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F. Nue-olL, - - - - -Mcs?ry.
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letcr A. Keller,
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St. Joseph, Mo
"Waihinjton Ciyf
VriSlStt'?J? ejoingeachotber-anasomehatfeu-erniowa.
...... ing, in truth, too close inspection of
September 12, is:s. Tmi5-iy v my , own countenance,' for I found it
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NEMAHA COUNTY, If T., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 1856.
milbmmis.
EEV CUBE JOB THE ERYSIPFXAS. "
From a Tvork entitled "Scenes in the
Practice of a New York Surgeon," bv
Edward II. Dixon, M.- D., ve select
the following: - , .; 1
If it were not for the relief! of the
feelings hj scenes of mirthfulness, feTf
would pe able to endure our profession.
Diseases ,of the mind,, though often
affording exhibitions of. a character
far from ludicrous, now and then as
sume a most diverting aspect, and the
physician is often put. to it to meetthe
protean phases "of the mind diseased.1?
Never have I seen it in a more ludi
crous aspect than once witnessed in
the , case of a spoiled and wayward
patient who ; was so fortunate as to be
exceedingly rich and very ignorant.
He was a miserable homuculus, with a
villainous intellectual ; development,
almost acephalous his head indeed
very much resembled a frog'sand the
end of a cocoa-nut with its three black
spots was almost, as intellectual as his
face. He had a very wretched-look
ing little wife, and two children about
a match for their parents; all spoiled,
sensual, passionate, and vulgar.
These people, nevertheless; had a
SF?.at everence ; for me, and I. wa;
obliged by the necessities of a youth
was
iui practitioner xo aiiena inem, Keep-
a tignt rem over tneir vagaries
when occasion : required. They quar
reled awfully, and often came to blows
and scratches. One evening I was
summoned to the ladys bedside in great
haste; she had as usual 1 an attack of
hysterics, in no way alleviated by the
frigcrating influence of her potations;
for they had lately had a high time of
it, and both were intoxicated when I
arrived. Crimination and : recrimina
tion went high and I began to be tired
of the scene. A fortunate thought
struck me. They had been at their
usual game of scratching; both of their
faces showed the activity of the diver
sion. There had been a death from
erysipelas at the next door, and as
they knew the deceased most intimate
ly, they were very much alarmed when,
with the view of carrying out mv
bright thought. I looked Yerv anxious.
? , i i .1 11 i . .1 .1
nu IOJ.U me lauy inai tne SCraiCneS
looked TCry like erysipelas. I knew
u v ni." . j.
the7 WOUld be at their CUStOmary diver
sinn as soon as mv bnV was tnrnfid.
and I was resolved to prevent it, and
get a good night's rest. Accordingly
1 afiected the deepest regret at the
omission in the case of the dead friend
of a practice I had formerly known of
great efficacy 'm erysipelas, and in
formed them I resolved when she died
that if another case occurred I would
by no means fail to try it.
it consisiea in continually lumigaimg
the surface of the body with burned
Indian meal and carenng the face with
a mask to exclude the light. Their
alarm was so thoroughly excited that
they gladly yielded to my suggestion,
inquiring wim runny uistres-tug sum;i
. i i a
tude, if it was not too late. Assuring
them. uiu UV x uut
tor a couple 01 large sait-sacxs, ana
procured two Ot the prettiCSt-lOOfci-g
masks Iisould get at Woodworth sf two
chairs: were' then placed in the sacks,
and a pudding-pan full of Indian meal
under each chair, an opening being cut
in each bag at the side to admit of the
introduction of a hot brick, to produce
the fumes from the meal. Placing the
beaultiful couple with the greatest
srravity, one in each sack at a respect
ful distance, and Dac to Dacx, witn
the view of avoiding1 any fomentation
of their bad passions by facilities for
hard work to contain myself I tied
the sacks loosely around their . necks,
and the masks behind their ears, and
left them under the care of an Irish
servant girl, and the diversion of their
own eloquence. 1 departed in triumph,
having fairly bagged my game, tnd
Celling thorn 1 anticipated an lmmedi
nrr ra . tvnien ironici neian n
nigut.an tne upper part ot tne city, i
1. ' .1 M f it V
kept them so for the best part of two
I i. xl. 1 ' Tll.l
aays, assuring tuein wiieneverxauowea
an interval of a few hours for sleep,
.Hat it would be necessary-to resume
the famigation3 on the least return of
their fanger, for it invariably produced
an exceedingly alarming appearance in
the scratches, and they should begin to
cicatize before the remedy was discon
tinued. The result was most fortunate,
and by .cultivating their good graces,
I obtained such an ascendency over
their feeble intellects, that I had only
to threaten the bagging process to keep
their hands off each other for several
years after. ' ;
Learning is wealth to the poor, , an
honor to the rich, and a support and
eorsfort to-- the old.-
HOW TO I -T A DTHILIST.
A few years iince, as a New Eng
land gentleman ailed Brown was pass
ing a few days ai a hotel in one of our
western cities, le had the misfortune
to unintentionally offend the suscepti
ble honor of a rtall Indiana Colonel,
who was one of his fellow boarders.
His apologies not being satisfactory, a
challenge was sent him, which, how
ever, he declined, upon the'ground of
conscience scruples. The Colonel, who,
by the wajf Lad wonui two. or three
encounters quite a reputation as a
duelist, at once conceived the idea that
his opponent was a coward, and re
solved to disgrace him by flogging him
in the face of all the assembled,wisdom
of the house; Accordingly, the next
day, at dinnerj time,' m marched the
duelist, armed with a formidable cow
hide, and advancing to Brown's chair,
proceeded to dust his jaket for him j
m the most approved style. .Brown
was astonished. Luckily he had been
a lieutenant of militia in his native
State, and knew the importance of in
commoding his enemy by a diversion.
bo, seizing a gravy tureen he tossed
the contents into the face of this
belligerent Colonel, and before that
hero could recover from the drowning
sensation thus occasioned, he sprang
upon the tableland began to shower
upon him with a liberal hand the con
tents of the dishe3 around. . . .... - -
"You are an infernal -". ' .
"Coward," the Colonel wa about to
say, but at that moment a piate 01
greens struck full npon his mouth, and
the word was blockaded and lost tor-
ever. ; -
"Ha," cried the little New England
der, whose blood was now up, "fond
of greens are , you? take a potatoe
too;" and he hurled a telling volley of
hard potatoes at him; "excellent eggs
here, capital things with calves'
heads," and crash came a plate of soft
boiled eggs against the side of his
cranium. - , . '
.The blows of the ; cowhide, which had
hitherto descended! upon the Yankee's
head and shoulders', now began to fall
more weakly and vildly, and it became
evident that the assailant, half stunned,
choked, and partially blinded, was
getting the worst of.it. His; courage
was fast oozing out. ; . . ;
"Take a turkey," shouted Brown, as
a noble old gobler descended fairly upon
the Colonel's head, and bursting, filled
his hair and eyes with delicious look-
ins
stuffing, "here's.the fixings," he
continued, as the squash and jelly fol
lowed after.
By this time the Colonel was irre
trievbly defeated, and his merciless
opponent seized a huge plum-pudding,
steaming hot, and holding it above his
head with both hands, seemed about
to bury him beneath it, when the Col
onel quailed in terror, and throwing
down his cowhide, turned about and
made a rush for the door.' " '
"Stop for the puddihg. Colonel, stop
for the pudding," shouted Brown.
"Pudding, Colonel, pudding," scream-
1 1,1" n 1 ' .1
ed an nis lenow Doaraers, , amm cou
vulsions of laughter. But the Colonel
was too terrified to listen to their kind
invitations, and did not cease running
until he had locked himself into ms
room.
But although the Colonel escaped
from the plum pudding, he could not
escape irom me naicuie wmcu
affair occasioned. He subsequently
challenged four persons against whom
his ire was particularly excited, and
they all consented to fight, but availing
themselves of the privilege of the
challenged party, appointed pudding
ba gs for their weapons. At length the
unhappy, duelist, finding no one who
was willing to shoot or be shot at, was
obliged to quit the State.
A E0HA5TIC TALE.
A young nobleman of the environs
of Moscow fell desperately in lots with
a young gipsey. He wanted to marry
her despite the. representations of his
father, who managed to send his son
from home for sometime, and during
his absence he took possession of the
voun? girl and married her to his
coachman, to whoin he gave his free
dom and- some money. After the
weddinc night passed away, sho ran
awav.-gained the country, and disap
peared from all eves except those of
her lover, who prexemea to nave ior
gottenher, and entered the guards.--For
five years she remained concealed
in a hut, and nobody knew that her
lover visited her every night; he even
married to prevent: suspicion." ,.lBut jat
last his legitimate wife, tormented by
the mysterious life led by her husband,
contrived to discover the secret, and
then went to the emperor;; she threw
herself at his feet, and craved ven
geance on the perfidous husband. ' :
The poor gipsey girl was seized and
confified in an hospital, and her three
children disappeared, , and she never
heard one word of them ugain "For
four years she suffered anguish of every
kind, and every sort of humiliation
without a complaint, giving an example
of the most patient and gentle resig
nation in the house where, she wa3
confined. The lover was immediately
sent off to the army of the Caucasus,
where he is still. No correspondence
could take place between the lovers
during the whole time of their separa
tion. Nevertheless a few days ago an
officer reached here (St. Petersburgh)
from the army, and found means of
speaking to the youug prisoner, and
in the course of conversation he let
fall that she was the only obstacle to
his return.
Her resolution was at once taken.
She found means to escape from the
hospital. She went to the house of
the legitimate wife of the exiled lover,
prayed her to pardon her for denrivins
her of a husband she could not but
love; since' she, unhappy as she had
been, could not forget him, and 3he
quitted the. house, bhe then went to
the river , and leaped into one of the
holes made in the ice. I have heard
what she said to her lover's wife; she
was admirable for her simplicity and
fervor. She was so beautiful that,
when strangers visited the hospital, she
was locked up out of the way. I have
heard a great many other details of
this story which are unspeakably touch
ing, but which I cannot give you here.
DEATH FE02I OLD AGE.
But few men, says a writer in Black'
wood' 'Magazine, die of old age.
Almost all die of disappointment, pas
sion, mental or bodily toil, or accident.
The passions kill men sometimes even
suddenly. - The common expression
"choked with passion," has little exag
geration in it; for even, though not
suddenly fatal, strong passions shorten
life. Strong-bodied men often . die
young; weak men live longer than the
strong, for the strong use their strength
and the weak have none to use. The
latter take care of themselves, the
former; do not. As it is with body, 0
it is with mind and temper. "The strong
are apt to break down, or, like the
candle, to run; : the wick burns out. -The
inferior animals, which live, in
general, regular and temperate lives,
have usually their prescribed term of
years. The horse lives twenty-five
years; the ox fifteen or twenty; the
lion about twenty; the dog ten to
twelve; the rabbit eight; the guinea
pig six to seven years. These numbers
all bear a similar proportion to the
time the animal takes to grow its full
size. " ." .
When the cartilaginous parts of the
bone become ossified, the bone ceases
to grow. This takes place in man at
about twenty, years on the average; in
the camel at eight; in the horse at five;
in the ox at four; in the" lion at four;
in the dog at two; in the cat at eigh
teen months; in the rabbit at twelves
in the guinea-pig at seven. Five or
six times these numbers give the term
of life; five is pretty near the average;
some animals greatly exceed it. But
man, of all the animals, is the one that
seldom comes up to his average. He
ought to live a hundred years according
to this physiological law, for five times
twenty are a hundred; but instead of
hat he scarcely reaches, on the aver-
age, tour times his growing period;
while the dog reaches six times;, the
ca six times;: the rablt even eight times
the standard of measurement. The
reason is obvious. Man is not only the
most irregular, and most intemperate,
but the most laborious and hard-work
ed of all animals." He is also the
most irritabb of all animals: and there
is reason to believe, though we can not
tell what an animal secretly feels, that,
more than any other animal, man
cherishes wrath to keep it warm, ; and
consumes himself with the fire of his
own secret reflections.
- - THE WHEEL.
The punishment of the wheel, which
was suppressed in 1790, was one of the
most frightful which can be imagined.
The criminal was extended on a St.
Andrew's cross. There were on it
eiht notches cut, one below each arm,
between the elbow and wrist, another
between each elbow and the shoulders
one under cacn tnign, anaoneunuer
1 t ii t j
each leg. The executioner, armed with
a heavy, triangular bar of iron, gave a
violent blow on each "of these places,
and, of course, broke the bone; and a
ninth on the pit of the stomach. I he
mangled victim was now lifted from
the - cross, and stretched on a . small
wheel; placed vertically at one of the
ends of the cross, his back on the
upper part of the wheel, his head and
feet hanging down. The sentence bore,
that he was to remain there as long as
it pleased God to prolong Hs life.-
Many lingered there five or sir hours,
some longer. ' A sen-of a jeweler, in
tho Flaco Dauphine", who had murder-
ed his father, wa3 only: relieved by
death at the end of twenty-four hours
These unhappy wretches, often utter
ing horrible blasphemies, always tor
mented by a continual thirst, incessant
ly called out for somethingto drink; a
man of God, a priest, never left their
1 .1 'a'
siae annng tneir excruciating agony,
but' incessantly put water to their
parchedlips, wipedthe sweat from their
burning brow, and pointed to a merci
ful God above the scaffold, extending
hi3 arms to receive them. This holy
duty wasalwr ys discharged by a doc
tor of the borbonne. .:
THE PLEASURE OE XHOWLIDSE;
The eye does not follow it3 appoint
ed puraose if it be not emnlovcd in
i.i
looking at the objects which may be
presented to it. It is beautifully adapt
ed to the sunlight which is pro tided for
it. The eye is made for the light, and
the light for the eye. As is Tight to
the eye, so is knowledge to the mind.
The mind does not fulfil its end if it be
not supplied with correct ideas. It is
as ; capable of receiving ideas as the
eye is of conveying them, or the im
pressions out of which ideas are made.
All healthful mmd3 admit of improve
ment, and that perhaps to an indefinite
degree. It is an error to imagine for
a moment that some minds may not
be enlarged and beautified. If the
mind be sane, it is not only possible to
nourish and expand it, but it is easy to
do so. If the senses are at all exer
cised, the mind must all necessarily be
to-some extent unioided. 'ihe eye
well receive' impressions, and the ear
7 '
will; catch sounds, and transmit the
result to the mind. This is a law of
man's mental constitution, and neces
sary as any. thing can be. The inevit
able condition-of the mind 3, that it
shall be affected for good or for evil
in proportion as the senses are wrought
upon by eternal objects. . -. .
INF L HENCE OF A KEWSPAPE2.
A school teacher, who has been en
gaged a long time in his profession
and witnessed the influence of a news
paper upon the minds of a family of
children, writes-to the editor of the
Ogdcnsburgh Sentinal as follows: 1
I have found it to be fhe universal
fact, without exception, that those
scholars of both sexes and of all ages
who have had access to newspapers at
home, when compared with those whg
have not, are:
1. Better readers, excelling in pro
nunciation, and consequently read more
understandingly.
2. They are better spellers and de
fine words with ease and accuracy.
3. They obtain a practical knowl
edge of geography, in almost half the
time it requires others; as the news
paper has made them familiar with the
location of the most important places,
nations, their government and doings,
on the globe. -
. 4. They are better grammariins,
for having become so familiar with
every variety of style in the news
paper, from the common place adver
tisement to the finished and classical
oration of the statesman; they more
readily comprehend the meaning of the
text, and consequently . annalyze . its
construction with accuracy. : . ..
TJNDES FOOT. .
."Sammy! get out of the way! Why
toll yctt he always under foot? Always
in the way, and never where you
belong." .
Thus discourses an affectionate
mother, who has kept little Sammy
literally tied to her apron-string until
he has come to regard it his place and
duty to keep withm scolding distance.
The woman never permitted her boy
to exercise the first thought, or to per
petrate an action without asking "Ma,"
and he seldom ventured such a request,
for experience had taught him that
compliance with ever so simple a re
quest was not to be expected from his
overcautious and timid Ma.
The consequence of such a "bring
ing up" is fatal to the child and the
man, for he never can have a "mind of
his own, ' but will always be dependent
upon the notions and whims of others.
Now "Sammy should not be kept
under footshould not be permitted to
get under foot but should be set afloat
on the world thrown upon his oars
early in lifeof course under the
judicious " pilotage" of oth.tr children, a
little older than himself, who acquired
the , power of sustaining themselves
above water. Sammy would be never
so gild as when "helping himself," if
his dear devoted, solicitous mother
would only let him. : Young eagles try
their wings quite early in life, and so
should children be permitted , to try
their muscles and their mind3. Good
wcrnran, don't keep Sammy . under foot
any longer. it; Illustrated. ,
Never chase' a lie, .for truth will
eve'L-tually 0 ver tak e and dc s troy ii?
NUMBER 23.
Among all the "accompLihneh',
which our yotm'g ladies are expected
to acquire, it is to be regretted that thfc
art of conversation is not included."
No grace of person or manners c;i:i
compensate for a lack of this: Jn
youth, the conversation of our women
is apt to be trifling insipid; and 111
middle age 13 too ofteri confined fa ;
complaints of health and the s':aud;u
of the day; Lively conversation, up-;!!
instructive and elevated topics, is cut
little'practiced, but whenever it ia found
it gives a charm ttf the society of;
females which nothing else can; - It .
triumphs over deformity .and 6l c'e-,
and make ugliness itself agreeable.---
Gurran, speaking of madam de Stacli
who was by no means handsome; but
splendid conversationalist, . said thil
she "had the power of talking herself
into beauty." Ladies should think of
-his: Beauty lie3 in other things thiri
r j ; .
Some time last summer, a number
of ladies and gentlemen were Tisitixiar" .
a garden, a sh'ort distance from the city;
Among the articles growing; were soma
hops, which, to one young lady of thfl
party, were quite a novelty, and at
tracted her attention in spite of the '
more showy and brilliant flowers hich
were in the vicinity. Observing among
the hopplants, several differing from
the rest, she inquired .the reason. A
gentleman informed her "that is the
male hop, which " "BI633 me,"
cried the young lady, "I never knew
there was such a thing as the male hop
before; I shall bo very cautious ho?? I
drink beer in the future."
; The body of Moliere,the dramatist,
being refused a place in consecrated
ground, the King (Loui3 XIY.V sent
for the archbishop, and demanaci to
know the depth of :thd consecrated
earth. The archbishop; Tiot likm to
acknowledge to him , hh ignorance,
answered, after a little hesitation,
"twelve feet." . "Well," replied the '
monarch, "let the grave of MoIFcre ".
be dug fourteen feet deep, andallyour
difficulties will be got over."
When Erskine was made Lord Chan
cellor, Lady Howard never rested fill -she
prevailed on him to give Sidney .
Smith' a living. .'Oh',' said Erskine,
'don't thank me Mr. Smith,! gave the
living because lady Howard insisted on
my doing soV and if she had desired :
me to give it to the devil, he must have
had if." -
A Flying Guess. An Irish brick
layer was one day brought to' thc'Edin
burgh Infirmary, severely injured by a.
fall from a hou3e-top. Ihe medical
man in attendance asked the sufferer,
at what time the accident occurred. ..
"Two o'clock, your honor," was the
reply. On being ftsked how h&'cimi"
to fix .the hour so accurately; he ans-"
weredVIIw&caus'o I saw the pe'opTo at
dinner, through a window a3 1 c'amd
down-.
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P.czzLE. There is something worth
studying over. We find it in an bid
rAper if any of our delinquent pat
rons can solve it, and feel the point;-
they are perfectly at liberty to do sq:
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W E F O .
RYOUR.
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Well, what if they did?' 6iid Mrs.
Partington, a3 a visitor was condemn
ing certain parties for the transpoita-(
tion of coolies. She glanced at thd
thermometer, as sho spoke, with the.
mercury indicating ninety degrees, at
the same time inhailing.a pinch of Col'
Rhoades' rappee: I think ther ooht'.
to be praised,' continued she, Nfo'r.try- .
ing to get a little coolly anywhere,
such times as these.' How hot it in, to '
bC sure! It is allmbst .equal to the"
horrid zone,' and the old lady fanned
herself energetically.'
' Hugging. Somejady or gentleman
has written the following to a news-1
paper, East, which applies to any lo
cality where men wear hair:
Kate haies mustaches: "So much hair;
.-lakes every man1 look like a' bear?' .
But Fanny, whom no thought can fet-
J;er, -
Biur.3 out "The more like, bear i tho
" better;" .
Became" her pretty shoulders sirug-.
. ging : -: :
"Bears are such glorious ofcapV'fo
hugging' . - ; . J
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