation during and since the
war, and describe the operations of the
Treasury Department for the same period.
The policy that led us to resumption of spe-
Gle payments without jar or disturbance of
the money market will be discussed and il
Illustrated by the man who pursued it to its
beneflcent result. We shall be told too,
about the funding operations by which the
annual interest on the great bonded debt
mas Deen reduced one-third and the credit OF
the nation raised to an equality with that of
the richest governments in the old world.
Secretary Sherman can speak with
authority not only concerning the pres
ent administration of the Treasury De-
partment, but concerning the finances
of the country since 1860 and the
general course of affairs since the for
nation of the Republican party. He entered
the House of Representatives in 1855, and
since then has been in the foremost rank of
our statesmen. In the thirty-siXth Con-
gress, in the contest in which Helpers ''Im-
pending Crisis" figured so largely, he
was the Republican candidate for Speaker
In that Congress he was chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means and dis
Year: 1879

many a hard-fought field, and would spurn
with disgust such an eulogist.


In conclusion, Mr.. Editor, with no desire to
discuss the age, qualification or the question
OF the exact amount of political expert
enoe requisite for candidacy for the guberna-
torial chair in Maine, 1 may be pardoned for
saying that, having served in the First Maine
Cavalry from the day of its organization to the
date of its final muster out of service, / feel
that | have quite an equal right with one who,
II he were really euer a member of the regi-
ment, at the best joined it only in September
or October '64, to speak for my comrades, and
Indignantly protest againt using the prestige
OF the name OF the regiment to decry any man
whatever, to attempt to belittle his reputation,
or detract from his good name whether he
wore the epaulettes of commissioned officer,
the chevrons of the sergeant or corporal, OF the
simple uniform of the private soldier.


1t is new and strange doctrine to lay down
in these times, that wearing the uniform of a
private is to debar o man from future promo
ton, and L respectfully call the attention of my
friend to the fact that when the First Maine
Cavalry returned to Maine Ia August, 65,
more than four-fifths of its line officers were
promotions from the ranks and L hazard moth
ing in saying that no regiment from this or any
other State, taken all in all, was better Off
cered than was ours. JOHN d. MYRIcK
Year: 1879

The distinctive feature of the American pa-
tent system is embodied in statute 4SS6, which
provides that "any person who has invented or
discovered any new and useful art, machine,
manufacture or composition of any matter, or
any new and useful improvement thereof not
known or used by others in this country, and
not patented or described in any printed publi-
cation in this or any foreign country before
his invention or discovery thereof may, upon
the payment Of fees, etc. obtain patent there
for In order to comply with the requirements
of this law, it is necessary, in theory, at least,
that in connection with every application for
patent right an examination of the plans of
all previously-granted patents in this and 9TH
or countries should be made, in order to deter
mine whether the ideas embodied in the new
application are really novel; Not only this,
but in theory, and to a great extent in practice,
must the examiner search the scientific publi-
cations of this and other lands to find out
whether the principles upon which the device
in hand is based have ever been described in
them; such description rendering the deyico
unpatentable. To the thoroughness with which
this work of examination has generally been
performed is due the marketability of an
A%efican "a ne patent right quality possessed on
4
The American patent is accepted as prims IA
Gle, and, in the vast majority of the cases, as
conclusive evidence Of the novelty of the de-
vice described and the ownership of the person
named in it. In the English system no such
examination is made, and cases Of interference
are matters which the courts are called upon
to settle. The rapid development Of the art of
photo-lithography has rendered it independent
OF the slow hand-method of copying, and makes
1t possible at very trifling expense to place in
the hands Of every examiner, and every one
else who requires it, an accurate copy Of the
original plans upon which every one Of par
ticular class of patents has been granted Two
years ago the English Government, with ex-
traordinary liberality, gave outright to the
American Patent Office a full duplicate set Of
the plans of all patents ever granted in that
country, and these, divided into classes and
sub-classeS, being placed in the hands of the
examiners in the respective classes, very mate.
rally have simplified the necessary work Of ex-
animation ashington Letter.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for pubca-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
muncations that are not used.
Year: 1879

THIS is the declaration to which the
"Davis Corporals" in Augusta sign their
names:


1--WE, the undersigned hereby constitute our
selves club by the name of the Davis Cor
porals, and express our appreciation of the
honorable services of Daniel f. Davis, private
soldier in the late war, and will aid in securing
his election as Governor of Maine. We hereby
declare in favor of honest money and equal
rights for all men; we deprecate all efforts to
array capital against labor, or labor against
capital; we will oppose every endeavor to put
into circulation paper currency which is not
the equivalent of coin in this or any other
country, Our motto shall be. Honest money.
an honest ballot, and honest men, and we
believe all these principles will be promoted by
the election of Corporal Davis''
Year: 1879

The Democrats are circulating in this
State Ewing's speech in favor of the free
coinage of silver. The proper inference is
that they favor the scheme which permits
the bonanza men to take their silver to the
mint and have each SS cents worth put into
coin stamped as dollar, thus making
twelve cents profit OH each coin.
Year: 1879

THE Pennsylvania Democracy let up on
the banks out of consideration for the feel
Press says: The Democratic candidate for
State Treasurer being the Cashier of ma
tional bank, the resolution which called for
the substitution of greenbacks for the ma
tional bank currency was promptly voted
down
Year: 1879

The Chicago Times, which is Independent
Democratic, has sense enough to understand
the situation, and says:


The party associates of Mr.. Hayes are not 90
ing to bury ''the rebel yell' for the simple rea-
son that this yell rings all through the Bourbon
declamations against the national election law.
The Bourbons oppose not only the existing
law, but all national supervision of national
elections, on the ground that there are no ma
tional elections, and no such thing as nation
In most OF the Bourbon speeches in Congress,
and in every Bourbon platform constructed
since the fight began over this question: this
anti-national doctrine is enunciated. 1t is the
doctrine of State sovereignty and secession. If
the people of this country accept it as true they
admit that the rebel cause was just, and that
the union armies in putting down the rebellion
were guilty of wholesale murder. The ques-
tlon whether we are nation or merely a rope
OF sand, which, as many of us supposed, was
settled when the rebel yell was silenced at Ap-
pomattox, the Bourbons have deliberately re-
opened, and there is no escaping it. If Repub-
hcan representatives are better satisfied with
Hayes than they once were it is because of the
stand he has taken upon this issue-because
he is as stalwart as any of them in combating
the anarchical doctrine of State supremacy
and not because they are any better pleased
than they were two years ago with his taffy
policy
Year: 1879

1T is To he -Avpeu That the Administration
will give up its plan of appointing second
lieutenants in the army from civil life. If
West Point cannot furnish enough-A4;~0f5
let promotions ba ..1etue fr0m the rank and
file of the regular army. Certainly the nom
commissioned officers, who are acquainted
with the practical duties of the soldier and
have been engaged in active service, are bet
ter material, even if they have not studied
the art of war, out of which to make good
officers than raw civilians can be. And pro-
motion from the ranks would do much to
increase the efficiency of the army.
Year: 1879

In the Monday issue of the Kenne6ec
Journal Messrs. Owen and Nash announce
their retirement They have been long con-
nected with the Journal and have done
much and good work upon it. 1t is to be
hoped that they have not permanently re-
tired from journalism. The senior proprie-
tor of the paper, Mr.. Sprague, will hereafter
conduct it with the aid of his son. Under
his management the Journal will continue
to be, as it has been, an able exponent of
Republican principles and the mouthpiece of
the party in Kennebec.
Year: 1879

BRoCADE SILK is now made in this coun-
try as good as the French product. Within
the last few years many new industries have
got on good footing. And yet the Green
hackers tell us that this country, which rivals
the looms of Lyons, the potteries of England
and the matchmaking of Switzerland, and
is constantly opening new avenues to en-
ployment, is going to struction, because
the printing press is not put to work stamp
ing pieces of paper with the dollar mark
Year: 1879

The constitutional right Of the President
to disagree with any measure passed by
Congress is just as clear and unquestionable
as the right of Congress to agree to any
measure.


If the President disagreos with the ma
iority and returns the bill with his ohjec-
tions, there is only one way provided by
the Constitution to make the measure Il law,
and that is by passing it by two-thirds
vote in both Houses.


No matter how wise the enactment may
appear, or how strong the vote by which it
passed it can be of no effect unless the con-
stitutional two-thirds can be found TO de-
clare it u law.


Under the Constitution the negative
power of the President on all legislation
which requires his approval is superior TO
one less than two-thrds Of the affirmative
power of both Houses. A two.thIrds vote
outweighs the Presidents objection, but Il
fraction less in either House defeats the
measure objected to.


The objection may be reasonable or un-
reasonable; the constitutional provision
which clothed it with such power may be
wise or unwisc. There is but Que tribunal
which can pass upon the exercise Of the
right, and that is the tribunal Of public
opinion. Even that, for the time being, is
Year: 1879

That there is more or less prejudice eX-
isting on the part of the citizens of this city
toward the cOlored population it is needless
to deny, and that this prejudice has its ORR
gin to great extent in the fact that there
are in the colored element bad men and wo-
men is equally true However, should the
same rule be applied to the whites u like
prejudice toward them would be inevitable,
and for the same reason. II is but fair to
judge both classes of our people according to
the average merit, rather than to make the
we'll disposed suffer for the misdeeds of the
opposite class. In our aggregate population
individual dereliction should not prejudice
the whole Every tub should rest upon its
own bottom. The colored people compose
an important factor in our industries, and
should be treated justly and fairly under
all circumstances, without regard to the
prejudice against color


If possible, existing prejudices based
upon color, in all business matters and in
all matters of government and law should
be disarmed. That our colOred population
should and can do much to do away with
this prejudice, by line of conduct that re-
spects law and right, there is no sort ol
doubt. On the other hand the whites can
aid in obiteratng this feeling by just
and fair treatment of the rights and inter.
ests of the other class. In all matters oI
business, and in the administration of thC
laws by our judicial tribunals, let color be
forgotten, and the scales of justice hang in
an even balance, and thus treat all the peo,
pie alike, without undue severity toward &
race whose greatest average Oilense appear;
to be that the Creator has dyed their skins
| n darker huc than ours
Year: 1879

representative of the people in the Ma
tional Councils He is mere slave, to do
the bidding of his masters and bow in hum
BILE submission to King Caucus. This is the
estate of n freeman in the South. In this
way are the traditions of slavery perpetu-
Rted under the flag of freedom
Year: 1879

SENATOR BELL, of New Hampshire, is a
Republican. The present Senate is Demo-
cratic. The result of this combination of
incongruous facts is an attempt to keep him
out OF his seat That is all there is in the
pending discussion in the Senate, except
that it shows a great difference between the
inclinotions and inspirations of the present
majority in that body and the forces which
controlled it before the 4th of March last.
The latter were too much in the habit of
yielding all contested points regarding seats
in that body to the minority. If they had
not been they would not be in the minority
now. The Democrats have evidently prof
tied by their experience.
Year: 1879

JOE BLACKBURN is the champion wiper.
He would, if lie could, wipe out of exist
ence all the results of the war, except those
which serve TO influence the Southern peo-
pie in returning Intense Southern men to
Congress
Year: 1879

STRANGE it is to say, yet it is fact be-
yond contradiction, that the desire to repeal
the election laws comes not from those
quarters where the fairest elections are
held and where the voice of the majority
is respected, but from those districts where
an unprincipled minority carries the day
and with unblushing face represents itself
as the majority
Year: 1879

II is said the COnfcderatcs in Congress propose to
remove the National Capital to Richmond. We do
not believe II. What Is the sc-ot moving the Capt.
tai South when most of the population of the South
is already at the Capital
Year: 1879

IT seems that the good people of Cincin-
natl are not altogether dissatisfied with the
supervisors-oi-election system. They per-
mitted the late United States chief super
visor, who was a Republican candidate for
office in the recent municipal election in
that city, to run ahead of his ticket which
he could not have done without the aid Of
Democratic votes.
Year: 1879

IT is, perhaps, n fortunate thing that
fire-eater BLACKBURN was not elected to be
Speaker. The country would have missed
and the Republican party would have lost
the benefit of his declaration of the Bour-
bon intention of wiping all the "war meas
"nreSp from the statute book
Year: 1879

War neccsstatcs despotism for the time
being. During times of war the hdbCdS cor
pus act and such like civil laws must be
suspended War could not be successfully
carried on with them in full force as in
times of peace. Such Southern men rs Mr..
CHALMERS, Of Mississippi, must know this.
Yet on the 1st instant, in the House, in at
tempting to reply TO General GARFIELD, he
foolishly endeavored to make false repre-
sentation, in order, if possible, to injure the
effect OF that gentleman's grand speech. To
the statement of General GARFIELD that
Congress had no power over religion, he
would "call attention TO The fact that power
",had once been given to United States
provost marshals to remove ministers"
No loyal man will deny this. Still it is no
credit for one in Mr.. CHALMERS situation
TO refer to q thing of this kind. If in
times of war man would take ad-
vantage of his calling as minister
to preach disloyalty to the government,
or in any way even to preach against the
| conqueror there is not n power in the
world that would tolerate it, and there
never was such liberty granted to the
enemy before as by the United States Gov
ernmeut in the war of the rebellion; while
on the other hand there never was power
more severe in this particular than the de-
funct &C, S, A. During the existence of
this shareholders government it ruled with
an iron hand. It's despotsm has not been
excellcd, in modern times, at least.
Aud yet the men who were partallers
in this despotism, who forced States out
of the Union by all the diabolical acts
that could be conceived of who perse-
cuted loyal citizens even unto DEATH
who had no respect for youth, old age
women or children; men maddened with
the blood of slavery, who could tear the
infant child from the breast, separate man
and wife, drive out Of the country its most
honorable citizens-all in the interest of q
government to be founded on the corner
stone Of human slavery; men who, during
the war, organized and maintained a most
powerful and mercicss provost guard to
crush out every act or sentiment that would
in the least compromise their miserable
confederation that they would exalt into q
government; men who were partakers in
the worst forms Of tyranny that could pos
sibly exist in the nineteenth century, and
who, even now that the war is over, still
maintain, in opposition 10 all moral teach
ings, the worst forms Of social Ostracism ant
oppression against those citizens, white a.
well as black, who will not unite with then
in opposition to q most just Government
Men guilty of such acts as these now turn
up in the Halls Of Congress and indulge il
their high talk about the tyranny of er
tain measures that were necessitated By
their own disreputNble acts. The worl(
bears witness that this nest of traitors cal
now come into the very halls that they hayt
desecrated and talk more glibly about "ty
granny" Oppression" &c, than the mel
who have stalled their all on the salvation
of the triumph of those noble doctrines o
free government, and who have eXerte,
themselves TO hand down to future genera
tions the liberal and civilized Government
established by their fathers.
Year: 1879

The current telegraphic reports of cleo
tion returns are very monotonous. They
all begin with an announcement of n Re
publican victory. But we rather enjoy
that kind of monotony and hope and be-
lieve it will be kept up until November of
next year.