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The Waste in Whiskey Drinking.
Young, Chief of the National
Bureau of Statistics, in a letter to the
Secretary of the Massachusetts Temper
ance Alliance, refers to the exaggerated
statements made by temperance men as
to the amount of money expended for
liquors in the United States annually.
He states that the tables published by
his office in 1867, showing the sales of
merchandise, including liquors, to have
been $1,4_83,491,865, and in 1868 at
$1,621,45/,655, have been falsely used
by temperance men as exhibiting the
values of the liquors sold during these
years.
Mr. Young has no accurate data show
ing the amount of sales of liquors in the
United States, but, from the best infor
mation in his office, he presents the fol
lowing estimate for the vcar ending
June 30, 1871 :
Whisky—6o,ooo,ooo gallons, at
?6 retail f360, -JOO,OOO
Imported spirits—2,6oo,ooo, gal
lons, at $lO retai 1 25,f 00,000
Imported wine - 10,700,000 gal
lons, at |5 retail 53,530,000
Ale, beer and porter—os,OOo,ooo
barrels, ats2o retail 130,000/ 00
Native brandies, wines and
cordials—quautity unknown,
estimated value 31,500,t0u
Tot »l ..f000.0u0.000
Asa proof of the correctness of the
above it may be stated that during the
last fiscal year the receipts from retail
liquor dealers who paid $25 each for
license amounted to $3,650,000, indica
ting that there were 146,000 retailers of
liquors in the United States. By in
cluding those who escaped paying li
cense lees, estimated at 4,000, the num
ber is increased to 150,000, who, on an
average, sold at least $4,000 worth of
liquors each, making $600,000,000, as
before stated.
This sum of $600,000,000 annually
for liquors hardly needs any exaggera
tion to show the immense waste of mail’s
earnings. The entire revenues of the
Government, even under the most un
precedented system of taxation, amount
only to $351,000,000. The tax volun
tarily assumed by the customers of
whisky is far beyond that sum. If the
theory be correot that all taxes are dif
•J#scd, and life drawn from the aggre-
of production, and, therefore, are
borne by the whole community according
to their respective shares of that pro
duction, then this tax of $600,000,000 is
paid by the men, women and children
of the country, by the non-consumer as
well as the consumer. With the excep
tion of such portion of this liquor as is
used for scientific, mechanical and medi
cinal purposes, this expenditure is made
for liquors used as a beverage. Though
there is a difference in opinion among
learned men as to whether alcohol does
or does not contain the properties of
food, we may assume that the amount of
liquor purchased as an article of food is
exceedingly small. Excluding all other
uses, it is safe to assume that five-sixths
of this liquor is purchased for no other
purpose or object than as a stimulating
or exhilirating beverage. We, then,
pay annually from the earnings of the
people, $500,000,000 for the fun, pleas
ure and enjoyment produced by consum
ing the several varieties in which this
liquor is presented to the public taste.
We spend this sum unnecessarily, that
is, for an article not Deeded for our
health, our physical comfort, or for any
intellectual enjoyment. We make it a
supplement to the demands of a healthful
appetite, and swallow annually $500,-
000,000 worth of liquor, which we could,
with great benefit to the general health
and to the peace, order and well being
of society, dispense with. The sum of
$500,000,000 expended for liquor as a
beverage is, taking the total population
at 39,000,000, equal to sl2 80 per
head. Taking the number of male
adults to be as one in every six of the
whole population, of 6,500,000, the
average sum expended in liquors, as a
drink, equals $77 annually for each
man. This is a very large proportion of
the average annual earnings of the
whole population.
Tricks of Jugglers. —The sober
Christian editors of the New York Ob
server are responsible for the following :
We think Hermann and Heller are jug
glers, but what can they do to compare
with the Chinese tricksters ? A trav
eler at Kinsai was entertained by the
Viceroy, the Amir Kustai, and this was
one of the amusements :
“ The same night the juggler appear
ed, who was one of the great Khan’s
BANNER OF THE SOUTH AND PLANTERS’ JOURNAL.
slaves, and the Amir said to him, ‘ Come
and show us some of your wonders !’
Upon ibis he took a wooden ball, with
seven holes in it, through which long
thongs were passed and, laying hold of
one of these, slung it into the air. It
went so high that we lost sight of it al
together. (It was the hottest season of
the year, and we were outside in the
middle of the palace court.) There now
remained only a short end of a thong in
the conjurer’s hand, and he desired one
of the boys who assisted him to lay hold
of it and mount. He did so, climbing
by the thong, and we lost sight of him.
The conjurer then called to him three
times, btu getting no answer, he snatch
ed up a knife, as if in a great rage, laid
hold of the thong, and disappeared in
his turn. By-and-by he threw down one
of the boy’s hands, then a loot, then the
other hand and the other foot, then the
trunk, and, last of all, the head 1 Last
ly, he came down himself, puffing and
blowing, and, with bis clothes all bloody,
kissed the ground before the Amir, and
said something to him in Chinese. The
Amir gave some order in reply, and our
friend theutook the lad’s limbs, laid them
together in their places, and gave a kick,
when, presto! there was the boy, who got
up and stood before us I All this as
tonished me beyond measure.”
A Dickens of a Romance. —An in
genious romance reader has conoocted
the following Dickcnsy item: “Olivet-
Twist,” who had some “ Hard Times”
in the “ Battle of Life,” and having
been saved from the “ Wreck of the
Golden Mary” by “ Our Mutual Friend,”
“ Nicholas Nickleby,” had just finished
reading “ A Tale of Two Cities” to
Martin Chuzzlewit,” during which
time “ The Crickett on the Hearth” had
been chirping right merrily, while “ The
Chimes” from the adjacent church were
heard, when “ Seven Poor Travelers"
oommenoed to sing a “ Christmas Carol,”
“ Barnaby Rudge,” then arrived from
the “ Old Curiosity Shop” with some
“ Pictures from Italy’’ and “ Sketches
by Boz” to show “ Littlo Dorrit,” who
was busy with the “ Pick-wick Papers
when “ David Copperfield,” who had
been taking “ American Notes,” entered 1
and informed the company that the
“ Great Expectations” of “ Dombev &
Son,” regarding “ Mrs. Lirriper’s Le
gacy” had not been realized, and that he
had seen “ Boots at the Hollytree Inn”
1 taking “Somebody's Luggage” to "Mrs.
Lirriper’s Lodgings,” in a street that
has “No Thoroughfare,” opposite
“Bleak House,” where the “Haunted
Man,” who had just given one of “ Dr.
Marigold’s Prescriptiaus” to an “ Uncom
mercial Traveler,” was brooding over
“ The Mystery of E Iwin Drood.”
Losser a Polish Jew,
died recently in Prussian Poland, aged
117 years. He has two brothers still
living, ag"d respectively 105 and 109
years.
A semi-weekly journal, devoted to the
milk interest, has been started at Dant
zic, Germany. It will undoubtedly cir
culate largely at the watering places.
A grand wedding is to oome off in
Boston next week, the bride beißg an
orphan and a millionairess, and the
groom a young Frenchman of family
and worth.
Strawberry and Raspberry Plants
that are adapted to the climate, for sale at
reasonable rates. My collection embraces
all that are worth growing. Send for cir
cular giving directions how to p|^nt.
J. P. H. Brown,
Augusta, Ga.
BE GUIDED BY WIIAT YOU KNOW.
There is an old proverb which says, “Ex
perience is the safest guide.” To this guide
the sick and ailing naturally turn when
casting about for the means of relief. They
inquire what a medicine has done for
others, before they adopt it themselves.
Os all the remedies and preventives in
use, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters meets the
test most triumphantly, and hence its im
mense popularity and vast sales. The suf
ferer from indigestion is sure to find some
ore among his friends who has been cured
of that aumeat by the famous vegetable
stomachic. The victim of fever and ague,
liver complaint, constipation, nervous pros
tration, or general debility, has only to
make inquiry in the neighborhood where he
resides in order to discover what this stan
dard restorative has effected in cases similar
to his own. In the published testimony to
its merits lie will find a volume of proofs of
its sanitary properties, which it is im
possible for his common sense to resist. He
tries it, and the effect it produces on his
system adds another to the host of wit
nesses in its favor. Thus, its reputation,
founded on facts, not assertions, con
tinually grows and spreads. Charlatans
and impostors, some of them mere local
tricksters, and others who take a somewhat
wider range, attempt to thrust into the
hands and down the throats of invalids,
their haphazard concoctions, as substitutes
for the tonic which for so many vears has
been a medicinal staple throughout the
United States, Spanish America, Canada,
and the West Indies, but only succeeded to a
very- limited extent. In this reasoning age,
the people, having ascertained what 'is
really deserving of their confidence,
declino “running after strange gods."
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“WE EAT TO LIVE,’’
Says a distinguished writer on the laws of
health; and if we eat wisely of what good
things God has given us to enjoy in a pro
per way, we shall live well, live healthy
tully, and live long. We must adapt our
food to our occupation and temperament.
For instance, ministers of the Gospel,
lawyers, doctors, and editors, do not re
quire pork and beans, or bacon and greens
twice a day, as does the man who splits rails,
or cuts cord-wood. Fortunately, the great
Creator has wisely implanted within us a
self-acting instinct, to which if we will hut
defer, we shall rarely eat that which will
not assimilate in the stomach, and make
fresh, vigorous blood, with which to nourish
our bodies and prolong our days.
Take one wine glass full of Plantation
Bitters, once or twice a day, and obey
this self-acting instinct, and a full score of
years will be added to your life. It
EXAMPLE FOR THE LADIES.
Mrs. M. L. Si.ocer, Cottonwood Falls,
(formerly of Leavenworth,) earned in
dressmaking, with si Wheeler & Wilson
Machine, in 054 months, $13,340; in 1800
site earned $4250; in December, 1807,
$435. The machine lias been constantly
employed since 1801 without a cent for re
pairs. it
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Are respectfully solicited for the erection
MONUMENT
TO THE
CONFEDERATE DEAD
OF GEORGIA,
And those Soldiers from other Confed
erate States who w ere killed or died in
this State.
THE MONUMENT TO COST $50,000
The Corner Stone it is proposed shall be laid on the
12th of October, the anniversary of the death of Gen.
Lee, or so soon thereafter aa the receipt** will permit.
For every Five Dollars subscribed, theife will be
given a certificate af Life Membership to the Monu
mental A■sociation. This certificate will entitle the
owner thereof to an equal interest in the following
property, to be distributed as soon as the requisite
number of shares arc sold, to wit:
First. Nine hundred and one
acres of land in Lincoln
County, Georgia, on which
are the well known Magru
der Gold and Copper Mines
valued at $150,000
And to seventeen hundred and forty
four shares in one hundred thousand
dollars of United States currency to-wit:
1 Share of SIO,OOO SIO,OOO
1 “ oi 5,000 5,000
2 “ 0f.... 2,500.... 5,000
10 “ of 2,000 20,000
10 “ of 1,000 10,000
20 “ of 500 10,000
100 “ of 100 10,000
200 “ of 50 10,000
400 “ of 25 10,000
1,000 “ of 10 10,000
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to the public tbe manner, the time and place of dis
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from their own body, or by Special Trustees, appoint
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therefor, select an orator for tho occasion, and regu
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M. A. Stovall, W. M. Gardner, Goode
Bryan, Colonels C. Snead, Wm. P.
Crawford, Majors Joseph B. Gum
ming, George T. Jackson, Joseph Gan
ahl, I. P. Girardey, Hon. R. 11. May,
Messrs. Aiiam Johnston, Jonathan
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NO. 431 NORTH SEVENS STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
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dred. It is earlier and more productive than the
Hartford, hardier and more vigorous thun the Con
cord, and equal in quality to the Delaware, and su
perior as a Red Wine Grape to the Norton. Compe
tent judges everywhere pronounce it as the best
Black and Red Wine Grape of America.
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Central Plains, Fluvanna county, Virginia.
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TO
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All Retail Orders amounting to S2O and
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OF BALTIMORE, MD.,
In order the better to meet the wants of their Retail
Customers at a distance, have established a
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The Great Medical Discovery!
Dr. WALKER’S CALIFORNIA
VINEGAR BITTERS,
Hundreds of Thousands
Bear testimony to their Wonder- i
lul Curative Effects.
| WHATVARE THEY?
THEY ARE NOT A VILE o
FANCY DRINK,!
- FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether in young or old,
. married or single, at tlie dawn of womanhood or at the turn of life!
these Tonic Bitters hat e no equal. bend for a circular.
Made of Poop Rum Whiskey, Proof
Spirits and Refuse Liquor t* doctored, spiced
and sweetened to please tho tast? •-■called' 4Ton
~Tes,*“ AppeHzwsT^ 4 Restorers, ' Tl&d
the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are
n true Medicine, made from the Native Roots and
Herbs of California, free from nil Alcoholic
Stimulants. They arc the GREAT BLOOD
PURIFIER and LIFE GIVING PRIN
CIPLE a perfect Renovator and Invlgorator of
the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and
restoring tho blood to a healthy condition. No
person can take those Bitters according to dircc
♦lon and remain long unwell.
For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheu
matism and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indi
gestion, Bilious, Remittent and Inter
mittent Fevers, Disease* of tho Blood,
Liver, Kidneys, nnd Bladder, these Rlt.
tors have been most successful. Such Dis
eases are caused by Vitiated Blood, which
is generally produced by derangement of tho
Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION.
Ileudache. Pain In the Shoulders, Coughs, Tight
ness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of
the Stomach, Bad tasto in the Mouth Bilious At
tacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation of
the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, and
a hundred other painful symptoms, aro the off
springs of Dyspepsia.
They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate tho
torpid liver and bowels, which render them of un
equalled efficacy In cleansing tho blood of all
impurities, and Imparting new life and vigor to
the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions,Tetter,
Salt Rheum, Blotches. Spots, Plinples, Pustules,
Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-Worms, Scald-Head, Sore
Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfc, Discolorations of
the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of
whatever name or nature, aro literally dug up
and carried out of tho system in a short time by
the use of these Bitters. One bottle In such
cases will convince the m'wt Incredulous of their
curative effects.
Cleanse tho Vitiated _,ood whenever yon find
its Impurities bursting through the skin in Pim
ples, Eruptions or Sores; cleanse it when you
find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins;
cleanse It when It Is foul, and your feelings will
tell you when. Keep the blood pure and tho
health of the system will follow.
s*lN, TAPE and other WORMS, lurking In
the system of so raa xy thousands, are effectually
destroyed and remov ed. For full directions, re»*A
carefully the circular around each bottle.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. n. MCDONALD <»
CO., Druggists and Gen. Agents. San Francisco,
Cal.,and 32 and34 Commerce Street, New York.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS,
decdlly
A C. COOK
COVINGTON, GA.
Propagator aud dealer in all kinds of GRAPE VINES
and FRUIT TREES,
Manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of native
GRAPE WINES, BRANDIES and VINEGAR.
Agent for R. d’HKUBEUSEa’ Patent air treatment of
Wines, Brandies, Malt Liquors, Dis lling, Extracts
Tanning, Sugar and Syrup Oils, and curing and pre
serving organic substances ; Grape Vines a speciality.
Any information given by addressing the undersigned
with stamp.
All orders promptly attended to.
Catalogue and Price List sent on application.
Correspondence solicited.
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RIFLES, SHOT-GUNS, REVOLVER, GUN MA
TERIAL. Write for Price list, to Great Western
Gnn Works. Pittsburg, Pa. Army Guns. Revolvers,
Ac., bought or traded for. Agents Wanted.
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They are a Gentle Purgative as wel I as a Tonic, poetess- 1
ing also, the peculiar merit ot acting as a powerful agent in relieving
Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver, and all the Visceral Organs.