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March 3d, 1877.
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Medical and Surgical Notice.
Dll. W. A. WATfMI.V respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citizens of
Jefferson and surrounding country. Residence,
at the old ** Watson Homestead,’’ Sycamore st.
Office, in Col. J. B. Silman's law office. When
not professionally absent, can be found at one or
the other of the above places. Jan 27 ly
Dr. J. B. Pendergrass,
"1A ESPECTFULLY tenders his professional scr-
IV vices to the citizens of Jefferson and surround
ing country ; and by strict atteution to his studies
and profession, hopes to merit continued confi
dence. lie can he found at his office, one door
north of Pendergrass & Hancock’s store, at all
times, when not professionally absent.
January 13th, 1877.
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SURGKON DENTIST,
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Jtily 10th, 1875. 6m
J. A.. MAHAFKEY. W. S. M*CARTY.
ill A TTO R XE Y S A T LA W,
Jefferson, Jackson Cos. Ga.,
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DR. C. R. GILES
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of Jefferson and vicinity. Can be found at
the office recently occupied by Col. Mahntfey.
Jan. 22, 1876—tf
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Covington, Ga. | Jefferson, Ga.
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th counties of Jackson and Walton.
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WI. PIKE, Attorney at laiw,
• JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA.
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Prompt and thorough attention given to all
kinds of legal business in Jackson and adjoining
counties. June 12 1875
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JEFFERSON TOWN GOVERNMENT.
W. 1. Pike. Mayor; Col J. A B Mahaffey, G.
J. N. Wilson. J E Randolph, F. M. Bailey. Al
dermen; R S Howard. Esq., Clerk A Treasur
er; II J Randolph. Jr, Marshal.
Called States (Government,
EXECUTIVE.
President—Rutherford B. Hayes, of Ohio, to
March 4, 1881.
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The People tlieir onij Rulers ; Adrnueement in Education, Science, Agricultue&and Wattiem JHmmfiwtotiK*.
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TUTPS^PIILS
A Noted Divine says
Tfiey are worth their
Weight in gold, „
READ WHAT HE SAYS:
i luft ’hi
have good appetite, digestion perfect, regular stools,
piles gone, and I have gained forty pounds solid flesh.
They are worth their weight in gold,
R*v. It. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.
TUTPS FUST^WSK
■vm ■ W I UikO medicine thirty years, a*d
CUKE BICK HEAD- for a long time was demon.
strator of anatomy i* the
mpfypw.Ls rrwwffi,.
IU I I O I IkhO his pills have the guaran-
CUKE DYSPEPSIA. tee that they are prepared
"■n ii ii on scientific principles,
TUTUS PILLS quackery.
He has sncceeded in
CUKE combining in them the
_ _ heretofore antagonistic
TIITPQ Pll I 0 qualities of a strengthen-
Iv I I v I IhW ing,Purgative,and a fur*
CUKE PILES. ijrtmg tonic.
Their first apparent ef*
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____ to properly assimilate.
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m——mJm ished, and by their tonic
. I#k ■... . action on the digestive or-
Pll IS gans, regular and healthy
v evacuations are producea.
CUKE BIIJOUB COLIC The rapidity with which
~ 11 '■ persons take on flesh,
TIITTIO Dll I O while under the influence
IU I I v lILLu of these pills, ol itself in-
CUKE KIDNEY COM- dtcates their adaptability
PLAINT. to nourish the body, and
hence their efficacy in cur-
TIITTIO Dll I O ing nervous debility, meL
IU I rlLLo ancholy, dyspepsia," wast
ing of the muscles, slug-
CUKE TORPID LIVEK gishness of the liver,
chronic constipation, and
imparting health and strength to the system. Sold
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I TRIUMPH OF SCIEKCE.
3 Gray Hair can be changed to a O
B glossy black by a single application of jf|
H Dr.TUTT’S Hair Dye. It acts like magic,
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H Price SI.OO. Office 35 Murray St., N.Y.
What is Queen’s Delight?
Read the Answer
It is a plant that grows in the South, and is spe
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' nature’s own remedy,
Entering at once into the blood, expelling all scrof
ulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic affections. Alone,
it it a searching alterative, but when combined with
Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, and other herbs, it forms
Dr. Tutt’s Sarsaparilla
and Queen’s Delight,
The most powerful blood purifier known to medical
science for the cure of old ulcers, diseased joints, foul
discharges from the cars and nostrils, abscesses, skin
diseases, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effects of
secret practices, disordered liver and spleen. Its use
strengthens the nervous system, imparts a fair com
plexion, and builds up the body with
HEALTHY, SOLID FLESH.
As an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly
recommended. Hundreds of cases of the worst type
have been radically cured by it. Being purely veg
etable its continued use will do no harm. The best
time to take it is during the summer and fall;"and
instead of debility, headache, fever and ague, you
will enjoy robust health. Sold by all druggists.
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FBROOM, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. JUNE 23, 1877.
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SELECT MISCELLANY.
Love in Humble Life.
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In Kast Boston, a Cew weeks since, w.is
borne to tke grAwes, a raftiden wife of not less
Mwm twenty years of age. Her husbaiul and
16Vcr, a yonng mart ef twenty-three, was a
They had loved each other from
childhood, and wero to have been married
sove six or seven mouths since, when she,
was prostrated with consumption. Nearly
all his leisure from labor was passed at Iter
bedside, cheering her with prospects of re
stored health and a life of happiness ; but the
fell disease was too firmly implanted in her
system to leave any hope of recovery. TV hen
informed her that death was
inevitable, sue expressed a desire to partake
of the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, and
her wish was gratified. Her lover procured a
carriage, sat by her side, and bore her in his
arms to and from the Lord’s Table. She re
turned to her bed never again to leave it in
life. About a fortnight before her death, she
said that she had only one earthly wish un*
gratified : she desired to be united to him who
had loved her so long, and so truly, in the
hope of being his in heaven, lie could deny
]ier nothing—he married death. Bolstered
up by pillows, and supported by the embrace
of her mother, she was united to her lover:
her feble voice was hardly audible in respond
ing to the questions of the marriage ceremo
ny. She was his, and saict she could die with
out regret. From then until she passed away’
she was unable to speak above a whisper;
but she appeared happy, and though wasted
to skin and bone, a pleasand smile left its im
press on her face as her soul returned to God
who gave it.
Many cases have been recorded of people
being married on the brink of the grave, to
accomplish some material end—such as to
give a legal title to propert}', or to render an
act of long delayed justice ; but rarely or ne
ver have we heard of poor people marrying
under such circumstances, purely for love.—
Flic stern realities of life press so hardly up
on the laboring poor, that the finer feelings for
t.licir souls have to make way for the cares
and toil of providing for the wants of the
body.
The only legacy which this affectionate mai
den left her husband was a lock of her hair,
and a favorite copy of the Bible.
The Last Man.
WIIAT IS TO BECOME OF lIIM, ACCORDING TO
TIIE SCIENTIFIC SPECULATORS.
AVhat will become of the last man ? A"a
rious theories that have been seriously main
tained by scientific men are described and
we summarize them :
1. The surface of the earth is steadily di
(minishing,elevated regionsare being lowered,
and the seas are filling up. The land will at
last be all submerged, and the last man will
be starved or drowned.
2. The ice is gradually accumulating at the
north pole and melting away at the south pole,
the consequence of which will be an awful
catastrophe when the earth’s center of gravity
suddenly changes. The last man will then
be drowned by the rush of waters.
3. The earth can not always escape a comet,
and when the disaster comes there will be a
mingling of air and cometary gas, causing an
explosion. If the last man is not suffocated
he will be blown up.
4. There is a retarding medium in space,
causing *a general loss of velocity in the
planets, and the earth, obeying the law of
gravity, will get closer and closer to the sun.
The last man will be sunstruck.
5. The amount of water on the earth is
slowly diminishing, and simulaneously the
air is losing in quantity and quality. Finally
the earth will be an arid waste, like the moon.
The last man will be suffocated.
6. Other suns have disappeared, and ours
must, sooner or later, blaze up and then dis
appear. The intense heat of the conflagra
tion will kill every living thing on earth. The
last man will be burned.
7. The sun’s fire will gradually burn out,
and the temperature will cool. The earth's
glacial zones will enlarge, driving our race to
the equator, until the habitable space will
lessen to nothing. The last man will be fro
zen to death.
8. A gradual cooling of the earth will pro
duce enormous fissures, like those in the moon.
The surface will become extremely unstable,
until the remnantof humanity will take refuge
in caves. The last man will be crushed in
his subterranean retreat.
0. The earth will at last separate into small
fragments, leaving the people without any
foothold. The last man will have a dreadful
fall through space.
10. The tenth theory, providing that there
will be no last man at all, is thus expressed :
“Evolution does not necessarily imply pro
gress, and possibly the race may have retro
gated until the human being possesses the
nature of the plant louse, such being the case,
the single inhabitant will spontaneously pro
duce prosperity of both sexes.” —Scientific
American.
A Tale of Two Caxixgs. —A special
from Washington City to the Baltimore Ga
zette, dated May 28, has it that “some days
since Colonel Jack Brown, of Georgia, ad
ministered a caning to the notorious John E.
Bryant, of that State, in the Treasury Depart,
ment, for insulting a ladj r . To-night the res
ident Southerners in Washington, ladies in
cluded, presented Colonel Brown with a val
uable gold-headed cane, as a testimonial of
the high appreciation in which they held him,
because of the meritorious service thus ren
dered.”
A Singular Case in Washington County.
We obtain from the Sandersville Hendd
information of a very slnguliy case that is
novr* stirring Washington county to its pro
foundftst depths. Hon. A. Hobson—>a prom
ising citizen of ths county, who did galjant
service during the war and lost a leg in the
So<sigr army—was in 1875-6 the Tax Col
lector pf Washington, and is now a member
of Utc-lowor branch of the General Assembly.
Sope time ago the Copiptroller-Gsnoi;al of
(Mon* W -X. iasuq^^n
execution against Mr, Robson and lus
ties for the sum of &L9OO. This amount the*
Comptroller-Genftr#l claimed was dug on the
account of taxes collected by Mr. Robson and
not paid into the Treasury. Mr. Robson
denies that he owes anything to the Sfate and
challeiqjres the fullest investigation. MajqL
wmftu, a *jell known 4^13,
county, says that on the Bth of December,
1876, Mr. Robson handed him a package of
money to count. He found it to contain
$14,000, and in his presence it was sealed up
and deposited in the Express office for trans
mission to Mr. Goldsmith in Atlanta, lie
says the books of the Express Agent at San
dersville show the receipt of the money. Mr.
Lawson Kelly, one of the Board of County
Commissioners of the county, also states
that he was in Atlanta at the assembling of
the Legislature in January last, and was told
by Governor Smith that Mr. Robson was not
in arrears with the State ; but, on the contrary,
had paid the uttermost farthing. Mr. Gold-*
smith says this money was not received by
him; that he knows nothing of it, and that
money packages sent to him are always taken
by the State Treasurer and opened, and the
contents retained by that official. Two or
three weeks since a man calling himself W.
W. Boyd visited Sandersville, and it was soon
intimated that the stranger was a detective,
who had come to the town for the purpose of
working up the tax mystery. Boyd also
made certain confidential statements to some
of the citizens, which induced them to belive
that the Comptroller-General was the party at
fault and would soon be arrested. On the
ath instant Mr. Goldsmith received a letter
dated at Sandersville on the day previous,
and signed W. W. Boyd, which contained a
very clumsy and impudent attempt at black
mail. The writer stated his readiness to show
to any court of justice that the alleged default
was the joint work of Messrs. Robson and
Goldsmith. The “detective” goes on to say :
1 have received some /insli money from some in
dividuals interested in this matter; and I have the
assurance of a bosom friend of yours that you will
“dance to the tune that needs assistance, ami put
sugar on the wrong.', that needs resistance” rath
er than have yourselftangleu in this matter. 1 fsuch
is the case then cause fifty dollars to be sent to me
by P. O. order to Sandersville. Washington co..
Ga.; otherwise, if this request does not meet with
your approbation, look out for a letter in the At
lanta Constitution , from Sandersville, that will tell
of some things, to which some of the most reliable
citizens in the State will testify to, that are ex
tremely dark and mysterious, and will well be
calculated to silence the battery of any person,
let him be the President of the United States or a
humble shoemaker, who works for two meals a
day. If l get this consideration, then 1 will exon
erate you in my investigation; if I don’t, then ac
cept the consequences.
Very Respectfully, AY. AY. Boyd.
P. S. If yon doubt this, correspond with me
and l will convince t'ou. No harm in an investi
gation. W. AY. B.
Upon receipt of this document, Mr. Gold
smith enclosed it to the Solicitor General of
the Middle Circuit, residing in Sandersville,
with the request that he would have the wri
ter arrested. Some of Boyd’s manuscript
was secured, and upon comparison with the
letter sent to Mr. Goldsmith, the resemblance
to the latter was so great that the arrest was
made. The charge against him is not stated,
though it must have been either libel or an at
tempt to extort money. lie was committed
to jail in default of bail, after the examina
tion, but was discharged Wednesday under a
huljeas corpus proceeding. It is stated that
the prisoner was recognized as a man named
Robert L. Owens. Here this very singular
case seems to rest for the present. Leaving
aside the episode of the detective, which has
added to the mystery of the matter, it is very
certain that there is an issue between Messrs.
Robson, Goldsmith and the Express Compa
ny. by which the State has suffered serious
loss and which, for the sake of all the parties
concerned, should be speedily determined.—
We presume the parties will make statements
to the public, and, in the meantime, we for
bear to make any comment upon the matter.
They are well known and highly esteemed,
and in the absence of direct proof of fraud
no one should believe either or any of them
to be guilty of an act of dishonesty.— Citron.
<s• Const.
LiPlt is now argued that it is unnecessary
to kill broken legged horses, and a case in
point is stated : Twelve weeks ago the nigh
hind leg was broken of Mr. Williams’ valu
able and favorite mare, in Utica, by a kick
from another horse. The fracture was half
way between the fetlock and the gambrel
joints, and was complete. A veterinary
surgeon undertook to set the leg. A canvas
sling was arranged and the mare suspended
in it in such a way that she could occasion
ally rest upon her uninjured limbs. The
fractured leg was then set, bound with hick
or} r and leather splints, with a heavy leather
boot outside of all. The mare did well, and
never missed a meal. After thre3 weeks a
plaster of Paris bandage was substituted, and
in seven weeks “Nellie” was walking around
the stable. There was no sign of the frac
ture, and it is thought that she will keep her
2:40 gait.
BP“Bnt I pass,” said a minister in the
West End a few Sundays ago in dismissing
one theme of his subject to take up another.
“Then I make it spades,” j’elled a man from
the gallery who was dreaming the happy
hours away in a game of euchre. It is need
less to say that he went out on the next deal,
being assisted by one of the deacons with a
handful of clubs.
Taxes.
Permit me to inform 3*oll, my friends, what
are the inevitable consequences of being too
fond of glor}*;—Taxes—tipofi every article
which enters into the ntouth, or covers the
back, or Is placed under therfoot—taxes upon
everything which it is plensant to sec, hear,
feel, smell, 6rta9te —taxes upon warmth, light,
and looffinotion—taxes on everything on
earth, and" the waters under the on
that comes from abroad, or is
-sit home * upon the'rftw material
freSll‘ l fhUie that added
to it by thh SliditsMy oft the
sauce which jtan^eVS appetttft, iuirt
therdrug Rial restores Whs ft) health—on the
-■•<*** JhiiMwriifcft Judip. a4 flic
rope which hangs the criminal—on the poor
man’s salt, and the rich man’s spice—on the
brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of
the bride—at bed or board, wc must pay
taxes.
The schoolboy whips his taxed top—the
beardless 3’outh manages his taxed horse,
with a taxed bridle on a taxed road—and
the djdng Englishman, pouring hts medicine
which has paid seven per cent, into a spoon
that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself
back on his chintz bed which has paid twen
t3’-two per cent, makes his will on an eight
pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an
apothecar}’ who has paid a license of a hun
dred pounds for the privilege of putting him
to death. llis whole propert}’ is then imme
diately taxed from two to ten per cent. Be
sides the probate, large fees are demanded
for burying him in the chancel; his virtues
are handed down to posterity on taxed mar
ble ; and lie is then gathered to his fathers—
to be taxed no more. —Lord Brougham.
— # ♦ •
Cut this Out.
Ever}’ person should know how to treat a
flesh wound. Every one is liable to be placed
in circumstances awa}’ from any surgical and
veterinary aid, where he ma}’ save his own
life, or a friend, or a beast, simply’ by T the
exercise of a little sense. In the first place,
close the lips of the wound with the hands
and hold them firmly together to check the
flow of the blood until several stitches can be
taken and a bandage applied. Then bathe
the wound for a long time in cool water.
“Should it be painful,” a correspondent saj’s,
“take a panful of burning coals and sprinkle
upon them common brown sugar, and hold
the wound in the smoke. In a minute or
two the pain will be allayed, and the recov
ery proceeds rapidly’. In my case a rusty*
nail had made a bad wound in my foot. The
pains and nervous irritation were severe.
This was all removed by holding it in the
smoke fifteen minutes, and I was able to re
sume my r reading with comfort. We have
often recommended it to others with like
result. Last week one of my men had a
finger-nail torn out by a pair of ice tongs.
It became very painful, as was to be expect
ed. Held in sugar smoke twenty’ minutes,
pain ceased and promised speedy recovery.”
The First Colored Army Officer.
Lieutenant Flipper is his name, lie is a
living result of the policy of Radicalism,
which has declared from the first its determi
nation that, under any circumstances, the
American citizen of African descent shall en
joy all the privileges of his white brethren.—
Carrying out this determination, and not dis
mayed at the fate of colored Cadet Smith,
who figured so largely in West Point annals
a few years ago, Cadet Flipper was sent to
that institution to try his hand. lie has
graduated, and now holds the commission of
Second Lieutenant of cavalry in the United
States arm}% the first of his race who lias
ever attainsd such a position.
Tiie Figure Nine. —We attribute to an
Englishman named Will. Green, who died in
1794, the foundation of a singular property
of the figure 9. That property of the figure
9 consists in multiplying that number b}' 2,
by 3, by 4, by 5, by 6, by 7, by 8, by 9, etc.,
and we find that the numbers composing the
product of each of the multiplications added,
will give always 9.
2 times 9 make 18—1 and 8 make 9.
3 times 9 make 27 —2 and 7 make 9.
4 times 9 make 36—3 and 6 make 9.
5 times 9 make 45—4 and 5 make 9.
6 times 9 make 54—5 and 4 make 9.
7 times 9 make 63—6 and 3 make 9.
8 times 9 make 72—7 and 2 make 9.
9 times 9 make 81 —8 and 1 make 9.
— St. Louis Golden Era.
LdFTI. W. Grady, of the Constitution, did
a noble work when he procured the pardon
of the convict child, Sallie, a*nd so awakened
public sympathy in behalf of the homeless,
as to set on foot a scheme to provide a de
cent home, or corrective establishment, where
such cases can be sent when arraigned be
fore the courts. Sallie is now in the Benev
olent Home, and is of great assistance to the
excellent matron. Grady has struck some
thing, this time, better than fish-ponds, chick
en farms, orange groves, or cheese. He is
among souls to be saved ! He is lifting up
the lowly, and providing means for escape
from sin and crime. Let's help him along.
—At. Ind.
Siam is becoming civilized. The king has
Teamed to read and wears a skirt.-
V terms, $2.00 PER ANNUM.'
7 SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
Effect of Tobacco on tW Human System..
In tlie fourth annual report of the Michigan
State Hoard of Ilealth, Dr. Scott relates'
something new in the influence of tobacco on 1
the human'system 1 , as follows:'
“ There has pome under mi’ notice for sev
eral years* but more particularly during the
last two years, a kind of rheulrihtic condition*
of the walls, of the chest.' The patient com
plains of a dull, lieaVy pain in the chest walls.'
The disease in’a large majority of cases is
cohfined to. the left side. The pain is circum
scribed and limited to a space of not more,
than two inches in diameter, just below and
a little to-the left of the left nipple. At times
the pain is very severe, and always constant
day and night, when fchq j>atieni is
I have tjic disease to’some eii
teut, and find it to be more common among
tobawoo nsars, oepveiatty those wlm use the
weed to excess. Patients suffering from this"
complaint invariably come to their physician'
with the belief that they have heart trouble/
I have not found signs of organic lesion in'
any of the cases that I have examined, but
there does exist in some of them what might
be called * irritable heart.’ Jam convinced
that the greater number of these cases are
the result of intemperance cither in the use
of tobacco or other stimulants, for the reason
that, when the patient abstains from the use
of them lbr a short time, his pain ceases and”
his condition improves. In one case, where
the patient abstained from the use of tobacco
for thirteen months, the pain entirely ceased ;
but at the end of this period the gentleman
recommenced the use or tobacco, and after
three weeks’ use the old pain returned with’
all its severity. I am certain that quite a
number in this vicinity are receiving treat
ment for heart disease, when, if they would
reform in tobacco using, they would speedily
recover.”
We most heartily endorse every word of the
above, and believe that the Doctor is on the
right line, from our own experience. We
have been a slave to tobacco from our youth,’
and we are now suffering every day, more or,
less, just in the manner above described. And
while we have never found a physician who,'
would agree that our suffering -was caused
from the use of tobacco, we have learned from
experiments that it is true nevertheless. For
when we hare abstained from tobacco for a
time wc were not troubled with the pain, but"
immediately” on resuming its use, the pain'
returned.
Now our readers will certainly think strange'
that we should make this admission, and then'
continue the use of tobacco, and will be ready
to ask, “ why do you not abstain altogether,
when you know that this useless practice is'
so injurious to your health ?” Well, the
reason is the same as that given by the most'
of men and women for not renouncing any
bad habit contracted in youth, with perhaps
only a shade of difference, in the fact that tho'
use of tobacco effects the system so as to’
make it unsafe, at least for plethoric persons,*
to give it up at once.
Wc desire, however, to overcome every,
obstacle in the way to total abstinence, and
we intend, if possible, to quit the filthy prac-'
tice. In the meantime, we would warn the*
young, and all those who do' not use this'
noxious weed, to avoid it as they, would any
other enemy to decency and good health, fqf
it is an enemy to both. Wc have heard this 5
description of tobacco, and while it is not true'
in every particular, yet in two or three it is i :
Tobacco is a faithless weed.
From the devil it did proceed/
It spoils 3'onr breath,
It burns your clothes
And makes a chimney of 3*onr nose.
Now, we who smoke and chew the “weed”
may not be so read3* to acknowledge the truth*
of this uncouth rhyme, yet those with whom'
we associate, and who do not use it. will bear
testimony to the fact that it does “spoil our
breath” and “ make a chimney of our nose.”
A strange thing to us is this : That as n l
nation we have abused the Chinese as much*
for their habit of opium smoking as any rir-*
tuous people ought to have done, when we are'
guilt3* of a practice which is just as nnwarran-'
table as that of opium smoking.-— 2teutou:s ;
Christian.
At the “earnest request” of several young
men, we publish the following bit or informa-'
tion : “There is nothing that tends to slior-'
ten the lives of old people, and to injure their
health, as the practice of sitting latei es-'
pecially winter evenings, and more especial-'
ly when there are grown up daughters in the*
family/’
A Connecticut dentist has got hold of a
compoSitioh whereby he can make teeth at a
cost of less than a half dollar a set. This 1
will enable the female wearer of false teeth 5
to have a set to match every suit she rtwns,-
both in color and design'. With pink goods,’
pink teeth; with striped goods striped teeth,-
and so oh. The man whb discovered' Coir-'
ncctierrt was no slouch. —Danbray Nevis 1 .
“See here, Gripps; I understand you have'
a superior way of curing hatnS: t sholild like’
to learn it/’ “ Well, yes ;T kncVv very itfelt*
how to cure them ; but the trouble with me,’
just now, is to find Out a way to pro-cure ;
them.”
The keeper of a groggery happened one*
day to break one of his tutablers. He stood"
for a moment reflecting on his loSs, and then 1
turning to his assistant, he cried out “Tom,’
put a quart of water in that old cognac/’
When a man complained of hotels built
with no means of getting out in case of fire,
Popkins said that did not bother him so much
as a hotel without mbans for staying tlrere.
The spring styles oT vests will be so' short
and the trousers will be citt so’ high in the'
neck that our best young men will be able to’
button their collars directly on their waists
i bands.
NUMBER 2.