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1870. " v FAM "' V 1870.
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05
II4(W TIIE DOCTOR COr A WIFE.
BY A RETIRED LAWYER.
Some years since professional engage
mentscalled me from theAtlantieStates
to California, my duties pertaining to a
case of considerable importance. In
the course of my business peregrina
tions I passed a week or two at Saeri
mento, then a town rapidly growing
into note, but not so largely or densely
populated as it is now. Shortly after
my arrival there met at my hotel
an old college classmate, whom I
had not seen for several years, and
whom I should scarcely recognize, so
greatly was he changed in personal ap
pearance. He had seen my name on
the hotel register, and renibering it
waited upon me and introlueed him
self.
I was heartily glad to see him in the
faraway country, and we sat down to
a pleasant chat together over the e
vents of our lives, past and present.
1 remembered that my college mate
had not been overburdened with
means in his earlier days; and though
he was a man of superior talents, the
competition in the business to which
he devoted himself, was altogether too
great to permit him to enjoy a fair be
ginningat home. He had therefore, re
linquished his undertaking in thepert
ty town at the east, where he had ho
ped to "live and flourish," soon after
graduating; and with a few hundred
dollars only, I knew he had started
"for San Francisco and :i market," as
he pleasantly termed his intended des
tination for California.
I now observed that he was expen
sively attired, wore costly jewels in his
bosom, drove a handsome span be
fore a fine carriage, and living in good
style m a suite of the best apartments
at the first hotel in Sacramento, Ana
so I continued:
"You are practicing h re—eh, doc
tor ?"
"Yes," he said. "And let me tell
you how and why it is that I am doing
so well as pm seem to have discover
ed."
"Go on, doctor. Is it a romance?"
"No. It was the result of an acci
dental discovery, the merest trifle of
circumstance which made my fortune,
and singularly enough, too. It will in
terest you, however?"
"I have no doubt of it. Proceed."
"Well, I have fortunately solved a
very simple but perplexing mystery
that fell directly in my way, profess
ionally. I arrived in Han Francisco
with less than two hundred dollars in
my possession, four years ago; and I
made up my mind in a very brief space
of time subsequently that the vocation
of a physician there was precious poor
means by which to amass money.
Few people get sick in this blessed
climate, in the first place; and if they
did, there was plenty of cuppers and
blisterers already hero who stood
watching to bleed both the patients
and their pockets to the last drop.—
Still there was an occasional opportun
ity for practice. I applied myself with
assiduity, but soon got tired of Han
Francisco, and came to this city, where
I hoped for better success.
1 published a staring card in the on
ly paper then printed here, and to>k
lodging at this same house, just then
completed. But patients were scarce,
or shy of the new comer. However,
one day an old Spanish Mexican, who
occupies an extensive ranch just out of
the city, waited upon me, and inform
ed me that his daughter was ill at his
residence. "He had tried all physi
cians, far and near—Spanish French
and American. None of them did any
good. He had seen my 'card.' Would
I enter his carriage and ride out to see
her?"
I readily assented, of course. On ar
riving at Sen. Rabino's hacienda, I was
agreeably surprised to find it a fine
stone residence, ancient in style, but
massive in extent, and the interor was
elegantly furnished and decorated.
1 had acquired a smattering of Span
ish years previously ; and having had
occasion here to confer with the natives,
I readiiy understood him, when Senor
Rabino informed me that his only
child, the daughter he spoke of, had
latterly been quite ill, and hail declin
ed in health for a year; whiiemore re
cently she I tad fainting fits, which a
larmed both the young lady and her
opulent father, who had sought in vain
for medical aid, and who was ready to
pay roundly for any services, could I
relieve or restore her. And theoldSpan
iard implored me patiently to exam
ine the case, and save his "darlingCar
lotta," if possible.
"And liad you seen the young wo
man ?"
"Not yet; no. I made general inqui
ries as to the health of the rest of the
family, and found there was in this
ease no apparent hereditary difficulty.
And finally I was shown into the
young lady's private appartment. By
Jove! my friend, she was beautiful.
You shall see her by the way, anon.
I will introduce you."
"Thank you," I said. "Then she
still lives?"
"You shall see. Don't anticipate
me," said the doctor, briskly.
"I say, immediately on entering her
beautiful boudoir, I saw that she was a
splendid creature, though she occupied
an invalid's chair, and was pale and re
duced in flesh. There was, however,
an ivoiy clearness in her complexion, a
ravishing fire in her rich dark eye, and
a classic beauty in her features which,
at sight, greatly interested me ; and I
, said to myself, I will earnestly try to
1 save th'.s poor creature from prema
ture death.
"And as I sat down beside her, real
ly my heart boat audibly. I confess it,
I took her small, delicately rounded
| wrist in my hand, and consulted her
| pulse with more than ordinary interest.
and some trepidation, as she looked
languidly but pleasantly in my face,
and said, 'Doctor do you think you can
aid ine?'
We were alone. She projniunded
this question as if she would imitate in
the expression that my predecessors
had tried and failed. And while sho
thus smiled, I observed that she ex
hibited two brilliant rows of pearly
teeth, that were by no means the least
attractive feature in her beautiful and
intelligent face. I found the young la
dy's pulse was Htfull anil feverish, and
I questioned her as to her symptoms.
She informed me briefly that her trou
ble, whatever it was seemed to be a ner
vous affection. She frequently e*p
rienced spasmodic and acqute pains
in the face and head, ami would faint
and fall like an epileptic. Then extreme
dullness would succeed, physically and
mentally ; she was really discouraged,
she said.
With my practice as a physician. I
had long before united that of a den
tist; and I knew well how sensitive
and delicate were the nervous combi
nation of the face, and especially those
of the teeth. 1 asked the patient many
questions, and finally interrogated
her closely as to the apparent neural
gic affections she had s,> frequently ex
perienced iu her head and jaw. Hhe
had no reason to complain of her
teeth, she said; they were perfectly
sound.
I examined them, however, with
professional care. Finally, taking
ftom my coat pocket a small operating
denial instrument, 1 scanned each
tooth, and rapped il slightly as I pas
sed along. As I did this, the youth
ful senora did not flinch, until I struck
the molar oeyond one of the eye teeth,
when to my consternation and sur
prise, she suddenly sprang up, and
with a sharp sigh, she fell forward
senseless at my feet.
As you may well conceive, I was u
larmed for an instant, but quickly
raising her form upon the divan atthe
aide of the room, I repeated the rap
upon this tooth, which, like all the
rest, was to all outward appearance,
perfect, and I found, though respira
tion had temporarily ceased, the effect
of this simple jar upon the tooth pro
duced a result upon the patient like
thai of a galvanic shock almost —the
gir! starting violently and struggling
in my hands with fearful spasms, at
each repeated stroke against the jaw.
Assuming the responsibility of my
profession and positions, therefore,and
believing that the mystery of her ill
uess was in some way connected with
the facial nerves, I quickly resolved to
try an experiment to relieve her, at
least temporary. And taking the fore
ceps from my dental pocket case, I ap
plied them to what 1 deemed the of
fending tooth, and instantly removed
it from the jaw while she lay appa
rently insensible upon the couch,"
"And what was the result ?" I ask
ed.
"In a moment she came to coneious
ness, and placing her hand to her fore
head, she enquired, "where am I?
Ah, doctor, what have you done?"—
And then missing one of her teeth,
she said, "What have you done?"
And I briefly replied that'l thought
I had solved the mystery of her ill
ness.'
"Upon the side of this tooth, which
was perfect, there adhered a hit of
straw, or what seemed to be a diminu
tive sharp splinter of hard-grained
wood, perhaps three eights of an inch
In length, and not larger than a cam
brie needle in circumference, which
had been plainly forced up accidentily,
and to her unconsciously, months pre
viously, through the gum, and which
penetrated to the root of the tooth near
the connection where it enter the jaw.
And there it had remained to fret and
chafe one of the most delicately sensi
tive points in the head, until further
forbearance with it was too much for
the sufferer's physical strength."
"Well, did this operation cure her?"
"Not instantly. But this trivial
matter was the really mysterious cause
of her pining illness, evidently, for
in ten days after my first ' j-fit she was
as calm as you and I are now, and very
soon she entirely recovered, as her
spirits revived."
"Andold Rabino? What did he
say to your treatment ?"
"He was delighted, and frankly of
fered me anything I would ask for a
remuneration. He sent me a score of
doubloons it once, as an earnest of bis
geod intentions, aud blazoned my suc
cess abroad among bis Inxst of friends
directly. 1 soon became famous; aud
my rooms were for a time besieged
with invalids whose ills had been of
short or long duration, and whom nei
ther my skill nor that of those who
had made attempts on these incura
bles, could ever relieve them of their
manifold complaints. Still the conse
quence of all was, that 1 sprang at once
into notoriety and a splendid remuner
ative practice ; and 1 have now a very
comfortable competency, as well as a
prospective good business."
"I congratulate you, Doctor. But
what became of the lady ?"
"Oh, Senora (Jarlotta? I had al
most forgotten to say that when 1
found she was rapidly improving, 1
ought to have discontinued uiy profes
sional visits; but neither father nor
daughter would listen to this. Not
until the young lady had entirely re
covered did I cease to visit the fine old
ranch daily. And finally, my dear
friend, when the fair Senora had re
sumed her health, I claimed the re
muneration for my services."
"Of course you did. You earned
it,"
"And what do you think 1 finally
demanded ?"
"That I could not guess at—we pro
fessional gentlemen are usually so mod
est," I said; "and especially when
successful."
"Well," he continued, "I arranged
tfie affair first With Senora CarJotta.—
And then I demanded her hand in
marriage of old Rabino."
"You did?"
"I did. And I made her my wife,
of course."
"Married!" I exclaimed. "Then
you are uo longer a bachelor?"
"No, my o'd chum. We have been
married over a year."
And ten minutes afterward I was in
troduced to one of the prettiest wo
men I ever set eyes on in my life.
"You are a lucky fellow, Doctor," I
said to my friend at him.
"If I could turn niy humble talents to
similar good account, I really believe
I would no longer lead the life of a
bachelor inywdf."
"Well, my friend," he replied,
"take the advice of one of the happi
est men alive, and get married."
"Thank you, Doctor, I will think of
it." And I left him one of the jollies!
and most fortunate men in existence.
His fortune by his wife was ample,
and his professional business continued
the very best for years.
He is now reckoned among the "sol
id men" in California, and his lovely
wife is one of the most accomplished
and beautiful of the sex, while both
are warmly beloved and respected by
the large social circle who enjoy their
society and confidence.
MILD WINTERS IN THE OLDEN
TIME.—It is related in Smith's "His
tory of New York," published in 1756,
that in the year 1663 Gov. Fletcher,
with SOOmen, set sail from New York
on the 14th of February, and arrived
at Schenectady on the 17th. This was
considered such extraordinary swift
traveling, that the Indian allies gave
the Governor the name of "Cayenguir
agrij" or "Great Swift Arrow." Mr.
Smith says in a note that the 14th of
February was an early day for th.
Hudson to lie open, but adds: "The
climate now is so much altered that SCO
recruits sailed from New York for Al
bany this year f 1756), and last year a
sloop went up the river a month earli
er." Front this it would seem that the
present mild winter is by no means a
novelty.
EXTRAORDINARY" WEATHER ALL
AROUND.—The report from the Pacific
railroad for the s:h of January is that
the track is clear through to San Fran
cisco. No snow on the great plains,
nor in the Black Hills, nor in the pas
ses of the Rocky Mountains, nor in the
lofty chain of the Sierra Nevada, to
obstruct the trains, but a clear track
from ocean to ocean. At the same
time the record shows the Hudson
river open from New York to Albany,
and the same is reported of ail t lie Eu
ropean rivers emptying into the North
Sea and lower Baltic, which are usual
ly fast locked in ice in mid-winter. —
It is certainly an extraordinary winter
so far over the face of the civilized
world.
As history repeats itself, perhaps
there is nothing remarkable in the
deed of a Texan sharpshooter, who
lately outdid William Tell. We read
in the New Orleans papers that some
months since a party of Texans were
practising with six : shooters at a target
when a wager was proposed that a
piece of silver should be placed on a
cork on the head of one of the number
and the cork shot out, leaving the coin
resting on the man's head. The wa
ger was made, and at a distance of five
pacesthe parties wereplaeed in position,
the target adjusted, and the feat per
formed without injury to the brave
supporter of the target.
An urchin of six orseven years went
into a barber shop in Racine, and or
dered the barber to cut his hair as close
as his shears could do it. He was ask
ed if his mother ordered it in that
way. "No," said he, "but s> bool
commences next week, and we've got
a school-mam that pulls hair, and
I'm bound to fix her this term, you
bet.
A young man living in Lafayette,
Ind., is humility personified. The
other day he asked a young lady if he
might "t>e allowed the privilege of go
ing home with "her," and was indig
nan'ly refused; whereupon he inquir
ed very humbly if he might be "al
lowed to sit on the fence and see her
go by."
A blushing damsel called at one of
the agencies the other day to buy a
sewing machine. "Do you want a lei
ler?" inquired the modest clerk in at
tendance. The ingenious maid replied
will some asperity: "No, sir!" I
have one."
Mark Twain on Christmas day was
presented with a fox. On the same
day Giant was presented with a coon.
Mark now proposes to play Grant a
game of "seven up" to decide which of
them shall have both presents.
A prominent merchant in New Or
leans killed himself because his wife
kis-qxl another man by mistake. He
left behind him a note saying he
wouldn't have eared a d- n if she had
done it on purpose.
A dandy swell in New York is in a
fix. His [Mints were made so tight for
him that he can't get his boots on,
and if he puts on his hoots first, he
can't get the pants on.
A gir] of sixteen, near Montreal, re
cently took arsenic to whiten her com
plexion, None could question hersuc
eess us shy lay in her collin the follow
in day.
The Pope has received $15,000 from
the diocese of Amiens, France, being
the amount of Peter's pence collected
in a few days.
Industry lifts men above tempta
tion.
VOL. 65.--WHOLE N0.3,cE4.
I'AK.IIERfi COM;**.
When to use Lime and Plaster.—A
successive cultivator, contributes the
following suggestions on this subject:
The value of lime or plaster as a
manure, depends upon the component
parts of the soil to which it is applied.
All land has more or less sulphuric a
cid in it, caused by the decorapos
tion of iron pyrites. The presence of
this acid may generally be known by
the appearance of the soil, and partic
ularly of the stones. If there is any i
ron rust or oxide of iron in the soil,
or in the stones, or on the top of
the water that filtrates through tbe
soil, or if the water is hard, it indicates
the presence of sulphuric acid.
If land on which grass seed is sown is
"slow to catch" or sod over, or catches
in patches , it indicates the presence of
sulphuric acid.
If the roots of clover and herd-grass
in the spring stand two or three inches
out of the gound, and in detatched
parcels, with bare ground between,
it is the work of sulphurie acid. On
such land plaster is a poistive injury.
If clover and tame grasses die out,
and are succeeded by wire grass, sorrel
or sour dock, it is caused by sulphuric
acid. Put on lime and keep off plas
ter.
The reason why plaster should not
be used on land charged with sulphu
ric acid is, that plaster is composed of
lime and sulphur, and applying that is
a'ding more of that with which the
land is already overcharged. On such
land apply lime which unites with the
sulphuric acid, and forms plaster.—
The lime thus neutralizes the acid ;
and the acid thus neutralizes the lime,
and forms a componud nutriment for
vegetation.
The reason why the ground appears
so hard where the earth is charged
with sulphuric acid, is that the old
stubble has l>een eaten up by the acid.
Thesulphuricacid in plaster,applied
to land not overcharged by that sub
stances decomposes vegetation, and tits
it for nourishing the living plants.—
When there is an excess of the acid it
eats up the vegetation, both dead and
living. This is the reason why soils o
vercharged with acid are always de
ficient in vegetable matter. And soils
free from it have an excess of vegeta
ble matter iu a decomposed state.
The presence of this acid is the
eau.se of sorrel and sour dock and sour
The land is literally sour and
Nature is trying to throw it from her
stomach through these excrescences.
The rule then is, if your land has
too much sulphuric acid, or is sour give
it a good coat of lime, if destitute of a
cid, apply plaster.
Hints U> Farmers. —ln dressing your
fields, cut your coat according to the
cloth—that is, don't run in debt for
fertilizers.
When your sheep are fleeced, don't
let the wool-dealers pull the wool over
youreyes as regards its value.
Never take to a bed in your house
in thed iy-time, while there are plenty
of beds in your garden that require at
tention.
The first investment of all farmers
should be in plow-shares. Nothing
pays a surer dividend, yet not always
large; but it is certain.
When you feel like currying favors,
go into your stable and curry your
horses and other stock. That pays
best.
Do not, as money-brokers do with
stock, sell your stock off "short." ft
is better to have several tons left over
till another season.
The time to shear sheep is, when you
throw off your own evercoat for the
season.
When a farmer hears a sermon on
mending one's day, he should look to
his lanes and bridges, and see if all i
safe for loaded teams.
Gardens should always be put under
picket-guard, or bis fowls will come up
to the scratch, if he does not.
The only kind of stakes that a far
mer should hold are fence stakes.
After raising the best crops you can,
the next best thing to raise is tbe mort
gage on your farm. When this is
"taken up," a farmer feels first-rate.
Never harrow the feelings of j>eop!e
by uncovering old evils ; but harrow
your fields as much as you please, and
nobody will find fault.
Rainy days may be well spent in
practicing dentistry on rakes and har
rows.
If a farmer feels like travelling, let
him plant hops, and he can then go
from pole to pole without much ex
pense.
The farmer who can't do without his
lager beer, a few years finds another
kind of bier necessary.
No farmers wife should crow over
her chickens till they are grown up,
sts many a little brood has disappeared,
one by one, the work of rats.
Yorkshire Biscuits.— Three pounds of
flour, one gill of yeast, a quarter of a
pound of butter, three eggs, milk e
nough to form a dough. Rub the but
ter and flour together. Beat the eggs
and add them, then the yeast and milk
to form a dough. Stand it away to
rise, when light make it into biscuits,
butter your tins, place the biscuits on
them, let them rise again and bake
them.
Pig Pudding.— Take a half pound
of best ligs, washed and chopped
fine, two tea-cups of grated bread,
half a cup of sweet cream, half a cup of
white sugar, and one cup of new milk.
Mix the bread and cream, add the figs,
then the sugar, and, lastly, the milk.
Pour the mixture into a mold, and
boil four hours. Eat with a liquid
sauce.
Pittsburg is after the milkmen who
ring huge bells in the streetson Sun
day during church time.
Lady Montague, the most artificial
of women, wrote the most natural of
love letters.