North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-07-27
No Politician.

We cHp from the OSnKOSn llWeS the
} following good thing. We should like to
know Felker, personally, and when tha
Ship Canal is completed, if not sooner, we
will ride up and spend a day with him and
Geo. -Hyer:
"W. B. Felker, ESQ.,, of Omro, (brother
Of our townsman, Ch. Felker, of the law
firm of Felker & Weisbrod,) we learn is
soon to become associated with E. P.
Finch, ESQ.,, Of this city, under the law
firm Of Finch 4 Felker. Mr.. Felker is a
gentleman of conceded legal ability, and
we congratulate him on his association
with one Of the ablest lawyers in North
ern Wisconsin. In card to his old rolit.
ical friends, he says:
i have long felt the necessity of chang e
of my location. Congress has passed the
bill for the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers
They have passed law dividing the State
into two Judicial Districts and establishing g
a term Of the U. S. District Court at the
city Of Oshkosh. Oshkosh is bound to be
the wealthiest and most populous city in
state, excepting Milwaukee, and the best
place for the practice of my profession
} The time for that change has come. Know
all ye aspiring candidates for the Senator
ship, in the South Assembly District tina,
l consider myself no longer an eligible
fraud upon the people. In the language
of the poet, "git up and git" to that
place from which l can look down with
the utmost complacency upon the solemn
proceedings Of that august assemblage in
which you will be tnsseling for an ofi;c -
You nspirants can consider me "drarn -
let the contest wax hot in the superlative
degree; figure, fight, 'bugle; once again
call upon the ''dear people," with that
well known voice, and in that tender en-.
treating tone for more "pap," and may
success attend you which so nobly deserve.
Success in my profession is of far great
er moment to me, than success in one
horse political race after Office.
AN experience of ten years in the pro
fession has taught me, that it takes brains
to make u lawyer, and though have been
in the republican ranks ever since drew
my first political breath, and have ever
since, and am now proud Of its successes
and content with its history. | only Of
late learned through the wisdora of an old
experienced political "whec; horse" and
huckster, that it does not take brains to
make legislator. Had | known this ten
years ago and devoted my time to the de-
velopment Of brass instead of brains,
doubt not but might now have teen as
skillful a traveller in the race after legisla
tive honors as to have distanced all COM
petitors. Go in gentlemen! Go in every
body! You need not stand upon the point
Of ability, for though you make laws more
bungliny than any of your predecessors.
and set at defence all legal rules of inter-
probation, the firm Of Finch Il Felker will
go through them like Sunday School
teacher through the ten commandme ents.' ~"
The Number Nine.
The number nine possesses some remar-
kab!e properties. If the nine digets, !, =,
), 4, 5, 8, 7, s, 9, be added together the
sum will he 45, which is equal to 5 times
9, and the sum of the digits of their sum,
and 5 is nine. If any number is SUI :
tracted from another having the same Dig
its in different order the remainder will
be div;sible by 9, and the sum of the dig.
its will also be divsible by 9.
Subtracting 2967634 from 7364429, there
remains 44l6755, which is equal to times
49O955. The sum CT the digits, 4, 4, |, 6,
u 9, 3, is 36, which is dlvisible bye.
II any number be multiplied by 9, the
sum of the digits, or figures Of the product
will be divisible by 9. Nins time 1885,
l35 is 394Oll2l5; the sum of the digits
of this product is y, multiple Of 9. The
solutions Of II number of interesting aritl,-
matical puzzles depend upon the above
properties of 8.
If a number be subtracted from another
having the same digets in different order
and one of the diSets Of the remain :.er
erased, it can be found in the following
manner: Add together the figures of the
remainder that are left, divide the sum by
9, subtract the figures that remains, after
dividing by 9, from 9,and this last remain
der will be the digit, or figure sought. If
there is no remainder, 0 or was erased.
Ask some one to write down number
and subtract from it another, composed of
the same digits in different order, without
letting you see either of them. Tell him
you want all the figures of the remainder,
but one. By the above rule You can soon
find the figure you have not seen. The
feat will appear quite mysterious to the
uninitiated.
Here is an example: Subtracting 1885,
324 from 23l456, the remainder is 1912.
The sum Of the figures 7, 5, l, 3, is TO-
Divide l6 by Q, we have remainder of I;
7 from leaves =, the other figure.
A few years ago, little fellow was ta-
ken by his farther 20 n carpenter, to be
bound apprentice to him, after the fashion
Of those times. In settling tho business,
the master, who was one Of the stiff kind,
observed swell, boy, suppose you can
eat most anything, cant you ? always
make my boys live on what they don't
like" IL like everything but mince.pie
and apple pie n was the boys instant re.
ply.
"Mamma," said u child, one Sunday